Ever notice some of the things a perfect stranger will start talking to you about when you're in a store or other public place? A few years ago I was in a convenience store on Christmas Eve afternoon; 1 clerk, a line of people. The man in front of me started talking about how he hadn't been to...

One of my jobs before every trip, is to come up with a list for our travel scavenger hunt. Whoever finds the items gets a point, and who ever has the most points at the end of the trip wins a goofy little prize. It's fun and keeps us all alert and looking out the windows. Needless to say, I have...

At last I am home after breaking my ankle in a major way on October 16, so severely it had to be plated and pinned. I was in hospital for 6 days before they could operate because my ankle was so swollen, I learned from my shoulder break to call for help immediately and an ambulance came with...

But it sure beats some of our other recent OT forays (IMO) I was home this morning, and got up very early to do an exercise tape. After I finished, I switched the TV on, and idly flipped channels until I was suddenly confronted with THIS: http://tinyurl.com/6h5nc OH MY GOD. YIKES. Plus a few...

We'd tried to get tickets for 3 days (it opened here on the 26th), but the earliest session we could get tickets to was this morning's. We generally don't do mornings well, especailly *Sunday* mornings, which gives an indication of our anticipation and enthusiasm for this movie. We managed to get...

Sunday afternoon, DH and I were to take Mike in for sub-q fluids from the vet tech when she was there to feed the boarders; however, when we arrived TED himself was there instead, and we were able to talk uninterrupted for a bit while the IV bag emptied itself into Mikey. I am not entirely sure...

She got her shots yesterday, and yesterday was fine. Today, though, she is very lethargic and not eating. She's eaten a few pieces of dry food (maybe a couple of mouthfuls all day) but she's usually very piggy. I know this happens, and it happened to Shadow the last time he got shots which is...

My 2 kids are driving me nuts when 2 strays come to my downstairs patio and start howling at 2 am. My kids only go outside supervised and both Bonnie and Squeak are "fixed" so I'm pretty sure it's not that the strays are wanting....well you know. Anyway, Squeak, being the brut he is,could probably...

I usually have a cat or two join me as soon as I climb into bed at night. If not, I call to them. When I call "here kitty kitty!" I may or may not get a response. However, when I call "puss puss puss!" all three cats not only come running, they rush right up to me and start sniffing my...

Upstairs in my local pub is flats- shared by Aaron, Dean and Crostin. Manager, bar man and chef respectively. As it's a very old pub it has a rodent problem so although Aaron is allergic to cats a while back they acquired a half Bengal kitten to deal with that.. Solomon aka Solly had grown into a...

I got notice from the vet it's time for Persia to get her rabies booster (required by law here even though she's an indoor cat), intestinal worm test and something called FVRCP/C. I have no idea what FVRCP/C is but apparently she's gotten it in the past. I called and was told that is the "normal...

We met Guest Cat's kitten tonight! We've seen her coming and going from a storage building in the neighborhood, and tonight we could see her out in front of the building with a kitten. I walked down there and sat with her a bit, but the kitten had fled back inside when it saw me coming. Guest...

I wasn't ready to have to write this. Mike's too-low blood pressure kept dropping; this afternoon he went into shock and went to the RB at our TED's office. I can't even begin to think how much I'm going to miss him. Mike deserves more than this, but I just can't write more. Thank you all for...

Kyla has had a lot of tests and tody, had a bad reaction to the dye for one of the scans. She is having a really hard time right now so please some purrs.

"Mark Edwards" wrote in message ... A couple of years ago, a pretty little orange tabby started showing up on my doorstep. Because his stripes trailed off into little brownish spots, I started calling him Spot. He...

DH will have his spinal surgery Thursday, April 29, in Pittsburgh. We will be gone almost a week, and Cinder and Rosie will receive twice-daily visits from the cat sitter. I hope they will not be too upset that we will be gone so long. If you get any strange posts from this computer, you'll know...

I know I haven't been responding to post much lately but we have been checking the list for requests for purrs and sending them out. Now I'm here requesting purrs for Lacey. Today we noticed she isn't opening her left eye. She's rubbing it a lot as well. She'll go to TED tomorrow but in the...

I regret to inform you all that yesterday when I was speeding past my neighbors house, their cat darted out towards my bike and got caught under the back tired and was immdediately crushed. I didn't even really notice until my back tire jumped up. I had to be humane and finish the thing off because...

I'm wondering at what the older members of this group (or any of you, for that matter) may have done as far as making arragements for their cats to be taken care of if they should pass away before their cats do. This subject was brought up on another group and it got me wondering. My DH and I...

Rocky usually comes in about 9. About once a week, when the weather is nice, he stays out all night. So, I wasn't really worried when Rocky didn't show up this evening. When the late news came on they forecast rain overnight and tomorrow, so I looked out and sure enough the ground was wet. I went...