Have a look at http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,,0a6000,00.html Trees are down, hundreds of people evacuated from their homes and most of the roads closed. Stock are stranded, milk dumped and 100 years old trees uprooted. To make matters worse some nasty Aussie intruders have arrived...

In my kitchen! There's one under the cupboard at the moment, scratching as if it's trying to break free. I've put down Ratsak (poison), for the past week, but no good. I sent my landlord a *very* stern letter yesterday, but they might not get that until monday. Under Victorian Law (my state in...

Hi the I bought some catnip bubbles today that promised hours of frantic fun. Otis is completely bored by them, though loves catnip. Chester's still out killing mice so he hasn't tried them yet. Anyone have good success with them? Any tips? Susan M Lamenting the wasting of $5.97

From Scott Westerfeld's THE RISEN EMPI "The constellation of eyes glistened, reflecting the sunlight that penetrated the cultured-diamond doors sliding closed being Senator Nara Oxham. The ocular glint raised her hackles, marking as it did the eyes of a noctural predator. On Oxham's home planet...

Looks like our little "temporary assignment" is turning into a permanent move. Anyone live in the Washington, DC area that can recommend a good boarding facility? I am particularly interested in feline boarding in Maryland (Rockville, Bethesda, Silver Spring) but also need leads for canine. I...

I have an adolescent Norwegian Forest Cat (Birgitta Deilig) who has several odd--and mostly amusing--behaviors. One thing she does that I've never seen before (and I've had a lot of cats) is that she eats with her feet. I used to give her moist food much of the time, but I had to stop. She would...

See http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_867631.html?menu=news.latestheadlines "Cat passed to inspect sea containers A cat in New Zealand has been registered as an inspector of sea containers by the country's agriculture ministry. The cat belongs to an employee of the environmental lobby group...

The German newsserver that I know many of you use has suddenly decided not to work for me any longer. Has anyone else had a problem? When I write in my password, the dialogue just reappears (with the x:es in the space for the password). No matter how many times I try to write in my password, the...

For those of you whyo don't get binary ngs: Frank stalking the Bed Bump. http://tinyurl.com/3eq2v -- Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki

I just picked up this link on the Finnish cat ng. http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/tuoreet/artikkeli/1076151926858 The link leads to the Helsinki newspaper - Helsingin Sanomat - site, which unfortunately is all in Finnish, but here's the gist of the article (*very* rough translation): The City of...

I had ordered some of these items from Drs. Foster & Smith, http://tinyurl.com/2a6rv, called a Play Paw. They came yesterday (along with a bunch of other stuff I had ordered) and got one of them out last evening and the little turd was afraid of them. Well, today I put one on while I was out of...

as it should be seen... http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/25/ Cheers, helen s p.s. Possible BW.... --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune **$*$om$$

All our kitties are indoor cats, and all are, uh, full-figured. One of them, about 3 years old, went to the vets for her shots yesterday and she's hit 16 pounds! Our vet says it's not a dangerous weight because she's a pretty big cat, but it wouldn't hurt her to lose some poundage. The problem is...

There's a wonderful little animation on the Internet you may have seen, and played. It's a black cat with white paws and chest that follows the mouse pointer with its eyes, and bats at it with its paw. Now we have a new kitten, Sophie, who loves to sit in front of the screen and do exactly the same...

Update for Stacey W., Oakland, CA: Cygne RB, Sebastian, Zoe RB, Julian Snowball

.... when *he* gets to be all a bit much ;-) http://www.chickweed.com/creators/naturalselection/index.html It's the Natural Selection cartoon for 19th February. It brought a wry smile to me, anyhow. Cheers, helen s

I don't know how you all feel about PETA's antics, but I wanted to share this witth you. It's really quite funny if you think about it. There''s a town here called "Slaughterville." PETA has stepped in and is lobbying to get the name of the town changed, due to the negative implications of the...

Over here in England it's school half-term week. Hence Nathan is home from school and doing lots of revision. Waffles is thoroughly enjoying having her large hoomin kitten at home all day. She is making sure he doesn't stray by taking every opportunity to be a lap fungus - one that sits with eye...

Yesterday my niece Ursula gave birth (Cesarean section) to a healthy 8lb 2oz girl :-) No name for the wee one yet. Mother and baby are doing well. I am a great aunt!!! Cheers, helen s

Well, Vino definitely knew that Dennis was leaving yesterday. As soon as the suitcase came out, he began acting absolutely adorable and affectionate. Poor baby, he was probably thinking that he could make Dennis decide to stay if he was cuter than normal! After Dennis was all packed up and we were...