Welcome Mike! Sounds like you are a perfect match for this group. I look
forward to reading about your gang. My name is Victor and I live with my
partner Tom in Austin, Texas with our seven cats:
Xoxo - elder of the clan and sleep master extraordinaire
Luna and Maya - the two girls, have played mom for the 4 younger boys
Basho and Issa - "the boys", sweetest cats you'll ever meet, they love
everybody
Fez and Rufous - "the little ones", teen-age hooli-kittens who like to
get into everything

Hi, Mike, and welcome to the group. I love your cats' names. My name is
Marina and I live with my two black-and-white moggies Frank (almost 17)
and Nikki (16) in Helsinki, Finland. There are lots of pictures of them
on the webpages in my sig. Can't wait for pictures of yours!

  Hi - welcome to the Group!!  You have a great fur-family there - I
love the imaginative names you've given them.  Would love to see their
pics when you get them up.  We currently have only two kitties - Hobo
and Speckles, plain names but appropos (is Hobo your cat's name or a
nickname?).   And my daughter had a Rumpleteaser a few years ago.
Flippy is a great lady and I'm glad she sent you our way!!  Hope you
enjoy the Group - I know we'll enjoy your stories!

  Jeanne
Jeanne Hajos
spamguard:( u is i, and not is net)
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"Anger improves nothing except the arch of a cat's back."
                                         --- Coleman Cox
My SETI team:
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_125874.html

Welcome, Mike! This is a great group, and Flippy is a wonderful cat person.

I'm Dan, live in southern CA with my wife and four kitties. They are:

Cleopatra (silver DLH) - at 10 years old, the oldest of the bunch. Like
your Turvy, she pretty well rules the house.

Amelia (tortie DSH) - 4 years old, rather overweight, and has decided
that I am *her* human. Loves to ride on my shoulders, especially when
I'm just stepping out of the shower.

Tabitha (black Persian) - 1 1/2 years old, and the smallest of the
bunch. Has adopted Amelia as he stepmom, and Amelia has adopted Tabitha.
The two of them wash each other all the time. Tabitha is Amelia's
competitor for shoulder-riding time.

Samuel (orange DSH) - about a month younger than Tabitha. Sammy was
dumped beside the parking lot of a grocery warehouse where I used to
work. I trapped him, took him to the vet, and took him home. He's now
well settled, and cimbes on my chest at bedtime every night that I'm at
home.

Unfortunately I don't get to spend a lot of time at home with my wife
and the kitties - I'm a truck driver, and spend a lot of time on the
road. But spending time in this newsgroup with a bunch of fellow cat
lovers makes the time away from own furkids more bearable.

Dan
currently posting from Sparks, NV

Welcome, Mike (and neighbor to the South!).  Hope you'll stick around
and post some stories about your furry ones.  Sit back, put up your
feet, have a nice beverage of your choice, and enjoy!

Ginger-lyn

Welcome Mike!  Sounds like a fine group of owners you have there.

Hugs,

CatNipped

Hi Mike and welcome to the group!
I'm Christine in Vantaa (just north of Helsinki), Finland, living with
my hubby Janne and solid black 4-year-old kitty-boy Laku. Pics of mostly
Laku available in my Yahoo Photos account, addy's in the sig.

Hi Mike, welcome to rpca.
Ann

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I wouldn't say a harsh word about any other group, but we try to be
friendly and supportive bunch.  It's easy to see from your cat
descriptions that you love the little creatures, so welcome!

Regards and Purrs,
O J

Welcome!!!!!

Welcome Mike!  Your owners have great names :)

I live in Connecticut with my husband Joe; Gossamer, our 9 yo spoiled
princess and Jeeves, our 8 yo (not so)tough guy.  Pictures can be seen at
http://tinyurl.com/65bxm

Howdy, and a hearty welcome from Buffalo, New York, the City of Good Neighbors.
I'm Liz Bahadur Kaur, but everyone just calls me Baha. My hubby Louie and I are
parents to two juvenile delinquents, one little lady, and one princess with
attitude who right now is very mad at Mom And Dad for blowing her cover while
she was on a Scare Mama mission.

My Juvies are Stosh (Stanislaus Tejbir), a big black-and-white tuxie; and Brandy
Alexandra, who wears a tortoiseshell tuxedo. These two are my mischief makers,
and the most rambunctious of the four kids.

Our little lady is Roxie (Ryoko Sakura), another black-and-white tuxie, whose
principal pursuits are meditation and attaining enlightenment. She spends much
of her time meditating, actually sitting with her front paws in something
resembling the lotus position. Her attitude is demure and ladylike and she
reminds us very much of a nun. We figure she was a Buddhist in a past life.

