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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2004Purrs for Hoomins' Tragedy
Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call woke me from a close pal; her DH's only child, a daughter, 21, went to RB today 3 days after driving headon into a large concrete pole late at night during one of the intricate turns in poorly lighted section of our I-95 Interchange (locally nicknamed "the spaghetti bowl" so you can imagine what I mean by "hairpin turns" here). Her BF died at the scene; neither wore seatbelts, and her car was a rebuilt Mercury with airbags not reinstalled upon renovation. I had occasion to ride as passenger with her dad, my friend, about 2 months ago, and at the time bitched at him to fasten his belt; he speeds and we were stopped by a local cop, scolded, but no ticket given as he mentioned we had our seatbelts on (!). What irony.This is my same friend who has the 3 Himmies in her *no pets* condo; she and DH have now adopted his daughter's half-grown kitten; the Himmies are having cows over the kid's intrusion, but at least one of them is playing with it already. Thank you for your recovery and comfort purrs for my friends; I met Claudia (his girl) once.  SignatureIf there's no cats in heaven, I don't wanna go! How sad. Many purrs to the family and furfamily. Karen > Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs > needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thank you for your recovery and comfort purrs for my friends; I met Claudia > (his girl) once. Purrrs, meatloaf meditations and candles lit for your friend, his daughter and boyfriend and her cat. Such a sad situation all around. Purrs for you as well, Hopitus as these are your friends and I'm sure you share in their grief. Julie, Hobbes, Selena and Lacey >Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs >needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >Thank you for your recovery and comfort purrs for my friends; I met Claudia >(his girl) once. > Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs > needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thank you for your recovery and comfort purrs for my friends; I met Claudia > (his girl) once. What a tragedy, and what makes it even more tragic is that it could so easily have been avoided. Many purrs for your friends. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki Comforting purrs go out to your friends (and you) Lois > Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs > needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thank you for your recovery and comfort purrs for my friends; I met Claudia > (his girl) once. What a tragedy! Our most sincere condolences. We are sending purrs and hugs for the grieving family, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs > needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > seatbelts, and her car was a rebuilt Mercury with airbags not reinstalled > upon renovation. <snip >Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs >needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call >woke me from a close pal; her DH's only child, a daughter, 21, went to RB >today 3 days after driving headon into a large concrete pole late at night <snip tragic story> Please pass along condolences to your friends. Purrs and prayers for them, and all who knew the young couple. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs > needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > seatbelts, and her car was a rebuilt Mercury with airbags not reinstalled > upon renovation. Major purrs, healing thoughts and sympathy for your friends' loss. Pam, Rob, and the NC nine Oh no, how awful! Sympathies and prayers from this side as well. Grace > > Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs > > needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Pam, Rob, and the NC nine Purrs on the way. SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com Many, many heartfelt purrs for your friends; I am so sad to read this story. Please let them know we are sending our condolences and thoughts their way. And comforting purrs to you, too, Hopitus. Christine > Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs > needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thank you for your recovery and comfort purrs for my friends; I met Claudia > (his girl) once. Oh, how sad! Many purrs coming up. -- Britta (still shuddering at the concept of speeding in the spaghetti bowl with no seatbelts on and no airbags) Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs > needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > -- > If there's no cats in heaven, I don't wanna go! > Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs > needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thank you for your recovery and comfort purrs for my friends; I met Claudia > (his girl) once. Mega-purrs for your pal's DH. I can so relate to his loss. No words can adequately express the grief this causes. Sam > Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs > needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thank you for your recovery and comfort purrs for my friends; I met Claudia > (his girl) once. What a terrible shame. We send heartache-easing purrs to your friends, and will light a candle for Claudia. Please pass along our condolences. ------ Krista > Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs > needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thank you for your recovery and comfort purrs for my friends; I met Claudia > (his girl) once. Thats so sad. Purrs flying across the miles to all those who are grieving for their loss, furry or otherwise. Yowie >Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs >needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >Thank you for your recovery and comfort purrs for my friends; I met Claudia >(his girl) once. Oh Hop, that's so sad. Purrs for the family. The powers that be around here have just made improvements to a dangerous stretch of road *after* a