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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

1146.0. "Chauncey came home!" by FSHQOA::RWAXMAN () Mon Feb 29 1988 13:32

    And he looked as if he never even left!  I couldn't believe it!
    Yesterday, Dana and I went with his parents down to the Cape to
    see their new home.  On the way back, I said to him, it has been
    exactly two weeks to the day that Chauncey disappeared; wouldn't
    it be weird if he returned today?  Well, as we were walking up the
    stairs of our apt. building, Dana opened the door that led to our
    floor, and yelled, "OH MY GOD!"  I flew up the stairs behind him
    knowing exactly why he was yelling.  There, sitting in front of
    our door, was Chauncey, looking up at us as if to say, "Where the
    heck have you guys been all day!"  He was still perfectly white,
    clean, and healthy -- even looked as if he had gained some weight
    (not something he needed to do, mind you).  We let him inside and
    he danced around the apartment, purring like crazy, ran over to
    his scratching post, batted his toys around, and just seemed very
    glad to be back home!  He didn't eat much but drank a lot of water.
    I pulled out his bed and he slept most of the night -- he was SO
    tired.
    
    Where was he for the past two weeks?  Here is what I found out:
    My neighbor across the hall said he saw a white cat jump out of
    a silver station wagon yesterday afternoon.  My deduction is that
    Chauncey took a little vacation with someone in the apt. complex.
    The week he disappeared was school vacation week so he must have
    been nosing around inside the car while they were preparing to leave,
    got locked inside, and wasn't discovered until they were either
    at the vacation site or on the way there.  Since they knew him from
    the apt. complex but didn't know who he belonged to, they took care
    of him until their return home.  I could be wrong about this, but
    it sounds like the most logical explanation, especially because
    I have caught Chauncey jumping into people's cars and have had to
    shoo him out.
    
    I had just about given up all hope of him returning, and am so glad
    to have him back.  The not knowing was the hardest part to deal
    with.
    
    
    Roberta

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1146.1	TERRRRRIFIC!	BPOV09::GROSSE		`Mon Feb 29 1988 13:37`	6
	That's so wonderful! atta boy Chauncy!!!!!!!I am so, so , so glad to hear he's home!!!!!!!!so happy for you and Dana, Roberta!!!!! How about joining in on the picture swap? would love to see a flick of this little fellow Fran
1146.2	WELCOME BACK CHAUNCEY!!!	GLINKA::GREENE		`Mon Feb 29 1988 13:38`	1

