"I had my surgery last Thursday and am now out of hospital.  I'm staying
at my aunt's until Friday then a return home to take things very
steadily.  
The operation went according to plan although the surgeon said there is

I've checked "help" under Control Panel.  Someone here pointed me in the
right direction but I didn't understand it before.  As of some time
yesterday I lost all sound on my XP (home edition) PC.  I've checked all the
connections, everything looks fine.  I didn't change anything ...

2 new pics of Vino available here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/badwilson/Vino
They are the last 2 in the album.
In the last one you can see another example of Vino's obsession with

I had a bowl of Thai green curry for dinner.  It was quite spicy in and
of itself, but there were some large pieces of red chili in it and by
the end of the bowl my mouth was burning and I decided not to eat the
last 2 pieces of chili.

I've just installed Skype and am having a lot of fun with it.  With
broadband it is all so simple :)  We have good friends in Brisbane (x New
Zealanders) and it is good to  be able to talk with them at no cost.   We
now have video cams as well so that we can view as well as talk. ...

/rant on
Persia didn't notice him/her otherwise I'd have had a cat doing the
bottle-brush tail and arched back while hissing on my hands.
A patchy orange & white kitty came up to the (open with screen on) window in

I have not been able to read newsgroup messages in my usual way for
three or four days.  So, I'm posting through Google until I get things
sorted out.
Purrs and prayers to all need.

Why has it taken me 6 years to realize cats have flippy tails?  Maybe I'm
totally unversed about this.  I watched Persia drinking from her Drinkwell
fountain today and her tail was flipping back and forth, slowly.  Not
lashing; she wasn't angry, she was content.  It just went flip, ...

I started a new photo album at Yahoo.  It shows Rob, the cats, the changes
in the house, and so forth.  I will be adding to it as I can.
http://tinyurl.com/2vtdcd
Pam S.

First, Sam asked about Loki.  He's a spitz.  Has a thick, double coat
like an eskimo dog...impervious to the cold...kind of a mess right now
because I've chopped off some of his ruff so his bark collar will
work, and some of his back end so he doesn't run around with

http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/03/30/624089.html&cvq
h=itn_petfood
or tiny URL
http://tinyurl.com/29vmhj
So far Persia's Hills Science Diet x/d hasn't been affected.  I just got her