Re: Any ideas?? OT...but please read!

[Guest guest]

Carol,

There was a story in the papers here not to long ago about a cat. This

family had moved about 30km to a new house. Of course, they brought their

cat with them. The kitty came up missing soon thereafter. One of their old

neighbors called them to say that the cat showed up there. This kitty found

it's way back home. Apparently, the cat did this one more time. The owners

decided to keep the kitty indoors after that. (I have always kept mine

indoors.)

What I am saying is that animals can go great distances. I would recommend

putting an ad in the paper. Possibly a spot on the local radio station. They

do nice things at Christmas time. Hopefully, there would be no charge.

Dawn

[Guest guest]

Caro, I don't know what else you could do, except maye call all the

local pounds to see if anyone has reported her lost. Will you be

keeping her if no one claims her? I sure hope so, because it sounds

like she's a very lucky kitty to have found you.

in NJ

**************************

> Last night while working in my office I hear this pitiful meowing

> outside my window. Now, in Chicago yesterday the weather turned

> fairly brutal and dropped to a whopping 8 degrees windchill, so I

> was feeling a bit sorry for this poor animal. I opened the door

and

> this huge but beautiful black cat walks right in.

>

> I have had animals my entire life, dogs and cats, and I have never

> seen an animal like this. She does not know shes a cat...either

> that or she was VERY happy to be rescued. She won't leave my lap,

> shes declawed front and back, and talks to me almost constantly!

> This is most definitely someones well loved pet with no collar (or

> my mother's come back as a cat!)

>

> We made 100 " Lost Cat " flyers and stuck them in mailboxes. We

> called the police. But I was wondering if any of you have any

> others idea what I can do to find the owners, they must be grieving

> over the loss of this most wonderful beast.

>

> What else should I do?

>

> Carol G.

[Guest guest]

Oops...my typing stinks this morning...Carol, sorry I forgot

your " L. "

BTW, have you name the cat yet?

in NJ

(hoping Carol will keep the kitty if no one claims her:)))

************************

> Caro, I don't know what else you could do, except maye call all the

> local pounds to see if anyone has reported her lost. Will you be

> keeping her if no one claims her? I sure hope so, because it

sounds

> like she's a very lucky kitty to have found you.

>

> in NJ

>

[Guest guest]

I just called the local Animal Shelter to give them my name and

number and report the cat as missing.

I'll try calling a neighbor or two to see if they have seen such a

cat in the area before. (They should see the flyers around 2 when

the mail comes.)

Maybe I will take an ad out in the local paper.

I just know someone is grieving this morning about her and that

hurts me. I hope this all works.

Will I keep it if no owner shows up? Sigh...who knows. I'm a

pretty ripped body builder but I am mush inside

Thanks for the suggestions so far and...

Stay tuned

Carol G.

> > Caro, I don't know what else you could do, except maye call all

the

> > local pounds to see if anyone has reported her lost. Will you

be

> > keeping her if no one claims her? I sure hope so, because it

> sounds

> > like she's a very lucky kitty to have found you.

> >

> > in NJ

> >

[Guest guest]

Carol...........the police in our are (PGH, PA) have a network that extends

to the neighboring states........if anyone reports a pet missing it is put

on bulletins and any animal mathching that description is reunited with

their owner. I feel bad for the owner too......one of my favorite kitties

got lost 2 years ago and I STILL miss him horrible. He was never " found " so

I just pray that someone really loves him and is taking good care of him!!

P.

Any ideas?? OT...but please read!

> Last night while working in my office I hear this pitiful meowing

> outside my window. Now, in Chicago yesterday the weather turned

> fairly brutal and dropped to a whopping 8 degrees windchill, so I

> was feeling a bit sorry for this poor animal. I opened the door and

> this huge but beautiful black cat walks right in.

>

> I have had animals my entire life, dogs and cats, and I have never

> seen an animal like this. She does not know shes a cat...either

> that or she was VERY happy to be rescued. She won't leave my lap,

> shes declawed front and back, and talks to me almost constantly!

> This is most definitely someones well loved pet with no collar (or

> my mother's come back as a cat!)

>

> We made 100 " Lost Cat " flyers and stuck them in mailboxes. We

> called the police. But I was wondering if any of you have any

> others idea what I can do to find the owners, they must be grieving

> over the loss of this most wonderful beast.

>

> What else should I do?

>

> Carol G.

>

>

> Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

>

> Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Carol,

Your a good heart to take in that kitty. I, too, hope you keep her

(him?) if the owner cannot be located. Poor baby.

