Conference misery::feline

    This topic will be for keeping each other up to date on our comings and
    goings.  If you are going away and want to let folks know, you can do
    that here.  This can be the topic where we keep track of each others
    trips, vacations, leaves, transitions, SERPS, whatever.
    
    Jo

    Ulterior motives abound with me today!!  I will be first in this new
    topic.  :')
    
    I will be going out on a medical leave in a few weeks.  I have to have
    my hip replaced again.  Some of you may remember back 5 years ago when
    I went and had this current hip put in.  Well, I hate to say it but I
    have worn this thing out already.  Out with the old and in with the
    new, as they say.  
    
    My last day here will be May 22nd.  I will be taking a week of vacation 
    starting on May 25th.  I have lots to do at home to get ready for a
    long disability.  My house is going to have to be ship shape before I
    go in for surgery.  My surgery date is June 1st and they expect to have
    me in the hospital for 10-14 days.    
    
    My medical leave will be anywhere from 4-6 months if all goes well. 
    The up side of all this is that I will have lots of time to spend with
    my kitties while I am recuperating. :')
    
    I will still have my account on MUTTON and will still be checking in
    on Feline to make sure that all is going well.  I want to keep in touch
    with all of you while I am gone.  I would go crazy if I couldn't log
    into Feline every now and then and chat with all of you.
    
    
    Jo
    

    Glad you're keeping an electronic connection.  When you feel relatively
    mobile let us know and we'll schedule a West Coast dinner.
    

    Oooo, Jo, a 4-6 month recovery?!  I really feel for you!  I would go
    batty even *with* a bunch of furfaces to keep me company.  Do you have
    lots of good books to keep you occupied?  What kind of reading do you
    do (assuming you like to read)?  I may have some good books to loan
    you.
    
    Anyway, is your current hip stainless steel?  I remember seeing a
    medical show on a PBS station about bones being replaced with coral
    now.  The advantage to the coral is that the body fills it in with bone
    and dissolves the coral in the process, so there are no problems with
    it wearing out or the body rejecting it.  I don't remember if they were
    doing this with hips or just with other "straight" bones.
    
    Here's wishing you a speedy recovery!  Hope to hear from often.
    
    Best,
    Michelle

    What?  Jo with no books?!  :^)  I couldn't imagine!!  :^)
    
    We will miss you.  Glad you will be logging in to visit from time to
    time.
    
    Here's to a successful surgery and speedy recovery!
    
    -Roe
    

    The current hip is made out of titanium Michelle.  The new one will be
    too.  And plastic.  And bone graft.  That is the reason for the long
    recovery, I will have lots of grafting done this time too (like last
    time).
    
    Sherry Robinson has already provided me with a great list of books to
    read.  And I have a few laying around the house that I haven't had a
    chance to read yet.  If any of you have suggestions for books, send me
    mail!  I love to read!!  
    
    And I love to do puzzles, so I have a few of those lined up too.
    
    Jo

    Time is fleeting for me too Jo, (SERP) but I want to wish you
    a speedy recovery and enjoy your time off with your kitties.
    
    This doesn't sound like an operation I would want to have done twice
    but the alternative isn't good either.  Lot's of gritting the teeth
    (at least that is what my friend did.)
    
    I will be keeping in touch through Roberta.
    
    Regards,
    Barbara

    BTW, all those of you who remember Jill Grafton, she is now working
    with a cat friend of mine out here.  I get to keep in touch with her
    through Janet. :')  I will pass along any hello's.
    
    Jo

    Am at Digital Paris to training from 1-5 June and am glad to chat with
    any feliner (or feline... :*)).
    Meow: Nat

    Jo,
    
    I've not been in here for a bit and just read this.  I wish you all the
    best.  I've also been flat out for 14 weeks and I can sympathize with what
    your going through.  Hang in there and I'll keep in touch through Mz.
    Balzer.  Prayers and good thoughts being sent your way.  and
    
    hang tough
                                                             
    Giudi

    Jo, best wishes for a speedy recovery,, you will be in my thoughts and
    prayers..
    Kate, Happy, Preschie, Kissy..

    For those who wish to have the address for Stanford Medical Center
    where Jo is having her surgery, here it is.
    
    			Stanford Medical Center
    			30 Pasteur Drive
    			Palo Alto, CA  94305
    
    Patient:  Jo Ann Cordes Brown
    
    
    Jo doesn't have a room number yet (she's probably still in surgery
    right now) so the woman I spoke to suggested putting the patient 
    information in the bottom left corner of the envelope.  As soon as
    I have her room number I'll modify this note.
    
    Stanford's general information phone number is:  415-723-4000
    
    Jan

>    This topic will be for keeping each other up to date on our comings and
>    goings.  If you are going away and want to let folks know, you can do
>    that here.  This can be the topic where we keep track of each others
>    trips, vacations, leaves, transitions, SERPS, whatever.
    
well, I feel I qualify for this one...although, it wasn't a planned absence.
i went to the hospital in an ambulance approx. 3 weeks ago - my gall bladder
had decided to move some stones around...and one ended up in my bile duct.
i was a wonderful color of orange with green edges - and i was very sick.

I now have a very ugly gash across my tummy - and i can eat green peppers
and onions again!!!!

i will be out for at least another 3 weeks - so hold down the fort
for me while i'm at home!

I'll be sending cards to Jo so she knows i'm thinking about her...take
care all!

			D

    I just talked to Ken.  Jo is out of surgery (ended at 1:00pm, a little
    later than expected).  Apparently the old joint was pretty loose when
    they took it out.  The doctor was surprised at how loose it actually was.
    Now we know why she was in so much pain.  She is still in recovery and 
    the doctor says she can move her feet which indicates there is no nerve
    damage (per Ken this is always a consideration in this surgery).  Ken
    and my mom are at the hospital but neither of them have actually been
    allowed to see Jo yet.  I guess they want to give her some time to 
    sleep off the anesthetic and to be sure everything is really okay.  
    
    The modified address is:
        
    			Stanford Medical Center
    			300 Pasteur Drive
    			Palo Alto, CA  94305
    
    Patient:  Jo Ann Cordes Brown, C303A
    
    
    
    Stanford's general information phone number is:  415-723-4000
    
    Jan
                                                                        

Many of us have been in this file for a number of years and have known
Jo for quite a while now.

I'm wondering if we'd like to take up a collection and send her a nice plant
or something from all of the FELINERS?  I'd be willing to coordinate it with 
no problem at all.

Please send me mail if you'd like to contribute to a plant for her.  We can
arrange for me to somehow get the money.

Jan, how long is she expected to be in the hospital??  I was thinking of
sending the plant on friday.

Thanks.

Holly

    Jo is expected to be in the hospital 10-14 days.  This is day 2.
    
    I saw her last night for about 1 hour.  She was doing pretty well
    considering she had tubing and things connected to her all over the
    place.  In fact, when I left the nurse was trying to get all that
    tubing organized.  She had some fluid in her lungs after surgery
    so they are monitoring her respiration and keeping her on oxygen 
    until that clears.  She told me it only hurt when she coughed and
    unfortunately, because of the fluid, she was doing some coughing.  
    She may be a little more sore today as the anesthetic and epidural 
    clear her system.
    
    She's supposed to be sitting up and dangling her legs over the bed
    or actually standing today, depending on the pain level.
    
    I'll probably be over there again tonight so if you have a message
    you want delivered, let me know.
    
    Jan

    Re: if you have a message you want delivered, let me know.
    
    Big furry hugs from everyone, of course.
    

    Naturally!
    
    K.C.

    Jo....
    
    Meow...Meow...Meow....we miss you and hope for a speedy recovery!!
    
    Sandy (Barkley, Poco, Angus, Chloe, Dewey, Abby, Bogie, 
    	   Van Gogh, and J.C.)

    JO!
    
    Thinking about you and sending you many many warm and healing thoughts. 
    Hang in there - your gonna be just fine!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    
    with luv from the Fossats
    Giudi, + Pippin, Gino & Stitch

    Get well soon and we look forward to having you back!
    
    With good, healing thoughts,
    
    -Roberta + 5
    

    Jo,
    
     Me too! Me too! Many warm healing thoughts coming your way! Hope
    you're up and about soon! I know you have that deadline you want to
    meet! ;-)
    
    Love,
    
     Y

    
              yes,  us too,  all the little kitties have their paws
    crossed for a quick recovery..........
    
              Denise and the gang

    Jo,
    
    Get well soon!!
    
    Best,
    Michelle

I saw Jo Ann today and things have changed a bit since yesterday.
I have her permission to give all the "gory" details.

She had a fever of 102 today which was down to 100 by the time I
arrived at 7:00pm.  I don't want to gross anyone out here but 
she was coughing up blood instead of just the fluid and her blood
pressure was down to 100 over 56.  They're concerned about this
change but apparently they feel they can take care of it.  She 
is on antibiotics.  

The pain medication is making her itch so they're adding something
to her IV to control the itching.  The self-dosing pain medication
is part of a study.  The pain management person has people that 
come in and have her show them on this slide rule type of thing
how much pain she is in.  I guess the guy today was rather
insensitive and acted like he thought she was a wimp.  Worst thing
about this thing is that when she presses the button for a dose
of pain stuff she may get the pain stuff or she may get a placebo.
The machine decides.  She also has 2 IV's one in her arm and one 
(epidural) in her shoulder.  The nurses do not know which of the 
2 IV's the pain medication flows through (apparently they're not 
supposed to know).

She's still getting oxygen and still has the respiration/oxygen
saturation monitor attached to her finger.  With all the machines
and things around the bed it is sometimes hard to hear her as 
she is speaking pretty softly and tends to fade at the end of a
sentence.

She actually stood today.  She was going to just sit on the bed
and dangle her legs but she decided at the last minute to stand.
Apparently this had something to do with her wanting them to 
straighten out the sheets that had bunched up where she had been
laying.  She said it did hurt a lot to stand.

I took in some print outs of the good wishes you sent and she 
was happy to see them.  I promised to bring more stuff when I
go over there again on Thursday.  She has a hard time staying
awake long enough to read anything lengthy though.  Sometimes 
it is hard to tell if she is awake or not because she keeps her 
eyes closed a lot.  She says she never realized she had such 
heavy eyelids.

Well, that's all for today.  I'll be calling her tomorrow since
I can't be there in person.  If you're still interested in 
reports I'll post another update when I have more information.

Jan
                                             

	Best wishes to Jo from this side of the ocean. Hugs from my MC's
	(Kathy, Lance and Meda). Get well soon, I'll try to post a card/
	photos to you (Jo) but I don't know if they will reach you in
	time. Otherwise the hospital will send them to you (I HOPE) !
	

	Erwin.

    Get Well Soon Jo!
    
    I'll be visiting the West Coast in September, so I expect to see you up
    and running around by then!!
    
    Hugs!
    
    
    Lisa plus Pookie, Rolf and Florence....... in the UK.
    
    
    

    Warm wishes for a speedy recovery!
    
    Michele, Nippa, and the barn crew.

         We're pulling for you!
    
    					- Andrea, Loki, Bigfoot & Midnight

    D....just a note to also wish you a speedy recovery.   I'm sure it
    was a very frightful experience being rushed to the hospital!
    
    Glad to see your on your way to recovery...and you will be able
    to eat peppers and onions again!!!
    
    Enjoy your furfaces while you are home....
    
    Sandy

Jo,

Here's hoping that you'll be up and around very soon.  I'm sure that all
of your furrfaces really miss their mommy.

Gentle hugs!

Holly

Is there anyone else who would like to donate a few dollars to the plant for 
Jo??  We've gotten three people so far. (besides myself)  I'd really like
to show her how much we all miss her and hope she's well soon.

Holly

Happy meows, purrs, and hugs to both Jo and Dian!!

May the furs be with you :-)

Jill

    How about telling the pain study people to take a hike?  That
    self-dosing of medication for pain is known to work well for people
    with chronic pain;  it both reduces the amount of medication needed
    because people are less anxious that it won't be available later on,
    and makes it easily available when the patient really needs it.  Why
    they have to do this placebo business is beyond me.
    

    That's insane a PLACEBO!  Are they kidding?  I had to have an emergency
    C-section 1989 to deliver my daughter.  (Amazing how much you use those
    muscles and don't realize it)  My bestfriend for three days was my
    "pump".  It was set up so every 6 minutes I could push the button and
    give myself my pain medication.  Because it was preset if I pushed the
    button before 6 minute intervals nothing happened.  It was great I
    didn't have to worry about the nurses being too busy, or shift change. 
    The pump would beep when it only had four doses left so that way the
    nurses had plenty of time to refill before I ran out.
    
    If they really want to study the pain why don't those people go put
    their hand in a blender and see where they would put that on a slide. 
    It really amazes me sometimes the way "modern" medicine works.
    
    Hope Jo gets back on her feet soon.  Pawpats and kitty kisses from my
    gang and best wishes from their mom.
    
    Kim (Morticia, Alpo, and the rescues)

    
          "if we're still interested"?   of course!!!!!  Do let us know
    anything right away.........
    
           I'll have all my kitties cross their little toes again.....
    
           Denise and the gang

    Okay, 2nd try.  My workstation just died in mid reply.
    
    My dad called a while ago with Jo Ann's new phone number.  I and
    a few other people had been trying to call her all day and I was
    beginning to think the worst when no one could reach her.  She 
    changed beds in her room so her room number now is C303B instead
    of C303A.
    
    The latest gory details are:
    
    Her fever was 103 most of today.  She originally gave the temp
    to me in centigrade; I had to have her translate it.  They are 
    removing most of the tubing she had attached to her as it can be
    considered a possible source of infection.  They left the catheter
    and the blood drain for her leg.  They stopped the blood recycling
    process.  She still has fluid in her lungs.
    
    The pain management study is gone.  She's stuck waiting for a nurse
    to bring pain medication now.  Of course if it is between waiting for
    a nurse and getting a placebo, I'd wait.  She's on something that 
    starts with a V.  She doesn't remember what it is.  She's had two 
    today and was beginning to feel the need for a 3rd while we were on 
    the phone.
    
    Both of her IV's failed today.  This means the poor little veins just
    gave up and collapsed.  She does have problems with keeping those
    veins going.  Apparently she's quite bruised from the attempts to
    restart the IV's.  They've removed the epidural IV from her back.
    I'm not clear on what the status is of the one in her arm.
    
    She is allergic to the paper tape they used to tape everything to her.
    We knew she had a problem with the normal tape they use but I don't
    recall her having a problem with the paper tape before.  She now has
    patches of rash everywhere the tape was.
    
    And the good news is...while I was talking to her on the phone she was
    sitting in a chair across from the bed instead of laying in bed.  This
    is good.  It means they're getting her up and moving her around and 
    she is able to handle it.  When she changed beds she opted for the
    window side of the room so she has a small view now.  The window side
    didn't seem as cramped as the side she was on originally.
    
    I won't be seeing her tonight as I have a meeting after work.  I'll
    take her some more of your well-wishes and maybe a mail message or 
    note or two tomorrow.  She really seemed to reading them yesterday.
    
    Thanks for all the good wishes and prayers.
    
    Jan
    
    

    A couple of tiny things that might help:
    
    I'm allergic to bandaids too, and my doctor once suggested something
    that helps.  You can get Aloe Vera gel pretty cheaply in a drugstore,
    like a couple of dollars a bottle.  Look for the mostly pure stuff (like
    95% to 99%), as opposed to Beautiful Cosmetic Product Lotion with a dab
    of Aloe Vera added.  And apply it to the red areas a few times a day. 
    It seems to work best when you start early with it.
    
    Vitamin C is pretty good at reducing bruising and speeding healing
    after surgery.  I'd be snarfing up several grams a day if I were Jo. 
    My understanding is that you can't overdose on it, that the body
    excretes any excess.  That means, (sorry delicate minded folks) that
    if she does overdose, there might be some slight diarrhea.  I've found
    that when I've had the flu, however, I can take ten or more
    grams a day for days before that starts to happen at all.
    
    Can't they give her pain medication that's under her control?  Without
    that placebo nonsense?
    

my heartfelt wishes for a speedy recovery for Jo.  Tell her Dilly and
the wilde house gang are all waiting for good news about here....we
have all our fingers, toes, and paws crossed for good luck.

		Love from us all,

			D, Dilly, Missy Hana, The Flash, and Sam...
				and Sadie(the dog)

    
    	re Karen - yes, it is possible to overdose on Vit C, it
    	must be a fat soluable (sp?) as opposed to water. My brother
    	in law ate a whole bag of those vit C `candies' one time, 
    	and had to be brought to the hospital with uncontrollable
    	muscle spasms! But, I suspect Jo has more sense than he 
    	does, and wouldn't go eating a whole BAG of the things.... :)
    
    	Sherry
    

    My understanding is that ascorbic acid (VIT C) is water soluable.
    Now it might be possible to OD on it if you take a huge amount
    at one time.   Your body wouldn't be able to excreet it fast
    enough, but its not like Vitamin D or A which is fat soluable
    and builds up in the tissues over time.  
      Nancy
    

    I went to see Jo Ann last night.  I snuck in there at 9pm and stayed
    till 11pm.  A friend had decided I needed some attitude adjustment 
    before going so he took me out to Bennigan's.  It was great just to 
    be able to laugh again, and, did he ever make me laugh!
    
    Anyway, when I arrived at Jo Ann's she was being attended by her 
    male nurse, Andre.  Andre is Australian and his accent is a joy to
    listen to.  He's really funny too.  Those two were bantering back
    and forth all night.
    
    Jo Ann looks soooo much better.  She sounds better too.  It was
    such a relief to catch a glimpse of the "normal" Jo.  All her IVs
    and machines are gone.  She still has bruises and needle marks all 
    over her arms from where they mistook her for a pin cushion trying 
    to restart her IVs.  She uses a warm compress on her left arm to
    try and soothe it.
    
    She's getting up and hopping to the bathroom herself now, with a 
    walker to steady her.  She's not allowed to put weight on her leg for 
    quite a while yet.  They're talking like she is doing so well that
    they'll probably send her home the beginning of next week.  I believe
    she said she still has a fever though so we'll see what happens.
    
    She told me a story about one of the first nights she was in the 
    hospital.  Apparently her fever was really bad that night (103) and
    she was moaning and groaning and vocalizing in her sleep.  Her 
    roommate (Marilyn) was very concerned for her and call the nurse to 
    check on her.  The next day a very nice, kind looking gentleman came 
    into Jo Ann's room and called her by name and introduced himself as the 
    hospital chaplain.  Jo Ann said she freaked out thinking she must be 
    much sicker than she thought if the hospital had sent the chaplain 
    to see her.  She was thinking it must be last rites time or something.  
    She says the chaplain was very kind.  He sat with her and stroked her 
    arm and comforted her, etc.  It wasn't until much later that she 
    discovered her roommate had asked the chaplain to come.
    
