It feels like a submarine hunt...

"Howard Berkowitz" wrote in message
...
In article , "Jo Firey"
wrote:

"Howard Berkowitz" wrote in message
...
without the sonar, helicopters, radar, etc. A gray cat generally
meeting Ding's description has now been reported twice in an area
of
townhouses, which unfortunately is quite dense with winding
streets,
patches of woods, and lots of foliage. The reports are from two
ends of
a two-block area, and the later one was closer to home.

I'm not sure how much more I can do tonight. Tomorrow, I can get a
trap
from the animal shelter, and contact the property manager of the
townhouse development. They are presumably pet-friendly: this is
the
only place I've ever seen with pooper-scooper bag dispensers in
every
block. At this point, I need to get something to eat, and probably
pick
up a cell phone and a big flashlight. Naturally, I put my wallet
in a
safe place in the house a day or so ago, when it was getting in
the way
while I was cleaning, and I can't remember where I put it. Stores
will,
I suspect, take a check with a passport ID.

Ding's got your nerves frazzled doesn't he? And I suspect if the
sightings
are correct he is having a much better time than you are.

Hope your neighbors are as cool with you shining a spotlight under
their
shrubbery as ours are. And that Ding keeps his eyes open and
doesn't
decide
to bolt again.

Jo



I'm afraid that I have done all the searching I can tonight. Having
now
found the address of the last sighting, which is in an interior
courtyard of duplex units, I think I'd better clear things with the
property management people, and perhaps the police, before I start
searching there again.

As long he stays in the townhouse area and doesn't try to cross the
main
street again, he should be pretty safe. The woods are more natural on
my
side of the road, and more likely to have raccoons and such. Coyotes
haven't been seen in the area, though, and he's a reasonably
good-sized
cat.

I don't know whether there's any significance into his being closer to
my house -- the last sighting, admittedly with townhouses in between,
is
almost on a straight line with my back yard.

At this point, though, I'm too tired to be safe to drive, or even
speak
clearly. For some obscure reason, I've always been able to type
clearly
when I can make no spoken sense at all.

I think you are suffering from stress and exhaustion. I prescribe a
good dinner and a good night's sleep.

Purrs continuing for him to show up on your doorstep by morning.

Joy

"Howard Berkowitz" wrote in message
...
In article , "Jo Firey"
wrote:

"Howard Berkowitz" wrote in message
...
without the sonar, helicopters, radar, etc. A gray cat generally
meeting Ding's description has now been reported twice in an area
of
townhouses, which unfortunately is quite dense with winding
streets,
patches of woods, and lots of foliage. The reports are from two
ends of
a two-block area, and the later one was closer to home.

I'm not sure how much more I can do tonight. Tomorrow, I can get a
trap
from the animal shelter, and contact the property manager of the
townhouse development. They are presumably pet-friendly: this is
the
only place I've ever seen with pooper-scooper bag dispensers in
every
block. At this point, I need to get something to eat, and probably
pick
up a cell phone and a big flashlight. Naturally, I put my wallet
in a
safe place in the house a day or so ago, when it was getting in
the way
while I was cleaning, and I can't remember where I put it. Stores
will,
I suspect, take a check with a passport ID.

Ding's got your nerves frazzled doesn't he? And I suspect if the
sightings
are correct he is having a much better time than you are.

Hope your neighbors are as cool with you shining a spotlight under
their
shrubbery as ours are. And that Ding keeps his eyes open and
doesn't
decide
to bolt again.

Jo



I'm afraid that I have done all the searching I can tonight. Having
now
found the address of the last sighting, which is in an interior
courtyard of duplex units, I think I'd better clear things with the
property management people, and perhaps the police, before I start
searching there again.

As long he stays in the townhouse area and doesn't try to cross the
main
street again, he should be pretty safe. The woods are more natural on
my
side of the road, and more likely to have raccoons and such. Coyotes
haven't been seen in the area, though, and he's a reasonably
good-sized
cat.

I don't know whether there's any significance into his being closer to
my house -- the last sighting, admittedly with townhouses in between,
is
almost on a straight line with my back yard.

At this point, though, I'm too tired to be safe to drive, or even
speak
clearly. For some obscure reason, I've always been able to type
clearly
when I can make no spoken sense at all.

I think you are suffering from stress and exhaustion. I prescribe a
good dinner and a good night's sleep.

