--------------------- Welcome to *CATLINES* the MEWsletter! For cat-loving Home Business PURRSons: home business workers desiring to share what they know --------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A MESSAGE FROM YOUR EDITOR IN HER OWN VOICE! Click This Link To Play The Audio Message (or type it into your browser) http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=12458&f=MXEPDX&ps=6&p=1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW! MY KITTY BLOG: http://mycatablog.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~ A Place To Rethink: NEW! http://www.anotherwaytoday.com corresponding blog: http://www.anotherwaytoday.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~ Brand new! another newsletter for you! Especially for your friends who are not as into cats as we are! BIZLINES: http://www.bizofchoice.com (our new sister publication) -------------------- Remember to Help the feline population by adopting or fostering stray, hungry, frightened cats! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ New entries on our website; come check them out! Something there just for you! http://www.catliness.com @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ If you cannot find it on catliness, go to our latest website: http://www.stuffandsuchandeverything.com We are in the process of moving some of the non-cat stuff over there. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Animal Lovers' Jewelry is Now Open for Business: Sterling silver items made in Italy; and hand-made gemstone cat jewelry made by none other than: YOUR EDITOR/PUBLISHER! http://www.animalloversjewelry.com @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ EBAY; we finally made it!  Bid now!  Bid Often! http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/meowheart/. ******* Proud Members: This ezine is listed at Ezine Publishers Association Inc. (EPAI) Join Free At: http://www.EzinePublisher.org ********************** meowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeow PRAISE AND NAYS MEOW (praise) and REOW (nays) will be given to companies whose websites, books, and other offerings are accessible or inaccessible to blind persons. Starting in the January, 2004, edition of CATLINES, you may find your own company or publication listed.  Do you want to be listed as a MEOW or a REOW?  It's all up to you! meowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeowmeow >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< *CATLINES* vol. 3, Issue 2, April 15, 2004 Published monthly by http://www.catliness.com (in nine lives of progress) WINNER OF THE GOLDEN WHISKERS AWARD http://www.meowhoo.com hosted by Katherine Cook at: http://www.katstorm.com ===================== Editor: Lauren Merryfield =======>^..^<===== Treats For April (Note: copy the links into your browser to make them work; music and great verses you don't want to miss!) ******* April Fool Boogie Woogie (humor) http://www.mamarocks.com/april_fool.htm ******* Happy Easter http://www.mamarocks.com/happy_easter.htm ******* happy Easter to all.......Bunny Rap Click here: http://www.debsfunpages.com/easterswf/rapeasterbunny.swf ******* The Wedding Of The Trees http://www.mamarocks.com/wedding_of_the_trees.htm ******* Kitty HipHop Rap http://fun.queenofquotes.com/redir.cfm/4938/52361/4194/5384850 ******* ===================== >From my friend, Chris L.  She sells everything! http://tishtreasure.zoovy.com ===================== Jack Humphrey is running the first special for Power Linking ever!  If you are in need of traffic and want to learn what Power Linking is all about, OR you have wanted to check out Power Linking but thought it was too expensive, now is your chance to grab the entire Power Linking package for $30 off! Won't last forever, so check it out now and watch your site become more popular than you ever imagined! http://www.power-linking-profits.com/swres/catly.html ===================== Mastery Tv, positive education and personal growth. Find out what we're all about. http://www.masterytv.biz/catly ===================== ******* If you are receiving this newsletter, either you subscribed recently or received a copy from a friend. Thank you for joining and accepting our catly ezine, ads and other notices from catliness.com! ******* Subscribing and unsubscribing: It is easier to subscribe than to unsubscribe; that's how the system is set up.  However, if one really wants to do the uncatly thing, one  may do so once into the system.  The other way is to send an email to: mailto:infoRus@catliness.com with unsubscribe in the subject. Thanks. And if you do it--you just may have Jaspur Jaws to answer to, lol. ********************* --------------------- >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< (4 kitty heads, representing Jaspur, Mikey, Gabrielle and Maryah, suPURRvisors and helPURRs in these adventures into catliness.) ===================== >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< And now! ... 