Let's see:

1972-1980 Mexico City - no cat, had a duck for a while though
1980-1990 Irapuato, Guanajuato - had a cat, Misfit, he stayed there when
I moved away to college
1990-1993 Monterrey, Mexico - away at college, no pets
1993-1994 New Orleans, LA - exchange year at Tulane, no pets
1994 Monterrey, Mexico - finish college, no pets
1995 Irapuato, Guanajuato - moved back home after graduating in december
since I had applied for grad school the following fall - same cat
1995-date Austin, TX - Quetzie (RB), Xoxo, Luna, Maya, Basho, Issa, Fez
and Rufous. :)

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Cool thread, Jill.

For my first four years, I was in a few bits of South East England.

Left in England in 1975, and came to NSW, Australia with my parents and
stayed on a migrant hostel in Wollongong, NSW.

My parents loved the area, as do I, and I have been in various locations
around Wollongong ever since.

Shmogg has moved with me through various rental propertis 5 times, poor
thing, before we settled here. Fluff & IBKFergus have never moved with me,
this being their first "foreverhome",

Yowie

Interesting.  You've moved about quite a bit.  I was born in Ft
Monroe, VA, lived in Phoebus/Newport News area the first eight years.
Then to:
  Pittsburgh, PA
  Rantoul, IL        
  Bossier City/Shreveport, LA
  Houma, LA
  Sebring, FL
   Lakeland, FL
   Washington, DC
   Alexandria/Annandale, VA
   Lakeland, FL
   Huntsville, AL
   Cocoa Beach/Cape Canaveral, FL
   Huntsville, AL

The family never had cats until I was in my teens.  Then, and
especially after my marriage, there have been a minimum of two, a
maximum of seven.   When moving, the cats *always* came along with us.

I had seven children, all now grown, and all seven have cats!!  At
last count, 3-4 years ago, there had been a total of 78 cats among us
over the years.  

 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

Just lived two places, New Orleans and here in Houston.  Actually, "New
Orleans" was *way* outside the city down in St. Bernard parish next to a
levee and in front of a horse stables.  there was only one road into our
area and we lived in a "circle" subdivision with the stables on one side and
woods all around.  This was the "perfect" dumping place for everyone's
unwanted cats / kittens.  At the time I left I must have been feeding and
vetting 20 or 25 cats who "lived" in the stables and caught rats for their
keep (we had only Bandit inside).  My daughter and SIL took over the house
when we moved with only 10 years left to pay on it (and a $150 house note on
a 3 bedroom, brick house on a 75 X 100 foot lot!!!), and the only condition
I made was that they had to take care of all the strays that showed up (the
ones already there were already speutered so they just needed to be fed and
have regular vaccs).  We took Bandit with us to Houston.

Hugs,

CatNipped

My list is pretty short:

1964-1970 Helsinki, Finland (numerous cats)

1970-1971 Cambridge, Massacgusetts (no cats, but of course I befriended
the elderly lady next door, who had a cat)

1971-1982 Helsinki (numerous cats, most prominently Thompson, 1970-1987)
1982 Cambridge, England (the Swiss/German couple whose upstairs we
rented had a gorgeous ginger marbled tabby called Billy. They left him
in our care while they went away for a month or so. Such a beautiful cat)

1982-2005 Helsinki (since 1986, when I left home, I've lived in various
locations, and ever since I broke up with my then boyfriend (who was
'allergic' to cats, long story) in 1987, and I met Frank (and Nikki), he
has moved with me.

Wow - where do I start?

1964 - ?: Izmir, Turkey one dog, a German Shepherd named Max (passed to some
of Dad's friends when we moved)
? - ? not sure of the dates, and the order, but it was: Germany (Mom & us
kids stayed at her parent's house while Dad was stationed elsewhere),
Sacramento, California; somewhere in Texas; Biloxi, Mississippi (at least
2 - 3 times), don't think we had any pets then, as we moved too much
? - 1969; Altus, Oklahoma; a Chihuahua named Tippy (I went to Kindergarten
there)
1969 - 1985: Bedford, Indiana no dogs or cats, but several hamsters, mice,
an occasional snake or turtle that we would keep for a couple hours/days
(started grade school and on through high school)
1982-1983; Terre Haute, Indiana no pets (one year in college - never got my
MRS there, but did almost get a SUI (studying under influence) LOL)
1985 - now: Bloomington, Indiana hamsters (I raised them for a while) then
cats & one dog

