Scottish globetrotting cyclist rescues kitten, now pair have 8 million views
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Scottish globetrotting cyclist rescues kitten, now pair have 8 million views
Good story with videos and pics. From the South China Post. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/ ... named-nala
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I hope he takes him to be neutered. Anything else is irresponsible behaviour that ends up with far too many Scotsman on the streets that propagate wilfully and die an early death from fighting and disease.
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Reminds me of Max and Rastus - RIP!
Whenever Max rode, so did Rastus. A leather cover was made to fit over the tank of whichever bike they were riding (for comfort and to give a better grip) and before long he also had a specially made little helmet and a red bandana.
Then they hit the road, in North America alone he was said to have covered some 75,000 mles. For the longer journeys, instead of his customary position of leaning into the wind on the bikes gas tank, Rastus would ride in a specially-made zipped pouch mounted on the tank in front of Max, with just his head peeping out.
In 1994, after his years in Canada, Corkill returned to his native New Plymouth, New Zealand, to be near his mom and, of course Rastus went too. Once they got settled, the pair devoted time to raising money for animal charities.
Max formed a company to market souvenirs such as T-shirts, posters and badges (the latter sold out). They even had a joint checking account, with Rastus' signature being his pawprint, also used on some of the merchandise.
he duo visited schools to tell children about the importance of caring for pets; they were invited to various functions; they starred in an award-winning television advertisemnt for the Bell Tea Company.
"The cat was just like a person,' said Bell CEO John Mahoney. 'He used to come into the offices here and make himself at home. He would drink tea with milk out of a cup and would get quite testy if it was taken away before he had finished!"
There was a thriving Rastus fan club, and the pair became a familiar sight on the roads around Taranaki and New Plymouth, often on Max's classic 1952 Sunbeam.
At Christmas time each year Max would put on a Santa outfit and disguise a bike as a sleigh, while Rastus sported a special helmet with little reindeer antlers attached.
They would take part in a Toy Run, organized by a local bikers' group who collected toys along the way for disadvantaged children. In some ways the cat was said to behave more like a dog, obeying Max's commands and 'growling' replies, rather than meowing.
On the morning of 20 January 1998, they were riding Max's custom black BMW, with his partner Gaynor Martin. Their bike collided head on with a car coming round a bend on the wrong side of the road; all three died instantly. Rastus had been in his pouch on the tank.
The 31-year-old car driver turned out to be drunk, and was charged with two counts of manslaughter.
An amazing crowd of over a thousand bikers came to pay their respects and take part in the funeral procession. They were cremated together, as Max had wished.
Their ashes were scattered by Max's eldest son at a ceremony on Mount Egmont, a mountain they both loved and that Rastus had been the only cat to climb.
WoW. I brought a book to read on the plane called Finding Gobi. A true sory about a guy competing in a 155 mile ultramarathon through the Gobi Desert when a stray dog started running with him.
Only read half so far,...it's an incredible adventure.
Only read half so far,...it's an incredible adventure.
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Can you imagine a cat staying in your tent, meowing all night, and putting its claws through the floors?
Cat's are just sooo superior. I looked after a neighbours cat in Shitsville for a couple of weeks. The fucker jumped on my bare chest one day when i was on the bed and dug its claws in till it bled.
Also, as the balconies out back were not really sectioned off it could go where it pleased and one night another cat came in and it got so scared it started wailing like a banshee and literally exploded shit all up the walls of the corridor....which the wife had to clean up at 3am.
Cat's are just sooo superior. I looked after a neighbours cat in Shitsville for a couple of weeks. The fucker jumped on my bare chest one day when i was on the bed and dug its claws in till it bled.
Also, as the balconies out back were not really sectioned off it could go where it pleased and one night another cat came in and it got so scared it started wailing like a banshee and literally exploded shit all up the walls of the corridor....which the wife had to clean up at 3am.
"I don't care what the people are thinking, i ain't drunk i'm just drinking"
What did it taste like?spitthedog wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2019 11:19 amCan you imagine a cat staying in your tent, meowing all night, and putting its claws through the floors?
Cat's are just sooo superior. I looked after a neighbours cat in Shitsville for a couple of weeks. The fucker jumped on my bare chest one day when i was on the bed and dug its claws in till it bled.
Also, as the balconies out back were not really sectioned off it could go where it pleased and one night another cat came in and it got so scared it started wailing like a banshee and literally exploded shit all up the walls of the corridor....which the wife had to clean up at 3am.
pew, pew, pew, pew!
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If I were that cat, I would set up a go fund me page. it would be purrrrrfect.
Freedom is not a state. It is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau.. Freedom is a continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.-John Lewis
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