What other hobbies do you have besides reading?

Ant · Post by **Ant** » 11 Jan 2012, 17:36

Vonta wrote:I actually go walking with my cats.

Can you walk along with cats, don't they run off?

Vonta · Post by **Vonta** » 11 Jan 2012, 17:52

that's a cool hobby. I used to love taking pictures... Actually my cats follow along with me... Sometimes we chase after each other. A lot of neighbors and people come out to watch the sight. So many people have said, I've never seen cats walking along happily with people.

Ant · Post by **Ant** » 11 Jan 2012, 17:59

That sounds amazing

the doctor · Post by **the doctor** » 11 Jan 2012, 20:03

Vonta wrote:I actually go walking with my cats.

Wow!

I wish my cat did that, because it's morbidly obese but caN't lose any weight.
Don't worry though, it was like that when I rescued it from the animal shelter

It's furs really long and fluffy as well, makin it look like a fluffy ball!

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 11 Jan 2012, 20:49

I never had a cat that followed me, but when I was a kid we had a sheep that would follow me everywhere like a dog. My dad finally butchered it.

Tralala · Post by **Tralala** » 12 Jan 2012, 01:19

Bighuey wrote:I never had a cat that followed me, but when I was a kid we had a sheep that would follow me everywhere like a dog. My dad finally butchered it.

That's...disturbing.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 12 Jan 2012, 10:49

It was kind of disturbing. Stick with dogs and cats as pets, there not as likely to get butchered. Or in your case, Crusher, rats. They are not very far up the food chain.

Vonta · Post by **Vonta** » 13 Jan 2012, 23:12

the doctor wrote:
Vonta wrote:I actually go walking with my cats.
Wow!

I wish my cat did that, because it's morbidly obese but caN't lose any weight.
Don't worry though, it was like that when I rescued it from the animal shelter

It's furs really long and fluffy as well, makin it look like a fluffy ball!

maybe try taking them out in the backyard and see what will happen if you walked around the backyard or garage.

About the sheep that's interesting. I wonder if it has something to do with imprinting? You know like recognizing the owner as a parent? Idk how my cats got the idea to follow me; I don't even know how it got started.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 14 Jan 2012, 09:25

@ Vonta, I dont know for sure. Animals will sometimes bond with a person, maybe it is a parent thing.

Vonta · Post by **Vonta** » 18 Jan 2012, 10:02

@ Bighuey you're right... I think sometimes my cats have "over" bonded with me... We actually fight for space to stretch when it's time to go to bed...

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 18 Jan 2012, 22:26

Vonta wrote:@ Bighuey you're right... I think sometimes my cats have "over" bonded with me... We actually fight for space to stretch when it's time to go to bed...

My dog does the same thing, She pushes and pushes and in the morning Im in a 6 inch space on the edge of the bed.

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » 20 Jan 2012, 02:35

As well as reading I love photography, especially Macro photography, swimming in the surf, not in a pool, and dining out and trying different food, we try a different restaurant every week. Tonight we are having stone grilled kangaroo and crocodile. Also music and movies.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 20 Jan 2012, 09:55

Gannon wrote:As well as reading I love photography, especially Macro photography, swimming in the surf, not in a pool, and dining out and trying different food, we try a different restaurant every week. Tonight we are having stone grilled kangaroo and crocodile. Also music and movies.

Ive had kangaroo its not bad, but crocodile? Did you have someone close eaten by a crocodile and you are just getting even?

Ant · Post by **Ant** » 20 Jan 2012, 11:04

Gannon, I also love swimming in the sea but mostly it is on holiday.....the seas around the U.K tend to be a bit on the nippy side, but I do brave it now and then.

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » 20 Jan 2012, 16:53

Bighuey wrote:
Gannon wrote:As well as reading I love photography, especially Macro photography, swimming in the surf, not in a pool, and dining out and trying different food, we try a different restaurant every week. Tonight we are having stone grilled kangaroo and crocodile. Also music and movies.
Ive had kangaroo its not bad, but crocodile? Did you have someone close eaten by a crocodile and you are just getting even?

@Bighuey

The trick with kangaroo, because it has barely any fat, is to not cook it for too long. Imho it is best rare. If cooked too long it becomes very tough and chewy. There was no crocodile available last night, bummer.

This restaurant is awsome they bring out your meal and a sizzling square stone and you cook your own meal how you like it, on the stone. You just have to be very careful not to touch the stone.

@Ant

For me there is nothing like swimming in the sea. I am very fortunate to live about half an hour's drive from a long stretch of five, or six beautiful beaches. Don't know about your beaches, the only ones I have ever seen in movies or on tv have pebbles instead of sand. Please correct me if I am wrong.