Where's MLB

Has everyone noticed the frequent poster MLB hasn't been on this board
in over two months?

I believe he/she (?) is relatively elderly; I hope things are going OK.

Art

On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 21:26:17 -0700, Art Shapiro wrote:

Has everyone noticed the frequent poster MLB hasn't been on this board
in over two months?

I believe he/she (?) is relatively elderly; I hope things are going OK.

Art

Thanks, Art. I'm not eldeerly I am old and my eyes are failing. I try
to read a few posts daily, but it is hard. Typin is a sttruggle because
I cant really see the keyboard and my touch typing isn;t very good
now.TuTu ‎is showing her age also and she sleeps a lot. However, I
think she keeps me going. I take care of her needs and she watches the
time and tells me when to prepare our meals, Being 95 isnt fun but I had
a visit with my 7th great grandchild today. He is 6 weeks old == a big
little guy and seems to have his Dad's red hair.' I often wonder how
your 4 furkids are. Is Watermelon Man still doing well? I wish I couild
re-read your old posts but I cant.
Wishing you and yours the best - keep riding that bike. MLB

On 10/7/2013 2:01 AM, MLB wrote:
On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 21:26:17 -0700, Art Shapiro wrote:

Has everyone noticed the frequent poster MLB hasn't been on this board
in over two months?

I believe he/she (?) is relatively elderly; I hope things are going OK.

Art

Thanks, Art. I'm not eldeerly I am old and my eyes are failing. I try
to read a few posts daily, but it is hard. Typin is a sttruggle because
I cant really see the keyboard and my touch typing isn;t very good
now.TuTu ‎is showing her age also and she sleeps a lot. However, I
think she keeps me going. I take care of her needs and she watches the
time and tells me when to prepare our meals, Being 95 isnt fun but I had
a visit with my 7th great grandchild today. He is 6 weeks old == a big
little guy and seems to have his Dad's red hair.' I often wonder how
your 4 furkids are. Is Watermelon Man still doing well? I wish I couild
re-read your old posts but I cant.
Wishing you and yours the best - keep riding that bike. MLB

Oh, MLB! Good to hear from you! Is there a way to enlarge the fonts on
your computer? Maybe make it a little easier on your eyes?

Congrats on the 7th great grandchild!

Jill

"MLB" wrote in message ...

On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 21:26:17 -0700, Art Shapiro wrote:

Has everyone noticed the frequent poster MLB hasn't been on this board
in over two months?

I believe he/she (?) is relatively elderly; I hope things are going OK.