4 cats present... * CATLINES * ===================== Table of contents: MEOWS AND REOWS: praise and nays for those discovered to be accessible or inaccessible to blind persons; occurring as needed 1: Kibble Nibble: mewsings from the food bowl (editorial) 2: Kitten Kabootle's Kubbyhole (catly writings) (in loving memory of Kitten Kabootle, now living at Rainbow Bridge) 3: biz-catskills (home-business, motivational or general biz articles) 4: look what the cats dragged in (jokes, quotes, very brief verse) 5: from Outside the catbox (questions, comments from readers) 6: subscription info and other strays --------------------- BE SURE TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO SUBSCRIBE TO CATLINES! SEND THEM TO Our newly revised: http://www.catliness.com --------------------- =====================If interested in our business: http://www.mywebprez.com/catly/hpnbiz If interested in our pet products: http://www.mywebprez.com/catly/hpnpds ===================== Weekly Drawing - Win a FREE Gourmet Soy Candle 16 oz and yummy to the bottom of the jar! Enter up to once a day at - http://www.candlesaglow.biz " When all candles be out, all cats be gray." --John Heywood http://www.catliness.com to sign up for CATLINES ===================== 1: Kibble Nibble: mewsings from the food bowl (editorial) Happy Spring!  all ye cat-loving home-business PURRSons! The weather here was unusually mild on the Easter weekend; we all enjoyed the green and the bloom with the warmth of spring! Maryah's "taming" has been slow but sure.  She now allows me to reach down to pet her from my chair in our office.  She even lies on her side or back, purring loudly, having a great time--but always with one ear and one eye on the alert to spring!  The kitties are getting along quite well, a great relief to us all. Bringing a new kitty into your home can have it's joys, but the stressors are there, too.  However, their cute antics make up for it all; such entertainment they provide! I am now selling soy candles!  This could be a great fundraiser for you and your favorite charity or your kids' projects.  Check us out in the message above! Baseball season is upon us once more.  Though at this moment, our Seattle Mariners are playing rather clumsily, we give them our encouragement anyway--even if the Detroit Tigers are currently ahead of us!  Go Mariners! Lauren Merryfield ~~~~~~~ ATTENTION ADVERTISERS: Beginning with the March, 2004 Issue: Advertise In Catlines Newsletter We offer two forms of advertising to our subscribers. Solo ads and feature ads. Your feature ad can be up to but not to exceed 5 lines @ 65 characters each line. Your solo ad can be up to but not to exceed 20 lines @ 65 characters each line. For instructions go to the ad link at: http://www.catliness.com There are freebies, too! We reserve the right to deny publication of certain ads. We do not accept any pornography, hate or discrimnatory ads. Order Now - Feature Ads Only $10.00 Order Now - Solo Ads Only $25.00 Order Today And Receive 2 Free Software Bonuses This program is NOT available on Download.com AlphaCuts swiftly displays, in alphabetical listings, ALL your programs on your start/programs menu, ALL your favorites in Internet Explorer and ALL documents in the My documents folder. It lists the relevant directories and categories and the items they contain, to help you quickly find (like lightning!) what you are looking for. It is also possible to search for full or partial words. Have you tried looking for a good domain name recently? You will have to keep trying names till you find one that is not taken. The exercise is so bothersome that you normally end up registering the first one you find available... One month later you realize that there was actually a good name, except that it is gone now! THERE IS A BETTER WAY Domain Name Analyzer (SpeedNamer) is a free Windows software for finding that perfect domain name for your business or product. ....... ~~~~~~~ MAJOR DECISION: I have made a decision to give honorable mention to companies who respond affirmatively to making their websites/books/other info accessible to blind persons, and to further list any who have been less than cooperative.  I think our cat-loving friends need to know which businesses are worth our time and which are not.  I am not asking for a boycott of those who do not comply, however, extra praise and buying products from those who are open to accessibility issues might just make a difference both in compliance and in noncompliance--and in having a heart. Just as I would not recommend any companies to you who are knowingly negative in any way to animals, the same goes for humans. I consider unwillingness in the realm of accessibility to be quite negative.  And so do the cats! Please understand that MEOWS and REOWS apply *only* to anyone whom I have personally contacted, (or heard from others) given their subsequent response or lack thereof.  