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| 815.1 | | GOOEY::JUDY | That's Ms. Bitch to you! | Thu Oct 13 1994 10:46 | 8 |
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Tom.... wow. That's a new one on me! I've
heard of kitties getting stuck under seats, inside
engine areas.....but never under the stick shift!
JJ
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| 815.2 | I think a tortie is a dilute tortoise shell | HELIX::SKALTSIS | Deb | Thu Oct 13 1994 10:51 | 7 |
| A torbie describes her coat pattern; she is a "dilute" tortoise shell,
i.e., the colors are "brindled" together; where a tortoise shell is Black
and red, the torbie is smoke(or blue) and peach.
good luck, she sounds like a cutie!
Deb
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| 815.3 | Shift, rattle and meow | MKOTS1::COOPER | | Thu Oct 13 1994 11:03 | 16 |
| Gee Tom when I offered you that kitten and if you took her you wouldn't
have had such an eventful ride. It isn't funny with that kind of
fright and worry, but it sounds like me riding home from Worcester with
Benny the Benidictine Monk's cat. Actually all the way from
Uxbridge,Ma to Nashua, NH he sucked on my ear. The 495 ride was
thrilling.
As for a name how about Shifty??? It is kind of nifty for a cat who
gave you such a interesting ride home. If you are looking for a name
to go with the Addams family there were flora and fauna, though somehow
I cannot imagine how that would fit with this kind of cat.
Usually I am good with names, but this one has me stumped.
Elise
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| 815.4 | Name suggestions | TURRIS::EASI::GEENEN | Illud cape et ei fibulam adfige! | Thu Oct 13 1994 11:06 | 7 |
| How about:
Stickshift
or
Manual (as opposed to automatic)
Carl
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| 815.5 | | JULIET::CORDES_JA | Four Tigers on my Couch | Thu Oct 13 1994 11:14 | 14 |
| I believe "torbie" refers to the tortoishell coloring being mixed
in with tabbie markings. I have "Torbie Tyler". She's one of my
fosters. She would be known as a patched tabby or a torbie. She
has brown tabby markings with red and black (tortoishell) intermingled
in her coat.
Maybe you should call the new one "Dickens". Sounds like quite a
little dickens to me. :^)
'Course coming up with some car related name would be cute too.
Jan
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| 815.6 | Try a foreign language? | HOTLNE::CORMIER | | Thu Oct 13 1994 12:41 | 5 |
| Maybe search some foreign languages for a word for "shift"? Might come
up with an interesting sounding name, and quite a topic of conversation
when someone asks where you got the name?
Quite a story!
Sarah
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| 815.7 | What a Riot! | TPSYS::HAMPSON | Nurture Nature | Thu Oct 13 1994 13:33 | 13 |
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Tom, I had a good laugh at the way you wrote about this event!
Too funny!
The only car-type name I came up with is "Turbo", but what does
she look like? Maybe I can think of some others based on her "looks".
Donna, who has two cats - Data & Domino, one dog - Valentine and two
parakeets - Larry-Bird & Nefertiti! (Both cats and one bird I found
at the local dump...)
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| 815.8 | Disappearing kitty! | JULIET::LANE_BE | | Thu Oct 13 1994 14:42 | 4 |
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She sounds like Houdini to me!
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| 815.9 | | JULIET::CORDES_JA | Four Tigers on my Couch | Thu Oct 13 1994 15:10 | 7 |
| Houdini! I love it!
I once named a puppy this because he kept getting out of every
enclosure we put him in.
Jan
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| 815.10 | | USPMLO::DESROCHERS | Mine's made outta unobtainium! | Fri Oct 14 1994 04:19 | 14 |
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Hi everyone - thanks for your responses so far. From the
Torby description, that's what she is. Very little of
that peach but it's there on her face. My parents met her
last nite and suggested Peaches. But like I said, there's
very little of that color.
I had thought of Shifty too but I just can't bring myself
to name an 8 week old, pretty little female Shifty. I'm
sure it'll be something a bit more feminine.
Thanks! We'll get her named yet!
Tom
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| 815.11 | | USCTR1::MERRITT_S | Kitty City | Fri Oct 14 1994 05:05 | 16 |
| Great story...thanks for sharing it with us!! What I love is
so many people would have been turned off by a small kitten that
hisses/spits and appears NOT to like humans. BUT just knowing
your going to give her a chance to let her true personality and
love shine through... is great!!! We all know she'll soon by
a cuddling loving kitten!!
There is also a good lesson learned for all...it is MUCH better and
safer for all if kitty stays in the carrier while driving!!!!
As far as a name...what type of car do you drive???? There are some
pretty names for cars that would make great kitty names....such as
Topaz, Neon, Pacer, Opal, Honda, Geo, Saturn, Taurus, and so on!!!!
