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As you may have guessed from the subject, today is International Cat Day.
So if you know any international cats, buy them a mouse! 
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Having just typed that, in comes the soggiest cat I've seen in a long time, and sits on my keyboard ... how the heck do they manage to retain so much water in tiny paws and leak it out on demand?
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OriginalGriff wrote: international cats
Does the Burmese across the street that comes to play with our DSH (and eat his food) count? 
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Only if there is a date line down the center of the road.
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OriginalGriff wrote: today is International Cat Day.
Is it?
They missed an opportunity to make it August 15th.
The French would point out, that's "mi-Aout" ("miaou", which is the French way of writing/pronouncing "meow").
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Dij doesn't spell it like that anyway ... 
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I wouldn't have expected him to! He's Welsh.
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OriginalGriff wrote: if you know any international cats
My cat Aimee qualifies, even though we live in Ohio U.S.
She's so fat ("how fat is she?!?") her belly crosses the International Date Line.
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On a serious note, you might want to consider doing something about that - obesity in cats can dramatically shorten lifespan!
Obesity in Cats | VCA Animal Hospitals[^]
As with humans, eating less and exercising is the best solution!
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We're trying but circumstances make it difficult right now. My wife and I are divorcing so our two cats are staying with my sister-in-law who has a cat of her own. Aimee believes that her food is hers, her sister's food is hers, and her cousin's food is hers, as well as any human food laying about  . If her stomach isn't full to bursting, she's dying of malnutrition.
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I'm sorry to hear that - hope it goes as well as these things ever can.
Are you expecting a catstody battle?
Sorry ... I'll get my coat.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Are you expecting a catstody battle?
, no. The cats are ostensibly 'hers', but if she can't keep them in her new place they'll end up with me. I like them so that's not a concern.
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I am not a cat fan....especially when they do not clean (the poop ) . People in Texas fancy wooden fences so their backyard garbage is "private" , but their cats roam free the entire hood...
I am going to raise coyotes ,,,,plenty of grub for them - including rats with big , fluffy tails...
In my opinionated view - if it is a domestic pet it should stay "in dome ".
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I don't know where to start.
Some opinions are best left unsaid.
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jana_hus wrote: I am not a cat fan
Somehow that doesn't surprise me. 
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I deduct that you are OK with cat poop in YOUR garden. So why is it necessary for me to spell it out and then being flamed for "being rude" ? Some folks just cannot take a hint and then it is the same old - - ...it is YOUR fault....same old one sided "discussion " , how creative boooring...
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First, I see a coyote roaming nearby I get a new carpet.
Second, I see someone poisoning pets roaming around I get a lawyer.
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This is not a strong need, just a result of curiosity.
Another recent discussion subject was 'What a disaster'. That made me stop and think: 'Dis-' is usually a prefix denoting either a negation or a negative element. A 'disaster' is usually considered negative.
But what is an aster - the non-negative thing? My English dictionary is not willing to help me (except for a flower reference, which isn't the right thing).
In Norwegian, we have a dozen of words, maybe two, that from a formal point of view are negations, but the non-negated form hasn't been used for the last hundred years. Most people give you a quizzical look if you describe a nice girl as 'fyselig' or 'humsk'. They know 'ufyselig' (gross, horrible) and 'uhumsk' (nasty, unsympathetic), but never think of it as negated words. Maybe 'aster' is similar - an old word that is no longer in use. Do you English native speakers know of any old, almost forgotten, meaning of 'aster'?
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according to the etymology of the word it comes from the mid 16th century - from Italian disastro or an "ill-starred event", from dis- (expressing negation) + astro "star" (from Latin astrum ).
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aster from latin, refers to star. Hence asterisk, astronomy, astrology etc
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Absolut non native spekaer guess 
Maybe because the flowers of the Aster flower are arranged so regularly. And if something is not arranged, it is a Dis-Aster 
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Aster is a flower which I've seen in local flower shows for more than 50 years now.
But as Honey says above, the etymology is from Italian.
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How about being world-renowned? Do you have to be nowned first?
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dandy72 wrote: nowned
I hate it when people verb nouns.
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From Google AI (remember AI is not reliable):
The word "disaster" comes from the Latin words dis- and astro, which mean "away or without" and "star or planet" respectively. It literally translates to "without a star" and originally implied misfortune caused by astrological issues. For example, in Shakespeare's time, an astrologer might have warned Juliet of a disaster in her stars that indicated an unfortunate event was coming.
The word "disaster" entered the English language in the mid-16th century and comes to us through Middle French and the Old Italian word disastro. The earliest known use of the word as a noun is from the mid-1500s, and as an adjective it's recorded in Robert Greene's writing in 1584.
Today, "disaster" is more commonly used to mean upheaval or an adverse event that happens suddenly and unexpectedly.
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