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Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies -- 'God damn it, you've got to be kind.'
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#26 2001-06-17 22:40:00

Rajan
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Re: Late night bitching

It's always a good idea to know where your towel is. I suppose on one's head is as good a place as any.

 

#27 2001-06-17 22:52:00

shadowsandice
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Re: Late night bitching

The Underworld is for scaredy cats.  I rule the land.  The Shadow Queen.

And oh, there's a little cat at th' door talking to mee...


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#28 2001-06-17 22:56:00

Tristan Lindsay
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Re: Late night bitching

Oh, right. With the Wockie Elite was it?

I have decided to rule The Land of the Ancient Sock and my gaurdians shall be the Yak's of Kelfazin!

All Hail to the Scrolling Mouse!

-Tristan


"Everything you can imagine is real." - Picasso

"I have an excellent idea, let's change the subject." -Mad Hatter (Disney Version)

 

#29 2001-06-17 23:06:00

shadowsandice
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Re: Late night bitching

My Wockies can take you out any time...*flexes*


Oh.
I miss having pets.  I really do.  And this cat is so soft and sleek and it's a chatty cat...'s purring like a badly tuned motor and then starts yowling when I stop petting.

*sniffes*

I miss pets.  I miss their company.  And we're renting.


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#30 2001-06-17 23:11:00

Rajan
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Re: Late night bitching

Good night, all. I'm going to bed. Thanks for the company. Have a pleasant night/morning/day.

Cheers,

kehvain

 

#31 2001-06-17 23:13:00

Tristan Lindsay
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Re: Late night bitching

My cat of 16 years died last night in her sleep. Isn't that sad?

Her name was Hi-yo. As in Hi-Yo Silver. (she was gray).

I know ... sniff, sniff. Sad, sad. But you're the one, brought up pets.

-Tristan

[ June 17, 2001: Message edited by: Tristan Lindsay ]


"Everything you can imagine is real." - Picasso

"I have an excellent idea, let's change the subject." -Mad Hatter (Disney Version)

 

#32 2001-06-17 23:17:00

shadowsandice
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Re: Late night bitching

G'night Kehvain...

'm sorry Tristan...my dog Tim I had t' leave in Melbourne when I moved up here...he's a grumpy old man now, but I love him t' death...'m always terrified he'll die before I get to have one more visit down and see him...I feel for you...

've never really lived with a cat...so I don't know what they're like as friends...

They probably smell better than dogs though.


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#33 2001-06-17 23:17:00

Red643
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Re: Late night bitching

Hey, I was the first member. That makes me an addict. Trust me. I feel far more ashamed than you'll EVER feel about this board.

 

#34 2001-06-17 23:25:00

Tristan Lindsay
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Re: Late night bitching

Actually I'm a dog person, myself. It's just that my dog didn't die. I feel like I'm dishonoring my cat by saying I'm a dog person though.

-Tristan

P.S. Dog's a chocolate lab by the name of Jedi.


"Everything you can imagine is real." - Picasso

"I have an excellent idea, let's change the subject." -Mad Hatter (Disney Version)

 

#35 2001-06-17 23:32:00

shadowsandice
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Re: Late night bitching

*crooked smile*

I don't think a cat would think a dog much competition anyway.

Tim is a mongrel.  Just like me.  The pet shop said he was a fox terrier cross...yeah right.


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#36 2001-06-17 23:48:00

Kiki
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Re: Late night bitching

WHOA!  You're number 7! How did you manage that?  You're up there with the hierarchs.  I'm exactly 500 behind you.  Yes, and how did I manage THAT...  ugh, I'm so disgusted.  I'm like an addict failure.  I mean a Taddict failure.  Jiriki, I look up to you, I do.


You call it Hope; that fire of fire,
It is but agony of desire!
-from Tamerlane by Edgar Allen Poe

 

#37 2001-06-17 23:50:00

shadowsandice
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Re: Late night bitching

Yeah but we hardly see you here, Jiriki...
We don't smell that bad, honest.


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#38 2001-06-17 23:53:00

Red643
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Re: Late night bitching

A community of 600 is a little too large for me, but I post occasionally :)

 

#39 2001-06-17 23:56:00

shadowsandice
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Re: Late night bitching

Point.

Like some tea?  'm making some.


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#40 2001-06-17 23:57:00

Red643
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Re: Late night bitching

Surely! Mmm... Tea...

 

#41 2001-06-17 23:59:00

shadowsandice
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Re: Late night bitching

Hokay....

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It's in th' post.  You might need t' reheat it when it arrives though.  Heh.


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#42 2001-06-18 01:30:00

shadowsandice
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Re: Late night bitching

Bloody hell th' cat is STILL out there!

I went out t' get th' saucer 'n in nearly pounced me....gah.


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#43 2001-06-18 01:38:00

Tad
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Re: Late night bitching

Really sorry to hear about Hi-Yo, Tristan.  We lost a beloved (much younger) cat just a short while back.  It doesn't matter how old they are.  It still hurts.


"God bless your crooked little heart."

- Tom Waits

 

#44 2001-06-18 01:45:00

Tad
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Re: Late night bitching

Tristan Lindsay wrote:

Though is it just me or didn't this site used to be a lot more activer late at night.

Actually, one of our topics a week ago was called:

It's sure quiet around here this weekend.

It was also Father's Day today (in the US.)  That's what I was doing from the time I got up until about 10pm at night, so it didn't leave a lot of time for visiting the board.


"God bless your crooked little heart."

- Tom Waits

 

#45 2001-06-18 02:47:00

Garcia
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Re: Late night bitching

Is anyone still here? I'm going to turn this into an early morning bitching (yes, I HATE Mondays).

Talking about the loss of pets ... It's true, it hurts so much. We had four cats but when he had to move from our house to a rented flat (due to problems with our relatives and a heritage thing) we couldn't take them with us. They stayed with the new owners of the house but they could as well be dead. I loved them from the bottom of my heart (especially one called Moritz, a wonderful black as night tom cat who chose me as the person responsible for his daily needs), and it still brings tears to my eyes when I think about them. I would love to have a pet but I can't leave it alone all day.


»Ohne Musik wäre das Leben ein Irrtum.«
Friedrich Nietzsche

 

#46 2001-06-18 03:13:00

Tad
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Re: Late night bitching

On the other hand, Garcia, I've been pulling the four month old kitten off the screen doors all night.

Little bugger's chasing bugs, and it's hot here and we'd love to have the doors open, but he's ruining the screens so I finally gave up and shut all the doors and windows again.

So there's always a downside to everything.

(Plus the wee monster bit my toe while I was watching television earlier.  Bloody cat.)


"God bless your crooked little heart."

- Tom Waits

 

#47 2001-06-18 03:50:00

Garcia
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Re: Late night bitching

Haha, I know ... and that's what makes them so loveable. They always do what you don't want them to do, they tease you and wake you up early in the morning because they're hungry (or pretend to be).

I wish I had a cat that would bite my toes. *sighs*


»Ohne Musik wäre das Leben ein Irrtum.«
Friedrich Nietzsche

 

#48 2001-06-18 04:00:00

shadowsandice
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Re: Late night bitching

My visitor cat climbed halfway up our screen door just before.  It was rather startling t' pull back th' curtain and be face t' face with this inquisitive, pushy cat.


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#49 2001-06-18 04:24:00

Garcia
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Re: Late night bitching

Ahahaha, I just imagined that. Scary. :)


»Ohne Musik wäre das Leben ein Irrtum.«
Friedrich Nietzsche

 

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