COLD DARK ROOM

[Bee62]

Caught up today's posts at last - don't know how Adam manages to read months worth!
I find it easier to start with the most recent posts and work backwards that way I don't repeat what others have said.
Hope you are all having a good weekend so far!
I may be taking my nephew to Cardiff airport tomorrow then spending some time at the nearby coast - maybe Barrybados!
(Usually known as Barry Island - or more recently renamed as Whitmore Bay)
We'll probably end up somewhere a bit quieter but hopefully there will be some sea breezes to cool things down - the heat has been unbearable here today!

Hi Lyn. Good to see you ( not lying under your scrubs )

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Here's me.

 

[Bee62]

Well, the comments seem to have just petered out, rather.
But thank you, carol for organizing the World Cup thingy, it was great fun.
And congratulations to Todd for being so good at his predictions to win the thing.
I operated a thread over on the Fossil Forum with a person representing each country in the competition and getting points for the results, predictions and games and quizzes and questions about football, fossils and even a few on tortoises.
I had thirty two players, one representing each country, a mix of males and females from about twenty countries with an age range from teenage to late sixties. Much more cosmopolitan than the real world cup! Lots of other people joined in too!
It received 4.658 posts and was viewed 41,622 times, the biggest thread in Fossil Forum history!
Here is the Tidgy emoji they made for me.

And :

Great, hey?

That is really funny. Tidgy playing football. How good is she ?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yes I know. I have been reduced to reading the posts from the beginning just to get the feeling that he is here. It is about time he came back. And started adding his unique sense of humour to the mix again. Besides I need some points. CHEESE.

Here have some. Maybe add some to some crackers. That should hopefully get Adam cracking and coming back.

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Points!
(if I were still giving them).
I have bought a new sense of humour.
It feels different, this time.
Nearly home!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Here is me the only girl.

Edit. P.S the girl in the back round is WHAT I would like my silhouette to look like though.

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Very nice!
Good looking family.
I've always liked blondes !

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

How old do you think I am guys?

82?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I think you got a picture of me on a Christmas card! Here’s a refresher
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That's better!
Very smiley and pretty!
Better than the grumpy "in the hairdresser's" look.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

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Here’s half of my brood!

Very nice!
Lots of different, but beautiful, smiles.
All the eyes look sparkly and happy too.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Gillian write in other threads, but not here...
There is only one person that can bring her back; @Gillian Moore

Boris Johnson?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Certainly looks it!
All he needs is to tear his clothes and turn green and he could be the Incredible Hulk.

It's Oli Kahn
The Incredible Sulk!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Here in the U.S., if we don't have an electric or gas type clothes drier, we hang our laundry on the clothes line.

I'll add my picture to the mix:

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I sent away for a peel off facial mask. Pretty scary, huh?

Here's what I look like normally:

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The first one is absolutely terrifying!
The second one is completely delightful.
Still got it, Yvonne!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Okay.
Here I am. Sweating..... uhhh, it is so hot ....

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And the most delightful smile and eyes of them all!
Mirror! Mirror!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Here’s a pic from 2015 when my family went to visit Yvonne.
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Lovely!
It's great when TFOers meet up.
I'll be meeting my second Roommate in four or five weeks, hopefully.

 

[Bee62]

Promised pics! I’ll do better next time but i got overloaded today.... past my bedtime folks!!

What a lovely place to live. The lake, the properties and everyone has a boat. That looks very nice. Thank you for the pics.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Here’s a rare one that includes me. Usually I’m the photographer! (Thank goodness for selfies...)
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Delightful!
What an adorable photograph of all three of you!
Pretty, pretty.

 

[Bee62]

The new play pen for Pickles and Crusher ( those are my torts)

These are nice play pens for your torts. Do you have a mesh over them against predators when the torts are out ?

 

[Bee62]

I have recently made friends with a couple of very nice young mothers in Canada who go fossil collecting with their young daughters. They have been kind enough to send me lots of Canadian Ordovician fossils and slightly younger Devonian ones.View attachment 247287
Here are just a few plus some they collected in New York.
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These next ones were a prize for a competition i won.
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And from the other lady :
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And a piece of rare and valuable ammolite (a unique mineral replacing the shell of an ammonite) With some Canadian candies.
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Some of them are looking very interesting for me, others not so much.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I don’t take many pictures anymore, but here’s one of a polar bear, well, chilling at the zoo:
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They also had a sand sculpture festival going on. Here are a few examples of the works:
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I worked at a sand sculpture festival once.
Not artistically, just collecting and moving sand, mixing it with the right amount of water, compacting it and using a chemical to help protect it.
Hard work but very interesting seeing what the artist's could create.

 

[Kristoff]

Here's me.
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Hello, handsome! I don’t believe we have met...

 

[Bee62]

Oh, another photo of the ammolite
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This one is beautiful with all its colors.