Yep and yep.
I was drawn in when I saw the cat swimming though. Not sure if you’ve been to Redding, Ca but this is the kind of thing that would happen in Redding, Ca. I’ve actually have friends (gasp) that say Redding is the Asheville of California. ‘Cept our cats don’t scuba.
Good clarification there piffy. I didn’t say I agreed with the sister city reference, but the scuba cat would make sense there.
Side note, it is funny to me how many times I hear that “______” is the Asheville of the “_____”.
So far I have heard Redding, Ca… Boulder, Co…Missoula, Mt….Flagstaff, Az…..Manhattan, Ks….Austin, Tx….Burlington, Vt….etc.
(Or vise versa, I’m confusing myself on that end.)
Side note, it is funny to me how many times I hear that “______” is the Asheville of the “_____”.
So far I have heard Redding, Ca… Boulder, Co…Missoula, Mt….Flagstaff, Az…..Manhattan, Ks….Austin, Tx….Burlington, Vt….etc.
(Or vise versa, I’m confusing myself on that end.)
i get all of those except redding. redding is a piles-infected poop hole. i’ve never been to manhattan, KS. is it a used-to-be-cool now-all-blown-up place like the rest of those, too?
Actually, misoula hasnt really gotten too big for it’s britches yet. asheville and boulder have A LOT in common, though.
I went to college in Boulder and lived there 10 years total. I’ve met an amazingly large number of people here who have migrated from Boulder to Asheville since I moved here 6 years ago. During a short spell living in Missoula, I kept hearing that it was “Boulder 20 years ago.” Asheville seems to have lost that ‘20 years ago’ distinction. That said, I visited Boulder last summer and it is unfortunately a commuter extension of Denver and hugely congested. Up the canyon is still manageable if you know the right roads.
Sorry….
Back to the topic: I really do prefer cats.
During a short spell living in Missoula, I kept hearing that it was “Boulder 20 years ago.” Asheville seems to have lost that ‘20 years ago’ distinction. That said, I visited Boulder last summer and it is unfortunately a commuter extension of Denver and hugely congested. Up the canyon is still manageable if you know the right roads.
Sorry….
Back to the topic: I really do prefer cats.
yeah, asheville isnt “20 years ago”. hell montford was still a ghetto. Asheville is 5-10 years ago, but still way better than the current boulder or burlington.
Up the canyon is still manageable if you know the right roads.
yeah, Ned is still probably pretty cool. I new a friend of a friend building an earthship up there a few years back. Nice food co-op, too.
It’s funny how many of us asheville-types have lived in all the places you mention.
As for the Topic, I am amazed that way more people prefer Dogs to Cats.
ZOMG! I just learned my 5 year old cat pees in the toilet. I think he’s been doing it for quite awhile which helps solve a few mysteries I will not discuss.
+1 for cats.
I have heard of people teaching their cats to use the turlet (not that hard really) but I have never heard of a cat doing it without instruction…interesting.
I’d be curious as to the mysteries this new found knowledge has solved…
I have heard of people teaching their cats to use the turlet (not that hard really) but I have never heard of a cat doing it without instruction…interesting.
I’d be curious as to the mysteries this new found knowledge has solved…
I had a cat who taught herself to use the toilet. I have no idea how. I didn’t believe it when they guy who was living with me at the time told me. Then I saw it for myself. Unfortunately, this didn’t catch on with the other cats.
I woke up this morning to a puddle of cat urine on my kitchen counter.
I have 4 cats. One of them occasionally pees on dirty clothes, sometimes right in front of me. I have imagined killing this cat with my bare hands on a number of occasions. Some part of me would relish the experience. When I actually catch the little piss bag though, I see only the sweet kitten she once was, and I scratch her fat little belly and call her my schmoopy. What the hell is wrong with me? I wouldn’t let a roommate piss on my clothes, vomit on my bed, and scratch the living shit out of me because the furnace started up, why does she get away with it?
I have a dog as well, and love her unconditionally. I think in general I prefer cats because it seems like they have moods, and dogs have pretty much one mood, just different volumes. Occasionally I need to work for my cat’s affection, and that makes it seem more worthwhile.
