http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050821/LIVING/508210366 I read 99% of the story, but here are some 'highlights' You might be a rude person if . . . .. . . you charge onto the elevator before others get off. .. . . you begin an apology with, "I'm sorry if you were offended."

It's Thanksgiving and I wanted a nice peaceful day to enjoy my family, friends, and good food. Background.... DH, Ben, has been going out 3 or 4 times every evening to "take a walk". I was suspicious, because this is a man who is far, far,*FAR* from slim, likes to eat chocolate éclairs and...

Hi all. My boss's wife has a long history of poor health, including cancer, lupus and endimetriosis. They've been married for 23 years and have weathered every storm together. They now have two adopted children, ages 12 and 13, as well as 4 dogs and 5 cats! Anyway, she has been bad again lately...

We got the Aussie visa! Hip, hip, hooray!!! I can't believe it, just opened the email first thing this morning, same as every other morning, and there it was! I started bawling and Vino couldn't figure out what was wrong with me. I had to dance around the house with him while bawling and I got...

Thankfully our health is fine here but... We ran into a slight (BIG) construction problem. One of our walls wobbles. It's not a support wall, in fact they pulled it out to rebuild again because the first time they threw it up, it was only to build one part. Sorta like, they had to perform step one...

It's 11 at night here. There's a raging thunderstorm outside. It's Nathan's birthday - the front door bell went as the parents of one of Nathan's mates turned up to collect her son. It is *evil* out there. Cue one very wet, very cold, very bewildered dog on my doorstep! The dog has a name tag on -...

1.Tucker has panted very easily ever since we've known him and after talking with Megan I'm going to take him to get checked out by the vet tomorrow -- (hoping to rule out feline asthma or cardiomyopathy) -- it's going to be hard on the little guy so any purrs would be appreciated. Anyone here...

Over three days B and C have developed a fixation with the ceiling in the corner of the lounge. At first I thought they were looking at a creepy crawly of some kind - and then I heard it, scuffle, scuffle, munch, munch, rattle rattle. Rats!!!!!!! We have never had a rat in our house and never...

It is with great joy that I announce the newest addition to the household. Her name - just recently decided - is Matareka, which means charming, cheerful and loving. All of which describe her to a tee. She is mostly tabby but is while along the legs and on the stomach and around the neck. I had...

Do you ever get the crazy urge to ask someone that when you see their jacket covered in pet hair? To date I've been smart enough not to ask it. I may think its friendly - they may think I'm being rude by noticing their "dirty" jacket. Susan M Otis and Chester & 300 lint removers, all lost

Dan and Nancy Mahoney wrote: My little Tabitha Kitten told me that today is Dyna's birthday - 6 years old! So happy birthday, Dyna. Happy Purrday to you, Happy Purrday to you, Happy Purrday dear Dyna,

This may have been addressed here before, but how do people who are wheelchair-bound feed and clean out the litter tray. My brother is recently in that state, and can't reach down to the floor anymore to do it. I have to go over there and do it for him. Has anyone been successful in putting them...

I thought Kenzie was doing better. I was wrong :( As soon as the vet tech took Kenzie out of the carrier, she said 'Oh oh!', and went and got the vet. I had not noticed that Kenzie's legs were quite stiff when I put her in the carrier: she was too sick to fight me, and I just slid her from...

Dear Pat: Aunt Sherry says we need to show you more pictures of us so your kitten fever doesn't wane. We are healthy, and growing, but still very much babies. We have perfect (well, almost perfect) housecat manners, and we are not plant-diggers nor are we trash-diggers. Our litterbox habits are...

Hi, my name is Sir Weeble Wobblybottom, but most of you know me as Weeble, and this is my story as best as I can remember it. Mommy thinks I'm napping, so don't tell her that I'm used her pooter ;) I'm a year old now, and I don't remember much about my early days - Mommy tells me I was only as big...

For quite some time now my server has not been collecting all posts on rpca, although it was kind enough to tell me so. It would say at the bottom of the screen "xxx posts unread, xxxx not downloaded." The undownloaded posts increased and increased in number. I fiddled around with the settings...

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Anyone see the crappy Energizer commercial where the brat almost puts the cat in the dryer? NOT funny! If you want to complain about it, please follow this link: (http://www.energizer.com/contact/default.asp) thanks, -L.

Did any of y'all catch this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueAdeZuns3A

Yesterday I was scritching Vino under his chin when I noticed a black dot. Upon further investigation, I noticed a whole bunch of them. Some came off with a bit of gentle fingernail scratching, but others didn't. Dennis was summoned for assistance. We ended up squeezing one and a huge...