mccfluff - it's not like you to talk about Murphy like that - I thought you said she was an evil psycho cat.
When I went to adopt my first cat the CPL 'accidentally' aged him as 3 year old instead of about 13 years old. I would never have intentionally adopted such an old cat but I never regretted getting him. He was with my for 5 years and was a grumpy old man - opinionated about everything, grumpy and short tempered.
I think that the older cats are overlooked and it is sad as they have much to offer.