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"Howard, W A 9 Y B W" <[log in to unmask]>
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Thurman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: Hungry kitties??


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> On Jun 19, 2013, at 7:06 PM, COLLEEN ROTH <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> I got my copy on Cassette from the Cleveland Public Library in 1980.
>> Colleen Roth
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Ron Miller <[log in to unmask]>
>> ,to3 [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:24 am
>> Subject: Re: Hungry kitties??
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>>> I don't know where you would find it now. I read it in hardcopy =
> Braille some
>>> 30 years ago in the library of the Orientation Center For The Blind =
> in
>>> Albany California. I hope they still have that copy, a comb-bound,
>>> single-sided transcriptionist brailled copy. I suspect the =
> transcriber
>>> brailled it on a standard perkins brailer some time in the 1970s. It =
> was a
>>> paper copy, not thermoformed sheets.
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>>> Ron Miller
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: For blind ham radio operators =
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Howard Kaufman
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 10:25 AM
>> @> ,to3 [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: Hungry kitties??
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>>> Where do you find the book?  its not on BARD.
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>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>>> From: "Ron Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:41 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Hungry kitties??
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>>>> The Silent Meow (m e o w) is fantastic and I very strongly recommend =
> it to
>>>> anyone who likes cats at all and wants a good laugh. Though it was =
> written
>>>> in the 1960s and is a bit dated, it's still relevant.
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>>>> For anyone's info, it is a manual written by a mother cat, for =
> kittens and
>>>> stray cats on how to take over a household.
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>>>> 73
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>>>> Ron Miller
>>>> n6msa
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: For blind ham radio operators =
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>>> On Behalf Of COLLEEN ROTH
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:46 AM
>> @> @> ,to3 [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: Hungry kitties??
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>>>> Hello,
>>>> Books written from the Cat's Perspective are usually pretty =
> insightful.
>>>> I like the Silent Miaow (that may be a little off) but it was an =
> unusual
>>>> spelling) by Paul Galico.
>>>> I actually read it twice on tape with the volume up.
>>>> I wanted my husband to learn more about cats. I did this when we =
> were
>>>> newlyweds because I already had cats.
>>>> Colleen Roth
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>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Jim Gammon <[log in to unmask]>
>> @> @> 1to#c [log in to unmask]
>>>> Date: Monday, June 17, 2013 6:35 pm
>>>> Subject: Re: Hungry kitties??
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>>>>> Oh how right you are Coleen.  I recently downloaded a short book of
>>>>> poems from the NLS site written from the perspective of cats.
>>>>> It was pretty humorous and I bet the photos in the hardcopy version
>>>>> would have made it even more so.  Anyway, the title was something
>>>>> close too: "I could Pee On That," or maybe it was this, but anyway =
> is
>>>>> dealt with just that, how we are just mere possessions of cats.  =
> 73,
>>>>> Jim
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>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: COLLEEN ROTH <[log in to unmask]
>> @> @> @@@> 1to#c [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Date sent: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:03:37 com0400
>>>>> Subject: Re: Hungry kitties??
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>>>>> Hi Jim,
>>>>> My cats were well cared for inside cats.
>>>>> I had a couple outside feral cats when I was growing up.
>>>>> People would drop them off.
>>>>> Cats do know what they want, after all we are their staff.
>>>>> Colleen, N8TNV;
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>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Jim Gammon <[log in to unmask]
>> @> @> @@@> #a;tocb-ds;c [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Date: Monday, June 17, 2013 2:54 pm
>>>>> Subject: Re: Hungry kitties??
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>>>>> Hi Colleen, the cat I was referring to was a well cared for  animal
>>>>> and he knew it.  After I would feed him, he had a certain  spot on =
> the
>>>>> carpet in the living room where he would go turn  round and round a
>>>>> few times then crash out on the floor.  I could  go pet him for a
>>>>> short time, but when he'd had enough he  definitely let me know it.
>>>>> He was a real character! Jim WA6EKS
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>>>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: COLLEEN ROTH <[log in to unmask]
>>>> @> @@@> 1to#c [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Date sent: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:32:14 com0400
>>>>> Subject: Re: Hungry kitties??
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>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> Well I am truly a Cat Person.  Yes they do know how to  communicate
>>>>> with us.
>>>>> I certainly thin that there are some Feral Cats but after a while
>>>>> they do learn that we will feed them.
>>>>> Colleen Roth
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>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Jim Gammon <[log in to unmask]
>>>> @> @@@> #abbtocb-dsbbc [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Date: Monday, June 17, 2013 3:20 am
>>>>> Subject: Hungry kitties??
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>>>>>  Howard, I'm not sure I agree with your assertion about hungry
>>>>>  kitties being friendly kitties.  We once had an adopto cat who
>>>>>  came around our apartment for handout's.  Well, I did like that
>>>>>  cat, a really large calico cat that I started hand feeding some
>>>>>  mesquite flavored chicken too.  If we were eating dinner and the
>>>>>  cat demanded to come in, we would let him in.  But, if I  wouldn't
>>>>>  pay attention to him, he would tap my leg with his paw.  If I
>>>>>  still ignored him, he would tap again, only this time with his
>>>>>  claws extended just a little, and if I still continued to not
>>>>>  attend to him, he would really get me.  He was really something.
>>>>>  That cat really had a personality that grew on us and I was sad
>>>>>  when he left the area.  It is really cool how unique animal
>>>>>  personalities are if we take the time to really get to know  them.
>>>>>  Folks with dog guides obviously know this from years of bonding
>>>>>  and working closely with their canine partners.  Jim WA6EKS
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>>>>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>  From: Howard Kaufman <[log in to unmask] @> @@@> 1to#c
>> @> @>@> [log in to unmask]
>>>>>  Date sent: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:40:52 com0500
>>>>>  Subject: Re: radio but not ham radio
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>>>>>  Yes,
>>>>>  A hungry Kitty is a friendly kitty!!!
>>>>>=20
>>>>>  See, the problem is that the dog is slow and the cats are fast.=20

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