    To top it all off, her 2nd roommate (Hariet) turned out to be one card 
    short of a full deck and is now recovering nicely in another ward.
    When they cleaned out this womans closet after her move they found that
    she had brought a sequined evening gown and some other equally
    inappropriate clothing as well as several pairs of shows with matching
    handbags for her hospital stay.
    
    I'll be seeing her again tonight.  I'm taking her some things to put
    in her hair.  She's not able to wash it yet and she's fustrated with
    it.  I tried to find some dry shampoo or something we could use but
    ended up with some bobby pins and a hair clip thing that works sort of
    like a banana clip but lays flatter on the hair that the banana clip
    so that it won't be uncomfortable for her.
    
    I'll let you all know when she is released from the hospital.
    
    Jan

    What, no kittens snuck in in pockets?
    

    Nope, no kittens.  However, I am contemplating sneaking in some
    type of ice cream thing soon.
    
    I knew for sure that Jo was going to be fine when I heard her 
    instructing Ken, as he was leaving, to check to see if Nattie 
    was in heat and if so to put her in with Reste (or was that 
    Nepenthe?).  Honestly!
    
    Jan

oh what a relief!!  Jo sounds like she is doing much better....I will
rest better tonite.  I wish i could go visit, but i'm not driving yet,
so i will just have to hang around here and worry....she IS getting
better if she is worrying about the breeding program, so i am very
encouraged.

Jan, once this settles down, i want you to come over for dinner so i
can offer some well-needed pampering....i know you are trying to
hang in there and it is hard.

My best wishes to all...and the furbags of various hues and sizes
send lots and lots of love....the best therapy there is.


				D

Oh, that's wonderful!!

Because I hadn't received most of the checks on Friday, I was unable to get
to the florist on Friday.  I have now received all of the checks that were
sent to me, so tonight I will go to the florist and FTD a plant to Jo from
the FELINERS.

We've collected a total of $40.  That should buy a nice plant for her.  If
anyone else would like to contribute, please contact me today.

thanks.

Holly

    Please send along my best wishes to Jo for a speedy recovery.
    I have not been very active here recently - my team is shrinking
    from three to one - me, and things have been hopping like
    mexican jumping beans.  My catching up has been relegated to
    the evening hours, and lately those have been filled cleaning
    up after the "M word" (Misha!). 
    
    Hopefully things will slow down soon....
    
    Mary-Michael

    Well, I guess it is about time for me to get in here and let you
    all know that they sent Jo Ann home from the hospital on Sunday
    (6/7).  Seemed awfully early to me considering they told her she
    would be in for 10-14 days.  It was on the 7th day they released
    her.
    
    I'm not sure how she's doing at home.  I haven't been there
    yet and the one time I called her, I woke her up.  I'm going to
    take a fellow FELINER with me tonight (if she's up to it) and 
    we'll check out the situation.  Also, I want to see how nurse 
    Ken (hubby) is doing.  They sent Jo Ann home with all kinds of 
    "make your life easier" contraptions like a walker, two kinds of 
    reach and hook gadgets and a thing that looks like one of those 
    joke invisible dog walking things that is meant to help her lift 
    and move her left leg when she needs to get up.  Still, Ken is
    going to have his work cut out for him carrying for her and 
    taking care of the cat family.
    
    Jan

    
    Jan, I spoke with her twice yesterday.  Your mum was there.  Seems that
    she is having a hard time keeping track of which cats go where and the
    wrong cats are ending up behind wrong door! :'D  She sounds fantastic,
    but I think that this may be an awfully aggressive recovery schedule
    considering the extent of the surgery.  Believe it or not she is actually 
    thinking about going to the show this weekend (in a wheelchair or using a 
    walker) and attending the awards banquet Saturday night!  I am planning to 
    see her this weekend either at the show or at home if she decides its too 
    much for her. IMHO I think she should bag the show and not push it...
    
    M 
     

    I'm with you Marlene.  I think going to the show this weekend is a
    bit too ambitious but you know how stubborn Jo Ann can be when she
    sets her mind to something.
    
    I talked to her on the phone this afternoon and she sounds great.
    She was a bit wired though 'cause they'd just had an earthquake there.
    My sister Jaci and I will be rotating in as home nurses over the next
    couple of weeks.  I've got 6/19, 6/25 and 6/26.  I don't have much
    better luck keeping those kitties straight than my mom does though.
    
    Guess I'd better get that computer of hers working asap since I may
    be moderating the file from there for a few days.
    
    Jan

	As of next friday (june 12th 1992) my contract with Digital will be
	expired, I'll go back to my own company on Monday. 
	Continuation would be great (on another project), but as my current 
	project is starting from scratch again. I'm into software support
	so there's not much use for me at this moment
	(time spending on notes-file, making/reading documentation etc).
	
	I'm so sorry to leave you all behind, but I might be back in 
	a few a: weeks
	      b: months
	      c: years ?

	If anybody wants to keep in touch, please write to the address
	given at the end of note 88.17 (my home-address).

	LYNNE MANDILE > I'm still in for that T-shirt !!
			Although it's going to be hard to get in
			contact with me, you could send a E-mail
			to IJSAPL::SCHAAPMAN he will contact me,
			please state what/who it's for.
			Or write to the address in note 88.17.

	JAN           > I've send Jo a card/pictures (on 8th of June) to
			the hospital. But as she's already home, the card
			won't reach her there. Could you inform the hospital
			to send her mail towards her ?



	Good luck to you all and your furry friends,

	UP UP AND AWAY
	
	Erwin.

    Since I'm thinking of it...
    
    My contract will be up on the 4th of July, then I have to leave the
    company for at least a month.  Since I am currently looking for
    PERMANENT employment, I don't know if, after the month, I'll be back,
    or even if there will be any assignments for me.  So this is a
    tentative "goodbye".
    
    I am also still interested in (2) Feliner shirts...keep me posted!  I
    can be reached thru Kim Trainque (for as long as SHE'S here), or:
    
    			Karen T. Fahel
    			55 1/2 Cross Street
    			Nashua NH  03060
    			(603)598-3625
    
    Meanwhile, I'm still here, for the month.
    
    K.C.

    Hi everyone!!  Just thought I would pop in here and say a quick hello.  
    Can't stay logged in long, too expensive.  Jan is over tonight and we
    are laying around, playing with kittens, and having fun. 
    
    I had a Dr.'s apointment today and had my staples out.  Yippee!!!  Now
    I only have to wait two days and I can take a shower!!!  Ken has been
    great, washed my hair for me a couple of times since I have been home.
    
    I am hanging in there with the pain, taking my meds and trying to be
    comfortable.  Can't wait until I am feeling well enough to do things,
    like sit on the couch without being uncomfortable.
    
    See ya later,
    
    Jo
    
    PS - Thanks to everyone who has sent cards.  They have really kept my
    spirits up and I love seeing the pics of your kitties.
    
    PSS - I am not logging in regularly so if you need moderator help
    please send mail to Jan, Deb, or Mary.  Thanks.
    
    

    Great to have you back, Jo.  You are a very brave lady to go through so
    much pain and yet not be kept down by it.  Bet your kitties were glad
    to see you come home.
    
    Pat & Clan
    

    
    
    	Jo,
    
    	Glad to see you're feeling better....take care of yourself
    	and don't overdo it!  Let the fuzzfaces mend the wounds.  =)
    
    	JJ
    

Although I'm not one of the most prolific writers in here, I figured I'd check
out before going on vacation.  Today's my last day at work, and I won't be back
in the office til July 6.  We're driving to Orlando, Florida this Monday, and
will be at an insulator convention and then Disney World, before coming back.

We're having our local "Critter Care" person come every other day to do the
food and water bit, etc.  The air conditioner will be set so that we don't
waste electricity but don't let the house get too hot for the kids.

I've also invited a good (local) friend to stay over while we're gone for
whenever works for her, to keep half an eye on things, enjoy the luxurious
accomodations :-) and play with the cats (she loves cats but doesn't have any
due to her living circumstances...hopefully they'll warm up to her fast and not
get too lonely!

Of course, I'm already starting to miss them and I'm not even gone yet...we'll
be gone for the time period where last year we adopted Hemi, and then the other
two tiger babies 2 weeks later at the Pat Brody shelter get-together.  Reading
Pat Murphy's account of her visit and playing with the kittens (and her
special reference to tiger babies) brought it all back!

See y'all when I get back...

Jill

    Jill have a save trip...and don't worry about your babies..they'll
    do fine!!    
    
    Sandy

    Jo,
    
    Glad to see you are doing so well!  Welcome back to noting, even if it
    is only occasionally.
    
    Be Well,
    
    Michelle

    Jo and Dian, how are you doing?
    

    I am hanging in there.  I injured my wrist last week so now I have to
    wear a blasted wrist brace.  Makes walking on the crutches or with the
    walker a real challenge.
    
    Pain level is definitely descreasing now, but I am still non-weight
    bearing and will be for months due to the large amount of bone grafting
    they had to do.  I am bored a lot of the time.
    
    I spend my time reading, watching TV, and playing with cats and
    kittens.  And trying not to eat. :')  With so little activity I know
    that I will gain weight if I am not careful.
    
    I miss the file.  Wish I could afford to log in more often.  But, I
    have to save my money so I can afford a housekeeper.  My house is a
    disaster.
    
    Oh geez!  I just realized it is almost 2:00 a.m.!  I gotta go, I have
    been logged in for two hours just playing catch up!! 
    
    
    Jo

    I meant to ask about what the heck you were doing in here at 1:30
    when I saw one of your other notes.  Geez, you must be bored.
    
    Jan

 
I am back at work....have been since the 29th.  It isn't easy.  I am really
tired and just sore from the bending required to sit, etc. but I am working
a full day and getting stronger daily.  I will be starting my Nordic Track
in another week - probably back down to 5 minutes at a time - but it will
help me rebuild stamina and lose some of the weight I feel like I gained.
My clothes don't show it, but I feel it - strange, I know.

I think the West Coast Feliners should be able to form a housecleaning
crew to sweep down to Morgan Hill and clean Jo and Ken's house....what
about it, gang, any takers?  I'm up for mopping, vacuuming...anything that
doesn't require bending or stretching too much.  The kittens are worth the
work - they are adorable and love to be cuddled.  We could bring our own
munchies and beverages - sorta a picnic...

Jo, are you up for such an invasion???

				D

    Re: .62
    
    I could help some evening.  Weekends are pretty much out.
    

    re: .61 
    
    >>>Geez, you must be bored.
    
    I think it's called insomnia. ;')
    
    Work party at my house, eh?  What are you guys, gluttons for
    punishment??  I can't believe anyone would voluntarily want to sweep
    and vacuum for free.  Not to mention, wipe up cat spray. :')
    
    Jo

>    Work party at my house, eh?  What are you guys, gluttons for
>    punishment??  I can't believe anyone would voluntarily want to sweep
>    and vacuum for free.  Not to mention, wipe up cat spray. :')
    
ah, but the lure of cute kittens to be cuddled and played with...that
can make a feliner go great distances.  Besides, its not like we've
never seen or smelled the "rewards" of living around cats...after all,
I live with the fur-ball hacking champion of the world...and my late
friend Nicholas used to do his share of spraying - although "neutered",
it was enough like the "real thing" that I'm not particularly shocked
by what happens when boy kitties and girl kitties are amorous...and
equipped for the job.

				D

    (Moderator, please move if there's somewhere to put this.  thanks)
    
    Well, feliners, this is it.  I have been involuntarily separated from
    the company and from the FELINE conference.  This was very unexpected,
    so I haven't had much time to say good bye personally to many people.
    
    I don't expect this account to be around long, so if you want to send
    me a goodbye, don't send it here.  I'd prefer a phone call at home (in
    MA) at (508) 369-0208.  Or, especially for long distance folks, send me
    mail at STAR::MEIER (my husband Bill's account) with a subject line of
    "Jill".
    
    It's been wonderful being here with you all, and I hope to stay in
    touch with some of you, and go to the parties.  I've learned a lot and
    I wouldn't have increased my cat population without you! :-)  Now I can
    sit back and read my cat books and cat fancy magazines that I didn't
    have time for before!
    
    Feel free to call and say hello or goodbye, and if you too are one of
    the chosen and live in this area, maybe we can do lunch?
    
    All the best to all of you and your families,
    
    love,
    Jill
    

    Good luck, Jill! Enjoy your cat stuff -- we'll be thinking of you!
    
    Cheryl
    (Charlie, Shanti, P.A., Robbie, Gracie & kits)
    

    oh no...how sad Jill...we will miss you!!!  Please enjoy the
    rest of the summer with those beautiful furfaces.
    
    I have made note of your home phone number because I DO intent
    to stay in contact and invite you to our shelter gatherings...or
    bug you about working at one of the shows with me and the shelter!!!
    
    I'll miss you terribly!!
    
    Sandy

    
    I've extacted your number too Jill.  I'm sure we will continue to
    see you at FELINER gatherings, though, right?
    
    As hard as it might be at this time to not feel badly, try to keep
    a positive outlook.  There may be many a great adventure ahead, or 
    a new job that is everything you dreamed of waiting for you out there.
    We'll miss you,
    
    Nancy

	So sorry to hear the news, Jill!  Of course, a lot of us are
	still waiting for the other shoe to drop :^(

	Good luck, though - I'm sure you'll find whatever you want out
	there.  Hope to see you at parties and/or shows!

	Sandy

    Sorry to hear about this, Jill!  Good luck!!
    
    Lynne

    
    I've been thinking about getting together a list of addresses and/or
    phone numbers for FELINErs, since probably none of us know from day to
    day how much longer we'll be around.  I know we're all a bit leery
    of posting home addresses in a public notes file, so I thought I'd ask
    people who are interested to get theirs to me offline, and I'll send out the
    list to everyone in a couple of months when hopefully a little dust has
    settled. 
    
    It's a bit cumbersome getting your addresses to me, since I don't know
    how long I'll be here myself.  For the time being, send them to me at
    OXNARD::KOLLING, and I assume I'll have time to get in and let people
    know if I'm vanishing.  Or call me at DTN 543-6814 to check (that
    number is unreliable for the next few days since we're moving offices.)
    
    You might enclose the names of your cats or a short personal note to
    identify yourself to others, plans for future work, moves, etc.  
    
    Use a Subject line of Feliner address.  Thanks. If you know someone
    who's previously SERPed or been laid off, and would like to participate
    include their info also.
    

    ref off line msg about feliners' address list:
    
    K.C., let me know your email address when you get one;  I'm sending the
    address list out by email until folks become inaccessible that way, at
    which point it will go out via snail mail.  Thanks.
    

    Well, I just got back, and I'm leaving again...for good.  I got a
    PERMANENT JOB!!!
    
    Hopefully, I'll still be able to keep in touch (via Kim and other
    noters), and you'll be able to get updates on Ricardo, Alexandra and
    Christina.  
    
    But, this is my last week in DEC.  Monday, I start a new adventure.
    
    K.C.

    A reminder about the off line feliner's address list I mentioned in
    38.72 for folks who want to keep in touch now that so many Deccies are
    leaving.
    

    I suppose this is as good a time as any -- I believe I'll be
    leaving when IDC shoulders get tapped (probably next week).  After nine
    years with Digital, it comes as a bit of a shock.  Wrong place at the
    wrong time syndrome.
    
    You may all remember my angry notes last summer when I was confronted
    with the "fifteen ferals of Nubble Light" -- the noter who'd never had
    a cat and ended up trapping a bunch of ferals and adopting three. 
    ...and then being found by a stray last October.  
    
    I quickly learned to love cats.  Two of the Maine-iac ferals are still
    at large -- the grandmother-mother and one of her first daughters.  The
    rest of the gang all got homes.  (I still remind my three that they
    could be living in a stonewall, and they'd better fix their attitude or
    else.  They just laugh at me.)
    
    I've learned a lot about cats/kittens in this file -- I'll miss it and
    your friendship -- this notesfile is unique irreplaceable.
    
    Regarding employment, I'm not sure at this point if I'll seek permanent 
    tech writing employment, or if I'll try freelancing with contract 
    agencies.  Regarding other stuff, I know my golf handicap is going to drop
    rapidly, as I plan to be on the golf course daily.
    
    Adios,
    
    Jo-Ann Gerde
    508/632/6082
    121 Edgell Street
    Gardner, MA 01440
    
    DTN through at least next week, 237-6302  

    Jo-Ann, you will be missed.  For anyone who hasn't seen pictures of
    Jo-Ann's cats, they are a sight to see!  The Maine-iacs are three of
    the most beautiful cats I have ever seen.  If only I could find ferals
    like that!!  HHP contenders who would steal the show, that's for sure!
    
    Good luck to you.
    
    -Roberta
    

    So, Roberta, what would it cost me to have you show my monkeys? 
    Silverado (blue-eyed wonder) would probably enjoy it.  
    
    Jo-Ann

    If I showed Silverado for you, you would never get her back!!  What a
    beauty she is!
    
    Jo-Ann, I really encourage you to enter her in an upcoming show.  I
    prefer showing HHPs (not from experience, by watching the class) in CFA
    versus CFF.  This is because CFA doesn't earn titles on the cats in
    HHP class.  It is purely a fun experience.  CFF classifies them as
    novice, companian, grand companion, master grand companion, where each
    cat earns points toward each title until they reach master.  Sort of
    takes the fun out of it, and brings in the politics.
    
    CFA just lumps them all together with no titles... they all compete
    against each other equally and the judges call back their top 10 after
    the preliminary judging is complete.  Last year I wanted to bring Taja
    out, but he is so darn shy and doesn't really enjoy being handled. 
    But, one day, I would love to have a nice HHP to show purely for the
    fun of it.
    
    Try it!!  The Boxboro show, CFA sponsored, is right around the corner!! 
    (November maybe?)
    
    -Roberta
    

    Some of the people at our site were laid off yesterday.  They had
    access to their computer accounts removed almost immediately, and were
    left with no way to send goodbye email or to retrieve any (let me say
    that again -- any) personal files from the systems, including their
    resumes, etc.  From discussion with people in other areas of the
    company, it appears that some groups do this but also give the laid off
    employee a "guest" account to send email from for the last week of
    their employment;  they may not allow any access to personal files, or
    they may allow an administrator to pull off a copy of a specifically
    requested file after some management person has reviewed the file.
    
    So, let me repeat what Nancy DC said last week:  If you have personal
    files that you want to keep, the time to make copies of them and take
    them home is now.  If you have personal files that you don't want
    someone to read, the time to delete them is now.
    
    Although this situation of removing access to accounts appears to
    violate the company policy for transition, we got nowhere locally in
    trying to do anything about it.
    
    On a personal note, here's my home phone (415)325-6407 for people to
    tuck away for future reference, just in case.
    
                                               

    The policy in our IM&T group here is to allow access only to the
    ALL-IN-1 account until the last day the person is actually in the
    office.  I know in a couple of cases some people jumped the gun
    but it was corrected very quickly.  I also know of cases where, with
    a manager's approval access to accounts other than ALL-IN-1 was 
    allowed.  
    
