Subj : Cats was: Travelling PT 2
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Thu Jun 22 2023 13:53:42
Hi Dave,
DD> Cats can be odd sometimes. I had one I named Spot (because she
DD> followed me around like a dog) who I shared some hamburger-based red
RH> Craziest cat name we ever gave one was Dog. Mom (Socrates, had a
RH> brother Hippocrates) had kittens, dad thought we'd give them all away.
RH> To tell them apart, he designated them Able, Baker, Charlie and Dog.
DD> So it was a "convenience" name, not a personality one?
Exactly! He served in the Navy during WWII and that was the standard
phonetic alphabet at the time. Steve learned Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and
Delta when he went into the Army; Nato uses that version. I learned it
from just listening to him use it--comes in handy when I have to spell
my last name on the phone--if people are familiar with it. We've heard a
lot of varients over the ham radio airwaves in the past few years tho.
RH> First 3 found homes, mom cat died on the operating table during her
RH> spaying. Hippocrates had passed on before that--found out there was
a RH> genetic heart defect in that cat line. Kept Dog, kept the name.
She RH> went on to have a litter at the start of the Apollo 11 moon
shot so for RH> designators we used Neil, Buzz, Michael and Diana
(Roman goddess of the RH> moon).
DD> Darwin was right, you know.
They were all good cats--hired for the mousekeeping.
DD> gravy from
DD> the spaghetti. She licked up all of the sauce and left the meat.
DD> Pretty odd behaviour for a cat.
RH> Quite so. We had a kitten and Sam who were both popcorn lovers.
DD> Spot was the first (and only) cat I ever saw who would leave meat in
DD> her bowl.
Jenny-cat left lamb and rice in her dish--she actually pushed the dish
away and refused to eat it. Vet had perscribed it as we were trying to
figure out some health issues so she said to put her back on what she
was used to eating.
DD> I used to half-open the cans of packed in oil fish and let it drain
DD> over the kitty kibble. The cats loved it.
Kibble disappeared rather fast when topped with fish oil. (G)
DD> This is from a cookbook I published (wish I had a copy) when I wore
a DD> younger man's clothes called "Advice For The Newly Single". It
was for DD> freshly graduated, living away from Mom & Dad for the first
time. Or DD> newly divorced man on their own with no housekeeping chops
nor cooking DD> skills.
DD> It was first printed in my newspaper column, "The Dim View"
RH> Put out a call for it on your neighborhood group; somebody may have a
RH> copy or know of someone who knows someone with a copy.
DD> I've been looking for years. I "rescued" many of the recipes by going
DD> through the archives of the college I was attending at the time. That
DD> to put ourselves through to degrees on the revenue from the Spectrum.
DD> John, to a Bachelor's in Literature and me to a Master's in Public
DD> Affairs.
DD> That school, which I was in on the founding of, is now the University
DD> of Illinois at Springfield.
Sounds like it started as a Baby Boomer school and just grew from there.
The college I graduated from became a university last year; it's not
that big but they had their reasons. Like Fort Bragg is now Fort
Liberty; I'll always think of Houghton College and Fort Bragg.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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