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Are you planning on getting a tortoise or a turtle?
I'm afraid that won't be big enough for an adult tortoise, good as a starter home for a baby. :)
Turtle. What I've been looking for is an eastern painted turtle. But I'm starting to look at a couple of other possibilities now also. I don't want any that will outgrow this tank right now so that does limit me somewhat lol. The pet store sales RES but they get bigger than I'd like.
 

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Howdy everyone! I ran the weedeater this a.m. until my battery ran out of juice. Tried to put it on the charger but couldn't get the charger's light to show 'green.' It kept blinking red. That means the battery isn't put in correctly. Dang! I tried and tried and couldn't get it to work. So I'm out of commission with the weedeater.
 

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Turtle. What I've been looking for is an eastern painted turtle. But I'm starting to look at a couple of other possibilities now also. I don't want any that will outgrow this tank right now so that does limit me somewhat lol. The pet store sales RES but they get bigger than I'd like.
A little mud or musk turtle would do nicely. They are pretty people friendly and awfully cute.
 

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I darned well hope not! :eek:
Pretend Chat's still going on quite happily after it reached that total.
Rest assured, the CDR will continue as long as there are posts in it. Reason we had to make a second 'Chat' was Josh's other Forum program didn't have enough memory (????? wrong word, I'm sure) and it kept stalling because the chat was so big. Josh has since updated the Forum and we can just talk to our heart's content.
 

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Howdy everyone! I ran the weedeater this a.m. until my battery ran out of juice. Tried to put it on the charger but couldn't get the charger's light to show 'green.' It kept blinking red. That means the battery isn't put in correctly. Dang! I tried and tried and couldn't get it to work. So I'm out of commission with the weedeater.
Well, DARN! You'll just have to sit at the computer and cruise TFO all day...or maybe take a nap (that's what I'd do!!! :p)
;)
 

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Howdy everyone! I ran the weedeater this a.m. until my battery ran out of juice. Tried to put it on the charger but couldn't get the charger's light to show 'green.' It kept blinking red. That means the battery isn't put in correctly. Dang! I tried and tried and couldn't get it to work. So I'm out of commission with the weedeater.
Oh, dear! Not a good start to the day. :(
Hope it improves for you this afternoon,Yvonne. :)
 

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A little mud or musk turtle would do nicely. They are pretty people friendly and awfully cute.
Yes, how about a musk turtle, Dan?:):<3::tort:
@DE42 ?
They're great and we don't have one owned by anyone in the Cold Dark Room, I don't think.
Or a mud turtle! Moozillion's Jacques is just adorable:):<3::tort:
 

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I know.
I have done it myself in the past on occasion.
But there will be a prize for this and I don't want a repeat of what happened on Pretend Chat. :)
Noted. And would not spoil it for you at all. In fact I haven't managed to come onlune the whole day. Until now. Doing a quick catch up then to sleep for me as tomorrow is another busy day.
 

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She appears to be doing great!
She keeps wanting to bask (float basking a lot) but I removed the one involved in the accident, the next one was not satisfactory, the next one developed great gobs of fuzzy mild or something, so I’m trying to build a plastic one, post haste. I want her to be able to raise her body temperature at will, so I’ve got to have one that she can get completely out of the water on.
Been working feverishly today, and hope to have photos for you tomorrow! (IF my phone will behave...[emoji853])
Shame Bea. Her floating basking spot seems to be a problem child. What about adding a 2nd tank at height level for a more or less dry dock and basking spot. Then she can go in and out if the water when she wants. Sort of a mini version of that fancy tank i posted a couple of days ago.
Let me see if I can find it again. Couldn't find it. But here is a different pic as an example.Screenshot_20180306-224846.jpg
 

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Mostly.
Ish.
We're GMT in winter and 'spring forwards' an hour at the same time, or roughly,and 'fall back' at the same time or nearly.
But we also have an extra 'fall back' for Ramadan and an accompanying 'spring forwards' again just after it finishes.
Four clock changes! Most annoying.
That is just confusing.
 

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Thanks bunches, Adam.
I am a bit obsessed about getting Jacques' basking platform JUST right. It's silly, but oh, well.
I really need to unwind a little about this whole incident, from the near-drowning to the pneumonia and the extended hospital stay. My perfectionist tendencies are going full-bore and that's not really good for me, my blood pressure or the people around me!!!!!!! :confused::confused::confused:
Oh dear. Big hug for you.
 

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