Purrs continuing for him to show up on your doorstep by morning.

Joy

"Howard Berkowitz" wrote in message
...
In article , "Jo Firey"
wrote:

"Howard Berkowitz" wrote in message
...
without the sonar, helicopters, radar, etc. A gray cat generally
meeting Ding's description has now been reported twice in an area
of
townhouses, which unfortunately is quite dense with winding
streets,
patches of woods, and lots of foliage. The reports are from two
ends of
a two-block area, and the later one was closer to home.

I'm not sure how much more I can do tonight. Tomorrow, I can get a
trap
from the animal shelter, and contact the property manager of the
townhouse development. They are presumably pet-friendly: this is
the
only place I've ever seen with pooper-scooper bag dispensers in
every
block. At this point, I need to get something to eat, and probably
pick
up a cell phone and a big flashlight. Naturally, I put my wallet
in a
safe place in the house a day or so ago, when it was getting in
the way
while I was cleaning, and I can't remember where I put it. Stores
will,
I suspect, take a check with a passport ID.

Ding's got your nerves frazzled doesn't he? And I suspect if the
sightings
are correct he is having a much better time than you are.

Hope your neighbors are as cool with you shining a spotlight under
their
shrubbery as ours are. And that Ding keeps his eyes open and
doesn't
decide
to bolt again.

Jo



I'm afraid that I have done all the searching I can tonight. Having
now
found the address of the last sighting, which is in an interior
courtyard of duplex units, I think I'd better clear things with the
property management people, and perhaps the police, before I start
searching there again.

As long he stays in the townhouse area and doesn't try to cross the
main
street again, he should be pretty safe. The woods are more natural on
my
side of the road, and more likely to have raccoons and such. Coyotes
haven't been seen in the area, though, and he's a reasonably
good-sized
cat.

I don't know whether there's any significance into his being closer to
my house -- the last sighting, admittedly with townhouses in between,
is
almost on a straight line with my back yard.

At this point, though, I'm too tired to be safe to drive, or even
speak
clearly. For some obscure reason, I've always been able to type
clearly
when I can make no spoken sense at all.

I think you are suffering from stress and exhaustion. I prescribe a
good dinner and a good night's sleep.

Purrs continuing for him to show up on your doorstep by morning.

Joy

in article , Howard
Berkowitz at wrote on 9/12/04 4:14 PM:

without the sonar, helicopters, radar, etc. A gray cat generally
meeting Ding's description has now been reported twice in an area of
townhouses, which unfortunately is quite dense with winding streets,
patches of woods, and lots of foliage. The reports are from two ends of
a two-block area, and the later one was closer to home.

I'm not sure how much more I can do tonight. Tomorrow, I can get a trap
from the animal shelter, and contact the property manager of the
townhouse development. They are presumably pet-friendly: this is the
only place I've ever seen with pooper-scooper bag dispensers in every
block. At this point, I need to get something to eat, and probably pick
up a cell phone and a big flashlight. Naturally, I put my wallet in a
safe place in the house a day or so ago, when it was getting in the way
while I was cleaning, and I can't remember where I put it. Stores will,
I suspect, take a check with a passport ID.

Here is wishing you more good luck and homing purrs.

in article , Howard
Berkowitz at wrote on 9/12/04 4:14 PM:

without the sonar, helicopters, radar, etc. A gray cat generally
meeting Ding's description has now been reported twice in an area of
townhouses, which unfortunately is quite dense with winding streets,
patches of woods, and lots of foliage. The reports are from two ends of
a two-block area, and the later one was closer to home.

I'm not sure how much more I can do tonight. Tomorrow, I can get a trap
from the animal shelter, and contact the property manager of the
townhouse development. They are presumably pet-friendly: this is the
only place I've ever seen with pooper-scooper bag dispensers in every
block. At this point, I need to get something to eat, and probably pick
up a cell phone and a big flashlight. Naturally, I put my wallet in a
safe place in the house a day or so ago, when it was getting in the way
while I was cleaning, and I can't remember where I put it. Stores will,
I suspect, take a check with a passport ID.

Here is wishing you more good luck and homing purrs.

in article , Howard
Berkowitz at wrote on 9/12/04 4:14 PM:

without the sonar, helicopters, radar, etc. A gray cat generally
meeting Ding's description has now been reported twice in an area of
townhouses, which unfortunately is quite dense with winding streets,
patches of woods, and lots of foliage. The reports are from two ends of
a two-block area, and the later one was closer to home.

