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   Snag to rbowman   
   Re: I'm really starting to like Detroit!   
   29 Jul 25 19:20:35   
   
   From: snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 7/29/2025 12:46 PM, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Tue, 29 Jul 2025 07:54:01 -0400, hubops wrote:   
   >   
   >>     You have much better shelters than we have here  !   
   >> Ours are teeming with  _cats_  ..  and   worse yet - cat lovers.   
   >> ..  but they   _do_   have good PR and advertising budgets.   
   >>    Most of the dogs available are  hard-cases, to be kind.   
   >   
   > What do you have against cats? I've got a couple on the payroll. After the   
   > hay field was mowed a couple of weeks ago I wasn't overrun by mice looking   
   > for a new home and the cats looked happy.   
   >   
   > Now if I could only get them to do something about the magpies. I've seen   
   > them sit there and watch the magpies eat their kibble. Pretty birds, but   
   > songbirds they ain't and they get up early in the morning.   
   >   
   > I didn't have to go to a shelter. Around here put out a can of Friskies   
   > and you've got a cat.   
   >   
      
      Around here they just show up and look at you like "Where's the   
   grub?" . And now we're feeding 4 adults and 5 almost grown kittens . But   
   I haven't seen a (live) small furry mammal in several years . And very   
   few snakes .   
   --   
   Snag   
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