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Fundraising For Cat Rescue => Purrs Fundraising -Previous Events => Purrs Fundraising, Purrs' Registered Cat Rescues => Purrs Christmas Auction 2012 for Paws Inn Cat Rescue => Topic started by: CarolM (Wendolene) on November 24, 2012, 22:07:45 PM
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As has become a tradition with Purrs auctions, some of our current residents are going to tell you their stories and ask you sponsor Christmas dinners for the Paws Inn cats.
I’ll be posting them up one at a time so can I ask you not to post on this thread until I let you know that I’ve finished or it could get a bit confusing. :doh:
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The pudding family
Pudding’s arrival at Paws Inn coincided with Teresa’s penultimate admission to hospital and I’m afraid that with all that was going on at the time the story of how she came to be with us went in one of my ears and out the other, but I do know that she was pregnant and starving. She caused great concern by refusing to eat anything for several days but when she did start to eat she made up for lost time which is how she got her name. Despite putting on plenty of weight her bump didn’t seem to grow at all and we were on the point of taking her to the vet to find out whether she really was pregnant when T returned and assured us that she definitely was.
She was right of course and on August Bank Holiday Monday, Pudding gave birth to four gorgeous kittens. Our initial concerns about her maternal instincts (we kept finding one or other of the kittens on the pen floor instead of in the bed) proved unfounded and she settled down to became the good mum that she still is today.
Now spayed and vaccinated, young Pudding remains a kitten at heart, as shown by this picture snapped when she was taking a well-earned break from the demands of motherhood. As well as being playful she is very affectionate and easy-going of course gorgeous. She will the perfect addition to some lucky home.
Her kittens, who are all affectionate and mischievous as only kittens can be, are now vaccinated and ready to face the world. They are:
Ginger pudding (cheeky boy who fancies himself as a photographic model),
Toffee pudding (tiny girl who has inherited her mum’s stunning colouring and has the loudest, most sustained purr I’ve ever heard),
Treacle pudding (black girl who is in training as an opera singer) and
Figgy pudding (black boy who fancies himself as a mountaineer).
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Anastasia
Anastasia first arrived at Paws Inn in April 2007 and immediately had major surgery for the removal of both ears which were cancerous. She took it in her stride and recovered well, making herself at home among the house cats during her long recuperation period but it was over a year before somebody looked beyond her odd appearance to the loving, loveable cat within and offered her a home of her own.
Sadly, it turned out not to be forever and she was returned to the Inn in the first week of this year due to difficult personal circumstances. We noticed changes in the appearance of the skin on her nose and took her to the vet who agreed that it’s probably cancer but we declined to put her through the trauma of a biopsy to confirm the diagnosis because it’s position means that it’s inoperable. Instead, after a brief period in isolation she’s back in her rightful position with free run of the house where she will remain until the end of her days unless a very, very special home comes along.
I love Anastasia – we all do. She asks for nothing but regular meals and cuddles. Well she doesn’t so much ask for cuddles as demand them and if they’re still not forthcoming she has ways of making sure she gets them. :shify: If cuddling was an Olympic sport she’d be sure to win the gold medal. She’s the only cat I know who can sit on your knee when you’re standing up :Crazy: and woe betide anybody who fails to shut the bathroom door properly when using the loo – we’ve been known to lose people for hours that way. :rofl: If we were to rent her out by the hour for cuddling purposes we’d have a waiting list and never need to fundraise again.
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Sonny and Jimbo
Who could dump these adorable kittens? Not you or I that’s for sure but somebody did. They were found by a lady riding her horse along a bridle path and when she realised they were far too young to be on their own so far from civilisation she phoned Paws Inn. At the time Teresa was already bottle-feeding five one week old kittens and her lounge was awash with collapsible pens but she dug out another and the rest is history.
Sonny and Jimbo were about 4 to 5 weeks old and in a bad way. Very underweight for their age, one was dehydrated and the other had a noisy lung and they were neither weaned nor litter trained.
Look at them now. ;D It took a while to get them to a decent weight so they could be vaccinated but finally they’re 100% fit and raring to go. Quite where they will go we don’t know but somebody must fall in love with them soon because they’re are adorable, affectionate, playful and purr for England.
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Cornelius
Cornelius is about 6 years old and arrived at Paws Inn in April of this year as an entire Tom with a very badly infected injury to one of his front legs. He was rapidly relieved of his boy bits but sorting out his leg took rather longer. For a while it was was touch and go as to whether amputation would be necessary but thankfully after months of veterinary treatment and TLC it has healed beautifully, a fact that he celebrates daily with a vigorous workout on his scratch post.
He is loveable, loving, relaxed and friendly with humans but is not too keen on other cats and is hoping Santy Paws will send him his very own personal, private slaves (complete with home of course).