    Jan
    Western States IM&T

    We were told that our management had no freedom to allow access;  that
    there was even someone from "back East" logged onto our systems and
    checking to be sure that accounts were disabled (on the same day people
    were first notified.)
    

    Jan,
    
    Is that only All-in-1 or VMSmail also?  I rarely use A1, always use
    vmsmail.
    
    Karen

    Well, things have straightened up a little.  I didn't mean to send this
    note down a rathole.  The laid off people can now have guest accounts
    for sending email, and can have selected files from their old accounts
    copied off for them.  Still, this is not the image I'd had of a week's
    "normal" access to one's files.  Let's hope we all have long happy
    employed lives with Digital and we never have to worry about this....
    

    It is VMS mail too.  The ALL-IN-1 accounts in Western States IM&T are
    not captive accounts.  Account owners should be able to access VMS at 
    the $ level of their ALL-IN-1 accounts.
    
    Jan

    Nancy DC's new Compuserver address is DECPA::"[email protected]"
    She says Mao is still missing and asks for prayers for him.
    
    Also, it costs her extra to handle messages from the net, so she asks
    you to remember that if she sends short replies;  I'm sure she'd like
    to send longer ones.  

    Well, I think today is my day. After 9 years, I'm getting the package.
    I'm sort of happy, but sort of sad. The only sad part is missing my
    friends and this notes file! I do, however, have the mail with
    everyone's addresses printed out, so at least I have that much.
    
    Thanks to everyone who's helped me get my cattery started, and helped
    me started showing, and all the health problem resolutions I've gotten
    here. I will miss you people the most.
    
    I still want my feliners shirts! So don't forget me!
    
    And if you ever are at a show, and see Korats, please check to see if
    it's me!
    
    Good luck to all you and your feliners -- until we meet again!
    
    Cheryl

    Good bye Cheryl and good luck with your show/cats career!  I will try
    to find you at a show with Korats!
    Karen

    Good luck with those good luck cats! (:
    
    Lynne

    Cheryl...sign...another feliner going!!  Best of luck to you
    and your beautiful furfaces.   We'll be looking for you at shows
    in this area.
    
    Sandy

    So sorry to see you leaving, Cheryl!  I'll miss your inputs here in
    Feline.
    
    Best of luck!
    Michelle

         Best of luck to you, Cheryl.  May all of your ventures be
    successful!
    
    					- Andrea

Sniff.....so sorry to see you go!!!!  Next time I'm in NC, I'll look you up!

Mary

    Best of luck, Cheryl.  I don't suppose you'll be showing the Korats
    here in Northern Calif, but if you do, call me.  I'm on the address
    list.  
    
    Good-bye
    Steffi

Ahem....I stand corrected....it's DC, not NC!!!  Anyway, best of luck!!

Mary

    Si-Sawat, Cheryl. From Smokey, too.
    Nat

    All these people saying "bye Cheryl, we'll miss you" and I keep
    thinking "where am I going?"  :^)  
    We keep losing all these wonderful people, sniff, sniff.  Best of
    everything to you, the other Cheryl

    I will be out of the office Friday 9/18.  I'll be spending the early
    morning hours at the vet's office if I can locate Ariel (cat in 4.270) 
    He's been scarce since I mentioned his impending "tutoring".  
    
    Then, I'll take a scenic drive over to Santa Cruz and spend 4 hours 
    serving beer and popcorn to happy little fair goers at my dad's Lion's 
    Club food booth.  
    
    Sounds like a whiz-bang vacation day to me yessiree-bob. ;^)
    
    Jan       

    Hello, Hello, Looking for "Grandma, Mary Tamir!  It's been a few years
    since I've logged onto this file (gosh, I've been busy!) and was
    wondering if Mary was still out there.
    
    If so, I wanted to let you know I still have Sweetie (alias Sarah) and
    she is doing well.  She's about 4 years old now and still loves her
    buddies, Sam and Calli.  Sweetie has never grown up and still behaves
    much like a kitten.  She chases feet under the blankets and keeps our
    house free from crickets during the summer.  She's such a little
    hunter!
    
    Well, gotta go, just wanted to log in and say hello to everyone and all
    their little kitties.
    
    Jeanne (Calli, Sam and Sweetie)
    

    Hi Jeanne!!!!  I'm still here!  It's so good to hear from you and
    it's great to hear that my little baby is doing so well.  Sweetie's
    brother and sisters are all doing well.  But I still think you got the
    best of the litter.  There was always something very special about her,
    right from the moment she was born!
    
    It's good to have you back in Feline!!!  Give my little princess a
    big kiss from her "Grandma"!
    
    Mary
    

    Just wanted to let you all know that I have returned to work from
    disability.  I am only here half days for now, 4 hours in the
    afternoons.  Thanks for all the encouragement, cards, letters and even
    gifts that were sent to help me in my recovery.  They really meant a
    lot to me.  You people are the best. :')
    
    Jo

    Hi, Jo.  Bet you're missing spending days with your pussycats.
    

    You have that right Karen.  The time off was wonderful because I was
    able to be with them all the time.  I am sure that the Pee Man misses
    me since yesterday he shredded an entire roll of paper towels in the
    guest room.  Must have been bored without me there. :')  
    
    Jo

    
    Welcome back!  It's a comforting feeling to know that you are but a 
    VAXmail message away... 8'D
    
    

	Hey, great to have you back, Jo!  We've missed you :^}

	Sandy

    Welcome back!

    It was fun yesterday just walking down the hall and visiting you. 
    Welcome back.
    
    Steffi

    Jo,
    
    glad you are back!
    
    Deb

    And from the somewhat hectic St. Mary's Home for Wayward Cats, welcome
    back!  Your expert advise is much valued!!
    
    Mary, who's up giving meds and taking vitals

    OOps! Well I have already said hello personally, but I better get it in
    here where it's appropriate!  I am very lhappy to have you back.
    Karen

	If you have seen this in another notes file, you can press the 
	"next unseen" key now.

    
    
	I would like to say Goodbye and Good Luck to my friends in this
	notes file. I have been made redundant and 20 November will be my 
	last day at Digital.  This is not a personal tragedy for me since
	I was a willing volunteer. (Volunteered to be considered, that is)
        In fact, it is probably the best thing that could have happened for 
    	me.  
   
        I have always enjoyed reading FELINE and I have learned a great
        deal from all the folks here.  It has been a constant source of 
    	laughter, tears and support.  Thank you one and all.
    
	There is very little that I will truly miss about Digital.  I will 
	miss some of the people and the network but the politics and general 
	BS I gladly leave behind.  It is time to find another set of politics 
	and general BS to play in.

	For all of those who will remain at Digital, I wish enthusiasm, 
	motivation, energy and good fortune.  I think you will need it.


					LaDonna (Tucker, Spaz, Sam & Sophie)

         Good luck to you, LaDonna!
    
    					- Andrea

    Good luck, Marianne.  I'll miss you.  I hope I get to see you at a show
    now and then.  Take care and I'll pray you find a home for your two
    "kids" you are trying to place.  Have you also checked with Pat Brody
    Shelter for Cats in taking them in case you don't find a home?
    
    Best always.
    Pat & Clan
    

    Well, I will be leaving DEC on December 11th. I have been made
    redundant. Although I volunteered to go, I am sad to be leaving .....
    
    I will miss notes even though I haven't noted as much as a I used to. I
    will never forget the support that I got from this file when Percy went
    missing. 
    
    
    Good luck to all and take good care of those fur faces ;-)
    
    Take care,
    
    Lisa plus Pookie, Rolf and Florence.
    
    

    Gosh, I'm sorry to see you go.  Soon we will have more FELINErs
    outside than inside :-(.  If you want to be on the offline newsletter/
    address list, send me your address by email pretty soon.  My email address
    is good thru the 4th, but we don't know if our group is closing
    on the 7th or if we're having a 60 day plant closing, so it may vanish
    then.                             
    

    My whole district will be TFSO'd on December 14th.  The 18th will be my
    last day here.  Although I haven't been around very long I wanted to
    say thanks to all of the noters here.  I've really enjoyed getting to
    know you and your fur-faces.
    
    Be well,
    
    Nanci

    I'm getting so sad...and lonely!!   This file is so quiet lately...
    I can't imagine what it will be like soon!!
    
    Best wishes to you and your furfaces....
    
    Sandy

    Me, too, Sandy.  Alot of the notesfiles are quiet now, I think, because
    the membership is quickly shrinking.
    
    Best wishes, Nanci.
    
    Michelle

    I may have spoken too soon.  It seems that the guys at corporate are
    backpedalling as fast as they can.  We have heard (via HUMANE::DIGITAL)
    that our group has been saved by the efforts of the sales reps and the
    Distributors we support.  However, we haven't gotton any official word
    from management although Bob Schmitt's office supposedly sent out a
    memo to this effect to the sales force at large.  
    
    I'll be interested to hear what happens next!
    
    Still hangin' in here!
    
    Nanci

    Gosh, that's great.
    

    I'm going to put a section of how to send email between Dec and
    outside Dec in the offline newsletter, but here's a tidbit that I ran
    across:  you may want to save a list of your Dec friends' email addresses,
    because you can send mail to them from outside Unix systems as
    follows:
    
        [email protected]
    
    For example, my address is OXNARD::KOLLING, so from an outside Unix
    system it would be [email protected]
    
    If you wind up on a different type of outside system, your system
    administrator should be able to tell you how to send to Deccies if
    you show him or her this message, since it will tell them what the
    "Internet" address looks like.
    
    To send mail in the other direction, from Dec to outside,
    if you know an outside person's Internet address,
    for example Nancy DC's, which is [email protected], you can send
    mail to them via simple VMS mail by sending it thru a DEC host that
    knows how to forward out to the Internet:
    
        DECPA::"[email protected]"
    

    Well, folks, this is it.  I'm being notified today and I'll be gone on
    Friday, after nearly 24 years.  what I will mis most is the Feline
    community.  We've been together through the best of times and the worst
    of times.  I started noting years ago when I just had Honey and now,
    years later and 7 more cats later, I'm leaving.
    
    I'll have some kind of temporary account and I'll post details before I
    leave.
    
    Don't be sad----I'm not!!!!!
    
    Mary

    
    Good luck to you Mary, I will miss reading your stories here.
    
    Shaw

	Aw Mary - sorry to see you go!  I always look forward to reading 
	your notes about Beth and Blue and all the others.  Good luck in
	whatever you do, and if you manage to get network access, drop
	us a line! :^}

	Sandy, who's not sure that she's among the "lucky" or not...

    Mary ..be sure to look us up at the cat shows ...and Feliners'
    gatherings.
    
    Best of luck to you and the gang.  We're all going to miss you...
    
    Linda

    Sigh...good luck to you Mary and may you be blessed forever for
    all your kitty rescues!!
    
    Please stay in touch......
    
    Sandy
    
    
    

    We're gonna miss you, Mary!  Your wonderful sense of humor added life
    to this file many times over.
    
    Best of luck to you, and I know you will succeed in whatever you decide
    to do next.
    
    -Roberta
    

    Mary - 
    
    I'll miss you in here - heck I may miss me in here!  But I won't know
    that for another week or two.
    
    Meanwhile, all the best of luck to you and your furry family.  I know
    that your new life will hold blessings aplenty for all of you.
    
    Nanci
    

    <sigh> Good luck, Mary, in all your future endeavors.  Please write
    some Beth and Blue stories for the offline newsletter, so we don't go
    into withdrawal! :^)
    
    Best,
    Michelle

    Sigh, no Beth and Blue stories in Feline.
    
    Our group was just told that we have a "60 day plant closing", so my
    last day will be February 5th.
    

    Sigh, what am I going to do without my morning fix of Blue and Beth
    stories?  Mary, I'll miss you and your wonderful stories.  You should
    think about sending some cat stories to CATS magazine and Cat Fancy
    magazine.
    
    Please keep in touch with some of the feliners so we can get news of
    you and your cats through them.
    
    Best of luck to you.  I hope you find something wonderful.
    
    Steffi 

    I agree with Sandy, it has been much too quiet!  Goodbye Lisa and Mary
    and anyone else for that matter after today!!!  Change never has been
    easy, but these little ones have always kept us on our toes!
    Karen

Mary,

Best of luck to you - and to me.  I, too, have been TFSOed.  I will miss reading
all the stories, especially the Tales of Beth and Blue.

Thanks to all of you who have offered advice, consolation, and laughs.  I have
not been a very active notesfile member, but reading here was important to me
and I do know some of you personally.

Not to worry - this is my chance to get in to the field I where my heart is.

I will look forward to the newsletter VERY much.

Ellen

    Ah, Mary...it's going to be really hard to see you leave.  I'm 
    really going to miss you.  You've been a participant in this 
    file since I was just a noting beginner a hundred or more years
    ago.  Please do stay in touch.
    
    Jan
    

    Mary,
    
    After the dozen or so years we've known each other, you not going to
    believe this; I don't know how to respond (actually, I have a number of
    things I can think of saying, but they'd be very carreer limiting and
    I'd probably have to moderate my self.)
    
    Good luck to you and your cats, and keep in touch. 
    
    Deb

    Good luck Mary and Ellen!
    
    L

    Mary,
    
    Be blessed. Remember, I am a FOB&FOM, so you have a friend about some 20
    thousand miles away! Power and luck to you.
                                     
    Nat
    
    
    PS: Best luck to all that have to go... Who knows who's the next?

    what is an FOB&FOM? feline dumb today!
    
    

    RE: .138
    
    We're all FOB's and FOM's!  
    
    Friends of Blue's and Beth's (Does that make it FOB&B?? (-:)
    
    Friends of Mary's
    
    Mary, what can I say??  YOu're going to be missed tremendously.  I too
    have been noting with you for the last 5+ years, since I was just a
    greenhorn at noting (and cats, actually!).  Please keep in touch!!
    
    Holly
    

          I've also been TSFO'd and after almost 20 years in DEC it really
    hurts. I'd been mostly read only of late. Some of the stories I've read
    in here have left me crying at my desk, not terribly macho of me ;-).
    I just hope I can continue to feed my menagerie of 8 cats, 8 rabbits,
    1 dog that thinks he's a cat, 4 chickens, and 3 kids. Best of luck to
    all who remain and especially to those in my position.
    
           God Bless,
    
          Bob Brower

    sigh sigh sign...this is getting so sad!!  Good luck to you Bob...
    I can honestly say that my opinion is if you cry at your desk over
    an animal story....you are number 1 in my book..and are very macho
    to me!!!!  
    
    Since your so good to our animal world...somebody upstairs will watch
    over you and you will fulfull your next set of dreams!!
    
    Good luck...Sandy

         Best of luck to all of you (Mary, Ellen, Bob and whoever I've
    missed).  Mary, I'll miss the Blue and Beth stories.  And Bob, as one
    who also has rabbits, cats and chickens, I hope you can keep them all
    too.  I know my animals are my best friends!
    
    					- Andrea
    

    That could be another problem... People that leave may not be able to
    afford to keep some of their animals. What a sad thought.
    Karen

    re. giving up pets because of lost jobs
    
    I understand some (maybe not all) shelters may be able to help people
    by supplying food so that folks don't have to turn in their pets to
    the already overcrowded shelters.  I know food isn't the only expense
    to worry about; there's annual and emergency vet bills and for indoor
    cats bags of litter.  I live in NH and remember reading about this in
    one of the local papers (don't remember which one).
    
    From reading the "Animal Sense" newspapers each month there are not
    only dogs and cats being in need of homes, but also horses, rabbits,
    chickens, ducks, guinea pigs, etc. are being turned in to shelters due
    to poor economy and job losses.
    
    Please check with your local shelters to see if they can help if or
    when the time arises.
    
    Pat (who's job is also going away)
     &
    Clan
    

    argh, Pat.  sigh.
    

    I don't get to log into Notes very often anymore (and I'm not sure that
    I want to).  This is all so sad, I can barely stand it!  
    
    Best of luck to all of those who will be leaving DEC. Hopefully you
    will all go onto better things.  
    
    Jeanne (Cali, Sam, Sweetie and Gyspy)
    
    P.S.  Mary, whether I stay or go (which is probably just a matter of
    time) be assured that I will always take good care of Sweetie.  
    

    I hope the Feliners who tend to read only, will start to write so we
    few who are left, will have some new cat people to get to know.  
    
    It is so sad to lose so many special people.  Best of luck to all of you who
    are leaving DEC.
    
    I'll be going to NYC tomorrow until 12/27.  I'll miss this note, and
    I'll really miss my furbabies. :-(
    
    Have a happy holiday everyone.
    
    Steffi                            
    
    

    I'm still here.  We lost 4 here and 4 in Atlanta.  
    
    To all who didn't survive this round of cuts, the very best of luck. 
    I know what it's like to have your head on the block only in my case
    the executioner got a phone call and I escaped intact...this time.
    
    Nanci 

    I think this is a good time to remember everything we have to be thankful
    for, our fur babies, our health, our loved ones, our skills, DEC's
    transition package, our FELINEr friends (not necessarily in that order :-)
    

    Mary gave me here e-mail address last night, so I thought I'd post it
    here for anyone who'd like to send here some mail.  I don't know how
    long this account will be available to here, but the address is
    
    	DECWRL::"[email protected]"
    
    Barbara

          Well my prayers were answered. A job found me at the 12th hour.
    I'll be too busy to log in frequently but I'd like to express my
    gratitude for the kind words. At least now my 17 furfaces plus 4
    chickens won't have to worry ;-) X1000
    
             Bob Brower

    Goodbye! I was just told that tomorrow is my last day.  I will miss you
    all but hope to come in in a different location (if that is realistic
    for a DECtag)!  If not, you can always reach me at home:508-256-3371.
    Gotta run for a tissue....
    Karen 

    Karen,  how awful that they're letting you go the day before
    Christmas!  I'll certainly miss your notes here, and I wish you the
    very best for the holidays and in your future endeavors!
    
    Best,
    Michelle

    Karen,
    
    I'm so sorry to hear that we are losing you.  We'll be looking for you
    at the shows.  Look ahead to bright tomorrows.
    
    Linda

    Great.
    

    Oh, crumb, Karen, everyone is going....  I'll really miss you.  Please
    stay in touch.  We all have to get net connections.
    

    
    Best wishes on your new venture Karen. 
    
    Shaw

    Congrats!

         Sorry to hear this, Karen, but best wishes and good luck as you
    forge on ahead!
    
    					- Andrea

Refreshing news, for a change.

    Karen, the offline Meower Power came to me at xmas morning and became
    my most favourit xmas present. If you go, you won't. I keep you in
    mind.
    
    Nat

    Well, it's my turn to say goodbye.  My managers have fought it, but
    corporate has decreed that all temps must go by January 15 (at least
    here in the Western States area).  So my last day is a week from
    tomorrow.
    
