View Full Version : Most useless AT-related article ever
OK, so the cat retired. What's the big deal? Its a cat.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2007/12/26/nin_mount_washington_observatory_cat_retires/
doggiebag
12-26-2007, 21:25
It's a fun story - there are days when all I need is a good story.
Thanks for sharing - there's enough bad news out there.
bigboots
12-26-2007, 21:26
It's a fun story - there are days when all I need is a good story.
Thanks for sharing - there's enough bad news out there.
Cheers to that!
Bigboots
As a cat owner and rescuer, I have to agree its a good article. Since most "news" is usually negative, its nice to read something enlightening.
When I started reading the article, I thought it was referring to that hardcore machine that drives up and down the mountain during any weather.
Kirby
For those who are members of the Mount Washington Observatory and receive the "Windswept" publication, this is newsworthy. My wife and I received red-carpet treatment at the Obs. a week before the summit station was open to tourists in May 2004. We were given a personal tour of the entire grounds and observation center which included a sighting of Nin. Even though the weather was far from perfect, the visit was a highlight of my honeymoon, thanks to my wonderful wife.:sun
So, they're interviewing for the open position????:rolleyes:
Toolshed
12-27-2007, 01:12
Drivel...Read the first sentence on the link and closed the page... I thought it might be about the people mover too (which would be much more interesting).
Drivel...Read the first sentence on the link and closed the page... I thought it might be about the people mover too (which would be much more interesting).
That's exactly what I thought it was going to be about:o.
Kirby
That's exactly what I thought it was going to be about.
Me too :)
I'd bet that would have been some tasty eatin' after living off Twinkies and Fritos all it's life. Really well marbled meat, I'd bet...
Yummmm...
Mr. Clean
12-28-2007, 18:16
For people interested in Mt Washington and the Whites, cats in the Observatory have been a decades old tradition. Most live long, long lives up there on top of the mtn, and many have been the kittens of other aged cats from the summit. So, for some around the area, it's quite newsworthy when the summit cat retires and heads down the mtn. There is even at least one book written about a summit cat, which I found pretty neat.
4eyedbuzzard
12-28-2007, 18:59
OK, so the cat retired. What's the big deal? Its a cat.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2007/12/26/nin_mount_washington_observatory_cat_retires/
Yeah, and Marty on the Mountain was just another weatherman. :rolleyes:
It's okay. We don't expect flatlanders to understand. ;)
As a cat owner and rescuer, I have to agree its a good article. Since most "news" is usually negative, its nice to read something enlightening.
What's so enlightening about an old cat being retired. Remember, I, and even you, are likely to be old someday. Would you like to compete with a cat, that only harrassed hikers, never joined them?
The Old Fhart
12-28-2007, 19:36
4eyedbuzzard-"Yeah, and Marty on the Mountain was just another weatherman.:rolleyes:" Actually, if you watch this broadcast of Marty's last day on the summit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNATQANryFc), you'll hear him say he was not a weatherman. He got his weather from the Mount Washington Observatory where I worked. Marty was a hell of a nice guy and everyone at the observatory would drop what they were doing to watch his nightly broadcast on TV even though he was only a few hundred feet away.
As for Nin, he got more mail and gifts than the other people at the Observatory. Nin was the only full time resident on the summit for about 15 years.
Yeah, and Marty on the Mountain was just another weatherman. :rolleyes:
It's okay. We don't expect flatlanders to understand. ;)
Good thing you put that winky in there.
It's okay. We don't expect flatlanders to understand. ;)
I am glad OF weighed in.
Why would a bunch of guys name a cat after a female author? Especially since it was a tomcat.
And why would a bunch of men be interested in reading feminist literature on a lonely outpost anyway?
Just wondering.
Probably just a bunch of metal-heads.
4eyedbuzzard
12-28-2007, 20:45
I am glad OF weighed in.
Why would a bunch of guys name a cat after a female author? Especially since it was a tomcat.
And why would a bunch of men be interested in reading feminist literature on a lonely outpost anyway?
Just wondering.
Men crack under low barometric pressure.
Lone Wolf
12-28-2007, 21:34
I am glad OF weighed in.
Why would a bunch of guys name a cat after a female author? Especially since it was a tomcat.
And why would a bunch of men be interested in reading feminist literature on a lonely outpost anyway?
Just wondering.
I assumed it was named after Nine Inch Nails. guess all the men up there are gay
The Old Fhart
12-28-2007, 21:55
Lone Wolf-"I assumed it was named after Nine Inch Nails. guess all the men up there are gay"Sorry to spoil your homophobic wet dream, but when I was working there, over half the winter summit crew were women.:D
And maybe you ought to check what Nin wrote about. :eek:
Lone Wolf
12-28-2007, 21:57
Sorry to spoil your homophobic wet dream, but when I was working there, over half the winter summit crew were women.:D
And maybe you ought to check what Nin wrote about. :eek:
"homophobic" is a word your "type" made up. :rolleyes:
I'm sensing some politics here.:rolleyes:
Kirby
Lone Wolf
12-28-2007, 22:02
I'm sensing some politics here.:rolleyes:
Kirby
really? explain
really? explain
I assumed it was named after Nine Inch Nails. guess all the men up there are gay
Some people on the forum might take the bolded statement as an attack against gay people, which in today's world is a very contentious political issue for a lot of people, IMO.
Kirby
Lone Wolf
12-28-2007, 22:17
wrong kirby :rolleyes:
Darwin again
12-29-2007, 00:45
A cat retires from a mountain and we get ... issues.
4eyedbuzzard
12-29-2007, 01:15
Given two molehills a sufficient distance apart, we here at WB can turn them into the terminii of a trail of Federal importance. :D
Frolicking Dinosaurs
12-29-2007, 06:21
Given two molehills a sufficient distance apart, we here at WB can turn them into the terminii of a trail of Federal importance. :D::: Dino seen mopping coffee of monitor and keyboard :::
sheepdog
12-29-2007, 08:31
I wonder if the cat is going to get some kind of pension.
_terrapin_
12-29-2007, 08:55
I wonder if the cat is going to get some kind of pension.
That would be communist, of course. The cat should spend its remaining years as a greeter at Wal-Mart.
I wonder if the cat is going to get some kind of pension.
All the Fancy Feast it can suck down, and a sunny window near a birdfeeder.