COLD DARK ROOM

[Cathie G]

It's a good thing I love to hear thunder around here cause we are getting some again today Last night I didn't have TV all night after the thunderstorm that blew through, so I had to get some sleep for once the satellite TV thingy tried to get me to do this and that and call them but I just thought NO...I decided I was going to get a good night's sleep . If they keep it up I'm going to cable though

 

[jeff kushner]

Okay, there are some of you and you know who you are......call them "security cameras" when talking to wives, husbands, boyfriends girlfriends, others......

........but here, in this place, we know that you are not worried about intruders, right? LOL



(closet "doters". doting on their torts)


Ray, such a shame but on the bright side, your sweetheart didn't undergo needless elective surgery!

Always got the find the silver lining......it helps to balance with the sudden and intense anger that kinds of cr*p can cause<LOL>!!!

 

[Warren]

Okay, there are some of you and you know who you are......call them "security cameras" when talking to wives, husbands, boyfriends girlfriends, others......

........but here, in this place, we know that you are not worried about intruders, right? LOL



(closet "doters". doting on their torts)


Ray, such a shame but on the bright side, your sweetheart didn't undergo needless elective surgery!

Always got the find the silver lining......it helps to balance with the sudden and intense anger that kinds of cr*p can cause<LOL>!!!

Yes, some are for security / intruders and one in the house is to keep an eye on Sammy. Big help for me, keeps me from running up and down the steps to check on him.

 

[Ray--Opo]

Even dreams of Sapphire wake me up. I can be half dead... so I better keep him going as best I can.

Opo must have known we were talking about him.
He decided to camp outside tonight.

 

[zolasmum]

Me too! That night he slept outside, I had the security camera. So I could monitor Opo from my phone. But I went outside about 3 times during the night. Thinking if there was any critter lurking around. My presence would scare them away.
Who would have ever thought 5 yrs. ago that a little 48 gram tort. Would influence my life as much as Opo!

I know just how you feel. We got Zola 21 years ago, very much on impulse, and he changed our lives completely.
Angie

 

[jeff kushner]

You guys are making me miss Clemson......


Here's efficiency... my video card fan went south so I ordered a new set of two to replace them both. Not available in the country so I order and wait;
8/13 I order from the Suiyuan province in China
8/15 they arrive at a port in China
8/19 they have crossed the ocean and are on the West coast
8/21 they are in Linthicum, a local post office and should arrive today....8 days after ordering

Meanwhile, it takes USPS 14 days to get a check from my mailbox to the LOCAL cable company!

 

[Cathie G]

I know just how you feel. We got Zola 21 years ago, very much on impulse, and he changed our lives completely.
Angie

That's exactly why I love having a tortoise. Sapphire has given me so much more than I can ever give him. Even if I could be an expert. And now since I found TFO I've found people that feel the same way I do to talk with and improve his life.

 

[Maro2Bear]

You guys are making me miss Clemson......


Here's efficiency... my video card fan went south so I ordered a new set of two to replace them both. Not available in the country so I order and wait;
8/13 I order from the Suiyuan province in China
8/15 they arrive at a port in China
8/19 they have crossed the ocean and are on the West coast
8/21 they are in Linthicum, a local post office and should arrive today....8 days after ordering

Meanwhile, it takes USPS 14 days to get a check from my mailbox to the LOCAL cable company!

But have you received the fans?

 

[Cathie G]

Okay, there are some of you and you know who you are......call them "security cameras" when talking to wives, husbands, boyfriends girlfriends, others......

........but here, in this place, we know that you are not worried about intruders, right? LOL



(closet "doters". doting on their torts)


Ray, such a shame but on the bright side, your sweetheart didn't undergo needless elective surgery!

Always got the find the silver lining......it helps to balance with the sudden and intense anger that kinds of cr*p can cause<LOL>!!!

It's so much fun catching the shenanigans of a tort when they don't know we're watching. And even though a camera might show a criminal in progress that's not even close to security. They're still doing it. It's nice to have them around though. I have a BE@WARE of TORTOISE sign on my front door hopefully that makes them think twice.

 

[jeff kushner]

Yup, both sets....LOL.

I placed orders from 2 places in the hopes one would be in-country.

Both places delivered today, from the same province in China<LOL>!!

Took 15 minutes and 8 miniscrews and 6 microscrews.....and patience!

and I have an extra set......God, I'm so dumb sometimes!