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Pansydora
Pansydora arrived at Paws Inn in April of this year, a tiny scrap of a thing no more than 5 months old who was severely traumatised after being ‘got at’ by a much older Tom. With lots of TLC she settled down, but it was feared that she might be pregnant and when she went on to develop severe flu symptoms the vet gave her less than a 50% chance of survival. Luck was with her though in the form of Teresa who nursed her 24/7 until she started to show signs of recovery and she had a second stroke of luck when it was confirmed that was that she wasn’t pregnant after all.
She eats like a gannet but remains lithe and slender and what she lacks in bulk she makes up for in decibels so we think she must have a smattering of oriental somewhere in her genes.
A real character and an ace cuddler, Pansydora is a firm favourite with everybody at Paws Inn and we hope she doesn’t have to wait too much longer for the third stroke of luck that will give her a forever home because at nearly one year old she has already spent more than half her life in rescue.
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Rosalind
Rosalind is around a year old and arrived at Paws Inn in early May with her four beautiful tabby babies. It soon became obvious that she was too run down to feed them properly and a trip to the vet for the whole family confirmed that the babies would need bottle feeding while mum received urgent treatment for calcium deficiency. Her condition took longer to resolve than we had hoped and she never was able to return to feeding her babies who were hand-reared to the age of 8 weeks when, in a first for Paws Inn, all four went together to a lovely forever home.
Rosalind has not been so lucky and is still waiting for hers to come along. She has recovered her vitality and is playful and affectionate but doesn’t get on well with other cats so being in a rescue situation doesn’t suit her. She equates being picked up with being put back in her pen which frustrates her so she sometimes reacts badly which doesn’t endear her to potential adopters. Where oh where is that adult-only home with no other pets where she can relax and be the loving cat we know her to be.
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Olly
This thread wouldn’t be complete without the addition of Olly who was finally promoted to the position of President of Paws Inn in 2012 after coming up through the ranks.
The story begins at the end of 2007 when an appeal was put out on Purrs for funds to help a cat whose days were numbered because of non-payment of vet bills incurred following a road accident. It got rather complicated and unpleasant at this point but eventually, many hundreds of ££££ lighter, Paws Inn took delivery of Holly. Teresa couldn’t believe her eyes. Holly had been shaved from waist downwards before undergoing major surgery involving sacro-iliac pins to repair a badly fractured pelvis, and had then spent over 3 weeks hospitalised at the vets without anybody noticing that she wasin fact a he. His story can be read here for anybody who is interested http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,11676.msg255875.html#msg255875 but basically, his recovery was long and complicated and by the time it was considered that it might be remotely possible to rehome him he had got his paws firmly under the table and had other ideas.
Olly still has residual nerve damage but apart from a rather odd gait you’d never know it to look at him. He spent a couple of years as an indoor cat for his own safety and was quite happy until one day he decided he would like to go outside again. He pestered and pestered for weeks until with some trepidation the door was opened and from then on his daily constitutional became routine. He is now an indoor/outdoor cat again and supervises the visits of potential adopters by accompanying them on their rounds and keeping guard from the roof of the summerhouse when they’re inside.
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So there we have it. Twelve cats for the 12 days of Christmas. Every one of them is gorgeous and deserves to earn loads of Chrissy dinners for all the Paws Inn cats.
Its £1 a dinner. :hungey:
Thank you Carol that is great and will sticky this for you ;D
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Oh now that's a dilemma.
OK, because I'm biased...
£2
one each for Figgy and Treacle :wow: :Luv2: :Luv2:
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Cornelius looks starving! £1 for him and I know they're not on the Xmas dinner list but I'd like to fill Fontaine & Dainty's tummies too please :)
£3 in total
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£5.00 and you choose ;D
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Anastasia please simply because my name is derived from hers and Spirit said she is the prettiest :Luv:
Stacey and Spirit
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A double Christmas dinner for Anastasia because that is the name of my daughter :Luv: (I'm sure she wont mind sharing though!)
£1
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£5 in total :)
Split between Cornelius, Rosaling and the three long stay residents who aren;t listed but who I long to see have been adopted - Ginga Ninja, Grasshopper and Noodles :) Cheeting by adding them in I know but :P it's all for a good cause.
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Chubby would like to donate a dinner to Pansydora, to say "Sowwee" for what some boy cat did to her before.
I think he's a bit smitten, actually :Luv2:
£1
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£5.00 for pansydora :Luv:
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£12 ............ no stealing off other peeps plates now :sneaky: :ok:
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£3.00 from me for Ginja Ninja, Noodle and Grasshopper please, i do hope they get a forever home in 2013 :Luv2:
£12.00 From Felicity.
£15.00 Total.
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:Luv: :Luv: :Luv: :Luv:
£12
from Marl & Garf as they are fatty piggies and should really go on a diet so giving their xmas dinner over his year........ :evillaugh:
ok i haven't old em yet!! :sneaky:
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Polly has chosen Cornelius.
