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From: ramirez@julia.math.ucla.edu (Alice Ramirez)
Subject: putting my cat on a diet.  Arrrrrrgh!!!!
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 19:52:43 GMT



Well, I have made the decision to put my favorite cat on a diet.  The 
Magnificant Bubbles, a.k.a. Big Madam, Bubbalooie, Your Majesty, Fatbitch, 
has gotten gross.  I hadn't really noticed, until last night, how really
out of hand it had gotten.  It crept up on me and suddenly, here is this
veeeery laaaaarge cat staring back at me.  (Actually the close scrutiny 
occurred after she jumped on my stomach from a table.)  

This is going to be a terrible,
horrible thing.  I have been through it before.  She will first become
pathetic, staring up at me from her full bowl of diet kibble (Mommy, 
why don't you love me anymore?  Why are you trying to starve me??) 

then becoming VERY aggressively affectionate (all over me
, on top of me, to remind me that she IS after all, my best 
friend ever).  When that tack fails, she turns mean (a prima 
donna in a tantrum) leaping HEAVILY 
from table top to book-case top, accidently on purpose clumsy, then
accellerating, she starts to flinging things onto the floor.  
(She is especially pleased if she can fling my glasses).  

When none of the above ploys have their desired effect (a full bowl of
something delicious that she likes) she then turns on 
poor Buster, her fellow cat. At this point, she will climb onto the 
highest piece of furniture in the house then fling herself like a 
kamakazi pilot upon his poor, helpless orange body.  A real treat!
I then get to hear shrieks of rage from Buster, who may be dumb as a 
rock but he knows what he doesn't like.  Little cat bodies then 
spend the rest of the night THUMPING as both cats fling themselves against
walls and hardwood floor... Something to look forward to!!!!!!!




Organization: H&SS Dean's Office, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 09:40:05 -0500 
From: Anna Matyas <am2x+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: animal testing


I recently bought some things at a store called The Body Shop (they sell
cosmetics, cologne, etc. -- you've probably heard of it; I think it's a
national chain).  They don't do animal testing on their products.  I've
shopped there before but this is the first time they gave me my purchases
in a recycled brown paper bag.  The bag had the following quote printed
on it which I thought I'd share with this group:

"The question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk?  But, can
they suffer?"    -Jeremy Bentham, philosopher, 1748-1832.

He said this well over a hundred years ago.  Isn't it a shame so many
people still haven't caught on...

Anna
From: leslianne@seahcx.UUCP (Leslianne Heimbeck)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Mischievous Black Cat   (Shannon Lilley)
Date: 11 Dec 92 17:52:58 GMT
Reply-To: leslianne@seahcx.UUCP (Leslianne Heimbeck)
Organization: Harris Computer Systems, Bellevue, WA

In article <1992Dec9.184544.15296@ra.msstate.edu> jonesk@ur.msstate.edu writes:
>We used to have a black cat named Tillie who liked to hide
>in the bushes by the street and jump out and attack joggers. 
>So maybe black cats ARE meaner.
>
>Kay Jones

Funny you should mention this, Kay, because our neighbor's solid black cat
does this very thing!  It's both amusing and annoying; annoying when you're
wearing stockings and you're late, amusing when he suprises a stranger and
they _run_ from seven pounds of black fury! (Oooooh! Scary little cat!)

This may be a tall tale, but I've been told that solid black cats have a
high likelihood of being half-Siamese, which accounts for their cleverness
and agression.  Can anyone verify or discount this?

Lesli (mommy to Princess M'lady Portia (TA) and Mocha (rescued Bali))
From: loosemore-sandra@cs.yale.edu (Sandra Loosemore)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: alternative disciplinary measures?
Date: 13 Dec 1992 16:24:45 -0500
Organization: staff hacker @ Yale Haskell project
NNTP-Posting-Host: functor.systemsz.cs.yale.edu
In-reply-to: ses3n@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU's message of Sun, 13 Dec 1992 19:43:38 GMT

One disciplinary tactic that seems to work well with my cats is to
make a loud growling noise -- GRRRRR!!!  They're both absolutely
terrified by this and usually stop whatever they're doing and run away
and hide.

