Stormy the rental cat

Ok, just a bit of background first. I know this couple, Paul and Joanne,
and they live on a boat in Fiji. Paul is an avionics engineer for the
company Dennis works for, and Joanne has taken a couple of years off from
work. So they live on the boat for 6 weeks and then when Paul is working,
Joanne follows him around to wherever the company sends him. They are
really fun people and I especially like them because they are cat fanatics.
Unfortunately, the lifestyle they lead does not lend itself to
catslave-hood. However, the marina where their boat is in Fiji, rescues
stray cats from the neighbourhood and takes care of them on the premises.
These cats have evolved into rental cats for the boat dwellers. They can
have a cat live on their boat with them while they are docked, or they can
take the cat on sailing trips with them as long as they return to the
marina.
Sooooo, recently Paul and Joanne "rented" this cat Stormy. Stormy is still
very young, only about 10 months, and very playful. He very much enjoyed
living on the boat and they even had a little litterbox set up for him.
Well one day, Paul and Joanne decided the time had come for a little
excursion on the sail boat. It was to be a week's trip. Unfortunately, a
day or so into the trip, a huge storm came up and the waves were gigantic.
Now both Paul and Joanne suffer terribly from sea sickness. Don't ask me
why they choose to live on a boat and sail it around, this still baffles me!
So they were both puking and feeling really weak, when they noticed that
poor Stormy was also sea sick! Poor little bugger kept throwing up :-( He
was too afraid to go down below because of the noise and the whole outside
deck was getting wet from the waves crashing over the boat, so he made
himself as comfortable as possible in the captains chair. And as sick as he
was himself, Paul couldn't bring himself to move Stormy, so he awkwardly
steered the boat standing next to the chair.
Fortunately the storm didn't last very long and the seas became calm once
again. Immediately Stormy felt better and began chasing greeblings around
the boat :-)
--
Britta
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I know there's nothing funny about seasickness, but I couldn't help
laughing just a little. Paul is a true catslave!

--
Joy
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"badwilson" wrote in message
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Ok, just a bit of background first. I know this couple, Paul and
Joanne,
and they live on a boat in Fiji. Paul is an avionics engineer for the
company Dennis works for, and Joanne has taken a couple of years off
from
work. So they live on the boat for 6 weeks and then when Paul is
working,
Joanne follows him around to wherever the company sends him. They are
really fun people and I especially like them because they are cat
fanatics.
Unfortunately, the lifestyle they lead does not lend itself to
catslave-hood. However, the marina where their boat is in Fiji,
rescues
stray cats from the neighbourhood and takes care of them on the
premises.
These cats have evolved into rental cats for the boat dwellers. They
can
have a cat live on their boat with them while they are docked, or they
can
take the cat on sailing trips with them as long as they return to the
marina.
Sooooo, recently Paul and Joanne "rented" this cat Stormy. Stormy is
still
very young, only about 10 months, and very playful. He very much
enjoyed
living on the boat and they even had a little litterbox set up for
him.
Well one day, Paul and Joanne decided the time had come for a little
excursion on the sail boat. It was to be a week's trip.
Unfortunately, a
day or so into the trip, a huge storm came up and the waves were
gigantic.
Now both Paul and Joanne suffer terribly from sea sickness. Don't ask
me
why they choose to live on a boat and sail it around, this still
baffles me!
So they were both puking and feeling really weak, when they noticed
that
poor Stormy was also sea sick! Poor little bugger kept throwing up
:-( He
was too afraid to go down below because of the noise and the whole
outside
deck was getting wet from the waves crashing over the boat, so he made
himself as comfortable as possible in the captains chair. And as sick
as he
was himself, Paul couldn't bring himself to move Stormy, so he
awkwardly
steered the boat standing next to the chair.
Fortunately the storm didn't last very long and the seas became calm
once
again. Immediately Stormy felt better and began chasing greeblings
around
the boat :-)
--
Britta
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Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on Vino and "friends" album

You couldn't pay me enough money to get into a boat and into the open
ocean. I just saw "Master and Commander" and almost got sea sick just
watching them in the storm sequence! Poor kitty!

--
Victor Martinez
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Wonderful story! Thanks for sharing it with us, Britta.
Best wishes,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"badwilson" wrote in message
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Ok, just a bit of background first. I know this couple, Paul and Joanne,
and they live on a boat in Fiji. snip

"badwilson" wrote
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Fortunately the storm didn't last very long and the seas became calm once
again. Immediately Stormy felt better and began chasing greeblings around
the boat :-)

Stormy didn't quite live up to his name, then. ) Great story, thanks
Britta.

--
Marina

"badwilson" wrote in message
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So they were both puking and feeling really weak, when they noticed that
poor Stormy was also sea sick! Poor little bugger kept throwing up :-(
He
was too afraid to go down below because of the noise and the whole outside
deck was getting wet from the waves crashing over the boat, so he made
himself as comfortable as possible in the captains chair. And as sick as
he
was himself, Paul couldn't bring himself to move Stormy, so he awkwardly
steered the boat standing next to the chair.
Fortunately the storm didn't last very long and the seas became calm once
again. Immediately Stormy felt better and began chasing greeblings around
the boat :-)
--
Britta
ROT13 to reply
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on Vino and "friends" album

Awwww! Poor kitty was probably thinking to himself "Gee, it was nice, then
I started puking! Then it was nice again. What's up with this?"

Jill