    I will miss y'all sooooo much.  I've made so many friends
    here in FELINE.  I wish you all the very best in life!!  I'll keep 
    in touch via the off-line newsletter, and I'll be seeing you 
    west-coasters at some of the get togethers, I'm sure.
    
    Take care,
    Michelle Cantoni

    Michelle,
    
    I'm really bummed.  I'll miss you and all your good notes both in this
    file and vampire.  Stay in touch with Jan, and that way indirectly with
    the rest of us.  Call me when you are going to be in the Santa Clara
    area, so we can get together.
    
    Best of luck to you.
    
    Steffi

    Sigh.
    
    Karen
    

    
    Oh Michelle, I am so sorry to here you are leaving!  I feel like
    we are sisters since our kitties are all brothers.  I wish you and
    Nicky and Lasher all the best!  If fact in the long run, you maybe
    better for getting out now.   I hope I can finally meet you one of
    these days when you're in the area or if I can manage to make it to
    one of the getherings.
    
    Becky, Stingo (13lbs already Michelle!), Maxwell and MeatBee
    

    Just a quick pop-in for the week and to say hello!!!  I got my
    newsletter and loved the pictures of Beth and Blue!  Gotta run and read
    more notes, how is Jo doing?
    Karen Fallon
    dtn for the week 223-7896

    I'm baaaaaaaaaack.  And this time I hope that it's for good. :')
    
    Jo

    Hi, Jo.  how are you doing?
    

    Hi again Jo.  It's great to have you back, and have someone to visit
    and talk kitties with. ;-)
    
    Steffi

    welcome back, Jo. I sure hope that you are all recovered.
    
    The FIRM and Deb

    Welcome back, Jo!  I have missed our daily "mail" chats!
    
    Glad to hear Latisse is back with you again.  When you have time, fill
    me in on the happenings.
    
    -Roberta
    

    
    	Can someone point me to Nancy DC's email address???
    
    	Thanks,
    	Sherry
    

    reply .86 in this note

    .172
    
    Sherry,
    
    You might try giving her a call if you need to get hold of her for
    anything.  She hasn't accessed her email account for quite awhile she
    told me.
    
    Pat

    
    	Okay, thanks. I just wanted to let her know Squeeky's
    	bladder stones are gone, finally.
    
    	Sherry
    

    
    	Speaking of where have all the noters gone - I'm working
    	at MSO2 Tues, Thurs and Fridays, 223-7896. I'm still at 
    	my old NRO office Mon and Wed.
    
    	Sherry
     

    Just in case I caused confusion but adding the name Woody (Woodstock)
    to the Silver Lining list for Joan Hoffman... this cat was not Joan's, 
    it was her mother-in-laws.  Woodstock was the daughter of Munch and
    Mutu.  (I hope I got the spelling right.  Joan's writing is almost as
    bad as my own :^)
    
    Joan asked that I send a copy of the SLM letter to her at the end of
    the month...  If anyone would like me to pass along a message to be
    included with this letter, please send me mail.

Posting for Karen Kolling as requested.
    
From:	JULIET::DECPA::"[email protected]" "Karen Kolling [email protected]"  8-MAR-1993 15:44:58.40
To:	juliet::cordes_ja
CC:	[email protected]
Subj:	Please post to FELINE?  Thanks a bunch.

For FELINE, if you'd be so kind:

I'm happy to announce that I'll be gainfully employed as of Monday;
I'll be working as a contractor at a local software company, and
another former FELINEr, Dian Wilde, who is doing very well as a
contractor herself, is giving me helpful advice about life as a
"hired gun."

I'm keeping my rental system email address, DECPA::"[email protected]"
since contracts come and go.  Dian doesn't currently have an email
address.

The next quarterly offline newsletter will ship in a couple of weeks,
so send any articles for it to me at Karen Kolling, 1032 Forest Avenue,
Palo Alto, CA 94301.  (If you email them, I have to type them up.)  I
have cover pictures for this issue, but after that the cupboard is bare.

Sweetie, Holly, and Little Bit are fine and dandy as well.
                                       
Below is a fun thing I ran across on the Internet group rec.pets.cats:

    This statement reminds of a fun thread that was happening
    recently in rec.pets.dogs about giving breed names to thier
    mixed breed dogs - for example, person A would ask person
    B what kind of dog B's dog (a Heinz 57 special straight from
    the Humame Society) was, and B would reply something like
    "Michigan Water Labrador Spaniel", and person A would nod
    knowingly and say, "Oh yes, my friend had one of those once"  
    So, any of you cat-lovers have one-of-a-kind breeds?

    And folks answered:

    KC is a Tufted Milk-Lipped American Pillowcat.
    Oreo is a Shorthaired Dalmation Teddybear.
    Spook and Orson (brothers) are Smoky Marbled Shorthairs.
    Vatch is a lilac-point RatCat  (he really does look just
        like a white lab rat, only a bit larger.)
    Neek is a Multi-Colored North American Monster-Devil.

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    Well, my time has come after 29 years with DEC to say goodbye.  My last
    day here will be Friday.  I will miss this file the most and want to
    wish you all happiness and success and much love to your furfaces.
    
    Dandy-lion (Meeps) and Amber are entered in the upcoming CFF Concord,NH
    show (Mar. 27-28) so maybe I'll see some of you there, either
    spectating or as exhibitors.
    
    Pat & Clan
    

    Update
    
    Saturday night I went over Nancy Dietrich, NDC, for dinner. Her and all
    the Scottish folds are doing quite well. Last month she started a new
    job in Braintree, Ma. is quite happy. The kitties are beautiful. She
    has a new litter (3 weeks old), two silver tabbies and one golden
    tabby). They were quite stunning. The one that stole my heart is the
    her 6 month old patched silver tabby, Jasmine. She was a sweetheart.
    She just sat him lap and purred for about half hour. Jasmine's brother
    Raja was stunning. He is a red van patten with folded ears. I imagine 
    he will do quite well in the show circuit.

    Gee Pat...sigh!!!!  How sad to lose another noter...but I know we'll
    keep in touch....so I don't feel too bad!!
    
    Good luck to you and your wonderful clan!!
    
    Sandy

    Will be sorry to see you go Pat. :'(  I wish you the best in whatever
    the future holds for you.  
    
    Jo

    I saw someone at the show this weekend that I was QUITE shocked to see!  
    
    Just a hint, Sandy's comment of "The Inn is Full" reminded me about
    seeing her.
    
    Yes, ELAINE TRACHMAN was at the show in Concord, NH this weekend.  I
    was QUITE surprised to see her.  Although I didn't get a chance to talk
    to her too much, I did find out that she is still breeding Exotic
    Shorthairs and has a lovely house in Stowe, VT.
    
    Holly
    

    I see Elaine quite a bit at the CFA shows, looks like she gets around!
    Now I will just have to see her at a TICA show!.  I feel badly that I 
    didn't get to say goodbye to Pat.  I read this too late. :^(
    Karen

    Oh yes, a word from Pat. 
    
    I saw her at the Concord show as well.  I guess I'm now her official
    contact for this file.
    
    She asked me to announce to everyone that Meeps made BEST ALTER in one
    ring on sunday!  He's such a good little boy! (-:
    
    Holly
    

    I have heard from Karen Kolling, and she asked me to try to track down
    Elaine Trachman's address so she can send her a newsletter, and ask if
    she wants to be on the list of FELINErs.
    
    I have the info that she lives in Stowe, VT, but does anyone in
    noteland have her whole address?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Yonee
   

    I haven't been in FELINE much lately (no time), but I will be leaving
    DEC in a couple or a few months.
    
    I am fulfilling a life-long dream - I am going back to school - to
    become a VETERINARIAN!!
    
    I will miss this file very much, as I have learned much from it.  I am
    hoping I will have an internet address at school, so I can still keep
    in touch with the net.  
    
    I hope to be more active in this file before I leave, if I can just get
    a little time.
    
    If I don't get much time, best wishes to everyone (human and
    non-human)!
    
    Sue B. + Smokey, Spike, Trouble & Peanut

    Oh Sue, good for you!  What a challenge to take on a new education and
    a new career like that!  What school are you going to?  How many years
    will it take to get your degree?  How much will cost and how will  you
    support yourself?  Oh I know, stop asking so many questions,  none of
    my beeswax,  I'm just interested, as a lot of us right now probably are
    in case I have to make a mid-life career change.  Veterinarian was on
    my list of possibilities,  I'm even looking at different schools.
    
    Well good luck anyway!  Hopefully you can write in and let us know
    how youre doing....
    
    Denise

    re: .186
    
    I have Elaine's business card at home.  I will send you
    the address tomorrow.
    
    Mary-Michael

    Thanks Mary-Michael! I appreciate your help!
    
    Yonee

    re: .188 and vet school
    
    Hi Denise,
    
    I will be going to Ohio State.  I was lucky enough to have a choice of
    several schools, and I selected Ohio State for a variety of reasons -
    two of the vets I work part-time for went there and I am very impressed
    with them, it's fairly cheap for me, and I liked them when I
    interviewed there.
    
    It will take 4 years full-time to get my DVM (just saying DVM makes me
    excited!).  I will use up my meager savings and then live on student
    loans.  I just sold my house.
    
    The costs at Ohio State are about $6500 tuition per year (as least for last
    year - they will probably go up over the 4 years).  I am paying Ohio
    resident tuition even though I am from New Jersey, because New Jersey
    subsidizes 4 seats.  I really liked Tufts, but they are VERY expensive
    (tuition alone over $25000 per year, plus higher living costs than
    Ohio).  I just couldn't afford Tufts.
    
    If you are thinking about this, send me mail or give me a call - I will
    be happy to share my experiences and any brochures/information on
    getting  in with you.  It's been a lot of work, but I couldn't be
    happier.  I am working at an animal hospital part-time, and it's fun,
    exciting and fulfilling.  The schools I applied to all seem to be very
    accepting of older (ahem, "mature") students.
    
    Excited,
    Sue B. + Smokey, Spike, Trouble & Peanut
    

    Sue, I think that it is wonderful on both counts; becoming a vet and
    going back to school!!  How are you able to handle the rough stuff (ei
    surgery, accidents BLOOD)??  Just curious, is it something you get used
    to ?  I had considered the possibility but don't know if I could handle
    it.  Where will you practice when you are finished?
    Karen

    Sue, best of luck to you.  I think it's very exciting to be able to
    make a dream come true.  Keep in touch with us via the off-line
    newsletter that Karen Kolling is doing.
    
    Steffi
    

Trace who works part-time for a vet who used to an accounting type person.

    Sue, you are living my dream too.  Bravo to you for taking the plunge! 
    I have looked into vet school too, and found many schools have programs
    for "mature" students as you put it.  I found that I am more likely to
    get accepted at a mature age then I would have been years ago.  
    
    First step for me is completing my undergraduate degree though.  It
    will be a few years before I can get to the point you are at.  Plus,
    being married kind of complicates things.  Can't just pick up and move
    to another state.  I hope to someday get accepted to UC Davis.  That
    wouldn't be too drastic of a change for my husband, and he wouldn't
    have to look for a new career in another state.  
    
    Congratulations to you and good luck!
    
    Jo

    I can't believe the last note entered was March 31st.  Am I crazy??
    Wanted to let everyone know that Tai is still doing pretty well with
    his cardiomyopathy.  He's taking medication 3 times a day and has had
    another ultrasound and although things are not any better, they are no
    worse and that is what they were afraid of.  But it sure makes it
    difficult to take a weekend off.  We finally found a Vet Assistant who
    has a sideline of pet sitting for those needing more than just general
    feeding.  It worked out well over a weekend so now maybe I can plan a
    vacation.
    
    

    
    Last subject added might have been March 31st but certainly not the 
    last reply. There has been daily activity here ( thank god ;-) ).
    At the note prompt type SET SEEN/BEFORE="31-MAR-1993"<ret>
    Then use the 'Enter' key to see all the replies added to various notes
    since March 31st.
    
    Shaw

    re. .192, etc.
    
    Thanks for the well wishes all.
    
    As for the blood, etc.  I found it was something I just got used to. 
    Actually, the hardest thing for me is dealing with patients I know are
    in a lot of pain, even when there is little or no blood.  For example,
    we had a  "hit by car" stray cat in last fall.  The cat had been hit in
    the head, it was severely concussed, and his jaw was broken in many
    places.  When I was holding the cat while the Dr. examined him and
    pryed open his mouth, I got light-headed just empathizing with how much
    pain the cat was in.  Happy ending, we found the cat's owner, wired up
    the jaw, and he was fine.  And I am getting better at this part.
    
    BTW, when I was 18 and went to observe at a vet, I saw a dog getting
    his tail bobbed, and when I saw blood drip on the floor, I passed out
    cold.  It was very embarrassing, but it's never happened again, so I do
    think you get used to it.
    
    Sue B. + Smokey, Spike, Trouble & Peanut

    Happily, my last day is today.  I would like to thank everyone who
    has helped me with my new kittens all the way to my cat's death a 
    couple years ago and then baaaaack to new kitten troubles.
    
    Good luck to you all.
    
    
    Brenda & Sprinkles & Nicky 
    
    (also Tiggre and Jimmies who are in kitty heaven)
    

    Well, I don't know how or what to say about his, so I guess I just
    better say it....
    
    I have given my notice and will be leaving DEC in about two weeks.
    
    I have made some wonderful friends here in Feline, and Feline has
    documented my cattery right from the purchase of my first breeding
    female Birman, Sacrechat's Jouissance de Mysinhs.  I can't tell you how
    much I will miss this file, and the people in it.  It has been part of
    my life for the last 7 years, and I will never forget that.  I am also
    grateful for the opportunity to have hosted and moderated it for the
    last few years.
    
    I do hope that I can continue to be in touch with all of you.  I plan
    to have a Compuserve account set up in the next few weeks.  Once I have
    my Compuserve address all set up, I will let Jan Cordes know so that
    anyone that wishes to send me mail can find me through her.
    
    Take care all, and take care of all those wonderful cats and kittens.
    
    Sadly,
    
    Jo

    Can you keep in touch through the offline newsletter?
    
    Is this of your own choice?  Where are you going, what will you be
    doing etc.  Best wishes regardless.
    
    It always hurts to see one of the regulars go.
    
    len.
    

    Jo,
    
    Seeing the words here in FELINE make your leaving too much of a reality
    and I just can't imagine what it will be like without you here. Saying
    We are going to miss you is an understatement.
    
    Personally, I couldn't say enough. You have been my friend and mentor
    from the beginning of my dream of raising Birmans. Without you the
    dream never would have gotten off the ground ...or had so much meaning.
    
    FELINErs will be lost without you, but I believe in my heart that there
    are wonderful things ahead for you. ....and we'll be waiting to hear
    about them!
    
    Best of luck on your new challenges.  We'll be cheering for you!
    
    See you in Medina...
    
    Linda
    

    Jo,
    
    I certainly will miss walking down the hall and dropping in for a chat. 
    But at least we live in the same area and will be able to keep in
    touch.  
    
    Best of luck to you in all that you do.
    
    Fondly,
    Steffi

    My leaving is by my own choice.  Someday I may be back at Digital.  I
    think it is a good company, and I have enjoyed working here very much.
    
    Part of my reason for leaving is that I am continuing to have problems
    with my hip.  I am not completely recovered from my surgery, but I am
    back to work 40 hours a week.  I can't tell you how hard it is to make
    it through the days when you are uncomfortable and in pain. 
    Concentrating is very difficult.  Leaving this job will allow me to
    pursue more physical therapy options, and to work towards getting my
    health back.  Life has been hectic with me trying to put in 40 hours a
    week, plus get to Fremont for physical therapy by 4:00 three days a
    week, and now the doctor wants to send me to a pain clinic and a rehab
    clinic too!  I just didn't know how I would fit it in.
    
    The other reason for leaving is that I am hoping to pursue my interest
    in animals.  There is a chance that I may go to work for my vet.  This
    is something that has always appealed to me, and it has it's obvious
    advantages to someone who breeds cats and has a vet bill that looks
    like the national debt. :')
    
    If it wasn't for this notesfile, I might never have met some of the best
    friends I have in the world.  I have struggled with the decision to
    leave for weeks.  The hardest thing to give up is Feline, and the
    friends that I will miss so much.
    
    Jo

    
    Best wishes, Jo!

    To me "good bye" is a word to means I will never hear or see you again. 
    So, see you later Jo. The information you have given to the people in 
    this file is invaluable. From a read-only member and feliner, may the 
    good Lord give you and your kitties an abundant amount of happiness and 
    good fortune. Although, I have never physical met most of the people in 
    this file, I believe I know all of you in spirit. Good luck, and hope you 
    get well soon.
    
    
                                  Crystal
                  (mom to Miskey, BeeGee, Sandy and Pappy)

    Jo,
    
    Good luck, and keep in touch! I do hope that your hip gets better.
    Thanks for all that you have contributed to the file!
    
    The FIRM and Deb

    Hi,
    
    After 19 years with the company, the downsizing has finally come to hit
    me. 
    
    I just wanted to say goodbye and thanks to everyone in this notesfile
    for a lot of good advice, a lot of sad stories that made cry and a lot
    of happy stories that made me laugh. I also made some nice new friends
    thru this notesfile too.  I haven't written in a lot of notes, but I do
    check out the notes everyday to see if anything is new in the feline
    world.
    
    I am planning on volunteering at the Pat Brody shelter during the
    summer months and spending some time with my own "furry kids" (3 of
    them-Morris, Mindy and McGregor).  I'm sure they'll be thrilled to have
    Mom home!
    
    Bye,
    
    Karen Kalagher
    

    Goodbye Karen!  I hope I will get to see you at the Pat Brody Booth at
    one of the upcoming shows.  My time is starting to run out too. But I
    have been through it before and will do it all again! It's not so bad.
    Hey, if you have a modem at home you can still keep in touch!
    Karen

    We'll miss you Karen!  Especially the DECcats....  :-)  
    
    Thanks so much for all your dedicated work with them.
    
    Nan

    I too am leaving Digital.  I have not written in the notes file ofter
    but as many others read it daily.  I have laughed and cried with you
    all.  It has been wonderful.  It is of my own choosing that I leave. 
    I have the option to retire and am taking it to be at home with my
    furbabies, my new husband, and be able to dig in the dirt and play in
    my new greenhouse.  It's been wonderful and I will certainly miss you
    all and the informative information dispensed.  Len I hope all your
    babies come to be firm friends real soon.  So long for now and may God
    bless you all for taking care of some of his beloved creatures. 
    

    Goodbye Jo and Karen, and good luck to both of you.  Your presence here
    will surely be missed.
    
    We are very envious of your newfound freedom!
    
    -Roberta and the guys (Kelsey, Taja, and Herbie Furbie)
    

    
    Best wishes to anyone I missed who is leaving........
    
    Lynne

    Just wanted to let everyone know that I will be on vacation from
    Tuesday, June 22nd through Monday, June 28th.  
    