I'm not sure how much more I can do tonight. Tomorrow, I can get a trap
from the animal shelter, and contact the property manager of the
townhouse development. They are presumably pet-friendly: this is the
only place I've ever seen with pooper-scooper bag dispensers in every
block. At this point, I need to get something to eat, and probably pick
up a cell phone and a big flashlight. Naturally, I put my wallet in a
safe place in the house a day or so ago, when it was getting in the way
while I was cleaning, and I can't remember where I put it. Stores will,
I suspect, take a check with a passport ID.

Here is wishing you more good luck and homing purrs.

in article , mlbriggs at
wrote on 9/12/04 5:32 PM:

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 18:08:27 -0400, Howard Berkowitz wrote:

In article , "Jo Firey"
wrote:

"Howard Berkowitz" wrote in message
...
without the sonar, helicopters, radar, etc. A gray cat generally
meeting Ding's description has now been reported twice in an area of
townhouses, which unfortunately is quite dense with winding streets,
patches of woods, and lots of foliage. The reports are from two ends of
a two-block area, and the later one was closer to home.

I'm not sure how much more I can do tonight. Tomorrow, I can get a trap
from the animal shelter, and contact the property manager of the
townhouse development. They are presumably pet-friendly: this is the
only place I've ever seen with pooper-scooper bag dispensers in every
block. At this point, I need to get something to eat, and probably pick
up a cell phone and a big flashlight. Naturally, I put my wallet in a
safe place in the house a day or so ago, when it was getting in the way
while I was cleaning, and I can't remember where I put it. Stores
will,
I suspect, take a check with a passport ID.

Ding's got your nerves frazzled doesn't he? And I suspect if the
sightings
are correct he is having a much better time than you are.

Hope your neighbors are as cool with you shining a spotlight under their
shrubbery as ours are. And that Ding keeps his eyes open and doesn't
decide
to bolt again.

Jo



I'm afraid that I have done all the searching I can tonight. Having now
found the address of the last sighting, which is in an interior
courtyard of duplex units, I think I'd better clear things with the
property management people, and perhaps the police, before I start
searching there again.

As long he stays in the townhouse area and doesn't try to cross the main
street again, he should be pretty safe. The woods are more natural on my
side of the road, and more likely to have raccoons and such. Coyotes
haven't been seen in the area, though, and he's a reasonably good-sized
cat.

I don't know whether there's any significance into his being closer to
my house -- the last sighting, admittedly with townhouses in between, is
almost on a straight line with my back yard.

At this point, though, I'm too tired to be safe to drive, or even speak
clearly. For some obscure reason, I've always been able to type clearly
when I can make no spoken sense at all.


HAVE YOU CONSIDERED "SCENT TRAILS"? Some time ago there was a post from
a man who placed his dirty sox around his yard to (hopefully) guide his
cat home == it worked. I have a new computer and have lost a lot of
stored information, so I cannot give you the exact story. Purrs that the
lost one returns soon. MLB

Oh yeah. There was also a guy who walked outward from his house in straight
lines barefooted and it seemed to help his cat find his way home too.

in article , mlbriggs at
wrote on 9/12/04 5:32 PM:

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 18:08:27 -0400, Howard Berkowitz wrote:

In article , "Jo Firey"
wrote:

"Howard Berkowitz" wrote in message
...
without the sonar, helicopters, radar, etc. A gray cat generally
meeting Ding's description has now been reported twice in an area of
townhouses, which unfortunately is quite dense with winding streets,
patches of woods, and lots of foliage. The reports are from two ends of
a two-block area, and the later one was closer to home.

I'm not sure how much more I can do tonight. Tomorrow, I can get a trap
from the animal shelter, and contact the property manager of the
townhouse development. They are presumably pet-friendly: this is the
only place I've ever seen with pooper-scooper bag dispensers in every
block. At this point, I need to get something to eat, and probably pick
up a cell phone and a big flashlight. Naturally, I put my wallet in a
safe place in the house a day or so ago, when it was getting in the way
while I was cleaning, and I can't remember where I put it. Stores
will,
I suspect, take a check with a passport ID.

Ding's got your nerves frazzled doesn't he? And I suspect if the
sightings
are correct he is having a much better time than you are.

