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To: Gauguin who wrote (13939)	10/26/1998 4:29:00 PM
From: melinda abplanalp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Very neat!! Melinda

To: Gauguin who wrote (13939)	10/26/1998 5:21:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Why does everyone find these really neat stray cats who are cute fluffy black kittens or cats that will purr gratefully when you feed them and jump in your lap for a snuggle, who have personality like Stumpy? Instead we get these nasty rude things that spray the doors, eat the food, and then spit at us when we try to talk to them. Like Shy. What a loser of a cat. We're feeding three right now. They're all extremely ugly and unlikable and they fight with each other. I hate them all. When Blue's 20 pound bag of Hill's Science Diet is gone, they're going to have to find another sucker. I'm not a bottomless pit of constant charity and unconditional love, you know. I already have teenagers who demand that.

To: Gauguin who wrote (13939)	10/26/1998 5:31:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

"blacker than black" Yeah. Black velvet is a good black reference. Did you know it was really hard to get something really black? Telescope tubes use a material known as "flock", not quite velvet - the texture is more somewhere between felt and drier lint. The fuzzy surface is very important to the overall blackness - especially in a telescope tube where grazing reflections are important. The blackest surface I can think of offhand (and I m no expert) is freshly laid soot. Did you find a home for Inkspot Jr.?