Posted on 07/12/2004 6:01:01 PM PDT by PetroniDE
A feel good story this week. Two threads about a kitten swimming in the Gulf Coast off Florida. First picture is the lucky kitten. Balrog666 contributed two other pictures for this week’s thread. Last picture is a random selection.
The swimming kitten. Name is Nemo.
Here is the poster who started the thread. Courtesy of balrog666. 
Itty Bitty Kitty ! Courtesy of balrog666. 
This photo reminds me of Winston Churchill. Don’t know why.
Threads last week regarding the swimming kitten.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1168307/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1168979/posts
Thank you ,Petronide!
thanks petronide!
Nemo is a beautiful and very lucky kitten. Have a very happy life Nemo!
Thank you for these Kitty Caption threads, they restore my sanity, a respite from all the politics.
Is that a tiger cat, or a little spotted cat, or what-they-call-'em?
Good night bump.
Oh my, Petroni, he does resemble Churchhill doesn't he?
The Kitty in the first picture is one mighty lucky little kitty. But the other two are precious.
"Any cat that likes water is nuts."
Hey! Where'd all the water go????
That is one unhappy kitty. LOL. That expression is priceless.
"You can make me take a bath. I don't have to like it."
Tabby Gets Military Rank After Iraq Tour
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By The Associated Press
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Fort Carson Staff Sgt. Rick Bousfield of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team had a mission: Saving Pvt. Hammer.
Pfc. Hammer is an Iraqi tabby cat the unit adopted after he was born last fall at a base in Balad, 50 miles north of Baghdad.
When Bousfield found out his unit was leaving Iraq (news - web sites) in March, he decided he couldn't leave a member of his team behind.
"He has been through mortar attacks," said Bousfield, a 19-year Army veteran. "He'd jump and get scared liked the rest of us. He is kind of like one of our own."
Pfc. Hammer got his name from the unit that adopted him, Team Hammer. Soldiers would tuck Hammer in their body armor during artillery attacks, and in return, Hammer chased mice in the mess hall.
"He was a stress therapist," Bousfield said. "The guys would come back in tired and stressed. Hammer would come back and bug the heck out of you. He wiped away some worries."
The kitten earned his rank after nabbing five mice.
When Bousfield learned his unit was going, he sent an e-mail to Alley Cat Allies, a national clearinghouse of information on stray cats, asking for help bringing Hammer along.
Alley Cat Allies raised $2,500 for Hammer's shots, sterilization, paperwork and a plane ride to the United States.
Hammer left Iraq with his unit in March, then flew from Kuwait to San Francisco in cargo-class. He traveled first class with an Alley Cat Allies volunteer to Denver.
Bousfield met the kitten at the airport.
May Pvt Hammer and his new master have a very happy life together. :) What a nice story :) Suz
The closest my cats have come to being here is having their names tagged onto an old Iraqi missile launcher.
These fangs are made for biting
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these fangs are gonna chomp all over you...
Finbar resembles that kitten found 3-miles out into the ocean...what's he been up to lately?
For example, he opened their catnip drawer the other day and spread the stuff all over the floor and got nice and stoned. Good to see that he's still my little troublemaker.
How are your kitties?
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