Re: OT - how are everyone's new babies doing?

Thanks Jim, I needed that laugh.  My baby has been at the vet's all day.
Running fever, wouldn't eat.  But all tests came back negative.  They'll
keep her overnight but I should be able to pick her up tomorrow - thank God.

On 10/29/07, Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:
>
> FOR SURE...I'm laughing just reading it.
>
>
>
> Patricia <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Jim,
> This is such a funny vision! You with your robe cinched up and chasing a
> sideways cat.... wish you had a video of that? That would definitely win
> big bucks on Funnies Home Videos.
> Tricia
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "james singer"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 12:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT - how are everyone's new babies doing?
>
>
> >I love them at that age. When we first got Beans, we lived in a condo,
> >which had an up-tight policy about pets running loose in the hallways.
> >Beans intuitively understood this policy and set out to challenge it at
> >every opportunity. It reached the point where I had to lock her in the
> >bathroom just to retrieve the morning paper.
> >
> > But when she did escape--which was often, much to my consternation--she
> > would race down the hall to the elevators and sit there somewhat
> patiently
> > for one of them to open and take her to freedom. For my part, I would
> > cinch up my robe, yell to Ms Fatma that I was chasing "that cat" [lest I
> > got locked out], grab my water gun, and trudge down the hall after
> Beans.
> > When she would see me--with the water gun--she would race back to our
> > apartment door, which Ms Fatma was usually holding open.
> >
> > And as she raced back, she ran as fast as she possibly could, so fast,
> in
> > fact, the her longer hind legs overtook her shorter front legs, and by
> the
> > time she got to our apartment door, she was ether running sideways or
> > backwards. Funniest thing I've ever seen.
> >
> > On Oct 29, 2007, at 10:46 AM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
> >
> >> Oh yes, my two assume that everything in the house is made of the fuzzy
> >> side of Velcro and they have the hooks. I've had kittens leap onto my
> >> back while I'm blow drying my hair, cleaning the litter box, tying my
> >> shoelaces, the list goes on. The other day I was standing next to the
> >> couch when one of them took off from the floor near the window - hit
> the
> >> coffee table, bounced to the back of the couch, and splat onto my
> chest.
> >> She covered about 20 feet in half a second, and it was pure reflex that
> >> let me grab her when she hit so she didn't manage to puncture me much.
> >> I'll actually be a little sad when they grow up, they are too cute now
> >> even with claws and all.
> >>
> >> Cyndi
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> >> Behalf Of Pam Evans
> >> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 6:07 PM
> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> Subject: [CHAT] OT - how are everyone's new babies doing?
> >>
> >> And Zem, how is Percy adapting to his new 3 legged state? My kitten
> >> Little
> >> Bit hasn't learned "no hooks" yet. I'll be glad when she does. I was
> >> cleaning the litter box the other day and was bent over scooping. She
> >> decided she wanted my attention at that exact second so she jumped up
> >> and
> >> planted both sets of front claws in my backside. She took off running
> >> when
> >> I yelped, so MAYBE we won't do that again. Believe or not, I managed to
> >> not
> >> drop the scoop. Lord knows how. I will be very happy when she grows
> >> up.
> >> The kitten "thing" is very cute and amusing and all, but there's a lot
> >> to be
> >> said for a cat that is more settled and calm. I'm just not used to that
> >> level of activity. Thought you cat people would get a kick out of that
> >> anecdote however.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Pam Evans
> >> Kemp TX
> >> zone 8A
> >>
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> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > 27.1 N, 82.4 W
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> > Heat Zone 10
> > Sunset Zone 25
> > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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> Jesse R. Bell
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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