My pet cockatiel flew out of the house many years ago and disappeared

(yes, I was stupid and left the door open). I blanketed the area

with lost and found flyers (stapled to every telephone pole and stop

sign) within a one mile radius. I also contacted the local shelter

(which you have done), local pet stores (dropped off flyers there)

and local vets in the area (dropped off flyer). Well, one vet called

me back to say that a kid who lived across the street from the vet's

office had found a cockatiel and brought it in for an exam. I

started knocking on doors in the area, and lo and behold, they had my

Pookie! The kid gave her back to me. Later that night, I receive a

call from the kids father asking if the kid can get the reward that I

had offered in the flyer, since the kid was out the cost of visiting

the vet and buying a cage and food. To which I asked, if you saw the

flyer and knew I was offering a reward, why didn't you call me to

return my bird? He didn't have an answer for that, jerk, but I went

ahead and gave the kid some $ since he obviously was going to take

good care of her.

Cindy in VA

lap RNY 2/8/02

> Last night while working in my office I hear this pitiful meowing

> outside my window. Now, in Chicago yesterday the weather turned

> fairly brutal and dropped to a whopping 8 degrees windchill, so I

> was feeling a bit sorry for this poor animal. I opened the door

and

> this huge but beautiful black cat walks right in.

>

> I have had animals my entire life, dogs and cats, and I have never

> seen an animal like this. She does not know shes a cat...either

> that or she was VERY happy to be rescued. She won't leave my lap,

> shes declawed front and back, and talks to me almost constantly!

> This is most definitely someones well loved pet with no collar (or

> my mother's come back as a cat!)

>

> We made 100 " Lost Cat " flyers and stuck them in mailboxes. We

> called the police. But I was wondering if any of you have any

> others idea what I can do to find the owners, they must be grieving

> over the loss of this most wonderful beast.

>

> What else should I do?

>

> Carol G.

[Guest guest]

Geez Carol, you're not kidding! I got little girly arms compared to you

LOL! GREAT work!

Lucille

In a message dated 12/12/2003 12:41:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,

Graduate-OSSG writes:

> I'm a

> pretty ripped body builder but I am mush inside

>

> Thanks for the suggestions so far and...

>

> Stay tuned

> Carol G.

>

[Guest guest]

Carol,

I'd keep her if you want her, she sounds FANTASTIC! But, due diligence

first...

- Call the animal shelter and describe her. If you really feel like a

hero, go there and look through the lost pets listing.

- Put a Found ad in the Little Nickel and any other freebie papers.

And start calling her Mom! ;-)

Z

Open RNY 09/17/01

http://www.ziobro.us

http://www.GreatKibble.com

Any ideas?? OT...but please read!

Last night while working in my office I hear this pitiful meowing

outside my window. Now, in Chicago yesterday the weather turned fairly

brutal and dropped to a whopping 8 degrees windchill, so I was feeling a

bit sorry for this poor animal. I opened the door and this huge but

beautiful black cat walks right in.

I have had animals my entire life, dogs and cats, and I have never seen

an animal like this. She does not know shes a cat...either that or she

was VERY happy to be rescued. She won't leave my lap, shes declawed

front and back, and talks to me almost constantly!

This is most definitely someones well loved pet with no collar (or my

mother's come back as a cat!)

We made 100 " Lost Cat " flyers and stuck them in mailboxes. We called

the police. But I was wondering if any of you have any others idea what

I can do to find the owners, they must be grieving over the loss of this

most wonderful beast.

What else should I do?

Carol G.

Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe

[Guest guest]

The sad thing is, that as in indoor cat, no one WLL have seen her

wandering.

My big black beautiful Bart let himself out one early morning. No one

would have seen him, of course. And we had not lived here long (we had

lived 2 mi away). WE did door to door, flyers, the whole thing and

poof. 15 lbs of huge declawed cat, gone. He was Don's or vice versa.

And, of course, he scraped his break-away collar off when he squeezed

out thru the little crack he made. WE had the collar, but at least he

shoulda had flat hair there.

One of the worst stories I heard was the boyfreind who took the girl's

dog 100 mi and dropped her. My step dtr found her and had her 6 months

before some miracle occurred and girl & dog were reunited. It was hard

on my step, but good for everyone else (you'd have to know my step's

mother).

So, it's always possible that the cat was lifted from point A and

deposited in point B. I'd like to think that Bart was as lukcy as

your Precious Princess and found someone who was so enthralled that

they just never found the route back to us, and not for lack of

trying.

Thanks,

Vitalady, Inc. T

www.vitalady.com

If you are interested in PayPal, please click here:

https://www.paypal.com/affil/pal=orders%40vitalady.com

Re: Any ideas?? OT...but please read!