In addition, I am not expecting total perfection, by technical or legislated standards; just what is helpful for the ordinary reader who uses a screenreader, braille, audiocassette, or other means of reading the printed word. Let it further be understood that I am not selfishly, me-orientedly, doing this!  What works better for me will work better for many other folks, some of whom are not assertive enough to ask. So here we go!!! This month's MEOW (praise) goes to: Spamarrest: for having an audible alternative for the pesky verification code which screenreaders cannot read. @@@@@@@ Zero Spam: I'm sending this to several of you.  Laurie, I once recall you sent me a message in which there was an article about the problem posed by the practice in which Zero Spam was engaging.  They were requiring a graphical password in order to confirm the e-mail address of the sender. As I am quite sure we are all very well aware, the graphical pass word interface is proving to be very much of a block for web accessibility to the blind.  Now, maybe, a solution is in the works, at least with this one case. Tonight, I got a message from zero Spam wanting me to confirm my e-mail address.  "Oh no," I thought.  "It's going to want me to enter one of those blasted graphic pass word thingies and they'll have no link to help out with an alternative solution.". Well, I saw a link at the bottom of the confirmation page which said, "blind users click here.";, so, I did.  The page which popped up merely asked me for the e-mail address to send a confirmation code. I entered it and pressed the submit button.  Sure enough, a mere few seconds later, I had the message with the code in it.  It was a nice easy code to remember, so, no cutting and pasting.  I went back to the confirmation page and plugged in the code I was given.  It worked.  At least these people seem to take us in to consideration when it comes to questions of web accessibility. Sincerely Yours, The Constantly Barefoot Ray @@@@@@@ There are several who have intentions of doing so, such as eBay, whose announcements will be made as soon as the accessibility comes into effect and this editor is made aware of them.  If yours is accessible and you don't see your deserved MEOW praise here at CATLINES, PURRhaps it is simply due to my being unaware. So tell me! Tell me who isn't complying, too--such folks either need to be consciously made aware of the situation, in cases when one really doesn't know any better; or, those who know better but consider accessibility as low priority. ******* This month's REOW (nays) (it is hard not to give this company several reows, but one is bad enough) TicketMaster: At the Washington meeting of the National Association of Blind Lawyers this year, we were talking of inaccessible Web sites. Has anyone tried www.ticketmaster.com lately? As far as I can tell, this site it now completely inaccessible.  It used to be possible, although sometimes frustratingly slow, to order tickets through Ticketmaster's Web site. But now Ticketmaster has adopted the dreaded visual verification screen which must be dealt with every time one places an order, the justification being that unscrupulous persons have been using automated software to hold blocks of tickets.  There is a "Can't see this word?" link under the box into which you are supposed to type the text you see, but apparently (according to icketmaster's own Customer Service reps) this link isn't intended for the blind but gives technical troubleshooting advice in case your computer isn't displaying the screen properly.  I had extensive correspondence with the customer service folks at Ticketmaster.  At first they tried to tell me I could order by requesting accessible seating.  This led me to a completely inaccessible form, no labels.  Yes, you heard me correctly; the accessible seating form was, ironically, inaccessible.  Then you have to wait for Ticketmaster to respond by email to your request for accessible seats, which they never did.  Finally, there's the question of whether I was looking for accessible seating in the first place, which I wasn't. After some more back and forth,  Ticketmaster's customer service staff essentially agreed with me that their site was inaccessible and promised to delete my account information and forward my concerns to their Web design team.  Before I send a letter to their CEO at their corporate headquarters in Los Angeles, however, I thought I would see if anyone else had this experience.  I'm being overly cautious, since I've essentially gotten a bunch of "gee, sorry" email from Ticketmaster which I have saved.  I also share this information because we were asked at the NABL meeting whether there is such an animal as a completely inaccessible site.  