Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 17:22:12 02/09/06
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On February 09, 2006 at 20:06:44, Dann Corbit wrote: >On February 09, 2006 at 19:56:58, Steve B wrote: >>>I have three cats. Stripe (who isn't striped at all, but calico) enjoys petting >>>so much that she drools PROFUSELY when petted [You WILL change your shirt >>>afterwards, if it is humanly possible]. >> >>Snowball is also Calico >>not so much a drooler but you can hear her purr even in another room >> >>photo on the way to your email >> >>Too Late to Refuse Regards > >My favorite cat of all time was the mother of Stripe (who is about 9 years old >now). Her name was "Momma Kitty" and she was a ferile cat that moved into our >garage to have a litter of kittens. Basically she was a little wild and >ferocious beast. I brought her little bits of food but she would not let me pet >her for several weeks. Finally, she let me pet her (and I could tell she liked >it) but when I stopped she clawed at my boot like some alien sewing machine gone >berserk. One day, a german shepherd dog Racist! >came into our yard while she was lying >in the garage with her kittens. She jumped to her feet and shot like an arrow >straight towards the dog (and her velocity was just unbelievable). She jumped >into the air and landed on the dog's face. She bit her teeth into the hair on >the top of his head towards the back of his skull, with her claws dug into the >lower parts of each ear. She then took her free hind legs and raked them down >the dog's face at a blinding rate (at least ten strokes per second). Last time I heard of such a vicious beast it was called Patton. >The dog >was wailing and yiping and shaking his head from side to side. When he finally >shook her free, she chased him down the road until both of them were out of >sight. I fell in love with momma kitty at that moment. If that really had happened this way the German Shepard Dog would have ripped her body with exactly one bite. No survival chance whatsoever. > >She had lots of other interesting quirks. She had bad eyesight and thought >every man that came into the house was me. A cat doesnt see but hears and smells and she does something that is scientifically still not enough researched, but she would NEVER confound you with a stranger. No way. Sorry for the good story. :) >So she would trot right up and jump >on their laps. But then she was close enough to see that it WASN'T me and blast >straight up into the air like a grenade had exploded. I was the only one in the >house that could pet her. P.S. What is beyond me that a complexity like a cat should be for free while a stupid fish costs 34 €. :) P.P.S. Why isnt Rybka Freeware? ...
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