Tomorrow is moving day for Diana.

Hi dear friends,
Well the lady at the Cat Rescue Network said they can take Diana this
weekend and so I said Sunday.
I am getting help from a some good hoomans and the foster home is only
temporary. If we can find a good home for them to be together it can
still happen.
Yesterday, I told Diana and Rayn about what was going to happen, and
how they'd have to be split up. I used simple english wondering if
they'd understand any of it. Their eyes said they knew something was
wrong.
In the middle of the night I find Diana and Ryan curled up together on
my bed beside my legs, purring as loudly as I've ever heard them purr.
Ryan hardly ever comes on the bed and then only for short periods of
time. They seldom purrr like that.
Arrangements are almost changing by the day and I and friends scamble
to see what we can do for these guys.

--
Regards,
Fred
http://www.fredwilliams.ca/thesecretofmoney.html

Fred, have you considered taking all three to the new home, letting your new
housemates choose which one to keep? Maybe that way you could keep two?
Will you have your own room and, with cat trees, could you keep two in your
room?
"Fred Williams" wrote in message
...
Hi dear friends,
Well the lady at the Cat Rescue Network said they can take Diana
this
weekend and so I said Sunday.
I am getting help from a some good hoomans and the foster home is
only
temporary. If we can find a good home for them to be together it can
still happen.
Yesterday, I told Diana and Rayn about what was going to happen,
and
how they'd have to be split up. I used simple english wondering if
they'd understand any of it. Their eyes said they knew something was
wrong.
In the middle of the night I find Diana and Ryan curled up together
on
my bed beside my legs, purring as loudly as I've ever heard them purr.
Ryan hardly ever comes on the bed and then only for short periods of
time. They seldom purrr like that.
Arrangements are almost changing by the day and I and friends
scamble
to see what we can do for these guys.

--
Regards,
Fred
http://www.fredwilliams.ca/thesecretofmoney.html

THat's what I was wondering, too.



Granby wrote:
Fred, have you considered taking all three to the new home, letting your new
housemates choose which one to keep? Maybe that way you could keep two?
Will you have your own room and, with cat trees, could you keep two in your
room?
"Fred Williams" wrote in message
...
Hi dear friends,
Well the lady at the Cat Rescue Network said they can take Diana
this
weekend and so I said Sunday.
I am getting help from a some good hoomans and the foster home is
only
temporary. If we can find a good home for them to be together it can
still happen.
Yesterday, I told Diana and Rayn about what was going to happen,
and
how they'd have to be split up. I used simple english wondering if
they'd understand any of it. Their eyes said they knew something was
wrong.
In the middle of the night I find Diana and Ryan curled up together
on
my bed beside my legs, purring as loudly as I've ever heard them purr.
Ryan hardly ever comes on the bed and then only for short periods of
time. They seldom purrr like that.
Arrangements are almost changing by the day and I and friends
scamble
to see what we can do for these guys.

--
Regards,
Fred
http://www.fredwilliams.ca/thesecretofmoney.html

One room is an awfully small place for a cat. These are wonderful
people and have consented to take one and give it the run of the house.
I don't want to force or pressure them into anything. I'm going to
have to live with them. The are even sayingthey will keep a cat after
I go, and this wouldn't be too hard on the cat after I've spent six
months, maybe a year with them. We will all be like family to the cat
after that, and if I go away it will be a small matter because the cat
will be bonded to them as well and used to the house by that time. I
expect to continue to see these people from time to time anyway even
after. They have been good friends for several decades and I've known
him since university. Whatever is best for the cat will be done, of
course.
It's not really up to my new housemates which one to keep. We're
trying to keep Diana and Ryan together and place them in a new
ontruehome. It may take a little time. In the meantime I was going to
take Cinnamon when my new housemates said they'd take one. In the
meantime, the lady who runs the cat rescue network sais they will have
a hard time placing Ryan because he is so big. and they have only two
places for single cats and not one place for two cats. So she will not
take Ryan since she's worried that he will sit in the foster homes and
never be adopted. So she wants Diana in one home and Cinnamon in
another an me to take Ryan. Then she thinks that Cinnamon would go
first because he's a long haired, polydactile beautiful cat. So Ryan &
Diana wind up split anyway and Cinnmon is off on his own. Also Diana
is going to a foster home with a dominant male so she will have to be
kept in one room separate from him till they get used to each other.
Diana will be miserable all alone and she will loose Ryan & everybody
she knows at the same time. It's a mess right now. I hope we can
improve on that will happen.

