COLD DARK ROOM

[Yvonne G]

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First he made two metal claws or fingers, and these he attached to the end of a long metal tube. He ran two stiff wires down inside the tube and connected them to the metal claws in such a way that when you pulled the wires, the claws closed, and when you pushed them, the claws opened. The wires were joined to a handle at the other end of the tube. It was all very simple.
Mr Adam was ready to begin.



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It should be noted that in the book, Quentin Blake, the artist, has a picture of a topless lady on his calendar in the top right corner of the garage drawing. It's a children's book!
After much soul searching and thoughts of realism, and the fact that a garage may well have had this sort of calendar on the wall, I forced myself to do much research, read 49 appropriate magazines , but in the end decided said content probably wasn't appropriate for Tortoise Forum or the Cold Dark Room and so used a substitute calendar.

Well, even though that portion of the picture is very dark, since I KNOW that Tidgy was playing chess in the picture on the calendar, I have to yell, "WALDO!!!"

 

[Yvonne G]

Ha-de-ha!!!!

Hey, WAIT a minute!!!! Does that calendar have a chess-playing tortoise on it???? It's too dark for me to see clearly, but I'll take a chance: WALDO!!!!!

Ah shoot. You beat me to the punch.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Ah shoot. You beat me to the punch.

Good morning, Yvonne!
Better luck next time.

 

[Yvonne G]

Good afternoon, John.
Yep ,good weekend here, ta.
You still haven't commented on Abdul MacDonald ?

Maybe John hasn't commented, but I will. Abdul is VERY handsome!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Maybe John hasn't commented, but I will. Abdul is VERY handsome!

I think so too!

 

[Mark Tenerife]

right now, at 3:50p, it's 105F degrees. My evaporative cooler works well, but one has to be pretty stationary otherwise you feel hot.

Sounds a bit like here in Tenerife but we only touched 100

 

[JoesMum]

As we came we off the mountains today, the temperature shot up to 37C /99F... it's rather warm here in southern France.

We had a good day out looking at birds, butterflies and scenery and had a long and leisurely picnic by the lake that fed a hydro electric station

 

[JoesMum]

Forgot the pictures

 

[Gillian M]

Does anyone know how our Texas USA members are looking?
That hurricane is a CAT 4.
A CAT 4 will rip a house in half.

Hi Ed, how's your mum today? Sincerely hope she's better and wishes for a speedy recovery to her.

 

[Gillian M]

Good night.
I'm just going to gather my things and head back out on the highway.
I miss Kelly and Suki a lot.

Take care Ed.

 

[Mark Tenerife]

That`s really hot ! I feel uncomfortable when it is 86 F !
Temps like yours or Adam`s or Gillian`s are nothing for me.

Bee
That's so funny that's our average on this little island. Maybe slightly lower I get a bit confused converting the temperature from Euro to International

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Sounds a bit like here in Tenerife but we only touched 100

Good afternoon, Mark.
But nice and cool today, eh ?
Lovely, isn't it ?

 

[Mark Tenerife]

Bee
That's so funny that's our average on this little island. Maybe slightly lower I get a bit confused converting the temperature from Euro to International

Actually it's 82 in the shade but windy just put a long sleeved shirt on the wind is a little chilly lol. Mx

 

[Gillian M]

WOW !
Quite gusty winds and burst of rain here!
Not predicted.
The tarpaulin over the plastic cover above the courtyard has blown off the roof into the back garden!
Yaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A bit of excitement in my life.

Hi Adam. Hope you're all well.

So it has started to rain back in Fes? Here it's still relatively hot, though temperature has dropped. Winter is on its way.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

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Beautiful !
And that's pretty hot for the mountains!

 

[Gillian M]

Hi Mark from Tenerife are we allowed to exchange emails on here. I'm new to it all. But you are neighbours just a bit if sea inbetween. Mark

Hi Mark and welcome abroad.

 

[Mark Tenerife]

Hi Adam. Hope you're all well.

So it has started to rain back in Fes? Here it's still relatively hot, though temperature has dropped. Winter is on its way.

Really windy gusts here as well. No rain though :-(

 

[Gillian M]

Just trying to stay cool in the heat, even though it's nowhere near as hot here as where Gillian and Adam are.

Hi Yvonne. Hope you are well.

Is is that hot back there?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hi Adam. Hope you're all well.

So it has started to rain back in Fes? Here it's still relatively hot, though temperature has dropped. Winter is on its way.

Good evening, Gillian.
A short but heavy storm the night before last, a bigger one last evening and then rain through most of the night.
Cooler today, but no rain, yet.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

RYAN AIR PASSENGERS ! ! !
These days they let ALL the passengers off the planes, thus eliminating the need to all clamber to the front the second the aircraft lands.