I'll go chronologically, or else it gets confusing:

Munich, Germany (2 or 3 different apartments)
Baldham, suburb of Munich (house, had a pet turtle)
Victoria, BC, Canada (had a cat as bribe to make me want to move to
Canada, my first cat, Nicky,     I loved him to bits but unfortunately
my dad banned him to a 95% outdoor existence)
Castlegar, BC (college, cat Nicky stayed at home with my parents in
new house, still outdoor only)
Victoria, BC (Nicky had died of cancer at age 11, I lived with my
boyfriend who had a cockatiel)
Sidney, BC (no pets, temporary extistance taking care of a house)
Yellowknife, NWT (lived in house trailer with 7 roommates, no pets!!!)
Vancouver, BC (got Vino soon after marrying Dennis because he was away
a lot)
Songkhla, Thailand (Vino came with us, adjusted immediately)
Banchang, Thailand (Vino still with us, lovin' the lizards...)
To be continued in Australia... :-)
--
Britta
"There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

Born in the USA, left as an infant.
Canada - almost entirely Newfoundland, but also Ontario and Quebec for
periods of a year or two. And I spent three years in Nigeria.

No cats for most of this time. I very briefly had cats in Nigeria; one
disappeared, probably because of a predator, & the babycats were too young
to survive without their mother. I also briefly had two during the many
years of bouncing from place to place in Canada because of family, work
and education, but had to find them a new home when the next move came up.
I finally got things arranged so that I felt that I had enough stability
in my life to adopt a cat permanantly, so I started looking for one and
eventually brought Mandy home. A few months later, I decided to provide
her with some company during the day, and brought Betsy home.

Scottsburg, Indiana (many many d*gs + 1 cat, Tiger (RB))
then to - West Lafayette, Indiana (Purdue University, no pets allowed)
then to - Jeffersonville, Indiana (not there long enough to get a pet)
then to - Carney's Point, New Jersey (Tribble (RB) and Natasha)
then to - Gurnee, Illinois (Tribble (RB) and Natasha)
then to - Naperville, Illinois (Tribble (RB) and Natasha)
now to - Scottsburg, Indiana (Natasha)

Does anyone here know anything about Green Bay, Wisconsin (beyond that
it gets very cold in the winter, the Packers are there, Wisconsin is
for cheese and milk)

Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

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http://www.jhedge.com

Myrtle Beach SC
Bennettsville SC (a cat came with the house, but didn't last long)
Newbern NC
Bennettsville again
Gastonia NC
Bennettsville again
Lata SC
Corpus Christi TX
La Porte IN
Springfield IL
Riverton IL (first cats of my own)
rural Sangamon County IL (cats went with us)
Riverton again (same cats)
O'Fallon MO (rehomed three of the six cats for the move; kept the
three female red tabby and white that their feral mother had given us)
Oak Ridge TN (cats went with me)
O'Fallon again (still the three red tabbies)
another place in O'Fallon that didn't allow pets (rehomed the three
red tabbies)  The no pets rule was relaxed and I got Ming Toi, and
later took Tibbles in (stray)
Northwye MO (north of Rolla - both cats went with me.  Number peaked
at twelve for a short time, usually three or four)
rural Phelps County MO (east of Rolla, south of St. James - three when
I moved, now up to an even dozen on over six acres)

Born in LA, moved to Texas, moved to various places in Wyoming, moved
to various places in Arizona, no pets I can remember for my first six
years.
In 54 moved to Texas to live with granny, many cats over the next ten
years.
The next few years I lived in a couple other places in Texas, then
went to Denver. No pets.
Met my husband. When my son was born, DH decided son needed a dog. I
wanted a cat. So we got both, Toby and Tramp. A few years later we
moved to Tulsa and took dog and cat on plane, moved to SW OKlahoma and
took  pets.
Back to Denver with same pets. Old pets died, acquired new cat and
dog. Raised baby Blackbird and later a baby squirrel. And another cat
when that one got killed. And agin. Heartbreaking.
Moved to Brighton in the country in 83. Had Sargeant and several cats.
Acquired geese, ducks, chickens, goat, and calf.
Moved to this area in 88. Down to two cats, 1 dog, 3 chickens, geese,
ducks, goat, and calf. Coyotes got ducks and one cat. Two chickens
died of old age. Calf was butchered. Sad story.
In 90 moved to this house and got more goats and chickens. Eventually
all pets and livestock died of illness or old age; but had new dog and
cats.
Today new dog is almost 14 and cats are 14, 12 1/2, 2 1/2. Tarbaby,
Max, DC, and Amber are buried out back in the cottonwood grove they
loved. This home has lots of memories.

