COLD DARK ROOM

[Killerrookie]

And sometimes wild frogs are very angry

I've seen that video. It was pretty interesting to watch. They sure are big creatures!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good morning, roommates! I'm back and will be catching up soon. For now, here's a quick postcard from Laodicea, once a prosperous city in Asia Minor and home to one of the seven churches of the Apocalypse.


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Also, if you want to play a game on the tablet, here's mine
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xxx

Good afternoon, Lena.
Lovely to have you back and thanks for the postcard.
Did you win the game ?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Morning all

Good morning, Noel.
Hi seven!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

GOOD morning.

Good morning, Ed.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

As I might have mentioned before, I have a very large Everglades rat snake that lives in a void beside one of my fish ponds. I only see him every now and then, but it is bright gold colored. Very beautiful.
Well, I found him dead this morning. He must have been inactive from the cold and one of the feral cats chewed him up.
One more step closer to declaring war on the feral felines now.

That's very sad.
Poor snake.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good morning John

Good afternoon, Sabine.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

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Laodicea: built in 261-253 BC, possibly on the site of an older town. It is named in honor of Laodice, its founder’s wife. The founder, Antiochus II, was the descendant of one of Alexander’s generals who had inherited part of the Macedonian empire.

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The city was later under the Kingdom of Pergamon, then under the Roman control, and finally a part of the Byzantine Empire. It had been completely destroyed in an earthquake in 60 AD, during the reign of Nero, but the Romans rebuilt the city. Hence, many of the ruins we find today date to that period.
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It had two large theaters, at least one of which had a three-storey stage.
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The agora was enormous, with a shallow pool in the middle.
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To obtain water from the valley below, the city used the inverted syphon system with pipes of stone or clay.
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A special seal was used along some ways to indicate the sewage under the pavement.

I went there many, many years ago.
I love ancient ruins.
On the way to becoming one myself, now.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

St. Paul mentions Laodicea in one of his epistles, and St. Phillip apparently was martyred in nearby Hierapolis. About 2000 Jewish families had been relocated here, which would explain why Jesus’s followers came all the way to preach here in the first place.
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In the Book of Revelation, apparently God rebukes the church in Laodicea and tells it "to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.” Interestingly, Laodicea was very prosperous due to its trade, and among their well-known products were wool and textiles, as well as an ointment for eyes, something of an antibiotic of the time.
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This church was built at the time when Christianity became the official religion in Byzantium. It was three stories tall, only the first of which is being restored at the moment.

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That's enough quick history from me for today.

Brilliant .
And thanks for that.
Your commentary was excellent and most interesting.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

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They are up and eating!

Yaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Morning, millipedes.
Morning, Austin.

 

[Kristoff]

Good afternoon, Lena.
Lovely to have you back and thanks for the postcard.
Did you win the game ?

I guess so. But their touch screen malfunctioned :/
Good afternoon, Adam!
Good afternoon, roommates!

 

[Killerrookie]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Morning, millipedes.
Morning, Austin.

Heyooo Adam!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

@johnandjade

Held you head high, poor man. Then it is soon over and you can laugh with snow-white theet !
Like me. look

Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!
I've been blinded by the dazzling teeth ! !
Even in the dark.

 

[Killerrookie]

I couldn't help myself today and ate some of my uromastyx squash.. butternut and acron squash was very yummy...

 

[johnandjade]

Oh, dear!
Did that happen in the bay or arrive like that ?

it was like that, meerkats i suspect

 

[johnandjade]

i survived. not as much work needing done as i was expecting, fee fillings and a couple of crowns. homeward bound now

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

i survived. not as much work needing done as i was expecting, fee fillings and a couple of crowns. homeward bound now

Good, good!
Plans for the day ?

 

[johnandjade]

Good, good!
Plans for the day ?

wee stop in the battle cruiser for a pigs ear then home.

how are you today adam?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

wee stop in the battle cruiser for a pigs ear then home.

how are you today adam?

Most splendid, thanks, sir.
Got to sort out my e-mails.
And despite my purple fingers, i'm planting a seed mix I got in Spain for Tidgy.
Not holding up much hope.

 

[johnandjade]

Most splendid, thanks, sir.
Got to sort out my e-mails.
And despite my purple fingers, i'm planting a seed mix I got in Spain for Tidgy.
Not holding up much hope.

glad to hear.

i have never had any luck growing for fido either

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

glad to hear.

i have never had any luck growing for fido either

Thing is, if i do manage to grow a healthy looking plant, I'll be so proud I'll cherish it and care for it and not let Tidgy near it.