COLD DARK ROOM

[Bee62]

Noooo. You can't eat your group hug.[emoji33] [emoji33]

No ? I can not ? Hmmmm, too bad.

 

[Bee62]

Goodness!
And with that, I have finally caught up!
Well done, Roommates, for keeping this Room running so busily while i've been away!
Brilliant on welcoming new Roomates and giving great tort advice to them and each other.
Not so good on letting the One-Legged Pirate and Leprechaun Substitute get away with murder, the place being overrun with meerkats and eating the Wool Spider (if she existed) .
I've enjoyed reading through all the trials and tribulations, travels and trips, postcards and potted plants.
Sorry to hear about the problems and health issues some of you and your pets have been going through.
But proud of your kindness, team spirit and the support you give to each other.

And it's interesting to note, that since I returned, the male Roommates have all just about vanished.
Never mind, i'm quite happy sharing the Cold Dark Room with a dozen lovely ladies!
Love you all, Roommates. (men and women) .

Love you too !

 

[Bee62]

I think he was refering to my post.

Okay. Seems I was a little bit confused.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

It seem petty to complain about the smoke when so many have lost their homes and lives, but last night's wind carried the smoke from the northern california fires down into our valley ad I've been breathing smoke all day long! I keep worrying something is on fire here. Besides, it stinks.

Not pleasant.
Let's just hope that none of the actual sparks go in your direction!
Stay safe, Yvonne.

 

[Bee62]

It seem petty to complain about the smoke when so many have lost their homes and lives, but last night's wind carried the smoke from the northern california fires down into our valley ad I've been breathing smoke all day long! I keep worrying something is on fire here. Besides, it stinks.

Fires are cruel. Killing so many little and bigger animals, plants and threaten towns and people. I hate fires too.
I even hate the smell of a fire.

 

[Bee62]

@CarolM I'm doing well. Just been working mainly 68hrs a week. Seems to be all I do anymore lol

Played with dogs. View attachment 247583

Worked on geckis enclosure
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Doing maintenance on fish tanks.
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Hi Dan. Good to see you. Your dogs are adorable as ever. Geckis enclosure looks fine and the fish tanks are so clean and clear. Well done , good work !

 

[Bee62]

I was trying to catch up but I have to give up !!!!
Nos da, good night and Gute Nacht. It is nearly 4:00 am and I am tired.
Not to chat tomorrow.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I was trying to catch up but I have to give up !!!!
Nos da, good night and Gute Nacht. It is nearly 4:00 am and I am tired.
Not to chat tomorrow.

Why not chat tomorrow?
Oh, well, hopefully not see you soon, Sabine.
Nos da, sleep well my friend, nice to speak again.

 

[Yvonne G]

Not pleasant.
Let's just hope that none of the actual sparks go in your direction!
Stay safe, Yvonne.

No, the fires are miles and miles away. No danger to us here at all. But our valley is a bowl. The winds blow from the north then hit the mountains at the south end of the valley and just sit there, building up. I feel sorry for the folks who live in Bakersfield, right at the foot of those mountains.

 

[Yvonne G]

I was trying to catch up but I have to give up !!!!
Nos da, good night and Gute Nacht. It is nearly 4:00 am and I am tired.
Not to chat tomorrow.

Guten Nacht, mein freund! From an English speaking German to a German speaking German! Why did you stay up so late?

 

[CarolM]

Alive!!!!!!?

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[CarolM]

Anyone here avid fish keepers also? And do you have much experience with angelfish?

Sorry. No experience [emoji17]

 

[CarolM]

well I'm sending mine back to ask for a refund.
I was assured it was unique when I bought it!

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[CarolM]

Told you I'd just bought a new one.
We must have the same dodgy supplier.
I think mine's a bit broken to be honest.

Nooooooo. Both of you keep it. It makes very interesting and funny reading.

 

[CarolM]

Not sure it's technically racism, but yes, he thought I was a tourist and there would be no recriminations.
The Moroccans take such matters very seriously, it's not just frowned upon, it's a serious offence.
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Then why on earth would he do it. How stupid can you be.

 

[CarolM]

A hose pipe (with the tap turned on of course) generally does the trick.
Another good deterrent to stop the cats getting on my roof was to overhang a large kiddies garden windmill at the point they jumped up.
The moving bit seemed to scare them.

A scare crow except in this case a scare cat. Good idea.

 

[CarolM]

Did you know that you should soak rice overnight in order to reduce the amount of arsenic in it?
Dr Michael Mosely did a programme over here on it and tested different ways of cooking rice to find the best way to reduce the arsenic.

I did not even know that rice had arsenic in it.

 

[CarolM]

My vine dies back and just looks like dead sticks in the winter but it makes a great recovery every Spring.
I also have a plant called an ablution which I thought died 2 years ago after the first flowers dropped off.
No leaves or flowers at all last year and the pot was just left in a corner but miraculously it is still alive and flowering this year.
That is in spite of not because of me!

Lol. Well done. I actually find that the less I fuss over my plants the better they do.

 

[CarolM]

I did. I just don't really have the room for one.

Oh well done. So sad that you couldn't keep it but understand. You are a good guy Dan.

 

[CarolM]

Clearing up all those messy leaves that someone threw on the ground of course!

Me thinks it will just use them to hide from it's responsibilities.