I think I may have found one. >From a legal standpoint, Ticketmaster would probably try to defend on the ground that they have a charge-by-phone service; however, they have special Internet presales which we cannot access at this point. Also the effect of requiring disabled customers to request accessible seating in order to receive service through the Ticketmaster Web site is problematic and may make for an interesting legal angle other than Web issues which are up in the air right now, because the ADA, at the NFB's insistence, says that a disabled person does not have to accept accommodations.  We'll have to see what happens in the Eleventh Circuit and elsewhere but sometime in the future this may be a good precedent. Chris @@@@@@@ Spam Arrest: for the audible option not working with Real Player; (first company to get both a meow and a reow!) @@@@@@@ Opportunity.com: for initiating the pesky verification code with no alternative for blind persons, even after being contacted. Instant audio: for not showing any major effort to have John Reese make his site accessible; the suggested solution being that I could email the page with the image to him, Rick, or have someone do it when they're around--like when might that be?  Contrary to popular belief, blind persons do not have, nor do they need, babysitters; they do not always have a sighted person around to dec ode these things, yet can do every single thing except for that pesky code which keeps them out!  Why would anyone want to thwart the independence of a blind person?  (especially after being contacted and made aware of the problem.) @@@@@@@ ===================== I am a contributing author to Allen and Linda Anderson's "God's Messengers: what animals tell us about the Divine."  Kabootle has been commemorated once more!  You may find the book at your local Barnes and Noble or other book stores. Lauren Merryfield ******* For those you know who are not into catliness to the extent that we are, and/or if you'd like another home-business-oriented ezine to PURRuse, check out: http://www.bizofchoice.com Your ads will eventually appear in BIZLINES. BIZLINES is a part of your subscription there and it comes out when it's ready, lol. ******* Please remember the free ad board for placement of your ads-- read below.  Here's a major hint for advertising in CATLINES. One's ad is much more likely to place in CATLINES if it is composed so as to keep with our catly theme.  Thanks. (Don't you just *love* people who don't practice what they preach?)  lol.  I'm thinking on this one!  One snag is that some companies want us to use their ads and our catly creativity could be frowned upon in a not-at-all aMEWSing way. Lauren Merryfield, (see bio elsewhere in this issue) --------------------- Catly Resources: Association For Pet Loss And Bereavement: http://www.aplb.org ******* Cat Collectors' Site: http://www.catcollectors.com ******* Cat-writers' site: http://www.catwriters.org ********************* For the very best litter, check out the following: http://www.worldsbestcatlitter.com ********************* For help with excessive scratching/clawing: http://www.stickypaws.com ) ********************* ===================== How can you save on gas, time and effort, yet have all the health and beauty products you need? Have them shipped right to your door. I'm talking about everyday items: toothpaste, deodorant, beauty items, safe cleaning products, nutritional supplements that taste good!, lip balm (the best) and so much more! Just shop at *our* store; items shipped to your door! mailto:infoRus@catliness.com?subject=nontoxic " Household cleansers are the major source of home toxins. Approximately 500,000 tons of liquid cleaners are washed down U.S. drains annually. Most of these products rely on petroleum- based surfactants, solvents and other chemicals, some of which are known to be acutely toxic in large doses. Others have been linked to reproductive illnesses and cancer. Most of these chemicals have not been tested for their impact on human health." - Judy Morgan, Environmentalist --------------------- ===================== Where can you get all the home-business stuff you need in one place? http://www.profitsvaultmonthly.com/pvm?i=catly 2: Kitten Kabootle's Kubbyhole (catly writings) Fat cat goes on hunger strike April  12, 2004 BERLIN - An obese German cat six times the normal weight has gone on a hunger strike at a Berlin animal shelter after being taken from his owner who had fed him 4.4 pounds of mince daily, Bild newspaper reported on Saturday. Mikesch, weighing nearly 41 pounds, was brought to the animal shelter on April 1 and was so overweight he could not take more than four steps without becoming exhausted. His elderly owner was at the same time taken to a nursing home. Shelter officials said 6-year-old Mikesch is so fat he cannot clean himself and suffers from heart trouble. They said he felt lost without his meat-feeding owner and stopped eating altogether when he was put on a diet to gradually lose weight. A shelter worker will take Mikesch home with her for 10 