Welcome! We certainly don't mind, on the contrary!

We have seven indoor cats!: Xoxo, Luna, Maya, Basho, Issa, Fez, and
Rufous. :)  We haven't started feeding the "wild" cats yet...

Look forward to learning more about them.

Hi O J

  Welcome to the Cat newsgroups.  I am so glad you are joining us and I
look forward to hearing more about your cat[s].  Please feel free to
send an email to me anytime about anything at <cat1@blakjak.com>, or at
<david1@blakjak.com> if it is not to do with cats.

  Every so often I publish a list in four parts [A-D, E-J, K-N and O-Z]
on the newsgroups called Humans, places, cats + other pets.  Entries
look like this [this is my own entry]:

                                            Quango, Nanki Poo, Tao MIA,
David S         Liverpool       England     Ting RB, Suk RB, Tush RB,
                                 UK         Pish RB; Dog: Scamp RB

  If you would like me to include you please send an email to
<cat1@blakjak.com> containing:

1] Your first name and trailing initial.
2] The town in which you live.
3] The country or state in which you live.
4] The names of any pets [usually cats, but they don't have to be].
5] Many people like to remember cats that have passed on: you may
        include such cats if you wish: put RB after their name.
6] You may include cats that disappeared: put MIA after their name.
7] You may include cats that are currently living with someone else:
        put EL after their name.

  Please note that the list does *not* include email addresses or any
other address so there is no chance of receiving "spam" mail because of
this list.

  The list contains people who post to the ten newsgroups
alt.animals.felines, alt.animals.felines.diseases, alt.cats,
alt.pets.cats, rec.pets.cats.anecdotes, rec.pets.cats.announce,
rec.pets.cats.community, rec.pets.cats.health+behav, rec.pets.cats.misc,
rec.pets.cats.rescue.  This list is posted on all the newsgroups and my
Catpage.

  If you wonder why we put RB after the name of cats that have passed
on it refers to Rainbow Bridge: the story of Rainbow Bridge also appears
on my Catpage.  MIA stands for Missing in Action.  EL stands for
Extended Leave.  There is a set of Catcodes to let everyone know about
your cats [as in my sig below] which is also on my Catpage.  I also have
many other things on my Catpage that are likely to be of interest to
people who read any Cat newsgroup.  I also have many many articles and
stories about cats on my Storypage.

  A few little rules for posting [not followed by everyone, I'm afraid].
Please write articles in text format - not HTML which is for the web!
Please try to avoid long sigs [signature files], four lines is fine.  It
helps to have a sig separator [dash-dash-space on its own on a line]
before a sig.

  Please snip if answering long articles, especially if you are just
going to add a few lines at the end.  You should leave just enough that
people know to what you are replying - but not more.  Please reply after
the text to which you are replying, not at the top.  Please always say
from where you are posting, or where you live [just the area will do].
Special note for Americans: newsgroups are international: please do not
assume all your readers are other Americans.

  Articles are much easier to read if lines are no longer than 72
characters, and split into paragraphs.  Please don't post the same
article separately to different newsgroups [multi-posting]: if it really
needs to be seen on different groups then please learn how to cross-
post.  Please don't post binaries [eg pictures of cats]: post them to
alt.binaries.pictures.animals or to a website and post a little article
on a newsgroup telling us where to look.  There is an article on my
Generalpage on the subject of posting to the Net called FAQ for Newbies
to Usenet.  [FAQ is a list of frequently asked questions and their
answers].  In fact there is a whole section on "Netiquette" on my
Generalpage, including an article on multi-posting and cross-posting.

  If your cat likes talking to others, please feel free to indulge in
Meowchat: this is in rec.pets.cats.community.  Again, there is a FAQ on
the subject on my Catpage.  rec.pets.cats.anecdotes [RPCA] also has its
own FAQ, much of which applies to all newsgroups, URL as below.

  If you want an email copy of any or all of the five items on my web
site that are mentioned above [Rainbow Bridge, Catcodes, Newbie FAQ,
Meowchat FAQ and multi- v cross-posting] then tell me at
<cat1@blakjak.com> and I shall email them.  Furthermore, I shall send
you a list of several other emails that I send out on request.

  In some of the newsgroups there is an annoying individual called Bob
Brenchley.  He likes to upset people.  Unfortunately, many people argue
with him, which encourages him.  I advise you never to read any of his
posts, and never to reply to him.  Please put him in your killfile.

  I hope that you will be happy in the Cat newsgroups.  If you need
help for your cat then it is always here.  Please note that I am not
official in any way: I just like to welcome newcomers!  It is quite
difficult to realise who are new: if I am wrong and you are not new here
please accept my apologies!

Web addresses [URLs]:

    Catpage         http://blakjak.com/cat_menu.htm
    Storypage       http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm
    Generalpage     http://blakjak.com/gen_menu.htm
    RPCA FAQ        http://www.angelfire.com/mt/yowie/catfaq.htm

hey, welcome to the group, OJ.
Glad to hear about your family. This is a friendly group, so dive in
whenever you want to.
Jazz & his mama

Welcome OJ, Lynda, Roxy and 5 other felines. I started to send a
welcome after reading your other posts, but saw this one and figured
this was the place to put it.

My sig sort of says it all. I'm Steve, and have three owners: Rocky,
Little Bit and Sammy. We live in Lawton, Oklahoma, which is where I
was stationed when I retired from the Army. Originally, though, I'm
from Bakersfield, California

Never need to worry about too many posts like those you've been
sending - we love happy kitty posts ;-)

Welcome to the group, OJ. I live in Helsinki, Finland with two cats, Frank
(16 yo) and Nikki (15). There are pictures galore of them and other kitties
in the album at the address in my sig.

Hello and welcome! I think you will like it here. It's nice to hear you and
your wife are taking such good care of so many kitties.
Looking forward to more of your stories,

Welcome to the family, OJ.  I live in Georgia, USA with my husband and
three cats - a portly, orange gentleman cat who wandered up onto our
back porch when he was about 3 months old and announced he was moving
in; a pretty little silver and white longhair ladycat who we adopted
from a local rescue group and a 4 y/o calico brat cat who is absolutely
a love bug when she wants to be and a hoolikitten late at night.  Lacey,
the calico reminds me of your story about Roxy. Lacey was an abandoned
kitty who found her way to our backyard.  When I first started feeding
her she was very wary of everything around her.  After several months of
feeding her I began to see her relax some and she would chase 'sweet gum
balls' that had fallen off the trees. But she would chase one for a few
seconds then crouch down and look around for anything trying to sneak up
on her.  She's been an inside kitty now for a year and playing is one of
the things she really enjoys.  Whenever I clean the house and put all
the cat toys in the toy basket she'll drag them all out again so that
she can play.  It really is rewarding to see this previously wary cat
relax and play.

We are looking forward to more stories like the ones you've posted so
far and welcome you to the group.

Julie, Hobbes, Selena and Lacey

Welcome to the madhouse, OJ!

Yowie

Welcome to the best group on the net. Your household sounds like a
perfect match for our community.

CATherine