COLD DARK ROOM

[Kristoff]

Thank you!
But you lot have managed 500 messages without me.
Not bad in a few days.
Now I have to read them all!

Welcome back! We may not be able to offer you real cheese or bacon, but we’re better than a trip to Spain, you see?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Something very odd has been happening at my house ever since that meerkat arrived in the teapot John sent me. I never see the little guy, but all sorts of food is going g missing! Our cheese is vanishing at a surprising rate. Any time we have left-overs that we’re saving for later, they have several bites taken out of them.[emoji33]
Veggies in the fridge get tossed about but not eaten. And an ENTIRE carton of ice cream was eaten in one night: the empty carton was on its side in front of the television, and there were sticky paw prints on the tv remote!!!!!![emoji33]

Whatever you do; don't let him invite his friends over.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hm... Let’s not jump to conclusions. Cheese vanishing might be Adam’s work. I wonder if @johnandjade would be available to provide character evidence with regards to both suspects...

I have plenty of cheese and encourage others to eat it.
It wasn't me!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Veggies aren’t touched? That’s probably the meerkat or Adam for sure.

I eat veggies!
But not fruit, usually.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

What country is good to visit for vacation? There’s so much to choose from.

Morocco!
Not that i'm biased or anything, but it really is!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hello all. I hope all is well in the CDR.

I’m feeling a bit of a wreck. My left shoulder has become so painful that it’s hard to take a T shirt off. And I have plantar fasciitis which is worst in my right foot. I have been back to my physiotherapist/osteopath this afternoon and the root, as ever, is my lower back. Following my operations, I don’t have much movement there and it puts everything else out. More appointments made for Monday and Monday week.

I also had blood tests done today. Nothing serious. I had Graves Disease (over active thyroid) 20 years ago and have to get my thyroid function checked out annually. I feel OK, so hopefully that will be clear.



Adam’s caught up on months of backlog before now. I doubt your plan will succeed! It may defeat me however. My online time is severely limited for the next ten days.

Indeed, I am enjoying reading all these posts!
I hope your body manages to get itself back in order very soon, all sounds very frustrating.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I've always wanted to visit Australia!

Me too, actually!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hi, Carol![emoji2]
Jacques appears to be entirely back to her silly self!!!!! She does her best to stalk the ghost shrimp, but they either keep sidling away, just out of reach, or they suddenly zip away in the blink of an eye! So entertaining to watch!

My fossil thread is rather quiet now, but that’s ok. I can’t start the actual work on it until the weather warms up so I can work outside because it involves using acetone. Acetone is very volatile and flammable, so it’s not something you do inside. A bunch of people posted comments and pictures for a while then it slowed down. But I’m not bothered at all: once I start working on my fossil and start posting, I bet there will be more activity in general.
I had actually debated whether I should even START that thread now, or wait until I was starting the preservation work, but decided to go for it!!!
Thanks so much for asking! [emoji2][emoji2][emoji173]️

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Jacques!
I shall pop in to the fossil thread some time soon.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Go to Spain. If you hurry maybe you can catch Adam!

Too slow!
Though hopefully I'll be meeting up with Jane here in Morocco in September!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Mine was a prolapse on L3/4 that turned out to be a double prolapse and needed a second attempt a week later to sort that one out. What's left of the disk is still there and, while not formally fused, it may as well be for the amount of movement I have.

The pain before the first op... And between ops left me unable to walk. I had pain particularly in my groin area due to nerve pressure. After the ops, it was long slow progress. I was signed off work for 6 months. I lost all feeling in my left knee which made walking a challenge and kneeling a bit difficult. It's surprisingly hard to control your legs when you have no idea what's going on with one knee! Over the years the sensation has mostly returned ... If I start to feel numbness then I know I have overdone things.

Your issues with upper back and neck are usually what I get these days. These problems with my feet and shoulders are new

@Laura1412 has endless problems too. I know she had another op before Christmas and I hope she's OK. Ed @zerohour also has troubles.

zerohour?
@ZEROPILOT

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I've been to Australia! Spent two weeks there. Mostly the gold Coast, up at surfers paradise. Thats the north eastern part. It was awsome!! We went in July and the weather was in the 70-80F. Went out to lightning Ridge to the Opal mines, saw a bunch of stuff and the people are so nice to us Americans! Go! You won't regret it! Oh and go to a rugby game they are more fun of an experiance than our NFL games!

Indeed!
Rugby is great.
Nice to see you, Hugo, so to speak.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

To answer your questions,
1. YES It all started after the meerkat arrived.
2. We’ll wait and see! [emoji12]
3. True! But I GREATLY doubt he would stoop to theft- even for cheese. He seems every inch a gentleman.
4. True- but to Spain. AND he has Wifey with him, and none of my chocolate has gone missing!
5. True. And he does not have an operational Tardis.

Probably.

I have a key, but no TARDIS.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hm-m-m-m. . . three pages to catch up on. I see Adam is going to have fun when he gets back.

Yup!
At this point, I still have 363 messages to go.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

An article for Adam Buckingham Palace is riddled with ancient fossils, scientists confirm - Telegraph

I don't think the article is being rude about the royal family (Conclusion not really a surprise given its made of limestone.)

Thank you, Linda!
This has now been duly posted in the News Section on The Fossil Forum!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

A cynic would suggest the seats were warm due to the humans and the cats were taking advantage

Or that the cats are renting out the bikes to humans and making a profit.

 

[Bee62]

Good evening all. Last post before chaos starts tomorrow

Our stand at the show started like this
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And finished the day like this
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They have a lot to do tomorrow!

The physio went well. The ironing didn’t happen - maybe a fairy will do it for me ? [emoji849]And I started organising my stuff for the show
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And JoesDad has a new job starting next week It’s been quite a good day

That is fine to hear that you are going to have a good day. Can you show us some pics of the show when your stand is ready ?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Think about it. There is lots of evidence. She knows about the forum and the CDR. She knows about the meerkats so this is the perfect backup plan. She can be caught because even if we figure out it's not the shrimp she has the meerkat to take the fall. No one will suspect a thing. Best case the shrimp are gone and she need bit worry about them anymore, worse case an innocent meerkat gets blamed for something he never did. It's a win win and she was looking up food to celebrate with. What she forgot to do was hide the evadance. She is the real criminal master mind here manipulating us all this whole time.
Muhahah

That almost works.
But there is no such thing as an innocent meerkat!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

They will turn us into slaves and make us farm cheese for them and them alone. They will not let us have any.

Right!
Something will have to be done!
This is getting serious!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I think that Adam will find a way to still have cheese.

Yup!
Even if it means forming an alliance with the Meerkat Empire.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Anyone want a Nik Nak while we discuss this further?View attachment 228239

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any left?