-Sandra

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: lhuffman@stsci.edu
Subject: Flaunting the law - responsibly...
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:32:51 GMT

> 
> Just look at the people around you. There is a good chance that about 50%
> of them are users of at least one of the illegal drugs. A person uses them
> wisely and responsibly in the same way that a responsible person uses 
> alcohol. Just because a drug is illegal does not make its use unwise or
                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> irresponsible.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Bill

Such a mystery to me, this way of thinking. If something is the law, to decide
that one is above the law is acting responsibly?  How about the good ole'
'Murican tradition of expending one's efforts to change the law?
Xref: sparky rec.pets.cats:15189 alt.drugs:19969
From: honig@ruffles.ics.uci.edu (David A. Honig)
Subject: Re: UL: Monumental LSD overdose taken (was: Re: Brands of LSD)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats,alt.drugs
Reply-To: honig@ics.uci.edu (David A. Honig)
Organization: UC Disneyland, in the Kingdom of Bren
Date: 18 Dec 92 08:38:05 GMT

 mary@zmax.com (Mary Papp) writes:
>
>This may seem like a very stupid question, but why was this posted to
>rec.pets.cats?  Cats don't take LSD unless someone forces it upon them and
>IMHO that seems very cruel and inhumane.
>
>Mary and Slash
>
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>                              mary@zmax.com
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Couldn't agree with you more, Mary, except that humans are *so* much
more fun when tripping.

---David's cat.
--
David Honig

"Q: What does a C programmer say to an Ada(tm) programmer?
 A: I'll have a burger and fries, no onions."
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: jonesk@ur.msstate.edu
Subject: Re: a very sad day for me....
Reply-To: jonesk@ur.msstate.edu
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:26:58 GMT

I'm sorry about you losing your kitty. It's always very
sad, but I usually like to get another pet as soon as
possible. That's just me. My husband doesn't want another
pet for a looong time after one dies.

Condolences from Kay, and Jess and Mr. Gray
From: gjs2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (GEORGE J. SCHLOGL)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: FUNNY EMMEMT STORY
Date: 16 Dec 92 04:21:31 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

Well anyway I like to sit on my sofa and watch tv and sooner or later
EMMEMT will come ripping out of the bedroom and jump on to the
sofa where I am sitting.
Well the other day I happen to have a big bowl of sour cream dip,
I was eating (I think you can guess) and next thing you know
EMMEMT comes ripping out of the bedroom and jumps head first right
into the sour cream. It was one of the funniest things I EVER SAW
His head was covered with it, then he just looked at me with
the wierdest expression on his face. I think he felt the cold and
he jumped out of the bowl and onto the floor. He started licking
himself and walking away and as he walked away he left little
sour crean paw prints on the carpet.

         NOW THATS ENTERTAINMENT

         MERRY XMAS

         GEORGE-EMMEMT
From: dan@msen.com (Dan Sugalski)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: alternative disciplinary measures?
Date: 16 Dec 1992 07:42:56 GMT
Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Anna Matyas (am2x+@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote:

: I recently read somewhere to put either double-stick tape or Saran Wrap
: over areas you don't want your cat to scratch on.  (If I may quote dozens
: of friends, "I never met a cat who used a scratching post!")  Gracie
: scratches at my old living room chair which I really don't mind, but she
: also scratches at my brand new sofa which I *do* mind.  I may try the
: Saran Wrap.  Somehow double-stick tape doesn't seem quite right.  I sure
: would hate to come home from work and find poor Gracie literally stuck to
: the sofa!! :)

: Anna

I'd heard about aluminum foil.  I tried it and the gang thought that the
noise that it made was neat.  Durin tried it, Spike and Wills jumped in
and Tabitha and Daryl watched with interest. :)

Karen

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: Jack_Webb@mindlink.bc.ca (Jack Webb)
Subject: Re: nicknames
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 07:21:35 GMT

okay, I will finally buckle down and relate a few of our beast's nicknames...

