COLD DARK ROOM

[Bee62]

Most excellent, Sabine.
i love the rhythm and fluidity in particular.
The tenses vary a bit between present continuous, simple present and past when just sticking to one would have been better.
Mountains. Pity.
A really lovely thing that I shall treasure.

Thank you. Please treasure it.
Do you know that I write books and stories too ? I`ve done this since I was a child of 10 years.
I wrote western stories, wild horse stories and scary vampire stories too.
My two books I wrote depend on a true story of a cat that was a pet and was neglected by her owners and so she has to live wild.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Thank you. Please treasure it.
Do you know that I write books and stories too ? I`ve done this since I am a child of 10 years.
I wrote western stories, wild horse stories and scary vampire stories too.
My two books I wrote depend on a true story of a cat that was a pet and was neglected by her owners and so she has to live wild.

Sounds fascinating.
I also write a lot.
But I've never written about any of those subjects, not my idiom.
But i have enjoyed reading books on these themes.

 

[Bee62]

Tomorrow I post pics of my two books. That you believe me.
But my books are written in German.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Today is (was) the 1st of August and for those of you who have the Tortoise Forum calendar, you will see that this month's tortoise and the winner of the competition outright is Kristoff.
Remembering absent friends
Lena was a great mate for those few months and is now settling into her new home in Denmark.
I hope that she will post an update to us soon.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Tomorrow I post pics of my two books. That you believe me.
But my books are written in German.

Of course I believe you.
Look forward to it.

 

[Bee62]

Now it`s bedtime for me. Have to get up really early tomorrow.
Tomorrow ?

Today !!!!!!!!!!!

Night, night Adam and all roommates in your corners of the CDR.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Now it`s bedtime for me. Have to get up really early tomorrow.
Tomorrow ?

Today !!!!!!!!!!!

Night, night Adam and all roommates in your corners of the CDR.

Nos da, Sabine.
Which reminds me, Lyn is still missing.
Do they have Leprechauns in Wales, I wonder ?
Sleep well.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

SAVE MONEY ON PHONE BILLS
Promise to ring people at specific times and then don't.
They'll ring you to see what's wrong, at which point you can have your original planned conversation at their expense.

 

[Moozillion]

32C in Germany will be hot.

Good purchase ! Buy two potatoes and you have one left for tomorrow !
See you later:
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Donkeynator !

ADORABLE!!!!

 

[Yvonne G]

Nos da, Sabine.
Which reminds me, Lyn is still missing.
Do they have Leprechauns in Wales, I wonder ?
Sleep well.

Isn't Lyn the one who used to do puns with you? I hope she's ok.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Isn't Lyn the one who used to do puns with you? I hope she's ok.

Yeah, she stopped posting nearly a month ago, though she was on the forum last a while later.
She gets computer problems, so hopefully it's just that, she's missed a week or two before, but never this long.
I really hope that she and Lola (her 3 legged leopard) are okay.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Anyway, an early night for me, as tomorrow is Shrubbery Day.
Another photo-shoot for Esio Trot.
Good night, Roommates.
May you dream of nice sweet dreamy-things.
And me.

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Howdy all. I figurin' this helps 'plain me gettin' all done with my schoolin' early.

Alcohol boosts recall of earlier learning, study suggests
24 Jul 2017, 07:51 AM

Having a glass of wine. (© WavebreakmediaMicro / Fotolia)
Drinking alcohol improves memory for information learned before the drinking episode began, new research suggests.

In the University of Exeter study, 88 social drinkers were given a word-learning task. Participants were then split in two groups at random and told either to drink as much as they liked (the average was four units) or not to drink at all.

The next day, they all did the same task again -- and those who had drunk alcohol remembered more of what they had learned.

The researchers are keen to stress that this limited positive effect should be considered alongside the well-established negative effects of excessive alcohol on memory and mental and physical health.

"Our research not only showed that those who drank alcohol did better when repeating the word-learning task, but that this effect was stronger among those who drank more," said Professor Celia Morgan, of the University of Exeter.

"The causes of this effect are not fully understood, but the leading explanation is that alcohol blocks the learning of new information and therefore the brain has more resources available to lay down other recently learned information into long-term memory.

"The theory is that the hippocampus -- the brain area really important in memory -- switches to 'consolidating' memories, transferring from short into longer-term memory."

The effect noted by the researchers has been shown under laboratory conditions before, but this is the first study to test it in a natural setting, with people drinking in their homes.

There was also a second task which involved looking at images on a screen.

This task was completed once after the drinkers had drunk alcohol and again the following day, and the results did not reveal significant differences in memory performance post-drinking.

The study's participants were 31 males and 57 females, aged 18-53.

Story Source:

The above story is based on materials provided by University of Exeter. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.

Journal Reference:

Molly Carlyle, Nicolas Dumay, Karen Roberts, Amy McAndrew, Tobias Stevens, Will Lawn, Celia J. A. Morgan. Improved memory for information learnt before alcohol use in social drinkers tested in a naturalistic setting. Scientific Reports, 2017; 7 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06305-w

 

[JoesMum]

Good morning all.

Love your poem Sabine

 

[johnandjade]

good mornooning all!!

happy birthday joes dad

0830, im officially on holiday from work

 

[Bee62]

SAVE MONEY ON PHONE BILLS
Promise to ring people at specific times and then don't.
They'll ring you to see what's wrong, at which point you can have your original planned conversation at their expense.

This is outdated ! I have a flat rate for internet and telephone calls. I could talk the whole day long on the phone but I would`t.

 

[Bee62]

Anyway, an early night for me, as tomorrow is Shrubbery Day.
Another photo-shoot for Esio Trot.
Good night, Roommates.
May you dream of nice sweet dreamy-things.
And me.

Hmmmm, I thought you are a nice sweet dream thing ....

 

[Bee62]

ADORABLE!!!!

Thank you ! Donkeys are cute and mostly kind.
But when they are angry they can bite like a camel....

 

[Bee62]

Good morning all.

Love your poem Sabine

Good morning Linda.
Thank you very much ! I am proud because of your praise.

Happy birthday Joes Dad ! I wish you luck and health and have a nice day !

 

[Bee62]

good mornooning all!!

happy birthday joes dad

0830, im officially on holiday from work

Good morning Mr. Holiday man.
Enjoy your "off duty" time.
Have a nice day !!