Conference misery::feline_v1

364.0. "Hi Tech Cat" by EUCLID::LEVASSEUR (Declaration Of War, The Short Form) Thu Oct 23 1986 17:52

        Some other cat lover may find this amusing. My last roommate
    and I were both cat lovers, but where we lived pets were "Ver-
    botten!" We moved after the rent went up up up to a place where
    pets were welcome. Ahhhh! it was nice to see cats in every other
    apartment window, so I posted a kitten wanted ad in the apartment
    newsletter.
        A few weeks later two charming little 5 ish girls and their
    mom come knocking on our door, one girl holding a beautiful Maine
    coon kitten. The mother asked if we were the people looking for
    a cat. They were moving and could not take the kitten along so
    we adopted and duly! named him "Rascal" for his ability to get into
    any kind of trouble a kitten could. 
        As Rascal grew, he developed this attraction to high tech toys.
    My roommate played the organ and had a console Lowrey in the living
    room. Only when he sat down to practice would Rascal walk in and
    out of the opening for the swell peddle, making playing pretty
    hard. The cat always helped by jumping up and walking along the
    keyboard.
        My stereo and VT100 were in my bedroom, hmmmm! whenever the
    cat heard the beep at powerup, he came running from wherever
    he was to sit stalking the text as it painted the screen. Randomly
    he would jump in my lap or climb over my shoulder to paw at the
    text. There were times I had to lock him out of the room when I
    was logged in, due to his insistance at becomming a feline
    programmer. Whenever I attempted to play records, Rascal was
    there. He never showed any interest in the stereo unless I was
    seated at the mixing console (I do some DJ work and mix tapes
    on the side) The cat would walk abck between the two tables,
    and once in a while bat my hand at the console. He showed very
    little interest in normal cat toys and enjoyed watching tv,
    especially cartoons and movies with a lot of action, where he
    always tried joining in, jumping at the screen. The roommie
    moved to Florida, and since Where I was moving cats were
    definitelly out, Rascal went to Florida. I miss the little
    sucker, next moves gonna be where I can have a feline
    roommate.
    
    Ray
    

    Rascal sounds like a cutie.....I love to read these cat tales....I
    miss having my cat and as soon as I get a house or an apartment
    that allows cat --------meow city!  
    
    bs