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Do GNU/Linux users keep a dog/cat as a pet?

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Re: Do GNU/Linux users keep a dog/cat as a pet?

#31 Post by stevepusser »

And if I'm not mistaken, Linux also clears up acne, cures male-pattern baldness, and increases sexual stamina.


That sentence is absolutely true, if you consider the first clause. :)
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#32 Post by GarryRicketson »

Linux also clears up acne, cures male-pattern baldness------snip
After I installed MX-14 to my kids laptop, (teenager), it really was amazing, but his acne also disappeared.
And my younger brothers, they use windows, both are younger then me, one being almost 15 years younger, any way they both , well the youngest is starting to go bald, the older one, but still younger then me, is bald,...any way they use Windows.
I have been using Linux for many years, never did use Windows, all though years ago, and still do use DOS, years ago msdos, but now "FreeDos", and then Unix,...anyway,
I do not have a trace of baldness. Not even much "gray", a little but at 62 that is not unusual, ...in fact my hair grows to much, to fast, tomorrow I have to go get another haircut,..
Also both my grandfathers, and my father went bald at fairly young ages. I am the only one in our family that use Linux, and I am the only male that is not going bald.
That sentence is absolutely true
So that is enough proof, for me , that your statement is true. :mrgreen:
I had never connected it with Linux, but sometimes I had been wondering why they all
went bald and I didn't, Now I know.

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Re: Do GNU/Linux users keep a dog/cat as a pet?

#33 Post by sgosnell »

Male pattern baldness is inherited from the maternal side, not the paternal. Whether or not your father was bald has little or no bearing on whether you will be bald. Look rather at your maternal grandfather. Nothing is certain, however. My maternal grandfather was mostly bald, but I've never had any trace of it.
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#34 Post by kedaha »

Keeping a dog/cat as a pet is fine with the caveat that your hardware might get damaged as reported on these forums:
sKrave wrote:My dog chewed up my old wired dynex usb headset, so I bought a Logitech Wireless H600 headset and now am having sound problems
in this topic.
saulgoode wrote:Perhaps your cat chewed through the cable? (It's happened to me.)

quoted here
craigevil wrote:LOl stupid cat chewed through the power supply XO works fine.

mentioned here
But one shouldn't rush to a hasty generalisation. :wink:
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#35 Post by stevepusser »

Yeah, wait until those conures start chewing on wires, then they won't be that cute. They are compulsive chewers, more like little cute feathered rats, so you'll have to keep them away from dangerous wires for their own safety, or give them something that's more fun to destroy, like balsa wood.
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#36 Post by GarryRicketson »

heh,heh,--- yea I have all ready noticed that, ..

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#37 Post by sunrat »

People don't own cats, cats own people.
I co-exist with a cat. :)
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#38 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

^ In a cat's eyes, all things belong to cats.
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#39 Post by stevepusser »

sunrat wrote:People don't own cats, cats own people.
I co-exist with a cat. :)
Dogs have owners, cats have staff.
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#40 Post by bse5150 »

"dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, and pigs treat us as equals." --Winston Churchill

Apparently he was fond of pigs. :)
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#41 Post by 1624 »

I have two cats.

Iines (her name) is 16 years old.

Lara (her name) is 8 years old.

Human years.
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#42 Post by Ardouos »

Two tarantulas,

A mexican red leg and a costa rican tigar rump.

Both about two years old occupying one square foot each.
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#43 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

@Ardouos: pics please?

How do you sleep with those in the house?
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#44 Post by Ardouos »

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:@Ardouos: pics please?

How do you sleep with those in the house?
:o
They are in enclosures, its not like they will go anywhere. They are natures terrestrial goldfish :wink:

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#45 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

Ardouos wrote:Tiger Rump
Cyclosternum Fasciatum -- is that Latin for "scary orange b*****d" then?
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But seriously, what amazing creatures, thanks for the pics!
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#46 Post by Ardouos »

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
Ardouos wrote:Tiger Rump
Cyclosternum Fasciatum -- is that Latin for "scary orange b*****d" then?
:P
I am glad it isn't, I would say it is latin for "Runs away to its borrow at any opportunity".
Head_on_a_Stick wrote: But seriously, what amazing creatures, thanks for the pics!
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Your welcome, it is nice when people appreciate them.
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#47 Post by Pick2 »

I'm Back ! You didn't know I was gone ? Did you miss Me ?
We adopted a 3 months old puppy in April from a shelter , and on about July 25 while We were out shopping , he chewed thru the Ethernet and Internet Cables behind the Wife's desk :shock:
So yesterday , after a lot of preperations , I dragged My 63 year old ass 32 feet thru the crawl space and back to run new cables . :D
Calvin is half German Shepard and half T-Rex and at 6 months old he is already 63 Lbs. The vet says He will be about 120 Lbs full grown !
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#48 Post by GarryRicketson »

We do have cats and dogs, and the cats are kind of a problem for me, because
of my birds, I have a new addition to the "family", a "chanate",(broad-tailed grackle)
Image

and then my parrots:

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And of course, everything is done with Debian, fortunately it is reliable and stable
enough , I have plenty of free time for my pets.
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#49 Post by Ardouos »

GarryRicketson wrote: And of course, everything is done with Debian, fortunately it is reliable and stable
enough , I have plenty of free time for my pets.
Hats off to you, parrots are a life changing and rewarding pet to have. I wish I had the time and space to own one. :[
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#50 Post by Ardouos »

New Edition: Peruvian Dwarf Star Tarantula.


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