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I gave away my cats, I'm heartbroken
wrote in message ... wafflycat wrote: Nathan is injured - he came off his bike at a road race (Lotus circuit - closed roads) when another rider locked handlebars with him - then went up over the bars and barrel-rolled at about 30mph. Bruised noggin (shattered lid), broken shoulderblade, haemotoma on hip the size of a melon and acres of road rash. Yikes! That sounds serious. Hope he's recovering OK! BTW, what does "shattered lid" mean? I'm picturing a cartoon where someone's head has a lid that opens up to expose the brain. I'm sure that's not what you meant. His helmet was shattered. Rather spectacular bruising on his forehead took the exact shape of the innards of the helmet. All down his right-side and he spent two days his horse spittal. Translate? Guess who starts his A-levels on Monday and guess who can't write? Oh, dear. Can't he make arrangements to take the tests later? I suppose that's difficult because of the potential for cheating... not to say that Nathan would cheat, but the school might have a policy against rescheduling a standard test. Hope not! The school has arranged for a scribe - basically Natahn will dictate his answers. Extra time allowed too. Felines ruling the homestead as is their right. Waffles brings me plenty of mousies she has been attempting to gum to death :-) She's getting to be an old lady, isn't she? Or rather, a grand old dame. Indeed she is thoroughly magnificent They've also spent oodles of time nursing Nathan with use of feline ultrasound (purrs) to the broken shoulderblade and bruised hip :-) Feline ultrasound! Perfect name for it. I'm sure it's helping the healing process. Feline ultrasound to all of you, Joyce Ta muchly |
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I gave away my cats, I'm heartbroken
wafflycat wrote:
wrote in message Yikes! That sounds serious. Hope he's recovering OK! BTW, what does "shattered lid" mean? I'm picturing a cartoon where someone's head has a lid that opens up to expose the brain. I'm sure that's not what you meant. His helmet was shattered. You know, I realized this later on... I can be a bit slow interpreting expressions I've never heard before, sorry! Oh, dear. Can't he make arrangements to take the tests later? The school has arranged for a scribe - basically Natahn will dictate his answers. Extra time allowed too. Oh, that's great! Good luck to him on the tests. Joyce |
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I gave away my cats, I'm heartbroken
"wafflycat" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "223rem" wrote in message oups.com... I will be moving from a house in a suburban/semi-rural area to an apartment in a big metropolis. Now my cats can go out whenever they want and in fact they spend more time outdoors than indoors. They love to roam, climb trees, hunt, etc. They'd probably go nuts if confined in an apartment. To my surprise, my landlord, who always pets my cats when he rans into them, offered to take my cats and 'give them a good home' in a barn on his 50 acre farm. They'll probably become "barn cats"! This guy is a honorable man, he's proven that many times, so he'll keep his promise. Well, I accepted his offer, and now I'm extremely sad... Was I wrong? What would you have done in my place? I don't what your situation is that causes you to move from where you can have your cats to where you can't. I only know when I split from my ex years ago, I fought tooth and nail to keep this place as at the time (we) had 11 dogs. I won in the end but it cost me every penny I had in legal fees. So my answer is I didn't abandon my pets. Tweed Not everyone is able to do that, though, Tweed. Actually they can. If they are brave enough to fight. I can utterly understand the poster being sad, but has done the right thing in the circumstances *as described* by finding suitable alternative arrangements for the cats. I'd hate to be in the position of the OP: I'd be devastated, and there but for the grace of ... insert name of deity of choice. Oh, for goodness sake, he never cared about his cats before why should he now? Tweed |
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I gave away my cats, I'm heartbroken
wafflycat wrote:
Felines ruling the homestead as is their right. Waffles brings me plenty of mousies she has been attempting to gum to death :-) They've also spent oodles of time nursing Nathan with use of feline ultrasound (purrs) to the broken shoulderblade and bruised hip :-) So glad to hear the cats are on the job. Nathan should get better in no time with their help. Feline ultrasound for his A-levels. -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. |
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I gave away my cats, I'm heartbroken
