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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2003WE MET!!!!
I don't know yet if I got my version in first, but Richard (Alphonse), Lisa Loque, Rob, and I got together at a mall near the areas where Lisa and Richard's friends live. We didn't have a lot of time, and it went way too fast, but we had a great time. Steve G. was supposed to join us, but he got stuck in traffic and chickened out, the stinker. We're going to meet him some how, some day. The first thing Rob said when we met Lisa and Richard is "I'm Pam and this is Rob (pointing at me)." We all laughed and broke the ice. We were all wearing cat t-shirts of some kind. Both Lisa and Rob had their RPCA shirts, which made finding each other a snap. We chatted for a while then moved to the food court to eat and chat some more. Richard is wonderful, funny, and very witty. Lisa is a total love. I wish she'd post in here as she is so charming and sweet. You'd all adore her. We compared notes about our cats, and told stories about their activities. Lisa was way too quiet, but the rest of us made up for her. Rob and I had arrived early, so we'd window shopped until time to meet, so we just HAD to show Richard and Lisa the cat stuff we found at one of the garden booths. Rob wants to get me a set of ceramic wind chimes. They're hand made and hand painted. Rob said to tell you that they're very beautiful. I asked him if he meant the chimes or Lisa. He said the chimes, though Lisa is also quite pretty, but she isn't hand painted. Rob has always had an eye for a pretty girl. We were only able to visit for an hour and a half as Richard's friends had plans for the evening. I think we could have sat there and talked all night. Richard took digital pictures and plans to put them on his website when he gets a chance. I used a regular camera, so it will be a while before I get my pictures into the we met folder on catslaves. I'll let you know when it's done. I still have to post pictures of our trips to Morrow Mt, the cats, and baby Pine Cone that I found the other day. As you may be able to tell, I'm still quite excited about finally getting to meet Richard and Lisa. I'm eager to get the film developed and post the picts. Pam S. > I don't know yet if I got my version in first, but Richard (Alphonse), > Lisa Loque, Rob, and I got together at a mall near the areas where Lisa > and Richard's friends live. I'm so jealous, Pam! It sounds like you had a wonderful time. Can't wait for the pics.  SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Marina skrev i meddelandet ... >> I don't know yet if I got my version in first, but Richard (Alphonse), >> Lisa Loque, Rob, and I got together at a mall near the areas where Lisa [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Marina, Frank and Nikki >marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi I am also looking forward to see the pics. Elisabet > I don't know yet if I got my version in first, but Richard (Alphonse), > Lisa Loque, Rob, and I got together at a mall near the areas where Lisa [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >(snippety) How cool! It sounds like a marvelous time - I'm jealous! I can't wait to see the pics. ------ Krista Very much looking forward to the pics, Pam. I'm so glad you all had a wonderful time. Best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > I don't know yet if I got my version in first, but Richard (Alphonse), > Lisa Loque, Rob, and I got together at a mall near the areas where Lisa > and Richard's friends live. <snip Sounds like ya'll had a great time, Pam -- thanks so much for the report! Christine > I don't know yet if I got my version in first, but Richard (Alphonse), > Lisa Loque, Rob, and I got together at a mall near the areas where Lisa [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Pam S. > I don't know yet if I got my version in first, but Richard (Alphonse), > Lisa Loque, Rob, and I got together at a mall near the areas where Lisa > and Richard's friends live. We didn't have a lot of time, and it went > way too fast, but we had a great time. Steve G. was supposed to join > us, but he got stuck in traffic and chickened out, the stinker. We're > going to meet him some how, some day. Although the traffic was an issue (post football, maybe?), my uselessness was more of an issue. This is traditional with me, I should've issued an advance warning! My worst example of this sort of mess-up when when I was supposed to meet some friends near Coventry in the UK - at the time I lived in B'ham (the distance between these places is 30 or so miles). Alas I got on the wrong