--
CATherine

I've always lived in Pennsylvania in the USA. In that time span, I've had 5
cats, though never more than 2 at any given time.

My first cat, Misty, was leash trained. The first few times I had her
outside, I got asked, "What kind of dog is THAT?"

By people who were dead serious.

I used to live on a narrow little street (and I do mean NARROW) comprised
of row houses. (Real estate ads call them "Town houses" these days.)
There's no way in the world that they couldn't have noticed Misty sitting
in our front window on a daily basis, and I'm sure they realized THEN that
she was a cat.

So why they suddenly thought that wearing a leash turned her from a feline
into a canine, I have no idea. My answer was, "The kind of dog that purrs
and says 'mew' ". :o)

Eventually, I stopped taking her for walks out on the street. Cars and
noises scared her. But she LOOOOOOVED going on walks in our little
backyard. No cars, no noise, a little garden to sniff in... she couldn't
get enough of it. So I took her for walks in the yard instead.

Donna, Captain, and Stanley

I've only ever lived in Finland.
Helsinki, two different ends of the city, two separate d-pets
Vantaa, no d-pets, 2 cats

It sure seems to make a difference in number of moves for some of you
'merkins with parents/spouses/selves in the military...

I was born in the suburbs of Washington DC in 1945 and lived there until
1968.  Nearly all of it in the same house.  We had a dog, Frisky for a few
years.  And a white kitten Snowball for a few weeks.  Didn't know about
distemper.

We moved to Anchorage Alaska in 1968 where we adopted Alesandra
ilhelmina  - Willie (a small black poodle) and Dammit Sam (an active lilac
point Siamese).  In 1969 we adopted our daughter Vicki.  We all moved to
Yuba City California in 1971.  Our second daughter Tara arrived from Korea
in 1976.  Charlie and I are still in the same house.  Willie lived until
1983, Sam a little longer.  Somewhere along the line Ginger, a feral kitten
moved in.  Willie was followed by Brandie Alesandra, a small apricot poodle
pup and Sam was followed by Henry, another lilac point Siamese.  Maggie,
another feral cat found us along the way.  Brandie turned out to be an
excellent mamma dog who had several litters of pups.  In 1987 we kept the
two from her last litter.  Sugar and Taffee.  Brandie died of a virus in
1990 that nearly cost us the two pups as well.  They survived.  Taffee died
a few years ago and Sugar last year.  When Charlie retired in 1998 we got
Jacob our SealPoint Siamese and in 2004 Molly a tiny loving SealPoint girl.
She was killed by a neighbors dogs last year.  Our final addition was a
feral calico young lady that we call Molly.  Not that she has ever answered
to it or anything else.

Jo

Born and raised in Hong Kong.
Had a family cat when I was a kid. She didn't have a name.
Went to for college in northern California  and Seattle - no cat.
Also lived in San Francisco,
London Ontario,
Ottawa,
Toronto.
Went back to Seattle for a second degree.
No cat, but there was a cat who often visited my dorm.
Also cat-sat for a friend.
Worked part-time on campus and there was a cat who often visited us
at the office and kept me company when I worked late.
Back to Ottawa after graduation.
Finally adopted Rusty 10 years ago.

Winnie

Southern California.  Born in East L.A.  Lived one year in San Juaquin
Valley.  Then lived in Los Angeles County until 1969, when I moved to
Ventura County.

Grew up with a dog.  Had no pets, then a dog, after I was married.
Introduced to first cat in my 30's, and have had 1 or more cats ever since.
For quite a few years, had a dog and one or more cats.  How have cats only.

Joy

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I've lived in Chillicothe, Athens and Columbus, Ohio.  Only other
place I lived was St. Petersburg, Florida, for one year.

When I moved to Florida, I had one cat, Isis, and couldn't take her
with me.  So my mom got her.  Once I was back in Ohio and could take
her, it was too late, as mom had become attached.  I swear that cat
was mad at me for leaving her there, even though it was a great
situation for her.  But every time I visited, she would come up to me
all happy, and then suddenly stop, get this look on her face like "Hey
-- wait a minute!", then reach out and smack me hard with her paw!
She'd stomp off, and later come back for some pets.  Guess she just
had to tell me what she thought of me leaving her there!

