Senior/Pro Bowl Chatroom
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I had the last of two sister Ragdoll cats die 2 weeks ago @ 17+ years old (sister @ 15+), so I was looking all over for more and just through shear luck found a pure bred 2+ y.o. Seal Point Lynx Ragdoll and her half-Siamese 9 mo. old daughter through an on-line shelter that places them in foster parent homes until someone pays their minor bail. So I got two already spayed, vet checked and inoculated cats for $300 total that would cost closer to $3,000 together through a breeder, especially the very well marked mom Ragdoll who I think is show quality when I compare her to what I see on-line. Baby is brown faced/eared/tailed and brown and cream shorter coat which looks like it will fill in more brown like Ragdolls do over their first 2-3 years. It did not take long for the two to adopt "the cat whisperer" as our friends call me from time to time. So all my waking time has been devoted to my new babies since I picked them up Saturday and football has become secondary.?
I had the last of two sister Ragdoll cats die 2 weeks ago @ 17+ years old (sister @ 15+), so I was looking all over for more and just through shear luck found a pure bred 2+ y.o. Seal Point Lynx Ragdoll and her half-Siamese 9 mo. old daughter through an on-line shelter that places them in foster parent homes until someone pays their minor bail. So I got two already spayed, vet checked and inoculated cats for $300 total that would cost closer to $3,000 together through a breeder, especially the very well marked mom Ragdoll who I think is show quality when I compare her to what I see on-line. Baby is brown faced/eared/tailed and brown and cream shorter coat which looks like it will fill in more brown like Ragdolls do over their first 2-3 years. It did not take long for the two to adopt "the cat whisperer" as our friends call me from time to time. So all my waking time has been devoted to my new babies since I picked them up Saturday and football has become secondary.?
Sad to hear about your children's demise, but glad you were able to find some replacements at a big discount off what a breeder would charge.... As I've mentioned before, with my mountaineering hobby, I had always wanted a Himalayan but I wasn't about to spend $500+ to get one... I thought I was permanently done with pets, when Little died around 4 years ago, but then my pals brother in law found purebred Norman in his front yard, that no one claimed. He'd have grand champion potential if his feet were a little more solid color...Still find it hard to believe someone would spend over $1,000 on a cat and not go looking for it... And like Ragdolls, Norman is showing more brown in his coat now that he's a couple years older.
I suppose you're not like me, and planning to live until you're 90? It's why I was averse to more pets- I don't want them outliving me, and trying to take care of them when I'm on the high side of 80...
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I had the last of two sister Ragdoll cats die 2 weeks ago @ 17+ years old (sister @ 15+), so I was looking all over for more and just through shear luck found a pure bred 2+ y.o. Seal Point Lynx Ragdoll and her half-Siamese 9 mo. old daughter through an on-line shelter that places them in foster parent homes until someone pays their minor bail. So I got two already spayed, vet checked and inoculated cats for $300 total that would cost closer to $3,000 together through a breeder, especially the very well marked mom Ragdoll who I think is show quality when I compare her to what I see on-line. Baby is brown faced/eared/tailed and brown and cream shorter coat which looks like it will fill in more brown like Ragdolls do over their first 2-3 years. It did not take long for the two to adopt "the cat whisperer" as our friends call me from time to time. So all my waking time has been devoted to my new babies since I picked them up Saturday and football has become secondary.?
Sad to hear about your children's demise, but glad you were able to find some replacements at a big discount off what a breeder would charge.... As I've mentioned before, with my mountaineering hobby, I had always wanted a Himalayan but I wasn't about to spend $500+ to get one... I thought I was permanently done with pets, when Little died around 4 years ago, but then my pals brother in law found purebred Norman in his front yard, that no one claimed. He'd have grand champion potential if his feet were a little more solid color...Still find it hard to believe someone would spend over $1,000 on a cat and not go looking for it... And like Ragdolls, Norman is showing more brown in his coat now that he's a couple years older.
I suppose you're not like me, and planning to live until you're 90? It's why I was averse to more pets- I don't want them outliving me, and trying to take care of them when I'm on the high side of 80...
I suppose you're not like me, and planning to live until you're 90? It's why I was averse to more pets- I don't want them outliving me, and trying to take care of them when I'm on the high side of 80...
My youngest grandparent to die was 86. The oldest 98. My wife's parents both went past 90. So the race is on.??
But I understand what you mean and I took it into account. Fortunately my grandson really loves the cats I have had and has already bonded with my two new babies. They will go to him if we get to where we are unable to take care of them. Or to my son if it comes way sooner than life expectancy tables tell me. He's done well with all our cats since he was 6 when another half-grown Ragdoll tortie just wandered into our lives and stayed 16 years.
One other reason I think the pure-bred is show quality is that she had not been spayed and had a litter with her when found. Breeders spay and neuter all pet level Ragdolls to keep the line pure before they sell them. Females who are not spayed are usually sold as breeders and thus the high $ price. We were just lucky this one ended up with a foster care shelter along with her litter. I'm happy and the two new little people already follow me everywhere in the house.???
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I suppose you're not like me, and planning to live until you're 90? It's why I was averse to more pets- I don't want them outliving me, and trying to take care of them when I'm on the high side of 80...
