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Fri 12/07/12 10:24 AM
A fascinating question - well posted! Well, to me looks are totally unimportant so I would define true happiness as knowing that the inner girl really cared for me and loved me. :heart: :heart:

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Fri 12/07/12 09:58 AM
An intriguing question - well posted! To be honest, I often feel that perhaps we try too hard to find love: perhaps we should let it find us? It surely will if given the chance. :heart:

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Fri 12/07/12 09:54 AM
Not weird at all - absolutely not! So please do not worry, and continue to enjoy the company of your Mingle family. :smile:

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Wed 10/26/11 03:02 AM
Kwitten, you are absolutely gorgeous - and it is such a pleasure to meet you here. What are you doing this evening, you gorgeous fluffball? We could go out and chase pigeons and ducks, tease dogs and upset humans! Pussypower wules, and Kwittenpower is awesome.

Your photo is beautiful.
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Smokey

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Wed 10/26/11 12:29 AM
Welcome aboard! Great site, lovely sincere people - enjoy your stay.

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Wed 10/26/11 12:24 AM
Hello from England on a bright but chilly Wednesday morning. Smokey the Kitty here, which means - as you've probably guessed - that my human , Benji, is still in bed whilst I am up and about doing the morning post and of course the breakfast - again!! My human must really learn just who is in charge of this household! If this continues I shall be obliged to evict him, I am afraid.

This morning I am having Manx kippers, toast and marmalade and Earl Grey followed of course by cigarettes - and you are most welcome to join me. My human is going to enjoy breakfast in bed when he awakes, but actually he will be getting his comeuppance today as I shall be serving him cat food and milk. That should make him think!

Last night Truffles, the little girl cat who lives right next door, decided to stay. As a gentleman feline I really was honoured by her offer, and all night long it was "honour and offer".

Suggestions as to how exactly to invigorate my human would be most welcome. In the meantime, have a lovely day and, to all kitties the world over, remember our magic motto - "Pussypower Rules".

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Tue 10/25/11 10:08 AM

Yeah, I have several ideas for day trips. Paris for one. Stratford Upon Avon/Bath/Stonehenge for another. But, the trip keeps getting postponed, so we'll see.


I know those areas well. Stonehenge really is a must: all the places you mention are. And the Channel Tunnel will take you directly to Paris.

You will enjoy yourself: I know you will.

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Tue 10/25/11 10:02 AM
Edited by Benji1010 on Tue 10/25/11 10:03 AM
The touristy sites are indeed wonderful and are so steeped in history. And yes, you would certainly do some walking in the city. I do hope you manage to make a return visit. Windsor, home of the Queen's famous castle, is well worth a visit, too. You could perhaps take in Scotland, too - home of some lovely castles. And the Edinburgh Festival is not to be missed.

England awaits your return!

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Tue 10/25/11 07:34 AM
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I was hoping to go back to England this year, but it doesn't look like that's happening. I spent a few days in London and Gatwick last year, though.


If you do manage to come over, please let me know. I used to live in London myself several years ago. I'd be delighted to show you the sights and also the "real" London which tourists seldom see.

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Tue 10/25/11 07:28 AM
Edited by Benji1010 on Tue 10/25/11 07:30 AM

Hi Benji

You have started something very cool. I'm looking forward to following "good morning from England".


Thank you so much for your kind words - very much appreciated! I shall ensure that either Smokey or I - depending upon who gets up first in the morning - write in every day.

Thanks again.

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Tue 10/25/11 07:09 AM
Hello from England and welcome aboard! Great site, really friendly sincere people - you will be happy here.

I hope you make lots of friends, and who knows? Your Prince Charming just might be somewhere on here!


flowerforyou

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Tue 10/25/11 04:49 AM
I recently spotted the following amusing signs in London:

At a sports complex - Welcome to our Ool. That's right,there's no "P" in it - let's keep it that way.

In a bedroom at a small foreign-owned hotel - If you require service please ring for the chambermaid who will service you with pleasure.

Honestly!

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Tue 10/25/11 03:29 AM
Edited by Benji1010 on Tue 10/25/11 03:31 AM
Hello again! Smokey the Puss here. My human, Benji, has just woken up and he has asked me to take him breakfast in bed. The cheek of it! I shall be having a very serious word or two with him shortly: in fact, I am seriously considering getting rid of him and getting myself a new human.

These humans just have to understand that, when they are honoured by the companionship of a cat, the cat is in charge. Agreed?

There are only two simple rules in this apartment:

Rule 1 Smokey is always right
Rule 2 In case of dispute, Rule 1 applies

Surely that is not too difficult for him to understand?

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Tue 10/25/11 03:20 AM


..There's a pot of fresh coffee here, some
lovely fresh Earl Grey and lashings
of toast and olde English marmalade for
you to enjoy - and of course the usual
cigarettes, so come on over: you'll
be most welcome.

Is a lashing, a slice?


