Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So your Posy (lovely photo, BTW) is a traditional SPD'er, against privatisation of the postal service :-) Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Apr 14, 2011, at 10:16 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > Lovely animal, John > > it seems to be a cat thing - Posy, our Somali, growls at the German postal > service postman but can't be bothered with the guy who delivers for a > private organisation. She even recognises the sound of the postman's bike, > runs downstairs and sits in the mail basket at the front door. (Stoopid > puss - she often gets mail dropped on her) > > Here she is, waiting for the mail to be delivered: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Cats/00124_RT8.jpg.html > > Cheers > Douglas > > On 14.04.2011 02:30, John Nebel wrote: >> http://photos.csd.net/cat_plato.html >> >> A guard cat, looks harmless, but worse than a German Shepherd as far as >> UPS and FedEx are concerned. USPS only gets a growl. >> >> Plato, in "The Republic", uses the analogy of philosophical dogs; the >> guardians of the ideal polis will be like philosophical dogs who are >> friendly to the people they know, but defend against outsiders. The >> guardians are meant seriously enough, but perhaps the philosophical dogs >> are a joke. >> >> The cat has absorbed too much Plato. >> >> John >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information