Joe, Couldn't you collect all that cat hair and make some lens covers for your various telescopes?
...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Merle, > > I gather the cats' shed hair, on a grooming brush, and compost it along with > kitchen scraps and yard waste. > > I also gather the fur and put it outside in clumps so birds can carry it to > their nests in nesting season: the Angora fur is very fine and soft, and the > birds carry it away reliably: > > I usually put a clump of it on the ground, and "pin" it to the ground with a > small twig. The hair is always gone by the next day. I've seen birds flying > off with big bits of it. Imagine how nice the Angora-lined nests are, for > the hatchlings. > > --Joe > > > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > joe..well well well...waste not want not..... my tai chi teacher spun a hat > > out of his dog's hair... are you recycling those hairy cats of yours > > joe?... merle > > > > Well, that's just irrelevant. > > > > > >In very big cities -- where most of the population, and pets live -- > > >people have pets "put-down" at Vets. And rescue centers there, or in > > >nearby suburbs "generate" a lot of dead animals per week, by merciful > > >euthanizing of old, frail, or unhealthy pets. > > > > "Rendering" is a good internet search-topic; it will tell you about this > > component of pet foods. > > > > The high-temperature anaerobic de-polymerization rendering process reduces > > the pet bodies to basic components; I doubt you could tell what came from > > dogs and what came from cats, afterwards. But then it is all turned into > > dog food and cat food. > > > > Remember "Soylent Green"? ;-) > [snip] > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
