Cat Rescue... kinda sporty

[MasterBlaster]

I LOL'ed at it when I first saw it four years ago...

 

[darkstar]

Holy Chit ...
we should go to Yellow and Mellow

 

[Al Smith]

Cat carrier indeed .That would take the growl out of old grumpy Tom for sure .

 

[cutitup]

Phoenix officer won't allow neighbor to get stranded cat

http://www.abc15.com/content/news/p...w-neighbor-to-get/uSDXo0vALEiuKVsvSvFUfA.cspx

 

[lumberjack]

What a slanted title.

A person won't let someone come on his property and try to kill themselves trying to rescue a cat. Then he freaks out when the people think they aren't trespassing when they lean a ladder against his wall.

Friggin idiots. He should consider pressing charges, the fact that he's a cop doesn't matter.

 

[sotc]

naw, just post no tresspassing signs

 

[lumberjack]

WTF? You tell someone to not come on your land, they do anyway, and your response is to put up a sign?*

Let the Red flow back in man! I think Darin's a bad influence on you.


*: In MS, all land is considered posted, signs aren't required.

 

[sotc]

no im saying i wouldnt press charges, i think he handled it well

 

[Al Smith]

It's not exactly like that in Ohio but close .Some things are just considered common courtesy . Respect of a persons home and property are high on that list .

 

[lumberjack]

Ha me too, but I don't get the bit about the signs?

Why post signs?

 

[Al Smith]

Why post signs?

So the sign printers don't ask for federal aid .They need a job too .

 

[sotc]

just to be sure they are aware and have no excuses

 

[Blinky]

Neighbors like that suck in my opinion. Yes they should get permission before going onto his property... and yes he should grant it. I can walk onto my neighbor's property anytime I want, play with there dogs, borrow the lawnmower, whatever... we're NEIGHBORS.

I wish people had enough balls and integrity to behave like they used to. Nobody ordered anybody off their property when I was a kid unless they were just a grumpy old asshole. WTF? Just because it's your property doesn't mean you should lord over it like a jealous prick. But yes he's well within his rights.

People like that should try being neighborly sometime... maybe help out instead being a dickhead. It's a hell of a lot more fun and you never know when you might need some help yourself.

 

[Al Smith]

Cats will just be cats ,they can't help themselves . You can make a dog mind but I've as yet to get a cat to do anything it didn't want to do .

I mean you don't see the dog get stuck in a tree nor do they hop on top of a warm car engine to warm up only to have a tail get wacked off when you start it up by the fan belt . On the other hand I've never seen a cat chase a car or get overly friendly with your leg so maybe it's a toss up .

 

[SkwerI]

The minute somebody starts forbidding me from doing something because they are afraid of me suing them if I hurt myself on their property, it becomes very difficult for me to retain any sort of respect or reasonableness towards said asshole.

I won't say any more on the matter because I can't do so in a civilized manner.

 

[Al Smith]

I've never been forbidden but then too I always asked first .

Case in point ,a few years back we had a class one tornado ,baby one .It left some stuff torn up including some trees in the woods next to me . I called and asked permission to remove some downed trees from the old lady that owns it but assured her I would not bring suit against her if I injured myself .She asked and was concerned about it .

Sounds trivial but honestly some people are real concerned about law suits . I think there are too many shyster lawyers these days .

Now this cat deal in the tree or whatever ,I wasn't there .If I however came out and saw a bunch of people scampering over my property unannounced I'd be a tad bit pissed too .They may have asked In this case too and the guy was just being a prick about it ,don't know .

 

[Mr. Sir]

There was a time long ago when certain cultures (i.e. Egyptians) worshipped cats as gods. Cats have never forgotten this.

 

[No_Bivy]

Just finished recue/encouraging "Shredder" from a tree. Cat was 60' up a black oak. Third day, looked lifeless till I got close......as usual. He went ape shit when I grabbed him with the pillow case. This time I pushed him straight into the trunk so he could grab on. I let go and the Mofo climbed all the way back down......hahahahahha. Still got paid.

 

[Blinky]

[...]This time I pushed him straight into the trunk so he could grab on. I let go and the Mofo climbed all the way back down......hahahahahha. Still got paid.

You shoulda charged extra for giving him climbing lesson.

 

[Al Smith]

There was a time long ago when certain cultures (i.e. Egyptians) worshipped cats as gods. Cats have never forgotten this.

They also claimed certain Orientals eat the danged things too .I can't really say but they used to make nice tennis racquets .

 

[No_Bivy]

You shoulda charged extra for giving him climbing lesson.

downclimbing lesson.......next time jelly

 

[sotc]

seems the guy let them try a day or so then probably saw they had no idea what they were doing. he would probably let them hire an insured professional to go up but i dont blame him one bit for calling it off. keep your stupid cat home if you care so much about it

 

[Al Smith]

The only way you can make a cat stay in one place is put him in a cage .They don't mind well .

 

[sotc]

or put em up the neighbors tree

 

[Blinky]

If the guy gave'em a shot and they screwed it up by trying a bunch of cockamamie dangerous crap, then I support him completely. I got the impression he just wouldn't let anybody set foot on his property at all... which probably could've been remedied had the people asked for permission first.

I just think most of us could stand to know and cooperate with our neighbors a little better.