>>>>>>>>>>>>Wondering if anyone here bought an iPad & what they think of it...
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>>>>>>>>>>>Like one man said, “I can do everything on my MacBook Pro, cellphone and BlackBerry, I don’t need any more devices. I already have six phone numbers and enough things to plug in at night.”
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>>>>>>>>>>This has gotta be worth 600 bucks, easy.
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>>>>>>>>>>http://mashable.com/2010/04/14/its-official-cats-love-ipads-video/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
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>>>>>>>>>Absolutely, but unfortunately, I have 4 cats. $2400.00 USD is just way too much.
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>>>>>>>>4 cats? That makes you a cat man. And if anyone is wondering what you're up to, they're thinking:
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>>>>>>>>"What does a cat man do?"
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>>>>>>>>(best I could come up with at 01:00 local)
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>>>>>>>Get some sleep. ;)
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>>>>>>>I'm known in my neighbourhood as "The crazy old guy with the cats". At least, I should be. The neighbour kids come over to see the cats and pet them when they're outside. A never ending source of joy. And as I explained to them very clearly, the moment they stop being entertaining, they're history. So now they're all taking tap lessons.
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>>>>>>Yeah, right. One of the things (some) people like about cats is their independence. A woman I know once said the perfect name for a cat would be Screw You.
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>>>>>I prefer to think of them as independent as opposed to the irritating chuminess of your average dog. Dogs must be the most stupid animals man could have adopted as a pet. Don't look after you cat for a few weeks at the end you still have a cat. Don't look after you dog for a few weeks and at the end its either dead or ready to eat you.
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>>>>Dogs are in fact more intelligent than cats. Cats' independence is often mistaken for intelligence.
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>>>>Likewise, mules are more intelligent than horses. Horses (like people) get undeserved credit for being better looking.
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>>>Number of times i've seen cats crapping in my local park 0
>>>Number of times I've seen dogs crapping in my local park 100's
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>>>pass me my shotgun.
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>>That's different here. There are leash laws for dogs and you don't see many running around loose. Whereas cats often mistake the sandboxes in parks for their litter box at home.
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>My wife was knocked over by a dog just after Christmas. She has a back problem anyway and could really have done without that.
>I've lost count of the number of times dog owners have said to me "He/she isn't usually like that" as the dog snarls at me.
>We do have laws here on dog mess and most owners do pick it up now but there's still a small minority who don't. Plus we now have the problem of people owning attack dogs who can't really control them.
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>I think dog owners should have a license and proof of training.

That would be nice. Unfortunately about as likely as parents needing to have the same.

It's axiomatic among dog trainers that most dog problems are in fact owner problems.