That was a fantastic story.... ....except for the ending.
S. Isaac Dealey wrote: >>We usually have long term guests - right now it's our >>friend Gregor & >>Barry. Barry leaves in June, then our friend Adam comes >>over in July. >>One of the reasons we needed a big house. Always lots of >>guests. :) >> >> > > > >>Our real kids have 4 legs - 3 dogs, 4 cats & a baby turtle >> >> > >We're liable to be that way eventually... Assuming we don't manage to >find a commune that fits us... 3 cats, 7 hamsters and a bunch of >hermit crabs right now. A turtle would be nice (turtle is even one of >my totems ... coyote, turtle and rabbit primarily... it's funny that a >lot of people see the shell and think "hermit" or "recluse", given >that turtle is such a social creature :) We haven't had any place for >dogs, given that in the 5 years since my ex and I split up I've never >had the money for a house (rent or buy). > >Honestly given our situation I wouldn't intentionally go out and adopt >more animals -- we got the hermit crabs for Tiff, but the hamsters and >all 3 cats have been sort of "rescues". We've ended up with them >because other people didn't want them for one reason or another. It >was less of an issue when it was just the first cat (Max) who appeared >to be stray but just wandered in to our apartment one day and we >suspect from a large array of behavioral quirks had been used for >experimentation. The last cat (Pumpkin) is about as close as you can >get to ferral without actually being a wild cat. He "belonged" to a >friend of Tiff's brother who was never home and never interracted with >(or cared for) the cat, but just let him stay in her apartment and put >food down for him. Unless you have the fridge open he won't let you >touch him, no matter who you are or how long you've been around. He's >fixed now, but we figured out why she never let him in her bedroom >after he got here because every night I would wake up to him humping >my leg and splooging on our sheets. > > >s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 >new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > >add features without fixtures with >the onTap open source framework > >http://www.fusiontap.com >http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:158968 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
