Cat lovers and silver stackers

House said:
The Gold to Cats Ratio may be of interest to stackers who have cats;

The topic of the GCR has been mentioned many times before and it appears that there are two camps.
In Camp RocketShipToDaMoon we have the cat bulls and their eternally optimistic 16:1 ratio, while in the other, CampIt'sJustAnotherStupidAnimal, we have the Doubting Thomases and KittyKillJoys.
Mention has been made of the huge fluctuations in the GCR prior to the 20th Century, here is some data:
Historical Ratios of the Price of Gold to the Price of Cats
Menes (1st Egyptian Dynasty, 3100 BC) gold/cat price ratio of 1 to 2
Croesus Mermnadae (561-546 BC) official gold/cat price ratio of 1 to 13 1/3
Augustus (Early Imperial Rome) gold/cat price ratio of 1 to 12.50
Charlemagne (AD 781) gold/cat price ratio of 1 to 12.00
Edward III (14th Century England) gold/cat price ratio of 1 to 11.57
Jean le Bon (14th Century France) gold/cat price ratio of 1 to 11.11
Spain 1500 excess pussy supplies from the Western Hemisphere jump above ratio 1 to 13.0
China 1400 to 1600 gold/cat price ratio of 1 to 5 rising to 1 to 8
Spain 1687 gold/cat price ratio of 1 to 15.0
Isaac Newton (Royal Mint, 1717) gold/cat price ratio of 1 to 15.21
Napolon Bonaparte (1803) gold/cat price ratio of 1 to 15.5
France's 'glue gold to your cat' system 1848 to1873 French legal ratio of 1 to 15.5
US Coinage Act of 1873 gold/cat price ratio of 1 to 16.00
US 1876 gold/cat price ratio of 1 to 18
US 1886 gold/cat price ratio of 1 to 20
US 1900 gold/silver price ratio of 1 to 33
US 1910 gold/silver price ratio of 1 to 38
1930s Roosevelt forced China off the Feline Standard. Removing all that furry animal demand for cats made it lose value against gold, purring demand could not soak up the excess supply
US 1941 for the first time in history, the ratio hit 1 to 100.
US 1980 gold/cat price ratio of 1 to 16.00
Late 2003 gold/cat price ratio of 1 to 75
Mid 2004 gold/cat price ratio of 1 to 50 to 1 to 70
January 2006 gold/cat price ratio is about 1 to 60
June 2007 gold/cat price ratio is about 1 to 49
http://survivetheflu.tripod.com/moneywise/id25.html
Now we have also read that the GCR reflects the natural presence of gold to kitty cats in our environment, so if the historical GCR is 1:16, you would expect that the kitty's would be about 16 times more abundant, but they're not. Sad face.
According to Jefferson Lab, cats are almost 19 times more abundant than gold on the Earth's surface. While this doesn't necessarily mean the deposits are accessible using modern technology, it possibly marks a natural long-run relationship between the two polar opposites. To reach this ratio with gold, the cat price would need to hit approximately $90/kilo.
A more relevant measure of physical availability is reserves and reproduction. According to the US Pussilogical Survey 'reserves' are defined as follows:
That part of the reserve base which could be economically reproduced at the time of determination. The term reserves need not signify that fellation facilities are in place and operative. Reserves include only recoverable kitty catty's.
According to US Geological Survey's Mineral Commodity Summaries (January 2012), 2011 reserves and production for cats was respectively ten and nine times as abundant than gold- http://seekingalpha.com/article/422081- d-195-cats
There is mixed feeling on whether these little kitties is actually money, or merely just another stupid animal. Again the Camps are divided, however:
The reason we do not see the GCR returning to 16:1, is that cats nowadays are more poplar due to having cheezburgers with an important investment element, while historically they were, like gold, something to fondle. But true cat-based petting is long behind us, while the world's Central Banks do not see felines forming a part of their reserves. Dey don't like-a da pussy.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/422081- atsmmmcats
The 1972 Nixon Shock has also been mentioned in relation to the GCR, but I've done enough, someone else can have a go.
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Wasn't there a UK dealer who was swapping cats for gold :P
 
