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>When the package containing the gift certificates arrived, I discovered that
>it also contained (besides several Powell's bookmarks) a business card for
>Powell's Technical Bookstore, elegantly embossed with the name of the store,
>address and phone numbers.  In the are on the card where the employee's name
>and title are printed was printed:

>                                    FUP
>                                 Store Cat

The store cat can frequently be found catnapping in the aisles or in a
convenient lounge chair. Seems quite mellow.

The store itself is OK, but isn't really in the same class as Stacey's or
Computer Literacy in the Bay Area.

moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes:

> I thought admirers and customers of Powell's bookstore in Portland might
> enjoy this anecdote:
> 
> I ordered a slew of Powell's gift certificates for friends and relatives in
> Portland, which they mailed to me (as I live in Seattle), over the phone.
> When the package containing the gift certificates arrived, I discovered that
> it also contained (besides several Powell's bookmarks) a business card for
> Powell's Technical Bookstore, elegantly embossed with the name of the store,
> address and phone numbers.  In the are on the card where the employee's name
> and title are printed was printed:
> 
>                                     FUP
>                                  Store Cat
> 

It's good to see the Fup the store cat is still around. I haven't been into
their new building, but at their old address she/he used to wander the store
and sit on the window sills and watch the world go by. Cute kitty.

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In article <6NZ7VB4w165w@jaiser.pail.com> jerryg@jaiser.pail.com (Jerry Gaiser) writes:
>
>It's good to see the Fup the store cat is still around. I haven't been into
>their new building, but at their old address she/he used to wander the store
>and sit on the window sills and watch the world go by. Cute kitty.
>
When I was down there about a year ago Fup was sitting on top of one of those
15+ foot bookcases, calmly surveying his/her realm.  

In Seattle, there's a used bookstore in the U district called Beauty and the
Books that has 4 black and white store cats.  They sell a great t-shirt with
the cats on it.

My favorite store cat, however, is the cat that lives in a certain antique
store in Tacoma.  I watched this cat calmly wander over to a Victorian 
sofa (which was not in great shape to begin with), stretch, then proceed to
sharpen its claws on the side. 

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