"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "wafflycat" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "223rem" wrote in message oups.com... I will be moving from a house in a suburban/semi-rural area to an apartment in a big metropolis. Now my cats can go out whenever they want and in fact they spend more time outdoors than indoors. They love to roam, climb trees, hunt, etc. They'd probably go nuts if confined in an apartment. To my surprise, my landlord, who always pets my cats when he rans into them, offered to take my cats and 'give them a good home' in a barn on his 50 acre farm. They'll probably become "barn cats"! This guy is a honorable man, he's proven that many times, so he'll keep his promise. Well, I accepted his offer, and now I'm extremely sad... Was I wrong? What would you have done in my place? I don't what your situation is that causes you to move from where you can have your cats to where you can't. I only know when I split from my ex years ago, I fought tooth and nail to keep this place as at the time (we) had 11 dogs. I won in the end but it cost me every penny I had in legal fees. So my answer is I didn't abandon my pets. Tweed Not everyone is able to do that, though, Tweed. Actually they can. If they are brave enough to fight. We'll have to agree to disgaree on that one, Tweed. I take the view none of us can know entirely the circumstances of another and make that judgement for everyone else. Example: elderly person needs to be put into a residential care home. There may well not be any residential care home available where he or she can also take their pet with them. Should that elderly person be castigated for not being able to take their pets with them? I can utterly understand the poster being sad, but has done the right thing in the circumstances *as described* by finding suitable alternative arrangements for the cats. I'd hate to be in the position of the OP: I'd be devastated, and there but for the grace of ... insert name of deity of choice. Oh, for goodness sake, he never cared about his cats before why should he now? It still applies as a general thing - not everyone can be in the position to be able to take their pets with them, irrepsective of whether the OP is an utter twerp or not. Tweed |
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I gave away my cats, I'm heartbroken
wafflycat wrote:
Not everyone is able to do that, though, Tweed. Actually they can. If they are brave enough to fight. We'll have to agree to disgaree on that one, Tweed. I take the view none of us can know entirely the circumstances of another and make that judgement for everyone else. Thank you, Helen! I totally agree with you. It's all too easy for many of us to become self-righteous and judgemental about other people's decisions, without understanding how it feels to live in their skin and their circumstances. "If I can do X, then anyone can," is an often-heard pronouncement. Essentially, that comes from a belief that everyone else is exactly like oneself, which is pretty egotistical, if you ask me. Example: elderly person needs to be put into a residential care home. There may well not be any residential care home available where he or she can also take their pet with them. Should that elderly person be castigated for not being able to take their pets with them? Good example. I certainly hope I will always be able to keep my kitties with me! Joyce |
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I gave away my cats, I'm heartbroken
"wafflycat" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "wafflycat" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "223rem" wrote in message oups.com... I will be moving from a house in a suburban/semi-rural area to an apartment in a big metropolis. Now my cats can go out whenever they want and in fact they spend more time outdoors than indoors. They love to roam, climb trees, hunt, etc. They'd probably go nuts if confined in an apartment. To my surprise, my landlord, who always pets my cats when he rans into them, offered to take my cats and 'give them a good home' in a barn on his 50 acre farm. They'll probably become "barn cats"! This guy is a honorable man, he's proven that many times, so he'll keep his promise. Well, I accepted his offer, and now I'm extremely sad... Was I wrong? What would you have done in my place? I don't what your situation is that causes you to move from where you can have your cats to where you can't. I only know when I split from my ex years ago, I fought tooth and nail to keep this place as at the time (we) had 11 dogs. I won in the end but it cost me every penny I had in legal fees. So my answer is I didn't abandon my pets. Tweed Not everyone is able to do that, though, Tweed. Actually they can. If they are brave enough to fight. We'll have to agree to disgaree on that one, Tweed. I take the view none of us can know entirely the circumstances of another and make that judgement for everyone else. Example: elderly person needs to be put into a residential care home. There may well not be any residential care home available where he or she can also take their pet with them. Should that elderly person be castigated for not being able to take their pets with them? This is not such a case at all, and well you know it. It is unfair of you to bring up this type of circumstance in comparison. We may have to agree to disagree on this. I will still like you if you don't agree with me on this ;-) I don't mind a debate about my views. It is OK to argue. What I do not like is when someone on the group questions my mental health because I do not agree with not neutering a tom cat. Tweed |
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