 

[Cathie G]

Yup, both sets....LOL.

I placed orders from 2 places in the hopes one would be in-country.

Both places delivered today, from the same province in China<LOL>!!

Took 15 minutes and 8 miniscrews and 6 microscrews.....and patience!

and I have an extra set......God, I'm so dumb sometimes!



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Just remember where you put the extra set which is a real problem with me. When I finally find something I've put in a safe place where I'll know where it is... I already had to buy another one cause I couldn't find it then I'll put it in another "safe place". Then the only one it's safe from is me again...

 

[jeff kushner]

LOL..."safe"= somewhere I'll never find it again!

I spent 3 hours yesterday and Sunday looking for the paint label picture for the stuff I used in my bathroom. I did some electrical work and needed to repaint the drywall....and not a drop of that color left. I know that I take a picture of the label or I place the label on cardboard and put with the paint stuff in the basement. I searched everywhere.............then I phoned a friend for help

"Kerry, do you have my paint that I stole from you to paint my master bath accent wall"

"No, but I did buy it from Sherwin-Williams so they will have a record"

An hour later, she called me back, she had a quart in-hand!

I put the extra fans on the "computer stuff bookcase" but if I ever need them, I'll ask you guys before spending 3 hours looking!

 

[Cathie G]

LOL..."safe"= somewhere I'll never find it again!

I spent 3 hours yesterday and Sunday looking for the paint label picture for the stuff I used in my bathroom. I did some electrical work and needed to repaint the drywall....and not a drop of that color left. I know that I take a picture of the label or I place the label on cardboard and put with the paint stuff in the basement. I searched everywhere.............then I phoned a friend for help

"Kerry, do you have my paint that I stole from you to paint my master bath accent wall"

"No, but I did buy it from Sherwin-Williams so they will have a record"

An hour later, she called me back, she had a quart in-hand!

I put the extra fans on the "computer stuff bookcase" but if I ever need them, I'll ask you guys before spending 3 hours looking!

I'd put that in a safer place then my memory but this time I'll probably remember that's the crazy way my memory works

 

[zolasmum]

You guys are making me miss Clemson......


Here's efficiency... my video card fan went south so I ordered a new set of two to replace them both. Not available in the country so I order and wait;
8/13 I order from the Suiyuan province in China
8/15 they arrive at a port in China
8/19 they have crossed the ocean and are on the West coast
8/21 they are in Linthicum, a local post office and should arrive today....8 days after ordering

Meanwhile, it takes USPS 14 days to get a check from my mailbox to the LOCAL cable company!

Who or what or where is Clemson?
Angie

 

[jeff kushner]

I'm sorry for not explaining, Clemson was my buddy, a male Sulc. I was a "free ranger" back then and he did fine for years moving furniture around. He moved the Lazyboy recliner around so much it became his "enrichment" toy.
He scared a couple folks who hadn't known he was around....great fun! Then he just died. My local reptile vet thought it was an internal parasite. I had his growth lines on the inside of the bathroom door frame ( I used to stand him up....yes, I know now-LOL).....it was tough to paint over.

 

[Cathie G]

I'm sorry for not explaining, Clemson was my buddy, a male Sulc. I was a "free ranger" back then and he did fine for years moving furniture around. He moved the Lazyboy recliner around so much it became his "enrichment" toy.
He scared a couple folks who hadn't known he was around....great fun! Then he just died. My local reptile vet thought it was an internal parasite. I had his growth lines on the inside of the bathroom door frame ( I used to stand him up....yes, I know now-LOL).....it was tough to paint over.

That's why u have a BE@WARE OF TORTOISE sign on the front door

 

[Cathie G]

Joe has painted another picture sorry oh my garsh

 

[Warren]

Joe has painted another picture sorry oh my garsh View attachment 349138

I don't see any Tortoises. Let Joe know that I wish I had his amaganation and skills. Very well done!

 

[Cathie G]

I don't see any Tortoises. Let Joe know that I wish I had his amaganation and skills. Very well done!

Lololol that's what I told him WHERE'S my Tortoise! he chuckled hahaha I'm in for it

 

[Maro2Bear]

Another pretty darn nice Summer day here. Mid-80’s, sunshine, still a bit humid. I got up early, loaded my boat up & headed East & South over to Maryland’s West River. Tomorrow, similar weather forecast so we have a road trip planned for southern Maryland.