Good morning, Soufie. Yes, you are quite right, it is.

bigsmile

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Tue 10/25/11 02:41 AM
Hello, Drew. Great to meet you, and welcome aboard. Nice site, very sincere people - enjoy your stay.

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Tue 10/25/11 01:54 AM
Edited by Benji1010 on Tue 10/25/11 01:55 AM
I did. I really did. Thank you so much. Those words have made my day.

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Tue 10/25/11 01:20 AM




One of the most beautifully written poems ever...

May you enjoy, Benji ...flowerforyou



John Keats. 1795–1821

.............Ode to a Nightingale..............

MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains

My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,

Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains

One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk:

'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot,

But being too happy in thine happiness,

That thou, light-wingèd Dryad of the trees,

In some melodious plot

Of beechen green, and shadows numberless,

Singest of summer in full-throated ease.



O for a draught of vintage! that hath been

Cool'd a long age in the deep-delvèd earth,

Tasting of Flora and the country-green,

Dance, and Provençal song, and sunburnt mirth!

O for a beaker full of the warm South! 15

Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene,

With beaded bubbles winking at the brim,

And purple-stainèd mouth;

That I might drink, and leave the world unseen,

And with thee fade away into the forest dim:



Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget

What thou among the leaves hast never known,

The weariness, the fever, and the fret

Here, where men sit and hear each other groan;

Where palsy shakes a few, sad, last grey hairs,

Where youth grows pale, and spectre-thin, and dies;

Where but to think is to be full of sorrow

And leaden-eyed despairs;

Where beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes,

Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow.



Away! away! for I will fly to thee,

Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards,

But on the viewless wings of Poesy,

Though the dull brain perplexes and retards:

Already with thee! tender is the night, 35

And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne,

Cluster'd around by all her starry Fays

But here there is no light,

Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown

Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.



I cannot see what flowers are at my feet,

Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs,

But, in embalmèd darkness, guess each sweet

Wherewith the seasonable month endows

The grass, the thicket, and the fruit-tree wild;

White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine;

Fast-fading violets cover'd up in leaves;

And mid-May's eldest child,

The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine,

The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves.



Darkling I listen; and, for many a time

I have been half in love with easeful Death,

Call'd him soft names in many a musèd rhyme,

To take into the air my quiet breath;

Now more than ever seems it rich to die,

To cease upon the midnight with no pain,

While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad

In such an ecstasy!

Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain—

To thy high requiem become a sod.



Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!

No hungry generations tread thee down;

The voice I hear this passing night was heard

In ancient days by emperor and clown:

Perhaps the self-same song that found a path

Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home,

She stood in tears amid the alien corn;

The same that ofttimes hath

Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam

Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.



Forlorn! the very word is like a bell

To toll me back from thee to my sole self!

Adieu! the fancy cannot cheat so well

As she is famed to do, deceiving elf.

Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades

Past the near meadows, over the still stream,

Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep

In the next valley-glades:

Was it a vision, or a waking dream?

Fled is that music:—do I wake or sleep?




flowerforyou:heart:flowerforyou





Those words are so poignant, so emotive and so very beautiful. I can honestly say that they bring tears of happiness to my eyes. Yes, I am a sentimentalist and can really appreciate the hidden depth and inner meaning of those words. Absolutely beautiful!

:heart: flowerforyou :heart:

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Tue 10/25/11 12:55 AM

Good Morning to you kind sir.

Although it's 12:40 am here in California, and I have to go get some sleep.

You are such a nice gentleman. Always so pleasant and polite. I wish I could sit down for a cup of tea (or coffee) with you. But, I shall just have to clink my cup towards you and say cheers.

Hope you have a great day.


That would be such a pleasure - and a great honour - and who knows - one day it could just happen, for nothing is impossible. At this point in time, my cup is raised in the direction of California and I toast your good health.

Have a lovely sleep, dear lady, and some very sweet dreams.

flowerforyou flowerforyou flowerforyou


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Tue 10/25/11 12:39 AM
What is a kitty to do? My human, Benji, is STILL in bed, would you believe!

I have just booked an appointment for him at the vets: that should teach him!

Now back to that pretty little girl cat next door ......

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Tue 10/25/11 12:24 AM
Edited by Benji1010 on Tue 10/25/11 12:25 AM

Good morning sir.

You strike me as a very fine gentleman.flowerforyou



Ahhhhh ....when I think of England.....


the moors in "Wuthering Heights"

and the poetry of Keats and Shelley,

and fog

and afternoon tea

comes to mind......:heart:


Do say hello to England for me ,most kind sir !!!drinker


And have a most wonderful day now, Benji.flowerforyou:heart:flowerforyou







Thank you for your very kind words - very considerate of you and very much appreciated. I must confess that you strike me as being a wonderful lady indeed. flowerforyou I absolutely love all the things you mention about England. The moors you mention are picturesque in their autumnal beauty, and here in the Lake District our poets are quite famous.

I shall certainly say "hello" to England for you, dear lady: a pleasure and an honour. And you have an absolutely wonderful day, too. :heart: :heart: