I think I am a slot machine

Chloe is our very old, nearly toothless and rather frail long-haired
lilac tortie. She's like a dust bunny with a purr. She's spent
most of her life avoiding humans as far as possible, though she's
always got on fine with other cats. But in the last two years
she's been trying to make up for it. As soon as I lie down she
climbs onto my chest and adopts her favourite position, looking
looking me in the eye from a few inches away, purring and getting
scritched and stroked while occasionally licking my fingers.

She has now added a new element to this. As soon as I let up on
the scritching or stroking, I am reminded of unfinished business
when she gently bops me on the face with a paw. And if that doesn't
work, she tries to put her paw in my mouth.

It occurred to me that her conception of me myst be of a service
like one of those coin-operated vibrating massage chairs you find
in shopping malls. Insert something in the slot for extra time.

Really old cats are something special.

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On Fri, 15 May 2015 22:50:13 +0100, Jack Campin
wrote:
Chloe is our very old, nearly toothless and rather frail long-haired
lilac tortie. She's like a dust bunny with a purr. She's spent
most of her life avoiding humans as far as possible, though she's
always got on fine with other cats. But in the last two years
she's been trying to make up for it. As soon as I lie down she
climbs onto my chest and adopts her favourite position, looking
looking me in the eye from a few inches away, purring and getting
scritched and stroked while occasionally licking my fingers.

She has now added a new element to this. As soon as I let up on
the scritching or stroking, I am reminded of unfinished business
when she gently bops me on the face with a paw. And if that doesn't
work, she tries to put her paw in my mouth.

It occurred to me that her conception of me myst be of a service
like one of those coin-operated vibrating massage chairs you find
in shopping malls. Insert something in the slot for extra time.

Really old cats are something special.

She sounds like she really loves her special naptime. I also sometimes get
a laugh when I think about how we must seem to our kitties.

Lying down high up on the chest was also Betty's favorite position. I think
it's special when you're falling asleep and the last thing you see is a
contented kitty face, and the first thing you see when you get up is a fast
asleep kitty face.

On Sat, 16 May 2015 07:57:27 -0400, Takayuki
wrote:

On Fri, 15 May 2015 22:50:13 +0100, Jack Campin
wrote:
Chloe is our very old, nearly toothless and rather frail long-haired
lilac tortie. She's like a dust bunny with a purr. She's spent
most of her life avoiding humans as far as possible, though she's
always got on fine with other cats. But in the last two years
she's been trying to make up for it. As soon as I lie down she
climbs onto my chest and adopts her favourite position, looking
looking me in the eye from a few inches away, purring and getting
scritched and stroked while occasionally licking my fingers.

She has now added a new element to this. As soon as I let up on
the scritching or stroking, I am reminded of unfinished business
when she gently bops me on the face with a paw. And if that doesn't
work, she tries to put her paw in my mouth.

It occurred to me that her conception of me myst be of a service
like one of those coin-operated vibrating massage chairs you find
in shopping malls. Insert something in the slot for extra time.

Really old cats are something special.

She sounds like she really loves her special naptime. I also sometimes get
a laugh when I think about how we must seem to our kitties.

Lying down high up on the chest was also Betty's favorite position. I think
it's special when you're falling asleep and the last thing you see is a
contented kitty face, and the first thing you see when you get up is a fast
asleep kitty face.

My mom's medical alert system (the pendant thing) wakes me at 2:30
this morning to tell me that they had received an alert from mom and
that she requested an ambulance to take her to the hospital. She has
heart problems and this is the third time in two months that she had
to go to the hospital - it's also the prime reason that I'm selling my
house and moving to Florida to help her out.

Calling is sort of pointless since they also call my brothers and none
of us can do anything about it except worry. I spoke to her and the
ambulance had arrived and were taking her to the hospital and she'd
call me from there. So about 3am she calls to say that she's ok and
will be staying for the night.

Good luck trying to go back to sleep now. So I toss and turn, end up
on my stomach, and Scooter seizes the opportunity to climb on my back.
I can feel him laying down in Sphinx position, paws forward on my
upper back. He's a light cat but it is a bit weird to try to sleep
with a cat on your back. After a few minutes I moved and he left, only
to push up under my arm, and somehow I went back to sleep that way.

On 5/19/2015 8:23 AM, dgk wrote:

My mom's medical alert system (the pendant thing) wakes me at 2:30
this morning to tell me that they had received an alert from mom and
that she requested an ambulance to take her to the hospital. She has
heart problems and this is the third time in two months that she had
to go to the hospital - it's also the prime reason that I'm selling my
house and moving to Florida to help her out.

