@MigL What about larger ones?

55 minutes ago, Otto Kretschmer said:

What about larger ones?

I believe I've already told you about the baby tiger that my niece had for about a year.

Before she became a magician at the Greg Frewin Theater, she was part of the act and choreographer, and G Frewin included tigers into his stage act.
On one occasion I was invited backstage and got to pet Boomer, an 800 lbs tiger, that has since passed.
What I found incredible was that if you scratch them behind the ears, they 'purrr' just like household cats, yet the frequency is so low and loud, it actually vibrates the floorboards.

50 minutes ago, MigL said:

I believe I've already told you about the baby tiger that my niece had for about a year.

Before she became a magician at the Greg Frewin Theater, she was part of the act and choreographer, and G Frewin included tigers into his stage act.
On one occasion I was invited backstage and got to pet Boomer, an 800 lbs tiger, that has since passed.
What I found incredible was that if you scratch them behind the ears, they 'purrr' just like household cats, yet the frequency is so low and loud, it actually vibrates the floorboards.

Well, actually it doesn't technically count as purring since big cats of the genus Panthera can only do it on the exhale. 😛

Tasting History with Max Miller - a BRILLIANT food history channel, though the sentence: "Balmoral, where the Queen is as we speak" became outdated very quickly after the release of that particular video.

On 1/24/2026 at 4:41 PM, TheVat said:

Mostly music I'm trying to convert to a piano arrangement, or piano pieces I foolishly think I might be able to learn. ( A lot of such "watching," the video portion is unnecessary for me. I just go to YT because it's free and no signup required.) Also, home renovation/repair instruction videos, or bits about structural engineering and architecture.

Occasionally will watch a news clip (where video footage matters enough) or a John Oliver clip - his show goes up on YT a week or so after its HBO release. Minnie Driver clips are okay, provided they don't remind me of that dreadful puddle of treacle she was in with David Duchovny's dead wife's transplanted heart. She's adorable but... just no.

And of course the usual porn involving albino gorillas and St Bernards on unicycles. (Just checking to see if anyone is still awake after the first two paragraphs)

If you like Minnie Driver, this is quite funny. I'm coming to the conclusion she is rather a good sport and would be fun to meet:

2 hours ago, exchemist said:

If you like Minnie Driver, this is quite funny. I'm coming to the conclusion she is rather a good sport and would be fun to meet:

Be still my heart!

Racetrack clip at the end, with Hoof Hearted, made my inner Bart Simpson laugh. (For those unfamiliar, Bart would prank Moe the bartender by calling up and asking for a patron with a name that would cause Moe embarrassment when he shouted it across the room)

One of cult classic of early Polish Youtube, I remember watching that in August 2007 when I was about to go to middle school lol. A Tibia (a MMORPG game super popular in Poland at that time) pro with an altair who supposedly prays to Game Master for levels and skills. It's satire mocking the players of that particular game but still funny if you understand Polish. I still undersand all the words related to Tibia gameplay that he uses.

Why am I so big on nostalgic stuff lately? 🤔

Edited 19 hours ago19 hr by Otto Kretschmer

6 hours ago, Otto Kretschmer said:

Why am I so big on nostalgic stuff lately? 🤔

10 hours ago, StringJunky said: