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Conference misery::feline

Title:Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected
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Moderator:JULIET::CORDES_JA
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1079
Total number of notes:28858

757.0. "The Maynard Bus-meeting Felines..." by POWDML::MCDONOUGH () Tue May 10 1994 12:19

    
       On my way down 62 to MSO I frequently see 2 of the most laid-back
    felines that I've ever seen...
    
       These 2 are always with a couple of parents and young kids who are
    waiting for the school bus to arrive. One is a very large grey
    short-hair...possibly a Russian Blue. The other is a magnificent
    red-and-white Tabby, with medium-length hair. The red & white is marked
    really neat...white paws, white chin and a white 'belt'..rest is red
    stripe.
    
       Both of these 'kids' are usually sitting very elegantly and
    patiently with their people... Yesterday I happened to be going to the
    downtown Maynard area at around 12:00 noon, and there they were
    again...this time waiting for the kindergarten kids to come home...they
    were out with their people to meet the bus on the return trip...
    
      John Mc 
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757.1Yes! I saw the red one!HOTLNE::CORMIERThu May 12 1994 10:008
    John!  I saw that red tabby yesterday with the human family!  How funny
    you posted that today.  I slowed to get a good look because the cat was
    so beautiful, and appeared to be waiting for the bus, too!  I happened
    to go to MSO for a meeting yesterday and saw the red one.  Didn't see
    the grey, though.  Funny, I worked at MSO for a couple of years and
    never noticed them before.  I moved to HLO last month, and now I
    notice!  
    Sarah
757.2POWDML::MCDONOUGHThu May 12 1994 12:0913
       The Grey's location is about 2 blocks closer to MSO on the same side
    of the street... When I first saw the Grey, I remarked to my wife that
    night how well behaved and calm he/she was, as my 3 would have been
    spazzo-panic city if I ever took them out into a situation like this...
    This cat seemed better trained and well-behaved than the average kid
    is... 
    
       Then I see the Red & White...in the same vicinity....and this
    prompted the basenote... 2 little "angel" cats within a quarter mile of
    each other?? Pretty unlikely situation...but facts...
    
    
       JM
757.3Felines are social and like to greet youUSCTR1::ESULLIVANFri May 20 1994 09:5722
    
    What a cute note, thanks for sharing.  Yes, cats do like to greet their
    loved ones.  I am not surprised to hear that these cats were waiting
    for 'their children' to return home.  Both my cats come out of hiding,
    wherever they are, out or in, as soon as I come home.  My Siamese, of
    course, is all talk and full of scolding for being away so long.  She
    also hates it when I leave in the morning and puts up quite a fuss.
    
    My other cat thinks that he is a hood ornament for my car.  When I 
    arrive home, if he is outside he jumps up on the hood of my car to
    greet me.  Whenever I leave, if he is outside, he will jump on the hood
    of my car, and will not jump off even if the car starts to move.  I am
    sure that he would be content to go along for a ride if I let him.
    
    Eleanor
    
    p.s. I do not let my cats stay out all day.  They are in-and-outers.
         Sometimes I call my Siamese, In-Again-Out-Again-Finnegan.
    	 
    ems