Interesting conversation at the vet.

[Riverkilt]

Good story Al, glad your cat is better.

I've had cats all my life. Can't imagine living without a cat around. Current cat is all black too, Bajita, named for the combination of baja = lower and "ita" = little from when she was a baby kitten among big cats.

Can't recall the name of the lady who wrote it, but she said something along the lines of " 'tis a fearful thing to love something you know will die." Which fits for cat ownership for me. I know when I pick a new one that I'll probably outlive it. Had a Siamese that made 21 years.

One reason my local WalMart sells a lot of garment bags, keeping my kilts cat hair free.

As much as I enjoy kilting, if it came down to it and I had to chose between kilts and cats for some reason I'd pick cats.

Ron

[Bob C]

As much as I enjoy kilting, if it came down to it and I had to chose between kilts and cats for some reason I'd pick cats.

Not me. I'd pick kilts in a second. Unfortunately, I'd have to pick a new wife, too.

For some reason, she's attached to those little shedding, scratching and pooping machines.

[GlassMan]

Since I'm allergic to cats, I stick with dogs. But I still think cats are cute as the dickens.

But I did have a funny reaction the last time I was at the doctor's office.

Unfortunate I was there because of an intestinal disturbance. The doc diagnosed it as viral and gave me a prescription. The then said that a Nurse would be in to give me my first dose as a shot. The nurse came in, saw me in the kilt and said "Oh this will be easy."

She asked me to stand up and turn around. At which point she promptly flung the back of my kilt up and jammed the needle home!

Afterwards she commented that it was the easiest shot she'd given all day.

[chasem]

That is hillarious, Glassman!

[cormacmacguardhe]

My wife and I maintain quite a menagerie, in addition to our small flock of hens, with their two roosters; we have three African geese, a white duck, a turkey hen, two dogs, about twenty cats and a room full of cages with 21 guinea pigs. Our account with our vet is quite large, even though she gives us a discount on spays and neuterings. Oh, I forgot our miniature mule. The biggest problem I have encountered so far with cats and kilts, is when one of the cute little felines decides to jump on my lap, and uses their claws to get a foothold. Ouch!!!

[Wompet]

The biggest problem I have encountered so far with cats and kilts, is when one of the cute little felines decides to jump on my lap, and uses their claws to get a foothold. Ouch!!!

My cat actually seemed disappointed the first time she tried that on my UK Workmans and didn't get a reaction ...

[jfellrath]

My devious wife is trying to teach our black lab/greyhound mix dog to cold-nose me under the kilt.

Hmm... maybe THAT'S why she's bought me two kilts and has a third one on the way for Christmas... I think there's a madness to her method!

[Mr. Kilt]

Nice to see how many animal lovers are on the board. The pillow does indeed say it all. I could not imagine life without one or two of the furry critters having the run of the house. I lucked out in marrying a woman who is as cat-crazy as I am.

KCW...your two kitties really do look like younger copies of mine! That is rather incredible, especially since your Murphy is diabetic as well.

We had a minor emergency with Lincoln yesterday...he went mildly hypo-glycemic on us. Had to make a quick trip to the vet with him, but everything turned out fine. They want us to keep him off the insulin for the next two days, then bring him back in for another blood-glucose check. They'll probably have us reduce his dose after that.

Here's another shot of him that's kinda cute. He had 9 teeth removed in July, including his upper fangs. Every so often he gets this cool Billy Idol sneer going. LOL

[Wompet]

My devious wife is trying to teach our black lab/greyhound mix dog to cold-nose me under the kilt.

Hmm... maybe THAT'S why she's bought me two kilts and has a third one on the way for Christmas... I think there's a madness to her method!

That's nothing - I have a 100 lb. Rottweiler/German Shepherd/Pit Bull/Beagle mix that like to duck his head and walk between people's legs. You should the looks people have when I'm talking to them and the bottom of my kilt starts lifting ... by itself ... and a nose emerges ... followed by a dog's head (and body if he doesn't stop).

And depending on where he decides to stop, occassionally it looks like I have a wagging tail sticking out the back of my kilt!

[Sir Robert]

My wife's black cat Matrix died recently and we burried him in the back yard.

Sorry to see the bugger go, beautiful animal, long smoke colored hair.

I got him a tombstone with his name and a pentagram, black cat would have been Wiccian right?