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Tidgy's Dad

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That's interesting stuff. My fiancé and I banged our heads together one night and decided it meant Greek tortoise Turkey lol!! We were kind of right... Just the tortoise actually means shell lol! Your really smart :)
Taxonomy (classification of living and extinct things) is my specialist subject, i am writing a book on it which should be finished in 2024, i reckon.
Also, I studied (and still study) Latin and Ancient Greek.
And I'm really smart. :)
And modest. ;)
 

Lyn W

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I'm very well thanks :) your right - hibernating beastie is a bad idea this year so I'm not going to do it. I would never forgive myself if anything bad happened.
I made a post about what I should feed him over winter but nobody has replied yet :( all the bloomin' weeds and flowers and dead lol
Hi Kirsty for my leopard over winter I use Florette Cassic Crispy salad which was recommended to me by another member last year - it has frisee radicchio and lambs lettuce with no additives etc. I also use Friendly 'Readigrass' which some pet stores stock. I blend it to almost a powder and coat the wet salad mix with the grass then spray again to hydrate it; it adds fibre to the salad. Also use spring greens, organic romaine from Tesco and kale, some watercress, carrot/beetroot leaves. Just mix and match what I can get but always add the Readigrass. Lola doesn't seem any the worse for it although I hope my weed growing is more successful this year.
 

Tidgy's Dad

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mr adam sir, i think you could put google out of business!:) (and really still want to take you to a pub quiz!)
Bless you, John.
But a lot of my Q&A's are nicked from QI; as you know, though i do know about half of it (75% now), I know a lot of stuff.
I was blessed with a good memory, an inquiring mind and the ability to read and absorb things really quickly.
Gosh, my modesty is overwhelming, isn't it?
Oh, well, this is my personal promotion thread, I suppose. :rolleyes:
 

Lyn W

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Bless you, John.
But a lot of my Q&A's are nicked from QI; as you know, though i do know about half of it (75% now), I know a lot of stuff.
I was blessed with a good memory, an inquiring mind and the ability to read and absorb things really quickly.
Gosh, my modesty is overwhelming, isn't it?
Oh, well, this is my personal promotion thread, I suppose. :rolleyes:
For a moment there I thought I'd walked in on a job interview!
 

Tidgy's Dad

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IMO day to day things are taken for granted but our hourly rate, retirement and other benefits would be half what they are without our union. Some folks only join when they have a problem. I had an issue about 20 years ago that was resolved and I've remained out of loyalty.
As a former manager and company owner and director, unions can be a pain.
In the 80's they got a bit out of control in the UK.
I saw them as a necessary evil, but am in favour of them in principle.
 

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As a former manager and company owner and director, unions can be a pain.
In the 80's they got a bit out of control in the UK.
I saw them as a necessary evil, but am in favour of them in principle.
I've become much more militant as I've got older and far more involved with union issues.
I just wish we still had a few good socialist leaders in this country.
All the parties are becoming clones of each other.
All lead by private school educated toffs who pretend to know what those less fortunate need.
 

Tidgy's Dad

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I'm not much of a gardener but won't the flowers be dead as well. I have some Fusias and violas in my back garden but won't they be gone?
I know that artichoke and lambs lettuce is healthy and available in the supermarket. My fiancé said you can buy dried out flowers / weeds online - but if they are dried does that mean all the nutrition is gone?
I also ordered a weed growing kit but tried that before and failed miserably lol. Sure I'll get thee :(
The dried stuff is good for winter use.
Trouble is a lot of torts, including Tidgy won't eat it.
You have to sprinkle it on other stuff.
Some flowers have autumn and even winter varieties( but maybe not in Scotland!)
 
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