Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ROFL.....had great concern for you until I looked at the photograph.... your story triggered a flashback to the time when, as a 6 year old, I picked up a lizard by its tail and it fell off, had this tail wriggling in my hand with no body attached to it, I cried for days....thinking it was my doing.... Karina > Rei, that's a great cat picture. > > All this fuzzy talk about the cats and dogs who share your lives through > sickness and health, sorrow and joy; it's wonderful, but it makes me so > sad. And when I'm sad I want to lash out at people. I can't help myself. > As much as I've tried, I just can't take a liking to our little furry > friends. Maybe I shouldn't say this because you people might laugh at > me, but when I was a child in grammar school, I would cry after > show-and-tell because everybody would pet and scratch the little > hamsters, kittens, and opossums that were brought in, but nobody would > scratch my head. It made me sad, so I used to pinch the little hamsters > on the nose so they couldn't breath. I don't want anyone to feel sorry > for me, because everything is going to change. I have a secret friend. > I've had him for a awhile, but I didn't want to tell anyone because I > thought people might laugh. When I'm sad he lies next to me and I > scratch his little head. I love that he needs me. He's so much better > than a dog or cat or hamster. He's a real friend who needs me as much as > I need him. My friends on the LUG are the first to meet him: > > http://photocritique.net/g/s?00k9cn > > Allan > > > On Thursday, May 9, 2002, at 06:25 PM, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > > God bless you guys. my 18 year old cat chowder head was in the > > animal hospital for a week after being sick for some time. they really > > fixed him up (for the price of a new M7). here he is as he was > > 15 years ago: http://www.shinozuka-family.com/oldphotos/chowspot.JPG > > > > but you vets are just wonderful people, in my experience quite a bit > > more personable than the people doctors i've met. :-) > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html