| Title: | Meower Power is Valuing Differences |
| Notice: | FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY |
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| Created: | Sun Feb 09 1986 |
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As I have already written in this notes file, I am living and working
in West Germany at the moment and don't get the chance to see my
own furry little friends very often and none of my acquaintances
here have cats. So it was a nice surprise to receive a parting gift
from my wife after one of my trips home of a video cassette (not
unfortunately of our own cats, a situation I intend to rectify at
the newxt possible oppurrtunity) but one that she found in the local
shops in England. The title is "Cat Care" and covers every aspect
of cat ownership from the history of the breeds through to breeding
and showing, from selecting a cat or kitten to a full sequence on
bathing and drying a cat (if my memory serves me correctly the cat
being bathed ready for a show was a Birman.. they're getting around).
Although my wife and I have had cats for many years, and most of
the information in the video was not exactly news to me, especially
after reading this notes file, the video itself is very entertaining
and would be purrfect material for anybody thinking of getting a
cat or kitten. (Also it made me feel a lot better just to see the
furries on the video playing and mainly just being themselves -
maybe this could be a solution to _your_ problem Elaine??? I mean,
if you can see but not touch...8^)} ).
The video runs for about 60 minutes and comes complete with a set
of reference cards covering the different subjects. The presenter
is Johnny Morris, a nature and animal specialist and TV presenter
since even _my_ childhood. At the end of the video, Johnny talks
for a few minutes with Desmond Morris, author of "Catwatching" and
"Catlore" amongst others and asks a couple of the questions answered
in those books.
Details as follows:
Title: "Cat Care" a Virgin Videobook
Catalogue no: (VHS) VBK07
Copyright: Lifetime Vision Ltd and Virgin Vision Ltd 1988
Distributed (UK) by PVG, 69 Flempton Road, London E10 7NL
Tel No: 01-539-5566
Probably available in UK in branches of W H Smith etc...
Enjoy
Brian
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| 1725.1 | A Birman, yet!!! | BRUTUS::SOBEK | Thu Sep 01 1988 11:49 | 13 | |
The video sounds wonderful.. It appeals to me both because it feature
a Birman and because I have so much to learn about
care/breeding/showing if I'm going to undertake breeding/showing
Birmans in the future.
I have one concern, however. My son recenlty returned from London
with a video tape he was delighted to have, only to learn that it
is not playable on the equipment here in the US. There is information
in the Video Notes that explains the reason for this. Do you know
if the tape you mentioned is made in a format that will play on
our US tape players?
Thanks for sharing the info with us.
Linda
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| 1725.2 | I'll check it out - how much are they?? | EDUC8::TRACHMAN | E.T.'s ZhivagoCats....DTN: 264-8298 | Thu Sep 01 1988 13:53 | 11 |
Thanks Brian - I should look into obtaining this - my cat club
just bought some videos for the local schools - to educate kids
on cat care,spaying, and neutering - hoping to start the education
process young!
Yeah, it sure is all over if I touch one! Even worse if I hug them
warm furry little bodies!!! If I look them in the eye, we are on
the way home.....sigh
E.T.
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| 1725.3 | ...and I WON'T carry home a PAL machine!! | CLUSTA::TAMIR | ACMS design while-u-wait | Thu Sep 01 1988 14:05 | 11 |
Well, before we all get toooo excited and I get lots more requests
to bring the tape back on my next trip to the U.K....VHS format
in Europe is called PAL. They are not compatible with VHS here
in the States. You can find a place that will convert PAL to U.S.
format, but last time we did it, it cost $70.00 for one tape (YIKES!!).
You might try your local, friendly DEC A/V department to see if,
by some chance, they've got a PAL machine, but I don't hold out
much hope.
Mary
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| 1725.4 | Separated by a common video system | GYPSC::SHIPLEY | Is there life after DEC | Fri Sep 02 1988 04:05 | 15 |
I'll ask my wife, next time I speak to her, about the price (she
always takes the price off anything she buys me...). I have a feeling
it will be in the �7.99 to �9.99 range... ($13 to $16 @ present
rates)... Maybe someone in England could ring the distributors
or Virgin themselves to see if the video is (or will be) on release
in the States.. as I quoted, it is a brand new video and might already
be on its way...
"next time I speak to her.." sounds terrible if you don't know the
story.....
8^)}
Brian
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| 1725.5 | We spoke again !! | GYPSC::SHIPLEY | Is there life after DEC | Mon Sep 05 1988 10:47 | 6 |
Of course, she couldn't remember how much it cost... except for
"it was either �10 or �13 or something like that..."
brian
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