Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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In 324, at the Battle of Adrianople, Constantine I defeated Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. In 987 Hugh Capet was crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792. In 1608 Québec City was founded by Samuel de Champlain. 1767 Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret. In 1819 the Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opened. 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg ended after three days in a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreated. In 1844 the last pair of great auks was deliberately killed. In 1884 Dow Jones & Company published its first stock average. In 1886 Karl Benz officially unveiled the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile. In 1886 the New-York Tribune became the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand. In 1969 the biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occured when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroyed its launchpad. In 1996 the Stone of Scone was returned to Scotland. In 1930 the US Congress created the Veterans Administration. In 1962 Algeria became independent after 132 years of French rule. In 1985 we went "Back to the Future" for the first time.
And in 2016, Panda settled into her forever home. This was my first venture in actually picking out a cat -- Kula had belonged to my daughter and ended up with me, so we knew each other already when he moved in.
She is actually nine years old, and is really is a beauty -- all chocolate brown with bands of lighter tan colors [no gray that I have seen] around her neck and on her front paws. Eventually she will come out from underneath the bed long enough for me to get a good picture of her! Panda is very friendly, apparently really likes to be brushed, and curled up contentedly with me while I read last night -- but the apartment is very very different than the activity and smells of the cattery [as the owner of Seniors for Seniors calls the downstairs den where all the cats are kept] and I think it will take some getting used to. I didn't go to see Panda although I had read her bio on the page, I actually was interested in a male cat, Molo, but decided to see what happened when I walked in the door. I was greeted at first by Luca and very nearly came home with because he was pretty lively and friendly. Another little lady, a bob-tail named Ella, was really cute and stayed by my side for a while as I sat on the couch. Mittens was a huge blue, and she took over my lap for a while, and had to be moved off. I'm sure there were others that I would've liked to have me that just didn't feel like coming over at that moment; Panda had to be taken down from a very high perch where she had curled up away from everyone after she came up in the conversation about declawed cats -- can you beleive that after having her completely declawed, her heartless former owners just put her outside? Fortunately for her, she was picked up very quickly and ended up with S4S. She settled down with me very quickly -- she draped herself over my shoulder then sat in my lap looking up at me, started purring and even started playing a bit, something that surprised Marcy -- and that was what convinced me that Panda and I would do just fine.
If you live in the Baltimore/DC area, and are thinking about getting a cat, I really encourage you to visit Marcy and see if one of those cats there would meet your needs. You have to be vetted first, there is an application to complete on the website and they do indeed call and talk to the references you give. And then you have to make an appointment to visit the cattery. Once there Marcy is very helpful and patient -- she won't rush you at all. There are a couple cats that really have to be "only cats" and there are many who obviously get along well with other pets; the ages range from a little one who is just barely a year old to a very gorgeous gal of 12 years. A few of the older cats have been front declawed, but of course, that is not something that is commonly done anymore.
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She is actually nine years old, and is really is a beauty -- all chocolate brown with bands of lighter tan colors [no gray that I have seen] around her neck and on her front paws. Eventually she will come out from underneath the bed long enough for me to get a good picture of her! Panda is very friendly, apparently really likes to be brushed, and curled up contentedly with me while I read last night -- but the apartment is very very different than the activity and smells of the cattery [as the owner of 