Calling is sort of pointless since they also call my brothers and none
of us can do anything about it except worry. I spoke to her and the
ambulance had arrived and were taking her to the hospital and she'd
call me from there. So about 3am she calls to say that she's ok and
will be staying for the night.

Good luck trying to go back to sleep now. So I toss and turn, end up
on my stomach, and Scooter seizes the opportunity to climb on my back.
I can feel him laying down in Sphinx position, paws forward on my
upper back. He's a light cat but it is a bit weird to try to sleep
with a cat on your back. After a few minutes I moved and he left, only
to push up under my arm, and somehow I went back to sleep that way.

Purrs for everything to be okay with your mom. I can only imagine
trying to sleep with a cat on your back!

Jill

On 5/16/2015 6:57 AM, Takayuki wrote:


She sounds like she really loves her special naptime. I also sometimes get
a laugh when I think about how we must seem to our kitties.

Lying down high up on the chest was also Betty's favorite position. I think
it's special when you're falling asleep and the last thing you see is a
contented kitty face, and the first thing you see when you get up is a fast
asleep kitty face.

Lying down high up on the chest was also Holly's (RB) favorite position.
Duffy likes to lye on my hip if I am lying on my side on the sofa.
When I am in bed, I usually find Nikki curled up beside the curve of my
knees, and Duffy will be tucked in on my other side. Selina is usually
happy to sleep on the chair in my bedroom or possibly on the corner of
the bed.

MaryL

On 5/19/2015 5:23 AM, dgk wrote:
On Sat, 16 May 2015 07:57:27 -0400, Takayuki
wrote:

On Fri, 15 May 2015 22:50:13 +0100, Jack Campin
wrote:
Chloe is our very old, nearly toothless and rather frail long-haired
lilac tortie. She's like a dust bunny with a purr. She's spent
most of her life avoiding humans as far as possible, though she's
always got on fine with other cats. But in the last two years
she's been trying to make up for it. As soon as I lie down she
climbs onto my chest and adopts her favourite position, looking
looking me in the eye from a few inches away, purring and getting
scritched and stroked while occasionally licking my fingers.

She has now added a new element to this. As soon as I let up on
the scritching or stroking, I am reminded of unfinished business
when she gently bops me on the face with a paw. And if that doesn't
work, she tries to put her paw in my mouth.

It occurred to me that her conception of me myst be of a service
like one of those coin-operated vibrating massage chairs you find
in shopping malls. Insert something in the slot for extra time.

Really old cats are something special.

She sounds like she really loves her special naptime. I also sometimes get
a laugh when I think about how we must seem to our kitties.

Lying down high up on the chest was also Betty's favorite position. I think
it's special when you're falling asleep and the last thing you see is a
contented kitty face, and the first thing you see when you get up is a fast
asleep kitty face.

My mom's medical alert system (the pendant thing) wakes me at 2:30
this morning to tell me that they had received an alert from mom and
that she requested an ambulance to take her to the hospital. She has
heart problems and this is the third time in two months that she had
to go to the hospital - it's also the prime reason that I'm selling my
house and moving to Florida to help her out.

Calling is sort of pointless since they also call my brothers and none
of us can do anything about it except worry. I spoke to her and the
ambulance had arrived and were taking her to the hospital and she'd
call me from there. So about 3am she calls to say that she's ok and
will be staying for the night.

Good luck trying to go back to sleep now. So I toss and turn, end up
on my stomach, and Scooter seizes the opportunity to climb on my back.
I can feel him laying down in Sphinx position, paws forward on my
upper back. He's a light cat but it is a bit weird to try to sleep
with a cat on your back. After a few minutes I moved and he left, only
to push up under my arm, and somehow I went back to sleep that way.


I'm glad she's okay, and that you were able to get a little more sleep.
It's very worrying when your mother is so far away. Mine lived in
Alaska for the last 14 years of her life, and I'm in California.
However, my sister lived in the same Alaska town, so that wasn't quite
so bad.

Joy

On 5/19/2015 10:41 AM, MaryL wrote:
On 5/16/2015 6:57 AM, Takayuki wrote:


She sounds like she really loves her special naptime. I also sometimes
get
a laugh when I think about how we must seem to our kitties.

Lying down high up on the chest was also Betty's favorite position. I
think
it's special when you're falling asleep and the last thing you see is a
contented kitty face, and the first thing you see when you get up is a
fast
asleep kitty face.

