She Calls Them "Her Mountains"
Jun 21, 2019 16:00:32 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
merrytexan wrote:
lol... toss her some temptations and while she is meowing for more, capture the moment. 
Since this post has gone so very far off-topic --and its ALL because of you, Merry! I'm the innocent party in all this; totally blameless, I descry! -- I see no reason not to continue in the same vein. Or artery. Or whatever.
Meowing for more, you say, eh? Then more you'll get. Here are a few pix from around the last days of my last cat, Little Cat. She sluffed off this feline coil a couple of years ago, and lies buried in sacred ground in a nearby National Park. On the map, the place says 'Willow Flat,' but I've since renamed the area 'Little Cat Flat.' Stupid USGS map maker types simply haven't caught up to that fact yet, the slackers. She wasn't a good cat. She was a great cat.
Please excuse the lack of IQ. I'm sure it has something to do with the water I drank as a child.
Jun 21, 2019 16:22:41 #
Cany143 wrote:
Since this post has gone so very far off-topic --a... (show quote)
I just submitted a post with a photo taken from Willow Flat ... think I'll go back & change the tag line to "Little Cat Flat" ... great shots of your cat ... sorry you lost her. But I'm loving the way your readers have carried this post astray ... & I'll vouch for your innocence!!!
Jun 21, 2019 16:32:29 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
fbeaston wrote:
I just submitted a post with a photo taken from Willow Flat ... think I'll go back & change the tag line to "Little Cat Flat" ... great shots of your cat ... sorry you lost her. But I'm loving the way your readers have carried this post astray ... & I'll vouch for your innocence!!!
Nope, don't change anything. The Willow Flat in ISKY is an entirely different place than the Willow Flat in.... er...... um......... Arches. Some people have no imagination at all, it seems. Proof of that lies in the fact there have to be 900 canyons in Utah named 'Cottonwood Canyon.'
Jun 21, 2019 16:52:31 #
Cany143 wrote:
Since this post has gone so very far off-topic --a... (show quote)
Aw I'll take the blame...it's been fun. Little cat appears to be a beautiful little tabby, and I love the shots...the last one in particular is interesting and unique. I'm sorry you lost her but you must have a heart full of sweet memories of her. How cool she is buried in a national park at little cat flat! I will accept the blame...heck...I get blamed for everything around here. I'm used to it..lol And your IQ seems to be perfectly fine. Thanks mewy much for pawsing for a little while for some kitty talk.
Jun 21, 2019 17:11:40 #
Cany143 wrote:
Nope, don't change anything. The Willow Flat in ISKY is an entirely different place than the Willow Flat in.... er...... um......... Arches. Some people have no imagination at all, it seems. Proof of that lies in the fact there have to be 900 canyons in Utah named 'Cottonwood Canyon.'
900 Cottonwood Canyons in Ootah?!?!?! Surely you jest!!!!! I will admit that I actually did think about changing my post without saying anything to you ... just on the off chance you bumped into it. ;)
Jun 21, 2019 17:29:25 #
Jun 21, 2019 17:42:53 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
fbeaston wrote:
900 Cottonwood Canyons in Ootah?!?!?! Surely you jest!!!!! I will admit that I actually did think about changing my post without saying anything to you ... just on the off chance you bumped into it. ;)
No jest whatsoever. Plain unadulterated fact. Its gets a little confusing at times, like when you went to one of them, and you get back home and somebody asks where'd ya go, and you say, "Cottonwood Canyon," and they say, "which one?" and you reply, "you know, that one that's over there just south of Cottonwood Canyon," and they reply, "oh, yeah, that one. Nice canyon. See anything interesting?" and you inform them back, "yeah, that big cottonwood that was there? somebody chopped it down and apparently carted it off." To which the consoling retort might be something like, "yeah, and it doesn't burn for crap, either. So I'll leave those other cottonwoods in there alone, I guess. Hear there's some good pinon pine over by the Cottonwood Canyon just to the north, though. Wanna take a ride?"
Jun 21, 2019 17:46:46 #
Your wit tickles me ... I've been following this post throughout the day vs. doing what I set out to do. But it's been worth it. Besides, I'm retired ... so I don't have a schedule!!! Thanks for the chuckles.
Jun 21, 2019 18:14:36 #
Jun 21, 2019 22:25:51 #
Manny Jay
Loc: Colorado
This from Google - inplain English, or Americanese, if you wish:
Why are they called the Grand Tetons?
French trappers are responsible for naming the three peaks now known as the South, Middle, and Grand Teton. They called the mountains “Les Trois Tetons,” or “The Three Breasts.” The Grand Teton—the tallest of the three—literally means “the big tit.”
Why are they called the Grand Tetons?
French trappers are responsible for naming the three peaks now known as the South, Middle, and Grand Teton. They called the mountains “Les Trois Tetons,” or “The Three Breasts.” The Grand Teton—the tallest of the three—literally means “the big tit.”
Jun 21, 2019 23:12:16 #
Jun 22, 2019 00:29:24 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
Manny Jay wrote:
This from Google - inplain English, or Americanese, if you wish:
Why are they called the Grand Tetons?
French trappers are responsible for naming the three peaks now known as the South, Middle, and Grand Teton. They called the mountains “Les Trois Tetons,” or “The Three Breasts.” The Grand Teton—the tallest of the three—literally means “the big tit.”
Why are they called the Grand Tetons?
French trappers are responsible for naming the three peaks now known as the South, Middle, and Grand Teton. They called the mountains “Les Trois Tetons,” or “The Three Breasts.” The Grand Teton—the tallest of the three—literally means “the big tit.”
Yup. You (and Google, of course) got that right. Can you imagine, though, if it had been a bunch of Jr High School kid trappers who'd come across those peaks first? They'd never have gotten a name at all; the kids would've giggled themselves to death long beforehand. Or how about if it had been a party of Icelandic, or Welsh, or maybe Norwegian trappers? There'd have been a thirty-eight letter consonant heavy word that nobody'd be able to pronounce. And that would just be for the "The" part of the name. Guess its lucky some French got there first --after the ten or fifteen thousand years worth of Native Americans had been around that area, that is-- to give them hills such a French-y sounding oh-so-risqué name, eh?
Jun 22, 2019 06:59:03 #
Jun 22, 2019 08:13:26 #
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