Missing Members

[steve ridgway]

Where is steve ridgway?

Oh sorry, it's been a while. I got overwhelmed with being on too many forums and had to cut back but am now thinking I may not have chosen wisely.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Oh sorry, it's been a while. I got overwhelmed with being on too many forums and had to cut back but am now thinking I may not have chosen wisely.

Nice to see you back.  And, I do get it, one needs to figure out what to engage in and how much time you want to spend at it...choices and life.

PD

[Bachtoven]

Bachtoven has come and gone?

And deleted all his posts, including those about the sad death of his lovely cat...?

I admit that deleting my posts was wrong, and I'm sorry...sort of a kneejerk reaction to so much pointless fighting on this forum, but there are aspects I missed. (And while lurking I see that the atmosphere is a lot less confrontational lately.)

What is really sad and utterly unfathomable to me is that we recently had to have our other precious cat euthanized. I cannot begin to describe how utterly devastating this is--we hadn't even begun to recover from losing Lucy, and now Ethel? I'm too distraught to get into details, and while not the same illness, it's somewhat related, so we think there must be some genetic component involved. This must be some cosmic test to see how much excruciating emotional pain a person can handle.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I admit that deleting my posts was wrong, and I'm sorry...sort of a kneejerk reaction to so much pointless fighting on this forum, but there are aspects I missed. (And while lurking I see that the atmosphere is a lot less confrontational lately.)

What is really sad and utterly unfathomable to me is that we recently had to have our other precious cat euthanized. I cannot begin to describe how utterly devastating this is--we hadn't even begun to recover from losing Lucy, and now Ethel? I'm too distraught to get into details, and while not the same illness, it's somewhat related, so we think there must be some genetic component involved. This must be some cosmic test to see how much excruciating emotional pain a person can handle.

Good to have you back!

So very sorry that you had to have your other kitty put down too.  I've wondered (re my two girls--different breeds but from the same breeder) if there was some reason as to why they became ill within a year of each other:  did it have to do with the food?  Vaccines?  Something about my home?  All of the above?  You can drive yourself crazy asking yourself questions and looking to blame someone/something.  Just rest in the fact that you loved them, they knew that they were safe with you and that you cared about them, and that you tried your best to look out for them as their human(s).

All the best,

PD

[Karl Henning]

I admit that deleting my posts was wrong, and I'm sorry...sort of a kneejerk reaction to so much pointless fighting on this forum, but there are aspects I missed. (And while lurking I see that the atmosphere is a lot less confrontational lately.)

What is really sad and utterly unfathomable to me is that we recently had to have our other precious cat euthanized. I cannot begin to describe how utterly devastating this is--we hadn't even begun to recover from losing Lucy, and now Ethel? I'm too distraught to get into details, and while not the same illness, it's somewhat related, so we think there must be some genetic component involved. This must be some cosmic test to see how much excruciating emotional pain a person can handle.

Deeply sorry at your loss, and truly glad to see you back.

[Bachtoven]

Thank you PD and Karl. Between losing Lucy and Ethel, we adopted a kitten as a companion for Ethel. I wrote about him in the Cat thread.

[foxandpeng]

Deeply sorry at your loss, and truly glad to see you back.

+1 !!

[DavidW]

If anyone knows MI (John)'s handle on TC, would you please PM me.  I would like to catch up with him.

[Spotted Horses]

If anyone knows MI (John)'s handle on TC, would you please PM me.  I would like to catch up with him.

Log on to TC and you'll find him in about 1 second.

[DavidW]

Log on to TC and you'll find him in about 1 second.

Yeah I got it.  #1 poster on the forum.

[Spotted Horses]

Yeah I got it.  #1 poster on the forum.

If had been a month or two ago you wouldn't find him. He seemed to have been on hiatus for a while.

[Karl Henning]

Yeah I got it.  #1 poster on the forum.

I love how passive-aggressive liking a post can be.

(* chortle *)

Thanks, lads.

[Scion7]

now, now - he has a lot to say!    

[Madiel]

He's not alone in that.

[Henk]

John seems to need his own clan, being an alpha-man.

[Madiel]

There's nothing alpha about him.

[Harry]

There's nothing alpha about him.

Agreed!

[Henk]

There's nothing alpha about him.

I do estimate him alpha and it's not a disqualification. I could be wrong of course.

[Spotted Horses]

I noticed that amw hasn't participated recently. I miss the musical insight and often provocative views on life.

[Cato]

Greetings!

Via FaceBook I received this news about Larry Rinkel:

Larry Rinkel is in Southside Hospital with a medical emergency and cannot teach the first class on January 22. Please watch this space for updates.

He had a near heart attack, and (I think) is undergoing a procedure to remove an arterial blockage today.