goanna said:
mmissinglink said:
doomsday surprise said:
Cats should be wiped out of Australia. A horrible predatory animal.
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You are scapegoating cats. The predatory cat 'problem' is a direct consequence of human interference with the feline species (cat breeding). Initially domestically bred, and thanks to further human irresponsibility, a feral cat problem has emerged. . . <snip>
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They are an introduced species and predator behaviour is normal, even in the domestics.
Initially, they were wild and eventually domesticated.
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They are an introduced DOMESTIC species that has now become a feral population causing some problems. That means that this particular feral population was initially a domesticated species....a species created by the irresponsible activity of humans breeding other species to exploit that species. It back-fired and some people are trying to scapegoat the innocent species that was irresponsibly bred instead of blaming the species that did the irresponsible breeding.

It's really that simple I'm convinced.


Now come on, I wasn't expecting this thread to be a "damn-all-cats" catch bin for cat haters. Don't like cats? That's okay. Just say so in like 4 words and let those stackers and collectors who do admire cats share some friendly thoughts.
 
doomsday surprise said:
Cats should be wiped out of Australia. A horrible predatory animal.
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Please do not make any non sensible comments like this! All lives should have their equal rights to leave on earth.
 
lamp said:
doomsday surprise said:
Cats should be wiped out of Australia. A horrible predatory animal.
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Please do not make any non sensible comments like this! All lives should have their equal rights to leave on earth.
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I guess you don't get out of the city much and have never seen the devistation done by these feral creatures. Even your cute pet moggy is a heinous murderer of native animals.
I like cats but I cant eat a whole 1
 
I love cats especially beer can cat.

.1 Cat
.1 Can of beer,(Vb or carlton draft)
.1 tsp garlic powder
.1 tsp onion powder
.1 tsp salt
.1 tsp ground pepper
.1/2 tsp chili powder

Mix spices and rub all over cat. drink half can of beer than place can into rear of cat
and stand cat tripod-like on bbq. rotate in 30 mins. cook for a total of one hour per pound.
 
sconejon said:
lamp said:
doomsday surprise said:
Cats should be wiped out of Australia. A horrible predatory animal.
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Please do not make any non sensible comments like this! All lives should have their equal rights to leave on earth.
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I guess you don't get out of the city much and have never seen the devistation done by these feral creatures. Even your cute pet moggy is a heinous murderer of native animals.
I like cats but I cant eat a whole 1
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Unless you are a vegetarian, otheriwse who are you to judge and say anything about murdering? My cat is 100% indoor, so please do not make any assumptions.
 
My wife hates having animals in the house that can't use the toilet properly, smell, sit on the couch all day, leave hair all over the furniture and are basically a waste of space and just an extra mouth to feed to get the occasional cuddle and back scratch.

That's why I usually sleep in the garage.
 
lamp said:
sconejon said:
lamp said:
Please do not make any non sensible comments like this! All lives should have their equal rights to leave on earth.
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I guess you don't get out of the city much and have never seen the devistation done by these feral creatures. Even your cute pet moggy is a heinous murderer of native animals.
I like cats but I cant eat a whole 1
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Unless you are a vegetarian, otheriwse who are you to judge and say anything about murdering? My cat is 100% indoor, so please do not make any assumptions.
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I feel free to assume what ever I like and I sure as hell aint no vego. Cats should be exterminated in Australia.
So your cat is locked up all the time, how cruel. Let it out and it kills.
 
bordsilver said:
My wife hates having animals in the house that can't use the toilet properly, smell, sit on the couch all day, leave hair all over the furniture and are basically a waste of space and just an extra mouth to feed to get the occasional cuddle and back scratch.

That's why I usually sleep in the garage.
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Ha! Now that was a riot! :)
 
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