> I just called the local Animal Shelter to give them my name and

> number and report the cat as missing.

>

> I'll try calling a neighbor or two to see if they have seen such a

> cat in the area before. (They should see the flyers around 2 when

> the mail comes.)

>

> Maybe I will take an ad out in the local paper.

>

> I just know someone is grieving this morning about her and that

> hurts me. I hope this all works.

>

> Will I keep it if no owner shows up? Sigh...who knows. I'm a

> pretty ripped body builder but I am mush inside

>

> Thanks for the suggestions so far and...

>

> Stay tuned

> Carol G.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> > > Caro, I don't know what else you could do, except maye call all

> the

> > > local pounds to see if anyone has reported her lost. Will you

> be

> > > keeping her if no one claims her? I sure hope so, because it

> > sounds

> > > like she's a very lucky kitty to have found you.

> > >

> > > in NJ

> > >

>

>

> Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

>

> Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I lost my precious Ed for 1 week, he got out of the car while I went swimming.

It was a balmy July day I left the windows down more as his hip had been

bothering him. One night in the middle of the night his cookie jar just up and

jumped off a table no one was in at 3am and shattered on the floor. My dog needs

a 12 step program for cookies. Well thru flyers, and kindness of people and an

ad in the paper I did get my handsome boy back. But the omen I never knew if it

was a good one or a bad one. I truly thought he was telling me he was dead, and

he was saying he was alive. Visit all shelters, everyone and even go to

communities you don't think have them. That's were my dog turned up, and the

little city 2 miles next to mine. He was there a whole week. The paper in their

infinite wisdom forgot to print my phone number. They remembered everything

else. The volunteer went to the park I lost him at and found a flyer. That's how

I got him back.

Deb

[Guest guest]

Then ya better behave

Love ya,

Carol G.

> Geez Carol, you're not kidding! I got little girly arms compared

to you

> LOL! GREAT work!

>

> Lucille

>

>

> In a message dated 12/12/2003 12:41:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> Graduate-OSSG writes:

>

>

> > I'm a

> > pretty ripped body builder but I am mush inside

> >

> > Thanks for the suggestions so far and...

> >

> > Stay tuned

> > Carol G.

> >

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Keep her? Sounds like she chose you. Might take her to a vet and have her

scanned and see if they put an identity chip in her. My show dogs are all

chipped.

Debbie &

in Gig Harbor

(170cm medial)

ladybostons@...

http://www.cafeshops.com/copsstore

http://www.marykay.com/debbiemcneice

[Guest guest]

Yup. My dogs and cats are all chipped too, especially Squeaker, my regal

big black monster who refuses to wear a collar. While we were in the

midst of that feline/human struggle, he lost over 12 collars in three

months without letting me find ANY of them. I think he had learned how

to open a trash can, the little fink! His punishment was being the first

cat in my crew to get chipped. I still worry about him a little, but I

live on a very quiet street and he does go outside. I got my Australian

Shepherds chipped within a week of bringing them home as babies.

Z

Bellevue, WA

(125 cm medial)

Http://www.ziobro.us

http://www.GreatKibble.com

RE: Any ideas?? OT...but please read!

Keep her? Sounds like she chose you. Might take her to a vet and have

her scanned and see if they put an identity chip in her. My show dogs

are all chipped.

Debbie &

in Gig Harbor

(170cm medial)

ladybostons@...

http://www.cafeshops.com/copsstore

http://www.marykay.com/debbiemcneice

[Guest guest]

Carol

Put a flyer in the local vet offices, people might be looking there

too or have heard about this cat.

If no one claims her....I think she is yours...sounds like you have

already bonded.

I lost a cat about a year ago, put flyers out, etc. Never found him,

just hope that he found a good home like yours.

Hugs Terri

> Last night while working in my office I hear this pitiful meowing

> outside my window. Now, in Chicago yesterday the weather turned

> fairly brutal and dropped to a whopping 8 degrees windchill, so I

> was feeling a bit sorry for this poor animal. I opened the door

and

> this huge but beautiful black cat walks right in.

>

> I have had animals my entire life, dogs and cats, and I have never

> seen an animal like this. She does not know shes a cat...either

> that or she was VERY happy to be rescued. She won't leave my lap,

> shes declawed front and back, and talks to me almost constantly!

> This is most definitely someones well loved pet with no collar (or

> my mother's come back as a cat!)

>

> We made 100 " Lost Cat " flyers and stuck them in mailboxes. We

> called the police. But I was wondering if any of you have any

> others idea what I can do to find the owners, they must be grieving

> over the loss of this most wonderful beast.

