Your Cat's Names

"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
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badwilson wrote:
movie?? I don't know which one. In any case, Dennis and I were heavily
into winemaking at the time, so we figured the name was fitting. So
Vino it
was!

I've always been curious about wine making. Is it worth it?

Oh yeah, for us it was. Alcohol is heavily taxed in Canada, and we could
make 23 litres of red wine for $75 CAD. It turned out really well, we
didn't use the kits where you only get 4 litres of concentrated grape juice,
we used the ones where you get something like 8 or 10 litres (can't remember
exactly). So you have to add much less water and the wine turns out much
better. We even did a taste test with our friends and most couldn't tell
ours from the store bought.
It wasn't all that much work either. We had it down to a science. We'd
work together on weekends and could get the siphoning done in 20 minutes or
so and the bottling of the finished product could be done in only an hour or
2. The important thing in winemaking is to sterilize everything in the
potassium sulphide solution. Otherwise you could get stuck with 23 litres
of vinegar!
Problem is, we started drinking a litre a day after work and then we started
to pack on the pounds :-( It's probably a good thing that it's too hot here
to make wine. Now we hardly drink at home anymore...much healthier!
--
Britta
Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered
in fur!
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

"Rob Riemensnyder" wrote in message
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The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and
origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting
stories about how they came up with the names of their pets.

I'm a TV freak so my cats' names are all from TV shows. Ned, my
eleven year old black and white panda-esque cat, was named after a
character on the soap "General Hospital". My "middle" cat, eight year
old Otto, was named after a character from the British comedy series
"Allo Allo". My youngest kitty, one year old Anya, was named after a
demon from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"... and certainly lives up to the
name sometimes, too!

Rob Riemensnyder

www.RobRiemensnyder.com

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Smokey - solid black. Originally son's cat.

Mistletoe (aka Missy - and other names not fitting for public consumption) -
dilute tortie. Christmas present for my wife 2001.
Sam

"Rob Riemensnyder" wrote in message
...

The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and
origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting
stories about how they came up with the names of their pets.

I'm a TV freak so my cats' names are all from TV shows. Ned, my
eleven year old black and white panda-esque cat, was named after a
character on the soap "General Hospital". My "middle" cat, eight year
old Otto, was named after a character from the British comedy series
"Allo Allo". My youngest kitty, one year old Anya, was named after a
demon from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"... and certainly lives up to the
name sometimes, too!

Rob Riemensnyder

www.RobRiemensnyder.com

Stop by and vote in the latest Poll of the Moment! Who do YOU think
was the most annoying TV personality of the 2003-2004 television
season? Was it the cast of "Friends"? Cocky "American Idol" hopeful
Fantasia Borrino? Maybe it was "Boston" Rob? Vote now!

Smokey - solid black. Originally son's cat.

Mistletoe (aka Missy - and other names not fitting for public consumption) -
dilute tortie. Christmas present for my wife 2001.
Sam

"Rob Riemensnyder" wrote
The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and
origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting
stories about how they came up with the names of their pets.

I didn't name Frank, but I thought the name was so well chosen that I let
him keep it. The person who was slave to Frank's mother named him that
because he has a tiny black spot on his chin, just like a goatee beard, and
the only famous person with that kind of beard in 1987 when Frank was born
was Frank Zappa. You can see his beard he http://tinyurl.com/2eedo and
he http://tinyurl.com/2nzae.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki

"Rob Riemensnyder" wrote
The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and
origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting
stories about how they came up with the names of their pets.

I didn't name Frank, but I thought the name was so well chosen that I let
him keep it. The person who was slave to Frank's mother named him that
because he has a tiny black spot on his chin, just like a goatee beard, and
the only famous person with that kind of beard in 1987 when Frank was born
was Frank Zappa. You can see his beard he http://tinyurl.com/2eedo and
he http://tinyurl.com/2nzae.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki

Rob Riemensnyder wrote:
The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and
origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting
stories about how they came up with the names of their pets.

I'm a TV freak so my cats' names are all from TV shows. Ned, my
eleven year old black and white panda-esque cat, was named after a
character on the soap "General Hospital". My "middle" cat, eight year
old Otto, was named after a character from the British comedy series
"Allo Allo". My youngest kitty, one year old Anya, was named after a
demon from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"... and certainly lives up to the
name sometimes, too!

Rob Riemensnyder

www.RobRiemensnyder.com

Stop by and vote in the latest Poll of the Moment! Who do YOU think
was the most annoying TV personality of the 2003-2004 television
season? Was it the cast of "Friends"? Cocky "American Idol" hopeful
Fantasia Borrino? Maybe it was "Boston" Rob? Vote now!

Boone, our lab, was named Boone after the city Boone, NC. All of his
litter had to be named city names in NC that began with "B" Since Boone
was also my Grandmother's family named I jumped on it.