Sandy
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| 815.12 | | USPMLO::DESROCHERS | Mine's made outta unobtainium! | Fri Oct 14 1994 05:19 | 10 |
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Right - she's hardly hissing at all. And her motor purrrrs
quite nicely, there's even a chirp during the purring once
in a while. She only spits when I find her in one of her
hiding places.
My car is an Eagle Talon and it also crossed my mind.
Tom
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| 815.13 | | LUNER::DREYER | Love me, love my cats! | Fri Oct 14 1994 06:05 | 4 |
| What a funny story Tom, I loved it! Looking forward to seeing what you decide
to name her!
Laura
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| 815.14 | Torby Taloff | LJSRV2::FEHSKENS | len - reformed architect | Fri Oct 14 1994 06:59 | 7 |
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This is really dumb, but it occured to me that if you drive a Talon,
and she's tail-less, you could call her Taloff. It even sounds
foreign.
len.
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| 815.15 | | TOOK::GASKELL | | Fri Oct 14 1994 09:05 | 11 |
| A friend and his girlfriend had major disagreements about what their
new cat should be called. While on their way to Springfield it was
decided to call the cat by what ever name they saw on the next factory.
The cat is now named Worchester Gear Works.
Our experience is that the cat will grow into what ever name is
appropriate for it. My sister rescued a little black and white cat and
called her Emily -- WRONG NAME. She is now called Ninja, much more
appropriate as she jumps from behind chairs with both front legs
extended in a classic Ninja stance.
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| 815.16 | | PSYCHE::AIKEY | | Fri Oct 14 1994 09:31 | 14 |
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Hi Tom,
Loved your story.. It is nice to be able to read something funny this
day and age.. I was just thinking. You said you drive a Talon, why
not name her Tara??
Best of luck to you and your new family member!!!
*joyce
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| 815.17 | "Shimmy" | KAHALA::JOHNSON_L | Leslie Ann Johnson | Fri Oct 14 1994 10:52 | 48 |
| This is kind of the result of a tangled thought process, but
what about Shimmy for a name? It's kind of soft and feminine
sounding, and can be sort of traced back to the car experience.
I'll try & explain. I started with two words, shift & spits;
shift for the gearstick and spits because of hissing and spitting.
I thought about Spitz for a name, but felt it was not too flattering
sounding. Then I looked up words starting with schi... thinking of
variant spellings for the sound of shift. Didn't see anything really
suitable, so then I looked up shift. Nothing in the definitions or
any list of synomyms gave me any good ideas, but then I noticed shim,
shimmer, and shimmy on the next page, and a couple of definitions caught
my eye:
1) A shim is a little piece of something you can put under or
between things, like between a cabinet and a wall, to square or
level something. I thought of the kitten in between the covering
and gearstick mechanism.
2) Shimmy sounds like shim, only more like a name, and also has
several definitions that apply somewhat indirectly.
It was a dance popular in the 1920s & was marked by rapid shaking
of the body, and the kitten sort of danced around the innards of your
car, and led you a on a not so merry chase (dance) of ripping things
off to find her.
Its an abnormal vibration as in the "chassis of a motor vehicle",
and she became sort of abnormal part of your car, probably vibrated
around a bit in there too ;-).
Finally, its a 'regional' word for chemise - "a woman's loose,
shirtlike undergarment". Which brings us back to shift because one
of the definitions for shift is:
7a "A loosely fitting dress that hangs straight from the
shoulders: chemise."
7b "A woman's undergarment, as a slip"
So, shimmy can mean shift, though in a completely different context
than gear shift, and a rather feminine context at that.
3) To shimmer is to glow or shine in the way that silver or gold, in
other words, treasure, does. Our pets are a kind of treasure to us,
and Shimmy also sounds a bit like shimmer.
Well okay, its all sort of very loose, but I thought I offer the idea any
way.
Leslie
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| 815.18 | Name that Cat | MKOTS1::COOPER | | Mon Oct 17 1994 06:35 | 17 |
| Well I was thinking about this over the weekend and after reading all
of these descriptions about the cat I was thinking that maybe Tatiana
would be a good name for her.
Since Tatiana is the queen of the fairies (sp) in Shakespeare's A
Midsummer's Nights Dream, and fairies are rather impish creatures, who
can come to love humans and perform magical things that this kitty
would fit that.
She did turn out to be happy and even though she shifted about through
the ride it might fit her. Sorry Peaches is such a cat name, and from
the sounds of everyone in these notes, we don't have the normal
cat names......
Glad to know you are having fun with your little one.
