From: bweimann@wallnet.com
Subject: Barkley Peeperton and Mars
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 97 20:25:47 -0400
Hi any LFM animal lovers, Re: today's press conference and Peter Smith's demonstration of the panoramic image.... Funny thing happened today. When I was watching the NASA press conference about 1:00 EDT, and Peter started to show the fantastic 360 panorama, suddenly my big cat Barkley Peeperton leapt off of the sofa, and raced down in front of the TV. He sat there absolutely straining his neck to get a good look at everything. His ears were wiggling, and his whiskers were twitching, and his eyes were "following" the little red cursor arrow all over the screen as Peter discussed the various features. Barkley was enthralled, absolutely fascinated. He was really watching, head moving from left to right in order to see everything. I swear he seemed to have an intent, intelligent, comprehending expression on his little cat face. I thought at first that it was a fascination with the red curser arrow, but no, as Peter went on, the cursor disappeared and Barkley remained absolutely rivoted, getting even closer in order to see better, still straining his neck, moving his head to look from side to side as he listened to Peter speak. He remained there in rapt attention throughout Peter's whole explanation, until finally when the panorama of the Martian landscape left the screen, and Peter was done speaking, Barkley immediately left the tv, sauntered out of the the room to go stretch out on the carpet under the dining room table, on his back as usual. Barkley Peeperton has never shown even the remotest interest in the TV since I've had him, for seven years. All those evenings beside me as I've watched tv, he has displayed nothing but boredom with the big box. I've tried to get him interested, by showing him programs devoted to animals, even cats meowing, but nothing has ever attracted his attention for a minute. Till today, and Mars..... I can only conclude that he is very intelligent, perceptive, and has excellent taste.<BG> I could use a bit of imagination and say that he looked just like he recognized the place. Hmmmmm. Barb -- ----------------------------------------------------------- bweimann@wallnet.com -----------------------------------------------------------