days to help get his appetite back, shelter head Carola Ruff said. "The cat had a good night in her flat on the first night, and that's giving us hope his condition will improve," Ruff said. Cats usually weigh between three and six kilograms and eat no more than about 10 ounces of food each day, vets say. --Reuters. author unknown --contributed by Lynden Eckery (editor's daughter!) @@@@@@@ A Cat's Prayer Now I lay me down to sleep, The king-size bed is soft and deep... I sleep right in the center groove My human can hardly move! I've trapped her legs, she's tucked in tight And here is where I pass the night No one disturbs me or dares intrude Till morning comes and "I want food!" I sneak up slowly to begin My nibbles on my human's chin. She wakes up quickly, I have sharp teeth - And my claws I will unsheathe For the morning's here and it's time to play I always seem to get my way. So thank you Lord for giving me This human person that I see. 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Pass it along to people you know. http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com (Editor's note:  They have catly jewelry there, too, proceeds going to help animals) ===================== MEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOW Lauren Merryfield is the editor/publisher of CATLINES.  She and her husband, Jim, live in Washington with their three feline "kids," Jaspur, Mikey and Gabrielle. Daughter, Lynden, lives in Nebraska, Lauren's homeland. Lauren has been published in several magazines and books including "The Braille Monitor," "Future Reflections," (national Publications) and "News From Blind Nebraskans," state newsletter. "Heartwarmers of Love," an anthology, contains her story "Love Far Beyond The Physical," concerning the marriage to her husband Jim. Most recently, her story "Kabootle: Rescue Cat," was published in a new anthology by Angel Animals, entitled "God's Messengers: what animals tell us about the Divine." Lauren is a member of the Cat Writers' Association: http://www.catwriters.org and co-owner of http://www.catliness.com where one can join CATLINES. She has recently opened her first honest-to-goodness online store, selling cat-theme jewelry items, some are one-of-a-kind: http://www.animalloversjewelry.com She is now a member of the APLB--Association For Pet-Loss And Bereavement http://www.aplb.org and, Heaven forbid, says Jim, the Cat Collectors' Club: http://www.catcollectors.org And even *more* "Heaven forbid," she's on Ebay: EBAY!  We're there!  Bid Now! http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/meowheart/. She recently decided to CATer to those who really are interested in non-cat items too, bringing about: http://www.stuffandsuchandeverything.com She is enjoying spreading her catliness around! MEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOW --------------------- InstantAudio (note: Have you heard my audio message yet? My above message was made using Instant Audio!) 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Get Power Linking 2:  Evolution! today. http://www.power-linking-profits.com/swres/catly.html All the best, Jack Humphrey, Fr.ee Website Traffic Generation Consultant & Author of Power Linking 2, the Evolution Email: webmaster@webmastertraffictools.com Website: http://power-linking-profits.com/ P.S.  When you order Power Linking 2:  Evolution! today you'll also receive the original ebook titled Power Linking that started it all.  And you'll also receive over $283.90 in incredible tools, software and traffic generation information that'll put you light years ahead of your competition and make you untold sums of money.  Do yourself a favor and get Power Linking 2:  Evolution! today! http://www.power-linking-profits.com/swres/catly.html @@@@@@@ (Editor's note:  I did at least four years of customer-service-type work.  I can relate to this article directly.) Lauren Foolproof Customer Service Strategies (that only a fool would try!) By David Leonhardt Ever notice how customer service varies from store to store? You walk into some stores, and before you can say "Buzz off!" a salesperson asks "May I help you?" "No thanks." "May I help you?" asks another. "No thanks." "May I help you?" asks a third. When the store runs out of salespeople, you get to see the merchandise. This is called "in your face customer service" Other stores take the opposite approach. When you can't find the right size adapter for your new portable electronic zapper gizmo thingy, you look for help in aisle three. Nobody there. Aisle four? Still nobody. Aisle five? Nope. Aisle six? Seven? Fifty-six? This is called "run for cover customer service". Then there is the equipment shop that welcomes you with open arms when your lawn tractor starts sounding like dentures in a blender. "It just needs a routine cleaning. We charge $150 for that," the friendly salesman says. Then he lowers his voice. "But you could probably do it yourself." You commend him on his helpfulness. He beams with pride. "Yup.  