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Creative postie snaps feline friends in ‘mog blog’[w/pix]
Metro [UK] ^ | 12/6/12

Posted on 12/06/2012 9:50:47 PM PST by Slings and Arrows

Postman Gareth Lewis sees so many cats while delivering mail to homes in Wimbledon, south-west London, that he decided to document them in a blog.

He has seen a wide selection of different felines on his travels, noting that some are nosy, others stand-offish and several are rather portly.

Mr Lewis decided to begin his own ‘mog blog’ earlier this year, a cat-alogue in the truest sense.

Within a month he’d jotted down the names, habits and locations of the most prominent local felines.

To make sure there is no confusion, he also photographs each one and now has about 60.

The 42-year-old admits it’s an odd pastime.

‘If there is an owner around, I will tell them what I’m doing because it looks a bit strange,’ said Mr Lewis from Banstead, Surrey.

‘I have had a few funny looks. I like to keep records and always have done.

‘I used to keep diaries as well so I think I’m a little bit compulsive.’

A typical entry reads: ‘Street: Ridgway Gardens. Name: Cowardly Lion. Location: Uncomfortable fence perch. Other: A simply divine mog.’

He added: ‘Really it was just for my own entertainment.’

Check out Mr Lewis’ blog at streetmog.blogspot.co.uk.


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cats; kittyping
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Blog may be viewed here. Much Kitteh Kuteness therein.
1 posted on 12/06/2012 9:50:57 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
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2 posted on 12/06/2012 10:04:08 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

There are a couple of calico cats that he refers to as “he.” I thought calicos were almost always female.


5 posted on 12/06/2012 10:12:34 PM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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Half of his black and white kitties look like the same cat.

He reports he “edged closer” to the mog in the window. Wonder if he ever got reported as a peeper.


6 posted on 12/06/2012 10:13:53 PM PST by FrogMom (Chicken Little is coming, and he's right!)
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I thought calicos were almost always female.

They are. Methinks Mr Postman is using the generic "he".

7 posted on 12/06/2012 10:17:15 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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He reports he “edged closer” to the mog in the window. Wonder if he ever got reported as a peeper.

Or a cat burglar.

8 posted on 12/06/2012 10:18:15 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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Enjoyed that journey with the postman, what a lovely fellow he must be, and every cat looks so well fed and well looked after. Nice one.


9 posted on 12/06/2012 10:30:38 PM PST by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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That was fun! I guess I'm surprised so many Brits let their kittehs run around outside. I wonder if they have a feline AIDS problem there and if they get theirs vaccinated for it as well as rabies?
10 posted on 12/06/2012 10:35:07 PM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: Fred Nerks

Glad you liked.


11 posted on 12/06/2012 10:36:42 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: boatbums

Beats me. We’re certainly benefiting from the habit, though.


12 posted on 12/06/2012 10:37:39 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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13 posted on 12/06/2012 10:41:36 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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Couldn't pick a favourite, so I saved the collage he calls 'the first fifty'.

14 posted on 12/06/2012 11:18:07 PM PST by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Nice blog!

Go figure, while this guy is walking his route and taking pictures my postalperson sits at the far end of a strip-mall parking lot, reading and listening to his radio.....

15 posted on 12/07/2012 3:00:57 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon.....)
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16 posted on 12/07/2012 3:25:20 AM PST by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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What's a "mog"?

Leni

17 posted on 12/07/2012 4:21:56 AM PST by MinuteGal (Please Restore Former Format on FR "Latest Posts" Page ASAP !)
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Ha ha—there’s one who does that in the park near me.


18 posted on 12/07/2012 4:29:26 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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Mog (moggie) = mongrel


19 posted on 12/07/2012 4:29:55 AM PST by relictele
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S and A- You Rock! Just got my coffee, decided to pop in here before checking my mail, and what do I see? Kitties!!!!

Brought the laptop to the bed, moved the cat so she can see and we are having a lovely morning together reading the blog and looking at the cats together.

I think she likes, her purr is about a 5.5 on the Seismic Purr scale.

Human and kitty bonding on so many levels. YAY!!!


20 posted on 12/07/2012 4:44:47 AM PST by Gefn
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