COLD DARK ROOM

[Kristoff]

Yes, it seems so, with one exception: I have no piano !

Hmmm. Time to get one? Who’s your TORTOISE sender?

 

[Bee62]

Hmmm. Time to get one? Who’s your TORTOISE sender?

Oh please no... too big for my living room. I need the whole space for my big sully tortoises.

 

[Kristoff]

Oh please no... too big for my living room. I need the whole space for my big sully tortoises.

Fair enough. I’d take a sully over a piano any time. Especially since I don’t play any musical instrument. A bear had stepped on my ear, as we say in Russian

 

[JSWallace]

More cards!! Lena (@Kristoff) and Ed (@ZEROPILOT) thank you so much, I love them!!

 

[JSWallace]

Good evening roommates, today I received two Christmas cards:
Thank you Jane ( @JSWallace ) for this lovely card and your wishes for me !
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and thank you Linda ( @JoesMum ) for your wonderful card and your kind words.

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Oh Sabine, I saw that card and just knew you would love it, I am so glad I was right!!

 

[Bee62]

Oh Sabine, I saw that card and just knew you would love it, I am so glad I was right!!

Hello Jane, you could not be wrong with this card ! Thank you !

 

[Bee62]

Fair enough. I’d take a sully over a piano any time. Especially since I don’t play any musical instrument. A bear had stepped on my ear, as we say in Russian

Oh Lena, hopefully not the Russian Bear ! Your poor ear !

 

[Kristoff]

Oh Lena, hopefully not the Russian Bear ! Your poor ear !

Ouch..! It still hurts.

 

[Bee62]

Ouch..! It still hurts.

Wait, I throw some ice in your direction .... and ... gooooo...

 

[Bee62]

Supper is waiting for me ....
Back in a short while....

WIBBLE ...

 

[Kristoff]

Wait, I throw some ice in your direction .... and ... gooooo...

Oops. Where did that go?

 

[Bee62]

Oops. Where did that go?

Sorry !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kristoff]

Sorry !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope nobody got hurt. Throwing things in the dark can be dangerous.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

But they live in Florida in the wild, isn`t it so ?

Yes. Both the common snapper and the Aligator snapper.
Both very nasty

 

[Moozillion]

So my day part 1. After the river bus we went to see the ceilings of the Old Royal Naval College up close.

The £11 ticket was astonishing good value for a really interesting tour up the scaffolding where the restorers are hard at work on the 300 year old paint work.

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The end wall has a large mural with a self-portrait of the artist in the bottom right corner and the King who paid for it (William IV) and his family in the foreground.
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And here are some views up the scaffolding ... the ceiling depicts British Naval dominance over the Spanish and French
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King Louis XIV of France was painted being kicked by the above King and with a broken sword to show he was a loser!
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WOW!!!!! [emoji2][emoji2][emoji2]

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Firstly, thank you Sabine!
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Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Just replied to message from my big bro , first in over a week...

I need to get my head out my bum!

You do, sir!
And we are here to help if you need us.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

So my day part 1. After the river bus we went to see the ceilings of the Old Royal Naval College up close.

The £11 ticket was astonishing good value for a really interesting tour up the scaffolding where the restorers are hard at work on the 300 year old paint work.

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The end wall has a large mural with a self-portrait of the artist in the bottom right corner and the King who paid for it (William IV) and his family in the foreground.
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And here are some views up the scaffolding ... the ceiling depicts British Naval dominance over the Spanish and French
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King Louis XIV of France was painted being kicked by the above King and with a broken sword to show he was a loser!
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Stunning!
And very political!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

.... and in Germany we eat strawberries from Egypt !
How high are your prices for veggies ? How expensive are strawberries or lettuce ?

We don't get strawberries at this time of year, they send them all to Germany.
A lettuce is about 20 of your cents, maybe 30 at the moment because of the drought.
Potatoes, tomatoes and onions all about a half euro a kilo right now which is also expensive .
Bread 10 cents a loaf.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Next we walked through the first tunnel under the Thames built in 1902. You go down a spiral staircase to get to it ... so it’s for pedestrians only
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And on the other side we had lunch and saw this speed limit sign
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And got a better view of the Old Naval College with vintage sailing clipper Cutty Sark next to it
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I love the Cutty Sark, fastest tea clipper of her time and the only one left.
POINTS ! ! ! ! for the tortoise sign, of course!