Questionz

The Clowder (South) wrote:
Holy cow...the second and third highest all-time posters are both the
same person!

How did I end up as eighth highest all-time poster? I never really
posted a whole lot, but I guess eight years of posts add up.

Adam

UZ TEW!
Ralph, Fred, Clyde, Alice, & Jane

Stacey Weinberger wrote:
Weed syn it!

Sebastian anna Joolian hoo dont bisit much but still reed frum tym tu tym

"Ms. Tess" wrote in message
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On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 13:08:00 -0600, "squiffer"
wrote:


Do Meitze really want to retire? Maybe Meitze thinks other kitties thinks
she shood retire? Inkwiring kat wants to know.
Burt

Dis kitty do NOT want Mietze tu retire. Shood dere be a petition?

Tess

:
: Deer Mietze,
:
: I just wants tu fank you an Anti Melissa fur all yur gudgud werk offur
: da yeers. Da Jellicle Ball iz furry important tu ourz kommunity an da
: Calling ov Names iz da most solemnist moment ov da yeer.
:
: Yu hab earned yur retirement an it will be furry hard fur anykitty tu
: fill yur pawprints.
:
: An I hopes yu rilly know dat yu didn make eny mistake, da kommunity
: counted on yu tu do it fur uz.
:
: Tess, raising a glass of nipwine to toast Mietze and Melissa
:
: The mistake I made was not asking after every Ball whether anyone else
: wanted to do it, but instead went right back to collecting names,
: caught in the circle. It's meant a lot to me to perform what I
: believe to be a valuable service to the community, but it was never
: *mine* to keep.
:
: Mietze wasn't going to announce this for a week or two, but this is as
: good a place as any. She has retired as Gatherer and Caller of Names
: effective immediately. The position is officially open.
:
: Melissa

Hiya Antee Joan,
I rememfurr Cookie, Cinni, and Bitsy...
(urr wuz doze Dyan Mo/Mites memfurreez?)
Meowmee summtymez getz owr memreez mixt up.
--
Pitô.ônya AKA Sweetee

wrote in message
oups.com...
This thread brings tears to my eyes - good tears at seeing so many old
friends back, and tears that new friends are so eager to learn and
carry on the traditions of rpcc. And a few tears of frustration at
the thought that unfeeling things are still being said behind the
scenes. Hisspitt!

I started posting after the split, so didn't get burned in the flame
wars, but I certainly was very aware of what had gone on.

Why did we stop posting? It wasn't a conscious decision, certainly,
but life seemed to start intruding more and more. I don't really have
time to post from work, and I use my computer less and less at home
(again, life intrudes). Certainly the loss of 4 of my 7 furkids over
the years (3 in the last 4 years) contributed to a loss of heart for a
time. Even when I come back, I find my good intentions to continue to
post going by the wayside - witness the fact that I didn't even get
the tribute to Baby in for the Jellicle Ball.

Add to that the fact that so many who were active at the time my cats
started posting are gone, for one reason or another, and it was easier
to drift off. I still love to read from time to time, and always hold
out the hope that we can come back and start posting again, but time
will tell.

Anti Joan, fur herownself and Cookie, Cinni, and Bitsy (with a loving
nod to the Rainbow Bridge Kitties from the Howse of Koster: Munchkin,
Junior, Poppacat and Baby)

:
: Cory wrote:
: Have I really been posting here for over ten years???
:
: Adam
:
: Onyx and I have been a part of RPC/RPCC since '95, Adam, and I think
you
: were here when we got here.
:
: I found my very first meowchat post:
:
: ==========
:
: From: Adam
: Subject: MEOW: My goddaughter had babies!
: Date: 1996/06/06
: newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
:
: My goddaughter had six babies!
:
: And one of them will be named after me!!!
:
: Lionel
:
: ==========
:
: I have no idea how Lionel Jr. is doing these days.
:
: Adam
:
: How kewl, Adam! I tried to find the first "meow" post ever, but haven't
: been successful so far.
: Ellie
:
: The first meow was done by a cat named Kimmie. I think it was in late
: July or early August 1995.
:
: Jan


Do you have it? I'd love to see it.
KathyG

The Clowder (South) wrote:

Kami wrote:

The Clowder (South) wrote:

Holy cow...the second and third highest all-time posters are both the
same person!

Kami, how many keyboards did you go through to manage that? :-)

Melissa

HUH?? From just rpc/rpcc? Their computer must have counted wrong. (:

Last night, I was looking through some old postings, and for a period, saw
hundreds per month by Auntie Kate.

Kami

Just r.p.c.c, actually. Lee's on top, but your interport & earthlink
addys are #s 2 & 3.

Google's search function in the Usenet archive is really flaky, I've
found clusters of posts of mine grouped under the separate usernames
I've flung in the From field...there are even some parked under
"South", and I never used that. But that wierdness results in low
post counts, not high ones.

Melissa

How many years?
Kami

We're sure glad to see you again!
Ellie

wrote in message
oups.com...
This thread brings tears to my eyes - good tears at seeing so many old
friends back, and tears that new friends are so eager to learn and
carry on the traditions of rpcc. And a few tears of frustration at
the thought that unfeeling things are still being said behind the
scenes. Hisspitt!

I started posting after the split, so didn't get burned in the flame
wars, but I certainly was very aware of what had gone on.

Why did we stop posting? It wasn't a conscious decision, certainly,
but life seemed to start intruding more and more. I don't really have
time to post from work, and I use my computer less and less at home
(again, life intrudes). Certainly the loss of 4 of my 7 furkids over
the years (3 in the last 4 years) contributed to a loss of heart for a
time. Even when I come back, I find my good intentions to continue to
post going by the wayside - witness the fact that I didn't even get
the tribute to Baby in for the Jellicle Ball.