woman and both children died on it. Sherry > >Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs > >needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >intrusion, but at least one of them is playing with it already. > >Thank you for your recovery and comfort purrs for my friends; I met Claudia (his girl) once. Many purrs and heart-felt thoughts of understanding to the families. And to you, Hopitus for the loss of your friend's daughter. Charleen Mr. Pumpkin AggieMarble Victor Velcro > Oh Hop, that's so sad. Purrs for the family. The powers that be around here > have just made improvements to a dangerous stretch of road *after* a woman and > both children died on it. > Sherry Sadly enough, that's often what it takes. ------ Krista > Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but > multiple purrs needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > your recovery and comfort purrs for my friends; I met Claudia (his > girl) once. How very sad, lighting a candle and sending purrs to family and friends. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy, Milo & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. >Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs >needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >seatbelts, and her car was a rebuilt Mercury with airbags not reinstalled >upon renovation. Purrs for you and your friend's family! I know kind of what you mean about sharp turns. Ironically, I was in an accident on I-95 when I was around 21. There's a section that's sort of a forced exit where the highway basically ends and changes directions. I didn't know about it, because it was my first time on that stretch of road, and it was at night. My car was a flaming wreck, but I was unhurt because of the seatbelt. They've since put big flashing lighted arrows there, fortunately. Seatbelts are so important. Purrs and prayers coming. Helen M -- >Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs >needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >Thank you for your recovery and comfort purrs for my friends; I met Claudia >(his girl) once. Purrs and prayers are being sent for the family and friends. CATherine My friends and I are so very grateful for all of you sending your kind concern and support for the mental anguish of this loss. The power of purrs is great. The female of the couple does the same work I do (xray) but not in ER's (she is exclusively a mammo tech). She joins me in requesting our rpca friends all over the world to honor Claudia's memory by "buckling up" 100% of your driving time. : >Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs : >needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] : : CATherine "Hopitus2" <Hopitus2@comcast.net> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Purrs for Hoomins' Tragedy: >My friends and I are so very grateful for all of you sending your kind >concern and support for the mental anguish of this loss. The power of purrs >is great. The female of the couple does the same work I do (xray) but not in >ER's (she is exclusively a mammo tech). She joins me in requesting our rpca >friends all over the world to honor Claudia's memory by "buckling up" 100% >of your driving time. Always do [so does DH]. I once had a car that didn't have a shoulder belt [it did have a lap belt, always used]. I have a scar from an 11-stitch injury caused by a steering wheel taste test at about 35mph [some ditz pulled out WAY too close in front of me]. Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > My friends and I are so very grateful for all of you sending your kind > concern and support for the mental anguish of this loss. The power of purrs > is great. The female of the couple does the same work I do (xray) but not in > ER's (she is exclusively a mammo tech). She joins me in requesting our rpca > friends all over the world to honor Claudia's memory by "buckling up" 100% > of your driving time. No adjustment to current habits needed there. Putting the seatbelt on is so automatic for me, I even wear it when moving the car from one side of the street to the other (following the shady spot!). It is really aggravating here in Thailand 'cause none of them wear seatbelts and they even make fun of us westerners for wearing them. Of course this is in a country where cars don't have daytime running lights and if you manually turn the lights on during the day you can get ticketed because only the royal family is allowed to drive during the day with lights on. Lovely. All the rest of the peons can just be unsafe...grrrr! -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album Huh. Royal family there drives. I had never pictured anything but them riding in sedan chairs atop elephants, camels, llamas, or something similar. Been watching too many cartoons or commercials I guess. Duh. : > My friends and I are so very grateful for all of you sending your kind : > concern and support for the mental anguish of this loss. The power of [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] : Check out pictures of Vino at: : http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Huh. Royal family there drives. I had never pictured anything but them > riding in sedan chairs atop elephants, camels, llamas, or something similar. > Been watching too many cartoons or commercials I guess. Duh. Well, I doubt the King, Queen, Princesses or Prince actually drive themselves. But they get driven around in stretch limos in huge motorcades with many leading and trailing vehicles. All traffic comes to a halt. Overpasses must be closed off to traffic because it is not allowed for anyone to be above the King, so cars going over an overpass while the King's car passes below is a big huge no-no. I'm sure they had the sedan chairs on the elephants back in the day, but hey, it's the 21st century...even in Thailand! Actually, we're a bit ahead of you guys over here, it's the year 2547 now. -- Britta...livin' in the future ;-) Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album <snip> >It is really aggravating here in Thailand 'cause none of them wear seatbelts >and they even make fun of us westerners for wearing them. Of course this is >in a country where cars don't have daytime running lights and if you >manually turn the lights on during the day you can get ticketed because only >the royal family is allowed to drive during the day with lights on. Lovely. >All the rest of the peons can just be unsafe...grrrr! That bit about the lights seems awfully strange, since here more and more of the vehicles are coming from the factory with lights that are on automatically. Also, though I confess I don't really know much about Thailand, but aren't there lots of scooter/motorcycles? Far as I know all ours have lights that on always on. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > <snip> > >It is really aggravating here in Thailand 'cause none of them wear seatbelts [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > about Thailand, but aren't there lots of scooter/motorcycles? Far as I > know all ours have lights that on always on. The cars here do not have lights that are always on. There are a ton of scooters and motorcycles, but their lights are not always on either. I guess they make them differently for different market areas at the factory. -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > My friends and I are so very grateful for all of you sending your kind > concern and support for the mental anguish of this loss. The power of purrs > is great. The female of the couple does the same work I do (xray) but not in > ER's (she is exclusively a mammo tech). She joins me in requesting our rpca > friends all over the world to honor Claudia's memory by "buckling up" 100% > of your driving time. I will be pleased to honor Claudia's memory by buckling up 100% of the time. Presently an honest evalation of myself shows that I use the seat belt about 80% of the time. For she and I seat belt use is a 100% promise. Charleen, who always wants to come home to David, Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro. Do you have any online pics of Victor Velcro or Mr. Pumpkin? : > My friends and I are so very grateful for all of you sending your kind : > concern and support for the mental anguish of this loss. The power of [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] : Aggie Marble, : Victor Velcro. > Do you have any online pics of Victor Velcro or Mr. Pumpkin? No, not yet. But will have soon. Glad you want to see them. Have been asked by others also. When Tak and Suz and I met I met Spicey in person and Betty by picture. I had to make myself bring only six pictures of my cats. And when thinking of personality Mr. Pumpkin is very much like Britta and Dennis's Vino. Victor is a Brat Cat and Aggie Marble came out from under the bed just a year ago. She spent 9.5, yes nine and a half years under the bed coming out only at night to eat and use the littler box. I love them all. Charleen > : > My friends and I are so very grateful for all of you sending your kind > : > concern and support for the mental anguish of this loss. The power of [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > : Aggie Marble, > : Victor Velcro. I also join you in requesting that everyone wears a seatbelt at all times. Purrs, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > My friends and I are so very grateful for all of you sending your kind > concern and support for the mental anguish of this loss. The power of purrs > is great. The female of the couple does the same work I do (xray) but not in > ER's (she is exclusively a mammo tech). She joins me in requesting our rpca > friends all over the world to honor Claudia's memory by "buckling up" 100% > of your driving time. > My friends and I are so very grateful for all of you sending your kind > concern and support for the mental anguish of this loss. The power of purrs > is great. The female of the couple does the same work I do (xray) but not in > ER's (she is exclusively a mammo tech). She joins me in requesting our rpca > friends all over the world to honor Claudia's memory by "buckling up" 100% > of your driving time. Purrs and hugs for you and your friend. Seat belts are a must in the Shirk vehicles. Especially since the kids saw what happened to the woman in the car that rear ended us. She was lucky to have only a mild concussion, but that starred window made a bigger impression than in just the window. Pam S. >> My friends and I are so very grateful for all of you sending your >> kind concern and support for the mental anguish of this loss. The [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >only a mild concussion, but that starred window made a bigger >impression than in just the window. I have been a firm believer in seatbelts ever since, as a child, I saw the aftermath of an accident where a car had gone off the road at high speed and run into a vertically-walled drainage ditch at right angles to the road. The driver had gone through the windshield and headfirst into the concrete drainage-ditch wall. The body had been removed, but, judging from the wall, there wasn't much left of the driver's head. 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 Gruesome topic, yes, John, but what you said is what happens to most non-bucklers; the forward force of impact sends them through the windshield, headfirst. What happened to poor Claudia is the likely alternative to the above: she was thrown out when the doors popped open (frequent occurence), landing like a rag doll near the car. Cat ng here; no more details....I believe we have enlightened some. : -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- : Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] : =yau8 : -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > Don't often share my heartaches with cat ng cyberfriends, but multiple purrs > needed for a couple friends in Miami, my hometown. Early a.m. today, a call [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > -- > If there's no cats in heaven, I don't wanna go! sending comforting purrs. Brenda |
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