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Big brave *nglish postmen ... Sheesh!
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Duke of URL - 10 May 2004 20:29 GMT Cat Maims Postman Pat Cranbrook, *ngland (The Sun) -- Scaredy-cat postmen are refusing to deliver mail to a house because they are scared of a dangerous wee kitty. They say their hands are being ripped to shreds by ginger tom Bat as they shove post through the cat flap. [So why are they shoving their hands in through the flap? Ye Ed.] The posties also claim the moggie claws their legs with vicious swipes. Now bosses sent owner Dan Coyne a letter saying deliveries are suspended because of the "guard cat". Stunned Dan said: "I can't believe they are scared of him. Bat is a bit of a psycho and has been known to launch himself at people. He gets very wound up by the postman and sits under the cat flap waiting for him. As the postie pushes the letters through, I've seen Bat try to swipe him with his claws. He was a rescue cat and is only little - but he does get stroppy." Dan has been told to collect his own post until he takes action to control Bat. The Royal Mail letter said: "The postmen are experiencing problems with your Guard Cat. Sounds ridiculous I know, but as they deliver through the flap the cat scratches them. More incredible than this, your cat has been known to jump on the postman's leg and dig its claws in." Dan has a letter box, but posties used the flap because it was easier. "If they are that scared they should use the box. It is ridiculous." The Royal Mail said: "Staff safety is paramount. We are discussing the possibility of a box on the gate."
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Karen - 10 May 2004 22:04 GMT I think this is an old story and they worked it out, no? Seems to me I heard something about it.
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> Cat Maims Postman Pat > Cranbrook, *ngland (The Sun) -- Scaredy-cat postmen are refusing to deliver [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Mail said: "Staff safety is paramount. We are discussing the possibility of > a box on the gate." Kreisleriana - 10 May 2004 23:03 GMT >I think this is an old story and they worked it out, no? Seems to me I heard >something about it. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> through the flap? Ye Ed.] The posties also claim the moggie claws their >legs Reminds me of the story from last winter of the big bad Israeli kitty terrorizing his devlopment.
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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 10 May 2004 22:54 GMT > Cat Maims Postman Pat What's a "postman pat"?
> Cranbrook, *ngland (The Sun) Why is England censored? England, England, England, England, England. Is this a new swear word or something?
> Scaredy-cat postmen are refusing to deliver I'd be nervous about putting my hands someplace a strange cat was scratching (and potentially biting) them. Sounds like using the mailbox rather than the flap is a reasonable solution, better than denying the guy his mail.
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Duke of URL - 11 May 2004 02:55 GMT > > Cat Maims Postman Pat > > What's a "postman pat"? It's a slang-term for the postal carrier. Gee, I would've thought that was obvious. <G>
> > Cranbrook, *ngland (The Sun) > > Why is England censored? England, England, England, England, England. Is > this a new swear word or something? Oh, indeed it is, to any Scot.
> > Scaredy-cat postmen are refusing to deliver > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Joyce dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers - 11 May 2004 08:10 GMT >Oh, indeed it is, to any Scot. Can we cut the racist crap from the NG please?
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Duke of URL - 11 May 2004 15:33 GMT > >Oh, indeed it is, to any Scot. > > Can we cut the racist crap from the NG please? ??? Since there hasn't been any, I suppose it'll be easy...
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John F. Eldredge - 12 May 2004 02:37 GMT >> >Oh, indeed it is, to any Scot. >> >> Can we cut the racist crap from the NG please? > >??? Since there hasn't been any, I suppose it'll be easy... Duke of URL <MacBenah@kdsi.net> said that England was a curse word to any Scot. This could certainly be viewed as English-bashing. Looking at history, no ethnic group's hands are completely clean, and such arguments are off-topic for rec.pets.cats.anecdotes.
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dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers - 12 May 2004 08:10 GMT >Duke of URL <MacBenah@kdsi.net> said that England was a curse word to >any Scot. This could certainly be viewed as English-bashing. >Looking at history, no ethnic group's hands are completely clean, and >such arguments are off-topic for rec.pets.cats.anecdotes. Quite.
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Adrian - 12 May 2004 11:29 GMT >> > Cat Maims Postman Pat >> >> What's a "postman pat"? > > It's a slang-term for the postal carrier. Gee, I would've thought > that was obvious. <G> Wrong! Postman Pat is a character in a childrens TV program, he has a black and white cat called Jes.
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dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers - 12 May 2004 20:47 GMT >Wrong! Postman Pat is a character in a childrens TV program, he has a >black and white cat called Jes. And here's the lyrics to his song...
"Postman Pat, Postman Pat, Postman Pat and his black and white cat, Early in the morning, Just as day is dawning, He picks up all the post bags in his van.
