The Life and Death of Kitties

[grrgoyl]

This announcement is a bit overdue in coming, but we recently said goodbye to our cat Polo. It was sad, but she was 19 years old, hyperthyroid, arthritic, and it was discovered had fluid in her abdomen, so it was her time. She predated me in Tery's life and was her steadfast companion through 10 moves (spanning 3 states) and 2 relationships

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[dopshoppe]

I'm so sorry to hear about Polo. Believe me, I know how pets can be as important as family (or as is the case with my family, much more so). But Frances' awesome striped back legs will stand you in good stead in the years to come, I believe.

And I love you, too, Lainey. Even more than Perry Ferrell, and definitely more than Dave Navarro.

[grrgoyl]

Thanks, Ali. Tery took it much better than I expected after almost 20 years together. And yes, our pets are our children. The hardest are ferrets, who live but 6 years (if you're lucky) and are loved no less because of it.

More than Dave Navarro, you say? That's saying a mouthful. He's one hot potato. ; )

[ohdeve]

Alsatia is a nice name for a cat.

RIP Polo, but when cats need to go, they need to go. The beautiful thing is that there's always another kitten ready to be loved. I'm a big cat person...I don't cry a lot, but when my cats die, I'll weep like a little kid.

[grrgoyl]

Thanks Steve. I agree that when it's time, it's time. We had discussed it a week earlier but Tery needed that week to come to terms with the idea.

I'll bet weeping like a little kid is one of the things your fiancé loves about you, you big softie.

[vagynafondue]

RIP Polo. The pain of losing a pet has been worse for me than losing a person (with the exception of my pappap). They so quickly become such a stable part of our lives, you know?

Dude, the IRS is scary! They've been hovering over my mom for the past few years, making her life hell. So everything is OK now with that, I hope?

[grrgoyl]

Thank you Erin. I know what you mean. We love our 4-legged babies with all our hearts.

Tell me about it! My stomach was clenched so tight sitting on hold I thought I was going to vomit. Why are they bothering your mom? The HR lady seemed pretty confident about how to handle it, so yeah. I'm also relieved that the "deadline" is automatically extended 90 days so I didn't screw up that badly by leaving it in my back seat for 2 weeks.

[vagynafondue]

My family owns a drywall company which was started by my grandfather a long time ago. He died back in '96 and left my mom in charge, who ended up getting screwed by an accountant and by the time she found out, the IRS had already placed liens upon everything but her actual body.

It's essentially a huge mess that's been getting worse. I'm scared to death of the IRS!

I'm sorry to hear about your cat.

[kavieshana]

I know you know how incredibly exciting it is to see your own name dropped into someone else's post.

I think that "a stitch in time saves nine" has something to do with that fairy tale where a princess has to save her nine swan brothers by sewing shirts for all of them. Of course, that's just my own silly deduction and I've never heard anyone properly explain the phrase.

Re: I'm sorry to hear about your cat.

[grrgoyl]

Why do you think I did it? In point of fact, half the reason for mentioning my layout change was to provide me with just such an opportunity.

It's possible. I'm always fascinated by the origins of phrases like that (even moreso all the quirky British colloquialisms that America refuses to adopt), however mostly with the actual explanations, not inventive ones ; )

Re: I'm sorry to hear about your cat.

[kavieshana]

How clever of you! How considerate.

So I suppose you're not at all interested in the chance that FUCK could stand for "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" and that it might've been stamped into the heads of midieval sex offenders. Because that's just silly.

British colloquialisms such as...? I'm interested in these things as well. I love slang best of all.

Re: I'm sorry to hear about your cat.

[grrgoyl]

Yep, that's me. Cleverly considerate.

Interesting theory, but no. You are good at making stuff up though, aren't you?

Any of them, really. "Bob's yer uncle," "take the piss," "take the mickey," etc. Now that we're discussing it I'm suddenly drawing a complete blank.