"Catherine" wrote in message
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How did the old lady respond?

Nonplussed. If it doesn't somehow involve food or a comfy place to
sleep, she doesn't want to hear about it. And, I'm not sure she's ever
been too interested in learning to speak dog, so she wouldn't have clue
one what a play bow means. As far as she was concerned, the dog woke
her up from a perfectly good nap.

My EELB is trying to foist off a cat on me. I'm half-way considering
it*, even though I said no more cats and especially not any while
Methuselah is still around. But, this cat is a stray. They're in no
pets housing, but they're sneaking her in on cold nights. The final
straw for me was that she's declawed. A declawed cat has no business
being stuck outside.

*More like 85%. If she's still there when I go up for Festivus, I'll
bring her home with me.

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Shelly
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