Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, no fear, any and each of your good reasons DOes make so much sense to me ;-) Oh yes, calendars; I'm looonging for retirement just for that ;-) Thanks Bien amicalement Philippe Le 14 avr. 11 ? 16:40, John Nebel a ?crit : > > Philippe, > > Thanks for looking; as for violating the Caturday rule, I'll give > reasons, none of which makes sense. > > -1. Not to give the cat ideas about jumping upon shoulders > > 0. Plato didn't know about the Gregorian calendar and besides that > the Attic calendar was variable > > 1. Need to procrastinate as a very boring program must be finished, > or so I promised anyway > > 2. Geez, there are so many calendars, what day is it anyway? > > 3. General perversity and ignorance - the bottom line excuse for any > Yuman action (we are all from Yuma) > > Best, > > John > > PS > > Thanks for posting the wonderful, amusing, and insightful London > photos > > On 4/14/11 2:31 AM, philippe.amard wrote: >> Both Cato and Posy look beautiful ! >> >> Well, I must have slept longer than usual, is it already Caturday? >> ;-) >> >> Amiti?s >> Philippe >> >> Le 14 avr. 11 ? 10:16, Douglas Sharp a ?crit : >> >>> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > NO ARCHIVE