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Azazel
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 Earlier this year. Erm, last year.  About 20 mins ago. She's on her way out - in her last few days - but damned if she isn't going to be loved and spoiled right to the end. Her nose is messed up from the 4 or 5 operations to remove the recurring skin cancer, followed by rad therapy a little over a year ago. |
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Minvaren
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(goes to hug on his cats)
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Engels
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Gah, I'm sorry Azazel. She seems such a cutie.
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
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Sir T
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Looks like a great cat az.
Just remember the good times and enjoy the time you have left. You will play forever in your dreams.
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Hic sunt dracones.
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Reg
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That's a shame Az. You've given each other a lot of good years. I hope my cat lives as long.
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apocrypha
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Planes? Shit, I'm terrified to get in my car now!
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She's gorgeous. This thread is hard  |
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brellium
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What is with everyone having cats in the process of (or actually dieing).
Getting ready for work this morning, and spent a moment talking to the two I have. The big one just looks up at me and proceeds to go back to napping. The little one which is in the process of dieing, does exactly that; stands up looks at me, opens her mouth, is unable to breath, and falls to the ground in convulsions.
I guess I'm just too used to waking up one morning and finding them dead.
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"One must see in every human being only that which is worthy of praise. When this is done, one can be a friend to the whole human race. If, however, we look at people from the standpoint of their faults, then being a friend to them is a formidable task."
—‘Abdu’l-Bahá
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Sir T
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I'm not sure what it is but I have a cat soft spot zone. For example, I visited someone in the states for a few days and i had just arrived and was resting on the spare bed when her cat hoped up and curled up under my armpit and fell asleep. 2 years ago a neighbors cat began coming in an open window and sleeping on my bed in the hollow made by my legs. Another friends normally mean cat used to curl up against my chest when I visited. And yet I've never owned a cat.  |
Hic sunt dracones.
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Azazel
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:(
Sorry to hear about that, Brellium. Hope you're doing ok.
Mine seemed to be invincible until about 6 months ago. Then more deranged than usual and slowing down a bit, then just went downhill right after Christmas. She's a little stronger today though. Getting to hang out with her over my 6-week summer break was (supposed to be) the payoff for a hard and often shitty year at work. I've got about 3 weeks left, so hopefully she can be around and have a pleasant time for as much of it as possible.
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rattran
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Enjoy the time you have with her. It was hard to have Oscar get so sick, but at least I got to spend 3 extra months in near constant contact with him. I wish my other two would stop going to his old hiding spots and mrowing all the time. Makes me sad.
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Paelos
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For god's sake, somebody get a new kitten. This thread is going to a dark place.
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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MuffinMan
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For god's sake, somebody get a new kitten. This thread is going to a dark place.
I'm on it! Not my kitten but the 7 week old my mother got for a present a few weeks ago. I named him Barnum.  Also, bonus pictures of my fat monster Smeagol being a creeper... |
I'm very mysterious when I'm inside you.
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MuffinMan
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He's always watching me. I think he plans to eat me.  |
I'm very mysterious when I'm inside you.
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MisterNoisy
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My condolences, Az and Brell. :( It's a terrible thing to lose a pet.
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Lantyssa
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He's always watching me. I think he plans to eat me.
Dancer thinks she's a familiar and must stay within 5' at all times. I'd love to get pictures, but don't have a decent camera right now. |
Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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rattran
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The Oatmeal has a handy chart of how to tell if your cat is plotting to kill you. Bloodworth I'm sure, but funny. 
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Lantyssa
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Glowing death eyes are likely a good indication of ill intent.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Paelos
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Alright! Smeagol pics are turning this thing around! Those are funny.  |
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Ingmar
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I will have new pictures to post too as soon as I can find the usb cable for my camera.  |
The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
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Mrbloodworth
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The cats in my life.
Sorry about the image Quality, new phone camera kinda sucks.
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« Last Edit: January 05, 2011, 12:14:35 PM by Mrbloodworth »
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MuffinMan
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Are all five yours?
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I'm very mysterious when I'm inside you.
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Mrbloodworth
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2 are mine, 2 are at my moms, and the last is at a friends I spend a lot of time at.
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proudft
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Ringo, back when he was cute:
These days he looks more like:
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Sjofn
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How old is Ringo in that cute picture? He isn't even mouth breathing! Poor, sabre toothed, totally fat Ringo.
(Sorry to the people who have lost/are going through the process of losing cats, it sucks. :( )
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God Save the Horn Players
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proudft
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That pic is from 2002, so he was about two years old.
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Sjofn
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Truckasaurus Hands
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So his GIANT FANGS had not yet materialized, I see!
Jack's fangs are starting to look suspiciously long, he might wind up with the derp face himself.
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tgr
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Just another victim of cyber age discrimination.
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Speaking of long fangs, one of my parents' cats is what I call the vampire kitty. The softest fur I've felt on any cat, but GIANT UPPER FANGS. And the weirdest meow of any cat I've heard so far, along with the weirdest purr as well. He doesn't so much purr as snore.
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Cyno's lit, bridge is up, but one pilot won't be jumping home.
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Azazel
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She's still going, and has gotten a little better. Even eating up ground up meat now. Still slips over when she runs, but she could barely walk the other day, and when I posted the other day I really thought it was her last day. I'm not getting my hopes up for her to last too long, but maybe she can go another week or so. And more importantly, she's happy and able to annoy and be annoyed again instead of just out of it all the time. She even asks to go outside and walks there by herself - since we have warm weather now, she's enjoying basking out in the sun (I don't think the Skin Cancer is a huge issue at this stage, and she stays in diffused sunlight or the shade most of the time anyway). Like Lantyssa's cat, she would follow us from room to room all the time, but it seems that's now our job to take care of.
So these ones are a bit happier than the last ones. I wasn't expecting her to still be with us at this point. She's a tough little thing.
I'll find some older pics of her at some point.
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So my 42nd birthday (STFU) is on Sunday and I've decided that I want a SPCA rescue. This isn't an uneducated choice, we have 2 dogs and our last cat passed from old age about 11 months ago. But I want to save an old, mean, clawed cat that noone else wants. We'll see. Either way on Sunday I want to save a feline life. As long as they can deal with this:  But both dogs are cat trained - it should be fine. |
Speaking of marketing, we're out of milk.
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Azazel
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An older cat may have issues. That's even without the dogs. Just saying. I do applaud your choice, though.
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squirrel
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An older cat may have issues. That's even without the dogs. Just saying. I do applaud your choice, though.
Yeah totally aware of that. We do have a segregated area prepared but it's going to be a hit and miss prospect, hopefully the SPCA staff can help us. |
Speaking of marketing, we're out of milk.
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apocrypha
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Planes? Shit, I'm terrified to get in my car now!
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As long as they can deal with this: <pic> I don't think you'll find many cats that deal with a trip to the beach very well...  |
"Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism" - Rosa Luxemburg, 1915.
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Azazel
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I love the eyes on Smeagol. Suits his name very well...
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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The Smeagol pic reminds me of Bart. Always plotting my demise.
My dad just emailed from Florida, his 15 or 16 yr old cat wasn't walking right when they got down there this year, turns out it had a spinal tumor. They put it down yesterday. I can't even imagine that day coming for Bart, I've had a lot of cats over the years but Bart is by far the coolest character.
I have to remember, when that day comes, that Bart probably wouldn't be alive today if I hadn't taken him in. Black kitten found in the bushes with a cold, best decision I've made in a long time. Though not if you ask him, he's a cat and believes his life is filled with torments.
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Smeagol.
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