Add to that the fact that so many who were active at the time my cats
started posting are gone, for one reason or another, and it was easier
to drift off. I still love to read from time to time, and always hold
out the hope that we can come back and start posting again, but time
will tell.

Anti Joan, fur herownself and Cookie, Cinni, and Bitsy (with a loving
nod to the Rainbow Bridge Kitties from the Howse of Koster: Munchkin,
Junior, Poppacat and Baby)

Awww, hello there Princess Pasha! Anti scritches beautiful girl kitty It's
definitely a long time since I saw you! I hope you are okay and your family
as well.
I still have one doggie, Runa, the Elkhound, maybe you remember her. And
Byron the Abyssinian is ten years old now, but healthy and happy. There are
also two new kitties: Ginger, a redpoint BSH and Giovanni, a Siberian.
Ginger is five years old and Giovanni turned one last August. So I have
three kitties and one doggie now. They all love each other and I love them
very much!

Anti Ann

"Ellie" wrote in message
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Hi dere, Anti Ann, itz bin a longlong time sins we saw yoo. Du yoo hab
kitties or dawgies now?
Princess Pasha


"Ann" wrote in message
...
Guess I better say hello too. To everybody. We started meowing 10 years
ago, in 1997. For a while we were an active part of the rpcc community,
but as so often happens real life got in the way.

The ones who meowed (and those who sometimes woofed) have gone to the
Bridge now, except for Byron who was a mere kitten in 1997. Arvid, the
grumpy blue kitty went and Thuse, the Elkhound who loved kitties. Two
years ago Birte, also a kitty lover and our angel Elkie went much too
early after a nasty illness. And last year the BIG black SHY cat Duncan
became too tired, followed by our icon and the most talkative of the
bunch, our wise Pandai. One day we will meet again...

Only Byron remembers and Runa (the surviving Elkie) knows a little too.
About how this community was a haven of warmth and support. Many a
friendship was made through rpcc. Everybody who meant well was always
welcome and so it should always be. There is so much sorrow and pain in
this world that it is good to find a place where one can be whatever one
wants to be. Where kitties rule and meow, but hoomins are always welcome
too. As are d*ggies and other critters. I sincerely hope rpcc will always
stay that way, whether with "old-timers" or new(er) kitties and their
families!

Be silly and forget life's difficulties for a moment. Who knows, maybe
Byron will talk his new brothers Ginger (who's 5 years old already, time
flies!) and Giovanni into being part of a new adventure one day. But even
if that's not to be, we will always purr for those who need purrs and
Runa will send her "Howls-frum-Howland" for as long as she can!

Ann with Byron, Ginger, Giovanni and Runa

"fuzzmonsters" wrote in message
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First of, hello to all the old friends here and also to the new ones.
My first ever online experience was r.p.c. Shadrach 'meowed', Newton
answered and the rest is history.

Speaking on a personal note, I have not been back to r.p.c.c. on a
regular basis for several years. My kitties show up for the Ball but
life intervenes and I have enough to do just keeping up with email,
let alone the volume of posts the newsgroup would spawn. I also found
that buying a house takes up what little free time one might have. I
have missed r.p.c.c but have kept up with most of the "old-timers" via
email. That's rather sad. Many of us invested a lot of time, effort
and even tears trying to get the group *we* wanted instead of the one
the PTB and some non-meowers thought we should be happy with. I think
in my case it was just such an emotional investment that I was totally
spent when it finally happened and it had the effect of taking a lot
of the fun out of it for me.

That was not fair to the group or to the other members who have
remained faithful posters and I apologize. Shadrach & Jezebel are
waiting for me at the Bridge, but Jessica & Ezekiel are currently
making my life interesting and I think could probably wreak some havoc
around here.

Radonna, aka mb, and the fuzzmonsters

"ClowderCat" wrote in message
ps.com...
On Nov 4, 7:07 pm, "Ellie" wrote:
"ClowderCat" wrote in message

ups.com...

On Nov 4, 1:47 pm, Storm and Skye wrote:
We shall, too, Frau Freya. We were around back in 1995 when meowchat
started.

Ann, speaking for her boys

We were too. Nathan moved in with us later.

Chester and Clarence

I rememfur dat! Hihihi guys!
Princess Pasha


Hi Princess Pasha.

Chester, Clarence and Nathan


Hi! How is thuh noo place yoo moofed to?
PP

Hiz there Aunti Annz. Itz so gud to seez you again.

Purrrrrrrrs and waving from North Carolina

Puddi

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Remove "spam" from addy to reply

I am okay, sept mine TED sez I iz allergik tu mice among offur fings. Itz
sooooo embarrassin. I rememfur Runa, she wuzza nice dawgie. An I rememfur
Byron tuu, but he dint meow az much, I dont fink.

Oprah Anne haz gone tu thuh bridge (she wuz 20 an passed peacefully) an I
hab tew noo sisfurs rolls eyes Phoebe & Emma. Phoebe hadda dawter,
Lissa, hoo wuz onna list uf honorees at thuh ball dis yeer. I am still da
boss, no madder hoo iz heer.

Hihihi tu Ginger & Giovanni tuu!!
Princess Pasha


"Ann" wrote in message
...
Awww, hello there Princess Pasha! Anti scritches beautiful girl kitty
It's definitely a long time since I saw you! I hope you are okay and your
family as well.
I still have one doggie, Runa, the Elkhound, maybe you remember her. And
Byron the Abyssinian is ten years old now, but healthy and happy. There
are also two new kitties: Ginger, a redpoint BSH and Giovanni, a Siberian.
Ginger is five years old and Giovanni turned one last August. So I have
three kitties and one doggie now. They all love each other and I love them
very much!

Anti Ann