    This means I'll miss Jo's final day at DEC.  I'm gonna miss having 
    her so close at hand during the day.  It's going to be weird working
    here without her.
    
    Looks like Deb and Holly will handling the moderating job by themselves
    for a day or so.  Please be gentle with them. ;^)
    
    Jan
                                                              

    
    Jo, I have also enjoyed your notes/pointers, best of luck in your new
    ventures.
    
    Shaw

    
    	I just wanted to drop a note that I've moved, again, this
    	time to BXC1-3/C5. I'm also still at NRO on Wednesdays...
    
    
    	Sherry
    

    To All...you will surely be missed by the rest of us!!  It's so
    darn sad to see everyone leave and I wish you all the best of
    luck.
    
    there is life after DEC...and I bet it is pretty nice!!
    
    Sandy

    
    Best of luck to everyone who's leaving Digital.  Jo, thanks for all
    your help/advice/calming during Spike's & Cleo's kittenhood, they're
    two happy **healthy** cats now.
    
    ...Rania
    

All the very best in your future endevors, to all who are leaving DEC.

A special thanks to you Jo, for all your encouragement, concern, and 
advise, you have given me over the years helping me with my breeding 
program.  You will very much be missed here in feline.

May you find much success and happiness in what lies ahead.  


Take good care..

Valerie

        Sandy Fraser has been tfso'd  as of Monday last and asked me to
        send her best wishes to all  who  are staying or going - she'll
        miss you!
        
        We've set up an  Internet  account which is independent of dec,
        and which can exchange Email in and out of dec via the gateway.
        
        Sandy's Email address is:
        
                US2RMC::"[email protected]"
        
        I know she would love to keep in touch.
        
        Best wishes to all,
        
        Andy
        
        PS. Any problems getting mail to her, please let me know.

    Mods - please put this in the right place.
    
    I have given the package, I just wanted to say thanks to every one for
    their humour,pathos etc.
    
    I'm sorry to leave and hope the feline notes file continues in a
    positive and helpful manner.
    
    Linda Miller
    
    PS If your ever in Alberta - no doubt I can be tracked down - The DP
    community is very small.
    
    Thanks
    
    Linda (Lucky, Ginger, Rosie and the late Maggie)

    I spoke with Jo and she wanted me to tell you all that she is doing
    well in her new job.  Loves it and is exhausted every nite!  She wanted
    to know how the "notes" were going and to say hi.
    Karen

    Well, the year is up! I will be leaving for 45 days as required for
    DecTags.  I hope to return as soon as possible after Labor Day.
    All of you take care and I hope to be noting soon!  
    Karen

    Good bye and good luck.  Hope to see you noting again soon.
    
    Steffi

    
    Give one of us a call if you're showing anywhere in the area and we'll
    post an announcement here.  Give Drac and Lynxette a scratch behind the
    ears from me and mine.
    
    len.
    

    Thanks Len!  We will be at the show this weekend in Bedford,NH and then 
    the TBA (Tonkinese Breed Assoc,) show next weekend in Boxborough. 
    After
    that, who know?!
    Kisses to Merlin :'}
    Karen

    Just in case anyone might be looking for me next week for the SLMF, I
    will be on vacation. I'll be back either August 23 or 24, depending on
    travel lag! ;-)
    
    Love,
    
    Yonee

         Have fun, Yonee!
    
         As you might notice from the nodename, I'm now in SHR instead of
    LMO (Marlboro).  What a nice commute - 4.1 miles 8-) .
    
    					- Andrea

    
    Okay Andrea...what Shrewsbury buidling are you in????  I'm in SHR3...
    and I have yet to meet you after noting with you for atleast 3-4 
    years!!!!!   Yonee...another one that can join us for lunch on
    occasion!!!
    
    Sandy

    OOOPSSS.. I lied.  I'm in SHR1!!    
    

         Hey, Sandy, I'm in SHR1 too (for a couple of months, then the
    group is moving to SHR3).  I'm at SHR1-3/N5 ...
    
    					- Andrea

    Hey, I'm in SHR1 too!  The three of us should meet for lunch.
    
    -Roberta
    

    Goodby all.  I have been TFSO'd, so my last day is Friday, October 1. 
    The worst part is I was just starting to get caught up in the notes
    from not being able to read them for almost two years.  I want to thank
    all the noters for the very helpful information I have gotten from this
    file, and for the friendships that have come out of it.  I'm sorry to
    have to leave Felines, but not so sorry to leave Digital.  It will give
    me more time to spend with my 2 1/2 year old daughter, and I'm sure the
    cats (Velcro, Becky, and Ferlie) will love having attention all day
    long.  
    
    Thanks,
    
    Bernice Ward

         Good luck to you, Bernice!
    
    					- Andrea

    Sorry to see you go.....and good luck with your future.   The 
    thought of being home with my furfaces is heaven...I just wish
    they would get off their lazy butt and support me for awhile!!!!!
    
    Will you stay in touch via the off-line newsletter!!!!
    
    Sandy

    After 13 years at DECital I've been TFSOed.
    
    I want to thank all other FELINErs for their company over the years.
    This past fall, when we lost Lucas, Ashley, and Mitzvah all in the
    space of a month, your words and compassion meant more than you know.
    
    Good luck and kiss a cat for me.
    
    
    ken
    

         Gosh, Ken, this seems to have been a bad year for many of us.  The
    good part is that a New Year is coming, hopefully with good luck and
    better times.
    
         So sorry to see you go, hang in there and good luck!
    
    					- Andrea

    Ken,
    
     So sorry to hear you're leaving us. Isn't it just wonderful of DEC to
    do this YET AGAIN this year at Christmas?! My husband got hit at this
    time last year.
    
     Good luck in whatever you do. Please make sure you send Karen Kolling
    your address for the newsletter, so we can stay in touch with you at
    least through that!
    
     You'll be missed here in the file! :-(
    
    Love,
    
    Yonee
    
     

    Ken...so sorry to hear your leaving.   I wish you the best of luck
    in your search for a new job!!
    
    Please stay in contact with us via the off-line newsletter!!!
    
    Sandy

    
    
    
    
    
    
    Ken,
    
    You've had a rough year, and I wish you the best of luck in your job
    search (Hopefully it will be a new begining of good luck).
    
    now, I have to get something off my chest.
    
    When I was an undergrad at Bentley (hard to beleive but yes, I was an
    accounting major), I recall learning in my "Human Relations in the
    Organization" and "Intro to Mgt" classes that if you have to cut your
    workforce, you get it done by Halloween or you wait until after the
    New Year; you don't spoil people's holidays. To do otherwise is not
    just mean spirited but unprofessional.  I'm starting to wonder if I
    was the only one that was taught these values, or just the only one
    that took them to heart (or if maybe our Leaders need to go back to
    school and pay attention to that little tidbit).
    
    Deb (finished with her editorial comment for today)

    Ken,
    I am sorry to see you have to leave too. :'{
    It is just a very sad time of year.  I left a position last year the
    week before christmas so I can understand.  I hope you aren't without
    a job too long, but can take the time to enjoy what you have!
    Have a warm and furry holdiay...
    Karen

    Ken,  
    
    I'm so sorry that you have to leave.  I hope you will find a wonderful
    new job, very soon.
    
    Please keep in touch via our newsletter.
    
    Have a happy holiday in spite of this circumstance.
    
    Steffi

    ...Ken, sorry to hear the news that you are leaving.
    
    You've had a tough year and I'm hoping that 1994 will be much kinder to
    you and your family.  The loss of your feline companions must have been
    devastating and hopefully the new year will find other furry animals to
    fill the void of what can be ... the incredible "quiet" that comes in
    a home without animals.
    
    I wish you good health, prosperity and much happiness!
    
    Marilyn, Otis, Abigail and Tiffany
    

    
    	Ken,
    
    	I wish only the best for you and your family in the future.
    
    	Your sharing and opinions in this file have helped me many
    	times, and you'll be sorely missed.
    
    	Please keep in touch and take care of yourself first.
    
    		Heidi

    I will be on vacation from Wed. 12/22 through Fri. 12/31.  Since
    I'll be pretty much stuck at home (can't wear my contacts for
    a week and can't drive with glasses) I'll probably be able to
    check in periodically.  However, I may not be able to read the
    computer screen very well either (glasses just don't correct my
    vision problem properly).  Could be an interesting situation.
    
    Jan
    Moderator, FELINE

    Jan,
    
     Have a great vacation, and try not to bump into too many walls! ;-)
    Maybe your kitties can act as seeing eye kitties? Yeah, right, "Hey!
    Mom's heading for the kitchen! Let's get her!" ;-)
    
     I'll be out myself from Thursday the 23rd to Monday the 3rd, so you
    don't have to worry about me during your vacation! ;-)
    
     Everyone have wonderful Holidays! (And, as a member of MADD, please
    have a safe holiday by not drinking and driving!) I'd miss you all too
    much!
    
    Love,
    
    Yonee

    Just to let you know that I will be moving on as of tomorrow.  I will
    (of course) write when I am able again!  Ta ta for now!
    Karen

    Kate McCurdy is teaching a seminar here in Santa Clara and she said to
    tell you all Hi from her.  She said she is so busy she hasn't had a
    chance to get into Feline but she'll try to get back in.
    
    Steffi

    Steffie,  where is she?  I'm over in WRO2 now and I've love an
    opportunity to meet her.
    
    Jan

    Jan, unfortunately she was only there yesterday and she was teaching
    the class and barely had a moment to chat.  I did manage to show her
    the pics of the kids. ;)
    
    BTW, welcome back.  Now we can get together.  Let me know your new
    number.
    
    Steffi

    Although I haven't been real active, I have been trying to keep up with
    the new notes and replies.
    
    However, via TFSO, my time has come.  Just wanted to say good-bye to
    all my fellow feliners who happened to also be DECies.  Hopefully I
    will see some of you at CFA shows in the future.  Sylvia and I hope to
    be able to go to more 'out of region' shows.  Our cattery name is
    Purrquett, so keep an eye out for our babies.
    
    Good luck to all.
    
    Bob Marquette
     

    Good bye and good luck.  Keep in touch with us via the off-line
    newsletter that Karen Kolling sends out.  (In fact, I received my new
    one yesterday).  If you come to CFA show in northern Calif, I may see
    you at one.  What breed of cat do you raise?
    
    Steffi

    I would like to say good-bye and good luck to you also!
    
    Take care!!
    
    
    *joyce
    

    re .1
    
    Sylvia and I raise Persians, primarily Bi-Colors.  I am also trying to
    get started with Burmese, although I will probably do them under a
    separate cattery name.
    
    Bye, Bob M
    

    Goodbye Bob!  Good luck with your cattery.  Where do you generally show
    now? Or should I say, which region?
    
    One of my good friends also raises bi-colors. Her Cattery name is 
    Lazy Day.  She works with Molly Sherrick sometimes.  I don't know if
    you know any of these people or not. 
    
    Perhaps I will run into you at a show. I am in region 1, and my cattery
    is Moonsta.  I show Colorpoint SH and Orientals.  Occasionally Siamese
    too.
    Good Luck with your Burmese!!
    Karen Fallon
    

    Is Kate still working for DEC? (I don't see her listed in ELF and was
    wondering what had happened.).
    
    Deb

    Deb, I just got Kate's DTN for you.  It's 264-0395.
    
    Steffi

    what is her emil address? (I'm rarely in the office)
    
    Deb
    

    I found her in ELF under Kathy.  Her mailstop is MKO2-2/D15 and her
    node is MKOTS3.  She's in U.S. Customer Relations.  Hope this helps.
    
    Steffi

    Hi All!
    
     I have been receiving quite a bit of mail lately, wondering where I
    have been, and if all is well with me. I must apologise to you all for
    being away so long. We had a very pressing project that was to be put
    intop production as of last Friday, and every minute of everyone's day
    was put to use trying to complete on the target date.
    
     That's the only reason I haven't been around. I'm fine, my job seems
    to be fine, and everyone and everything is going pretty well in my
    personal life also.
    
     Now that another group managed to push our project out for a possible
    six more weeks (!) I should have more time to get involved here again.
    
     I hate it when work has to come before notes!!! ;-)
    
     Love,
    
     Yonee

    HELLO!
    
    To all of the Old Feliners that "Might" be left.  I see Jan Brown is
    here, this is Carol Weston (DECy of '76 - 87' and a previous Temp from
    '88 - 91').  
    
    I'm back temping for a while.
    
    Been reading as much of the FELINERS as I can.
    
    Jan, you adopted from me, I believe Stripe!  I have a picture still
    that you sent us.  Do you have that large room for all your cats?  I'm
    trying to place you.
    
    Hi! Sandy........we spoke not to long ago.  How is your crew?
    
    To update those of you who knew us when:
    
    We have two cats left indoors. Both Male Dot, who's Black with a White
    dot on his chest and a new comer of the last 4 months, Smuckey.  He is
    a Black and White TUXEDO.  He'll be a year old next month, he's the
    youngest I've ever had and kept.
    
    We lost our main girl, Scruffy last November, miss her still.  I
    recounted my list of cats and kittens we took care of, placed, and
    buried and it came to 62.  We have one female outside and I think she's
    prego.  Going to try and place her at the Lancaster Humane Society this
    weekend, just going to drive her over and beg them to take her with our
    donations and food and towels I've been saving.  We do get a visitor, a
    male, big! he rubs all over my legs outside to eat and crys, he's the
    Moris The Cat color, I don't see him all the time, I think he must
    belong to someone, he's so friendly.
    
    Well, Hello to everyone.............
    
    Carol Weston
    
    		Dot & Smucky		"Memories of The Dudley Road Gang"
    

Hi Carol, I am still here but just barely.  Looks like next
week will be my last, TFSO finally got me.

We did indeed adopt Stripe from you and he is the most handsome
tuexedo cat -- still not very friendly except when I'm feeding
him in the morning.  But we love him as he is, he gets along
fine with all the other cats and the dogs and has his moments
of affection for us.  I guess he had been feral long enough
that may never become comfortable with humans; even though we
fed and loved him for several years he still won't come near
us in the house unless I'm holding out food.  Downstairs in
their special room he is much better, I guess he feels safe
there.

Nice to hear from you, I'll give Stripe a hug for you.


JanB

    Nice to hear from you too, Jan.  I'm sorry your TSFO, we, Steve & I,
    keep our fingers crossed for him.  He's in his 28th consecutive year
    with DEC, and has 2 more besides that (left in the early 60's and came
    back).  He started in '63.
    
    Too bad Stripe won't and didn't get warm.  I really thought he would. 
    But I'm glad he has a wonderful home like yours.
    
    I'm so out-of-touch with the FELINERS.  I just finish this note,
    reading it all (not busy -sssshhh!) and seeing everyone who has left. 
    I have a story for the Meow Power paper and will be sending it in.  I
    read it, but haven't made the time to address it, no excuses.
    
    I've been looking for a permanent job again, I'm unemployed (as a temp,
    your not considered employed) again for the 2nd time since 1987 when I
    left DEC.  I worked Dec. '76 through March '87 (left on my own) came
    back and temped Jan.'88 - June'91 (unemployed and had been looking
    since '90 for a permanent job till Sept. '92).  It's rough out there.
    
    I wish you all the best and luck.......I've taken time off, mentally
    from looking for a permanet job for the past few months.  It gets
    tiring.  I took a Medical Course last Fall and I'm studing again, hope
    to change my course in life now.
    
    Hope we talk again.
    
    Carol
    

    Hi Carol...
    
    My crew is fine...and I'm trying to stay strong and not add any
    more. (easier said then done!!)   This is my 4th year in rescuing
    cats from my neighborhood (18 total so far)...but the sad part is
    they just keep coming.  I have had about 5 new strays eating on my
    porch this winter..(sigh...it's so sad).  Nice to see your back in
    feline.....stay in touch!!!
    
    Jan...I cannot believe you will be leaving DEC too...I can't believe
    how many old feliners have left us in the last two years.  I will miss
    all your updates on your furry family....but I do plan on staying
    in touch with you.   (sigh)
    
    Sandy

    
    Hi Everyone,

    Just a quick note to let you all know that my crew and I will most
    likely be non-existant in this file, sometime in March.  I was told the
    end of January that I am at high risk... and I have chosen not to look
    inside.

    I will try to keep in touch with via Holly.....

    In case I don't get in here to say Goodbye.... Bye everyone, it's been
    fun!  Se some of you at the local shows!

    Hugs,

    M-L, Hotrail, Chessie, Boomer, Via, Doodlebug, the barking cat Casey
    and the rest of the humans in the Belforti household!

    Geesshhhh...I can't deal with this!!!  Good luck ML...and I don't
    blame you for not looking in the inside!!!!   Good luck to your
    career, your family and your furry babies!!!
    
    Please please stay in touch.....
    
    Sandy

    Does anyone know how to get in touch with Elaine Trachman?
    
    I have a friend who is interested in adopting one of her Exotic
    Shorthair cats.
    
    Thanks

    I would be willing to bet Elaine will be at one of the 2 shows coming
    up.  If I go, I will try to get her card for you.  Or hvae your friend
    go and see Elaine's kitties up close and personal.
    
    M-L

    Don't know how to get in contact with Elaine (I know she either lives
    in Bolton or Stowe, VT), but if your friend wants an exotic kitten
    that's more local, I can contact eith Diane Levin or Cindy Gerry. 
    
    Holly
    

    Are you still interested in Elaine's address/phone?  I have it 
    at home and will bring it in if you want it.
    Karen

    EmacX Exotics
    
    Elaine Trachman
    HCR 33 Box 739
    Bolton Valley, Vermont 05477
    (802) 434-3131
    
    I saw her on Sunday, and grabbed one of her cards.
    
    M-L

    
    
    	Well I wasn't sure where to put this cuz we don't
    	have a note dedicated to 'former feliners' but I 
    	have on the phone right now....from within ZKO...
    
    		MARY TAMIR!!
    
    	She's back for a while contracting here at ZKO.
    	She doesn't have much time to get in here but she
    	promises to get in as soon as she can.
    
    	All the furfaces and she are doing fine.   Beth is
    	still a little angel of course and Blue is still 
    	spraying and spending time in his cage.
    
    	And I'll let her tell the rest.  =)
    
    	Hi Mar!!
    
    	JJ

Hi everyone!  Yup, I'm (temporarily) back doing some contract stuff.  I won't be
the avid noter I was ages ago, but I wanted to say hi to all you old Feliners
and bring you up to date with the mob...

Honey is 13 now and is showing his age a bit.  His kidneys aren't what they used
to be, but generally, he's doing well.  He's a seal point Himmy.

Chauncey is the same...still wants Julie dead...He's a cream point Himmy.

Julie still wets on my bed, but now only when Chauncey terrorizes her!  She's a
red tabby.

Robin is....well, Robin is Robin.  She's quite the chub and still very shy. 
Robin is an ex-feral rescue.

