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[Vamps]

How is it that, as a mature man, I found myself unable to say..  ‘Just put him out of his misery’ ?

Why do the words ‘put him down’ change into ‘just do what you have to do’ between leaving my mouth and reaching the vets ears.
Twice now in the last 2 years I have been awoken from my sleep, by my daughter, on a SUNDAY morning to be told the cat needs to go to the vets.

 Being a man, of course I do not react to such suggestion, but had not even managed a cup of tea before swmbo and daughter had managed to speak volumes without saying a word.  I found myself agreeing that the cat needs to be seen and head for the phone, Sunday, emergency call out!!!!!! And I still had to take him to the surgery.
Paid the bill today, £167.47, better than the £324.00 I paid 2 years ago.
The dog we have insured, the cat, a moggy from a rescue centre, I didn’t bother with.
Well it was that or leave home...................

[MikeDundee]

Well at least you still have a home..... so you made the right choice

[Debs.]

  The right thing to do; big hearted you!  

[Marks DTM Calib]

You spent that much on modern day vermin!

Shame on you!

[waspy]

How is it that, as a mature man, I found myself unable to say..  ‘Just put him out of his misery’ ?

Why do the words ‘put him down’ change into ‘just do what you have to do’ between leaving my mouth and reaching the vets ears.
Twice now in the last 2 years I have been awoken from my sleep, by my daughter, on a SUNDAY morning to be told the cat needs to go to the vets.

 Being a man, of course I do not react to such suggestion, but had not even managed a cup of tea before swmbo and daughter had managed to speak volumes without saying a word.  I found myself agreeing that the cat needs to be seen and head for the phone, Sunday, emergency call out!!!!!! And I still had to take him to the surgery.
Paid the bill today, £167.47, better than the £324.00 I paid 2 years ago.
The dog we have insured, the cat, a moggy from a rescue centre, I didn’t bother with.
Well it was that or leave home...................

You or the cat  

[Vamps]

How is it that, as a mature man, I found myself unable to say..  ‘Just put him out of his misery’ ?

Why do the words ‘put him down’ change into ‘just do what you have to do’ between leaving my mouth and reaching the vets ears.
Twice now in the last 2 years I have been awoken from my sleep, by my daughter, on a SUNDAY morning to be told the cat needs to go to the vets.

 Being a man, of course I do not react to such suggestion, but had not even managed a cup of tea before swmbo and daughter had managed to speak volumes without saying a word.  I found myself agreeing that the cat needs to be seen and head for the phone, Sunday, emergency call out!!!!!! And I still had to take him to the surgery.
Paid the bill today, £167.47, better than the £324.00 I paid 2 years ago.
The dog we have insured, the cat, a moggy from a rescue centre, I didn’t bother with.
Well it was that or leave home...................

You or the cat  

Me, could not have gone home without the cat, or, as it happened without the promise of the cat the following day.

[Darth Loo-knee]

How is it that, as a mature man, I found myself unable to say..  ‘Just put him out of his misery’ ?

Why do the words ‘put him down’ change into ‘just do what you have to do’ between leaving my mouth and reaching the vets ears.
Twice now in the last 2 years I have been awoken from my sleep, by my daughter, on a SUNDAY morning to be told the cat needs to go to the vets.

 Being a man, of course I do not react to such suggestion, but had not even managed a cup of tea before swmbo and daughter had managed to speak volumes without saying a word.  I found myself agreeing that the cat needs to be seen and head for the phone, Sunday, emergency call out!!!!!! And I still had to take him to the surgery.
Paid the bill today, £167.47, better than the £324.00 I paid 2 years ago.
The dog we have insured, the cat, a moggy from a rescue centre, I didn’t bother with.
Well it was that or leave home...................

You or the cat  

Me, could not have gone home without the cat, or, as it happened without the promise of the cat the following day.

Could have done the same as Gaylord Focker

[albitz]

daughters cat broke its hip a few weeks ago,vets bill ......1800 quid

[Marks DTM Calib]

daughters cat broke its hip a few weeks ago,vets bill ......1800 quid

Bin it, get a new one and save 1700 quid  

[albitz]

i did jokingly suggest that,she hung up and refused to speak to me for e few days

[Marks DTM Calib]

i did jokingly suggest that,she hung up and refused to speak to me for e few days

Even more plus points!

[Entwood]

daughters cat broke its hip a few weeks ago,vets bill ......1800 quid

Bin it, get a new one and save 1700 quid  

Even better .. bin it, DON'T buy more vermin ... save 1800 quid on up front costs and loads more on running costs ....

[mantahatch]

I have just had to have one of my cats put to sleep, it is very hard and amazed me as to how attached I have become to them.
We have had the cats for fifteen and half years, longer than we have had kids !
And yes I do consider them part of my family, and for those of you advocating getting rid of them, shame on you.

[Entwood]

I have just had to have one of my cats put to sleep, it is very hard and amazed me as to how attached I have become to them.
We have had the cats for fifteen and half years, longer than we have had kids !
And yes I do consider them part of my family, and for those of you advocating getting rid of them, shame on you.

Perhaps you would be kind enough to visit me, on a weekly basis, and clean up the mess these vermin leave ??

Dog owners are expected to control their animals, and "pickup" any mess made - and the majority of owners do - so why are cats allowed to roam free, mess where they wish, dig up borders, attack other wildlife, etc etc ... Also, a "stray" dog will be "roundedup" and the owners charged for this, cats are allowed to run feral ??

Neuter the lot of them and the problem will solve itself  

and Yup .. I'm not a cat lover .....  

[Marks DTM Calib]

Sadly they are the modern day easy pet and hence now the scurge of the suburbs.

Its funny because I can remember as a child that only one or two people in the street had cats, now its every other.

I offer a free washing service for the cats in my area thanks to a super soaker (just aim at the fence directly behind them, they always run through the stream) and if they are stupid enough to come near me I find that 5 seconds in the water butt keeps them away for a few months