She'd like to say Fank Yoo to Aunty Carol who helped her to find her new home with us, and thinks this is a nice way of doing it.
She also thinks he's "coot"?
Merry Christmas, Cornelius. :catplay2:
£1
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Chubby would like to donate a dinner to Pansydora, to say "Sowwee" for what some boy cat did to her before.
I think he's a bit smitten, actually :Luv2:
He'll have his paws full with Pansydora. :rofl: Way back we tried to introduce her to Harry and Wilbur who are of similar in age. Our concern was that maybe she would be frightened of the boys but it was the other way round. :evillaugh: She stole all their food and chased them out through the flap into the outside run then wouldn't let them back in. :rofl: She also had a brief spell in one of the pens in the isolation block but she upset all the mums and kittens with her pacing and wailing and when she was let out to play she went from one cage to the next, sticking her paws through the mesh and hooking the dishes towards her so she could steal any leftover food. That's why she lives in a collapsable pen in the lounge to keep her out of trouble. She's the only cat in there now since we homed Pimlico and rumour has it that she spends her evenings on Daddy Rob's knee watching television. ;) I did say she was character and I wasn't kidding. :evillaugh:
Polly has chosen Cornelius.
.................................She also thinks he's "coot"?
He's not in the same league as Pansydora but he's another one who likes his own space. :rofl:
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£2
I don't mind who it feeds. All deserving cases.
I'm a bit confused as to how I pay the money :-:
Money payment instructions will be given at the end of the auction and will be paid to Purrs just the same as any other winning bid ;D
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Thanks Gill. :)
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£12 from me 'cos I can't choose just one of them!
Jo X
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:hug: £12 as we all cannot agree either. We do not agree on a lot of things. from Rossie, Megan,( mere dogs ) Shadow, Ari, Franny Lee , Gemma, Flora Mae, Smoky Bear and Rainbow.We have all been in rescue centres and hope you all will end up in a mad but loving home like ours. xxxxxxxxx
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£12 from us spoilt moggies, but please remind our Mummy cos she iz furgetful.
Poppy, Charlie, Wordywoo and Harrybo. xxxx
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Beau the cat, who has never been in rescue, says he feels very lukky and would like to send sumwon a full tummy this cwissmuss. :fish:
He has chosen Pudding because she looks like she would like being chased up a twee. ;)
£1
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£12 for Christmas Dinners from Nuggie & Peanut & Evie send big purrs and headbumps after being "weskoo" kittys too xx
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Running total is £124 to date I think :wow: :wow:...........please can someone check that cos Lupin interupted me......sigh
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I make it £114 Gill :-:
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I made the total 113.00 :shify:
Algie says he will 'put the cat among the pigeons' regarding the total and will give...
12.00 :evillaugh:
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I make it £114 Gill :-:
Same here £114.Well now wif Algie money is £126 ;D
Jiji i think you missed Spirit.
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Sammy would like to say to Anastasia that
"Mi ears are big enuff for bofe of us, sweeteepye!"
and would like to buy her dinner. :catlove:
£1
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Thank you ladies £127 it is then ;D ;D ;D
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could this thread be kept open a little bit after the auction is over? cos I and probably others would like to donate anything saved from not winning items I have been bidding on
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yes ;D
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Theo ere.
I wud lyke to buy ten dinnas fur Olly, cos ee's a bit lyke me, awl stukk togevvur wiv pins an stuff.
Sept, I now as a ome (fank yoos to mi rescuer AnnaLee oo fown Meowmi fur mi) xx
So, appi cwissmuss, Olly :)
£10
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£1 each for the little puddings :Luv:
£5 total
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£12 from us for the little Lovely ones dinners. :Luv:
Really love those Pudding family names! :)
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£12 from Lilli, Marmalade, Teddy and Crystal. Happy Christmas to Paws Inn.
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Tufty would like to buy dinner for Sonny and Jimbo, because he says...
"dem lukk lyke gud fun to be awownd on Cwissmuss Day" ;D
£2
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£12.00 from Christopher and James, former Paws Inn boys :)
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Pursley would like to fill some tummies aswell.
She never had babies of her own, but if she had, she would have liked them to look like Ginger and Toffee Pudding :Luv2: :Luv2:
£2
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Current total £182 ;D
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Hang on a minnit! Not dun mi fing yet!
I wud lyke to by a dinna PLEEZ fur da luvverliest gurlcat of dem awl...
