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[JoesMum]

Both please!

You should be in the message threads now. Just add your postal address to them

 

[Momof4]

Happy Sunday Morning to all

Rest, relax, chill out, garden, sing, sight see, farm, ride horses, swim, go to yoga, paint, or whatever makes you happy..!

I’m off today on about a 13-15nm paddle. Pix below.. we start off with 2.5 mile open water crossing then circumnavigate the Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge. Then another 2.5 crossing back to our cars.... yeah,

Ciao!

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Does your kayak just live on your car or truck?
I’m assuming you don’t load it & unload it everyday. [emoji23]

I love your photos!!

 

[Momof4]

Happy Monday!!

 

[EllieMay]

You should be in the message threads now. Just add your postal address to them

Thanks Linda & Yvonne[emoji16]

 

[JoesMum]

TORTOISE and Card Exchange participants

Please ensure you add your name and address to the messages.

If you are doing both, you need to do this in both messages.

Please don’t assume your address is there!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good morning all. We had disappointing news from Adam overnight... he won’t be participating in TORTOISE or the Christmas Card exchange this year.

TORTOISE is a sort of not-very-secret Santa... an acronym for Totally Obvious Really The Origin Is Sure Enough.

I just need to look up past posts of Adam’s on the TORTOISE rules and then we’ll launch things tomorrow... October 1st.

Good luck with that, Linda.
It's great fun, but just takes so much time.
And I'm brassic, so no TORTOISE or Fossil Forum Secret Santa for me this year or wifey will kill me.
And i'm just so tired all the time just now.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Happy Sunday Morning to all

Rest, relax, chill out, garden, sing, sight see, farm, ride horses, swim, go to yoga, paint, or whatever makes you happy..!

I’m off today on about a 13-15nm paddle. Pix below.. we start off with 2.5 mile open water crossing then circumnavigate the Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge. Then another 2.5 crossing back to our cars.... yeah,

Ciao!

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Hope you had fun, Mark!
I think I was sleeping, mostly.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

After entertainment for the eyes from Mark, from me a little enterteinment for the ears:
Lionel Ritchie, "Hello"

Beautiful, Bee! ! !

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Morning all. Getting ready to start a 12hr shift at work today. Hope everyone in the CDR is doing well and has a great day!

12 hours! ?
Gosh.
Hi there, Todd.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Oh dear - he really is upset with us!
I wish I knew what we'd done to offend him.
If it is me I'd like to know so that I can apologise - I would never deliberately upset anyone.

No one's upset or offended me.
You're all lovely.
I'll still pop in every now and again, just can't let it take over my life
I have an addictive personality, it's all or nothing, if I play in here, it's 12 hours a day.
Hope that you and Lola are well, Lyn.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

That’s sad about Adam but I’m sure excited about the other

Don't be sad, be happy.
The "other" is great fun.
Hi, Heather.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

No, I don't think that's the case. Like Lena said, he's just ready to move on.

Indeed.
But not entirely.
I'll pop in to say "BOO ! ! !", sometimes.
Hi, Yvonne!
Oh, and :
BOO ! ! !

 

[JoesMum]

Adam! I am delighted to not see you pop in! Try not to be a stranger.

Give our love to Wifey and Tidgy

 

[Toddrickfl1]

12 hours! ?
Gosh.
Hi there, Todd.

Hey there Adam, glad your Poppin in. 12 hours is a long day but we come out of the freezer every 2hrs for a 20 minute break so it breaks up the shift nicely and I usually only work 4 days a week I've just been picking up a lot of extra days to try and keep my mind occupied since the passing of my father. I know what you mean about the addictive personality. Me and FB have a love hate relationship. I get on it a little then find myself using it all the time then I end up deactivating it a few months, then repeat the process lol

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

You don`t have to apologise Lyn. You`ve done nothing wrong. It is Adam who has his own problems I think. We haven`t offended him.

No problems.
I have plenty of cheese at the moment.
Just look at this lot I had for my birthday from Jane.

With biscuits, crackers, spicy gooseberry jelly, chocolates and , of course, Champagne.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hi, Roomies!
Although I’m not on the forum MUCH, I’m not TOTALLY gone.[emoji6]
Elsa and I are both excited about helping with the TORTOISE drawing!
AND we’re participating in the card exchange. [emoji2][emoji2][emoji2]

Hi, Mooz!
Nice to see you'll be having fun again this Christmas.
Love to Elsa and Hubby. (And you, of course!)
But no mention of Jacques? Now I'm worried.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Adam is simply taking time off with wife and tortoise. All is well with them. Regarding the sketching of tortoises, here is a sketch I find to be wonderfully done …View attachment 253023 the woman who drew this has the username of…all I’ve got is her email address and I hold those in close.
I contacted her and she drew this of my tortoise “Little Ricky”. She used ink which is unforgiving if y’all make a mistake. View attachment 253024

That's truly beautifully done!
Hi, Ken!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Here are some pictures I emailed her to use for my sketch she made of “Little Ricky”View attachment 253057View attachment 253058

I had this made for me as a birthday surprise which i think is pretty nice :

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I don't think it was you. I think there are other things going on. He will come back when he wants to.

Quite right, quite right.
And here he is.
Hi, Carol.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Fanfare!

The official launch of TORTOISE 2018 - done as a JPEG so even app users can save a copy for reference.

Many thanks to Bea and Elsa for stepping forward to substitute for Adam and Tidgy.

I shall be liaising with Yvonne to get everyone added to new Private Message threads for each. Please bare with me if there are one or two delays!

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And the Christmas Card Exchange launch too!
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Brilliant, Linda, simply brilliant!
I couldn't have done it that well, or even close.