Odessa Tatyana is our newest addition, being with us only a week, and already
she has turned this house upside down. She went missing yesterday, causing us
much worry; and upon being found, has been throwing princess-fits worthy of
being written up in a tabloid. She's all but wrecked the computer room, and has
a great talent for foul language. Beneath all this, however, is a little girl
who wants to know she can be loved, because she's been through a lot. All four
are our children, our little individual, unique souls, and gifts to us from our
divine creator. They're all an adventure, and I love them all like crazy.

Welcome, friend, and enjoy your stay with us. Come frequently, and be prepared
for some good stories and good people.

Blessed be,
Baha

Hi Skippy, I'm Yowie (my Meat-life name is Vicky) and I share my life with
Joel (husband), Cary (6 month old son), Shmoggleberry (cranky 15 year old
grey b*st*rd c*t) and Fluffy (mutt with not a brain cell to spare).

We're near Sydney, NSW, Australia.

I used to write lots of cat anecdotes, but with Cary coming along and the
load getting heavier at work, I don't get alot of time anymore.

The FAQ, which sorely needs updating, its at
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/yowie/catfaq.htm

Welcome!

Yowie

Welcoming purrs on the way to Mike and his masters.

As you can see from my sig, I'm Steve, owned by Little Bit, her
daughter Sammy, and Rocky.

Little Bit showed up a few years ago, very pregnant and cold during an
ice storm. Despite being told I didn't want or need any cats (my
cockatiels didn't approve, either) she moved right in. Before I could
find any sign of her previous home (she had a flea collar, so at some
time someone must have cared for her, but she was awfully skinny and
had no business outside in freezing weather) she had her babies in the
bedroom closet. As so often happens, by the time the kittens were old
enough to be homed she had wormed her way into my heart. I ended up
keeping her and Sammy, one of her daughters.

I've actually known Rocky longer, but he wasn't a member of the
family. He was a neighborhood feral cat, who I fed for several years.
Last year the possibility of moving came up. By that time he was
letting me pet him a little, so I decided I'd better find him a home.
Well, I found him a home as a barn cat, but when the move didn't
happen neither did finding him going to the new home - he ended up
joining the family here.

BTW, we all live in Lawton, which is in SW Oklahoma.

Welcome to the group!  I am Krista in Georgia, USA, currently owned by
office kitties Ozzy and Tiger and home kitties Tallulah and Hubert.  I
look forward to reading more about your furry gang.

------
Krista

Hello Mike.  We're Rich and Cathi, and we live in a little town called
Whitstable on the North coast of Kent in South East England.

Furry owners are thus:

Jasper - a 7 year old black DSH male, stupendously handsome (or so I've
been instructed to write). Recently diagnosed with diabetes, but we've
just about got his regime sorted and he's doing well.  Vet very pleased
with him at last check-up.

Carrie - a black and white DSH female of indeterminate age (but we think
she's about 8).

The entente between them is more tolerant than cordial, but they've
managed to rub along together for five years now!

Welcome to the group. That's quite a clowder you've got there. :-)

Greetings Mike.  I'm here again just recently after a 2 year or so
spell without internet access.

My husband and I live with our 9 cats at their house that we just
bought for them.

Louie - all black sh male, whose tongue is usually sticking out a
           little bit.

Darla -  white and black sh female, the huntress of birds, and has
            the sweetest face of any cat on the entire planet.

Ricochet - white and black sh female, looks like a pirate, and spits
            at us often during normal play, or sometimes if you just
            walk past her when she's laying down.

Tang - white and ginger tabby marbled sh female, a little bit mental.

Gidget - all gray sh female - thinks she's a Russian Blue.  There's so
             much to tell about Gidget, that I believe I'll just  
             start a whole new thread so everyone can really get the
             full impact.  Gidget is ALL cat.

Bob - it's hard to describe the color of Bob.  He's got a double coat,
        black on the outside, white underneath.  He's a sort of lh
         manx.  He talks non stop, and likes to race into the room,
         SLAM on the brakes, meow, and turn around and race out.
         If Bob does something naughty, he walks up to you and looks
         up, then just falls over.

Marley Anne - all black lh female, with lovely poofy tail.  She is a
                      high maintenance little diva, and extremely
                      pushy.

Bibbs - brown/black tabby tuxedo sh male, who is in love with
           Darla, and is a big fatty.

Big 'ead - brown/black all tabby sh male.  Just recently adopted us
               right before we moved.  Was a tom with lots of battle
              wounds, all minor, except for his right eye. which he
               keeps partially closed from a very old battle wound.
               He had a really big neck, and a skinny body, but thats
               changing since he lost his..........'package'.

All of our kitties were abandoned and/or abused, and just showed up on
our door step or in the garage.  I make them each wear a bow tie,
because I think cats look adorable in bows.

If any of y'all want bows for your cats, let me know, I make them
myself.

-bonbon

Welcome, Mike and the clan!
Sam in Seattle - owned and operated by Smokey (14YO black DMH, 6YO Mistletoe
(Missy) and 14YO Scooter (dog)).

Welcome!
Best wishes,

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