Is Baa, baa, black sheep racist? A small boy of about 10 was riding around outside my house on his bike singing it -don't ask me why. He did it so much I was almost up to tell him to stop because he was getting on my nerves. I was surprised to have an Asian neighbour come out and tell him it's...

I may have ended a 45 year friendship last night. I'm talking about a woman who has been my best friend since the 5th grade - we've been through *everything* together. She lives in Mandeville, LA now, and I live in Houston, TX, but until I moved to Houston in 1991 we were inseparable. I always...

Tonight, the new cat (10 days and counting) has had a treat running around in the small backyard, strictly not allowed normally, and was going ballistic running from the front door along the hallway and out the back door at full speed to pounce on the grass and kill it. Again. And again. And...

I'm not really a fan of them. However, friends of mine are having their wedding celebration finally, after being married last year. They are having the party on Apr 9, which is the 140th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. We aren't required to dress in period costumes, but it is "strongly...

Last night I was driving Herman and whilst stationary at a junction where I was waiting for a gap in traffic to turn left on to the main road. Fool in Audi came up behind. He then drove straight into the rear of my car... Said fool in Audi said it was my fault that he drove into the back of my car...

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...

Please can I have some purrs for my Kotyo, who is in the vet hospital right now? The vet says he has a hole in his trachea, and when he breathes in air is going under his skin instead of going into his lungs. They have put in a tube into his side which is supposed to let the air escape, and he...

On a lighter note, we had some other excitement today besides the ktiten drama. Ok, R, the clinic manager has cats of her own. And she like flowers. HER cats aren't interested in flowers. So at some point she brought a potted flower into her office. Sergio is the Hospital Resident Feline Spawn...

She is improving slowly. After her pheasant goodies she seems stronger and takes a little bit of interest at mealtimes. She needed encouragement to eat every few hours so I took the last two days off work as leave time so I could do it. Today she has eaten some posh cat pate that I warmed up...

This just left me gobsmacked! http://news.smh.com.au/world/los-angeles-passes-ban-on-new-fastfood-outlets-20080730-3n34.html or http://tinyurl.com/5hkvhx Now Big Brother is telling us what we can and can't eat??!!!

I got a phone call from my brother tonight. The phone call that I've been expecting. "There's a problem with the cat" "What sort of problem?" "We heard a cat scream outside, he came rushing in bleeding from the mouth and now he's hiding, what should I do?" Resisting the urge to say "I told you...

With Halloween coming up, best not to adopt out any black cats until November. Some people may want a black cat as a Halloween party prop and dump the cat later.

A possible TW on what I am going to say. I apologize for that - I enjoy the funny and the happy and the strange stories here more than my own. Yesterday, I took Betty in to the vet for another follow-up reevaluation. I had been dreading it because I knew what they were going to tell me. Betty's...

I spent the night mostly on the porcelain throne, waiting for something to happen. As of Friday, the nature of my bowel troubles seems to have reversed itself. Still no fun, though. If your kitties aren't sick of me, I wouldn't mind some purrs that my doctor can actually help me figure out...

They are starting to get a lot males me glad We quit years and years ago http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060319/ap_on_re_us/smoking_ban

I've just rescued a gorgeous little black kitten from work. S/he's very friendly, and extremely thirsty and hungry. No fleas so far. My best guess is that s/he is 6 weeks old. I don't know whether Joel and/or Shmogg will allow us to have another kitty, and i"m trying to find a home for him/her...

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...

"cmtowle" wrote in message news:bTZCe.1979235$Xk.1047181@pd7tw3no... As promised, a final update to let everyone who is interested know that Conan (now "Dylan" which we thought a more gentle name) has indeed been homed with wonderful cat-loving humans and a feline friend. He...

my girlfriend loves cats. says she can't live without hers. i love her. she came to live with me one month ago, leaving her aging (15 years plus) sick cat at her place in NYC to come move in with us in in the future. we live 5000 miles away from her cat.

Hi all, Just had to share this tidbit. While I was printing a document just now, Cesca came over to watch. The expression on her face as she saw the sheets feed out of the printer was priceless--she was mesmerized! If she could have talked, I'm sure she'd have said "Wow! will you look at THAT?...