COLD DARK ROOM

[Lyn W]

Good morning fellow CDRers.
Happy Saturday!
Can't seem to get myself organised enough to do anything today.
Think I'd better make a list!
See you later.

 

[JSWallace]

Good morning fellow CDRers.
Happy Saturday!
Can't seem to get myself organised enough to do anything today.
Think I'd better make a list!
See you later.

Morning Lyn, is surprisingly warm here today but wet!

 

[JoesMum]

Morning Linda gloomy here too and a bit wet but not as bad as they forecast - yet!

Just as well our plans mostly involve watching rugby on tv

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Oh dear. Did it get out of hand?

Last I saw her, I invited her to share her plans... she clearly thought her case was different. How we were supposed to know there was something different worth asking about from the opening post I have no idea.

She got extraordinarily huffy when Adam and I both suggested that a school was not a good place for a tort. I mean if you go looking for advice then people aren't always going to say the things you want to hear.

Yvonne posted an apologetic, reply but cited an example of a tortoise stressed in a classroom from her own experience. The OP replied in the same vein about not asking her questions but just assuming and asked Josh to have her account deleted. I think Yvonne deleted it.
Just as well, I was about to ask her if she was really a school teacher or just a troll. I mean who complains that no one asked her how many children she had ?
"Hello, I'm so and so from here and there".
"Welcome to Tortoise Forum,so and so, how many children do you have ?"
And her English was terrible: spelling; sentence construction; grammar, punctuation....
Anyway, moving on...............

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good morning CDR. The weather is looking somewhat gloomy this morning and I am not sure it's going to change much all day. At least it's not raining as I have things to do in the garden.

Good afternoon, Linda.
Lovely day here, I have a lesson in 25 minutes.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

good mornooning all

babysitting at base today and running late :/ quick march!!

helping my mate with plumbing after work, just call me mario

Good afternoon, Super Mario.
I'll be off out dandie hunting later.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

too late to turn back... View attachment 202404


pheeww! still dry

Lovely.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Morning John and Linda, it's gloomy here too. Glad to see you have conquered your first challenge of the day John

Good afternoon, Jane.
Conquered my first challenge, too.
Made the coffee and winkled wifey out of bed.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good morning fellow CDRers.
Happy Saturday!
Can't seem to get myself organised enough to do anything today.
Think I'd better make a list!
See you later.

Good afternoon, Lyn.
Later it is.
Have a good day.

 

[Moozillion]

There's a very nice Date & Apple Chutney recipe we make. The recipe came from my aunt decades ago and is really easy. Daughter made a batch recently. It goes extremely well with cheese

1.5 lb Cooking Apples chopped
1lb onions chopped
1lb dates stoned and chopped (dry, old ones are better)
15 fluid oz vinegar
0.5 teaspoon ground ginger
0.5 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 lb sugar

You don't need to be terribly exact on the quantities of apple, onion and dates. "Close enough" will do.
The mix scales down nicely if you only want a couple of jars.

Boil vinegar, sugar and apples until pulpy then remove from heat.
Immediately stir in onions and dates and stir thoroughly.
When cool add spices and salt and stir thoroughly.
Leave to stand for at least 48 hours until thickened.

Put into jars (this quantity fills approximately 5 x 1lb jars)

You can eat immediately. The chutney goes darker with age.

Ooooh!!! Looks YUMMY!!!!
I'm guessing you must sterilize the jars?
I may take this to my sister for us to make, since she is experienced in preserving and I am not.

 

[Moozillion]

After 5 months without a drink....

GOSH, they're beautiful, Ed!!!!!!!!

 

[Moozillion]

Good evening Adam. Gotta cheese for your dinner ????

Good evening Bea. All your gardenings done for today ? Or was you confused about cute kitty alarm ? They are really cute cuttling together !

I need help !!!! Could someone explain me how I get the green bar and the arrow up when I want to quote someone ?

My computer is different than yours, I'm afraid. Sorry I can't help.

 

[JoesMum]

Ooooh!!! Looks YUMMY!!!!
I'm guessing you must sterilize the jars?
I may take this to my sister for us to make, since she is experienced in preserving and I am not.

Yes. I just rinse the jars and lids with boiling water from the kettle and then stand them in oven to dry out. No tea towel.

 

[Moozillion]

Good evening all! Hope you are all well.
Welcome back Adam.
Welcome to Ed's second baby tort
Welcome to the weekend!
and of course........

LOVELY, Lyn! Thanks!!!

 

[Bee62]

HAD is the operative word here. HAD!!! It has come out now in past tense from dear family that they tried to warn me without the "rose colored glasses" of love, but I truthfully just ignored them …

Poor you ! I think the woman that left you don`t want a tortoise as a memory of you ?
She only wants monney.
I was married once in my life but I will never marry again, and the house I own I payed all by myself and I am proud of this.

 

[Bee62]

Next task in garden done. I have cleared Joe's corner where his cold frame is/was. There was a large patch of slate chips that I have removed. This is where his ashes will be scattered and I shall be planting some Sedum spectibile - the plant he ate to the ground much to my annoyance several years ago.

I need to do these things in stages so I don't wreck my back. An hour, a shower and then a rest... keeps me moving

It is important to have a place to remember a beloved pet that passed away.
In my garden/property 6 dogs are still burried and much more cats. I don`t leave the body of a pet of mine at the VET.

 

[Bee62]

Actually I'm not feeling sad about it. It's very therapeutic having definite plans and putting them into action.

Does that sound weird?

No ! That doesn`t sound weird ! Everyone who loves animals will understand you.

 

[Bee62]

My computer is different than yours, I'm afraid. Sorry I can't help.

Good morning Bea,

I got help ! Linda told me how to quote correct.
Our computers mayby different, but TFO is everywhere the same.

 

[Yvonne G]

Yvonne posted an apologetic, reply but cited an example of a tortoise stressed in a classroom from her own experience. The OP replied in the same vein about not asking her questions but just assuming and asked Josh to have her account deleted. I think Yvonne deleted it.
Just as well, I was about to ask her if she was really a school teacher or just a troll. I mean who complains that no one asked her how many children she had ?
"Hello, I'm so and so from here and there".
"Welcome to Tortoise Forum,so and so, how many children do you have ?"
And her English was terrible: spelling; sentence construction; grammar, punctuation....
Anyway, moving on...............

I didn't delete her account, but I did move her two threads to the "trash" bin. She can still come on and read, and maybe if she reads a few more threads/posts she'll be encouraged to post once again at a future date.

 

[Laura1412]

Good afternoon roomies how r we all today