This has been a busy week. My daughter is actually moving here to this little town for six months. This is because she is building a new house in the city, has sold her old house, and has no place to live. She found that nobody will rent to her, they all want a 1-year lease, and she can't find...

Flippy, I've tried several times to answer email from you, but your server bounces it back as possible SPAM. I just wanted you to know I'm not being rude on purpose, it's just that our ISPs are at cross-purposes!! Hugs, CatNipped

Never happened til yesterday. I was away for a month, and my sister dropped in from time to time for food, water, adn litter box duties.Well my cat was trilled to see me again(feeling was mutual), and she wouldn't stop purring COntinued on til she was sleeping. DIdn't sound like a purr though....

On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 18:05:29 -0600, Karen yodeled: and check out the whole album. She grew up beautifully. http://www.pbase.com/medoras/image/33539372 How extra-extra sweet! And how amazing to see that cruelly discarded kitty grow up to care for that tiny squirrel...

I *am* going to be in Houston. This is gonna be one hell of a trip. John had me just forget about the return flight from St. Louis even though it's paid for (by him, not me). We're going to drive almost 900 miles (yikes!) from Highland, IL to Houston together. Well, there's a test of...

Well, we already *knew* that! http://www.ncbuy.com/news/2004-09-28/1010697.html -- Flippy in Melbourne, Australia. My Cats: http://www.flippyscatpage.com

I seem to have an infestation of crickets. I suppose it is due to the changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets; they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes. They live in my built-in storage room off the patio; I open the door wide and try to let the birds who eat...

"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...

Hi All, Some of mine will do this and some of them won't. I'm talking about your cats' behavior when company comes. Smokey is a big moosh for my two friends from Florida (the ones who had been in the path of Hurricane Ivan). Sumo and Lady Jane will come for skritches, but Roxy, Tasha, and...

It's about a month to go until Samhain (that's Hallowe'en to you non-pagans) and that means it's time to break out the decorations! In years past, I could go all out on decor since Smokey isn't interested in anything that 1. isn't soft to sleep on and 2. isn't made of food, and Nocturne has no...

I had my computer into the computer shop to fix my printer and when I got it home the mouse wouldn't work. I tried everything, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Took the computer and mouse back to the computer shop and the youthful guru picked the problem in a flash. "Look," he said giggling, "something has...

This afternoon I took Hubert to TED; as long as we were there, he had his second round of shots, which were due later in the week; we also re-affirmed his Giant Kitten status - 4.75 pounds! He's only 9 weeks old! TED said he's the biggest kitten he's ever seen - he's bigger than lots of six month...

We all get harangued by our cats when they want food or to go outside, or often when their cat boxes need cleaning. For example, my super-smart Vanilla (now RB) would come to where I was, and DEMAND that I get up instantly and take care of whatever she wanted. She would lead me to the fridge, or...

Well, maybe she wasn't drunk (haven't given them fresh catnip in days!) but Case rolled over in her sleep and fell to the floor with a thump. Sssh! She looked at me to see if I noticed but I kept looking at the monitor so she climbed back on the stool again. Innkeeper! Set'em up again! Norm...

Friday was an insanely busy day at the office, to the extent that Tiger didn't get his full ration of scritches, just some perfunctory pats in passing. At one point when DH opened the door, Tiger rushed in, all the way through the lobby and into my office, and hurled himself at my ankles, braving...

See http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1118228.html?menu= "NTL customers told to "f***" off Callers reporting faults to telecom company NTL were greeted by a recorded message telling them to f*** off. A man with a strong Geordie accent made the foul-mouthed announcement.

His friend Larry is taking him for a colonoscopy at 9:30 in the morning. He was not allowed to eat for 24 hours. John suffers from and has been hospitalized twice for diverticulitus and we hope he doesn't have to have surgery to cut out part of his intestine. I need some purrs for his scope to...

My, oh my. One is gone for less than one week and there's around 2400 messages to read! Purrs to all those in need, it will take me a while to catch up. :) -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he

Hi, some of you might remember me. I also post as the Major, from Michigan. I'm owned by Felix, Sabrina, and Talia. I'm mostly a lurker these days, but I felt moved tonight to talk about a friend's friend. My friend from Arizona just emailed me to let me know that he had to put Kato down today....

Nancy has been doing well at her job for the last year or so, but the place she works is making some management changes. The guy that stands to be named as her new boss is someone she knows to be incompetent, is out to get some of the existing employees, and isn't real fond of Nancy. She has a...