My cat , Sid Vicious , turned 18 this week . He's managed to outlast all of our other pets thusfar - he's the last "man" standing . I bought him back in '88 for my wife (then girlfriend) when we got our first apartment together . Besides being half-deaf , minus a lot of teeth & being a total whiner when he doesn't get his way , he's doing pretty well for an old fart . Heck , he's even sitting right here beside me as I'm typing this (totally ignoring me , sunning himself ) .

~~~~~~~ Phil Black & Tan 2000 SVT Contour #2137 of 2150 35,000 miles & counting !