On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 22:30:14 -0500, John Kasupski
wrote:


In another thread, I promised (or threatened, depending on your point of view)
to tell the story of how my relatively new kitten Minnie changed my mind about
not really wanting a pet - so, here goes...
...
After about five minutes us getting to know each other, her little motor fired
up, and I moved my face closer to hers and whispered, "Good girl," I said. "At
least now I know you CAN purr. That's a start." Whereupon she stood up on all
fours, leaned forward and stretched out her neck to close the remaining distance
between my face and hers, continued purring as loudly as a kitten possibly can,
and started gently licking my nose...and I decided then and there that although
I'll forever miss Goldie and still feel I'll probably never have another pet who
can ever even hold a candle to him, this adorable little creature standing here
in front of me had just at least earned the chance to take her best shot at it.

John D. Kasupski
Niagara Falls, NY

P.S. - I noted elsewhere in this newsgroup that I've only had Minnie since
Halloween and already I could write a book. I fear I've come close to doing
exactly that here. Sorry about the length of this post. And in case anyone has
made it all the way down here and is wondering - NO, Minnie will not be judged
in comparison to Goldie. She could poop gold nuggets three times a day for the
next fifteen years, thereby making me a billionaire, and measuring up to Goldie
would still be impossible. I will NEVER forget him! But Minnie already has, and
will continue to have, a special place in my heart that's her very own. - JDK

I can see it. You can't compare them since they're all so different,
it really isn't fair to compare them.

I've had two cats, Nico and Espy, who were simply amazing. Very smart,
very personable, and very big pains since smart cats tend to get into
strange situations.

None of my current cats are that smart or personable. Baby is pretty
feral so it's an accomplishment when she comes to me for petting.
Nipsy is a whiner, and can be very annoying, but he's very cute when
he's sleeping. And Scooter is a joy, not as smart as Espy or Nico, but
he does so many funny things that he's fun to have around. They're all
special in their own way.

And Marlo, who's living at my mother's house, has greatly improved
mom's life. Mom adores her, calling me almost every day to tell me the
newest cute thing that Marlo has done. Since mom omly lives a half
mile away, I get to see Marlo almost every day and she is a somewhat
different cat than she was. I don't think she misses the other three
at all - maybe she was meant to be a single cat.

Mom never wanted a cat, but now that she has one, she adores Marlo.
Strange how that happens.