Art

Thanks, Art. I'm not eldeerly I am old and my eyes are failing. I try
to read a few posts daily, but it is hard. Typin is a sttruggle because
I cant really see the keyboard and my touch typing isn;t very good
now.TuTu ‎is showing her age also and she sleeps a lot. However, I
think she keeps me going. I take care of her needs and she watches the
time and tells me when to prepare our meals, Being 95 isnt fun but I had
a visit with my 7th great grandchild today. He is 6 weeks old == a big
little guy and seems to have his Dad's red hair.' I often wonder how
your 4 furkids are. Is Watermelon Man still doing well? I wish I couild
re-read your old posts but I cant.
Wishing you and yours the best - keep riding that bike. MLB

~~~~~~~
Thanks for checking in. It's really good to hear from you again.

MaryL

On 10/6/2013 11:01 PM, MLB wrote:


Thanks, Art. I'm not eldeerly I am old and my eyes are failing.

Glad you're still kicking! Are you aware of the inbuilt On Screen
Magnifier built into recent versions of Windows? I use it myself on
things with ridiculously small print, such as some of the multi-panel
Sunday comics I read online.

I have five cats, not four, since the acquisition of the new one in late
July. I named her Thud, as a little cat should have a little name.

Let's see:

Watermelon is still doing fine considering his age. Nothing remarkable
to report.

Niobe, the little Russian Blue, is still a holy terror. But she's a
happy kitty and can be quite sweet when she wants to be.

Emma had major surgery for her face tumor in August. The biopsy showed
that it had gone beyond the area removed, unfortunately. She recovered
amazingly well for a 14 year old cat, but it's starting to come back on
the other side of her face. The specialist estimated three more months
before we'd be faced with putting her down - that was at her last
appointment on Sept. 23. It's very sad but right now I have no problems.

Giovanni still pees all over the house every so often, but otherwise has
settled down nicely. It's been well over a year since he stayed out all
night, and it used to happen 3-4 times a week. I'd be up all night. I
always liked huge cats, and he certainly qualifies.

Thud is still scared of people, but if she's on something like the bed
or a piece of furniture I can usually - not always - give her some
affection. But she had INSTANTLY taken to Giovanni with an intensity
I've never seen. She won't leave him alone, follows him all over,
nuzzles him, and purrs loudly if he's anywhere in sight. Giovanni, on
the other hand, couldn't care less about Thud.

I've posted a picture of the two of them together:
http://www.ocrebels.com/ThudAndGiovanni.jpg

Art

Art Shapiro wrote:

Thud is still scared of people, but if she's on something like the bed
or a piece of furniture I can usually - not always - give her some
affection. But she had INSTANTLY taken to Giovanni with an intensity
I've never seen. She won't leave him alone, follows him all over,
nuzzles him, and purrs loudly if he's anywhere in sight. Giovanni, on
the other hand, couldn't care less about Thud.

She might win him over through sheer persistence. It worked for Viktor.
It reminds me of something I read once: "You can't make anyone love you.
All you can do is stalk them until they panic and give in."

Apologies to anyone who has been stalked by someone scary, but I think this
philosophy might actually work for cats.

I've posted a picture of the two of them together:
http://www.ocrebels.com/ThudAndGiovanni.jpg

That's adorable. Giovanni does look annoyed. Come to think of it, Thud
doesn't look too pleased either. She's a pretty cat. Does her name come
from the sound of her jumping off the counter? Or the sound of people
fainting from her cuteness?

--
Joyce

"Riveting reading that keeps readers reading."
-- The Midwest Book Review

On 10/7/2013 8:27 PM, Bastette wrote:
Thud
doesn't look too pleased either. She's a pretty cat.
Oh, she is most assuredly ecstatic in that picture. You'd think a big
macho stud like Giovanni would like a trophy wife, but it doesn't seem
to be happening. Just tonight she was tormenting him while he was
trying to get his beauty rest, and he ended up roughing her up a little
(which she seemed to enjoy). I'm afraid he could rip her in half if he
wanted to. His jaws are like a bench vise - Giovanni is a staggeringly
powerful cat.

Does her name come
from the sound of her jumping off the counter? Or the sound of people
fainting from her cuteness?

I wanted to give her a short name that conveyed a powerful image, just
as an ego booster.

Alas, she's completely non-responsive to the name.

Art

On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 21:37:03 -0700, Art Shapiro
wrote:

On 10/7/2013 8:27 PM, Bastette wrote:
Thud
doesn't look too pleased either. She's a pretty cat.
Oh, she is most assuredly ecstatic in that picture. You'd think a big
macho stud like Giovanni would like a trophy wife, but it doesn't seem
to be happening. Just tonight she was tormenting him while he was
trying to get his beauty rest, and he ended up roughing her up a little
(which she seemed to enjoy). I'm afraid he could rip her in half if he
wanted to. His jaws are like a bench vise - Giovanni is a staggeringly
powerful cat.

Does her name come
from the sound of her jumping off the counter? Or the sound of people
fainting from her cuteness?

I wanted to give her a short name that conveyed a powerful image, just
as an ego booster.

Alas, she's completely non-responsive to the name.

Art




My neighbor named a new stray Elsie because she looked just like the
cow. Big white with large brown and black spots. Just when Elsie
started to respond to the name, we got close enough to observe that
Elsie was a boy. So now we have to get him used to Elmer.

On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 16:59:38 -0700, Art Shapiro wrote:

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I posted a response to this Monday night but it apparently went astray.
Thud is beautiful but IMHO a beautiful girl needs a beautiful name. The
pix reminds me of Beauty and the beast.

U'm sorry Emma has such a bad ailment, TuTu and I send our best for her
comfort.

Re my reading problem. I don't haveWindows., My son installed Linux
years ago. We've tried magnification but it really doesn't help a lot.
A really strong contrast might help -- everything seems so pale.

A retinal specia;ist tried a new treatment but that doesn't help either
== just worn out apparently. I have to do a lot of correcting on my
messages/\As I have said many times. Utah weather is either too hot or
too cold. We seemed to go right into winter after a very hot simmer.
The ski resorts have had snow and a small amount in the valley but it is
supposed to warm up some now --.

Best wishes to you and your furkids. MLB

On Wed, 09 Oct 2013 13:52:52 -0400, dgk wrote:

On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 21:37:03 -0700, Art Shapiro
wrote:

On 10/7/2013 8:27 PM, Bastette wrote:
Thud doesn't look too pleased either. She's a pretty cat.
Oh, she is most assuredly ecstatic in that picture. You'd think a big
macho stud like Giovanni would like a trophy wife, but it doesn't seem
to be happening. Just tonight she was tormenting him while he was
trying to get his beauty rest, and he ended up roughing her up a little
(which she seemed to enjoy). I'm afraid he could rip her in half if he
wanted to. His jaws are like a bench vise - Giovanni is a staggeringly
powerful cat.

Does her name come
from the sound of her jumping off the counter? Or the sound of people
fainting from her cuteness?

I wanted to give her a short name that conveyed a powerful image, just
as an ego booster.

Alas, she's completely non-responsive to the name.

Art




My neighbor named a new stray Elsie because she looked just like the
cow. Big white with large brown and black spots. Just when Elsie started
to respond to the name, we got close enough to observe that Elsie was a
boy. So now we have to get him used to Elmer.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
That is a "hoot"! MLB