Biff has gone to a new home thru the Pat Brody Shelter.  I don't know how
he's doing, but I'm sure he's got his new people well trained!

Mikey has become quite affectionate (to me) since Biffy has been gone.  He
lets me kiss him and pet him, but if I try to pick him up, he...ah, how you
say....expresses his anal glands all over me.  Once feral, always slightly 
feral...He's a full brother to Robin and Biff.

Beth is wonderful!!!  She's 3 now, but still acts like the tiny baby kitten
you remember.  She's very playful still and she absolutely loves her Mommy!!
She says "Momma" and "Mouse" and she has a special sound for "I want OUT"!!
She still amazes me when I see how well she gets along (for those who don't know
Beth, she's totally blind and has been since she was a baby).  She's a tiny
little tortie with no eyes.

Blue is holding his own (has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy).  He just had his
yearly checkup at Tufts and his heart has enlarged slightly since last year.
He also still sprays everything he gets near, so he's confined alot.  He'll
be seeing the behaviorist at Tufts in a couple months to see if he can be
helped.  But, his other injuries are completely healed (for those who don't 
know, I found Blue run over by a car 18 months ago and found out about his
bad heart when he was being treated for his injuries.  Blue is a blue point
Himmy).

So hi to all and I hope to be able to "sign in" from time to time!!

Mary and the gang of 7...

    Hi Mary,  good to see you here again.  Thanks for the update on the
    mob.  I often wonder how Beth and Blue especially, are doing.  Sorry to
    hear that Blue is still spraying so much.  Give them a hug for me.
    
    Steffi

    Hi Mary...Welcome back for a bit!!!!!   Hugs to your crew!!
    
    Sandy

    Hi Mary, 
    Glad to see that some of the old feliners are popping up again.
    Sorry that Blue is still spraying.  I have a whole male that sprays
    like a champ, so I can empathize!!
    ENjoy the job!
    Karen

    Welcome back Mary!!  We've missed you and your wonderful stories about
    Beth!
    
    Holly
    

OK, here's a cute Beth story!!  Beth is in her second kittenhood as she is
rediscovering her old sleeping places and favourite toys from years gone by. 
When I first found her, I put a small blanket in a shoe box for her to sleep
in.  She was so tiny she barely filled one corner of it!
This morning, I found her asleep in the same shoe box with her very favourite
mousie toy (he has no fur left on him) clutched between her paws.  She
looked so content and peaceful....

It's good to be back and to hear from all of you again!!

Mary

    Welcome back, Mary!  Glad to hear Blue is still thriving... I still
    have his photo taped up on my refrigerator.
    

    
    Welcome back Mary!!!!!
    
    Feline Glad to see "old" faces in feline places :-)
    
    Sue & Crew

    
    I'm leaving, but I will be back!  I'm out on maternity leave
    starting Monday, but will be back in August.  Take care of all
    those furfaces, y'all!
    
    Lynne

    Lynne, congratulations.  I didn't know you were pregnant.  When is the
    baby due?  Will you be able to get word to a feliner to let us all know
    the good news and the vital statistics?  
    
    Steffi

    WOW...I didn't know you were going to have a human litter. (ha ha!!)
    Congrats...enjoy the time off....and good luck to you..and please
    find a way to let us know what you have!!    Hmmm...long or short
    haired!!
    
    Sandy

    Hey, congratulations from me too.  When you come back your hair will
    smell like.... baby barf!
    
    Sandy, hahahaha, "human litter"!  Reminds me that when I was pregnant I
    dreamed I was nursing my new KITTEN (ooh, those needly teeth!).
    
    Leslie

    *You* do care take of *you*, Arrgh!
    
    And keep posted!
    
    Congrats!
    
    Nat

	I am also leaving, but not having a litter :-)

	I'm leaving on the 29th, Tuesday next week.  I'm really pleased that
	I managed to stay here long enough to hear of JJ's rescue, although
	I will miss the sories of the new kitties.

	Goodbye folkes, it's been great noting here.

	Heather

    Lynne,
    
         Congratulations!  Enjoy your time away!
    
    Heather,
    
         Oooh, sorry to see you go.  Best of luck to you!
    
    					- Andrea

    Heather...so sorry to see that another feliner is leaving us.
    I have enjoyed your notes and the different perspectives you
    bring from another country.   Take care of those furfaces...
    and good luck to you.
    
    Sandy

    Congrats, Lynne!  Don't forget to write when the human furface is
    born!!
    
    Heather, best of luck to you... enjoy your new life after DEC!
    
    -Roberta
    

    Oh Heather, bah humbug.  We'll miss your stories.  Best of luck on the
    "outside"...
    
    Leslie

    Anyone hear if Lynne has had her baby yet?  It was due April 11.
    
    Steffi

    I just heard from an ex-feliner who got TFSO'd about two months ago.
    
    M-L Belforti called me just a little while ago!  She's doing great, and
    has just gotten a new job (not bad ... less than two months and they
    didn't even touch the package she got from DEC!).  She'll be working
    for a place called Novice, Inc. in Burlington, MA.  
    
    All of the furrfaces are doing wonderful.  They're having a great time
    running from window to window now that they've opened them all. (-:
    
    Holly
    

    I will be on vacation May 16th though May 25th.  I'll be in Hawaii
    basking in the Hawaiian sunlight and doing the tourist thing.  I
    believe both Deb and Holly will be available in case someone is in
    need of moderator assistance while I'm gone.
    
    Jan
    Moderator, FELINE

    I'm jealous!  I wanna go!!
    
    I suppose we can handle these critters. (-:
    
    Holly
    

    Jan, have a wonderful time.  Don't forget the sunscreen.
    
    Steffi

    No problem, Steffi.  I sell the stuff (Mary Kay, remember).  I
    have plenty of sunscreen type products on hand.
    
    I'm also armed with Len's "Cats in Paradise" note so I'll know
    where to go while I'm there. :^)
    
    Jan
    
    P.S.  Holly, I'm taking a really large suitcase.  If you can get
          to California I'll let you hide out in there (shades of the
          airline commercial for a companion fare to Hawaii where they
          stuff the guy in the suitcase to avoide paying :^)
    
    
    

    I've just heard from our dear friend, M-L Belforti.  She's doing well,
    and having LOADS of fun with Doodlebug, Via, and Boomer.  She asked me
    to post her e-mail address so that anyone who wants to can contact her.
    
    "[email protected]"
    
    Write to her!  She's got LOADS of fun kitten stories to tell! (-:
    
    Holly
    

    This is my last week at DEC, since I've been chosen for TFSO. I would 
    like to say goodbye and thanks to all of you in Feline. 

    I thought I would have time to do one more JJ & Sons update, but The Day 
    has come and I'm still running around trying to clean things up before I 
    leave. I'm not sure when they are going to "pull the plug" on my account, 
    so I will say good bye now. If I can get in a few (?? :-) last words 
    before I leave for good. 

    While I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm ecstatic over leaving, I'm not 
    too disappointed, either. I'm ready for a change. I feel like I'm on the 
    brink of a great opportunity and I'm looking forward to exciting 
    possibilities ahead. 

    The hardest part is parting with the friends I've made in almost 19 years
    at DEC. The Feliners from whom I've learned so much and with whom I've 
    shared the ups and downs of living with and being owned by cats. 
    I'll miss all the kitty stories, questions, and even the griping. :-)

    Best of luck to you all!

    Linda

    
    
    Linda, 
    
      I would like to wish you the best of luck in your new ventures. 
      Thank you for sharing all the JJ stories with us. 
    
    Shaw

    Linda,
    
    I'm going to miss you and your JJ updates.  Please keep in touch thru
    Roberta and our newsletter.  I have your address and you have mine so
    we can write each other.
    
    Best of luck at finding something you really love to do. (and get paid,
    too).
    
    Steffi

    It's so sad to see all our friends leaving....but I'm sure you'll
    succeed in whatever you choose to do for a career.  It's too bad
    being a foster mom or volunteering at a shelter...doesn't pay!!!!
    
    Good luck...and please keep in touch and let us know about JJ and
    the babies!!!
    
    Sandy      

         Best of luck to you Linda, and here's a very belated thank you
    to you (and Roberta, the brave kitty-catcher!) for rescuing JJ and her
    kittens.  Please keep in touch!
    
    					- Andrea

    I'll miss you too, and I'm so glad JJ and the kitties have found such a
    wonderful foster mom.
    
    Leslie

    Fare thee well, Linda...

    Gosh, I hope I got this in in time!!  Adios Linda!  Take good care of
    all your little "redheads".  They will surely keep you on your toes!
    Also, as I look at JJ, it looks to me that her color is really a fawn
    and not so much red.  Thanks for the pictures and the great stories...
    fondly,
    Karen

    My manager just came in to tell me that my job has been "impacted" and
    that there's a 98% possibility that I'll be TSFO'd.  The worst part of
    leaving (other than the salary) is leaving this notesfile.  I'll miss
    you and hearing about all your furry babies.  I 'll be on vacation this
    Friday and be back here on the 3rd.  (Probably to pack up my office.)
    sigh.
    
    Steffi

         Gosh, Steffi, I'm really sorry to hear that.  Best of luck to you;
    I'll miss hearing about your babies too!
    
    					- Andrea

    Bob has a compuserve account so you can send me mail.  
    
    DECPA::"[email protected]"
    
    I promise to answer your mail promptly.  I'd love to be able to keep in
    touch.
    
    Steffi

    Oh Steffi.....this is getting so sad!!!  Please please keep in
    touch and if you are ever on the East Coast again please contact
    me so we can get-together.
    
    Sandy

    Linda, Steffi,
    
    Good luck to you and your cats family's
    
    Deb

    Those you who are leaving but still have access to computers...
    don't forget the internet.  There's a newsgroup on the internet
    called "rec.pets.cats" where we can all meet again.  I know that
    Karen Kolling frequents that group and I think I might have seen
    Andrea Fease in there too (oops, hope I got that name right...
    I've just drawn a total blank on her name).
    
    It's not quite the same as the friendly, relatively close-knit
    group we have here but it'll do in a pinch.
    
    Jan

    
    Ohhhhh, we are so sad to loose you!  Good luck to you both!
    
    Feline Sad at our loss,
    
    Sue & Furry Crew!

    re .313
    
         Yep, you got it right ;^) .  Internet is lots of fun; all kinds of
    neat groups including rec.pets.cats.
    
    					- Andrea

    Well, the word has come down that I am at risk. I sort of figured I
    was, having nothing to do since the last project was completed. I'm
    sort of having mixed emotions right now. I'm relieved to know, but I'm
    also partly afraid, and partly excited to get on to new things. 
    
    I won't be told officially until next week, but I figure I'm outta here
    in any case. I'll miss this notes file the most of anything in this
    company. I used to love to come to work, but I'm at the point where I
    have an internal struggle to get out of bed every morning. So, I guess
    it's time for a change.
    
    I'll write again when I'm told 'officially'. I'll be turning my badge
    in as soon as possible, as long as my resume is up to date. We aren't
    really expected to come in during that last week, and I'm hoping that I
    won't have to. I'll turn my equipment in this week, so I don't have to
    worry about that.
    
    I'll finish getting my personal stuff out of here this week, so I won't
    have anything to do when the time comes. 
    
    I'll have everyone's addresses and stuff from the newsletters though!
    Maybe I'll even break down and write an article if it ciontinues to be
    written! ;-)
    
    I'll miss you all!!!!!
    
    Love,
    
     Yonee

    Sniff Sniff....BUT I know I'll stay in touch with you because
    you always need your "kitty City fix" and I know the Pat Brody
    Shelter can count on you to help on those special occasions! (ha...
    the real dirty/grunt work!!)
    
    When you have time to really think about what is happening to you..
    I personally think you'll feel quite relieved to know the waiting is
    over, the stress will be gone and your new life can begin.
    
    Sigh...this notesfile will be like a ghost town now that everyone
    is leaving.  Please stay in touch....and may life bring you happiness!
    I'm going to miss hearing about all your "F" kitties!! (all Yonee's
    kitties names begins with F!!!)
    
    Sandy
    
    Sandy  

    
    
    Yonee,  Never get to meet you at any of the cat shows, but have enjoyed
         reading your notes and learning from your experience. 
         I hope the future is bright for you and you will succeed in
         anything new that you try. 
    
    Shaw

    Yonee - it must be an emotional rollercoaster for you right now -
    relieved in a way that you finally know your fate at DEC - and
    scared at the uncertainty of the future.  But just try to forge
    ahead and know that whatever you choose to pursue in the future
    will be a success - I know you'll get through this OK!!  Chin up!
    
    We're ALL going to miss you and your wonderful adventures with
    your babies.  And of course, we'll miss your great organizational
    abilities with the Silver Lining Fund.
    
    Best of luck to you - hope to see you soon at a catshow!  Please
    keep in touch with us!!
    
    Pam

    Well, I'm another one outta here, mixed feelings and all.  Now, where
    is that note with directions on getting onto the mailing list??? 
    After all, if I can't get my fix in the note file, I gotta get it 
    somehow!  And this file will be one of things I miss most!  I will 
    seriously miss you all, many of whom I've come to consider friends,
    even though I'm not real active in the file, and many of you don't 
    know me.  
    
    Please - if there is a party, contact me at home, and let me know - I'd
    love to come, and would even love to host one.  I'm in Fitchburg, Mass.
    (And I'll have time to clean my house!!)  Hmmm, Sandy, could we combine
    it with a trip by the shelter???
    
    Speaking of the shelter, I seem to have some time on my hands - did I 
    hear something about volunteering???
    
    Linda

    Geesshhhhh...this is so sad,,,I can't believe how many folks
    will be leaving Dec soon!!!!   Good luck to you...and please
    look me up in the phone book and give me a call.   Coordinating
    a party and trip to the shelter sounds fine to me as long as
    we do it on a weekend that I'm not booked!!!  
    
    Linda...if you have time on your hands and your interested please 
    contact Priscilla and just let her know.  I know the shelter is 
    always in need of extra people during the week (day or night)!!!   
    And I know we are ALWAYS looking for people who sew!!!!!
    
    Good luck to you....
    
    sandy

    re:  .316
    
    Yonee, we'll miss you.  And, just what am I supposed to do when 
    I can't figure out which topic to move something to now?  :^)
    
    
    re:  .320
    
    The newsletter information can be found in topic 369.0.
    
    
    Both of you please take care of yourselves.  I wish you luck in 
    whatever you choose to pursue.  Just remember that there is life
    after Digital.
    
    If you ever find yourselves on the internet please feel free to
    send mail to me at:
    
    	[email protected]  (work--assuming I'm still here)
    
    	[email protected]                 (personal account)  
    
    
    Best of luck,
    
    Jan

    Well guys, A lot of people will be leaving shortly.  So many things
    going on here now.  Look at it this way, you'll be better off!
    I will miss both of you Yvonne and Linda and all your notes.
    Take care, and Yonnee, I WILL see you at a show soon, huh?
    Karen
    (pls. come to Sturbridge if you can, I will have my new little
    blue lynx boy Calais with me)

    Thank you all so much for the well wishes. After my initial shock
    yesterday, I'm now looking at this as an opportunity. I'll miss this
    file more than I can say, but I have many phone numbers and Internet
    addresses, so I can keep in touch.
    
    BTW, Sandy, it looks like I might have quite a bit of time on my hands
    to sew beds!!!! 8-) 8-) ;-)
    
    Love,
    
    Yonee

    Yonee,
    
    good Luck!
    
    Deb and THE FIRM.

    Karen...When is the Sturbridge show???  I think the PB shelter
    has been invited....so maybe I can rope Yonee into helping too!!!
    
    Sandy

    
    The Sturbridge show is 9-10 July, at the Sturbridge Host Hotel.
    
    len.
    

    Sandi,
    I already spoke to Yonnee and she will be away for that show.
    Hopefully she will be able to come to the one in Bedford NH at
    the end of July.  At least she said she would try.  Glad to see
    you and Len are still here!! 
    Karen

    Yonee, I'll miss you... And I think of all who have to go.
    Purr.
    Nat

    Well, I thought I was history, but I managed to find a way back in
    to FELINE for one last sprint to the end.
    
    My company, EA Systems Inc. of Alameda, CA is being sold by Digital
    and the deal appears to be almost consummated.  A week or so ago we
    were stripped of our access to most nodes, but I've been able to
    patch together a path to node MISERY.  Working for a computer company
    hasn't been a complete waste of time after all.
    
    I'm going to spend whatever time I have left before the plug is pulled
    tying up loose ends.  Gosh, Steffi's gone, and now Yonee!!  What's the
    world coming to?
    
    Furry kitty yours,
    Carl

    Carl,
    Due you have a dtn or phone number?
    Good thing you're smart!
    Karen

    Karen and FELINERs:
    
    Since I was never a 100% employee of Uncle Digital (80.1% slave only),
    I was never granted a DTN or badge number or any of that other stuff.
    
    But EA Systems, being a modern-age computer software company, had the
    incredible foresight to install phones and set up a mailing address
    with the postal service.  Here is my vital information in that regard:
    
       Carl T. Geenen
       Senior Applications Engineer (whoopee)
       EA Systems Inc.
       980 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 103
       Alameda, CA 94501
       510-748-4845 (desk)
       510-748-4717 (fax)
    
    Or I can be reached at home:
    
       1152 Summer Way
       Pittsburg, CA 94565
       510-458-1334
    
    I may be right and I may be wrong,
    But I'm sho gonna miss y'all when I'm gone.
    (From the Negro Spiritual "Linin' Track")
    
    Carl

    Sigh...this notesfile will be like a ghost file soon!  Good luck to
    you Carl and keep your furfaces happy!!    Does this mean you still
    have a job with this company...but your just not part of Digital???
    
    I hope all you folks who are leaving make sure you get on the
    off-line newsletter that Karen Kolling puts together.  It would be so nice
    to stay in touch with you...even if it's only quarterly!!
    
    Sandy

    Well, I guess this is it. I saved this as my last note. I'll be turning
    my badge in after I'm done in here. I'm feeling very positive about the
    future though. I'll still miss allthe FELINErs terribly though! It's
    about the only thing I WILL miss about this place though.
    
    I wish you all success in the future, be it inside DEC or in the
    outside world like me. I know all will do well. How can we help it? We
    are all such wonderful people!  8-) 8-) 
    
    I bid a fond farewell to each and every one of you. I will miss the
    stories, and the information available in these notes, but will also
    have very fond memories of you all too.
    
    I hope to see you all again one day!
    
    Love,
    
     Yonee 

    Well folks, I've just been tapped. It's been a good 14 years while it
    lasted. 
    
    I've meet a lot of you folks at the shows and I'm going to miss this
    file. I wasn't that active lately, but I got in now and then to get my
    up dates on everyone.
    
    Kai and Teddy say "Hi".
    
    Mike

    
    Mike,  Best of luck to you, sad to see you go. 
    