Uncle Fred.


On Saturday 29 March 2008 15:48, Granby wrote:

Fred, have you considered taking all three to the new home, letting
your new
housemates choose which one to keep? Maybe that way you could keep
two? Will you have your own room and, with cat trees, could you keep
two in your room?
"Fred Williams" wrote in message
...
Hi dear friends,
Well the lady at the Cat Rescue Network said they can take
Diana
this
weekend and so I said Sunday.
I am getting help from a some good hoomans and the foster home
is
only
temporary. If we can find a good home for them to be together it can
still happen.
Yesterday, I told Diana and Rayn about what was going to
happen,
and
how they'd have to be split up. I used simple english wondering if
they'd understand any of it. Their eyes said they knew something was
wrong.
In the middle of the night I find Diana and Ryan curled up
together
on
my bed beside my legs, purring as loudly as I've ever heard them
purr. Ryan hardly ever comes on the bed and then only for short
periods of
time. They seldom purrr like that.
Arrangements are almost changing by the day and I and friends
scamble
to see what we can do for these guys.

--
Regards,
Fred
http://www.fredwilliams.ca/thesecretofmoney.html

--
Regards,
Fred
http://www.fredwilliams.ca/thesecretofmoney.html

On Mar 29, 2:48 pm, "Granby" wrote:
Fred, have you considered taking all three to the new home, letting your new
housemates choose which one to keep? Maybe that way you could keep two?
Will you have your own room and, with cat trees, could you keep two in your
room?

This sounds like what my friend Bruce could do very well. When he
decided to get forever homes for their barn cats (with a couple of
exceptions) he quickly became an Olympic champion at the sport of
giving away cats and kittens to good homes. His "choose between these
two" technique was much admired by followers of the sport. It _always_
led to the victims, I mean people, getting two cats or kittens. He
retired as a many-time champion once his clowder held only Wascal and
Wascal's mom Smooch, both of whom had been relocated to the house by
then.

Asking people to choose between two cats in hopes that they will take
both is underhanded and sneaky. And I am in favor of it.

-
Will in New Haven
"Decaf? Decaf is for children!" - Jim Thompson

It really irritates me when people adopting a cat say that they will
only take one, rather than two, as if it really would make a difference.
I have a friend with 9,000 square feet who says that three cats is her
"limit." Limit! Jesus Christ in a cashmere sweater! Well. The 12 of us
are doing just fine here, and everyone is happy. I will never, ever
understand. Nor will I understand why it would be hard to place Ryan
because he's "big"! Big is a problem? That's the reason I first was
attracted to Leo! I will NEVER get the way people think. Never. Never. I
mean, holy hell, if you have a home, and a cat needs a home, what on
Earth is the problem?

I hate people sometimes.

Julie


Fred Williams wrote:
One room is an awfully small place for a cat. These are wonderful
people and have consented to take one and give it the run of the house.
I don't want to force or pressure them into anything. I'm going to
have to live with them. The are even sayingthey will keep a cat after
I go, and this wouldn't be too hard on the cat after I've spent six
months, maybe a year with them. We will all be like family to the cat
after that, and if I go away it will be a small matter because the cat
will be bonded to them as well and used to the house by that time. I
expect to continue to see these people from time to time anyway even
after. They have been good friends for several decades and I've known
him since university. Whatever is best for the cat will be done, of
course.
It's not really up to my new housemates which one to keep. We're
trying to keep Diana and Ryan together and place them in a new
ontruehome. It may take a little time. In the meantime I was going to
take Cinnamon when my new housemates said they'd take one. In the
meantime, the lady who runs the cat rescue network sais they will have
a hard time placing Ryan because he is so big. and they have only two
places for single cats and not one place for two cats. So she will not
take Ryan since she's worried that he will sit in the foster homes and
never be adopted. So she wants Diana in one home and Cinnamon in
another an me to take Ryan. Then she thinks that Cinnamon would go
first because he's a long haired, polydactile beautiful cat. So Ryan &
Diana wind up split anyway and Cinnmon is off on his own. Also Diana
is going to a foster home with a dominant male so she will have to be
kept in one room separate from him till they get used to each other.
Diana will be miserable all alone and she will loose Ryan & everybody
she knows at the same time. It's a mess right now. I hope we can
improve on that will happen.

Uncle Fred.