Hope your neighbors are as cool with you shining a spotlight under their
shrubbery as ours are. And that Ding keeps his eyes open and doesn't
decide
to bolt again.

Jo



I'm afraid that I have done all the searching I can tonight. Having now
found the address of the last sighting, which is in an interior
courtyard of duplex units, I think I'd better clear things with the
property management people, and perhaps the police, before I start
searching there again.

As long he stays in the townhouse area and doesn't try to cross the main
street again, he should be pretty safe. The woods are more natural on my
side of the road, and more likely to have raccoons and such. Coyotes
haven't been seen in the area, though, and he's a reasonably good-sized
cat.

I don't know whether there's any significance into his being closer to
my house -- the last sighting, admittedly with townhouses in between, is
almost on a straight line with my back yard.

At this point, though, I'm too tired to be safe to drive, or even speak
clearly. For some obscure reason, I've always been able to type clearly
when I can make no spoken sense at all.


HAVE YOU CONSIDERED "SCENT TRAILS"? Some time ago there was a post from
a man who placed his dirty sox around his yard to (hopefully) guide his
cat home == it worked. I have a new computer and have lost a lot of
stored information, so I cannot give you the exact story. Purrs that the
lost one returns soon. MLB

Oh yeah. There was also a guy who walked outward from his house in straight
lines barefooted and it seemed to help his cat find his way home too.

in article , mlbriggs at
wrote on 9/12/04 5:32 PM:

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 18:08:27 -0400, Howard Berkowitz wrote:

In article , "Jo Firey"
wrote:

"Howard Berkowitz" wrote in message
...
without the sonar, helicopters, radar, etc. A gray cat generally
meeting Ding's description has now been reported twice in an area of
townhouses, which unfortunately is quite dense with winding streets,
patches of woods, and lots of foliage. The reports are from two ends of
a two-block area, and the later one was closer to home.

I'm not sure how much more I can do tonight. Tomorrow, I can get a trap
from the animal shelter, and contact the property manager of the
townhouse development. They are presumably pet-friendly: this is the
only place I've ever seen with pooper-scooper bag dispensers in every
block. At this point, I need to get something to eat, and probably pick
up a cell phone and a big flashlight. Naturally, I put my wallet in a
safe place in the house a day or so ago, when it was getting in the way
while I was cleaning, and I can't remember where I put it. Stores
will,
I suspect, take a check with a passport ID.

Ding's got your nerves frazzled doesn't he? And I suspect if the
sightings
are correct he is having a much better time than you are.

Hope your neighbors are as cool with you shining a spotlight under their
shrubbery as ours are. And that Ding keeps his eyes open and doesn't
decide
to bolt again.

Jo



I'm afraid that I have done all the searching I can tonight. Having now
found the address of the last sighting, which is in an interior
courtyard of duplex units, I think I'd better clear things with the
property management people, and perhaps the police, before I start
searching there again.

As long he stays in the townhouse area and doesn't try to cross the main
street again, he should be pretty safe. The woods are more natural on my
side of the road, and more likely to have raccoons and such. Coyotes
haven't been seen in the area, though, and he's a reasonably good-sized
cat.

I don't know whether there's any significance into his being closer to
my house -- the last sighting, admittedly with townhouses in between, is
almost on a straight line with my back yard.

At this point, though, I'm too tired to be safe to drive, or even speak
clearly. For some obscure reason, I've always been able to type clearly
when I can make no spoken sense at all.


HAVE YOU CONSIDERED "SCENT TRAILS"? Some time ago there was a post from
a man who placed his dirty sox around his yard to (hopefully) guide his
cat home == it worked. I have a new computer and have lost a lot of
stored information, so I cannot give you the exact story. Purrs that the
lost one returns soon. MLB

Oh yeah. There was also a guy who walked outward from his house in straight
lines barefooted and it seemed to help his cat find his way home too.

In article , mlbriggs
wrote:

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 18:08:27 -0400, Howard Berkowitz wrote:



HAVE YOU CONSIDERED "SCENT TRAILS"? Some time ago there was a post from
a man who placed his dirty sox around his yard to (hopefully) guide his
cat home == it worked. I have a new computer and have lost a lot of
stored information, so I cannot give you the exact story. Purrs that the
lost one returns soon. MLB


ROTFLMAO seems especially appropriate, since I suddenly have a vision of
my doing the human version of the butt-bounce across sidewalks and
beautiful lawns.