Forum: Cat anecdotes
May 27th 11, 03:31 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 1
Views: 647
Funny Bunny! (not OT)
Should have mentioned this earlier - but if the bunny is big enough the cats
will not see it as prey.
If I recall correctly, cats will not take adult rabbits as prey, they are
too large. Cats will...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
May 20th 11, 03:33 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 2
Views: 668
Visit to the shelter
Did my twice weekly visit to the shelter to play with the cats yesterday and
had some long sessions of chase the red dot with several of the grown cats.
Then went into the kitten room where four two...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
May 5th 11, 12:22 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 1
Views: 421
Little red dot
When I visit the shelter to play with the cats I take along a small
flashlight that has a red laser and use it to entertain them. The adult cats
will lose interest in the red dot after a while but...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
May 4th 11, 11:58 PM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,060
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
April 24th 11, 02:17 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,196
OT - Need suggestions for news readers
Cannot see the problem with Windows Live Mail myself, as that is what I am
using. Pretty much the same as Outlook Express, which I used before.
However, if you really want another news reader go to...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
April 24th 11, 12:12 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,060
Paw Prints in the newly fallen snow
Paw Prints in the Snow
This morning there were paw prints in the newly fallen snow
Where a kitty had come to visit in the night
A single line of prints up the driveway to the opening in the garage...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
February 26th 11, 02:45 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 0
Views: 376
A February Tableaux
A February Tableaux
A rare clear sunny winter day
Chill air, warm sun
Snow clings to patches of shade
Tree branches sharp against the hard blue sky
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
February 1st 11, 03:29 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 4
Views: 471
8 degrees (F) outside today
My cat O.C. never came inside and seldom let me get close enough to pet him.
He happily lived in a shelter, with a heating pad through below zero F
winters for nearly eight years. Only in his last...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
February 1st 11, 03:11 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 8
Views: 736
Kittens
I have five cats at home - two of whom are still very kitten like though
they are now about five years old.
I would love to adopt another kitten, but at 71 am afraid that it would out
live me. i.e....
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
January 22nd 11, 06:18 PM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 8
Views: 736
Kittens
Update on the kittens:
Three of them have been adopted. The two black and one Tortie were still
there yesterday.
Because of the snow, no one has been to visit them for a few days and when I
walked...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
January 15th 11, 03:26 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 8
Views: 736
Kittens
There is a kitten over here
Another kitten over there
There's a kitten on my lap
Curled up for a nap
There's a kitten on my shoulder
Could a kitten get much bolder
A kitten purring in my ear
What a...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
December 30th 10, 03:25 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 1
Views: 481
Involuntarily gone
You wern't the only one. My ISP went down on Thursday and didnot come back
up until Sunday sometime.
The contacts at customer service could not say what the problem was, but did
know that the...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
December 4th 10, 03:07 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,725
"Inky" RB
I believe that cats are really angels
Come to bless us with their presence, for a while
Then they return to heaven
Such small creatures, so soft and warm
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
November 30th 10, 12:29 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 3
Views: 410
Of Winged Kittens
"Grieve not, nor speak of me with tears,
but laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you.
I loved you so -- 'twas Heaven here with you."
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
November 7th 10, 10:25 PM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 4
Views: 633
Mooch's winter home
I too had a resident cat who lived on our deck. He was an orange cat and we
named him O.C. which could stand for either Other, Orange or Outside + Cat.
I bought a small house (just like the one in...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
September 19th 10, 10:37 PM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,207
Cold Sales Calls...
It would have been funny if you'd gotten her to meow into the phone. :)
Roxy sometimes purrs into the phone when I'm talking. The person on
the other end hears an amplified version - I hear...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
September 18th 10, 03:56 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,207
Cold Sales Calls...
"MatSav" wrote in message
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Prompted by the thread about a TV commercial, I like this response to
"cold calls" on the...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
August 23rd 10, 01:41 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,724
Shoe laces make the best kitten toys
The laces - if you read the story carefully - were and remained on my shoes.
At no time were the kittens allowed to play with them unsupervised.
David Rorer
"---MIKE---" ...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
August 22nd 10, 02:59 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,724
Shoe laces make the best kitten toys
The shelter I visit has a room set aside for kittens and pregnant moms.
There are four double stack cages along one wall a couple of chairs and some
climbing towers on the other. The staff usually...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
July 6th 10, 03:02 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 4
Views: 751
The Ham monster
Now two of mine will do anything for ham. I usually microwave a couple of
slices for a sandwitch and the smell brings them running. The Fluffy
actually gets right up and tries to take a piece right...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
July 6th 10, 02:45 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 1
Views: 629
Tuesdays with Fred
Tuesdays with Fred
Tuesday mornings I drive over to the group home to visit with my old friend
Fred.
Fred is always glad to see me and we spend about an hour together, while I
tell him what's...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
June 18th 10, 03:50 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 1
Views: 895
Wet Paws
Miss Inky went out this morning, when the grass was still quite wet, and
wandered as far as the tree line.
Like the good girl she is, she came back when I called her, but it was
obvious that she...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
May 24th 10, 02:58 AM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 5
Views: 688
squirrels and cats
We have a bay window that looks out on our backyard, which is partly wooded
and is rife with wildlife. Birds, squirrels, deer, once a fox, you get the
picture. I keep feeders hanging in the trees for...
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
April 27th 10, 11:53 PM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 1
Views: 841
Ink
There's Ink on the table
Now Ink is on the chair
What ever shall I do?
Ink can be removed
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Forum: Cat anecdotes
April 25th 10, 11:31 PM Posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Replies: 4
Views: 850
Angel Cats
I believe that cats are really angels
Come to bless us with their presence, for a while
Then they return to heaven
Such small creatures, so soft and warm
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