On Saturday 29 March 2008 15:48, Granby wrote:

Fred, have you considered taking all three to the new home, letting
your new
housemates choose which one to keep? Maybe that way you could keep
two? Will you have your own room and, with cat trees, could you keep
two in your room?
"Fred Williams" wrote in message
...
Hi dear friends,
Well the lady at the Cat Rescue Network said they can take
Diana
this
weekend and so I said Sunday.
I am getting help from a some good hoomans and the foster home
is
only
temporary. If we can find a good home for them to be together it can
still happen.
Yesterday, I told Diana and Rayn about what was going to
happen,
and
how they'd have to be split up. I used simple english wondering if
they'd understand any of it. Their eyes said they knew something was
wrong.
In the middle of the night I find Diana and Ryan curled up
together
on
my bed beside my legs, purring as loudly as I've ever heard them
purr. Ryan hardly ever comes on the bed and then only for short
periods of
time. They seldom purrr like that.
Arrangements are almost changing by the day and I and friends
scamble
to see what we can do for these guys.

--
Regards,
Fred
http://www.fredwilliams.ca/thesecretofmoney.html

I don't often get called underhanded and sneaky but in this case I consider
it a compliment! See Lee, see what he called me? I can be that way when it
is called for!
"Will in New Haven" wrote in message
...
On Mar 29, 2:48 pm, "Granby" wrote:
Fred, have you considered taking all three to the new home, letting your
new
housemates choose which one to keep? Maybe that way you could keep two?
Will you have your own room and, with cat trees, could you keep two in
your
room?

This sounds like what my friend Bruce could do very well. When he
decided to get forever homes for their barn cats (with a couple of
exceptions) he quickly became an Olympic champion at the sport of
giving away cats and kittens to good homes. His "choose between these
two" technique was much admired by followers of the sport. It _always_
led to the victims, I mean people, getting two cats or kittens. He
retired as a many-time champion once his clowder held only Wascal and
Wascal's mom Smooch, both of whom had been relocated to the house by
then.

Asking people to choose between two cats in hopes that they will take
both is underhanded and sneaky. And I am in favor of it.

-
Will in New Haven
"Decaf? Decaf is for children!" - Jim Thompson

It's a damn shame this is happening at all but you are being
responsible and doing the best you can.
Unka John

Wee are purring fur you.
Beauty and Cinder



On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:09:24 -0400, Fred Williams
wrote:

One room is an awfully small place for a cat. These are wonderful
people and have consented to take one and give it the run of the house.
I don't want to force or pressure them into anything. I'm going to
have to live with them. The are even sayingthey will keep a cat after
I go, and this wouldn't be too hard on the cat after I've spent six
months, maybe a year with them. We will all be like family to the cat
after that, and if I go away it will be a small matter because the cat
will be bonded to them as well and used to the house by that time. I
expect to continue to see these people from time to time anyway even
after. They have been good friends for several decades and I've known
him since university. Whatever is best for the cat will be done, of
course.
It's not really up to my new housemates which one to keep. We're
trying to keep Diana and Ryan together and place them in a new
ontruehome. It may take a little time. In the meantime I was going to
take Cinnamon when my new housemates said they'd take one. In the
meantime, the lady who runs the cat rescue network sais they will have
a hard time placing Ryan because he is so big. and they have only two
places for single cats and not one place for two cats. So she will not
take Ryan since she's worried that he will sit in the foster homes and
never be adopted. So she wants Diana in one home and Cinnamon in
another an me to take Ryan. Then she thinks that Cinnamon would go
first because he's a long haired, polydactile beautiful cat. So Ryan &
Diana wind up split anyway and Cinnmon is off on his own. Also Diana
is going to a foster home with a dominant male so she will have to be
kept in one room separate from him till they get used to each other.
Diana will be miserable all alone and she will loose Ryan & everybody
she knows at the same time. It's a mess right now. I hope we can
improve on that will happen.

Uncle Fred.


