HOORAY for him!!!!!!
Not all of our States accept Daylight Savings Time either. Hawaii does not, and most of Arizona does not- but the Navajo reservations in Arizona DO!
I dislike the change myself: just pick one or the other and stick with it!!!!! COLD DARK ROOM
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Not all of our States accept Daylight Savings Time either. Hawaii does not, and most of Arizona does not- but the Navajo reservations in Arizona DO!
I dislike the change myself: just pick one or the other and stick with it!!!!!
Fankoo, John!mrs B's still wins the prize
Anyhow, when we got back from the abandoned conquest of Tarifa, we discovered that earlier that day, the lovely postman had tried to deliver to us a parcel from one of our lovely Cold Dark Roomers in The USA.
So the next afternoon, I walked up the hill, through the Medina, to the local Post Office.
It's quite a walk, but a nice one and the weather was perfect.
And at least they've started dropping off the parcels here and not in the dreaded new town.
So I took the opportunity to post a package to a friend in the UK which had been waiting for weeks, paid my Council tax for two years (about £9 a year!) and excitedly collected my parcel and took it into the local hotel bar to open it. (quite a big box).
More on this tomorrow, as I'm a bit tired, but it was a wonderful surprise for many reasons......................
So the next afternoon, I walked up the hill, through the Medina, to the local Post Office.
It's quite a walk, but a nice one and the weather was perfect.
And at least they've started dropping off the parcels here and not in the dreaded new town.
So I took the opportunity to post a package to a friend in the UK which had been waiting for weeks, paid my Council tax for two years (about £9 a year!) and excitedly collected my parcel and took it into the local hotel bar to open it. (quite a big box).
More on this tomorrow, as I'm a bit tired, but it was a wonderful surprise for many reasons......................
Night night Cold Dark Room.
Night, night Cold Dark Roommates.
To absent friends.
Night, night Cold Dark Roommates.
To absent friends.
Morning, everyone!
We have some new torts here.
Anyone willing to help ID them?
This is our loot from a nearby village of Sigacik. The fortress surrounding it dates back to the 16th century.
We have some new torts here.
Anyone willing to help ID them?
This is our loot from a nearby village of Sigacik. The fortress surrounding it dates back to the 16th century.
Good morning all! Happy Sunday.
It's very foggy outside here. It was starting as we got home last night. Fog is very common in the Medway valley at this time of year. Some days we only have to go a couple of miles to discover the rest of the county has daylight!
It's very foggy outside here. It was starting as we got home last night. Fog is very common in the Medway valley at this time of year. Some days we only have to go a couple of miles to discover the rest of the county has daylight!
That looks like a good day out. I'm off to Google SigacikMorning, everyone!
We have some new torts here. View attachment 190890
Anyone willing to help ID them?
This is our loot from a nearby village of Sigacik. The fortress surrounding it dates back to the 16th century. View attachment 190891
Morning, Linda!! If you visit Izmir area or Kusadasi, it's worth paying a visit to the Sigacik Sunday bazaar inside the fortress for local food and handcrafts, followed by a trip to the ruins of ancient Teos.That looks like a good day out. I'm off to Google Sigacik
Despite all his flaws, our current mayor has put us on the map.
We went to Kusadasi a few years ago. We spent a week in Turkey - started in Istanbul, then a couple of days in Kapadokya and finished in Kusadasi.Morning, Linda!! If you visit Izmir area or Kusadasi, it's worth paying a visit to the Sigacik Sunday bazaar inside the fortress for local food and handcrafts, followed by a trip to the ruins of ancient Teos.
We absolutely loved it. And the fish. We ate the best fish ever in Turkey
It's on the list to return to
Good afternoon, Lena.Morning, everyone!
We have some new torts here. View attachment 190890
Anyone willing to help ID them?
This is our loot from a nearby village of Sigacik. The fortress surrounding it dates back to the 16th century. View attachment 190891
Not sure about those tortoise species, but tropical, I should imagine.
Love the fortress gate, we are all getting very historical (rather than hysterical) in The Cold Dark Room at the moment.
Good afternoon, Linda.
I don't think we've had fog here in Fes in 11 years!
But it does occur elsewhere in the country of course.
Nice sunny day again today.
I've been a few times.We went to Kusadasi a few years ago. We spent a week in Turkey - started in Istanbul, then a couple of days in Kapadokya and finished in Kusadasi.
We absolutely loved it. And the fish. We ate the best fish ever in Turkey
It's on the list to return to
I love Turkey.
Good morning, Cold Dark Room!
Good morning, Cold Dark Roommates!
Just a note about the armpit hair remark yesterday evening.
My armpit hair doesn't grow in my armpits, but an inch or two further along on my underarm.
Hmmmm.
Good morning, Cold Dark Roommates!
Just a note about the armpit hair remark yesterday evening.
My armpit hair doesn't grow in my armpits, but an inch or two further along on my underarm.
