COLD DARK ROOM

[Bee62]

Good morning, roommates! @JoesMum @Bee62 @Momof4 @Yvonne G and everyone else.
It alternates between rain and sunshine here, but mostly, nearly always, there's something falling from the sky.
We visited a sand sculpture festival on Sunday. I was surprised to learn (1) that there's nothing except sand and water that keeps the sculptures together (the secret is the high content of clay in the sand); (2) frequent Danish rainfall doesn't do any damage to the sculptures - they just absorb all the water and then slowly dry out the excess.
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Wow, these scultures are beautiful and amazing. Thank you for the pics.
There is always something falling from the sky in Denmark ???
Hopefully it is rain and no pee ....... or an airoplane...

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I lived in Weston... surely there's enough clay in that mud in the bay to not need additives!

Good point!
Well made.
But I think the sand at the top of the beach before the several hundred metres of mud is pretty sandy.
I dunno, but they definitely sprayed it but said they didn't.

 

[Gillian M]

We don't get that sort of governmental nanny-state nonsense.
Some people go to the the coast for slightly cooler conditions, but most sit it out, many sleep much of the day in the coolest part of the house.

I do not move till about 6pm. Sun strokes are frightening. "Better be safe than sorry."

Unfortunately, the Gulf of Aqaba is twice as hot Amman. It is nice and warm down there, in Winter, when it's freezing cold in Amman.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

The thing you left behind in the UK

We actually left a load of coats and some woolies behind in a hotel in Paris.
We went on holiday there for a fortnight before going to Fes for the first time, knew we wouldn't go back to the UK, so dumped the stuff, my darling Harrod's overcoat included! Someone got some decent wifey garments, too.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Wow, these scultures are beautiful and amazing. Thank you for the pics.
There is always something falling from the sky in Denmark ???
Hopefully it is rain and no pee ....... or an airoplane...

According to Hans Christian Andersen it rains dead birds.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I do not move till about 6pm. Sun strokes are frightening. "Better be safe than sorry."

Unfortunately, the Gulf of Aqaba is twice as hot Amman. It is nice and warm down there, in Winter, when it's freezing cold in Amman.

I wear a hat.
I am going to hibernate this year, i will keep the Roommates informed as to my progress.

 

[Gillian M]

I wear a hat.
I am going to hibernate this year, i will keep the Roommates informed as to my progress.

I tried wearing a cap, but it annoyed me. So I decided not to move till the sun stops striking like "mad." Know what I mean?

Oh, please do not hibernate. We'll miss you here, and so will the TWO OLIs.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I tried wearing a cap, but it annoyed me. So I decided not to move till the sun stops striking like "mad." Know what I mean?

Oh, please do not hibernate. We'll miss you here, and so will the TWO OLIs.

Sorry, I meant brumate, of course.
Don't wear a cap, they're horrid.
Something like this is much cooler in both senses of the word.

 

[Gillian M]

Sorry, I meant brumate, of course.
Don't wear a cap, they're horrid.
Something like this is much cooler in both senses of the word.
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What a nice pic Adam. GOD bless.

Some people here carry umbrellas. Don't like the idea.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

What a nice pic Adam. GOD bless.

Some people here carry umbrellas. Don't like the idea.

I have several umbrellas, but on the rare occasion it rains here it's usually windy, so the umbrellas don't get used much.
Sorry, I posted my winter hat, I meant to post this:

 

[Gillian M]

I have several umbrellas, but on the rare occasion it rains here it's usually windy, so the umbrellas don't get used much.
Sorry, I posted my winter hat, I meant to post this:
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Was wondering after I posted my alert.

OK that sounds reasonable. What's that patch doing? Hope it's just there for "fun" so as to say. Or have you not eaten cheese for long?

Help yourself please, Adam and everyone else at CDR.

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[Tidgy's Dad]

Was wondering after I posted my alert.

OK that sounds reasonable. What's that patch doing? Hope it's just there for "fun" so as to say. Or have you not eaten cheese for long?

Help yourself please, Adam and everyone else at CDR.

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Thanks, Gillian.
Yuuuuuuummmmmmyyyyyy!!!!!!
The cuttlefish bone is just for a nibble if I feel like a bit of extra calcium.
Obviously.

 

[Gillian M]

Thanks, Gillian.
Yuuuuuuummmmmmyyyyyy!!!!!!
The cuttlefish bone is just for a nibble if I feel like a bit of extra calcium.
Obviously.

Hope you like it, Adam.

 

[Gillian M]

for @Tidgy's Dad .​

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I do like it.
I ate the mouse in a burger with some cheese.
Delicious.

 

[Gillian M]

I do like it.
I ate the mouse in a burger with some cheese.
Delicious.

UGH! The mouse in a burger!! How about a tort in a burger. Just remembered that "camel burgers" are now available in the region. However, I have not yet tried them. Have you?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

UGH! The mouse in a burger!! How about a tort in a burger. Just remembered that "camel burgers" are now available in the region. However, I have not yet tried them. Have you?

Yes.
I rather like camel burgers.
And we sometimes buy camel meat to cook in various other ways, too.
It's quite lovely.

 

[Gillian M]

Yes.
I rather like camel burgers.
And we sometimes buy camel meat to cook in various other ways, too.
It's quite lovely.

Really? That seems to be encouraging. Might try them (camel burgers).

Thanks the info, Adam.

 

[Moozillion]

Hi Bea,
I must have missed this: what did you do about the cats and lovely Elsa and "Jackie"? Looking forward to the postcards.

Friends are house sitting for us. They love our critters and are very diligent!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Friends are house sitting for us. They love our critters and are very diligent!

Good afternoon, Bea