>

> What else should I do?

>

> Carol G.

[Guest guest]

Sigh... I don't think this is going to work.

I allowed Sasha (my precious and very petite Russian Blue) to run

the house with " Panther " cat. Seemed ok at first but Panther cat

appears to be religating my Sasha to the bedroom out of dominance. I

feel like Benedict Arnold

There is no comparison in size. Panther Cat is huge albeit docile

and loving. One swipe of her paw, even playing, would throw Sasha

to the other side of the room. Sasha is now scared of her and

hissing plenty.

Any way I can make them get along better? I can't handle doing this

to Sasha much longer.

Thanks for putting up with this mess with me.

Carol G.

>

> In a message dated 12/12/03 6:37:40 AM, Graduate-

OSSG writes:

>

> << Any ideas?? OT...but please read! >>

>

> kitties are definitely gastric bypass topics; they are angel

helpers for

> cravings. They are almost complete protein first (for hugs). They

are low sugar

> and are THE models of good body image.

>

> Carol, that is a blessing story. I would watch the papers and

drive around a

> bit. If she is loved and not abandoned somehow, someone willbe

looking for

> her. You can also call humane soc and say you found a black

beauty. Owner likely

> to call there. There may be a website for lost kitties in Chi,

also.

> love,

> ceep, black cat goes with black leather beautifully

[Guest guest]

Ahhh, Ceep is back! LOL

Hugs,

in NJ

**************************

>

> ceep, black cat goes with black leather beautifully

[Guest guest]

We lost our shihtzu once (a beautiful adored baby named Delilah) for maybe an

hour, during which time we nearly lost our minds. We were frantic.

Fortunatley, we were also VERY lucky and she wasn't far away. Oh I'll never

forget

how ecstatic she was when she heard us calling for her. I never saw a

little dog run so fast! I couldn't get her out of my laps for HOURS afterward.

Pets suffer separation anxiety deeply, I think especially dogs, who are pack

animals.

Lucille

In a message dated 12/12/2003 9:04:01 PM Eastern Standard Time,

Graduate-OSSG writes:

>

>

> I lost my precious Ed for 1 week, he got out of the car while I went

> swimming. It was a balmy July day I left the windows down more as his hip had

been

> bothering him. One night in the middle of the night his cookie jar just up and

> jumped off a table no one was in at 3am and shattered on the floor. My dog

> needs a 12 step program for cookies. Well thru flyers, and kindness of people

> and an ad in the paper I did get my handsome boy back. But the omen I never

> knew if it was a good one or a bad one. I truly thought he was telling me he

> was dead, and he was saying he was alive. Visit all shelters, everyone and

> even go to communities you don't think have them. That's were my dog turned

up,

> and the little city 2 miles next to mine. He was there a whole week. The

> paper in their infinite wisdom forgot to print my phone number. They

remembered

> everything else. The volunteer went to the park I lost him at and found a

> flyer. That's how I got him back.

> Deb

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hey Ms. Mega Muscle! I'm not exactly Ms Punyverse myself! Why, you could

bounce a quarter off my biceps.

Wellllllllllll, okay maybe a penny.

Okay okay okay, I lied ... maybe a quarter of a penny! LMAO!

(someone help me lift my mouse ouch ouch!)

Lucille

In a message dated 12/12/2003 9:04:01 PM Eastern Standard Time,

Graduate-OSSG writes:

>

>

> Then ya better behave

>

> Love ya,

> Carol G.

>

[Guest guest]

Just shakin my head and smilin...but that doesn't get you off the

hook. Start lifting! Comeon...you can do it. One more...just one

more rep...thats it...THATS IT...YOU DID IT!!! (helping you put the

mouse down.)

Carol G.

> Hey Ms. Mega Muscle! I'm not exactly Ms Punyverse myself!

Why, you could

> bounce a quarter off my biceps.

>

> Wellllllllllll, okay maybe a penny.

>

>

> Okay okay okay, I lied ... maybe a quarter of a penny! LMAO!

>

> (someone help me lift my mouse ouch ouch!)

>

> Lucille

>

> In a message dated 12/12/2003 9:04:01 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> Graduate-OSSG writes:

>

>

> >

> >

> > Then ya better behave

> >

> > Love ya,

> > Carol G.

