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Date Posted: 10:41:46 11/24/05 Thu
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Mac R
's message, "Remington Buckaroo the Maine Coon" on 10:39:33 11/24/05 Thu
>Hope this is the correct place to post this.
>
>Over the years, I've read and heard so much about Dan
>that I don't try to remember where it all came from or
>from whence it emanated; however, I specifically
>recall that Dan had three cats, and I think all three
>were Maine Coons. One of the cats, Remington
>Buckaroo, looked exactly like my Maine Coon. I'm
>guessing that Remington Buckaroo outlived the other
>two cats, because I never heard of them again. I did
>hear about Remington Buckaroo at least three other
>times.
>
>Dan performed a song at Vevay in 2001 called
>"Buckaroo's Midnight Ramble," and it was an
>instrumental reminiscent of Chet Atkins' style of
>pickin'. Dan dedicated the song to the memory of
>Chet, who had just cast off this mortal coil not long
>before that performance. It was a curious thing to
>think about the midnight ramble, because my Maine Coon
>always insisted on going out for a while at midnight.
>For a ramble, no doubt.
>
>On one of his projects, Dan listed Remington Buckaroo
>as "Executive Producer." I suppose Remington had his
>own little Maine Coon account with which to fund the
>project.
>
>Finally, "Full Circle" liner notes read: "In memory of
>Remington Buckaroo."
>
>My Maine Coon is still alive, having turned 15 years
>old on June 15, 2005. He's old and decrepit, but he
>still behaves like a kitten on occasion. This
>morning, my Maine Coon barfed on my bed covers at 4:02
>a.m. The mattress on which I was sleeping had a
>mattress cover, a fitted sheet, a flat sheet, and a
>warm/cool thermal blanket. The hair ball stopped on
>top of the thermal blanket, but the liquid and most of
>the semi-liquid went right through those gaps in the
>thermal blanket and soaked the whole shebang. The
>feline vomitus did not, however, make it to the
>mattress itself.
>
>Yesterday morning, my Maine Coon barfed on the carpet
>at 5:50 a.m., just a small amount, then I vaulted out
>of bed and hustled him over some newspaper to minimize
>the damage.
>
>Not this morning. This morning, he got me good!
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