Hi Doug,
Yes, it made me laugh that your orange tiger cat Lucy is actually Larry! Actually, I was told a number of years ago that for some reason, orange tiger-striped cats are almost always male -- I don't know why that is.
I am big into rescue and all of my cats have always been rescues. I hate to say it, but they've all been a bit messed up. Case in point: when my son was born, my neutered male cat started spraying me every time I'd nurse the baby. This was 18-years ago, so there were no antidepressants for cats back then. My vet put the cat on a tranquilizer and when that didn't work, on female hormones. That didn't work either, but we somehow "trained," the cat to only spray down in the basement, which was cement -- not finished thank goodness. We lined the basement with huge rolls of plastic that we'd change out every few months. But, I digress. Let's just say I will put up with just about anything from an animal -- call me crazy.
Fast forward to a year ago. Our cat (not the spraying one -- this one was a rather viscous biting one), died. I've always wanted a Maine Coon Cat and I finally decided that at the age of 56, I was going to break down and actually buy a purebred cat.
Whoa -- let me tell you -- this cat is *fantastic.* I'm not dissing rescue cats -- nothing of the sort -- but I've never met a cat quite like this one. He's more like a dog. He loves water and will splash in it and cup his HUGE paws and drink water out of his paws. He greets us at the door, trilling away (he doesn't mew, but trills). He follows me around the house nonstop and is a total love bug -- wants to be held and pet but doesn't make a pest of himself at all. We are all totally in love with this cat (all except the dog!), and my husband, who doesn't really like cats all that much, is completely smitten. So, that's my sort of cat story.
I hear what you're saying about Excel. I've mentioned here that my son has learning disabilities. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. I too have LDs, mainly in spatial relationships and I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to use or organize Excel. Many good and smart people have gone before you and failed in their explanations, so don't even try.
I can't believe what wonderful people you all are. I feel like from adversity, I've landed in a pot of gold.
bonnie
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