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Would you tell a lie to save a cat?
I've just advised someone on facebook to lie to get into a cat hoarders
home. When Boyfie had his dreadful injury last year, the first thing the vet wanted to know was "can you afford this?" Otherwise he'd have been a gonner.. So I said yes.I kind of lied at the time. I knew it would be megabucks, but I figured just get him operated on and saved and work the money out later. The vet is unlikely to reverse his operation later if I cannot pay. Boyfie was a lucky boy as lots of you contributed to his bill. We both can't thank you all enough. He's worth every penny. |
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Would you tell a lie to save a cat?
Would I tell a lie to save a cat? Nope....if needed I'd tell more than one and worry about it after the cat was saved
Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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Would you tell a lie to save a cat?
"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... I've just advised someone on facebook to lie to get into a cat hoarders home. When Boyfie had his dreadful injury last year, the first thing the vet wanted to know was "can you afford this?" Otherwise he'd have been a gonner.. So I said yes.I kind of lied at the time. I knew it would be megabucks, but I figured just get him operated on and saved and work the money out later. The vet is unlikely to reverse his operation later if I cannot pay. Boyfie was a lucky boy as lots of you contributed to his bill. We both can't thank you all enough. He's worth every penny. ~~~~~~~ It depends on the circumstances and the nature of the lie. In the type of situation you described, I certainly would do just as you did. And Boyfie is a lucky boy to have you (and you to have him). MaryL |
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Would you tell a lie to save a cat?
On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 22:49:23 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote: I've just advised someone on facebook to lie to get into a cat hoarders home. When Boyfie had his dreadful injury last year, the first thing the vet wanted to know was "can you afford this?" Otherwise he'd have been a gonner.. So I said yes.I kind of lied at the time. I knew it would be megabucks, but I figured just get him operated on and saved and work the money out later. The vet is unlikely to reverse his operation later if I cannot pay. Boyfie was a lucky boy as lots of you contributed to his bill. We both can't thank you all enough. He's worth every penny. In a way I just did. I'm only allowed two cats in the place where I'm moving, and I have three. So I lied. |
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Would you tell a lie to save a cat?
"dgk" wrote in message ... On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 22:49:23 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: I've just advised someone on facebook to lie to get into a cat hoarders home. When Boyfie had his dreadful injury last year, the first thing the vet wanted to know was "can you afford this?" Otherwise he'd have been a gonner.. So I said yes.I kind of lied at the time. I knew it would be megabucks, but I figured just get him operated on and saved and work the money out later. The vet is unlikely to reverse his operation later if I cannot pay. Boyfie was a lucky boy as lots of you contributed to his bill. We both can't thank you all enough. He's worth every penny. In a way I just did. I'm only allowed two cats in the place where I'm moving, and I have three. So I lied. That's not so bad a lie. Three is only one more than two and I doubt it can be proved if the landlord comes. If there are three in your house, just say "this stray cat came in yesterday, starving, so what can you do?" I have bought my own house so I can have as many cats as I want but I've always said that's its easy to feed quite a few cats, but not so easy to afford the vet, if more than one have health problems at the same time. I would like another cat. Boyfie disagrees about this. |
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Would you tell a lie to save a cat?
On Monday, March 9, 2015 at 1:59:16 PM UTC, dgk wrote:
In a way I just did. I'm only allowed two cats in the place where I'm moving, and I have three. So I lied We're not even supposed to have cats at all! In our previous place (30 years ago) when we had one cat Speedy Joe as we had a garden our tenancy agreement said we could have 1 cat. When we moved here the tenancy said "No pets" but the landlord said if we still had the one cat they'd allow him but after he died no more cats Speedy Joe bless him wasn't with us at the time He was a semi feral who ran off when he was about 4 but we kept up the fiction and they've tolerated our cats since on the basis they still seem to think we've only got Speedy Joe (if we had he'd be 34) Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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Would you tell a lie to save a cat?
On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 14:35:55 -0700 (PDT), Lesley Madigan
wrote: On Monday, March 9, 2015 at 1:59:16 PM UTC, dgk wrote: In a way I just did. I'm only allowed two cats in the place where I'm moving, and I have three. So I lied We're not even supposed to have cats at all! In our previous place (30 years ago) when we had one cat Speedy Joe as we had a garden our tenancy agreement said we could have 1 cat. When we moved here the tenancy said "No pets" but the landlord said if we still had the one cat they'd allow him but after he died no more cats Speedy Joe bless him wasn't with us at the time He was a semi feral who ran off when he was about 4 but we kept up the fiction and they've tolerated our cats since on the basis they still seem to think we've only got Speedy Joe (if we had he'd be 34) Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs I remember reading something like this concerning a will - the cat's caretaker was allowed to live in a lavish home as long as the cat was alive. After 30 years or something the bank began to be suspicious, and sure enough, whenever the cat died the guy got another one that looked like it. I'm actually moving into a Home Owner's Association thing where we have to obey the rules, and one rather odd rule is that you can have one pet that is up to 20 lbs, or two that total 25. It really is referring to dogs, but I'm not going to make a fuss about it. The only real issue is that I was considering bringing an outside cat named Baby. But I'm leaving instructions with my neighbor that if they have to move, or anything medical happens to Baby, or if her mother (Jet) dies, I'm going to come back and get Baby. That will give me four. |
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Would you tell a lie to save a cat?
