Posted on 07/29/2009 11:38:01 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
A cat has become such a well-known user of a Devon bus service that its drivers know where to let him off.
Casper has been queuing with other passengers to get the number three service from his home in Plymouth for months, bus company First said.
It added that he often sat in the queue and then quietly padded on board and curled up on a seat for the ride.
Casper's owner Susan Finden, 55, who picked him from a rescue home in 2002, said he had always been a free spirit.
Mrs Finden said she named her pet after Casper the Friendly Ghost, as he has a habit of wandering off.
A spokesman for First said that drivers had been bussing Casper around for months, but Mrs Finden said she had only just found out about his use of public transport.
The care worker said: "He'd always go off and have a wander.
"Once I had to walk a mile-and-a-half with a cat basket to bring him back from a car park.
"He does love people, and I don't know what the attraction is but he loves big vehicles like lorries and buses."
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Feel better now?
lol
sweet dreams.. my kitty Molly isn’t really letting me play very well tonight at computer
A Richard Feynman of catdom.
Feeling much better, thanks. Goodnight to you too.
LOL! Very good.
Or how about Schrödinger’s cat?
What a cute story.
What are you doing up so early?
Just found out I’m losing my job on 11-6-09.....
Been there 26 years
“So late,” actually. I’m a born night owl.
I’m very sorry about you losing your job. I hope you find something quickly.
I am so sorry to hear that!
Hey, is Beckwith OK?
Cute story!
I take it you know him well? I don’t at all, but if he needs help writing for his future projects I will ghost for him for free!
I only rarely went to his site, and even at that, I feel badly for not having helped him out.
I wonder how the cat figured out which bus to ride the first time?
Good question.
I don’t know him at all, I’m afraid.
LucyT is the Certifigate expert; I just help her out occassionally. Cute kitty stories are more my specialty.
Ah! I see, I just wanted to help him out in a practical way.
All I can suggest is Freepmailing him. I don’t know if he has quit FR.
So THAT’S who he learned it from!
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