Ginger-lyn

Home Pages:
 http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/
 http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats)
 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy)
 http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against
                        Animals in Movies Website)

Let's see - southern CA until I was 22, northern CA for a few years, back
to southern CA, a few months near Boston, back to southern CA, a few
months in Hong Kong, back to southern CA. Currently living about 3 or 4
miles from the house I grew up in.

Stroudsburg, Pa - 2 cats at different times, also a parakeet, turtle, and
some goldfish at different times

Lafayette, CA (first time) - no pets

Concord, CA (first time) - no cat, but had parakeet and adopted
canary-winged beebee (a small parrot)

Lafayette, CA (second time) - no cat; but had fantail goldfish and the
canary-winged beebee moved here with me

Walnut Creek, CA - no pets, but my sister's cat stayed with me for a weekend
once (she was a very nice houseguest!)

Concord, CA (second time, still live there) - 6 cats, 2 or 3 at a time.
Adopted Doc and Hickory as kittens, Hickory died 2 days later.  One year
later adopted Jennifer.  Doc & Jennifer each lived to be almost 17.  When
Doc was gone and Jennifer seemed very lonely, adopted 5-month-old kittens
Sundance and Cassidy (littermates).  Cassidy was put to sleep due to FIP 2
weeks later, and vet advised not bringing in another cat for 6 months.  2
months later Jennifer passed away.  Exactly one day after the 6-month limit,
adopted 2-year-old Rebecca.  Still have Sundance & Rebecca.

Sandy

Sheesh... I've lived such a tame life! =o)  Very few moves, really.

Okay: 1963-1971 Greer Road Palo Alto California. When I was three we
got a Shetland Sheepdog puppy whom we named Pippin.  WHen I was about
seven, we adopted Luna, a black and white female DMS cat from a local
pet store. We named her Luna as she was grey and white spotted, and her
coat looked rather like a moonscape.  I'm embarrassed to admit that
Luna had several children before we finally took pity on her and had
her spayed.  SHe used to hang around at the end of our driveway scoping
the neighborhood for boyfriends, I think.  We kept one of the kittens
from Luna's first litter, a mostly white long haired cat with pale
calico markings, and named her Mira. Mira and Luna hated each other.
1971--my mother buys the house where she still lives. Pippin, Luna and
Mira all make the move with us, although Mira screamed bloody murder
all the way over to the new house.  She was a deeply messed-up cat,
although she was very beautiful.  My sister was Mira's favorite hoomin.
1982-1986 Four undergraduate years at Linfield college. No pets
allowed, but my roommate Leslie is a definite cat person. She tells me
about her crew living and dead, which included Mousemeat RB and
Miskitty RB.
1982--Pippin, then aged 16 crosses the rainbow bridge, being very old
and in so much pain he no longer wanted to go for his walks.
1985 Mira is put to sleep due to kidney failure
1988 Luna is put to sleep for much the same reasons.
210 Calderon Ave, Mountain View
1988 Now in my own apartment, I adopt Panther and Isadora(RB) as 8 week
old kittens from the local animal shelter. I was longing for a cat to
such a degree, that One morning, I found myself stroking my bedspread,
since I had such a clear idea there OUGHT to be a cat lying beside me
in bed.
Izzy was a very pretty black and white spotted little girl with big,
astonished golden eyes and the only cat I've ever seen with frosted
black ears. (Mostly black ears with an even dusting of white hairs all
over the backs of her ears.) She was a shameless attention hog and
cuddle bug, and ruled the roost her entire life.
1989 Present:I move to my current apartment with Izzy and Pan in tow,
just six weeks before the Loma Prieta Earthquake  on October 17, 1989.
Cats and I sat on my bed, all of us terribly jumpy, especially whenever
there was another aftershock. =o) After one particularly strong
aftershock, Izzy, who had been exploring the living room, came tearing
into my room and burrowed under the bed, and didn't move again for
several hours. =o)
March 26, 2004. Isadora crosses the Rainbow Bridge, due to kidney
failure.

May 20, 2004 Francesca comes home  from the Sillicon Valley Humane
Society to live with Panther and me... and well, you know the rest of
THAT story!

