We Better Stock Up On The Catfood Now While We Have the $$

[Oerets]

Originally Posted by icenine

don't go there they might get the idea to do just that.....
do you want that as your legacy?

Take the time to ask a few of the working elderly when out, "why they are working"? Most I know it's not because they are bored and wanted to stay busy! It's because of expenses like health care and needing to eat.

The local McDonald's gives a voucher for a meal after four hours work. I have given rides to a couple of the workers in there seventies that do not drive any more. They walk over a mile one way rain or shine to work in the mornings. Had to go back to work to pay bills.


Barney

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Oerets

Take the time to ask a few of the working elderly when out, "why they are working"? Most I know it's not because they are bored and wanted to stay busy! It's because of expenses like health care and needing to eat.

The local McDonald's gives a voucher for a meal after four hours work. I have given rides to a couple of the workers in there seventies that do not drive any more. They walk over a mile one way rain or shine to work in the mornings. Had to go back to work to pay bills.


Barney

Barney I just thank God that I worked for an honest company that still stands behind my pension. Paying $11,500 a year for Medicare and supplemental keeps us out of bankruptcy court. I did work until 73 because I honestly enjoyed teaching because I believe knowledge is to be shared. But then the company was bought out and reverted to big U.S. corporate theology and that was it.

Those poor people walking to work were tha same ones that built the scools the following generation were taught in, though not very well apparently.

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Having three feral cats to feed catfood is not that cheap.

Agreed! I figure dog food. Gravy Train, makes its' own gravy

Pete

[merrylander]

Her are the three we have left, Mother cat and two daughters, in orrder Freckles the Calico, Missy the Tabby Tuxedo, and Momma the Tabico.

[bobabode]

Good on you, Rob.

[Oerets]

Since I live in the woods people drop cats and dogs off a lot it seems. Out of sight out of mind I guess. We have taken in a few but now just feed them on the porch. Used some old speaker cabinets and straw for homes last winter. I'd like to catch the $0B's when they drop an animal off.



Barney

[merrylander]

We originally had five and had them spayed and neutered and all their shots. But we had to trap them in order to do that. It has taken two years to gain their trust. Being out in the country I guess people believe they will become barn cats and salve their conscience with that thought as they push them out of the car.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by merrylander

We originally had five and had them spayed and neutered and all their shots. But we had to trap them in order to do that. It has taken two years to gain their trust. Being out in the country I guess people believe they will become barn cats and salve their conscience with that thought as they push them out of the car.

We started with eight in the current crop. Spayed/neutered 'em all and rehomed a couple. Current list Katie, Greta, Goldie, Turtle, Jiminy and Barnaby. They were all captured from a neighbors feral colony at five weeks for the first three (girls) and three weeks for the boys. All turned out socialized pretty well. Goldie's a bit stand offish but the rest have to shoved over to find room on the bed.

[merrylander]

Well ours cant come in or else Florence will sound like a Canada Goose inside of a week.

[piece-itpete]

LOL!

My dad has a bunch of outdoor feral cats too, same thing, he has them fixed.

Pete