On Sat, 22 Oct 2016 12:05:47 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 10/22/2016 10:58 AM, Gary wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> On 10/21/2016 3:10 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>> On Friday, October 21, 2016 at 1:27:14 PM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Parents are family.
>>>>>
>>>>> ISTR your care of your mother amounts to a phone call once a week.
>>>>> You're nearly 60, aren't you? So she's pushing 80. One phone call a week
>>>>> is your best shot?
>>>>
>>>> My 82-year-old mother is lucky if she hears from me once a month.
>>>> OTOH, I was just over there last week to set up her WIFI network.
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>
>>> At least you are close enough to go over there and help her out when
>>> necessary.
>>>
>>> Cordova, TN to Dataw Island, SC is not exactly a hop, skip and a jump.
>>> Especially not when driving with a car-sick cat in a carrier in the back
>>> seat. Gary makes it sound like I committed a mortal sin because I
>>> boarded her. Instead, I boarded an airplane.
>>
>> Did you explain to Persia why you were leaving her? Did she understand?
>
>Did she understand she was in a place with her favorite knitted afghan
>for a bed and her catnip toys? Did she understand food and water was
>provided and the vet techs loved to play with her? Yep, I'm sure she
>understood that. It was a far cry from how she came to live with me, an
>abandoned cat that yelled at my back patio door on January 6th, 2001,
>when the temps were dropping to below freezing. I went to the store,
>bought a litter box, litter and some cat food. And invited her inside.
>
>Yeah, obviously I treated this cat terribly during her lifetime.
>Through all the vet visits, bladder problems, prescription food.
>Damn... I surely treated her badly by boarding her at the vet while I
>dealt with my human family.
>
>Jill

Were it Gary begging at my back door I'd crate him and ship him off to
Persia, I mean Iran.