motorway, and ended up in Oxford. This necessitated a 130mph dash cross country to avoid my friends disembowelling me on arrival. I also consider cellphones to be the devil's hairy buttocks, and so I can never tell anyone exactly where I am at any given time. Anyway, was sorry to have missed y'all - glad you had fun. Steve. > Although the traffic was an issue (post football, maybe?), my > uselessness was more of an issue. This is traditional with me, I [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Anyway, was sorry to have missed y'all - glad you had fun. If this comes up, ever again, I'm going to arrange to pick you up. Rob drove and I navigated, and we'd never been in that part of Raleigh before. If we can find it, we could have found you. SO, no excuses, the next chance we get, we're picking you up somewhere you CAN find, and getting together with Lisa, if she's willing to put up with a couple of extroverted reprobates such as Rob and myself. We're willing to pick up a couple of others if they're in that area. We have room for eight in our van. What say you all, shall we try this again soon? Pam S. > SO, no excuses, the next chance we get, we're picking you up somewhere > you CAN find, and getting together with Lisa, if she's willing to put up > with a couple of extroverted reprobates such as Rob and myself. We're > willing to pick up a couple of others if they're in that area. We have > room for eight in our van. What say you all, shall we try this again > soon? [Full report plus pics coming v. soon... when I get back to my computer in the UK!] Well... I'm back in NC in February... is that soon enough? :) Al. > > SO, no excuses, the next chance we get, we're picking you up somewhere > > you CAN find, and getting together with Lisa, if she's willing to put up [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Al. Woohoo!! I like it. If we can't kidnap him before then, we'll definitely have to kidnap Steve in February. What do you think Lisa? Can we wait until February to kidnap Steve, so that we can meet him? Do you get the feeling that I'm rowdy and that Rob is a bad influence on me, or is it that I'm a bad influence on him? Pam S. > > > SO, no excuses, the next chance we get, we're picking you up somewhere > > > you CAN find, and getting together with Lisa, if she's willing to put up [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Pam S. Ohhh, I'm seeing a plan forming.... Must mark calendar for next February. (...) > > Woohoo!! I like it. If we can't kidnap him before then, we'll > > definitely have to kidnap Steve in February. What do you think Lisa? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Ohhh, I'm seeing a plan forming.... Must mark calendar for next February. Already, a Feeling Of Great Foreboding sweeps the Steve house. Cats look at each other, and raise a quizzical whisker. Somewhere out in the forest, a coyote groans. Elsewhere, there is the surreal sound of cheese howling. I look forward to actually getting to the next meeting. Steve. > Already, a Feeling Of Great Foreboding sweeps the Steve house. Cats > look at each other, and raise a quizzical whisker. Somewhere out in > the forest, a coyote groans. Elsewhere, there is the surreal sound of > cheese howling. > > I look forward to actually getting to the next meeting. Oh, good. It wasn't just me who heard the call of wild cheese. It's almost as lyrical as the sounds of mating zucchini. Then there are the sweet dulcet tones of pickled beets. I could listen to food forever. Pam S. > > Already, a Feeling Of Great Foreboding sweeps the Steve house. Cats > > look at each other, and raise a quizzical whisker. Somewhere out in [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > almost as lyrical as the sounds of mating zucchini. Then there are the > sweet dulcet tones of pickled beets. I could listen to food forever. Its the gentle coo of chocolates as they roam the fridge that warms the cockles of my heart... Yowie >> Already, a Feeling Of Great Foreboding sweeps the Steve house. >> Cats look at each other, and raise a quizzical whisker. Somewhere [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Pam S. Zucchini obviously have a short but intense mating season (maybe, like Vulcans, they go into Ponn Farr?). That would explain why, come late summer, all the zucchini turn ripe simultaneously. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria Tanada <tanada@NOSPAMearthlink.net> wrote: >Steve G wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > are the sweet dulcet tones of pickled beets. I could listen to food > forever. The chocolate gets pretty noisy around here. :) Joyce >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >like Vulcans, they go into Ponn Farr?). That would explain why, come >late summer, all the zucchini turn ripe simultaneously. Not only do zucchinis turn ripe simultaneously, but they multiply overnight. Nan > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > like Vulcans, they go into Ponn Farr?). That would explain why, come > late summer, all the zucchini turn ripe simultaneously. But that is more often than once every seven years.:-) Live long and prosper. SignatureAdrian A House Is Not A Home, Without A Cat. <snip> > We chatted for a while then moved to the food court to eat and chat some > more. Richard is wonderful, funny, and very witty. Lisa is a total > love. I wish she'd post in here as she is so charming and sweet. You'd > all adore her. We compared notes about our cats, and told stories about > their activities. Lisa was way too quiet, but the rest of us made up > for her. And how, pray do tell, was one supposed to get a word in edgewise between you and Rob??? ;-) I'm normally a lurker and very quiet. Especially around people I've just met. I've discovered 1. If I stay quiet, 90% of the time someone else will say exactly what I was thinking. And usually more eloquently than I would have. 2. A closed mouth gathers no foot. <snip> > As you may be able to tell, I'm still quite excited about finally > getting to meet Richard and Lisa. I'm eager to get the film developed > and post the picts. > > Pam S. It was truely a pleasure to meet y'all. We'll have to kidnap Steve next time to be sure he's there! > And how, pray do tell, was one supposed to get a word in edgewise between > you and Rob??? ;-) I'm normally a lurker and very quiet. Especially around > people I've just met. I've discovered > 1. If I stay quiet, 90% of the time someone else will say exactly what I was > thinking. And usually more eloquently than I would have. > 2. A closed mouth gathers no foot. LOL, I probably did stick my feet in my mouth, a time or two. Rob says that he uses his feet to clean his tongue with. We are a couple of mouthy reprobates, aren't we? Anyway, you're a total sweetie, and we'd love to get together with you and kidnap Steve for a day. Would you believe that I used to be fairly quiet until I met Rob? His family is so outgoing that I had to learn to be as mouthy as they are or get lost in the shuffle. Family gatherings around here tend to be loud, busy, and full of laughter. And the humans have fun too. Pam S. >And how, pray do tell, was one supposed to get a word in edgewise between >you and Rob??? ;-) I'm normally a lurker and very quiet. Especially around >people I've just met. I've discovered >1. If I stay quiet, 90% of the time someone else will say exactly what I was >thinking. And usually more eloquently than I would have. >2. A closed mouth gathers no foot. How wonderful that you guys met! I'm normally a lurker, too, but I've found that people will say what I was thinking only about 1% of the time. Maybe I'm weird. ;) > How wonderful that you guys met! I'm normally a lurker, too, but I've > found that people will say what I was thinking only about 1% of the > time. Maybe I'm weird. ;) Yes, you are weird, but we still love you. Now, get Betty a buddy for Christmas. Pam S. still lobbying >> How wonderful that you guys met! I'm normally a lurker, too, but I've >> found that people will say what I was thinking only about 1% of the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Pam S. still lobbying Why don't you also bug TJ, Polonca, Britta, Jill, Suz, Yowie, and our other posters with single cats? :) >>>How wonderful that you guys met! I'm normally a lurker, too, but I've >>>found that people will say what I was thinking only about 1% of the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Why don't you also bug TJ, Polonca, Britta, Jill, Suz, Yowie, and our > other posters with single cats? :) You're weirder :) Helen Wheels, weird and proud. >> Why don't you also bug TJ, Polonca, Britta, Jill, Suz, Yowie, and our >> other posters with single cats? :) > >You're weirder :) >Helen Wheels, weird and proud. I may be weird, but I really don't see myself being able to substantially out-weird any of those six, especially the really far out ones like Polonca and Britta. ;) Thank you so much for the compliment, Tak! Best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > I may be weird, but I really don't see myself being able to > substantially out-weird any of those six, especially the really far > out ones like Polonca and Britta. ;) > >> Why don't you also bug TJ, Polonca, Britta, Jill, Suz, Yowie, and our > >> other posters