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We had a turtle for 20 years (no idea how old it was when it died - at least 28).
Had it not died, we were going to give it to one of our kids so their kids can have the same pet their (mommy/daddy) did. Not same kind, but same one, seemed kind of neat.
Easy maintenance. Practically none. Eats anything, although, unfortunately, since it was not a tortoise, it needs whole live food often to maintain its health. It's also quite a bit faster on its feet than a tortoise; quite a bit, indeed.
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A pity it died... it would have been nice!
I understand the maintenance part, and if someday it runs you can catch it easily...
Did you got the live food in the shop or you were hunting yourself?
If you named it Subversion you will become my personal hero.
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I didn't name it - and it was bought without my permission or knowledge (wife+kids did it).
As for the live food? I went out at dusk, flashlight, cup, and chopsticks, as "The Great White Hunter", and gathered slugs, snails, and worms.
In the summer, when he had quite the appetite, I ultimately nearly cleaned up the neighborhood of the (large spotted) slugs - traveling ever further to find a new colony. Interesting that I got this job for maintaining there beast.
In the winter, we let the house drop to 62 F (ca. 17 C) while we were out and he'd go into a semi-hibernation, eating and drinking next to nothing. Sometimes he'd warm up, escape from his 'place' (he was an amazing escape artist) and explore until he got too cold - whereupon he stopped wherever he was until found, retrieved, and put back in his place. This, without sand, was "His Place"[^]
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Power Puff Boy wrote: Which pet would you have?
I'm a dog-person who owns a cat. Its name translates to "Well done".
The mother of a friend had a small piglet in the house, which is a nice idea. Always keep your bacon near 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I'd get a Commodore
Low maintenance.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I had two of them but couldn't get them to breed. I suppose one of them had to be female, dammit!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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The one I saw most certainly had slit for insertion of ... well, whatever.
And I saw another one that had a joystick, with sort of a ball on top.
So I guess you cold have found the right stuff if you had shopped around a little more.
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Maximilien wrote: Low maintenance.
Indeed. You only need to feed it 2 Apples a day. 
Marc
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bird - cheap cheap. (Downside: can't house train a bird.)
Sin tack
the any key okay
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I have a small Indian manservant don't you know.
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I had really, really expected you to buy one of them blue dogs 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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My cat would be called Schrodinger and might live in a box.
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I always were wondering: If none can hear the scream from the cat, is it then a scream?
And if you have no way to know whether the cat is alive, capable of screaming, or not, is then the uncertaintly about the existence of the the scream at a higher level than if the (possibly) screaming cat is just out of hearing distance of any other animal?
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I have three.
Bacchus is a male greyhound, named for the Greek and Roman god of whine (he doesn't bark). Hera is a female greyhound, named for Zeus' wife (she's the alpha of the pair). Both dogs are rescues from the dog racing community.
The third is Canada, a long-haired white female cat of advanced years and somewhat surly demeanor.
I'm a pet person, and I love all three. I'll always have a pet of some kind.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I miss having a pet, we always had dogs,cats and anything else the kids could sneak into the house. All that changed when the kids left home and I started working out of Oz.It is not fair to keep moving pets (or kids) around the world.
Singapore is not a pet friendly place, small dog or cat may be reasonable in a condo but I like big dogs. looking forward to getting a black lab when I retire, present to the wife, hopefully I won't get landed with all the maintenance.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: I like big dogs
Mrs. Wife and I have always had cats, but had only one dog before now. Acquiring two large dogs in a two month period (long story REDACTED) required a bit of an adjustment  . Our biggest problem now is that if we need to take both dogs somewhere, we have to take two cars.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I have 3 fishes. Wife wanted an aquarium so I set up one ( Costed $600 to setup everything !).
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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From my point of view manual transmission is more like an android phone. What do you think?
I do not fear of failure. I fear of giving up out of frustration.
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Mohibur Rashid wrote: manual transmission is more like an android phone.
Why?
This space for rent
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He probably means manual is like an Android (closer to the metal) while the automatic is like an iOS phone (easier to use, hides underlying design from the end user).
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Exactly!
I do not fear of failure. I fear of giving up out of frustration.
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Nish, you're so smart. 
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That sounds suspiciously like an underhanded compliment. 
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If you are not going to decide when to change gears you might as well take the train.
(Actually - on a semi serious note - having to change gears does help keep the brain engaged which is a helpful thing for a driver)
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