Anybody else noticed that more people are interesting in looking at Patrick's cat Pixel than everybody else on the riocar.org photo page here?

- Trevor

Can you blame them?

Kind of like when people bring out the pictures of their kids and pets. I would much rather look at the pet pictures. I've upset family members when I don't want to look at the stacks of baby pictures they place in front of me, boring and you've seen one baby you've seen them all.

Well, that may be because if you want to get a close up of Pixel, you have to actually click on the picture to make it larger (which then records it as a 'view').
Would this picture of Pixel be a 'mog shot'?

The other 5 'mugshots' are big enough (or ugly enough :-))) to discourage anyone 'clicking through' - hence the low view counts.

BTW: Can anyone confirm what breed of Cat Pixel is, and is there a more up to date picture or him/her available? Patrick?

Inquiring minds want to know - [well actually, my wife wants to rest assured] that Pixel is being looked after and is ok.

See Patrick's web page:

http://www.reality.demon.co.uk/pixel.htm

BTW: Can anyone confirm what breed of Cat Pixel is, and is there a more up to date picture or him/her available? Patrick?

She is a tortoiseshell type thing, half siamese and half whatever. felis domesticus vomitus, I believe.

14 years old, still going strong, gets me out of bed every day at 9AM so she can sneer at the food I give her then go back to bed herself, little sod.

She had to have six teeth removed a while ago (see, kids, why you should always brush after meals?), and was minty fresh and very disoriented for a couple of days, but recovered nicely.

Here's a couple of pics (see attached)

Patrick

And a closeup

And inspecting my repair work to ensure it passes QA.

It's so cute when older pets get a little bit of gray hair around the muzzle like that.

My wife keeps telling me I've got gray tufts behind the ears, but I know she's lying. I don't even have to look. No, I won't look, no need to. I'm telling you, there's no gray hair back there. Yeah, very funny. Sure. Uh huh.

14 is pretty good. I have one cat who is 19 now with a few gray hairs mixed in the black. May she have many years ahead of her.

One that a friend of mine belonged to made it to 23 and a bit, which is definitely on the high side for a cat.

Patrick