Postman Pat, Postman Pat, Postman Pat and his black and white cat, All the birds are singing, and the day is just beginning. Pat feels he's a really happy man.
Everybody knows his bright red van, All his friends will smile as he waves to greet them, Maybe... You can never be sure, There'll be knock...[knock knock] Ring [ring ring] Letters through your door.
[Hee Hee]
Postman Pat, Postman Pat, Postman Pat and his black and white cat, All the birds are singing, and the day is just beginning. Pat feels he's a really happy man."
Hmmm'ing tune till end..
Cheers, helen s
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Adrian - 13 May 2004 20:15 GMT >> Wrong! Postman Pat is a character in a childrens TV program, he has a >> black and white cat called Jes. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Cheers, helen s Now I can't get that tune out of my head. :-)
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Marina - 11 May 2004 05:30 GMT <jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net> wrote
> > Cat Maims Postman Pat > > What's a "postman pat"? Postman Pat is a character in a children's TV programme.
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Ian D. Stewart - 11 May 2004 03:15 GMT > Cat Maims Postman Pat > Cranbrook, *ngland (The Sun) -- Scaredy-cat postmen are refusing to > deliver mail to a house because they are scared of a dangerous wee kitty. Well then, they would be well advised to steer clear of Gahanna, OH, where the kitties tend to come a wee bit larger:
There has been another possible sighting of the elusive lion, this time on SR 310 off I-70 near Pataskala.
Around 8 a.m., a man was driving down the road, and he says something darted across the road.
Chris Mullins describes the experience by saying, "And it ran right across the road right here. I live in the country and I hunt. This was not a deer, this was a lion."
Donna Reigel, who lives in the area, says she may have spotted the lion while she was gardening on Sunday. She says she saw something, "big and blonde" run through her yard.
10TV's Tino Ramos found a fresh path through the wooded area, and along that path, a possible print that was as big as a human hand.
The print and path caught the attention of the highway patrol.
The print is not that of a deer, but it is unknown if it belongs to a lion.
This isn't the first possible paw print. Sunday, other prints were spotted just east of Gahanna. Those were found embedded in damp soil at a private golf course in Jefferson Township.
Pat Curry, head keeper at the Columbus Zoo says they appears to be the tracks of a large cat.
If authentic, the tracks provide the most conclusive proof yet that the stories told by police officers, neighbors and farmers are not fiction, but fact, but what is Curry's verdict?
"The only other thing that might make me suspicious, it's a really good print. If there was somebody trying to make us believe there was a cat in the area, we'd get a perfect print like this," Curry says.
The other big question is, why are the prints scattered and not in a clear track through the mud? Sheriff's deputies are investigating.
Ian D.
Kreisleriana - 11 May 2004 19:27 GMT >> Cat Maims Postman Pat >> Cranbrook, *ngland (The Sun) -- Scaredy-cat postmen are refusing to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >while she was gardening on Sunday. She says she saw something, "big and >blonde" run through her yard. Dolly Parton!!!!???????
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Steve Touchstone - 11 May 2004 22:23 GMT >>Donna Reigel, who lives in the area, says she may have spotted the lion >>while she was gardening on Sunday. She says she saw something, "big and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Theresa LOL
Dolly P is a tiny little woman... well except for her voice, wigs and.... a couple other things
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Kreisleriana - 11 May 2004 23:01 GMT >>>Donna Reigel, who lives in the area, says she may have spotted the lion >>>while she was gardening on Sunday. She says she saw something, "big and [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Dolly P is a tiny little woman... well except for her voice, wigs >and.... a couple other things Well, her wig, then. ;)
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Hopitus2 - 12 May 2004 00:08 GMT ROFLMAO
: >>>Donna Reigel, who lives in the area, says she may have spotted the lion : >>>while she was gardening on Sunday. She says she saw something, "big and [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] : My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com : alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers - 11 May 2004 08:10 GMT >Cat Maims Postman Pat >Cranbrook, *ngland (The Sun) -- Can't understand why the * is there instead of England, but whatever.
Postman seems inordinantly wimpy. My dad was a postman, and cats never fazed him. He didn't like dogs, but never had a problem with cats. The posties delivering to Chateau Simmons don't have to put their hands in the letterbox - only the post.
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Pixie Dust 413 - 11 May 2004 18:51 GMT > "I can't believe they are scared of him. Bat is a bit of a > psycho and has been known to launch himself at people..." Now this is an oxymoron if I ever heard one...
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Duke of URL - 12 May 2004 02:23 GMT > > "I can't believe they are scared of him. Bat is a bit of a > > psycho and has been known to launch himself at people..." > > Now this is an oxymoron if I ever heard one... Heh. Well, but there are different sorts of psychocats - I have one who would NEVER launch himself. At anything...
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