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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Stella had the oddest reaction when I first put her collar on her - she stood up on her hind legs and tried to "back out" of it - and kept walking backwards. Never saw any other cat do this. Now she doesn't know that she is wearing a collar any more.

When we put the harness on the boy, Minx, yesterday, he lay down and wouldn't move, so I dragged him back an forth over the wooden floor, and he loved it (gave the floor a good dusting too).

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

All my cats are indoor cats - but all too have collars with their name & phone number on it - just in case!

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Mr M has a microchip. He had to have it when he was vaccinated against FIV.

Ours are indoor at the moment, and we are in a big quandry whether to ever let them out (we will microchip them first). I read a statistic recently that the avarage age of indoor cats (in the UK) is 15 years, and for the average outdoor cat it is 2! Frightened us a bit. My last cat, Dagny, was an outdoor girl, and she lived to 23, so who knows?

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

there are a lot of different types of snow, this one is a small, size of a pencil tip sort of snow. far too small to be considered hail. if a lot of it falls and it becomes measurable, skiers often refer to it as sugar snow

When you said it was sunny earlier, the last thing I expected was snow, which is why it fooled me!

Originally Posted by desertblues

I'm worrying about my internet-connection in Iran. I'm flying to Teheran next sunday. There seem to be restrictions on internet but I haven't been able to find out how and when or to what degree.
Vodafone has an agreement with two Iranian providers, so I'll be able to phone with my Blackberry. My Kindles and Mobile hotspot also have a vodafone sim-card, but will I be able to use them there? I mean; 4 weeks without internet would be a bit long.
In short: I'm getting a mild dose of the travel-jitters.

Have a great time - it will be nothing if not interesting...