1146.3	We're very happy for you!!!!!!!!!!	LAS052::COCHRANE	Send lawyers, guns and money.	`Mon Feb 29 1988 13:53`	4
	YEAH CHAUNCEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mary-Michael and Niniane (and Charm as of Friday!)
1146.4	Having a wonderful time, wish you were here	CLUSTA::TAMIR	ACMS design while-u-wait	`Mon Feb 29 1988 14:18`	6
	Did you check to see if Chaunc had a tan line from wearing his kitty Speedo swimsuit?? It seems like he had a good time on vacation and is glad to be home. I'm so happy that he's back!! And I'll bet you feel 100 years older.... Mary and the other Chauncey (and Honey, too)
1146.5	:^)	JAWS::COTE	Full Noodle Frontity...	`Mon Feb 29 1988 14:31`	0
1146.6	Needed a Vacation!	DPDMAI::BALL	I AM standing up!	`Mon Feb 29 1988 14:53`	4
	He just wanted to get away from the rat race for the weekend! ;^) Pat
1146.7	Hoorah!!!!!	ITSBIG::VACCARI		`Mon Feb 29 1988 14:57`	5
	Welcome Home Chauncey!!! Thats great. We're sooooo happy this story had such a happy ending!!! Hope he stays put for a while :-) Erin, RumTum & McCafferty
1146.8	Welcome Home, Chauncey!	AWARD2::HARMON		`Mon Feb 29 1988 16:05`	7
	Schnitzel will be so glad to hear Chauncey has returned.....she really was upset thinking a fellow feline had possibly come to some horrible fate! However, I'll leave out the vacation part....she's been nagging at me to take her on one.... P.
1146.9	Please tag!	MEMV03::BULLOCK	Flamenco--NOT flamingo!!	`Mon Feb 29 1988 17:46`	20
	Good, good, GOOD!! I've been praying for Chauncey to return home safe and sound, and was so happy to see the good news today! You must be relieved and very happy. Now--if you haven't already, PLEASE get an ID tag and a collar for him! My friends have kidded me for years about the way I hover over my Billie, and the things I do for her; but I know how I would feel if she got out of the house and LOST. Just having that tag on him will give people HIS name, YOUR name and address, and most importantly, your phone number. (In CAT FANCY, there's even a "Meow Card" you can register your cat for that ensures people looking for your lost kitty 24 hours a day) That way, no one will mistake him for a stray. I'm sorry if I'm being too pushy, but it was miraculous that he is back; having an ID tag will be further insurance he stays that way. Again, we are very happy for you all, and thanks for posting this, Jane
1146.10	Probably Canada...	RENKO::MASON	Explaining is not understanding	`Mon Feb 29 1988 18:43`	6
	The post cards may take up to two weeks - they do from Montreal every time we send some home. The suspense was killing us! Welcome home C-cat... Gary
1146.11	YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH....	AIMHI::OFFEN		`Mon Feb 29 1988 19:05`	11
	WAY TO GO CHAUNCEY....................... I wish I could have been with him. A vacation at this time of year would be wonderful. Actually, I'm very, very glad to see that he made it back home. We at our house were all praying for him. Sandi (Lightning's & DejaVu's mom)
1146.12	tag suggestion	BPOV09::GROSSE		`Mon Feb 29 1988 19:13`	7
	Because cats that are out are generally asumed by a lot of people to be out I found that tags don't help -unless- as I have had put on my cats' tags the words "I'm lost if out!" with their name,my phone number and address. This lets folks know that this wandering kitty shouldn't be a'wandering.. Fran
1146.13	HOORAY HOORAY	REGENT::MICHAELSON		`Mon Feb 29 1988 19:21`	5
	HOORAY CHAUNCY!!!!!!!! Now tell us where did you go, with whom and were you good? Cho-Cho and her Mom
1146.14	Tagging around the town	LDP::BANGMA		`Mon Feb 29 1988 19:24`	12
	I say TAG HIM! My parents dog (sorry feliners) has run away from home countless times (gets very disturbed when it's raining, etc) and someone always finds her and brings her home. If you just can't see Chauncey becoming an indoor cat, please tag him. Most people who find a cat with a tag (hopefully never again for yours truly) know that someone really cares. Glad to hear he's home safe now! Pam
1146.15	Tagging - an excellent idea!	FSHQOA::RWAXMAN		`Mon Feb 29 1988 19:45`	10
	Thanks for all the nice homecoming welcomes - Chauncey will be very happy to know that so many people were praying for his safe return. I just talked to the vet about having tags made up. She said it will take six weeks for them to come in upon ordering, so it doesn't make sense for me to put in the order now since we will be moving in four weeks. Best to wait until I have my new address and phone number. So for now, old Chaunc's outings will be supervised by Mom.
1146.16	Great idea!!	MEMV02::BULLOCK	Flamenco--NOT flamingo!!	`Tue Mar 01 1988 16:15`	10
	Re: .12--- What a great idea! I would never have thought of that one..I'm going to have a new tag made up for Billie now with that added to it. Poor cat, pretty soon she'll need her own wallet to haul her ID around in! Thanks for the good suggestion! Again, welcome home, Chauncey! Jane
1146.17	Chauncey changed his name!	FSHQOA::RWAXMAN		`Tue Mar 01 1988 18:24`	15
	To give Chauncey a fresh, new start, his name has been changed. Dana hates the name Chauncey, has never said it once since we acquired him in December, and refers to Chauncey as "Kitty." So, last nite, we decided to call him Joshua (Josh or Joshi -which I especially like - for short). Chauncey never knew his real name anyway, since I call him Chauncey, Dana calls him Kitty, and everyone else called him Snowy before I adopted him, and still do. So now, Mary Tamir, you are the proud owner of the one and only Chauncey in this Notes file! Joshi says hi to all of you and said he'll send a picture after his brother Nikki comes to live with us; he wants Nikki in the picture too.
1146.18	but still #2 ;-)	TOMLIN::ROMBERG	Kathy Romberg DTN 276-8189	`Thu Mar 03 1988 13:38`	8
	So now he can be Josh #2 (in this notes file) :-) :-) Kathy - 'mother' of Joshua and Rebecca