Yesterday my old cat Patches http://www.mary.cc/patches/ was sitting next to my feet in my home office. I decided to let my midget skunk in the house to run around. I'm training him to be an educational animal for my wildlife rescue group. Here's a pic of him and Patches. He's grown a little since...

The bikini wax thread got me thinking about how many "habits" I acquired growing up that are shared by younger women... Besides shaving, waxing, or plucking any hair not aesthetically required (by my generation), I also *ALWAYS* paint my toenails. Even when I don't have my fingernails painted...

Most delicious thing I've come across in a long time: Slice haloumi cheese approx 5 mm thick (half a pencil width thick... I don't have my metric to imperial convertor)), and pan fry in a light oil. Once its golden brown on both sides, remove from pan and sprinkle with lime (or lemon) juice,...

QC is the closest to a pure-bred cat we've ever been owned by. She is a mix, we think, who is very close to the Maine Coon profile except that her ears are not very tufted. I've read about the average personality for Maine Coons, and QC is a lot like they are reputed to be. She is a very calm...

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,

I thought I'd got myself some new clothes by mail order, but apparently all I had got was a pile of bedding for Laku. http://tinyurl.com/yswvp There must be something about new clothes that tickles his fancy, or maybe he just wants to give them a homier smell... :) -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland

A hawk discovered a squirrel nest in one of our trees today. The squirrel mom started moving her young to another location, but one of the babies fell from the nest and onto my car. I found it on the windwhield. He's tiny, no fur at all and the eyes are still closed. We put it in a towel on the...

&)*()(*)#$%@#$*$ homeowners association!!!! We received a registered letter today from a lawyer informing us that we are in violation of deed restrictions by having a (beautiful) 8 foot high wooden fence (that we've had for over a year and have heard not one peep from the HOA about before the...

For the upteempth time I muttered to myself "God, I hate Christmas". I smiled through clenched teeth and sayed a perfunctory "thanks anyway" after the person behind the post office counter - that I had queued up at for a good 20 minutes - informed me matter of factly that they were out of Christmas...

My sister's cat Tiger had a heart attack last night and had to be put to sleep. She was an older cat, in her teens. Several years ago a lady in her Sweet Adelines choir had to move and she took in the ladies cat Tiger. I think tiger was around 8 then. She's had her at least 5 years. Last night...

Someone from another ng. has told me I have a broken signature i.e. :- "BTW, please put a space after the two dashes in your signature line - it's "broken"." I know there are a lot of clued up people in our group so thought I would ask exactly what is the correct procedure for posting...

Buffy loves sitting on the computer chair next to me. I finally managed to snag a picture of her sitting there. She has such a pretty face! http://i59.tinypic.com/34tbn1k.jpg Jill

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...

I'm not sure if this is the right place to do this, I'm heart-broken right now, and need to tell someone about the loss of a friend. Gibby, a short haired tabby, was my wife and my good friend for the past 14 years. We met her at the local shelter on Prince Edward Island, she was already an adult...

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...

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...

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What Helen said. I too have had to take my child to work and have had many compliments on his behavior. Hazel Az "wafflyDIRTYcatLITTERhcsBOX" wrote in message ... Assuming its a once-off, one could argue that it was...

Hello friends near and far and a special hello to my adopted Mama, Nikki, in Findland. Forgive me for not sending in a story by the September 1st deadline but, you see, something horrible has happened. My home has been infested with red dot greeblings. Some of you may know these elusive,...