COLD DARK ROOM

[Tidgy's Dad]

How are you today?
Still beat up?

Slightly bruised body.
Massively bruised ego.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good LORD.
I killed the room.
I hope this doesn't mean that Adam is badly hurt.

I think the absence of Lyn and John on the same day plus me not in this am. helped to quieten it down.
@johnandjade where are you ?
A day and a half AWOL?
Has that ever happened before ?
Hope you're alright, my friend.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hi all. How's everyone's Monday coming along?

It's a our last bank holiday of the year in the UK &...... The sun is shining! For me it's all about a well earned rest before back at work tomorrow. Just come back inside after me & Norbert enjoyed the sunshine & before he got up to more mischief!

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Adam I read your posts. Sounds like you had a right day yesterday & I hope you're okay & today is a better day for you. Fingers crossed & look after yourself.

Thanks, Steve.
Norbert looks great.
I'm fine.
Still angry and humiliated, but lots of members here have worse problems, just that we all vent our frustrations in here.
You have a good day yourself.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

It's sounds as if the Moroccan honeymoon phase has started to end?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely not!
I love this place, but like everywhere, it has its good points and its bad side.
The positives are still far more than the negatives and I'll be staying here for a good while yet i hope.
Hurrah for Morocco!

 

[Momof4]

Good morning CDR!

So this happened over the weekend with my redfoot! I have a male and female but this is her 1st time so I'm not hopeful anything will happen. I dug down a tiny bit and counted four. I was to nervous to dig further.
I covered them up and just leaving them.

Actually, I don't care because I don't need anymore. Sometimes I think about rehoming these two and focus on my sulcata and desert.


Hope everyone is well!!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good morning everyone

Hi, again, Whitney and welcome to The Cold Dark Room.
The one-legged pirate will fetch you a beverage of choice, grab an armadillo to sit on and watch out for the flying jellyfish.
I've got some biscuits and custard if you would like some, too.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good afternoon Adam, Wifey and Tidgy.

What's up, Adam? Hope you're fine.

Good afternoon, Gillian and Oli.
It's all posted here, in the early hours of this morning, about four chapters of the stuff.
I'll live, thanks.
Hope you are both well.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I totally forgot to include Christmas as a bank holiday!! Oops! Having a BBQ sounds a plan, enjoy! Haha, yeah a Yorkshire phrase comes out every now & then.

And Boxing Day.
wifey usually wins.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Thanks your prompt reply, Ed. Hope he was not hurt/injured.

A bit, yeah, but I'll live.
More worried about, John, frankly.

 

[Gillian M]

Good afternoon, Gillian and Oli.
It's all posted here, in the early hours of this morning, about four chapters of the stuff.
I'll live, thanks.
Hope you are both well.

Hi, glad to hear you are fine.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good morning CDR!

So this happened over the weekend with my redfoot! I have a male and female but this is her 1st time so I'm not hopeful anything will happen. I dug down a tiny bit and counted four. I was to nervous to dig further.
I covered them up and just leaving them.

Actually, I don't care because I don't need anymore. Sometimes I think about rehoming these two and focus on my sulcata and desert.
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Hope everyone is well!!

Good morning, Kathy!
i'd be very excited, but not very hopeful for first clutch.
You mustn't do that, you'd only be Momof2!

 

[Gillian M]

A bit, yeah, but I'll live.
More worried about, John, frankly.

Sorry about that, Adam. Where were you hurt? if I may ask.

Worried about John?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I'm off out with Tidgy.
A game of cricket or two should help lighten my mood.
See you all later.

 

[Gillian M]

I'm off out with Tidgy.
A game of cricket or two should help lighten my mood.
See you all later.

Enjoy it!

 

[Moozillion]

This year my grape vines have come in early. Once again tripling in size. There are also hundreds if not thousands of grapes.
Since I transported the vines from South Carolina, I've had some success with feeding the leaves to my Redfoot herd. First it seemed that all of them would eat them. Then I discovered that they really only wanted the tiny, soft, new leaves. Now, this year, none of them are eating any of it.
This is a colony of Muscadine grapes. I think a "Carlos" strain. The grapes are also slightly smaller. Now about 3/4" but taste the same.
So until I figure out what is wrong, I'm basically just giving the parrots a free meal.
I'm considering cutting it all down when it goes dormant again this winter since it takes up my whole west fence line.

I've had a similar experience with my Herman's tort, Elsa.
The first year I had her, she ate the hostas in her enclosure, so I planted more: she's NEVER touched them again- not even the little tender leaves! Sometimes I think they are pickier than children!

 

[Moozillion]

Can our British contingent please enlighten me on THEIR "custard?"
Over here in the US, the custard I've had (and love!) is almost always cooked in small, individual cups and although soft, is firmer than mashed potatoes and does NOT pour: it's eaten with a spoon.
The only other custard I've seen here was in a pie.
It sounds as if your custard is loose enough to POUR, and is almost more like a sauce?

 

[WhitneyO]

Good morning. Mysterious, new member.

Lol I'm super new so sorry to intrude. Just kinda butting in so I can get acquainted with everyone.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I think the absence of Lyn and John on the same day plus me not in this am. helped to quieten it down.
@johnandjade where are you ?
A day and a half AWOL?
Has that ever happened before ?
Hope you're alright, my friend.

MAYBE THE TOE?

 

[JoesMum]

Can our British contingent please enlighten me on THEIR "custard?"
Over here in the US, the custard I've had (and love!) is almost always cooked in small, individual cups and although soft, is firmer than mashed potatoes and does NOT pour: it's eaten with a spoon.
The only other custard I've seen here was in a pie.
It sounds as if your custard is loose enough to POUR, and is almost more like a sauce?

Custard is most definitely a pouring sauce made from egg, cream/milk and sugar (or bought as a powder that you mix with milk for ease) which you serve with hot desserts (or as we call them - puddings) such as fruit pie, fruit crumble and steamed puddings like treacle/syrup sponge, jam roly poly and spotted d i ck. (Excuse the weird spacing, but I need to get round the censor for a genuine dessert name)

Here's Delia Smith's recipe http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/collections/delia-online-cookery-school/proper-custard

Set custards do exist in the UK, but it's the hot sauce that's a good comfort food that we think of first.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Good morning CDR!

So this happened over the weekend with my redfoot! I have a male and female but this is her 1st time so I'm not hopeful anything will happen. I dug down a tiny bit and counted four. I was to nervous to dig further.
I covered them up and just leaving them.

Actually, I don't care because I don't need anymore. Sometimes I think about rehoming these two and focus on my sulcata and desert.
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Hope everyone is well!!

I'm crazy about hatching some Redfoot eggs and I've tried four times now, but it's been four batches of duds.