Elise
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| 815.19 | All's Faer in A's and I's | LJSRV2::FEHSKENS | len - reformed architect | Mon Oct 17 1994 06:53 | 14 |
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Tatiana is a Russian name. The Queen of the Faeries from Midsummer
Night's Dream is Titania (Oberon is the King). Puck is the faery who
makes all the fun/trouble. A "shifty" character, as it were.
Faery is an affected spelling of fairy. The Faeroes are some Danish
Islands in the North Atlantic. The Pharoah was the guy in charge of
Egypt. Where else can we take this...
Any famous mythological/legendary "shape shifters" come to mind?
len (rambling on Monday morning).
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| 815.20 | Trekkies know!! | TURRIS::EASI::GEENEN | Illud cape et ei fibulam adfige! | Mon Oct 17 1994 07:53 | 4 |
| On Star Trek Deep Space 9, the shape-shifter's name is Odo. I
think the spelling's correct.
Carl
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| 815.21 | You mean you haven't considered... | USCTR1::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Mon Oct 17 1994 08:51 | 11 |
| .0> ps - I also have Puggs (Tish was for Morticia... get it?)
> Ok, here's my story... I went to Kitty Angels last Wednesday
> to get a kitten. ^^^^^^^^^
I can't believe nobody's picked up on this!!! Of course you could
call her (Miss) Thing, but if I'd already established an Addams Family
theme, I wouldn't *consider* any name for your torbie but Wednesday!
*Great* trip-home story,
Leslie
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| 815.22 | Kitty Names | TPSYS::HAMPSON | Nurture Nature | Mon Oct 17 1994 14:10 | 17 |
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These names are not car or event related, but here
are a few suggestions:
Sheena
Blaze
Sierra
Skye
Sienna
Daphne
Be sure to let us all know what you decide on, Tom!
Donna
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| 815.23 | Foreign language name | BPSOF::EGYED | Per aspera ad astra | Tue Oct 18 1994 01:04 | 6 |
| re .6, I suggest a forein-language-name: Zuggy.
Zugi, pronounced zoogie, means in Hungarian someone, who has got stuck
in a secret and small place.
Nat
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| 815.24 | WELL ......?????? | AIMHI::OFFEN | | Tue Oct 18 1994 09:10 | 6 |
| OK !!!! I'M DYING !!!!! What did you name her?? I loved some of
the wonderful names people came up with and they really did put some
thinking into it.
Sandi (who currently owns - White Lightning, Black Thunder, DejaVu,
Miss Patches, My Grey Shadow, and now Silver Lining)
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| 815.25 | "Carly" | TPSYS::HAMPSON | Nurture Nature | Tue Oct 18 1994 09:50 | 5 |
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Well, I came up with one more and it's car-related! How about
"Carly", like in Carly Simon?!
Donna
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| 815.26 | | USPMLO::DESROCHERS | Mine's made outta unobtainium! | Wed Oct 19 1994 07:38 | 14 |
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Hi everyone! I was out the last few days so sorry about not
checking in. I still haven't named her yet but there are a
bunch that sound like potentials. Donna, I liked most of
yours and now I just see Carly... Hmmmm...
Yes, I thought of Wednesday but don't think so. I'll tell
ya tho, either Fester and Gomez would have been my choice is
she were a he.
Are there any favorites so far?
Tom
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| 815.27 | Can You Stand One More Pun? | CSLALL::MHOLMES | | Wed Oct 19 1994 09:48 | 4 |
| How about Carmen Gear, after the car of the same name, but spelled
differently?
Marilyn
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| 815.28 | Brilliant! | USCTR1::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Wed Oct 19 1994 10:29 | 8 |
| <--- Oooooh yesyesyes! (When I was a kid I thought it was "Common
Gear", an easy enough mistake to make in New England where they're
pronounced alike!)
I'm still pouting over the rejection of Wednesday >|-[ :-) but
Carmen Gear is WONDERFUL!
Leslie
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| 815.29 | Actually... | TURRIS::EASI::GEENEN | Illud cape et ei fibulam adfige! | Wed Oct 19 1994 13:02 | 5 |
| it's "Karman Ghia", but I like "Carmen Gear" better!! Which reminds
me, there's a street in San Francisco named "Geary". Might be
worth a thought.
Carl
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| 815.30 | nit upon nit :-) | USCTR1::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Wed Oct 19 1994 13:41 | 5 |
| Actually I think it's Karmann Ghia, but we knew that (.27 *said* Carmen
^
Gear was a different spelling)...
Leslie
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| 815.31 | My Two Favorites | TPSYS::HAMPSON | Nurture Nature | Thu Oct 20 1994 14:11 | 8 |
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Tom, my favorites are Carly and Daphne. Carly because it sounds nice
and related to the car thing.... and Daphne because she did such
a daffy thing by getting herself in that predicament! I'd have to
say I like them both the same, so would have a hard time deciding
myself!
