I managed to get the squeaker out of Abbie's "baby" while she was
outside on a potty break (remember, Abbie is a d*g).  She loves it
anyway, and it won't be driving me (or the kitties) insane!  Yippee!
Nina in Texas, servant to: Snickelfritz (RB), Pixel (RB 12/03), Rusty

I've just had a terrible shock.
My uncle, who would have turned 80 next month, suddenly passed away
today.
I haven't got a lot of details yet, save the fact that my mom called me at

#WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Stirling just jumped up on the keyboard and inserted the above text in
the middle of some code I was working on. I figured it would be more
meaningful here.

Since my own cats have been rather boring lately (don't tell them I
said that!) I thought I'd post Cammie's story.  I posted it once long
ago on h+b but I'm sure many people haven't seen it.  It's one of many
stories I collected when I worked as a vet tech for a feline specialty

Pandora is not "fat", she's "plesantly fluffy". Cleo is "Quite fluffy".
;o)
Both of them hate cheeze wizz ;o)
Helen M

You all heard what happened with Bandit getting burned at the vet - well,
the problem was even worse.
This morning when I was petting her I noticed matted hair on her back by her
tail.  I got out the wire brush to get the mat out and her hair came out in

Tyche LOVES to be in a box.
On the toy collectors' board I post on, someone had a pic of a kitten
in a box that had previously contained a toy.  I thought it was funny,
though probably not pleasant for the cat.  The greater fool me.  Tyche

Thai-ger (tiger, not Tony the; she's sweet but not sugar coated) is my 3d
cat and she's unlike any I've had before.
1. She doesn't meow but squeaks.
2. Walks around the house frequently making a long drawn out chirpy sound.  

I never got a chance to check in or post during my trip. I ended up leaving
Thursday the 18th and coming back this past Wednesday. I was sick almost the
whole time I was gone, and am still not well. In fact yesterday I was too
sick to even be on the computer for more than a few ...

If all goes well, I'll just be gone a few hours, but my system needs
to be re-booted half a dozen times a day.  There's some unknown app
running in the background and messing up my system.  My virus
definitions won't update because of some unknown problem in Windows.

Simba, (relative of Bonnie and Clyde) has been in residence with niece,
Rosemary, her husband Graham and granddaughter Samantha for just over a
week.   Talk about havoc, rofl.   He has a love of potted palms,
curtains and has murdered a box of tissues and went around wearing one

They want to exterminate all dogs in concentration camps and enslave
humans.
So don't trust cats, especially if they are from Austria and where
born on April the 20th ...

I learned something today. Thatistersay, I was forcibly instructed ... Jelly
donuts (raspberry) are gooshyfood.
I was peacefully lying in bed reading whilst she played.
<digression>

Buster spent the rest of the evening yesterday, stretchedout on his
cushion.
This morning when I was petting him, though, he noticed my lap, and
crwaled up into it. He wiggled around a bit, until he was lying on his

I know there has been some discussion of this in the past.  Persia loves her
Rx gooshy food but she will only eat a half a can at a time, then she
switches over the the crunchy stuff.  The cans are 5.5 oz. (156g).  So I
give her half a can and cover the remainder and put it in the ...