I've just had a wierd encounter. Nice, but strange. A gentleman just
came to my door, having seen Lilly-Whiskers story in the paper. He had
tracked me down because the paper had printed the street that I live in,
and he had asked a neighbour where I lived, using my photo in the paper
to ID me.
He dropped off a donation of kitten food, some kitten toys, and some
kitten buscuits. I let him meet Lilly and I *think* I have persuaded him
to volunteer for Cats Protection. *VBG*
It was strange, because this morning I was debating whether to go
shopping for more kitten food as we're running out. It was even more
strange, as I was debating whether I had enough money in my bank account
(I don't) to spend on kitten toys, or whether Lilly would have to make
do until with her ping-pong balls and bits of paper until I get paid in
2 weeks.
We had a nice chat, and he seemed very nice, even if the circumstances
*were* a little odd.
Still, I guess he subscribes to the "paying forward" idea, like I try
to. It was a very kind gesture and I was quite touched.
Helen M
Adrian - 12 Nov 2005 12:27 GMT
> I've just had a wierd encounter. Nice, but strange. A gentleman just
> came to my door, having seen Lilly-Whiskers story in the paper. He had
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> Helen M
Bast moves in mysterious ways. ;-)

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Lucy's Mom - 12 Nov 2005 14:27 GMT
>I've just had a wierd encounter. Nice, but strange. A gentleman just
>came to my door, having seen Lilly-Whiskers story in the paper. He had
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>Helen M
and people say there's no God, or angels, or karma.......Beats me how
they can not see it...
Give Miss Lilly-Whiskers a scritch!!!
--Kim and the CRC
Marina - 12 Nov 2005 14:40 GMT
> Still, I guess he subscribes to the "paying forward" idea, like I try
> to. It was a very kind gesture and I was quite touched.
Yes, strange but very nice. Hope he volunteers.

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polonca12000 - 12 Nov 2005 18:34 GMT
I'm so glad to hear people are being good to Lilly-Whiskers after all
she had been through.
Lots of purrs and best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek
> I've just had a wierd encounter. Nice, but strange. A gentleman just
> came to my door, having seen Lilly-Whiskers story in the paper. He had
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> kitten buscuits. I let him meet Lilly and I *think* I have persuaded him
> to volunteer for Cats Protection. *VBG*
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kilikini - 12 Nov 2005 20:01 GMT
> I've just had a wierd encounter. Nice, but strange. A gentleman just
> came to my door, having seen Lilly-Whiskers story in the paper. He had
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> Helen M
Wow, what a nice rarity! How lucky for you. What I do when I don't have
enough money to buy a new cat toy, I just crumple up some foil that I had on
some leftovers. The cats LOVE it. They bat it around for a good 15 - 20
minutes. I have to say that the foil balls are their absolute favorite toy.
kili
Karen AKA Kajikit - 12 Nov 2005 20:54 GMT
>I've just had a wierd encounter. Nice, but strange. A gentleman just
>came to my door, having seen Lilly-Whiskers story in the paper. He had
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>kitten buscuits. I let him meet Lilly and I *think* I have persuaded him
>to volunteer for Cats Protection. *VBG*
That was very sweet of him! You know what the girls' favourite toys
are? Little tiny balls of foil from hershey's kisses - whenever we eat
them I crumple the foil up and wrap about four layers around the ball
so it's a good size for batting and pouncing... Silver also adores a
little white wooden knob that came off a little drawer - apparantly
it's also just right for pouncing and batting, an it makes a noise as
it skitters across the floor... kitties are very versatile players :)

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PatM - 12 Nov 2005 22:11 GMT
Coincidence? Nawww....
-PatM
Christina Websell - 12 Nov 2005 22:43 GMT
> I've just had a wierd encounter. Nice, but strange. A gentleman just
> came to my door, having seen Lilly-Whiskers story in the paper. He had
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> Helen M
I don't think it's particularly weird or strange. There are a lot of animal
lovers out there, and a story like Miss L-W's in the newspaper will often
bring them out of the woodwork.
It obviously touched this man's heart so much that he felt he had to make a
real effort to find you. I think that's wonderful, bless his cat-loving
heart and may Lilly enjoy her new toys.
You may even find that Lilly comes into even more goodies from the newspaper
readers!
Tweed
CatNipped - 12 Nov 2005 22:46 GMT
> I've just had a wierd encounter. Nice, but strange. A gentleman just
> came to my door, having seen Lilly-Whiskers story in the paper. He had
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>
> Helen M
"Paying it forward", "Karma", whatever you want to call it, I subscribe to
the notion that if you put good energy into the universe, somehow, somewhere
(usually just when you need it) good energy will come back at you. You did
a wonderful thing to help Miss Lilly Whiskers when she needed you and
someone else came along to help out just when you needed it. It's really
*not* just random kluons bouncing around that makes up our world!
Hugs,
CatNipped
Christina Websell - 12 Nov 2005 23:24 GMT
>> I've just had a wierd encounter. Nice, but strange. A gentleman just
>> came to my door, having seen Lilly-Whiskers story in the paper. He had
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> CatNipped
I firmly believe that if you live your life well, helping where you can and
doing no harm that you will be looked after in return. Call it what you
will according to your belief. Karma, God, whatever.
I've always tried to give a little (and sometimes it's a *very* little) to
charity or someone in need
I am not particularly religious myself, but quite a large proportion of my
family are.
I haven't had a very easy life from childhood, but I won't bore you with it
and recently I've been unfortunate enough to have extremely bad health for
the last 4 or 5 years and I've had some precarious financial circumstances
because of it.
I shouldn't have feared. When I was wondering how to pay the next bill I
had a huge rebate from my telephone company, I hadn't made enough phone
calls over the year to take up anywhere near my monthly payment apparently.
Phew!
The next time I needed some money to pay for my car my gas company sent me
an unexpected rebate too and that just about paid for it except for a few £.
Just before I needed to returned to work after my latest health crisis, the
ovarian thing (don't want to say the word..) running out of sick pay I was
going to go back before I was recovered, I received a wonderful and
unexpected gift of money which enabled me to stay at home long enough to
recover a bit better and get myself something I've always wanted.
Make of it what you will.
Tweed
Enfilade - 13 Nov 2005 00:24 GMT
> >> I've just had a wierd encounter. Nice, but strange. A gentleman just
> >> came to my door, having seen Lilly-Whiskers story in the paper.
I remember in Kingston I had a friend who worked in a Metaphysical
shop. She complained about cats pooping in the Zen garden but then
they found the pooper... a poor tiny longhair, about six months old,
homeless and starving. Unable to take the cat home, the shopowner gave
her a home /in the store/, and took her to the vet for spaying and
shots. Now she is sleek, with her food bowls and toys permanent
fixtures in the shop, and many startled passersby mistaking her for a
statue in the front window until she moves! Her name is Shakti, and
shortly after her adoption I took the shopowner some toys for her,
because I knew they were stretching their business budget for a "shop
cat".
--Fil
Jeanette - 13 Nov 2005 08:56 GMT
> He dropped off a donation of kitten food, some kitten toys, and some
> kitten buscuits. I let him meet Lilly and I *think* I have persuaded him
> to volunteer for Cats Protection. *VBG*
Triply excellent, Lilly gets new toys, you get renewed faith in human
nature, and CPL gets another volunteer :) Well done.
Jeanette