Take away about 85% of those people and i would consider it, there wont be any beach for me at Nor"Easter. And FTR they have nice beaches up here for free.

 

Yeah, and the water is probably even colder there, than on the Cape.

 

Very nice Lainey!
I grew up with an MGA, my Dad has a '57 he bought new.
The Coupe' in the background should be considered a very special car, ya just don't see too many of them around.

 

I've got to get down and see that collection... wow.

 

In my situation Gabzo was a normal size kitten, and seemed to grow at a normal pace, it just did not stop when it normally would have.

And of course, the real Maine Coon characteristic when it comes to ears, is not only the thickness of the inner hair, but more importantly the tuffs.

12-weeks, tuffs are already there


1-year, backbone higher off the ground than the paper towel roll

 

What do you mean the tufts? I don't see fur coming out of your cat's ears....

You think the one we saw was a Maine coon too?

I told Rick to put the cat in his pocket to take home with us...the guy told us we couldn't.

 

Tufts are on top of the ear, not on the inside. The function of the tufts is to put extra fur on the ear's extremity to help keep them warm and not frost bitten. For a Maine Coon inner ear hair is not that big of a judging characteristic, however, the ear tifts are!

These are beautiful tufts!!!




The cat you saw could have had some Maine Coon cat in it, but from what I saw in the pics it is not a good example of one if it is. I think it is just a nice looking long hair, the jaw is too short, and too round, Maine Coons should have a longer nuzzle and be more square.

And trust me, Ganzo is hairy enough...

 

More tufts. but also look at the Lynx to see the extreme example of a square nose, and the elongation of it. The pic below may not show that off well for Ganzo, but he actually has a rather long nose.

 

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I'll have to go back to the car place and check out the cat next year.

 

^ Oh sure, blame the trip on the poor little kitty