Hmmmm.
Anyway, in the Hotel Batha bar, I unwrapped my big box from the USA with fingers shaking with excitement.
I had a beer and a Black Label chaser to calm my nerves.
The first thing was bubblewrap!
The kind with the big bubbles.
This I kept, transferring it into my black shoulder bag, as bubblewrap always comes in useful and wifey can spend hours popping the bubbles.
It keeps her off the streets.
I had a beer and a Black Label chaser to calm my nerves.
The first thing was bubblewrap!
The kind with the big bubbles.
This I kept, transferring it into my black shoulder bag, as bubblewrap always comes in useful and wifey can spend hours popping the bubbles.
It keeps her off the streets.
Next in the parcel, was some pages of a newspaper, used for packing at the bottom.
This was from an American newspaper and I always read anything I get my mits on, so I unravelled the crumpled up pages and read them.
It was mainly a few pages of the children's section with an interesting, illustrated, double-page section on zebras and several pages of cartoons.
Some that I was familiar with like Peanuts and Garfield, others that were new to me. There was also an interesting article on a holocaust survivor and why we should never forget.
I threw the newspaper and the box away, or rather gave it to the barman, whom i'm friendly with, and he disposed of it.
The box was too big to fit in my bag and i didn't want to carry it for half an hour all the way down the hill back home. But I kept the delivery information.
Then after examining the rest of the contents, I packed the rest of the stuff in my bag and walked home.
This was from an American newspaper and I always read anything I get my mits on, so I unravelled the crumpled up pages and read them.
It was mainly a few pages of the children's section with an interesting, illustrated, double-page section on zebras and several pages of cartoons.
Some that I was familiar with like Peanuts and Garfield, others that were new to me. There was also an interesting article on a holocaust survivor and why we should never forget.
I threw the newspaper and the box away, or rather gave it to the barman, whom i'm friendly with, and he disposed of it.
The box was too big to fit in my bag and i didn't want to carry it for half an hour all the way down the hill back home. But I kept the delivery information.
Then after examining the rest of the contents, I packed the rest of the stuff in my bag and walked home.
One of the objects in the box was a Rubbermaid container about 9 inches long, 6 wide and two deep.
This was very interesting to me, as i'd heard the term 'Rubbermaid' used frequently on this forum, for keeping tortoises in , and had assumed they were enormous plastic or rubber tanks, used for storing garden stuffs or as water troughs.
It seems that they come in all shapes and sizes and are the American equivalent of Tupperware, for food storage.
So, I learned something new.
This was very interesting to me, as i'd heard the term 'Rubbermaid' used frequently on this forum, for keeping tortoises in , and had assumed they were enormous plastic or rubber tanks, used for storing garden stuffs or as water troughs.
It seems that they come in all shapes and sizes and are the American equivalent of Tupperware, for food storage.
So, I learned something new.
On the way home, I passed a touristy souvenir shop that keeps a small selection of minerals and fossils, so I stopped off , had a peek, and did some lovely haggling , coming away with a real bargain.
This is Hollardops merocristata from the middle Devonian period, so about 390 million years old. Much older than the Tarifa stuff.
This first picture is of its head or Cephalon. This trilobite is often found half curled up in death. Others could completely enroll, like woodlice, while others were more inflexible and couldn't at all.
Here is a photo of where the head and body are joined.
And more detail of the thorax and pygidium.(tail section) .
And a close up of part of the head.
You can see here some detail of the lumps on the glabella (forehead) and also the compound eyes, some trilobites had excellent eyes, others farily standard and some were blind.Hollardop's eyes were raised on little turrets, suggesting it may have spent time buried in soft sediment with just its eyes poking out, like some crabs and fish do today.
The specimen has been rather scratched and battered during a poor attempt at preparation, so that got the price right down, but it's still pretty good.
Happy!
,
This is Hollardops merocristata from the middle Devonian period, so about 390 million years old. Much older than the Tarifa stuff.
This first picture is of its head or Cephalon. This trilobite is often found half curled up in death. Others could completely enroll, like woodlice, while others were more inflexible and couldn't at all.
Here is a photo of where the head and body are joined.
And more detail of the thorax and pygidium.(tail section) .
And a close up of part of the head.
You can see here some detail of the lumps on the glabella (forehead) and also the compound eyes, some trilobites had excellent eyes, others farily standard and some were blind.Hollardop's eyes were raised on little turrets, suggesting it may have spent time buried in soft sediment with just its eyes poking out, like some crabs and fish do today.
The specimen has been rather scratched and battered during a poor attempt at preparation, so that got the price right down, but it's still pretty good.
Happy!
,
Cool!!!
So back to the Rubbermaid, if you can bear the suspense people.
Inside was:
Golly, what could it Bea?
Actually, i already knew, but still very exciting!
Inside was:
Golly, what could it Bea?
Actually, i already knew, but still very exciting!
