Reminds me of the cat that years ago inhabited Powell's technical bookstore (in Portland OR). The grayish feline was a inconspicuous mascot. Sometimes seen calmly striding among the bookshelves, with little attention to the humans milling about but mostly was ensconced in some private retreat.<p>I used to go there frequently to hunt down computer books, but remember most enjoyably not only the store cat, but even more the collection of CD's that were sold way back when.<p>In the early 90's, with those CD's I was introduced to Linux 1.0, and FreeBSD 2.0, Walnut Creek and other names that endure in my memory. It was a very exciting time. Thanks for giving me that pleasure for a moment once again.
Similarly, behind every good ship is a trusty Ship's Cat. (<i>...and often whiskey too.</i>)<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship's_cat" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship's_cat</a>
Cats aren't just great for the distillery; nothing makes me more content than having one of my two cats curled up on my lap while I sip a scotch and watch something nerdy on TV.
Why do they get fewer mice now? Because the grain more securely stored? More effective poisons? Fewer mice in the region?<p>Funfact: unlike horses and dogs, cats were only domesticated once, and spread with agriculture (to protect stored grain from mice).
"Had a look at him. Thought, 'Yep.' Gave him a few strokes, and thought he was a friendly lookin' cat. Held him for a wee while. Decided, 'Right. He's the one.' "<p>That line stayed with me long after I finished reading the piece - Long live the Scots.
Had the pleasure of meeting Elijah on a two day work trip to LEX. Airport cabbie drove me to Woodford, dropped me off, and didn't charge to wait while I toured. Elijah was entirely indifferent to my presence.<p>Aside from Charleston, Lexington is one of the friendliest places I've been in the States. Highly recommend the distillery tours as well as the air museum.
There's no content in this article whatsoever. They used to need mousers, but now they get max. 2 mice/year. So the distillery has a pet cat to keep tradition alive. That's it?
symbiosis with cats and dogs carried our civilization through thousands of years. Now we're forgetting it and just exterminating cats and dogs - yearly only in US about 6-10M are put to death.