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On 24 Feb 2004 23:28:40 GMT, olitter (PawsForThought)
wrote: ] ACFA registered 1955 cats in 2003. No, I didn't forget a zero. So the current total is 56,732. That really is a small number. Of course it doesn't take into account all the BYB's though, right? I wonder what that number would be? I guess no way to know. Well, it's the number of purebred cats registered. BYBs can and sometimes do register their cats and pretty much all kitten mills do (so the petstores can say 'CFA' or 'TICA' doncha know) -- which is why I try to pound into people's heads that 'registered' doesn't mean 'responsibly bred'. All it means is that the parents are known and registered themselves. Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid |
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On 24 Feb 2004 23:28:40 GMT, olitter (PawsForThought)
wrote: ] ACFA registered 1955 cats in 2003. No, I didn't forget a zero. So the current total is 56,732. That really is a small number. Of course it doesn't take into account all the BYB's though, right? I wonder what that number would be? I guess no way to know. Well, it's the number of purebred cats registered. BYBs can and sometimes do register their cats and pretty much all kitten mills do (so the petstores can say 'CFA' or 'TICA' doncha know) -- which is why I try to pound into people's heads that 'registered' doesn't mean 'responsibly bred'. All it means is that the parents are known and registered themselves. Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid |
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"jamie" wrote in message
... I've been online since '82. Usenet newsgroups started, I think in '79 (without looking it up). I thought that wasn't Usenet, specifically, but something else that eventually evolved into Usenet. FidoNet or is that something else? My brother was on-line fairly early on, when there were primarily BBSs. I remember when he first got his modem, the closest ISP available was in North Dakota or Minnesota. Our long distance bills were *huge* and he got into a lot of trouble with my parents. He was always a techie geek! rona (I did wait two days before another OT post!) -- ***For e-mail, replace .com with .ca Sorry for the inconvenience!*** |
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"jamie" wrote in message
... I've been online since '82. Usenet newsgroups started, I think in '79 (without looking it up). I thought that wasn't Usenet, specifically, but something else that eventually evolved into Usenet. FidoNet or is that something else? My brother was on-line fairly early on, when there were primarily BBSs. I remember when he first got his modem, the closest ISP available was in North Dakota or Minnesota. Our long distance bills were *huge* and he got into a lot of trouble with my parents. He was always a techie geek! rona (I did wait two days before another OT post!) -- ***For e-mail, replace .com with .ca Sorry for the inconvenience!*** |
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Phil P. wrote:
(snip) I had a woman return a cat after almost a year because she wanted a cat with darker fur so it wouldn't show on her new dark fabric furniture! We had a cat returned last week after a year and a half because, get this, the cat unrolled a roll of toilet paper. Needless to say, after she signed the surrender document, she left empty handed and in a rage. She was so ****ed I didn't give her another cat she told me to shove the refund check up my ass! Why would you refund her money after almost a year? Here, local rescues share a "blacklist" of adopters who have returned cats or had adopted cats die or disappear under mysterious circumstances. (snip) |
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Phil P. wrote:
(snip) I had a woman return a cat after almost a year because she wanted a cat with darker fur so it wouldn't show on her new dark fabric furniture! We had a cat returned last week after a year and a half because, get this, the cat unrolled a roll of toilet paper. Needless to say, after she signed the surrender document, she left empty handed and in a rage. She was so ****ed I didn't give her another cat she told me to shove the refund check up my ass! Why would you refund her money after almost a year? Here, local rescues share a "blacklist" of adopters who have returned cats or had adopted cats die or disappear under mysterious circumstances. (snip) |
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Rona Yuthasastrakosol wrote:
"jamie" wrote in message ... I've been online since '82. Usenet newsgroups started, I think in '79 (without looking it up). I thought that wasn't Usenet, specifically, but something else that eventually evolved into Usenet. FidoNet or is that something else? Usenet and BBSes started separately about the same time. FidoNet, as I recall, was the first application of UUCP to a PC BBS net, adding PC access to Usenet, in roughly 1988 or so. Before that, Usenet was mostly university UNIX accounts around the world, government agencies and companies with government contracts, scientific corporations, and a number of public access UNIX dialup account providers. 1986, reading Usenet posts from people in areas downwind of Chernobyl within days of the accident, is one of my early memories of the impact of Usenet on worldwide communication. -- jamie ) "There's a seeker born every minute." |
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Rona Yuthasastrakosol wrote:
"jamie" wrote in message ... I've been online since '82. Usenet newsgroups started, I think in '79 (without looking it up). I thought that wasn't Usenet, specifically, but something else that eventually evolved into Usenet. FidoNet or is that something else? Usenet and BBSes started separately about the same time. FidoNet, as I recall, was the first application of UUCP to a PC BBS net, adding PC access to Usenet, in roughly 1988 or so. Before that, Usenet was mostly university UNIX accounts around the world, government agencies and companies with government contracts, scientific corporations, and a number of public access UNIX dialup account providers. 1986, reading Usenet posts from people in areas downwind of Chernobyl within days of the accident, is one of my early memories of the impact of Usenet on worldwide communication. -- jamie ) "There's a seeker born every minute." |
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