Melissa

Melissa

Born in Bakersfield California- supposed to have had a German
Shepherd, but he was out of the picture before I remember anything

Various places around San Diego county (Cardif by the Sea, Del Mar, Mt
Laguna) until the fourth grade. We had a couple German Shepherds

Back to Bakersfield when my mother was killed in a car accident. Lots
of pets, many d*gs, but also rabbits, a tortoise, and one cat, Mittens

joined Army in 73 (no pets until Ft Sill)

Ft Ord California for Basic
San Antonio, Texas for advanced training
Ft Campbell, Kentucky
Ft Wainwright, Alaska
Ft Ord again
Ludwigsburg, Germany
Ft Sill, Oklahoma
Honduras
Ft Sill - parakeet
Persia Gulf for Desert Storm
Ft Sill - gave the parakeet to the family who had birdsat him all
those months. Then got a cockatiel, followed by a second cockatiel a
couple years later for company (they never really got along, though).

Along the way various short/temporary assignments for training to
Egypt, Colorado, Texas (Ft Hood, Ft Bliss, and San Antionio) and
California (Hunter Liggett, Camp Roberts, Twenty Nine Palms, and Ft
Irwin)

retired from the Army in '93 and stayed in Lawton/Fort Sill Oklahoma
Still had the birds when I let a little bitty stray pregnant kitty
inside until the cold spell was over. Little Bit still here, along
with her daughter Sammy. Fed the neighborhood cats, and eventually
convinced a feral,  Rocky (RB), to become part of the family. Sunny
crossed the Bridge, but now have the latest addition, Spotty, who is
making strides in being accepted by LB and Sammy.

Jill asked:

We've had the "where are you?" posts - country, province, city, state,
etc.
How about where have you lived?  And to keep it semi-on-topic, did you
have
a cat or cats and if so, did you move the cat(s) with you or have to make
other arrangements?

I'll start - USA:
California (twice)
Virginia (twice)
New Jersey
Ohio
South Carolina
Tennessee

Lived 2 years in Thailand


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I was born in the San Dieago (sp?) area, Dad was in the Navy.
Lived in Hersey (its spelled right) Mich. until I was 5
Lived in Battle Creek Mi til almost 12.
Moved to Northville (near Detroit) until I was 14
Lived in Belding until my sophmore year in college.
Went to college in Big Rapids then lived in Belding with my sister and her
husband for about a year after graduation.
Moved to Kalamazoo Mich in 1980.
Moved to Chelmsford Mass in 98.
Moved to Tewksbury in early 2002.
Moved here on Hollween 2002. This is the only place I've had my own cat.
Spicey moved here in May 2003.
Suz&Spicey

Well, apart from a three-month stint in Germany, I've never moved
outside my home county.

Born in Maidstone, county town of Kent.  Lived there until age 14.
Family had a d-thing, William, when I was born; he died when I was about
7, and I acquired Tigger, my first cat, a couple of years later.  She
brought home Purdey, a stray, a couple of years after that.

At 14 my parents moved to Hythe on the South Kent coast.  Cats came with
us.

At around 28 I met Richard, and started heading off over there for
weekends.  I got home one Sunday, whereupon my mother greeted me with
"You've not let that wretched cat in, have you?" Apparently a large
ginger cat had been loitering around the house all weekend.  As I'm sure
you'll guess, he stayed, earning the original name of Ginger.  We never
found out where he came from.  He was wearing a very old, worn collar,
but was in pretty good condition, and neutered.  We do wonder if he came
from the estate behind us, which had a high percentage of elderly
residents.  Maybe his owner passed away, and he decided to find a new
home.

At 29 I moved to Ramsgate, where Richard was living.  By this time,
Tigger had gone to the Bridge at 18, and Purdey only had a couple of
years left on this earth.  Not bad for a cat that was hit by a car and
lost half his tail, and then lost half the fur on his back for some
reason (we think a less than charming neighbour might have thrown
something over him, but couldn't prove anything).  Sadly, having had two
fairly long-lived cats (18 and 20) Mum only managed to keep Ginger for
three or so years - he disappeared one night.  Over the years she's
lived in Hythe, her road has got progressively busier, and I suspect he
was one of its victims.

Richard and I didn't have any cats whilst we lived in Ramsgate, as we
were right in the town centre near two major roads.  However, when we
moved to Seasalter we acquired Izzie (RB), Jasper and his mum Jemima
(BR), and then Carrie.  Fenchurch, on the other hand, acquired us.

Mention of RB kitties on another thread has led me to post this:

www.seasalter0.demon.co.uk/

It needs a lot of work doing (broken links), but there are a number of
pix of the various furry masters that we've had over the years, both
separately and together.