> >

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh check this out! I am getting so damn macho, head-wise (well I was ALWAYS

a bit overendowed with mental " testosterone! " LOL!) Some weeks back I had

this large but not so much heavy as unwieldy package (large box) I needed to

mail out, ergo a trip to the local USPS. Now, I have been mailing crap out

(packages) for years and years and years, okay?, and always without any

assistance from ANYone (except hubs on weekends of course). When sometimes I

REALLY REALLY could've use some help! So this day, there I am in all my

deceptively fragile (HA!) looking femininity due to being much much slimmer,

about to

hoist my package onto the USPS counter, when the guy behind me says " Oh miss

can I lift that for you? " And I just stopped for a second and almost laughed

out loud, but restrained myself and said " Oh that's okay I can manage, but

thanks alot! " and lifted it and got my business done. BUT all the time I was

thinking to myself, editorializing the situation in my head, where the dialog

ran more like this: " Mister, today I can lift YOU, and without a whole lot of

trouble! Where the hell were you 2 years ago when I REALLY needed some

help! LMAO! "

There have been other similar type episodes since I've reached weight goal.

It's just fascinating to me. As a now slim woman and not a MO woman, I am

no longer " invisible " to the male species. I am no longer ignored or

dismissed out of hand. As such, now being a sexually corporeal body to men, I

am

perceived by them as being " entitled " to a certain kind of attention. I look

a certain way (slender), which just spatially suggests a less formidable

physical presence than when I was MO, when in truth NOW, I am much physically

stronger than I ever was in my life, now at my slimmest. However, I am not

being

assessed for my strength, but for my sexual desirability, and there are

" perks " which seem to tag along with that sexual desirability, " perks " that DO

NOT

accrue to the MO female. I understand this in a very anthropological way,

and it's not a source of deep rancor in my life (I geniunely don't give a flying

you know what) BUT I just can't help but wonder if this really nice guy would

have offered to help me back when I weighed 350. I'd like to think he

would, but I am not so sure. I am just happy as hell that I don't NEED his

help!

But sometimes, in my impish mischievious Brooklyn-girl way, I wanna turn to

the world at large & gesture & say: " lift THIS, buddy! "

Lucille

In a message dated 12/13/2003 9:04:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,

Graduate-OSSG writes:

>

> Just shakin my head and smilin...but that doesn't get you off the

> hook. Start lifting! Comeon...you can do it. One more...just one

> more rep...thats it...THATS IT...YOU DID IT!!! (helping you put the

> mouse down.)

>

> Carol G.

>

[Guest guest]

HAHA Lucille. Too funny.

Sherra

Re:Re: Any ideas?? OT...but please read!

> Oh check this out! I am getting so damn macho, head-wise (well I was

ALWAYS

> a bit overendowed with mental " testosterone! " LOL!) Some weeks back I

had

> this large but not so much heavy as unwieldy package (large box) I needed

to

> mail out, ergo a trip to the local USPS. Now, I have been mailing crap

out

> (packages) for years and years and years, okay?, and always without any

> assistance from ANYone (except hubs on weekends of course). When

sometimes I

> REALLY REALLY could've use some help! So this day, there I am in all my

> deceptively fragile (HA!) looking femininity due to being much much

slimmer, about to

> hoist my package onto the USPS counter, when the guy behind me says " Oh

miss

> can I lift that for you? " And I just stopped for a second and almost

laughed

> out loud, but restrained myself and said " Oh that's okay I can manage, but

> thanks alot! " and lifted it and got my business done. BUT all the time

I was

> thinking to myself, editorializing the situation in my head, where the

dialog

> ran more like this: " Mister, today I can lift YOU, and without a whole

lot of

> trouble! Where the hell were you 2 years ago when I REALLY needed some

> help! LMAO! "

>

> There have been other similar type episodes since I've reached weight

goal.

> It's just fascinating to me. As a now slim woman and not a MO woman, I

am

> no longer " invisible " to the male species. I am no longer ignored or

> dismissed out of hand. As such, now being a sexually corporeal body to

men, I am

> perceived by them as being " entitled " to a certain kind of attention. I

look

> a certain way (slender), which just spatially suggests a less formidable

> physical presence than when I was MO, when in truth NOW, I am much

physically

> stronger than I ever was in my life, now at my slimmest. However, I am

not being

> assessed for my strength, but for my sexual desirability, and there are

> " perks " which seem to tag along with that sexual desirability, " perks "

that DO NOT

> accrue to the MO female. I understand this in a very anthropological

way,

> and it's not a source of deep rancor in my life (I geniunely don't give a

flying

> you know what) BUT I just can't help but wonder if this really nice guy

would

> have offered to help me back when I weighed 350. I'd like to think he

> would, but I am not so sure. I am just happy as hell that I don't NEED

his help!

>

> But sometimes, in my impish mischievious Brooklyn-girl way, I wanna turn

to

> the world at large & gesture & say: " lift THIS, buddy! "

>

>

> Lucille