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Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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More likely where we SHOULD keep the government! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Went to the animal shelter last Friday.
I somehow thought it was necessary to get the most scared cat they had, so that's what I now have 
She went straight under the couch and from there she went under the kitchen to the one place in the house where I can't see or reach her (in crevices I didn't even know where there).
A weekend has passed and she's still under the kitchen.
At least she eats, drinks and uses the litter box when I'm not around.
She'll turn around and we'll be good friends in ten years or so 
Some pictures on Facebook[^] (you can view them without an account)
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It's fascinating how cats do that "low to the ground" slinking when they are fear mode -- ready to spring!
And it's great you picked a cat that probably very few other people would have. I suspect you might find her sleeping on your bed soon enough!
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Those are the best kinds of cats
They generally form a tighter bond with just one or two people than the social cats who have a bit of a bond with everyone.
It does take some time though.
It took Nika a few months before she was brave enough to sleep in my bed, I bet it'll take Pink a little longer.
Funnily enough, that was before she dared to sit with me outside of bed.
Cats are weird creatures.
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Sander Rossel wrote: She'll turn around and we'll be good friends in ten years or so
Sooner than that.
She'll soon make her mind up that the house belongs to her, and come to a decision on whether to let you stay or not.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I'd better start packing then!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Sooner than that.
Probably. But it varies a LOT!
I have one REALLY scared cat that turned around in a couple of weeks. And after that, he has been the most cuddly cat in the world.
But then I have another one that took FIVE years to trust us. One could wonder why we kept her despite that, but we wanted to give her a good home all the same without knowing if she would EVER trust us. My opinion was that she got along well with the other cats, she had food, heat and shelter etc, so it wasn't so important if she like us or not. If we had returned her to the shelter, she would definitely have been put down as we would have been the 3rd family to return her.
Finally, after five years, she gave in. It was actually a long and very dramatic story which I shall spare you, but after that, she finally started to trust us and cuddle and play with us. Now, after 10 years, she's ALMOST like a normal cat. But she doesn't want us to lift her. We can if we have to, but she gets really scared and sad if we do, so we try to not distress her unnecessarily.
But every morning now, she lies in my bed wanting to get her belly scratched.
And that, your honour, is why I'm always late for work! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
modified 10-Mar-20 13:00pm.
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She is not used to the new human slave yet. Give it a week.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Sometimes you learn something interesting reading YouTube comments (or rather, following semi-related links and reading those comments).
The guy getting trolled by Vader in that oldie-but-goodie "Vader being a jerk" video is played by the same actor who played Grand Maester Pycelle from Game of Thrones.
I never made the link. But then, there was a 30+ year gap between the two...
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Apparently, the guy is an undercover legend[^]
He was in Indiana Jones, he voiced Aragog in Harry Potter, he played in James Bond and Troy, he played in the series The Saint, The Avengers (the series from the 60's, not the Marvel movies) and Dr. Who.
And of course Star Wars and GoT, as you mentioned.
All in all he's been making movies for 60 years! 
And we've never even heard of him 
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Depending on one's point of view, it's probably a blessing. Works all his life as an actor, he gets to be in huge productions, yet (I'm assuming) he manages to maintain some anonymity.
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good for you. give it some time. she will be more social with you soon enough. One of my cats lived in the sofa for almost a month before joining the world.
It's much easier to enjoy the favor of both friend and foe, and not give a damn who's who. -- Lon Milo DuQuette
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Maybe some catnip would coax her out of hiding!
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At least you can see her!
When we got Bill, he only game out at night for a week ... I had to hunt down his hiding places and "secure" them. I didn't even know some of those holes existed!
THen we started "forced socialisation" - find cat, get cat, gently hold cat and stroke while offering tasty treats (raw meat is good). short time to start with, then getting longer so he realised that it wasn't nasty and he could go any time he wanted.
Ended up with a wonderful cat that trusted me absolutely - if I was in the room, all was well. If I wasn't ... gawd help the vet ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: At least you can see her!
Only because I wrecked my kitchen!
I'm leaving her be for now, but I might end up forcing it somewhat too.
At least I'll close up the kitchen when I have a chance, so she's forced to be a bit more out in the open.
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We went through that with 'Mama', a cat we adopted when my wife's aunt passed away. Mama was essentially feral, and hadn't socialized much at all while the aunt had her. We brought her and a second cat who was friendly home after the funeral, and let them take up residence in our guest room so they could get used to the move. We didn't see Mama for a month. The guest room has some antique furniture that she would hide behind/under.
After a while, Mama started to come out. We'd occasionally catch her laying out on the floor in a spot of sun. She eventually let me pet her, and toward the last I could rub her tummy and even pick her up and hold her. Sadly, she passed away just when she started to accept us.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary Wheeler wrote: Sadly, she passed away just when she started to accept us.
That's sad 
But at least she lived a good life with you 
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We had a good time with her. We're the slobbery type of pet owners so we have conversations with them, you know the drill.
Mama's backstory was that she was a retired KGB operative and she just wanted to live the life of a grumpy country Russian matron. That's why she was so unfriendly  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary Wheeler wrote: Mama's backstory was that she was a retired KGB operative and she just wanted to live the life of a grumpy...
I can see how working as a honeypot would do that to a cat.
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Good to hear!
..never seen that shade of Pink either, looks very black to me
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Sander Rossel wrote: Went to the animal shelter last Friday.
I somehow thought it was necessary to get the most scared cat they had, so that's what I now have
I found a black cat out the front of our complex about 8 - 10 months ago. Living in a drain under the main driveway. Scared shitless, scrawny and it's head twisted to the side. I believe it was physically abused. I started feeding it and it wouldn't come out until you were far enough away or somewhere it couldn't see you.
The wife then decided she wuld look after it and started moving the food closer and closer to our backyard until it was eating in there. Put a cardboard box with a shirt of hers she was wearing a few times she was feeding it and it started sleeping there. Now has a proper cat bed and has been to the vet to get desexed and vaccinated. Still wary of me even though it would be on the street and probably dead if I didn't start feeding it.
Last weekend we found another cat in the garden near the backyard, small enough to fit in my hand and scrawny. It is now sleeping in a cardboard box near the other cat (which isn't happy, but it harden up and get over itself) and I have bought kitten food for it. Wife said it could eat the same food as the first cat, but as I explained to her this kitten is way smaller than the other cat was.
Initially it wouldn't stay in the backyard, I picked it up and put it in the box and it stayed a while then would go and sit in the garden of middle of the backyard again. At one point it went out the front of the complex and was hiding under somthing, I found it and left it, the wife couldn't and move the thing and the cat got scared and ran out on the road and under a parked truck. As I tried to get it out it climbed up in to the bottom of the engine/suspension. Fun times prodding with a brromstick until my wife grabbed.
Managed to get it to stay and sleep in the box and eat. If still around this weekend will get a proper bed after taking it to the vet for a checkup and vaccination. Way too young for desexing yet.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Well, the puss-a-puss. Sander will take good care of you. Come on out pinky.
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The comments are so cute 
(I'm Flemish speaking ...  )
Have fun with the little fellow.
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