That was a fantastic testemonial to your kitty....I could almost see him chirping and rolling around.
My husband had a cat that looked almost exactly like him when he was growing up (well, actually, his parents still had it after he moved out). The cat lived more than 20 years even though his favorite thing to do was go out and get into raging fights with strays. He was pretty beat up toward the end, and they ended up having to stop allowing him outside because he still kept picking fight even when he was 20.
You know, I always knew about "dog years" in relation to humans, but at what rate do cats age? I've never owned a cat even though I want to.