COLD DARK ROOM

Lyn W

Well-Known Member
10 Year Member!
Joined
Jul 22, 2014
Messages
24,625
Location (City and/or State)
UK
Well at this particular place I can wear gray, brown, SEAL blue and NAVY blue ;) I currently have a pair each of gray and navy scrubs!
Very nice:) to have a choice. I sometimes wish we had a uniform -
it would save wondering what to wear every day and I have ruined countless clothes with paint and glue etc.
I should wear a boiler suit when I'm doing craft, if it's not me covering myself in paint, it's the kids throwing stuff if they have a strop.
 

W Shaw

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 1, 2015
Messages
452
Sadly nothing anymore, there was a time when they were fitted with phones so that a bobby or member of the public could contact the police, fire or ambulance etc.- 1920s/30s I believe.
View attachment 164173
This is one from Newport South Wales with the addition of a Dr Who scarf (Tom baker I think)
They had a grant to restore it but not actually sure if they managed to save it.

Cool. I don't think we ever had anything like that here. I hope they can save that one!
 

W Shaw

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 1, 2015
Messages
452
Just got back from the dentist. I LOOOOVE our dentist!!!! She is the only truly PAINLESS dentist I've ever had, and we've kept her for 15 years!!!
Going to whip up a batch of my world famous Earl Grey Tea Cookies for her and her office staff and drop them off this afternoon! :)

What would i have to do to get the recipe for those cookies? I LOVE Earl Grey!
 

W Shaw

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 1, 2015
Messages
452
I guess I could see that. I keep it moistened down pretty good so I don't see it in his face much but that does make sense

That's been one of my big frustrations from the start. Initially a lot of people told me to put him in coir. Then someone who had kept a lot of them said they used to get a lot of eye infections when they were in coir, and she switched everyone to aspen and they hadn't had an eye infection since then. So I put him in aspen until I could get a vet visit. The vet also said he'd seen a lot of eye infections with coir. I asked him about the aspen. He said he didn't have a problem with aspen, other than it could be dry, so he suggested putting sphagnum in his hide. So I did that. But then everyone in the forum said take him out of the aspen, and the consensus was, put him in orchid bark. I worried that it would be too chunky, and not good for burrowing, and pretty much everyone said no -- tortoises love it. They can burrow in it with no problem. Sounded like the best stuff in the world. It's what Tom has all of his in. So I bought $50 worth of it ... only now everyone's saying bark isn't good for burrowing, and he should be in something else. So... the bark is still sitting in unopened bags, and I'm back to thinking, should I just return it and leave him in the stuff he likes? Seems like whatever I consider, at least half the forum says it's bad, and the stuff I've been warned is a health hazard. half the forum uses it and loves it. So, if it's all just a matter of personal preference, is it even worth putting him through the stress of changing it? :confused:o_O:mad::eek: Okay, I'm done now. :D
 

Lyn W

Well-Known Member
10 Year Member!
Joined
Jul 22, 2014
Messages
24,625
Location (City and/or State)
UK
That's been one of my big frustrations from the start. Initially a lot of people told me to put him in coir. Then someone who had kept a lot of them said they used to get a lot of eye infections when they were in coir, and she switched everyone to aspen and they hadn't had an eye infection since then. So I put him in aspen until I could get a vet visit. The vet also said he'd seen a lot of eye infections with coir. I asked him about the aspen. He said he didn't have a problem with aspen, other than it could be dry, so he suggested putting sphagnum in his hide. So I did that. But then everyone in the forum said take him out of the aspen, and the consensus was, put him in orchid bark. I worried that it would be too chunky, and not good for burrowing, and pretty much everyone said no -- tortoises love it. They can burrow in it with no problem. Sounded like the best stuff in the world. It's what Tom has all of his in. So I bought $50 worth of it ... only now everyone's saying bark isn't good for burrowing, and he should be in something else. So... the bark is still sitting in unopened bags, and I'm back to thinking, should I just return it and leave him in the stuff he likes? Seems like whatever I consider, at least half the forum says it's bad, and the stuff I've been warned is a health hazard. half the forum uses it and loves it. So, if it's all just a matter of personal preference, is it even worth putting him through the stress of changing it? :confused:o_O:mad::eek: Okay, I'm done now. :D
Yes it can be confusing :confused:
 
Top