    Shaw

    Good luck, Mike!  Seems like yesterday we were showing our cats
    together... hard to believe 4 years has passed!!
    
    -Roberta
    

    
       After 14 years I'm now part of Digital's history. I had some good
    times here, but the past 3-4 years hasn't included many of them.. I am
    really relieved to have the damned pressure removed finally, so it's on
    to better things...
    
       Good Luck!! I'm afraid you'll need it...
    
    
       John McDonough

    
    Hi y'all!  I am back, only to say goodbye and pack up my office.
    I had a baby boy, for those of you who knew I was prego!  Cat count
    went up one, as we decided to keep the stray who showed up in Feb.
    She was already spayed, and checked out clean from those "nasties".
    
    That makes it 6.5 cats!!!
    
    Take care of yourselves and those furfaces!!!
    
    Lynne (& Casey, B.K., Pepper, Rusty, Dominique, Monster, & Mooch)
    

    Congratulations on your baby Lynne!!  Glad you at least had
    a second to enter here to say good bye.
    So long to John and Mike also. I am afraid this is the way it will
    be for some time.
    Take care and hope to see you at a show sometime.
    Karen

         Good luck to you John and Lynne, Mike and Yonee (I know I missed
    her, but I was out sick last week :-( ).  It's so sad to see so many
    good people going ...
    
    					- Andrea

    Goodbye to all that go. I had a lost net connection here in Hungary and
    some mad days too so I could not connect earlier. Nevertheless I wish
    all the best who gone and for the 'rest' (I mean us here 'in' yet) luck
    to be able to stay with FELINE.
    
    Might the stars shine upon your ways!
    
    Nat

    Unbelieveable how many of our friends are departing and they say
    "we're the lucky ones to still have a job...ha ha!!!
    Good luck to you all and John I will miss all your notes in
    not only the feline file, but also the canine and garden file.
    You are ONE person I know that has more rescued animals then me!!
    
    Okay....so who's left????  I sometimes feel there are no other
    feliners out there!!!   I feel lonely....
    
    Sandy
    
    

    Well, as far as I know all the moderators are still here so 
    you're not totally alone, Sandy (over-moderated but not alone :^)
    'Course, with only one other noter the mods ought to be able to 
    take a nice break. :^)
    
    Jan

    I think I'm seeing double ... or were there two notes from
    Jan??  ;-)
    
    I'm still here!  (for now, anyway...)
    
    So that makes two noters and the moderators!!
    
    It's really sad - I just came back from visiting my old group
    (or what's left of it).  There were 10 empty office to every full
    one...
    
    Pam

    Yes, I am still here as well. I wanted to take today off since it was
    nice out, but the FIRM ordered me to go to work so that they can be
    supported in the manner that they plan to be come accustomed to.
    
    Deb 

    Yup, I'm here too .. hmm... three moderators and only two noters. (-: 
    Well, that's Digital! (-:
    
    Holly
    

    Re: .345
    
    Yep there were two notes.  I goofed.  Edited the original and
    forgot to delete it.  It's been a long morning already what
    with a broken contact lense and a spare that's less than 
    adequate.
    
    Jan

    RE: 38.342
    Beautifully worded, Nat.  I circulated your note around the office
    and the consensus is that you must be a bit of a poet, since the
    wording is so flowing.  I take it that "Elenn sila lumen omentilmo"
    means "Might the stars shine upon your way!"?
    
    Since it sounds so poetic and comes straight to the point, I've
    taken the liberty of arranging some of the sentiments of your note
    into a short stanza (with a couple of minor adjustments).  I hope you 
    don't mind.
    
       Goodbye to all that go, all the best
       Who've gone.  And for the rest
       (I mean us here in yet), luck to be able to stay.
       Might the stars shine upon your way!
    
    Thanks, Nat.
    Carl-who-is-probably-too-sentimental-for-his-own-good

    
    I'm still here, too.  If fact, they moved Deb into the office
    next to mine.  Maybe they're starting to round up Feliners!
    One can never be too paranoid... 8^)
    
    Ron

    
    Wow, It is so sad to loose such good friends, but I am still here too!
    
    I hope I get a chance to pop in more often.  Good luck to all, those
    that are on to other things and to those of us who remain and must take
    up the slack.
    
    Feline sentimental too,
    
    Sue & Panther & Spots & Cinnyman
    

    re .350
    
    Carl, thank you for your kind words, and for the poem too, it's made
    great.
    
    Yes, I *am* something like a poet (after having a rhyme-book in the shelf
    with over 100 pages, and working on a novel now I might say so), but
    this pearl was not from me. Elenn s�la len omentilmo is said in quenya,
    the highelven tongue, and means truly might the stars shine upon your
    way, or something like that. But it is from the Fantasy Master and
    worlds greatest linguists, J. R. R. Tolkien, from the book 'The Lord of
    the Rings' which I strongly recommend to read to all of you who like
    sentimental, romantic and *really catharctic* suff.
    
    To all who gone, I say Nam�ri� (highelven 'farewell') and to the
    mellons here (not melons HI, mellon means 'good friend' in highelven)
    I say keep tough.
    
    Sorry for the linguistic reply in this topic, but if I say something I
    have to explain it too...
    
    Old Nat
    

         I'm still here, with all my crew!
    
    					- Andrea

    Happy to say I'm still here as the Colonel refuses to go out and get a 
    job. (He's too busy telling the dogs what to rearrange/shred while I'm
    at work). It's been a sad couple of weeks with all the good people
    leaving. Maybe they should put the Firm in charge of the company, then
    at least the feliners would be safe!
    
    Sari

    one thing is for certain; if the FIRM were in charge, THE FIRM would
    make a profit (I'm not sure that the rest of us would, though). And I'm
    sure that all of our cats would be Mice Presidents!
    
    Deb

    I'm here too.  Sari, funny you should say that about the Colonel.  I
    too, walked in the door last night and asked the cats when they planned
    to find work and help support the household.  Sometimes when I'm really
    fried from the day I even ask them what they plan to cook me for
    dinner!  They just look at me like I have 10 heads and demand their
    dinner and romp on the balcony.
    
    I guess I'm officially trained!
    
    -Roberta
    

I'm here too...in and out!  Just came back from vacation Tuesday, and was very
sad to find that Yonee had left...sad to see everyone else go too.

Laura   

    
    
    	Still here...... for now anyway!
    
    	JJ
    

    I'm still here, too - though mostly read-only these days.  JFCL and her
    new companion, Melody the coon cat kitten, pass along their sweetest
    purrs.
    
    /Charlotte

    that *was* from "lord of the rings"!!!  i thought i was finally going
    around the bend for the last time.  at first, i thought it was in
    hungarian and i thought "how pretty and lyrical".  then, i looked at it
    again and it looked *familiar*.  hmmmm...did i speak hungarian in a
    previous life, thought i?  then, i thought it looked like the elf
    language.  yes!
    
    and my two furbags won't get off the sofa and get a job, either!  ;-)
    
    diane (still here) with stanley & stella (still on the sofa)

    I'm still here too....in NRO5 to boot.  I'm probably more RO than I'd
    like to be....but count me in.

    Well I managed to hang in too with a move to AKO1.  I have been a readd
    only noter of late.  It didn't help that I had to borrow someones
    else's node for a day or two.  I was supposed to leave in September
    but I think I will stay on longer and take my chances.
    
    The cats are all doing really well.  And most importantly, I have
    found homes for some that are really wonderful.
    
    I talked to Jo (Cordes-Brown) the other day and she is fairing 
    well.  I hate that so many people have gone.
    I will continue to read and write when I can!
    Karen

    
    
    
    	Hey Sandy.... I still here with KC, Rusty and Lilac ....
    
    	My crew remind me that they like their life style that
    	they have grown a custom to....
    
    	So when do you and others want to have lunch ?
    
    	Mike

    Mike...well the good news is that I'll be going to a new job
    and moving to MR03!  And I know Pam Gladding, Nancy Cross, and
    Debbi Jancaitis (and maybe other feliners) all work out of the 
    Marlboro facility so it will be much easier to plan a lunch!!!!
    
    My last day of work in SHR is 7/1 and then I take 2 weeks 
    vacation (Yeah....) and I start my new job on July 18th.   I'll
    try to coordinate a lunch right after that.  I'm sure I can
    convince Yonee to join us too...that is if she is not working yet!!
    
    Nice to see that there are still some of us still working...I don't
    feel so lonely!!
    
    Sandy
    

    
    I'm still here too.  Merlin says he's too old to work anymore, and
    deserves his retirement, while the "kids" are all assuming I'm going to
    continue to put them through cat school.  So there'll be no rest for
    the weary.
    
    LJO is just 15 minutes up 495 from MRO, so when the MRO contingent
    organizes a lunch, count me in.  Besides, I have lots of pictures of
    JJ and sons to share with you.
    
    len (servant to Merlin, Rocky, Little Robin and The Most Beautiful
    Blueberry).
     

    
    
    It's great to have some good friends left still in this file, I 
    wish I was closer to MRO so that I could finally get to meet you all 
    and see JJ and the boys pics. We lost quite a bit of people here at
    my site (NIO) too. 
    
    Shaw

    I'm still here, too.  My cats have been quite concerned over all this
    TFSO business, and worried that we might have to tighten our belts and
    cut down on buying (gasp!) kitty toys and catnip : )  My cats are
    already employed as lap warmers, and feel their jobs are quite secure...
    Sarah

    Hey Sandy, Ron Brown and I are in MRO, too. Drop us some mail when you
    move in!
    
    Deb

    Deb...what building are you in?????  Wow...many of us will be
    in the same area for once!!  Of course the question is...where
    will everyone go once its sold???  There are alot of rumors out
    there and I'm hearing I could end up in MKO!!  
    
    Sandy

    We are in MRO1, first floor (the dungeon area).
    
    Deb

    Just letting you know I'm still here in ALF. The cats aren't too
    worried since I leave every morning saying 'have to get to work to make
    money so I can buy cat food'. They assume they will be taken care of. I
    think they spend the day ordering from the home shopping channel. 
    
    Nancy

    Another checking in from ALF. Still here, but Sammi and Shadow made me
    go out and buy them a luxurious kitty condo while I still have the
    income, just in case you know. 
    
    Rebecca

    Re:  past notes
    
    I'm glad I'm not the only one that asks the cats what they're fixing
    for dinner.  They just look at me as if I'm nuts and go about their
    kitty business.
    
    Jan

    I just wanted to say goodbye to everyone here.  I've enjoyed this notes
    file so much and have gotten so much wonderful information from it. 
    Even my friends and family have benefitted from this file.  Today is my
    last day here; I have a wonderful job offer elsewhere, so I'm very
    happy.  I just know I'll miss reading all the wonderful stories in here
    that made me laugh.  Take care everyone and best to you and your
    fur-faces!!
    
    Diana & Linus & Lula (and Desdimona the lucky stray that you helped me
                          rsecue that now lives like a queen with my friend 
                          Michael)  

    Another well known name we won't see anymore.  Good bye Diana!
    Good luck with your kitties and your new future...
    Karen

    Good bye and Good luck.....and please take care of your little
    furry babies!!!!
    
    Sandy

    
    As everyone seems to be exiting, I come back for a feline visit.  It
    has been a long time. Thought I'd pop in see what was going on.  What a 
    trip...
     
    I started to read old notes about the Bales, nothing like a good cry on 
    a sunny San Francisco afternoon...
    
    I saw Steffi at the cat show yesterday.  Lizette was beautiful. 6
    years, 4 months and she just gets better.  She took 2nd best premier
    in an AB ring.  What a granddame!!!  Jo is the same as ever...
    
    Callie and Kisa are fine.  I'm getting that "Exotic" urge again......
    
    
                                                                         

    Marlene,
    
    So good to hear from you again in the file.  It was great seeing you
    the other day too.  I'll be in the SZO office pretty regularly on 
    Wednesdays with the exception of a week or two when I'm on vacation.
    
    Didn't make it to the cat show.  Wanted to go.  It seems to be the 
    only contact I have with Jo these days since there aren't any family
    events between the end of May and August.  
    
    Visit again soon, please.
    
    Jan

	Just a quick note to let you all know (after holding my breathe all 
	morning yesterday), I'm still here too !  Our group didn't get "hit" 
	until yesterday, so it was touch 'n' go for a while but I'm ok.  My
	roommate, Virginia Chamberlain, got tapped yesterday tho', but
	she's ok with it so it wasn't so bad.  As she said, if it was a
	choice of losing this job or losing another pet (after losing
	2 and coming close with 2 others this year), she'll take losing
	the job !

	Best of luck to all who are leaving.  Sandy, I'll be waiting for
	your phone call after vacation for that lunch !!!!!!!!! 

	Debbi & the Burrage Ave Menagerie

    HI MARLENE!!  I know I'm guilty as ever for not keeping in touch, but I
    guess that's because it's the same old stuff.  Of course that leaves me
    with no excuse for not asking about you!  So glad to see you're still
    here, and that Callie and Kisa are doing well!
    
    Tell Steffi I said hello.  I miss her contributions here.
    
    Hugs to all!
    Roe
    

    I will be on vacation (in the DC area) from 6/29 through 7/5.
    
    Hopefully either Deb or Holly will be here to handle those silly
    moderator-type details (truth be told, there hasn't been that
    much moderating to be done lately as the group has gotten smaller).
    
    Meanwhile, I'll be having a blast enduring that sweltering DC
    heat and humidity (I've become a weather wimp living here in
    California).  Oh the things I'll do for my 21 year high school
    reunion. :^)
    
    See ya,
    
    Jan

    Hi everybody, I am still here as well.. Stay well.. I am just as
    guilty as everyone else for not staying in touch, but the days
    just fly by. Hmmm.. Deb S, you are in MRO.. Gee.. I thought I
    saw you in PKO about 2 weeks ago.. I there for a meeting and
    wandered into the Caf on my way out..(Lunch to go, ok...ok..
    I was getting cookies.. chocolate.. I have a philosphy.. eat
    dessert first..life is too short to waste it on regular food.:*)..
    Kate, Happy, Preschie, and Kissy.. who have officially opened
    their summer business venture.. Lemonade/Sunglasses/Pail and
    Shovel Concession..Called Sun, Fun, and Purrs.. I am told
    THE FIRM is currently pleased with the profit margins..(thank
    heavens,as I was informed that I would have to make up any
    deficits..:*)
    

    Hi Kate,
    
    it had to have been somone else; I havn't been in PKO for over 2
    months!
    
    
    I'm glad that the cats business venture is doing well; the FIRM seems
    happy with their percentage (as a consultant fee).
    
    Deb

    
    
    Well, after much soul searching and job-hunting, I today accepted a
    position at Andersen Consulting.  I will be doing training and course
    development in a variety of their product lines.  It's my dream job --
    working and living in the heart of Chicago.  My last day with Digital
    will be July 15.
    
    It's been an interesting 8 years, here at Digital.  The company that
    hired me no longer exists.  We, as employees, have become simple
    commodities.  It's been "time to move on" for about three years, but I
    only acted on those feelings about 6 weeks ago.
    
    I wish peace and good fortune to all of you, and to your kitties, too!
    
       Greg -- and the boys (Domingo and Dmitri)

    I'm back and though I miss my friends, I'm quite happy to be 
    out of the east coast heat and humidity.
    
    Jan (love those moderatore SF Bay Area temps)

    Bye Greg, have luck and fun, and all the best to the boys too!
    Nat

    Athough I have been a mostly read only member of this conference I felt
    compelled to say goodbye.  I have accepted a position with Ernst &
    Young in their information technology consulting practice.  My last 
    day with Digital is 8/5/94.
    
    I only got my first furface last November (another in January). I can't
    tell you how much I have enjoyed reading your notes.  I learned so
    much about what cats are all about.  I could tell that feline noters
    really care. 
    
    I particularlly enjoyed Len's descriptions of cat hi-jinx, the JJ saga,
    and various others stories obout successes and setbacks with their kitties.
    I guess I will have to get access to internet, so I can keep up with
    kitty issues. 
    
    Thank you all, 
    
    
    Greg Sharrow 
    (Magic & Abby)

    My wife and I spent a wonderful Labor Day weekend with Steffi Russell
    and her husband Bob Pencovic at their home in Los Gatos, CA.  Steffi
    is still looking for employment, but that will be put on hold when she
    and Bob go off for a month to Australia and New Zealand later this
    month.
    
    We got to see their little ones again -- Misty, Marnie, Devin, Lizette
    -- and the newest member of their menagerie, Ellery Queen, a classic
    brown tabby Scottish Fold.  What a sweet boy!!
    
    Steffi wanted me to say hello to everyone here in FELINE and to post
    an email address where she can be reached:
    
       [email protected]
    
    Even though it's officially Bob's mailbox, Steffi shares it too.
    She'll be very pleased to receive email, if anyone wants to drop her a
    line or two.
    
    We had a fun time going to the Monterey Aquarium and the Bonny Doon
    Winery and, of course, playing with those kitties.  We ate a LOT of
    really great food (Bob and Steffi are great cooks) and went to several
    fine restaurants.  Now my wife and I need to go on a diet to lose the
    weight we gained over the weekend!!
    
    Carl

    Carl, that is great that you had such a good time, I miss Steffie.
    My last day here is next Wednesday.  My year is up and it is time to
    take the 45 leave.  I never know for sure if I am coming back.
    This time I have updated my resume and will be sending it out.
    You never know, I have worked for DEC for years as a temp, but 
    permanent is starting to become necessary.
    Good luck to everyone here, and if I come back, you can be sure I'll
    get in here!
    Bye,
    Karen

    Karen...hopefully I'll see you at some upcoming shows!!  Stay in
    touch and take care of your furry family!!!
    
    Carl...thanks for posting the note regarding Steff and Bob.  I tried
    sending them a note via the instructions you gave and the message
    was rejected.   I then used the original mail address Steff had
    left me and it wasn't rejected.  I'm not sure if she got the message
    because I haven't heard back from her yet!!
    
    Sandy

    Hope seeyagain, Karen. I wrote to the new Steffi address and it was not
    rejected (yet)
    Nat :)

        Well, this is a different kind of question --
	I know where the noter went, I'm trying to find
	out who was looking for the noter recently.

        Jan (llama mmama) Brown was being looked for by
        a couple of DEC people at the New Hampshire Llama
        Association Fall Festival in Durham at UNH.
        Unfortunatly, Jan and the DEC people never got
        together -- we heard from someone else that
        "two women from Digital were looking for Jan."
        (Jan was chairing the event, and was literally
        five or six places at once!)  Jan thought that
        FELINE would be a good place to check, and hopefully
        to satisfy our curiosity.

        Thanks,
        Ron

    I've been out sick (and am currently only back 1/2 time) since about
    the beginning of September. I'm not sure when I'll be back in full
    time. Those that sent mail, I havn't been ignoring you, I just havn't
    been able to log in and I'll try to answer you with in the next few days. 
    
