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Cruising cats: visit to TED
Ahoy,
Because of the ineptitude of their two crew members, Rosie and Cinder had to see TED today. Before we left, Jim & I had purchased enough Revolution to last several months. We wanted to be sure that the kitties would not be tormented by fleas that we may track onto the boat, or heartworms from the mosquitoes that we are bound to encounter during our journey. Having invested a considerable sum in this product, we now realize that we don't remember where we packed it and we can't find it. What to do? Not knowing where we will be next, we can't order more from the Internet. There was only one option left. I looked up TED offices on the Internet and found one in the area who had Revolution. The catch is, even though we had recent health certificates, TED had to see the cats before prescribing the medicine. Well, remember, we came by boat and don't have a car. Fortunately, one of our neighbors with a boat on the same dock also live in the area and offered to loan us a car. They also have a cat onboard, and totally understood our failure as crew. Rosie was napping out in the open, and I got her into her carrier with only minor resistance. Cinder knew right away something was up and hid in Rosie's den and suffered the indignity of being dumped out onto the bed and then stuffed into a carrier. At TED's, they were subjected to the dreaded thermometer in the nether regions and drops they always dislike immensely put between their shoulder blades. I think they will be discussing how hard it is to get good help. On another topic, it appears that the weather will allow us to leave the dock tomorrow morning. We will be heading from Galveston, Texas in the direction of New Orleans, Louisiana. Much of the Gulf Coast from here and Mississippi was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. Not only homes, but marine related businesses such as marinas were destroyed or damaged. We expect to do a lot of anchoring out for the next several days. Annie, crew for Rosie and Cinder |
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On 2006-03-24, Annie Wxill penned:
I think they will be discussing how hard it is to get good help. Thank you for sharing your (mis)adventures! -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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"Annie Wxill" wrote in message ... Ahoy, Because of the ineptitude of their two crew members, Rosie and Cinder had to see TED today. Before we left, Jim & I had purchased enough Revolution to last several months. We wanted to be sure that the kitties would not be tormented by fleas that we may track onto the boat, or heartworms from the mosquitoes that we are bound to encounter during our journey. I think they will be discussing how hard it is to get good help. On another topic, it appears that the weather will allow us to leave the dock tomorrow morning. We will be heading from Galveston, Texas in the direction of New Orleans, Louisiana. Much of the Gulf Coast from here and Mississippi was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. Not only homes, but marine related businesses such as marinas were destroyed or damaged. We expect to do a lot of anchoring out for the next several days. Annie, crew for Rosie and Cinder Sounds familiar. We have rented motor homes several times for vacations with the kids. The only real down side of renting for us, it takes most of the trip for us to get the hang of where everything is. Oh, and for the duration you are no longer help. You are now crew. Jo |
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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message : Thank you for sharing your (mis)adventures! monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully Monique, You are welcome. I'm glad you are enjoying them. Annie, crew for Cinder and Rosie |
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"Jo Firey" wrote in message : Sounds familiar. ... it takes most of the trip for us to get the hang of where everything is. Oh, and for the duration you are no longer help. You are now crew. Jo We are getting more organized as we go along. Yes, we know we are crew. Thank goodness our co-captains are benevolent. We wouldn't even think of a mutiny. Annie, crew for Rosie & Cinder |
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Annie Wxill wrote:
Having invested a considerable sum in this product, we now realize that we don't remember where we packed it and we can't find it. LOL! This sounds like something I would do. Glad you got it sorted, though Cinder and Rosie might be looking for new servants at the moment. Hope you find the Revolution eventually. -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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Annie Wxill wrote:
Ahoy, Because of the ineptitude of their two crew members, Rosie and Cinder had to see TED today. Before we left, Jim & I had purchased enough Revolution to last several months. We wanted to be sure that the kitties would not be tormented by fleas that we may track onto the boat, or heartworms from the mosquitoes that we are bound to encounter during our journey. Having invested a considerable sum in this product, we now realize that we don't remember where we packed it and we can't find it. What to do? Not knowing where we will be next, we can't order more from the Internet. There was only one option left. I looked up TED offices on the Internet and found one in the area who had Revolution. The catch is, even though we had recent health certificates, TED had to see the cats before prescribing the medicine. Well, remember, we came by boat and don't have a car. Fortunately, one of our neighbors with a boat on the same dock also live in the area and offered to loan us a car. They also have a cat onboard, and totally understood our failure as crew. Rosie was napping out in the open, and I got her into her carrier with only minor resistance. Cinder knew right away something was up and hid in Rosie's den and suffered the indignity of being dumped out onto the bed and then stuffed into a carrier. At TED's, they were subjected to the dreaded thermometer in the nether regions and drops they always dislike immensely put between their shoulder blades. I think they will be discussing how hard it is to get good help. On another topic, it appears that the weather will allow us to leave the dock tomorrow morning. We will be heading from Galveston, Texas in the direction of New Orleans, Louisiana. Much of the Gulf Coast from here and Mississippi was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. Not only homes, but marine related businesses such as marinas were destroyed or damaged. We expect to do a lot of anchoring out for the next several days. Annie, crew for Rosie and Cinder Hopefully you will find the Revolution that is packed away somewhere. I like hearing of your cruising cats journals. This does bring up a few concerns however. Perhaps you should if possible create a list of vets/emergency vets now while you can. If you ever end up somewhere where internet access is unavailable and you need a vet what then? Plus creating a list of taxi or other transportation options along your route as well would be prudent - since you cannot exactly take a car with you on the boat. Purrs that you never really need either are provided however. rrb |
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"rrb" wrote in message news:hwlVf.275$CL6.55@fed1read11: Hopefully you will find the Revolution that is packed away somewhere. I like hearing of your cruising cats journals. This does bring up a few concerns however. Perhaps you should if possible create a list of vets/emergency vets now while you can. If you ever end up somewhere where internet access is unavailable and you need a vet what then? Plus creating a list of taxi or other transportation options along your route as well would be prudent - since you cannot exactly take a car with you on the boat. Purrs that you never really need either are provided however. rrb Thanks for the good wishes and the suggestions. Our trip will be about 4,000 miles along the Eastern U.S. coastal and inland waterways and canals in parts of Canada. Our speed averages 7 miles per hour, depending on winds and currents. We will cover from 20 to 90 miles a day between stops. Even if you use the metric units, you can see that we are slow and almost always close to someplace. I'm not worried about finding emergency vets. It's not likely that we will be without Internet access where we are going. If we can't get the Internet, we can use a phone book when we are at a dock, and we can ask the locals for referrals. We can rent a car, if needed, anywhere we will be. The real trick is to get our mail delivered. We are using a service that will forward it, but because we don't really know where we will be on any given day, we have a problem telling them where to send it. The third day into our trip, we were still close enough to home that my husband rented a car and went back to get the mail. The last time, we had them send it overnight to the marina where we were staying. Annie, crew for Cinder and Rosie |
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:25:29 +0000, "Annie Wxill"
wrote: snip Our trip will be about 4,000 miles along the Eastern U.S. coastal and inland waterways and canals in parts of Canada. Our speed averages 7 miles per hour, depending on winds and currents. We will cover from 20 to 90 miles a day between stops. Even if you use the metric units, you can see that we are slow and almost always close to someplace. snip Annie, crew for Cinder and Rosie Hi Annie, Are you going through the Erie/Barge Canal in NY? If so, drop me a line. We are about 1 1/2 miles from where it goes through Oneida Lake. Patti |
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"Annie Wxill" wrote in message ... Thanks for the good wishes and the suggestions. Our trip will be about 4,000 miles along the Eastern U.S. coastal and inland waterways and canals in parts of Canada. Our speed averages 7 miles per hour, depending on winds and currents. We will cover from 20 to 90 miles a day between stops. Even if you use the metric units, you can see that we are slow and almost always close to someplace. OOOOH, if you are going to be overnight anywhere in North Carolina, would you post it? We're within easy driving distance of Wilmington NC and reasonable driving distance of anywhere else on the coast. I'd love to see you and meet Rosie and Cinders, and knowing Rob, he'd love to stow away on your boat. Pam S. all kinds of excited |
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