My youngest grandparent to die was 86. The oldest 98. My wife's parents both went past 90. So the race is on.??
But I understand what you mean and I took it into account. Fortunately my grandson really loves the cats I have had and has already bonded with my two new babies. They will go to him if we get to where we are unable to take care of them. Or to my son if it comes way sooner than life expectancy tables tell me. He's done well with all our cats since he was 6 when another half-grown Ragdoll tortie just wandered into our lives and stayed 16 years.
One other reason I think the pure-bred is show quality is that she had not been spayed and had a litter with her when found. Breeders spay and neuter all pet level Ragdolls to keep the line pure before they sell them. Females who are not spayed are usually sold as breeders and thus the high $ price. We were just lucky this one ended up with a foster care shelter along with her litter. I'm happy and the two new little people already follow me everywhere in the house.???
My youngest grandparent to die was 86. The oldest 98. My wife's parents both went past 90. So the race is on.??
My youngest grandparent to die was not that old. But that is what happens when the building full of civilians you are in gets hit by a fucking Nazi bomb. So FUCK these Nazi sympathizers in this country . In a sense I would like to give them all the same treatment they gave my grandfather. But I am not that guy.
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My youngest grandparent to die was 86. The oldest 98. My wife's parents both went past 90. So the race is on.??
My youngest grandparent to die was not that old. But that is what happens when the building full of civilians you are in gets hit by a fucking Nazi bomb. So FUCK these Nazi sympathizers in this country . In a sense I would like to give them all the same treatment they gave my grandfather. But I am not that guy.
My youngest grandparent to die was not that old. But that is what happens when the building full of civilians you are in gets hit by a fucking Nazi bomb. So FUCK these Nazi sympathizers in this country . In a sense I would like to give them all the same treatment they gave my grandfather. But I am not that guy.
My youngest grandparent to die did when my father was 18.
I'm very curious Gip, where and when did that happen?
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My youngest grandparent to die was not that old. But that is what happens when the building full of civilians you are in gets hit by a fucking Nazi bomb. So FUCK these Nazi sympathizers in this country . In a sense I would like to give them all the same treatment they gave my grandfather. But I am not that guy.
My youngest grandparent to die did when my father was 18.
I'm very curious Gip, where and when did that happen?
My youngest grandparent to die did when my father was 18.
I'm very curious Gip, where and when did that happen?
Me too....
I'm guessing England.
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Me too....
I'm guessing England.
I was thinking the same. London, maybe?
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My youngest grandparent to die was not that old. But that is what happens when the building full of civilians you are in gets hit by a fucking Nazi bomb. So FUCK these Nazi sympathizers in this country . In a sense I would like to give them all the same treatment they gave my grandfather. But I am not that guy.
My youngest grandparent to die did when my father was 18.
I'm very curious Gip, where and when did that happen?
My youngest grandparent to die did when my father was 18.
I'm very curious Gip, where and when did that happen?
During the war obviously....the Blitz....he was working in an office near the docks of Portsmouth, I believe, on the south coast of England. I am not sure of the exact date.
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During the war obviously....the Blitz....he was working in an office near the docks of Portsmouth, I believe, on the south coast of England. I am not sure of the exact date.
I was wondering about the year, not the period. It is an interesting part of History because in the Battle of Britain, Germans started winning because they targeted key military positions, but once the Allies bombed intentionally civil targets (I'd say it was Berlin, but might be another german city), the Germans switched their targets and began to lose the battle... At the same time destroying many civil lives.
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During the war obviously....the Blitz....he was working in an office near the docks of Portsmouth, I believe, on the south coast of England. I am not sure of the exact date.
I was wondering about the year, not the period. It is an interesting part of History because in the Battle of Britain, Germans started winning because they targeted key military positions, but once the Allies bombed intentionally civil targets (I'd say it was Berlin, but might be another german city), the Germans switched their targets and began to lose the battle... At the same time destroying many civil lives.
I was wondering about the year, not the period. It is an interesting part of History because in the Battle of Britain, Germans started winning because they targeted key military positions, but once the Allies bombed intentionally civil targets (I'd say it was Berlin, but might be another german city), the Germans switched their targets and began to lose the battle... At the same time destroying many civil lives.
He worked for the British admiralty so the building he was in would have been considered a military target I suppose
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I was wondering about the year, not the period. It is an interesting part of History because in the Battle of Britain, Germans started winning because they targeted key military positions, but once the Allies bombed intentionally civil targets (I'd say it was Berlin, but might be another german city), the Germans switched their targets and began to lose the battle... At the same time destroying many civil lives.
He worked for the British admiralty so the building he was in would have been considered a military target I suppose
He worked for the British admiralty so the building he was in would have been considered a military target I suppose
Well, then it looks the building was not so full of civilians... Rest in Peace, anyway.
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He worked for the British admiralty so the building he was in would have been considered a military target I suppose
Well, then it looks the building was not so full of civilians... Rest in Peace, anyway.
Well, then it looks the building was not so full of civilians... Rest in Peace, anyway.
Yeah they were pretty much all civilians. It is just that their job is to work at the ports. Obviously they were in support of the military at that time but otherwise they just help with shipping. In fact my grandfather was there at Queens town working when the titanic left Port
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