PUDDING :Luv2:
Sly :clap:
£1
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THIS THREAD WILL STAY OPEN UNTIL MIDDAY 3 DEC for all those who have not won what you are bidding for, or anyone else lol, who might like to feed a cat instead ;D ;D
You can also donate through the Purrs Bank Account and through Paypal until and including 8 Dec
I would like to thank you all for helping Paws Inn and this thread is still current for any more cat feeding ;D ;D
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Herbie, Pansy, Bella & Jip all ex Paws Inn babes would like to buy a dinner for the Pudding family and Sonny
& Jimbo £7
I would like to buy Olly a dinner as a thank you for all the hard work he has put in this year as President. He has been a keen meeter & greeter and has been a great help to me when showing around potential adopters ;)
Pansydora deserves a dinner for all the face rubs and cuddles she has given to me over the last few months when I've needed them :Luv:
A dinner for Anastasia as a thank you for covering me in white fur and accompanying me to the loo every week
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A dinner for Cornelius as a thank you for spraying in my car on the way to the vet. That's something I will never forget as that was in March and I still cant get rid of the smell :rofl:
I know she isn't listed but I would like to buy a dinner for Wilma the feral. After 3 years of volunteering at the Inn she has finally allowed me to stroke her & over the last few weeks groom her ;D I do the feeding sometimes perhaps that's why she lets me :rofl:
£12 in total
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I would like to donate a bottle of RX66 to Pansydora, to de-Cornelius your car. :hug:
If Tiggys Mum would kindly add it to the Paws Inn Wish List on Amazon, I'll ping it over to the Inn for you.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/MICROBIOLOGICAL-BIOENZYMATIC-STAINING-FOULING-DIGESTER/dp/B0027RD1KU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354402037&sr=8-1
Sheila xx
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I'll give £12
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OH would like to send £4 for the ferals who didn't make the thread, and says don't worry, he doesn't get much of a look in, either. :rofl:
£4
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Awww - they are all gorgeous! I would like to buy them all a dinner - so £12 from me!
....my 13yr old Daughter Stevi would also like to buy them all a dinner as she thinks they are all wee stunners too - so another £12 from her!
so £24 from the Mysticmogs household. xxx Merry christmas to all the Paws inn residents and all the Purrs members :Luv: :catlove2: :catlove2: :ahh: :feed: :clap: :catlove: :disco: :fish: :merry xmas: :xmas 6:
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Current Total £235 :wow:
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Well best add another £32 Gill as I lost out on a couple of auction items ............ ah well ................ always next year and I did get me mits on the oven gloves :wow:
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Thank you Rosella, very kind and sorry you missed out on what you wanted :hug: :hug:
New total £267
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don't think I won anything :'(
so another £15.00 from me
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Sorry Kay but thank you ;D
Running total now £282 :wow:
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£10 from my lads £5 each :Luv2: :Luv2:
Total £292.00
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Paid ;D
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Thai will donate £20 as she missed out on the hi life pouches - very kind of her to spend my monies.
( and me on the post box picture)
Will do a bank transfer when I get home - I have the purrs bank details from the monthly purrs ticket draw, if it is a different bank let me know.
As long as hungry mouths are feed and tummies are filled.
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I'll add another £12 ( to take me up to a round £25 since I didn't win anything due to my stupid internet connection being rubbish at the crucial moment as usual. GRRRR)
Jo
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£5 paid added a little extra
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Paid :Luv:
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:Luv: Paid into purrs draw account (hope this is the right account) :Luv:
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Paid :)
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£10 from me as I failed at the auction! :doh:
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paid £15 by bank transfer
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Total running at £334 :wow:
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Paid £25 - bank transfer - lumped in with my winnings :wow: ;D
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£24 paid today by bank transfer.
(I included £1 for mu Lupin pictures, sorry for the confusion Tan, £25 total)
Jo XXX
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Paid today by bank transfer, £15 R Wilkin
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Thai has paid £20 - it will show as G M Blakemore.
For feed a paws kitty.
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Paid £15.00
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£44 sent via bank transfer ............. munch munch munch :drool;
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Paid by Paypal and fees covered by donations button on Purrs
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When I was setting up the bank transfer, an extra £12 got mysteriously added :Crazy:
My gang insist that this has to be for Paws Inn kitty dinners
Sorry - I hope that this doesn't mess things up :shify:
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No problem nothing messed up ;D
Running total on this thread now £346 ;D
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Have paid
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Have paid for Anastasia's Christmas lunch :)
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I've paid £6 by Paypal to try and cover some of paypal fees. Forgot to put my forum name on it though. :)
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Have bank tranferred some dosh tonight.
Bronagh
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Did my bank transfer last night :)
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£12 paid
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Did my bank transfer last night :)
Yup got it hun thanks :hug: :hug:
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Did my bank transfer last night :)
Yup got it hun thanks :hug: :hug:
Good :) It's only a little but as they say, every little helps :)
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You are so right ;D
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Hope Thai's donation got to you OK.
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£12 x 2 paid by BACS today to make up for missing most of the bids.
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was mine identified? Santander bacs £24
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Yes ;D , we only have the £16 one not identified