Stig:  Winklepig, Picklewick, Toast (he's a flame point siamese/himalayan
       cross... looks like he got singed at the tips),  The Flying Pig,
       Brother Number 2... etc!!  Anything piggy is game, as he is quite pink
skinnedskinned.

Jasper: Quack Quack, Jasperquacky, Brother Number One, Jass-oh-purr, The Love
        The Love Lump.

They also have their collective names... "you nyuckadillies", "idyicks" (see
krazy kat)... etc!

*j* (& stig & jasper....)

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Xref: sparky rec.pets.cats:15188 alt.drugs:19968
From: honig@ruffles.ics.uci.edu (David A. Honig)
Subject: Re: UL: Monumental LSD overdose taken (was: Re: Brands of LSD)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats,alt.drugs
Reply-To: honig@ics.uci.edu (David A. Honig)
Organization: UC Disneyland, in the Kingdom of Bren
Date: 18 Dec 92 08:35:46 GMT

 mjharris@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Harris) writes:
>sl31+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stephen M. Lacy) writes:
>
>>Excerpts from netnews.alt.drugs: 14-Dec-92 Re: UL: Monumental LSD over..
>>by Michael J Maryo @udecc.e
>>> thing that gets me is that even know we all know the effects and dangers (?)
>>> associated with drugs, there are still a lot of us who do use them.  But the
>>> difference is that we use them wisely and responsibly.  The knowledge that
>
>>Please, let me know how to take an illegal drug "wisely and responsibly"
>>  I'm quite interested.
>
>>Steve
>
>
>>"I don't like much really, do I?  But what I do like, I love
>>passionately!" -Pet Shop Boys
>
>Why waste your time on Steve? He just admitted that he thinks it's fine to
>let the government and police department define wisdom and
>responsibility. Doesn't seem too open to much. It's just a good thing
>there are people that don't agree with him though. Thanks to them women
>can vote and blacks can drink out of any drinking fountain and sit down on
>city busses. But then I would guess Steve is white and male so why should
>he care?
>
>
>--
>Mike Harris 			>>>>> In stereo where available <<<<<
>InterNet: mikeh@tenet.edu


Hey, I'm white  and male and I care about some people trying to limit
others.  So did Marty:

    ...  Then they came for me,
	   and by that time there was no one
	     left to speak up for me. (Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945)

And so does my (black, formerly-male) feline.

Lacy's just a common no-brainer, every strain has some, give us
testosterone-augmented, melanin-deficient types a break :-)
--
David Honig

"Q: What does a C programmer say to an Ada(tm) programmer?
 A: I'll have a burger and fries, no onions."
From: donna@ve6bc.ampr.ab.ca (Donna MacKintosh)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: where are all the cat people
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 07:32:23 GMT
Organization: Nuke a Gay Whale for Jesus, Inc.

donna@ve6bc.ampr.ab.ca (Donna MacKintosh) writes:
> why is there a news group about cats with no entries or responses?
> am i the only cat person? lets talk cats!!!!

To all of you who replied to my posting, I wish to thank you for
input.  There is a problem with our newsfeed and it being looked into.
Without your help we would have been unaware of this problem.
Thank you.

My five year old cats' name is Pedro and he is a very large grey and
white male alley cat from a litter of one.  He is a 25 pounder who
likes Cheez Whiz, chocolate ice cream and canteloupe.  He loves to
sleep with us on the waterbed but he snores, and hogs the covers.

I hope my newsfeed is fixed soon.  Bye for now.
Donna
From: lhuffman@stsci.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Santa's Little Helpers
Date: 19 Dec 92 22:03:35 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute

Well, I put my tree up (fake) today and so far Santa's Little Helpers
are not interested.

But I wonder, is that part of their scehme? to feign disinterest and
wait 'till I'm out of the house for a few hours? then redecorate it
they way they want it?