    Deb

    
            I've been asked to pass on good wishes to everyone,
            from Lisa Pavey (see entry 38.114)
    
            She's working for Vodaphone here in the UK and
            appears to be enjoying herself.
    
            There are now four cats to keeping her entertained.
            The latest recruit was a rescued cat.  (Sorry can't
            remember the details).
            We met in the middle of a local supermarket, which
            isn't ideal for 'catching up' sessions.
            There are plans for us to meet in a more convivial setting,
            to chat about pusskins and the like.
    
            Judy
    

    Hi Judy....it's nice to see your still here!!!!
    
    The next time you see Lisa...Please give her my regards and
    best wishes!!!!   
    
    
    Sandy

    This is my last week at Digital - I leave on Friday.
    So this is Goodbye from Jimmy, Rosie and Napoleon. I'm going to work
    for a company called Cabletel in Guildford, UK. 
    
    I've really loved noting in all the conferences I frequent and I've
    appreciated the advice and cat-tails in here. Although there's not much
    that'll I miss about the Company any more, I'm going to miss the people
    I note with very much. 

    By Julie and good luck to you and your furry family!! Gee I'm going 
    to miss your updates on Napoleon!!!  Your stories about him reminds 
    me so much of my stray Capone and I hope I have the same luck you
    did in catching Napoleon!!!
    
    Sandy

    The dreaded day has finally arrived when I must say goodbye.  My company,
EA Systems Inc. of Alameda CA, has been sold by Digital and our connection
to the Easynet is soon to be severed.  So I thought I'd take this
opportunity to say goodbye.

Thanks to all the FELINE noters I've learned so much from:  Len, Steffi,
Karen, Sandy, Nat, Trace, and everyone too numerous to mention here.
I hope to continue communications with Len and perhaps we can keep up
with one another through him.

FELINE notes has been the brightest part of my day and I'll miss my
daily kitty fix dearly.  Withdrawal will be very difficult.  I'm feeling
a little teary at the moment so I'll exit before I start to get mushy.
Goodbye, everybody.  I'll miss you!!

Carl and Marie (humans)
and those kitties:
California Cally
Deluxe Clam Chowder
Deluxe Mocha
Mai Buri
Blue Buri
Rootin Tootin Newton

    If you still have an internet connection add rec.pets.cats to your
    list of newsgroups.  Some of the FELINErs and former FELINErs are
    in there (Andrea Fease and Karen Kolling come to mind).  I check in
    there periodically too.
    
    Jan

         rec.pets.cats isn't as good as Digital Notes (the notes don't stay
    forever (or almost forever ;^) ), and there are some weird people in
    there that like to start flames (nothing like a note about how to
    torture a cat to start your day :-( ), but it is certainly better than
    nothing.  And at least it's one way to keep in touch (don't forget
    Karen's quarterly newsletter either!).
    
         Best of luck to you!
    
    					- Andrea

    You're right Andrea.  It isn't nearly as good...but, it is better
    than no contact at all.  And, if enough FELINErs get in there
    it's bound to improve. :^)
    
    Jan

TO:

Carl and Marie (humans)
and those kitties:
California Cally
Deluxe Clam Chowder
Deluxe Mocha
Mai Buri
Blue Buri
Rootin Tootin Newton

I hope all the best for you all and we surely meet some
other day some other place.

Be blessed!

Nat (& Smokey)

    Carl...it's sad to see another feliner leaving...but I wish you
    the best of luck in your new venture as well as with all your
    wonderful furfaces.
    
    Sandy

    Carl,
    I hope you have had a chance to read this so I can tell you goodbye!
    There was a good article on the FIP workshop in the November issue
    of the CFA Almanac.  I hope you can get a copy.
    Goodbye, but not forgotten!  I think of you every time I see
    a HB.
    Karen and all the little "moonsta's"

    
    karen is that you?  The Karen from the PCBU?  How are ya!
    
    Louisa 

    Hey, Louisa!!!
    Yeah, it's me again.....
    How is everyone over there, are you in the same spot?  Give me a call
    the dtn: 226-5858, let's talk!
    Karen and the Moonsta's

    For those of you who remember Michelle Cantoni from what seems
    like years ago, she's working at the Fresno Bee newspaper.  She's
    currently owned by two dogs (Tucker and Murphy) and three cats 
    (Lasher, Nicodemus, Katy).
    
    I bring this up because, after lord knows how long of trying, I've
    finally gotten her on line.  Her new mail address is:
    
    			[email protected]
    
    She's being a bit conservative about how much time she spends in 
    her mail account at first (she has 10 free hours) since she thinks
    she could go whole hog and use up her free time too quickly.  I 
    think she said something about logging in every other day or so.  
    So, if you send her mail it may take a day to get a response.
    
    Jan

    For some reason mail to Michelle at the address I provided is
    bouncing.  It's possible that her account is not yet accepted
    by AOL.  She just registered over the weekend.  I'll try to 
    reach her to let her know and find out what to do in the mean
    time.
    
    Jan

    Okay, I believe the correct address is:
    
    			[email protected]
    
    Seems Michelle typoed when she sent me her address.  I haven't
    actually reached Michelle to confirm but a friend has sent mail
    to the above address without it bouncing.
    
    Jan

    Attached is a copy of the mail message Michelle Cantoni sent to Karen
    Kolling for inclusion in the FELINE newsletter.  She requested that
    I post in FELINE so that those who remember her can be upated on 
    what's going on these days.
    
    Jan
    
    
From:	JULIET::US3RMC::"[email protected]" 30-NOV-1994 02:25:50.75
To:	[email protected]
CC:	[email protected]
Subj:	Hello!

Karen,

It was great to hear from you!  I've been meaning to write to you for the
feliner newsletter to update everyone.  Maybe you can print this out and
include it in the next issue.  For  the newsletter record, my e-mail address
is [email protected].  You can also send mail to me at [email protected]
(this is still my account, just a different screen name).

I'm doing great (especially since I'm back online!).  After leaving DEC, I
got a job with The Fresno Bee (the local newspaper) in the Advertising
department.  I'm an administrative assistant, and my duties include a lot of
revenue and expense reports, salary/performance appraisal management, and
preprinted insert (i.e. the Macy's catalog) management.  It's a great job
that really keeps me busy (and it's more in line with my BA degree -
English).

I bought a 3-bedroom, 2-bath house here in Fresno, which I just love.  And,
I've added to my family (unfortunately, no human additions!):
     Murphy - Airdale/Boxer cross, adopted at 8 weeks, is now     
                   1-1/2 years old;

     Kathrine "Katie" Mayfair - long-haired tortie, 5 or 6 years 
                    old, adopted a year ago Thanksgiving;

     Tuxedo - Dalmatian, about 1-1/2 years old, adopted a few  
                    months ago;

and, I still have the adorables:  Lasher and Nicodemus, black 
                    cats,  3 years old in March, '95.

I think I'm at my pet limit (can't afford to feed any more!), especially
since Katie was recently sick for about three months and the vets never
really found out what was wrong with her!    It began with symptoms of FUS,
which we treated with antibiotics.  She responded to the antibiotics, but
three weeks later, she was sick again.  The first time she got sick, I took
her to the vet she had seen in the past, but this time, I took her to my vet.
 This time, she was put on another antibiotic and a prescription urinary
tract diet.  She responded to treatment for a couple of weeks, but before I
even finished up the antibiotics, she was showing the FUS symptoms again
along with diarrhea.  My vet did some urine and blood work, which showed only
slightly out-of-whack readings - nothing that could be causing her symptoms.
 So,  she went on another antibiotic and the vet gave her a steroid shot to
help with inflammation caused by the diarrhea.  (Am I getting too graphic
here? :)  So this went on a couple more times.  She was sick every two weeks!
 Then my vet gave me a referral to the veterinary clinic at UC Davis.  I
didn't take her there right away because of the distance and expense, and, in
the meantime, I changed her diet to a natural canned food with added
nutritional supplement (recipe from The Natural Cat by Anitra Frasier) and
freshly grated carrots and zucchini.  So, by the time I took her up to Davis,
she was recovering.  At the time, I thought she was pretty much back to her
old self, but that didn't happen for another month.  The vets at Davis did
some more urine and blood work, which still didn't show any cause for her
symptoms, and basically said she has FUS and the diarrhea was probably caused
by a sensitivity to the prescription food since it cleared up when I changed
her diet.  (I also gave her slippery elm syrup to help with the gas in her
intestines.)  During all this time, Katie had lost about 5 pounds too, but
now she's gained some of the weight back and is her usual noisy, friendly
self.  We never did discover what was really wrong with her.  I think maybe
the initial bout with FUS and diarrhea threw her into a depression that
caused her to stop eating and to sleep all day.  The combination of a good
diet and me dragging her out from under the bed every day to give her extra
attention got her out of the rut.  I sure hope this never happens again!

So that's a quick recap of my adventures since leaving DEC.  Nothing very
exciting; just enjoying life in Fresno.

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	Well, it's my turn to say `See Ya'

	Digital has made the decision not to support a `corporate-wide power 
	testing lab (although all my customers begged to differ).....so...as 
	of 12/6/94, I will no longer be with DEC.

	I am very happy about my future, I'm going to do something I've been 
	wanting to do for the past 4 years.....Teach high school and breed
	Fjord horses.  My husband is happy too, because he won't have to listen 
	to me crab about this place!  :^)


	Good luck to all of you staying.  I'll miss this Notesfile, as I have
	learned a lot over past 10 years from reading about other experiences.


	Take Care!  I'll miss you all!	

	Michele
	

         Goodbye, Michele, and best of luck to you!  Keep in touch!
    
    					- Andrea

    Best of luck to you Michele....I'll miss your stories about
    your kitty and all your expereince you shared in the notesfile
    dealing with your barn kitties.  We have laughed together..
    and we have cried together and it was all about stray cats!!!
    
    If you ever want to come visit the shelter again...just let
    me know.  
    
    Sandy
    
    

    Best of luck to you Michelle!!!!
    
    
    *joyce
    

    Goodbye Michelle and Nippa!! And of course all your barn kitty stories.
    I can remember the first time I ever read one of your notes and asked
    myself, "paint the corral?"  I figured it out!  Good luck with your
    Fjord's and teaching.
    Best wishes,
    Karen and all her Moonsta kitties. :'(

    hello feliners;
    
    my name is jeane and i am back at dec on a temp assignment in the mill.
    i was so glad that the feline file is still around. i have 10 feline
    friends that i love very dearly. i have learned alot from this file and
    have enjoyed it in the past.  i have always read the feline file but
    this is the first time i have written. 
    
    jeane
    

    Welcome Jeane.....I'm glad to see another crazy person with
    multiple cats and hope you share many stories with us!!!
    
    Marilyn Anderson who is a noter from years ago is looking for
    another old noter named Donna Bates.  I believe Donna has been
    married and has a new last name and I'm not sure if she is still
    with Digital or not!!  Does anyone know how I can reach Donna???
    
    Any help would be appreciated.
    
    Sandy                                                   

    
    	I've moved again, this time to MRO3-2/G4. My new dtn is 297-7237.
    	I will be off to MRO1 in April when they close mro3....
    
    	Anyone sit near me?
    
    	Sherry
    

    Hi Sherry,,, I'm in MR03 up on the 3rd floor and will most 
    likely be moving to MR01 too!!!  
    
    Sandy
    
    

    I'm in MRO1-1/L31 (aka the dungeon).
    
    Deb

    Just want to say "goodbye" to everyone in the Feline
    File and to thank you for your help and support over the
    past couple of months.  I have been TFSO'd and will be
    gone as of next Friday.  18yrs and its over.
    
    Take care,
    
    Arlene

    Arlene, I'm sorry you've been TFSoed.  I edit the FELINEr offline
    newsletter and would be happy to add you to the mailing list if you
    like.  It hasn't gone out in several months, due to commotions in
    my vicinity (my former employer merged, then I went job hunting, etc.
    etc.).  If you want to be on the mailing list, send me your address.
    There's no charge for the newsletter.
    
    Karen
    

    Best of luck Arlene.  We'll miss you.  

    The best of luck to you and the yours, Arlene. Be blessed, meow and
    purr.
    
    Nat

    After almost 12 years at DEC, I am leaving. This is voluntary, as our
    family is moving to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. My last day is 14 July.
    
    This notes file has been a teriffic inspiration to me and a great help
    to my babies...Thank you all so much for being such great feline
    friends.
    
    So, from Stosh, Flash and Amber, as well as myself, thank, best of
    luck, and all the happiness in the world. May we all meet at the 
    Rainbow Bridge someday.
    
    Bill Message

    
    	I told you guys I was moving and then I never told you when
    	I did [Sandy M - are you here, too?]. I am now at MRO1-3/L9,
    	hopefully this time it'll be for a while. If anyone is in the
    	area and wants to see kitty pics, gimme a yell!
    
    	Sherry

    Hi Sherry,
    
    I'm currently at MR01-3/J4....but will be moving on Friday
    to MR02-3!!!!!  I'll try to stop by and see the pics
    before Friday!!
    
    Sandy M

    It seems that I have to switch offline.
    I shall miss you.
    I love you.
    
    Nat

    
    
    
    Nat, I hope whereever you'll be and whatever you do next would be for 
        the best. We shall miss you in this file. Wish you success and
        happiness on your next venture.
    
    Shaw

    Nat...you sure will be missed.  I just love reading your
    notes because your love for animals shows right through
    your notes.
    
    Good luck....and be good to your babies.
    
    Sandy

    Nat,
    
    your presence WILL be missed! I always enjoyed reading your notes.
    
    Good luck to you and your family.
    
    Deb

    Nat is not leaving Dec -- he says he is losing Notes
    access (temporarily I hope).
    

    I hope it's temporary too.  I always enjoy Nat's notes: wise, funny and
    uniquely phrased!
    
    Leslie (and Skrufy and Veto)

    			
    				WOW!
    
    Thanks to circumstances (and I am sure thanks to your love, too) I STAY
    ONLINE!
    
    Black clouds gone: I managed to keep the connection as well. Maybe
    sometimes I fall offline, but only for days. So I can meow in again!
    
    I am very-very touched of all the kind words came to me in here and in
    mail, too. It is a good feeling having so many friends! It is REALLY a
    family here. I love you - and luckily I can love you online too!
    
    So be warned: Old Nat is here!
    
    I feel really how good it is to have you all... purrrrrr.
    
    Nat

    
    
    	yay!  =)
    

    some of you already know this but for those of you who don't AND to 
    make it official........





    Ok, it's my turn to say "goodbye" but at least for me, unlike others,
    it's by *my* choice !  Sometime between now and the 15th of March, I 
    will be leaving not only my job here in MCS but also DIGITAL !!  

    My son, Matt, and I will be going on a new adventure as I have accepted 
    a new job outside the company *and* outside the state - Houston, TEXAS,
    here we come  !!!!!!!!

    I will miss my Digital colleagues and the friends I've made here through
    work and through the notes files.  I have high hopes of being able to
    remain in touch with people here through my AOL account, so feel free
    to write and keep me up on all the latest Digital news !!!!!

    Best of luck to all of you in the times ahead.  I hope Digital continues
    it's upward progress, for your sakes.

    With mixed emotions,
    Debbi

    [email protected]

    P.S. The Silver Lining Memorial Fund will stay (along with my other
	 Accounts) at DCU until someone lets me know they'll take it over !
	 I don't mind continuing to monitor it - right now we have $186.07
	 if there's a worthy cause you want to get it !

    Does anyone know where Dian Wilde is these days?  Does anyone have an
    address, phone number or e-mail address for her? 
    
    Karen Kolling and I were just discussion how we have lost touch with her.
    I can't even find anything in the local phone book that looks like it 
    might be her.
    
    Jan

    Bet you guys didn't even know I was gone.  I was in Reno for 4 days
    and then home sick with bronchitis (nasty case, got it before leaving
    for Reno and am working on my 3rd week with it).
    
    Anyway, this is just a heads up to let folks know that I'll be out
    of the office 8/7 through 8/13 for my yearly camping trip to the
    Yosemite area.  I might even sneak a peak at how the rock slide has
    changed the face of my favorite place.
    
    Jan

    
    I have Holly Ventura's home address to give out, with her permission, if 
    anyone is interested in getting in touch with her while she's on maternity
    leave!
    

    
    Well my friends ,  it is time for me to move on. I have accepted 
    an offer with another company for more challenging work and 
    better rewards.  I will miss reading about Jan's rescue activities, 
    Len's kittly stories, getting advice from Sandy Merrit, Nat from 
    across the seas and all of you cat lovers. 
    My last day here is Sept .27th.  Good luck to all of you, hug your
    kitties daily ;-)
    
    Love you all, 
                                              
    Shaw

    I still have the address list from the offline feliners' newsletter
    that I produced for awhile.  If you email me your address (and home
    phone if you wish), I'll add it into my files, just in case somone
    asks me for it or I ever send out another issue.
    
    Karen
    

    Does anyone remember Michelle McRoberts?  She participated in this
    file several years ago.  I think she got layed off in 1992.  Anyway,
    I ran into her at a pizza parlor last Friday night.  Funny, I go 
    there almost every Friday with my mom and she goes there almost 
    every Friday with her family and we're just now running into each
    other after months of doing this.
    
    Anyway, she's back in school attempting to get her degree on the
    8 year plan. :^)  She's also planning an August wedding.  If anyone
    would like to contact her she can be reached at:
    
    	[email protected]
    
    Jan

    
    Figured this was as good a place as any to say good bye...
    
    After almost 18 years at Digital today is my official last day.
    I've enjoyed this file, have learned alot and have met many wonderful
    people and cats.  We have recently sold our home in Francestown NH and
    are looking to relocate to the North Conway area with the hope of
    have a small boarding/training facility.  I will continue to offer
    my services as a pet trainer and behavior counselor.
    
    I will be participating at the "Body, Mind & Spirit" Expo on April
    5 in Manchester NH so stop by and say Hi if you attend.  I will be
    doing a demo around noon and a presentation at 4:00pm.  
    
    I will be in Virginia Beach during the last two weeks of March at
    my next Tellington TTouch training session.
    
    Since I have to many contact in the area, I will be visiting from
    time to time.  I can be reached, until mid-April, at 603-547-8785. 
    After that messages can be left at my sister's number 603-356-6262, and
    at some point I will have e-mail.
    
    
    Best of luck to all who are still here...
    
    MaryAnne MacDonald
    Turtle Dog Designs
    Turtle Dog Pet Training & Behavior Counseling
    603-547-TRTL

    MaryAnne,
    
    
    Best of luck in everything ! You will be missed, it was great 
    working with you !
    
    SueJ

    Sniff... 
    

    Maryann...it's so sad to know your going.   Please take
    care of yourself and all your furry friends and also please
    continue with all the GREAT work you do with animals.
    
    If you do get an Email account...PLEASE let us know what
    your address is.
    
    Sandy M