with single cats? :) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > substantially out-weird any of those six, especially the really far > out ones like Polonca and Britta. ;) OK, I'm jealous. I'm not weird enough to qualify in the top ten. I'm SO DEPRESSED. I'll have to work on that weird thing. Pam S. > >> Why don't you also bug TJ, Polonca, Britta, Jill, Suz, Yowie, and our > >> other posters with single cats? :) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > substantially out-weird any of those six, especially the really far > out ones like Polonca and Britta. ;) Are you calling me *normal*???? Feeling insulted, Yowie (in jest though) > Why don't you also bug TJ, Polonca, Britta, Jill, Suz, Yowie, and our > other posters with single cats? :) Because each of them, with the possible exception of Polonca (in which case, get another cat Polonca) have tried to integrate another cat into their household and been informed by their owners that, no matter how long they tried, no other cats were going to join them in human ownership. You, even though you acknowledge that Betty is needy, seems lonely, and that another cat would probably work in your household, won't even try to take care of your little girl and get her a friend. Sheesh, Tak. Would you like it if Betty wouldn't let you have any friends except her? Pam S. >> Why don't you also bug TJ, Polonca, Britta, Jill, Suz, Yowie, and our >> other posters with single cats? :) [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >Would you like it if Betty wouldn't let you have any friends except >her? Weeell, when I try to characterize Betty, the first words that come to mind don't include "lonely". I would describe her as "surgically attached to my lap". And oh, so soft! I'm not 100% certain that Betty would accept another cat, though I think it could work. Then again, she might not have been socialized to other cats (she's obviously a possessive and human-oriented cat). What kind of cat would you recommend as a friend? A cat like Soncek would probably work. :) > Weeell, when I try to characterize Betty, the first words that come to > mind don't include "lonely". I would describe her as "surgically [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > What kind of cat would you recommend as a friend? A cat like Soncek > would probably work. :) I would go to the shelters and other cat places, and just check them out. In general, if you like the cat, Betty probably will too. Most cats are very adaptable and will work out an accommodation in a while. Usually, you'll find one and just know that the cat will work for you and Betty. Pam S. hopeful that Tak will get Betty a buddy > I'm normally a lurker, too Ahem... you, a lurker?? I don't think so!! :) BTW, I don't think you're so weird. Though, maybe that just means I'm also weird. Is a Massachusetts thing? Joyce > > I'm normally a lurker, too > >Ahem... you, a lurker?? I don't think so!! :) I usually lurk, but sometimes I do post, especially since Polonca said that I should post, even when I didn't have a cat, and now I have a cat, so there's more to talk about! >BTW, I don't think you're so weird. Though, maybe that just means I'm >also weird. Is a Massachusetts thing? I guess I just characterized myself as "weird" because of my habit of always having opinions that are unsubstantiated, without merit, and just plain wrong. :) I think Massachusettsians tend think a certain way - polls here always seem to go the opposite way of the country as a whole. > I think Massachusettsians tend think a certain way - polls here always > seem to go the opposite way of the country as a whole. Back in around 1973, when the Watergate scandal was hitting the news, a lot of us had bumper stickers that said, "Don't blame me - I'm from Massachusetts". That was a reference to the fact that in 1972 (the first election I got to vote in), Richard Nixon defeated George McGovern by a landslide. The only state McGovern took was Mass. As for the gay marriage laws, let's hope Massachusetts isn't the *opposite* of the rest of the country - maybe they're just ahead of the rest of us! Way to go, home state!! :) Joyce >Way to go, home state!! :) > >Joyce Despite our new Gov. we are a forward thinking state. Suz Iron Chef Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= Chocolate heals all wounds. > > I'm normally a lurker, too > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Joyce Its the weather, it does things to you. Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= I've learned to not sweat the petty things, and not pet the sweaty things. |
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