I suddenly had an idea.  It happens sometimes ;-)
Why don't you put the plug in, Bev, and keep two or three inches of water in
the sink?  She's not likely to want to put her paws in that.
Tweed

I CAN FLY.  I FLY EVRYWER ALL OVER THE HOWSE.  BIG DOOD SEZ ITZ NOT
FLYIN ITS JUMPIN.  BUT I THINK HEZ RONG IM REELY FLYIN.  HE SEZ WE
KITTYS JUMP REEL GOOD BUT ITZ NOT FLYIN.  IT IS SO FLYIN.  I FLY FROM
THE FLOOR TO THE COWNTER ALL THE TIME.

At a budget crunch time, I decided to switch the cats kibble from
Science Diet to Purina Cat Chow.  Amazing all the cats ate it -
including Mr Finicky, Tony himself.  I don't have a problem with Purina,
they do a lot of research into what they put into their foods and are

Quick!
http://www.pasadosafehaven.org/NEWS/NEWS.htm

Looks like she's coming to a backyard near us... if I disappear
tomorrow it's because we've lost our power again - since we lost power
for four days in Katrina I'm expecting it to happen again. We're as
ready as we could get... we've got groceries and nonperishable food

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/27/cat.france.ap/index.html
APPLETON, Wisconsin (AP) -- When Emily the cat went missing a month ago, her
owners looked for their wandering pet where she had ended up before -- the
local animal shelter. This week they learned Emily sailed to France.

I  recently upgraded my computer and sadly, seem unable to transfer my large
collection of web shots cats to my new machine.   My computer shop guru put
everything on a disc and the idea was that I reinstall webshots and then it
will add my collection.   Not so.   When I click on ...

Last night I heard Fluffy growling. Now, Fluffy doesn't growl at the
resident cats - she hisses and snarls.  This was the low growl she
reserves for possoms, coons, and whatever she is hunting (which goes a
long way toward explaining why she is an adject failure as a hunter).

You wrote a reply about Boyfriend's secret bed, I accidentally deleted it,
sorry.  You advised me to move it.
It's under the kitchen table and the tablecloth hangs down all around, it's
really the only secret and "I can't see you!" place in the house.

Thank you all for your well wishes for Otis' dental.
He's home and hungry and recovering nicely from the anesthetic.  There were
no extractions; however, he had lost about five small teeth on his own - TED
says that this is just something that some cats do, despite the absence of

Helen S. has asked me to ask any Brits on the group is they had any
experience in getting dental work done abroad in other EU countries.  Here's
a quote from her email...
"Got real problems getting a dentist to do what is needed under a general

Helen is having dental problems and she is terrified of TED (The Evil
Dentist), so she could use a few purrs. She still doesn't have usenet
access, so I said I'd post a purr request for her.
--

My purr-day is tomorrow, but we celebrated it yesterday.  DH bought me an
iPod for my birthday (along with a hook-over-the-ear-but-inset type
headset - which is recommended for bikers since you can still hear outside
sounds with them) and a new sound card for my computer.

Seen on a mailbox in Indy:
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The cat's photo, and below, a text along these
lines: