# Happy Thoughts for moi and that\_darn\_cat, please. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-for-moi-and-that_darn_cat-please/218038 "2003-12-09T23:41:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-for-moi-and-that_darn_cat-please/218038/21 "2003-12-11T19:26:05Z")
Bonus points to **Ginger**. Not only did she start this sweet thread, but her last post made me actually giggle. **JC** , no, I’m not. Until last night I didn’t realize there was actually such a number of collectors. In my innocence, I thought it was only 7-year-olds and me using those machines… ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-for-moi-and-that_darn_cat-please/218038/22 "2003-12-11T20:27:17Z")
You should ask to see my collection next time you come up here. I’ve got hundreds. Really. And how’s that for a come on? “Hey, baby. Wanna come up to my pad and see my squished pennies?” ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-for-moi-and-that_darn_cat-please/218038/23 "2003-12-11T22:40:09Z")
I’ll bet that’s the line you used on Lady Chance. ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-for-moi-and-that_darn_cat-please/218038/24 "2003-12-12T01:37:51Z")
Hi all, So, thanks for all the support, you guys are great. I’m doing well and things could be a lot worse. Staying here at work is really not too bad, it’s set up to be a residence so I’m pretty comforatable. And the commute is a snap! Thanks **Ginger** for the offer of crash space, but really I’m fine. Our freind in Hampden will put me up this weekend, so I’m good there. Really, though it sucks a lot, we could be a lot worse off. Ironically, for those of you who don’t know, I work for Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity, an organization dedicated to eliminating substandard housing, and here I am, homeless. Cheers, **tdc** ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-for-moi-and-that_darn_cat-please/218038/25 "2003-12-12T05:38:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*And how’s that for a come on? > > “Hey, baby. Wanna come up to my pad and see my squished pennies?” \*\* Hey, y’know, with my husband homeless and a hundred miles away, that is the best offer I’ve gotten all week. \*looks to bottom of thread and sees **tdc** ’s post smiles bashfully at hubby\* Oh. Um. Hi, hon. How YOU doin’? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-for-moi-and-that_darn_cat-please/218038/26 "2003-12-12T06:13:23Z")
Hugs to **moi** and my alter cat brother **that\_darn\_cat**. Glad you’re both well, despite some soot. ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-for-moi-and-that_darn_cat-please/218038/27 "2003-12-13T01:33:23Z")
Danke, **danceswithcats**. We have, of course, a new appreciation for your firefighter brethren. Nice lot. They saved most of my worldly goods and my home. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-for-moi-and-that_darn_cat-please/218038/28 "2003-12-13T01:53:13Z")
Damn! I was so close! Tell you what…TDC likes construction. While I’m…um…showing you my pennies…he can fix up the guest house. Yeah…that’s it. That’s…_perfect_. ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-for-moi-and-that_darn_cat-please/218038/29 "2003-12-13T22:22:54Z")
**Update, just to give you a 🙂** So, **tdc** and I had figured on not seeing each other again until a few days before Christmas, which we’re scheduled to spend with my family. With everything else going on, this just seemed unavoidable, though it certainly was the source of much sadness. I felt like this was something we could soldier through with our powers combined…but being apart has certainly made it rougher. However, I just got a call from my **cat** , informing me that he and one of his co-workers are on their way to NJ. Guess B’more wasn’t amusing them this weekend? Don’t really know…all I know is that I’m going to have my husband back for the next two days. An unexpected, wonderful gift that’s got my heart a-thumpin’. [sub]_aside_ Hey, **JC** , he heads back on Monday. That gives you a few more days to work on those pick-up lines, eh?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-for-moi-and-that_darn_cat-please/218038/30 "2003-12-13T22:57:13Z")
EH? You said eh? Am I rubbing off on you? ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-for-moi-and-that_darn_cat-please/218038/31 "2003-12-14T00:23:56Z")
Stop rubbin’ up against me, lady. I told ya, my husband’s comin’ home! 😉 Plus, it’s rude. The line forms behind **Mr. Chance** , afterall. —moi [sup]Turning tragedies into opportunities of shameless flirting since…well, yesterday’s post, I suppose.[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-for-moi-and-that_darn_cat-please/218038/32 "2003-12-14T00:52:10Z")
_pads up to the door, peers out window pads upstairs, looks out window sits on couch, bounces leg up and down pads to door…repeat…_ T-minus ten minutes and [sub]YOU BETCHA[/sub] counting… ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-for-moi-and-that_darn_cat-please/218038/33 "2003-12-14T01:52:05Z")
That’s it. If you weren’t in flagrante delicto with a cat right now, there would be some serious Canadian lessons. I’ll bet you don’t even know what a touque is. Hoser. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-for-moi-and-that_darn_cat-please/218038/34 "2003-12-14T04:23:21Z")
and a beer in a tree. Take off! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thoughts-for-moi-and-that_darn_cat-please/218038.md?page=1)