Dare I hope I'll have a normal person's Christmas this year...
From: barlow@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Rebel)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Home Alone: for how long?
Date: 19 Dec 92 03:18:07 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <hfp2c3@rpi.edu> petitc@vccsouth06.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit) writes:
>bags or whatever), and then feed the cat a fixed amount periodically?
*laugh* actually now that you mention it...I had the dubious pleasure of
several long plane flights this past week and the TWA flight from O'Hare to JFK
had a little shopping magazine in the rack of things you could order while in
the air or on the ground at the terminal....and one was a cat "feeder" which
had four separate compartments for cat food and was on a timer so the top
rotated and exposed one compartment per day for 4 or 5 days (can't remember how
many compartments there were exactly) and it had ice packs in the base to keep
wet food fresh I would imagine...I think it cost about $50.

Personally our cat Zeb doesn't mind long car rides, we took her with us to NJ
(7 hour ride) and she slept on my lap the whole entire way..except for when I
shared my Mc Donalds chicken mcnuggets with her of course :-)

Jen (Zeb's mommy)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: morin@noao.edu (Meg Morin)
Subject: Re: When will people learn???
Keywords: kitten, SPCA,
Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson AZ
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:12:22 GMT

In article <d8n237h@rpi.edu> petitc@nuge112.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit) writes:
>kkv@inel.gov (Jamie J Ferguson) writes:
>
>>In article <berthiau.724658547@iros1> berthiau@iro.umontreal.ca Reply-To: bunny@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Eva Chan) writes:                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

[stuff deleted about unwanted cat]

>>>We would take in the kitten ourselves if it weren't for 
>>>the fact that our town has an ordinance restricting the number of cats
>>>and dogs in a household and that our roommate might not be able to 
>>>tolerate a third kitty.
>
>>What are the restrictions in your town?  We don't have any on cats.
>
> Huh?  I never heard of such a restriction either.
>

I have found many apartment complexes that limit the number of cats
to two, sometimes only one, and we don't know if _Canadian_ resident 
berthiau@iro.umontreal.ca lives in an apartment or a house, and Canada
may have more restrictive laws than the USA.

Local ordinances WILL vary from place to place and for various reasons.
If this is to become an issue, I suggest we all go to our respective
law libraries and RESEARCH the local laws to know the FACTS about
pet restrictions. Then we can have a civilized discussion.

Just my $.02 (American)

-- 
 The Seeker		peace to those who come in peace 
 (morin@noao.edu)	    pity to those who don't 
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: maillet@ug.cs.dal.ca (Andre' Maillet)
Subject: Re: How can I get cat/mouse X software?
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 19:09:36 GMT

Greetings.

     I am updating the instructions for FTPing xneko and oneko. If anyone has 
missed them and would like the corrected version, please E-mail. I'll respond
as soon as I can. BTW, would anyone like me to periodically post these
instructions and how often, if at all, should I post them? Please E-mail any
input. (I'll get it faster.)
 
     For those of you who don't have FTP access, or don't want to bother
with all those steps, but want to get oneko and/or xneko, mail me and I'll 
send you the completed files uuencoded. I'll even throw in instructions on how 
to prepare them for running.

     BTW, between the 20th of December and the 4th of January, I will not be
around to answer mail, but send any requests anyway, and I'll reply just as soon
as I get back.

     I am open to any suggestions, constructive criticism, advice. I'll even 
consider nit-picks. 8^)

     Merry Christmas to All!

Dray and Furball (7 Days to go!)
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Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: Jack_Webb@mindlink.bc.ca (Jack Webb)
Subject: Re: UL: Monumental LSD overdose taken (was: Re: Brands of LS
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 00:52:00 GMT

