# Meet my new kitty Jack **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667 "2012-11-21T01:46:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/21 "2012-11-21T14:15:07Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Pedigree is [here.](http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/peppermint+road) Why don’t you attach a picture of her there? And also fill in some of the missing info on her. That’s a different Peppermint Road. Mine is a 1998 mare, Her Jockey Club registration is 9834481 and her tattoo is G0139446. I’d love to know more about her race record. StG ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/22 "2012-11-21T14:27:28Z")
Wish I could trace my pedigree back five generations! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/23 "2012-11-21T14:47:58Z")
Lovely cat in a lovely setting. Do us a favor though, and don’t give Jack a candlestick to jump over. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/24 "2012-11-21T15:08:23Z")
He sounds like a great cat! ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/25 "2012-11-21T15:14:52Z")
> [@Brynda](#): > > He sounds like a great cat! He’s got a very loud motor. Even the vet remarked on it as he was trying to listen to Jack’s heart and lungs. He’s about 4 months old now. StG ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/26 "2012-11-21T15:26:43Z")
Oh, I love cats with a hearty purr. They are like a person with a hearty laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/27 "2012-11-21T15:45:27Z")
Can I come live with you? ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/28 "2012-11-21T15:52:06Z")
1. What a cute little guy! 2. I’m sure the roof was an aesthetic choice, but it doesn’t work. If the roof looks like that through necessity, I’m sorry to have brought it up. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/29 "2012-11-21T16:01:39Z")
> [@hrhomer](#): > > 1. What a cute little guy! > > 2. I’m sure the roof was an aesthetic choice, but it doesn’t work. If the roof looks like that through necessity, I’m sorry to have brought it up. The roof is what it is. Not an aesthetic choice. If you look at post #14, you’ll see that redoing the roof is in my plans. I’m just not sure if it’s in my budget. I’m thinking of replacing it altogether. if I do, it’ll last the rest of my life.[Click here](http://www.metalmax.com/) and look at color swatches. I’m trying to decide what color, or to stick with plain brushed aluminum. Charcoal Grey or Fern Green might look good, though. **Corcaigh** - You’d have to haul your own wood for the wood stove. 😃 StG ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/30 "2012-11-21T17:32:54Z")
Aww, kitty is a cutie and house is lovely. Congratulations on your new family member! I wish I lived in an area that pretty. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/31 "2012-11-21T17:34:02Z")
Beautiful pictures. I’ll be right over to visit… ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/32 "2012-11-21T17:38:26Z")
Picturesque, I guess. It’s picturesque right now when the dogs have a possum treed in the persimmon tree. Poor little guy probably just wanted to glean some sweet(ish) fruit and now is stuck until dark. The good thing is waiting under the tree for the possum has made my doberman Jake happy. Jake’s dying of bone cancer, so it’s nice for him to be happily lying in the sun watching a possum. StG ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/33 "2012-11-21T18:00:53Z")
Go with a light color on the roof. White or gray. It will keep the house cooler in summer but won’t keep it colder in winter. May Jake add more of these wonderful days to his short life. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/34 "2012-11-21T18:28:08Z")
> [@Corcaigh](#): > > Can I come live with you? This is what I came to say. I’ll bring my two horses and my cat, Baja. We’ll all be very quiet and try not to take up too much space, except maybe in the front yard and on the porch on a sunny day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/35 "2012-11-21T18:50:40Z")
One of my sister’s friends said I should open up a bed and breakfast. Of course, that means I’d have to cook. Horrors! 😃 StG ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/36 "2012-11-22T13:15:34Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > **Corcaigh** - You’d have to haul your own wood for the wood stove. 😃 Not a problem! **tries to flex biceps** > [@jayrey](#): > > This is what I came to say. I was first!!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/37 "2012-11-22T15:24:46Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Jack came to me in a copier paper. box. Jack in the Box (get it? :D) Jack is nimble, Jack is quick. Jack’s best toy at this point is his own tail. These pics were taken today on a sunny day on the front porch. > > [Jack 1](http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/StG61/Jack3.jpg). [Jack 2](http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/StG61/Jack2.jpg). [Jack 3](http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/StG61/Jack1.jpg). > > [Pic of the horses in the front yard](http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/StG61/FrontHorses.jpg). > > [House (post painting)](http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/StG61/SouthHouse.jpg) > > StG All the four-footed family members, including the dog, are cute! Have fun with the kitten! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/38 "2012-11-22T15:46:16Z")
Everything is so very charming. Like a late 19th century dream. I’m sure its a lot of work - old house and horses and dogs and cats (do you have chickens?, the place looks like it needs chickens to meet the idyllic vision). Work is thing that shakes me out of that dream and keeps me in the 'burbs. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/39 "2012-11-22T15:59:48Z")
**Dangerosa** - Well, my office is 32 miles from home, but it only takes about 40 minutes to drive. I’ve been thinking of chickens, but I don’t eat eggs (unless cleverly hidden in brownies) and I could never kill one for dinner, so what’s the point? StG ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667/40 "2012-11-22T16:13:00Z")
That is not a real house. You live in a painting or something! Too sweet to be real! Jack is a beautiful cat - I think he might grow up to look like my [Animal](http://images3a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp73483%3Enu%3D3366%3E48%3B%3E475%3EWSNRCG%3D3889%3C69%3B92337nu0mrj). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-my-new-kitty-jack/641667.md?page=3)