ryoder 1,384 #1 June 21, 2005 Cats urinate to mark their territory. He is telling you: "This is my rig; You go get your own.""There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #2 June 21, 2005 QuoteCats urinate to mark their territory. He is telling you: "This is my rig; You go get your own." Nah. Everybody knows that cats jump without rigs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DBCOOPER 1 #3 June 21, 2005 See" Bedtime Stories For Skydivers"Replying to: Re: Stall On Jump Run Emergency Procedure? by billvon If the plane is unrecoverable then exiting is a very very good idea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #4 June 21, 2005 Once a cat victimized my shoes, I should admit they were really smelly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #5 June 21, 2005 QuoteQuoteCats urinate to mark their territory. He is telling you: "This is my rig; You go get your own." Nah. Everybody knows that cats jump without rigs. ____________________________ ...and landings are always stand-up! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #7 June 21, 2005 I've always heard and from what I've seen, cats land on their feet. I'm sure, there've been instances of un-coordinated cats who don't. I just haven't witnessed any. Hell, anything's possible. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #8 June 21, 2005 Thanks very much for the helpful comments. To close out the story, I have "bi-fold" doors on my closet, and somehow they weren't completely closed. On top of that, one of my children closed the door to the basement, where the cat's litter box is located. So, here we are... My wife and I have had the cat since we first started living together, so killing her (...the cat) is not in the plans. To the best of my smell sense, the cat only got the BOC, pilot chute, and my carry bag. Guess it could've been worse (thank goodness I leave my rig in an upright position). Thanks, again, and Blue Skies!We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #9 June 21, 2005 You have to spin them real fast, and since they don't have hips, they can't stop the turn We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #10 June 21, 2005 QuoteYou have to spin them real fast, and since they don't have hips, they can't stop the turn __________________________ Spin them? In a blender? Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #11 June 21, 2005 LMAO!We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 37 #12 June 21, 2005 Interesting fact about cats landing on their feet (must be true I read it on the internet): -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you drop a buttered piece of bread, it will fall on the floor butter-side down. If a cat is dropped from a window or other high and towering place, it will land on its feet. But what if you attach a buttered piece of bread, butter-side up to a cat's back and toss them both out the window? Will the cat land on its feet? Or will the butter splat on the ground? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And in response, thus spoke the Oracle: Even if you are too lazy to do the experiment yourself you should be able to deduce the obvious result. The laws of butterology demand that the butter must hit the ground, and the equally strict laws of feline aerodynamics demand that the cat can not smash its furry back. If the combined construct were to land, nature would have no way to resolve this paradox. Therefore it simply does not fall. That's right, you clever mortal (well, as clever as a mortal can get), you have discovered the secret of antigravity! A buttered cat will, when released, quickly move to a height where the forces of cat-twisting and butter repulsion are in equilibrium. This equilibrium point can be modified by scraping off some of the butter, providing lift, or removing some of the cat's limbs, allowing descent. Most of the civilized species of the Universe already use this principle to drive their ships while within a planetary system. The loud humming heard by most sighters of UFOs is, in fact, the purring of several hundred tabbies. The one obvious danger is, of course, if the cats manage to eat the bread off their backs they will instantly plummet. Of course the cats will land on their feet, but this usually doesn't do them much good, since right after they make their graceful landing several tons of red-hot starship and pissed-off aliens crash on top of them."Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #13 June 21, 2005 Sounds like you took alot of physics That actually made sense We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salsa_John 0 #14 June 21, 2005 Quote this usually doesn't do them much good, since right after they make their graceful landing several tons of red-hot starship and pissed-off aliens crash on top of them. Damn, that was way too funny... read a little too much hitch hiker's guide have we? "You did what?!?!" MUFF #3722, TDSM #72, Orfun #26, Nachos Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