> Michael J Maryo (U) writes:
>
> Msg-ID: <Bz8I5n.FE8@udecc.engr.udayton.edu>
> Posted: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 05:34:3
>
> Org.  : Univ. of Dayton, School of Engineering
>
> In article <If_xP4i00iUz43g88S@andrew.cmu.edu> "Stephen M. Lacy"
> <sl31+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> >I just want to say that the apparent knowledge of drugs on the network
> >and the volume of people that have significant knowledge makes me
> >utterly sick.  Is there something about computers that forces you all to
> >take drugs, or do you just hang out with people who and that's how you
> >get your knowledge.... anyways, you'll tell me that YOU don't really DO
> >them, but I won't believe you.
> >
> >This whole discussion of LSD has gone too far and is upsetting me more
> >with every post.
> >
>
> Well, the vast knowledge of drugs on the network is very amazing.  The
> whole
> thing that gets me is that even know we all know the effects and dangers
> (?)
> associated with drugs, there are still a lot of us who do use them.  But
> the
> difference is that we use them wisely and responsibly.  The knowledge that
> we share with fellow net-ers improves our ability to be safe and know what
> we are doing.
>
> I don't think there is anything about computers that FORCE us to take
> drugs.
> We are all very stressed people, and I feel that occasional recreational
> usage of certain drugs, even alcohol, help to relieve stress.  Besides, who
> says it's not fun to lose control every once and a while?  8-)
>
> Just my opinion,
>
> ----====****> Mike
>
>

what the heck is that message doing here??????
*j* ;(
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From: gibson@dl5000.bc.edu (Rene Gibson)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: plastic fetish...
Date: 15 Dec 92 18:07:34 GMT
Organization: Institute for Space Research, Boston College

In article <1992Dec15.025122.26872@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> veburst@contra.enet.dec.com (KSV) writes:

>Hi... I'm new to this newsgroup, so bear with me if this question has been
>asked before... one of my cats has this thing for plastic... she loves to lick,
>chew and eat pieces of plastic... it's dangerous when she ingests it,
>obviously, cos she could end up blocking her breathing passage.  Does anyone
>know any reasons *why* a cat would do this?  (I need a kitty psychologist!)

My resident weirdo, Kinda, likes to chew and crunch on both plastic 
and cardboard.  I just chalked it up to another cat oddity and gave 
her plastic things to chew on so she wouldn't chew on the phone cords.  
But she doesn't try to eat them.  She's just happy chewing.  And, yes, 
having other things to chew on does keep her from chewing on the phone 
cords.  :-)

Rene
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: Jack_Webb@mindlink.bc.ca (Jack Webb)
Subject: Re: Just out of curiosity..
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 02:48:26 GMT

> Curt Tilmes writes:
>
> Msg-ID: <CURT.92Dec10104807@vtucs.cc.vt.edu>
> Posted: 10 Dec 92 15:48:07 GMT
>
> Org.  : Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
>
> In article <9DEC199213511124@watson.bms.com> rivkin@watson.bms.com (TERRI
> RIVKIN, TERRI RIVKIN) writes:
>
> >Our male cat, Arpeggio, does this to my husband when he whistles!  In
> fact,
> >both of our cats react to whistling more than anything else.  They come to
> my
> >husband right away and start meowing and walking around in circles or on
> him
> >if he's sitting or lying down.  Anyone else's cats react to whistling?
> Maybe
> >its the high pitch, or tone that they react to?
>
> My female cat, Callie, seems to totally ignore music (though she does
> like to watch tv with me), but if I whistle, she looks around for a
> while (she is not the brightest of cats) and eventually comes over to
> investigate me.  She seems to be looking for the source of the sound,
> and pokes her head into my face and walks all over my book.
>
> Curt


My cats don't react to whistling, but they love to be sung to.  They are both
siamese crosses, and are quite nutty when they want to be.  no matter how
keyed up they are, though, they will stop everything and plop in my lap as
soon as I start singing to them. :)
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From: dan@msen.com (Dan Sugalski)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: Fee for pets in cabin
Date: 16 Dec 1992 08:00:42 GMT
Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Sorry about my last post(?).  I must have hit the wrong key at the right
time :-}

Karen

Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
From: Jack_Webb@mindlink.bc.ca (Jack Webb)
Subject: Re: Brushing Teeth
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 17:22:10 GMT

yep, toothbrushing is verrry important!!  Both of my cats, Stig and Jasper,
ate moist food only on recommendation from their vet... discovered later that
said vet didn't know what the heck he was talking about... we now go to
another vet, but unfortunately, Stig has a bad case of gingivitis... he's
going to have to have a couple teeth removed.  And this for an 11 month old
cat!!  Anyway, we're lucky that it's not worse... and are now brushing teeth
daily... even though people scoff at the idea.. :)
*j*
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