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They also don't lick you,

That's not always true.

My new cat is a licker. I am not joking - it licks my hands.

Could be after salt from your mitts. Could be also that it doesn't
distinguish between you and itself when licking. Does it come up
and
(say) lick your leg, or is this happening when it's (say) on your
lap
and your hand is next to where it's licking itself?

It is deliberate and it is only hands that it licks.

Righto.

As I say, they vary. The brother/sister we got now, she laps water
from
the bowl. He'll only drink from the tap, utility room. SWMBO's cat
when
we got married (since deceased), also a boy, also loved getting in
the
bath and drinking from the tap.

Mine prefer drinking form the stagnant pond than a bowl of tapwater. I
guess it's got more flavour.

and less chlorine

They still don't like it when it's been standing for 2 days, which
removes all chlorine, although they might remember it used to have
chlorine, although I've not seen much evidence of cats remembering
things!

I have. When I fed my neighbour's cats when they were away for the winter,
I had a reminder in Outlook to remind me to go and feed them at that time.
When the neighbours returned, it was obvious to them that the cats were
remembering that I fed them at that time because they lined up with
dinner bowls in paw and demanded to be fed at that time.

And you have too. If they didn't, you wouldn't be able to train
them to not **** and **** in the house and to not attack birds etc.