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Fundraiser - PLEASE HELP - My cat needs surgery
"Judith Latham" wrote in message ... In article , Christina Websell wrote: "Sylvia M" wrote in message ... I'm afraid if you have a pet, Jac, you have to make sure you have enough enough money for the vet's bills if you are not known to this group. Several of us here have been helped with enormous vet's bills by each other, but we've known each other for years on rpca (mainly) but you just can't come here as a stranger asking for vet's bills to be paid. I hope you manage to find the money, it's not coming from me. ~did it once for a stranger, not again. Tweed Yep, I'd agree , if yopu have a pet and don;t think you'll be able to afford a vet bill then that's what insurance is for. Not that all insurance covers all contingencies...as I found out. Mine would not have covered cancer! And I still carry it. Boyfie's bank account for the vet got totally blown when his intestines were poking out. Luckily I got some help from the group. I never want to rush to the vet at midnight again, I'm not supposed to drive at night. But of course I did. Some people might say he is not worth 800 pounds vet bill and I could get a new cat for a lot less. I disagree about his worth, that boy is worth a million pounds to me. I thank everyone who contributed to his vet bill. It was a bit of a shocker. He is more than fine now; like it never happened. I can assure you I will never forget rushing to the vets with what I thought was a dying cat. It's hard not to panic when your cat is disembowelled. so I did panic, so much that I could hardly speak to the vet when I phoned up, I could hardly breathe. Anyway, he didnt believe me at first but I wasn't waiting for him to suspend his disbelief. He said "some people say intestines are out and they aren't" I said "I am not stupid.. be there to save him the moment I get there" He was and he did. That's something Boyfie & myself don't want to go through again.. I wanted to rush there at 70 mph, but not a good idea Lots of police cars about at midnight cruising around waiting for an opportunity to stop you. Saw several but they had no excuse. They have thingies in their cars that tell them whether I have insurance, car tax etc and providing I do (I have) and am not speeding they take no interest. Although I think they take a note of you "who is this driving around at midnight when they should be in bed by now?" I'm sure they checked me out and ruled me out as a drug dealer ;-) I am fairly sure that that they might have have accompanied me with blue lights had I told them. Most police like animals and if they don't have much to do at that exact moment. Likely at midnight here when they are parading about. They are looking for drunk drivers at midnight. I am sure they wouldn't have minded helping Boyfie's rush to the vet. I like the police, I worked with them for many years, but I cannot say I would entirely trust them. On a very rare night when we were out at about 2am driving home from a friend's house, DH realised we had a police car following us. They followed us for miles and only when we turned right towards our street (we were about 100 yards away by then) did the police car turn left. Obviously we were going home and hadn't stolen the car or anything. Actually, it made me feel that they do keep an eye on what's going on. Maybe even saw us safely home. I think that they wouldn't have minded helping Boyfie especially as he was in such a shocking state. Judith more likely they'd have breathalysed me. Like "why are out in your car at midnight? you must be drunk" Luckily I didn't get noticed on the way there. I did get get followed by a police car on the way back but he had no reason to stop me. Police cars can check from my licence plate a) whether it is my car b) if I have a licence to drive it and how old I am c) if it has an MoT d) if I have insurance if an 18 year old boy was driving my car, he wouldn't have got far on the way back. but given everything was in order and I looked like the age of the owner of my car, the police got bored and went somewhere else. Out in the country near my vet, there's not a lot for them to do. Except check out people driving around at midnight (who should be in bed) My brother was once a milkman. He had to get up at midnight to go in for 2 a.m. He often used to get stopped by the police on his way to work "And where are you going at this time of night?" Which is good thing I suppose,he could have been a burglar. It used to annoy him though as they used to breathalyse him every time (until they got used to him) It's not expected here that we are out and about at silly o'clock in the countryside. In the town, yes, at weekends. Out here the police expect us to be in bed at a reasonable hour and if they notice we are not, make sure your car is in order and you haven't had any alcohol. |
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Fundraiser - PLEASE HELP - My cat needs surgery
"Judith Latham" wrote in message ... In article , Christina Websell wrote: "Judith Latham" wrote in message ... would entirely trust them. On a very rare night when we were out at about 2am driving home from a friend's house, DH realised we had a police car following us. They followed us for miles and only when we turned right towards our street (we were about 100 yards away by then) did the police car turn left. Obviously we were going home and hadn't stolen the car or anything. Actually, it made me feel that they do keep an eye on what's going on. Maybe even saw us safely home. No, they weren't seeing you safely home, they were following you to see what you were doing at 2 a.m Once upon a time one of my brothers was a milkman and got up at stupid o clock to do it. He got stopped by police cars regularly on his way there "why are you out at this time of night?" They thought he was a burglar! The police were disappointed if they thought we were doing anything remotely exciting. Judith similar. I don't do anything that might that would worry the police. given that I worked with them for 20 years |
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