One of long ago cats loved beetroot and being vacuum cleaned-and in the days
of open fires used to sleep on the fireguard and had to be occasionally
lifted when a singeing smell was noticed-memories-current cat Asher
predictably love catmint
P rambling on

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Sent: 18 July 2010 04:52
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Subject: Re: Breathing, at rest

(whoops, my grammar!)

A cat that once lifetime lodged with us would go crazy with desire in the
presence of that vegetarian piece de resistance, the lentil cutlet. It would
leap vertically from the floor almost the whole height of a table leg only
to fall back just short like a spent stage of a rocket. I'd keep telling it
'you're a carnivore - you're not supposed to go for these' , but to no
avail.
Curious that, but then again it was the only tabby in a black-and-white
litter, so ...

On 18 July 2010 04:48, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> A cat that once lifetime lodged with us went crazy with desire in the
> presence of that vegetarian piece de resiustance, the lentil cutlet. It
> would leap vertically from the floor almost the whole height of a table
leg
> only to fall back just short like a spent stage of a rocket. I'd keep
> telling it : 'you're a carnivore - you're not supposed to go for these' ,
> but to no avail.
> Curious that, but then again it was the only tabby in a black-and-white
> litter, so ...
>
>   On 17 July 2010 22:48, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Cats love olives--always have, always will. They're
>> also big on pigeon dung. No, scratch that.
>> Those would be dogs.
>>
>> Hal    Serving the tri-state area.
>>
>> Halvard Johnson
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>>
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>> http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
>> http://www.hamiltonstone.org
>>
>>
http://www.scribd.com/doc/27039868/Halvard-Johnson-THE-PERFECTION-OF-MOZART-
S-THIRD-EYE-Other-Sonnets
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Years ago i dropped a jar of olives, the green kind with pimentoes
>> > inserted, and my cats went nuts, even beyond catnip. Thereafter I would
>> toss
>> > them a tiny piece of olive and the same would happen--they'd roll
around
>> on
>> > top of it, couldn't get enough. Is it that cat pheromones grow on
trees?
>> >
>> >
>> > At 05:29 PM 7/17/2010, you wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 7/17/2010 5:10 PM, David Bircumshaw wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I'm glad you have a considerate cat, Ken, a rare condition  in the
>> feline
>> >>> species. I'm having to do a 'sleep study' too ,although initially it
>> will
>> >>> be
>> >>> at home with a monitor strapped on a bracelet to my wrist, I'll only
>> need
>> >>> go
>> >>> in for a night if the results occasion shakings of heads. i've long
>> >>> reconciled myself to the fact that my snoring has never been alleged.
>> >>> Yes, a
>> >>> wise cat you have indeed!
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >> Oh, I believe he deserves a special reward. He reminds me of Jeoffry,
>> >> Smart's cat, but only because I can't find him a mouse to torment. But
>> a tub
>> >> of catnip will do. He hasn't had catnip in over 7 months and will
>> remember
>> >> how much he misses it when it's put in front of him.
>> >>
>> >> K
>> >>
>> >
>>
>
>
>
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"Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen whistling"
Website and A Chide's Alphabet
http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
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