I'm sorry for your loss of your beloved Shell, Neill.

And trust me...ALL those furry family members we adopt over the years know EXACTLY how much we love 'em!!!

That's why they stick around over the years, dude!!!

(even though, as you said, all those years of love and friendship between them and us often seem much too fleeting in retrospect)

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)