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April 12th, 2021 at 7:35:14 PM permalink


I'm helping a friend trying to find a good home for this female kitten. We don't know too much about her. It just showed up at my friend's house in Phoenix one day. I suspect it was abandoned there. Something similar happened to me about tens years ago. I'm told this kitten is very affectionate and vocal. The reason my friend can't keep it is his long-time cats don't like the newcomer. I think he is willing to take it to Vegas for purposes of adoption.

I think he will address any questions you may have.

The question for the poll is who is your favorite cat?
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April 12th, 2021 at 8:21:26 PM permalink
Felix and Courageous are my two favorite cats.
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April 12th, 2021 at 8:44:41 PM permalink
From a pet adoption group:
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A rehoming fee is a payment made by potential adopters to the person or organization they are adopting a pet from. These fees are important because they require potential adopters to demonstrate the financial ability to care for a pet and to weed out people who collect dogs and cats listed as free to a good home for use in dog fighting, as bait animals, or to sell to labs....In order to make the pet unattractive to people who want dogs and cats for nefarious purposes, the fee should be at least $50. If you want the adopter to demonstrate a willingness to care for your pet's financial needs, you may want to charge more.

https://rehome.adoptapet.com/answers/dog-rehoming/what-is-a-rehoming-fee
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April 12th, 2021 at 9:15:16 PM permalink
When I was in high school, I had a little business breeding and selling guinea pigs. Once a pet store that had a lot of reptiles bought a litter of them. At the time, I wondered why a pet store that specialized in snakes would want guinea pigs.

I'm sure the temporary keeper of this cat will screen adopters carefully. Meanwhile, that makes sense about rehoming fees.
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April 12th, 2021 at 11:10:26 PM permalink
I have several cats. Right now this one is my fave.

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April 12th, 2021 at 11:25:57 PM permalink
1. Wizard's car cute adult female.
2. Evenbob's cat super model.
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April 12th, 2021 at 11:40:56 PM permalink
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April 13th, 2021 at 7:48:34 AM permalink
Sorry I can't help. While I wouldn't mind adopting a cat, Mrs. Joeman and our Lab mix would raise strenuous objections! Doesn't help that I am 2,500 miles away, either.

I voted for Richard Feynman as my favorite, but only because Zazzles was not an option!
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April 13th, 2021 at 8:04:17 AM permalink
Hope the kitty finds a place.

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April 13th, 2021 at 3:14:11 PM permalink
Best wishes on getting that kitten adopted.


About cats & the poll:

I totally do not remember a cat that lived next door to Snoopy. Google to the rescue. Yeah, I remember that stupid cat. But I still don't remember Frieda, the cat's owner.


And Richard Feynman? It took a bit of Google sleuthing to get why he's included. Boy is that a reference out of left field.

My favorite cat? Garfield.

Of course, part of the reason is because of a Garfield Get Well card I saw many years back. On the front, Garfield comments, "I heard you're sick." Inside he says, "Hope you don't die." (Sorry but I couldn’t find an image of it.)
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April 13th, 2021 at 3:30:23 PM permalink
The cat that lived next to Snoopy was not Frieda's cat, but the unseen one in your bottom cartoon. It destroyed Snoopy's doghouse many times, but it was always quietly rebuilt.

Here is the Richard Feynman reference.


Direct: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QhZLQsJg9U&t=16s

I should have included Felix the Cat, but didn't think of the idea at the time. Probably Garfield also, although I never liked that comic strip.
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April 13th, 2021 at 4:01:23 PM permalink
Thanks for providing the TBBT clip. Feynman's wikipedia entry included two references to cats, but neither are a clear connection as to why you included him in the poll.
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April 13th, 2021 at 4:36:22 PM permalink
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April 13th, 2021 at 4:52:51 PM permalink
Quote: smoothgrh

Thanks for providing the TBBT clip. Feynman's wikipedia entry included two references to cats, but neither are a clear connection as to why you included him in the poll.



I wanted to include one of the TBBT cats. Feynman was the most pertinent to the plot. Sheldon got him first before the rest of the clowder.

I also like the real Feynman. Almost saw him give a talk once on black holes, but the auditorium filled up before my place in line.
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April 13th, 2021 at 6:14:51 PM permalink
My two cat's were Felix and Oscar. The wife says that I can't get more until our current cat, Ellie, perishes.
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April 13th, 2021 at 7:03:40 PM permalink
Quote: DRich

The wife says that I can't get more until our current cat, Ellie, perishes.



I think Ellie would like a friend.
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April 13th, 2021 at 10:49:45 PM permalink
Quote: Keeneone

Garfield



In the 1980s there were Garfield figurines for sale everywhere. At Hallmark stores, in pharmacies, at airports. There were hundreds of them; all different. There were probably two dozen of them just for Halloween. My wife started collecting them in the early 80s she eventually had almost all of them. There were so many she could only display 40 or 50 at a time. She paid two or three dollars apiece for them and started selling them this year on eBay. Some of the harder to find figurines we're going for three or four hundred dollars each. I don't know how much she made but it has to be thousands of dollars.

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April 15th, 2021 at 7:38:42 AM permalink
Did she have Odie figurines too? Didn't a second cat come along at some point?
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April 15th, 2021 at 8:42:36 AM permalink
Quote: Wizard

Didn't a second cat come along at some point?

That would have been Nermal.
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April 15th, 2021 at 11:44:58 AM permalink
Quote: Wizard

I think Ellie would like a friend.



I agree, but the wife is adamant that we wait until Ellie perishes and our little puppy grows up more.

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April 15th, 2021 at 12:13:45 PM permalink
Quote: DRich

I agree, but the wife is adamant that we wait until Ellie perishes and our little puppy grows up more.



DRich.... I recognize your wife, but aren’t your ears longer?
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April 15th, 2021 at 1:25:36 PM permalink
Quote: SOOPOO

Quote: DRich

I agree, but the wife is adamant that we wait until Ellie perishes and our little puppy grows up more.



DRich.... I recognize your wife, but aren’t your ears longer?



I know we look alike, but that is our little puppy.
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April 15th, 2021 at 4:19:56 PM permalink
Quote: DRich

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Quote: DRich

I agree, but the wife is adamant that we wait until Ellie perishes and our little puppy grows up more.



DRich.... I recognize your wife, but aren’t your ears longer?



I know we look alike, but that is our little puppy.


Drich, what type of dog is that it looks like a mix with some Great Dane.
I grew up with Great Danes.
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April 15th, 2021 at 4:27:41 PM permalink
Quote: DRich

I agree, but the wife is adamant that we wait until Ellie perishes and our little puppy grows up more.



I see you and your wife, where is the family puppy.
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April 15th, 2021 at 8:39:59 PM permalink
Quote: DRich

I agree, but the wife is adamant that we wait until Ellie perishes and our little puppy grows up more.



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May 8th, 2021 at 7:26:43 PM permalink
Never had a cat this photogenic, this is my new wallpaper.

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