COLD DARK ROOM

[CarolM]

How’s this to entice you into the wonderfully warm Florida waters...

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Yip. That definitely makes me want to go swim.

 

[CarolM]

I get a baby toad every year. Somehow I always find the little ones in my front yard flower bed. I move them to the back yard. This little guy stayed on my deck all 2018 summer. He's special.

Yes he is.

 

[CarolM]

OMG!!
My biggest scare since having these tortoises for 6yrs!
This morning I asked my daughter to open the heated houses and this evening I went out and saw the pen gate was open!!
My heart stopped!!
I looked around thinking maybe he stayed in the shed but nope he was gone!! Our backyard is about 1.5 acres and it’s now getting close to dark! Not to mention the dogs were outside almost all day!!
Yikes! My husband went left I went right towards that container in our yard!
2 minutes later my husband found him at the fence line trying to get thru the chain link!
He is safe now! Phew!!
She was warned to double check that the gate actually locked.

Wow. That was a close call.

 

[CarolM]

Good mornooning all. Apparently we must return home today [emoji22]

We have time for more exploring before we fly though. We thought we would try the marshland nearer the airport in Montpellier today.

It is always sad when your vacation comes to an end.

 

[CarolM]

Sunday we paddled through thick mangrove “forests” and tunnels that led out to large open lakes, complete with alligators and flying jumping fish.

Thick Mangroves

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Open Calm Pools

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Very nice.

 

[CarolM]

What a pain having to organise your life around all that!
Are they working on the supply in the area?

It is load shedding. It has become very annoying.

 

[CarolM]

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Luv it!!!!

Are you building a heated house for your outside enclosures.

 

[CarolM]

How frustrating @CarolM
You can come stay with me until they get their act together!

I would love that.

 

[Cathie G]

Well, all the translations from American English to other languages interpret No Swimming to mean "no swimming" in the other languages. That may be fine when someone is up north or out west...but then there's "Florida English."

Tourism is our number one economic driver in Florida, so one of the basic principles in Florida English is "Do not scare the tourists."

The Florida English translation of No Swimming is "Beware of Alligators, Water Moccasins, and anything else we haven't thought of or don't know about yet."

Well...deep subject. Ohio has copperheads, rattlesnakes, and brown recluse vacationing from Florida now. I've actually seen an anole on a plant in Lowe's. I wanted to catch the little one and turn it loose in my animal room. I didn't have a spare box handy to put the poor little animal in safely to carry home...I don't know if pictures would work let alone words. Like hay, there might be a critter living here.

 

[CarolM]

Well, all the translations from American English to other languages interpret No Swimming to mean "no swimming" in the other languages. That may be fine when someone is up north or out west...but then there's "Florida English."

Tourism is our number one economic driver in Florida, so one of the basic principles in Florida English is "Do not scare the tourists."

The Florida English translation of No Swimming is "Beware of Alligators, Water Moccasins, and anything else we haven't thought of or don't know about yet."

[emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23]

 

[CarolM]

Is anybody else still getting gigantic ads all over the thread they are trying to watch? It's actually slowing my phone down and changing what I try to type.

Oh no. That is terrible.

 

[CarolM]

Is anybody else still getting gigantic ads all over the thread they are trying to watch? It's actually slowing my phone down and changing what I try to type.

I have had no issues so far.

 

[Cathie G]

Yip. That definitely makes me want to go swim.

I could be wrong but it's better then a crocodile?

 

[CarolM]

I could be wrong but it's better then a crocodile?

I have no clue. I am not familiar with either crocodiles or alligators.

 

[Lyn W]

Is anybody else still getting gigantic ads all over the thread they are trying to watch? It's actually slowing my phone down and changing what I try to type.

Yes I get one which covers half the screen everytime I visit TFO, and everytime I click on the link I am given and toggle all to off.
It doesn't stop the big spaces in between posts but it seems to stop the ads.
There is a thread about it in the Site Announcements section .
Josh is working with new advertisers and they haven't got it right yet, but he wants people to send screen shots.
Have a read of his posts and see if you can send him a pic of what you are getting

 

[Cathie G]

Yes I get one which covers half the screen everytime I visit TFO, and everytime I click on the link I am given and toggle all to off.
It doesn't stop the big spaces in between posts but it seems to stop the ads.
There is a thread about it in the Site Announcements section .
Josh is working with new advertisers and they haven't got it right yet, but he wants people to send screen shots.
Have a read of his posts and see if you can send him a pic of what you are getting

Ok. It's awful. But I refuse to give up. Even though I'm an internet dufus.

 

[JoesMum]

So do the turtles speak French?

Almost certainly... but I think most tortoises too. The French shrug of the shoulders and doing what they darn well please is what most tortoises do anyway [emoji23]

 

[JoesMum]

Actually, there's a common American bird as well. It's a tufted
t!tmouse.

I think they’re closely related

 

[CarolM]

Ok. It's awful. But I refuse to give up. Even though I'm an internet dufus.

You will get it right.

 

[CarolM]

Almost certainly... but I think most tortoises too. The French shrug of the shoulders and doing what they darn well please is what most tortoises do anyway [emoji23]

Lol. Very true. [emoji23] [emoji23]