Donna
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| 815.32 | Only one 'n' | BPSOF::EGYED | Per aspera ad astra | Fri Oct 21 1994 07:26 | 10 |
| re: .30
It is spelled with only one N, and actually with an
acute accent on both A-s (K�rm�n). He was a Hungarian,
and wrote his name then later as Karman. There were
also 'implementations' of his name like 'Karmann', and
also 'Kahrmann', as if it was a German name. His first
name was Theodor, originally T�dor.
Nat
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| 815.33 | | USPMLO::DESROCHERS | Mine's made outta unobtainium! | Fri Oct 21 1994 10:14 | 12 |
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Well, I'm close... several people liked Carly the best and I'm
pretty sure that'll be her name - thank you Donna!! I brought
in some pictures and people thought she looked like a Carly.
It's a pretty, feminine name and references the now infamous
ride home. So I'd say that's it - Carly.
Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone! If anyone is in MSO2,
stop by to see her picture. Puggs too.
Tom
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| 815.34 | The wait is over! | TPSYS::HAMPSON | Nurture Nature | Fri Oct 21 1994 10:59 | 9 |
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Tom, your very welcome! I'm glad I came up with the
name Carly to suggest!
Best wishes to both of you!
Donna
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| 815.35 | | PCBUOA::LPIERCE | Time to Ride | Mon Oct 24 1994 12:21 | 7 |
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Great story! I'm glad you new family member is doing good. I like
the name Carly best to (but they were all great)
Louisa (Shammie, Carmel, Nephra, Sheba)
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| 815.36 | | USPMLO::DESROCHERS | Mine's made outta unobtainium! | Mon Nov 21 1994 05:35 | 31 |
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I've not been in here lately but I figure you folks should
know. I had to put Carly to sleep Saturday. As I'm sure
many of you know firsthand, it was an absolutely terrible
day.
To keep a very long story somewhat short, Carly's absence
of a tail was the problem. She was underdeveloped there and
had constant problems controlling urination. I changed my
sheets many times in the last month. Over the last 10 days,
she couldn't pass stools and needed an enema. Only once was
that successful.
I took her to Kitty Angel's vet in Amherst NH, Amherst Animal
Hospital, and they took her in Saturday morning. They told me
the prognosis was very poor but would get back to me later in
the day. I left knowing I'd never see her again.
X-rays showed what they suspected. She was missing her lower
vertebrae and had spinal problems. She would continue to get
worse and worse. She was put to sleep that afternoon.
I'll tell you, her hissing and spitting turned into constant
purring. She loved to be held and slept on me all the time.
Everyone who met her thought she was a sweetheart and she
really was.
Thanks to all who helped name her.
Tom
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| 815.37 | so sorry .... | SALEM::SHAW | | Mon Nov 21 1994 06:01 | 8 |
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Tom. that's terrible. I am sorry to hear about your loss. Well
Carly is in kitty heaven now in good hands.
Take care,
Shaw
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| 815.38 | | USCTR1::MERRITT_S | Kitty City | Mon Nov 21 1994 06:05 | 8 |
| My heart goes out to you...thank god Carly was adopted by
you and even if her stay was short, she understood what
love and humans were all about. I'm sure she was so
thankful for your loving heart......
Sandy
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| 815.39 | | MROA::DJANCAITIS | Americas MCS Admin | Mon Nov 21 1994 07:11 | 7 |
| Tom,
My deepest sympathies - I know (for my own experiences) how hard it is
to let one go, even when it is in their own best interests. I'll add
Carly to the SLM listing.
SDebbi
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| 815.40 | | VLNVAX::PGLADDING | | Tue Nov 22 1994 12:16 | 5 |
| I'm so sorry to hear of your terrible loss. You did the right thing
by putting her out of her pain - she's in heaven now living painfree.
Take heart in knowing that you'll see her again someday.
Pam
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| 815.41 | Goodbye Carly... | DELNI::FALLON | | Wed Nov 23 1994 06:26 | 5 |
| Tom,
I am sorry for your loss of Carly. No, it is never easy.
I fully understand how you felt that day.
pawpats,
Karen
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| 815.42 | | USPMLO::DESROCHERS | Mine's made outta unobtainium! | Wed Nov 23 1994 09:44 | 8 |
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Thanks to all who replied here and sent mail.
I just saved this whole notes string to look back on.
Have a great Turkey Day / long weekend!
Tom
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| 815.43 | Rest in peace, Carly | EARRTH::DREYER | I'm dreaming of a green Xmas! | Wed Nov 23 1994 10:38 | 11 |
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Tom,
I'm so very sorry to hear about Carly. She was lucky to have you
make her very short life a happy time. Take care of yourself, I know
how hard it is.
Hugs,
Laura
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