Oliver was named after the Dickens's character "Oliver Twist" since he
was a little street orphan when we found him. I had originally named
him Cora Beth. I guess I didn't look down far enough when I checked out
his sex and the vet had to suggest maybe I should think of a boy's name
for him since he was, in fact, a male kitten not a female as I had told
her. :-) We "sign" his name Oliver T. Fine. The T was originally for
"Twist" but has since been modified to "Trouble"

Our RB Golden Retriever was named Argus after Odysseus's dog. It also
means "bright" and One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful. That
was our boy.
--
Margaret Fine

Rob Riemensnyder wrote:
The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and
origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting
stories about how they came up with the names of their pets.

I'm a TV freak so my cats' names are all from TV shows. Ned, my
eleven year old black and white panda-esque cat, was named after a
character on the soap "General Hospital". My "middle" cat, eight year
old Otto, was named after a character from the British comedy series
"Allo Allo". My youngest kitty, one year old Anya, was named after a
demon from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"... and certainly lives up to the
name sometimes, too!

Rob Riemensnyder

www.RobRiemensnyder.com

Stop by and vote in the latest Poll of the Moment! Who do YOU think
was the most annoying TV personality of the 2003-2004 television
season? Was it the cast of "Friends"? Cocky "American Idol" hopeful
Fantasia Borrino? Maybe it was "Boston" Rob? Vote now!

Boone, our lab, was named Boone after the city Boone, NC. All of his
litter had to be named city names in NC that began with "B" Since Boone
was also my Grandmother's family named I jumped on it.

Oliver was named after the Dickens's character "Oliver Twist" since he
was a little street orphan when we found him. I had originally named
him Cora Beth. I guess I didn't look down far enough when I checked out
his sex and the vet had to suggest maybe I should think of a boy's name
for him since he was, in fact, a male kitten not a female as I had told
her. :-) We "sign" his name Oliver T. Fine. The T was originally for
"Twist" but has since been modified to "Trouble"

Our RB Golden Retriever was named Argus after Odysseus's dog. It also
means "bright" and One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful. That
was our boy.
--
Margaret Fine

Rob Riemensnyder wrote:
The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and
origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting
stories about how they came up with the names of their pets.

I'm a TV freak so my cats' names are all from TV shows. Ned, my
eleven year old black and white panda-esque cat, was named after a
character on the soap "General Hospital". My "middle" cat, eight year
old Otto, was named after a character from the British comedy series
"Allo Allo". My youngest kitty, one year old Anya, was named after a
demon from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"... and certainly lives up to the
name sometimes, too!

Rob Riemensnyder

www.RobRiemensnyder.com

Stop by and vote in the latest Poll of the Moment! Who do YOU think
was the most annoying TV personality of the 2003-2004 television
season? Was it the cast of "Friends"? Cocky "American Idol" hopeful
Fantasia Borrino? Maybe it was "Boston" Rob? Vote now!

Boone, our lab, was named Boone after the city Boone, NC. All of his
litter had to be named city names in NC that began with "B" Since Boone
was also my Grandmother's family named I jumped on it.

Oliver was named after the Dickens's character "Oliver Twist" since he
was a little street orphan when we found him. I had originally named
him Cora Beth. I guess I didn't look down far enough when I checked out
his sex and the vet had to suggest maybe I should think of a boy's name
for him since he was, in fact, a male kitten not a female as I had told
her. :-) We "sign" his name Oliver T. Fine. The T was originally for
"Twist" but has since been modified to "Trouble"

Our RB Golden Retriever was named Argus after Odysseus's dog. It also
means "bright" and One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful. That
was our boy.
--
Margaret Fine

On Mon, 24 May 2004 21:55:13 -0600, CATherine
yodeled:

On Mon, 24 May 2004 14:50:57 -0400, Rob Riemensnyder
wrote:


Sheba was named for the Queen of Sheba, since I wanted a rather exotic
name for her. She is a tortie and acts like a queen.

Amber was named for Lord Amber, a magician in the Crystal Gryphon
series by Andre Norton, I was reading at the time. And he is
amber-colored.

Djoser, the Black Panther, was named for the first Pharoah to build a
pyramid. I was reading a book on Egypt at the time and there was a
picture of a statue of the king with the same facial expression as the
cat. And the statue was black.

Robin is Russian Blue, the same steely gray color of a robin.

A robin?


Theresa
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On Mon, 24 May 2004 21:55:13 -0600, CATherine
yodeled:

On Mon, 24 May 2004 14:50:57 -0400, Rob Riemensnyder
wrote:


Sheba was named for the Queen of Sheba, since I wanted a rather exotic
name for her. She is a tortie and acts like a queen.

Amber was named for Lord Amber, a magician in the Crystal Gryphon
series by Andre Norton, I was reading at the time. And he is
amber-colored.

Djoser, the Black Panther, was named for the first Pharoah to build a
pyramid. I was reading a book on Egypt at the time and there was a
picture of a statue of the king with the same facial expression as the
cat. And the statue was black.

Robin is Russian Blue, the same steely gray color of a robin.

A robin?


Theresa
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com
alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/