Lying down high up on the chest was also Holly's (RB) favorite position.
Duffy likes to lye on my hip if I am lying on my side on the sofa.
When I am in bed, I usually find Nikki curled up beside the curve of my
knees, and Duffy will be tucked in on my other side. Selina is usually
happy to sleep on the chair in my bedroom or possibly on the corner of
the bed.

MaryL


I always sleep on my side. Pickles and Koala spend at least part of the
night on the bed. Pickles likes to lie on the other pillow, while Koala
is down near the foot of the bed. Once in a while he sleeps on top of
my legs. Since I got back from visiting my brother, they're both closer
at night. At one point, Pickles was lying against my back and Koala was
on my legs. At another point, when I had turned over, Koala was up
against my front. He even let me pet him while he was there. That's
the first time that's happened since I got him. I guess I should have
gone away sooner. ;-)

Joy

On Tue, 19 May 2015 09:22:08 -0400, jmcquown
wrote:

On 5/19/2015 8:23 AM, dgk wrote:

My mom's medical alert system (the pendant thing) wakes me at 2:30
this morning to tell me that they had received an alert from mom and
that she requested an ambulance to take her to the hospital. She has
heart problems and this is the third time in two months that she had
to go to the hospital - it's also the prime reason that I'm selling my
house and moving to Florida to help her out.

Calling is sort of pointless since they also call my brothers and none
of us can do anything about it except worry. I spoke to her and the
ambulance had arrived and were taking her to the hospital and she'd
call me from there. So about 3am she calls to say that she's ok and
will be staying for the night.

Good luck trying to go back to sleep now. So I toss and turn, end up
on my stomach, and Scooter seizes the opportunity to climb on my back.
I can feel him laying down in Sphinx position, paws forward on my
upper back. He's a light cat but it is a bit weird to try to sleep
with a cat on your back. After a few minutes I moved and he left, only
to push up under my arm, and somehow I went back to sleep that way.

Purrs for everything to be okay with your mom. I can only imagine
trying to sleep with a cat on your back!

Jill

She had a stomach flu, so that's the best news we could have had. She
has colitis,and also almost died last year of a C.Diff infection, so
anything like diarrhea is worrysome, but it wasn't that and it wasn't
heart related. She's going home tonight. Thanks for the purrs,
apparently they helped.

What was a bit strange was that I kept checking for family email, and
by the time 11am came there was none. So I called her, found out what
I could, and sent one. It turns out that the service had only called
me. The others got to sleep through the night.

On 5/21/2015 5:21 AM, dgk wrote:
On Tue, 19 May 2015 09:22:08 -0400, jmcquown
wrote:

On 5/19/2015 8:23 AM, dgk wrote:

My mom's medical alert system (the pendant thing) wakes me at 2:30
this morning to tell me that they had received an alert from mom and
that she requested an ambulance to take her to the hospital. She has
heart problems and this is the third time in two months that she had
to go to the hospital - it's also the prime reason that I'm selling my
house and moving to Florida to help her out.

Calling is sort of pointless since they also call my brothers and none
of us can do anything about it except worry. I spoke to her and the
ambulance had arrived and were taking her to the hospital and she'd
call me from there. So about 3am she calls to say that she's ok and
will be staying for the night.

Good luck trying to go back to sleep now. So I toss and turn, end up
on my stomach, and Scooter seizes the opportunity to climb on my back.
I can feel him laying down in Sphinx position, paws forward on my
upper back. He's a light cat but it is a bit weird to try to sleep
with a cat on your back. After a few minutes I moved and he left, only
to push up under my arm, and somehow I went back to sleep that way.

Purrs for everything to be okay with your mom. I can only imagine
trying to sleep with a cat on your back!

Jill

She had a stomach flu, so that's the best news we could have had. She
has colitis,and also almost died last year of a C.Diff infection, so
anything like diarrhea is worrysome, but it wasn't that and it wasn't
heart related. She's going home tonight. Thanks for the purrs,
apparently they helped.

What was a bit strange was that I kept checking for family email, and
by the time 11am came there was none. So I called her, found out what
I could, and sent one. It turns out that the service had only called
me. The others got to sleep through the night.


I'm sorry your sleep was interrupted, but glad it wasn't serious. I'm
sure she is, or was, miserable, but it's good that it wasn't anything worse.

Joy

Takayuki wrote:
I think it's special when you're falling asleep and the last thing
you see is a contented kitty face, and the first thing you see when
you get up is a fast asleep kitty face.

Last night I had a dream that I was being suffocated by a huge dog
sitting on my chest. Hit out at it, then woke up and realized I'd
just thumped a cat. I don't know which one, but they all seem to
have forgiven me.

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e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k
Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland
mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin