From: Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks>
Subject: Re: A Problem To Solve :-)
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On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:36:56 -0500, Physfitfreak wrote:

>> 
>> They exterminated them in medieval times in Europe and 2/3rd of human 
>> population there got exterminated instead. By disease carrying mice.
>> 
>> In Egypt, on the other hand, when mice put a definite stop to their main 
>> agricultural grains, they almost gave up, until somebody introduced cats 
>> to households and fields around them. Cats saved the Egyptians, I mean I 
>> have no idea how many tens or hundreds of thousands of them, or even 
>> perhaps more than a million of them were saved. So cats became as 
>> respectable to Egyptians as cows are in India.
>> 
>> There is a full-size statue of a cat among findings of ancient 
>> Egyptians, made of pure gold! They meant that much to them.
>> 
>> 
>> 

In case you haven't noticed, the Medieval period ended about 700 years
ago and ancient Egypt dropped out about 2500 years ago.

In modern times, there are excellent rodent control measures.  There
is no need for cats except for severely repressed females (cat women)
and other highly neurotic human beings.

Now that the cat issue is settled, you are free to comment on the
pendulum time keeping issue.