I thought it up by myself. Whenever a customer tries to fix something at home, we make a whole lot more money the next day. Think my boss will give me a raise for this?" I call this "do-it-yourself-extortion". And what about the three companies that came to quote on some ductwork? Each looks around, takes some notes and promises to get back to us with a quote. We wait. And wait. And wait. We call back the first company, which promises to get back to us with its quote. It makes the same promise consistently each time we call. I just love a reliable company. This is called "consistent filibuster customer service". We call the second company. We call them in the day. We call them in the night. We call them in the dark. We call them in the light. We call them in the morn. Well call them at high noon. We call them at dinner, and by the light of the moon. Even bad poetry doesn't help. I just love a company that doesn't pester me by answering the phone. I call this "Invisible Man customer service". In the end, we choose a third company. To what does it owe the winning bid? Excellent quality? No. Great price? No. Strong guarantee? No? Answering their phone? Yes. We hire the best paperwork fillers to renovate our ductwork - and we cross our fingers that we never have to choose a heart surgeon that way. I call this "present-at-attendance customer service". Our pest control company showed us a different approach. "Honey, the flies are getting in the house. Time to call Pest Control Guy." "OK, I'll do it right after I answer the phone. Hello? "Hello, this is Pest Control Guy. When would you like your annual pest controlling?" "How did you know? Well, as soon as possible. Hold on, that's the door bell." "Hello, this is Pest Control Guy." "But, you were just on the phone." "You said ASAP, so here I am." I call this "customer service on steroids. If you own a business, run a family or do anything that brings you into contact with other human beings, please take note. One of these customer service styles is actually good. "Hello, this is Pest Control Guy." OK, that's enough. We don't have pests in this column. "Hello, this is Pest Control Guy." By the way, if you want to provide feedback to this column, I'll be holding my hands over my ears and singing the Klingon national anthem. I call that "satirical customer service." "Hello, this is..." SWAT! ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The author is David Leonhardt. To receive his satirical happiness column weekly, sign up at http://TheHappyGuy.com/positive-thinking-free-ezine.html or read more columns at http://TheHappyGuy.com/self-actualization- articles.html . Visit his home page "Finding Happiness and Self- actualization" at http://TheHappyGuy.com . @@@@@@@ ===================== Attention advertisers: The Free Ad Board I promised you is now here for your convenience at CATLINES. 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Author: Henry Carey Source: The Dragon of Wantley (act II, sc. 1) Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick justly observed to me, sitting down on the foot of the bed, nursing his leg, "You know, Trotwood, I don't want to swing a cat. I never do swing a cat. Therefore what does that signify to me?" Author: Charles Dickens Source: The Personal History of David Copperfield (vol. II, ch. VI) Confound the cats! All cats--alway-- Cats of all colours, black, white, grey; By night a nuisance and by day-- Confound the cats! Author: Rev. Orlando Thomas Dobbin Source: A Dithyramb on Cats The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice. Author: Benjamin Franklin Source: Poor Richard's Almanac What female heart can gold despise? What cat's averse to fish? Author: Thomas Gray Source: On the Death of a Favorite Cat The cat would eat fish, and would not wet her feet. Author: John Heywood Source: Proverbs (pt. I, ch. XI) His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes-- Cats--I believe he did but feign to hate. My hand will miss the insinuated nose, Mine eyes the tail that wagged contempt at Fate. Author: Sir William Watson (2) Source: An Epitaph Black cat or white cat, it's a good cat that catches the mice. Author: Sir William Watson (2) Source: An Epitaph It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice. Author: Sir William Watson (2) Source: An Epitaph Cats are designated friends. Author: Norman Corwin Source: None Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings. Author: Oliver Herford Source: None A man who carries a cat by the tail is getting experience that will always be helpful. He isn't likely to grow dim or doubtful. Chances are, he isn't likely to carry the cat that way again, either. But if he wants to, I say let him! Author: Mark Twain Source: None Curiosity killed the cat, but for awhile I was a suspect. 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