On 2015-03-11 10:43 AM, dgk wrote:
I remember reading something like this concerning a will - the cat's caretaker was allowed to live in a lavish home as long as the cat was alive. After 30 years or something the bank began to be suspicious, and sure enough, whenever the cat died the guy got another one that looked like it. I'm actually moving into a Home Owner's Association thing where we have to obey the rules, and one rather odd rule is that you can have one pet that is up to 20 lbs, or two that total 25. It really is referring to dogs, but I'm not going to make a fuss about it. The only real issue is that I was considering bringing an outside cat named Baby. But I'm leaving instructions with my neighbor that if they have to move, or anything medical happens to Baby, or if her mother (Jet) dies, I'm going to come back and get Baby. That will give me four. When I made my big move to an apartment-type condo, one of my requirements while looking was I would only look at placed that pets were permitted. I rapidly discovered that buildings that did allow pets generally allowed only one - so when I found a place I was seriously interested in, I put as a condition on my offer that the board must permit me to have two cats. They agreed, and I have it in writing. Many of the building residents have pets - cats are less obvious, but I often meet people bringing dogs in or out - the rules say a "fish, bird, one cat or dog of reasonable size...". Clearly "reasonable" is a matter of interpretation; there's a dog that looks to me like a husky in one of the apartments on my floor; a nice animal. Now, just over a year later, I'm really happy with my move, and glad I found such a pet-friendly building. Cheryl |
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Would you tell a lie to save a cat?
"Cheryl" wrote in message ... On 2015-03-11 10:43 AM, dgk wrote: I remember reading something like this concerning a will - the cat's caretaker was allowed to live in a lavish home as long as the cat was alive. After 30 years or something the bank began to be suspicious, and sure enough, whenever the cat died the guy got another one that looked like it. I'm actually moving into a Home Owner's Association thing where we have to obey the rules, and one rather odd rule is that you can have one pet that is up to 20 lbs, or two that total 25. It really is referring to dogs, but I'm not going to make a fuss about it. The only real issue is that I was considering bringing an outside cat named Baby. But I'm leaving instructions with my neighbor that if they have to move, or anything medical happens to Baby, or if her mother (Jet) dies, I'm going to come back and get Baby. That will give me four. When I made my big move to an apartment-type condo, one of my requirements while looking was I would only look at placed that pets were permitted. I rapidly discovered that buildings that did allow pets generally allowed only one - so when I found a place I was seriously interested in, I put as a condition on my offer that the board must permit me to have two cats. They agreed, and I have it in writing. Many of the building residents have pets - cats are less obvious, but I often meet people bringing dogs in or out - the rules say a "fish, bird, one cat or dog of reasonable size...". Clearly "reasonable" is a matter of interpretation; there's a dog that looks to me like a husky in one of the apartments on my floor; a nice animal. Now, just over a year later, I'm really happy with my move, and glad I found such a pet-friendly building. Cheryl I would not want to rent. It means you cannot do what you want. |
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Would you tell a lie to save a cat?
On 3/9/2015 9:59 AM, dgk wrote:
On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 22:49:23 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: I've just advised someone on facebook to lie to get into a cat hoarders home. When Boyfie had his dreadful injury last year, the first thing the vet wanted to know was "can you afford this?" Otherwise he'd have been a gonner.. So I said yes.I kind of lied at the time. I knew it would be megabucks, but I figured just get him operated on and saved and work the money out later. The vet is unlikely to reverse his operation later if I cannot pay. Boyfie was a lucky boy as lots of you contributed to his bill. We both can't thank you all enough. He's worth every penny. In a way I just did. I'm only allowed two cats in the place where I'm moving, and I have three. So I lied. I suppose you could say I lied after Persia came to live with me. I was supposed to pay extra "pet rent" at my apartment in TN. My dog Sampson died in 1999. I notified the manager and they stopped charging me pet rent (although the - then - manager did say, "Just get another dog", which certainly hit me the wrong way.) Persia came to live with me in 2001. I never did tell them I had a cat. So, I guess I sort of lied. It's not as if it harmed anyone. She certainly didn't tear anything up or damage the property in any way. Jill |
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