On Saturday 29 March 2008 15:48, Granby wrote:

Fred, have you considered taking all three to the new home, letting
your new
housemates choose which one to keep? Maybe that way you could keep
two? Will you have your own room and, with cat trees, could you keep
two in your room?
"Fred Williams" wrote in message
...
Hi dear friends,
Well the lady at the Cat Rescue Network said they can take
Diana
this
weekend and so I said Sunday.
I am getting help from a some good hoomans and the foster home
is
only
temporary. If we can find a good home for them to be together it can
still happen.
Yesterday, I told Diana and Rayn about what was going to
happen,
and
how they'd have to be split up. I used simple english wondering if
they'd understand any of it. Their eyes said they knew something was
wrong.
In the middle of the night I find Diana and Ryan curled up
together
on
my bed beside my legs, purring as loudly as I've ever heard them
purr. Ryan hardly ever comes on the bed and then only for short
periods of
time. They seldom purrr like that.
Arrangements are almost changing by the day and I and friends
scamble
to see what we can do for these guys.

--
Regards,
Fred
http://www.fredwilliams.ca/thesecretofmoney.html

These are not hateful people, they just have their own biases and
ideas, and my friends are wonderful people and I don't want to spoil
that relationship. They offered out of the goodnes of heir hearts to
take a cat when they thought it could help keep Diana and Ryan
together. If I get the Lady at the Cat Rescue Network mad at me, then
there might not be a place for any cat and that would be tragic.
There are other people helping too, including Julie, bless her heart,
and I'm hopefull that somehow we can find a way. This will be
temporary, hopefully.

Fred

On Saturday 29 March 2008 17:28, Lucy wrote:

It really irritates me when people adopting a cat say that they will
only take one, rather than two, as if it really would make a
difference. I have a friend with 9,000 square feet who says that three
cats is her "limit." Limit! Jesus Christ in a cashmere sweater! Well.
The 12 of us are doing just fine here, and everyone is happy. I will
never, ever understand. Nor will I understand why it would be hard to
place Ryan because he's "big"! Big is a problem? That's the reason I
first was attracted to Leo! I will NEVER get the way people think.
Never. Never. I mean, holy hell, if you have a home, and a cat needs a
home, what on Earth is the problem?

I hate people sometimes.

Julie


Fred Williams wrote:
One room is an awfully small place for a cat. These are wonderful
people and have consented to take one and give it the run of the
house.
I don't want to force or pressure them into anything. I'm going to
have to live with them. The are even sayingthey will keep a cat
after I go, and this wouldn't be too hard on the cat after I've spent
six
months, maybe a year with them. We will all be like family to the
cat after that, and if I go away it will be a small matter because
the cat
will be bonded to them as well and used to the house by that time. I
expect to continue to see these people from time to time anyway even
after. They have been good friends for several decades and I've
known
him since university. Whatever is best for the cat will be done, of
course.
It's not really up to my new housemates which one to keep.
We're
trying to keep Diana and Ryan together and place them in a new
ontruehome. It may take a little time. In the meantime I was going
to
take Cinnamon when my new housemates said they'd take one. In the
meantime, the lady who runs the cat rescue network sais they will
have a hard time placing Ryan because he is so big. and they have
only two
places for single cats and not one place for two cats. So she will
not take Ryan since she's worried that he will sit in the foster
homes and never be adopted. So she wants Diana in one home and
Cinnamon in
another an me to take Ryan. Then she thinks that Cinnamon would go
first because he's a long haired, polydactile beautiful cat. So Ryan
&
Diana wind up split anyway and Cinnmon is off on his own. Also Diana
is going to a foster home with a dominant male so she will have to be
kept in one room separate from him till they get used to each other.
Diana will be miserable all alone and she will loose Ryan & everybody
she knows at the same time. It's a mess right now. I hope we can
improve on that will happen.

Uncle Fred.


On Saturday 29 March 2008 15:48, Granby wrote:

Fred, have you considered taking all three to the new home, letting
your new
housemates choose which one to keep? Maybe that way you could keep
two? Will you have your own room and, with cat trees, could you keep
two in your room?
"Fred Williams" wrote in message
...
Hi dear friends,
Well the lady at the Cat Rescue Network said they can take
Diana
this
weekend and so I said Sunday.
I am getting help from a some good hoomans and the foster
home is
only
temporary. If we can find a good home for them to be together it
can still happen.
Yesterday, I told Diana and Rayn about what was going to
happen,
and
how they'd have to be split up. I used simple english wondering if
they'd understand any of it. Their eyes said they knew something
was wrong.
In the middle of the night I find Diana and Ryan curled up
together
on
my bed beside my legs, purring as loudly as I've ever heard them
purr. Ryan hardly ever comes on the bed and then only for short
periods of
time. They seldom purrr like that.
Arrangements are almost changing by the day and I and
friends
scamble
to see what we can do for these guys.

