My lovely Minxy is gone and I miss her. Her brother has cried for her
for days but now, but even he has had to accept that she will never answer.

On reflection I suppose it might have happened in another way: Her love
of the outside combined with avoidence/refusal to wear a harness, a dark
stormy night, wet decks and rogue seas. With no life jackjet on (the
jacket count would show that she was not wearing one) her survival time
in cold water would not be long. It is likely that a jacket would merely
delay the inevitable. In the dark she would not be easily seen -even
from the air.

But back to hard reality, her rapid loss of sight left me with but one
hard decision -I could not bear to see her unable to play or move freely
so I chose a warm quiet end for her -rather that than the cruel unseen
wheels of a car or cold, smothering embrace of the sea.

MC

I'm so sorry, MC....but you did the right thing...get a new playmate for =
her brother so he doesn't feel so bereft.

--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

The new playmate is here (Burmese) but Oscar is bent right out of shape.
I can't leave them together -yet.

Cheers MC

katysails wrote:

I'm so sorry, MC....but you did the right thing...get a new playmate for her brother so he doesn't feel so bereft.

Is that socialist health care system down there so bad you couldn't have put
her in a nursing home or hospice?



"The_navigator©" wrote in message
...

My lovely Minxy is gone and I miss her. Her brother has cried for her
for days but now, but even he has had to accept that she will never
answer.

On reflection I suppose it might have happened in another way: Her love
of the outside combined with avoidence/refusal to wear a harness, a dark
stormy night, wet decks and rogue seas. With no life jackjet on (the
jacket count would show that she was not wearing one) her survival time
in cold water would not be long. It is likely that a jacket would merely
delay the inevitable. In the dark she would not be easily seen -even
from the air.

But back to hard reality, her rapid loss of sight left me with but one
hard decision -I could not bear to see her unable to play or move freely
so I chose a warm quiet end for her -rather that than the cruel unseen
wheels of a car or cold, smothering embrace of the sea.

MC

Nav,

Sorry to hear of your lost pet. I'm a person who understands the bonding
that take place between a human and an animal. It is something that can
only be felt but never explained.

Sorry friend

Ole Thom

On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 20:20:40 -0700 (PDT), (Thom
Stewart) wrote this crap:

Nav,

Sorry to hear of your lost pet. I'm a person who understands the bonding
that take place between a human and an animal. It is something that can
only be felt but never explained.


I could never understand beastiality.
The whacko liberals will try to legalize this, next.



Hero@Horvath

I don't spend my money on food. I spend most of my money
on women, porn,booze, and recreation. The rest of it I just waste.

Horass, do you have any idea how much this makes you sound like a
freakazoid???

"Horvath" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 20:20:40 -0700 (PDT), (Thom
Stewart) wrote this crap:

Nav,

Sorry to hear of your lost pet. I'm a person who understands the bonding
that take place between a human and an animal. It is something that can
only be felt but never explained.


I could never understand beastiality.
The whacko liberals will try to legalize this, next.



Hero@Horvath

So that's how you pay for your beastiality encounters...

I don't spend my money on food. I spend most of my money
on "women," porn,booze, and recreation. The rest of it I just waste.

On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 11:11:08 -0700, "Jonathan Ganz"
wrote this crap:

Horass, do you have any idea how much this makes you sound like a
freakazoid???

I'm not the one talking about feeling up animals.


Sorry to hear of your lost pet. I'm a person who understands the bonding
that take place between a human and an animal. It is something that can
only be felt but never explained.


I could never understand beastiality.
The whacko liberals will try to legalize this, next.


Hero@Horvath

I don't spend my money on food. I spend most of my money
on women, porn, booze, and recreation. The rest of it I just waste.

You're the one who keeps bringing it up and you're the
one making phone calls.

"Horvath" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 11:11:08 -0700, "Jonathan Ganz"
wrote this crap:

Horass, do you have any idea how much this makes you sound like a
freakazoid???

I'm not the one talking about feeling up animals.


Sorry to hear of your lost pet. I'm a person who understands the
bonding
that take place between a human and an animal. It is something that
can
only be felt but never explained.


I could never understand beastiality.
The whacko liberals will try to legalize this, next.


Hero@Horvath

I don't spend my money on food. I spend most of my money
on women, porn, booze, and recreation. The rest of it I just waste.

Thanks Thom.

MC

Thom Stewart wrote:

Nav,

Sorry to hear of your lost pet. I'm a person who understands the bonding
that take place between a human and an animal. It is something that can
only be felt but never explained.

Sorry friend

Ole Thom