--
Regards,
Fred
http://www.fredwilliams.ca/thesecretofmoney.html


--
Regards,
Fred
http://www.fredwilliams.ca/thesecretofmoney.html

Oh, I didn't mean your friends. I mean that you would think that in all
of Ottawa, there would be enough square footage somewhere for two cats.
People, overall, can do a lot more than they're *willing* to do, and it
upsets me. They don't have kill shelters for children because foster
homes can be found for children -- but not so many people are willing to
help animals. I think your friends are great for helping you AND for
taking a cat.

Julie

Fred Williams wrote:
These are not hateful people, they just have their own biases and
ideas, and my friends are wonderful people and I don't want to spoil
that relationship. They offered out of the goodnes of heir hearts to
take a cat when they thought it could help keep Diana and Ryan
together. If I get the Lady at the Cat Rescue Network mad at me, then
there might not be a place for any cat and that would be tragic.
There are other people helping too, including Julie, bless her heart,
and I'm hopefull that somehow we can find a way. This will be
temporary, hopefully.

Fred

On Saturday 29 March 2008 17:28, Lucy wrote:

It really irritates me when people adopting a cat say that they will
only take one, rather than two, as if it really would make a
difference. I have a friend with 9,000 square feet who says that three
cats is her "limit." Limit! Jesus Christ in a cashmere sweater! Well.
The 12 of us are doing just fine here, and everyone is happy. I will
never, ever understand. Nor will I understand why it would be hard to
place Ryan because he's "big"! Big is a problem? That's the reason I
first was attracted to Leo! I will NEVER get the way people think.
Never. Never. I mean, holy hell, if you have a home, and a cat needs a
home, what on Earth is the problem?

I hate people sometimes.

Julie


Fred Williams wrote:
One room is an awfully small place for a cat. These are wonderful
people and have consented to take one and give it the run of the
house.
I don't want to force or pressure them into anything. I'm going to
have to live with them. The are even sayingthey will keep a cat
after I go, and this wouldn't be too hard on the cat after I've spent
six
months, maybe a year with them. We will all be like family to the
cat after that, and if I go away it will be a small matter because
the cat
will be bonded to them as well and used to the house by that time. I
expect to continue to see these people from time to time anyway even
after. They have been good friends for several decades and I've
known
him since university. Whatever is best for the cat will be done, of
course.
It's not really up to my new housemates which one to keep.
We're
trying to keep Diana and Ryan together and place them in a new
ontruehome. It may take a little time. In the meantime I was going
to
take Cinnamon when my new housemates said they'd take one. In the
meantime, the lady who runs the cat rescue network sais they will
have a hard time placing Ryan because he is so big. and they have
only two
places for single cats and not one place for two cats. So she will
not take Ryan since she's worried that he will sit in the foster
homes and never be adopted. So she wants Diana in one home and
Cinnamon in
another an me to take Ryan. Then she thinks that Cinnamon would go
first because he's a long haired, polydactile beautiful cat. So Ryan
&
Diana wind up split anyway and Cinnmon is off on his own. Also Diana
is going to a foster home with a dominant male so she will have to be
kept in one room separate from him till they get used to each other.
Diana will be miserable all alone and she will loose Ryan & everybody
she knows at the same time. It's a mess right now. I hope we can
improve on that will happen.

Uncle Fred.


On Saturday 29 March 2008 15:48, Granby wrote:

Fred, have you considered taking all three to the new home, letting
your new
housemates choose which one to keep? Maybe that way you could keep
two? Will you have your own room and, with cat trees, could you keep
two in your room?
"Fred Williams" wrote in message
...
Hi dear friends,
Well the lady at the Cat Rescue Network said they can take
Diana
this
weekend and so I said Sunday.
I am getting help from a some good hoomans and the foster
home is
only
temporary. If we can find a good home for them to be together it
can still happen.
Yesterday, I told Diana and Rayn about what was going to
happen,
and
how they'd have to be split up. I used simple english wondering if
they'd understand any of it. Their eyes said they knew something
was wrong.
In the middle of the night I find Diana and Ryan curled up
together
on
my bed beside my legs, purring as loudly as I've ever heard them
purr. Ryan hardly ever comes on the bed and then only for short
periods of
time. They seldom purrr like that.
Arrangements are almost changing by the day and I and
friends
scamble
to see what we can do for these guys.

--
Regards,
Fred
http://www.fredwilliams.ca/thesecretofmoney.html