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[CarolM]

I’m so proud of myself today!!
I hate needles and the Dr. talked me into getting my tetanus shot!!
You know what?? It didn’t even hurt!!!
My next goal is to get my blood labs because it’s been 9yrs!!

Why did you need a tetanus shot by the way?

 

[CarolM]

I really respect a lot of California's efforts. I was considering declawing our kitten "Dilly" and heard on the news that California had banned that. It's not just declawing it's amputation of the ends of their fingers. I couldn't and wouldn't assign him to dealing with phantom pain for the rest of his life. He didn't kill my pet praying mantis and he still has his fingers.

I feel the same way. If we want to domesticate wild animals then we must accept the consequences of their idiosyncrasies.

 

[CarolM]

Something like that would definitely affect you!
Must have been horrible for you.
I remember having a booster jab when I was about 5 and struggled like mad - even called the nurse a bugger - much to my mother's embarrassment!
I came away with a long scratch across my backside as a result of my antics - served me right!
I can still picture that episode and see the nurse - her name was Nurse Hawkins.

Wow, You have a very good memory!!

 

[CarolM]

Ah, ok. . . now I get it.

I still don't.

 

[CarolM]

It makes me cringe inside whenever I see those plastic bottle-filled beaches

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It's disgusting! I donated to 4ocean :https://4ocean.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw1...hafSQla847PJm1G2dh5nOgXZ872im_FgaAs9yEALw_wcB

But it really should be taken care of by those jerks who toss their bottles instead of putting them in the garbage.

Thank goodness our beaches don't look like that. But that is not to say that there are is no rubbish on them. But there are lots of people who take time out of their weekends and go and clean up the beaches.

 

[CarolM]

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Oh snap!

LOL. Last night I had a big cockroach in my room. So I just told Jarrod that if he did not want me to kill it then he better come and catch it. Which he did. Saved me the trouble of finding a shoe and trying to get the thing in the right position so that I could squash it.

 

[CarolM]

My Solarmeter is arriving before 8 tomorrow so I'm off to bed to try to sleep and make sure I'm not just up but dressed when the postman knocks.
Whether I'll sleep or not at this early hour is another thing but I'll try.
So Nos Da fellow CDRers and see you on the morrow!
Take care.

Take care too.

 

[CarolM]

When I was in 2nd grade, I found one of my bully male classmates pulling the legs off a praying mantis.

I love praying mantises, and hated the bully, so I took him on and actually beat the crap out of him! I just couldn't fathom why the playground monitor didn't see the issue my way. There was a bit of a ruckus, then it was over.

Being a kind, sweet little girl who defended wildlife, I only was ever in one more fistfight. I was 9 or 10, and it was with the neighbor boy.

Had nothing to do with wildlife...we simply hated each other. We were evenly matched, so our moms said "it was bound to happen sooner or later".

A black eye hurts...that was the end of my fighting career.

Whahaha. That is so funny and good for you. I am always for woman power!! Don't rile us up, as we will fight back and we don't pull our punches.

 

[CarolM]

Ok here are some pics. None at the park but they will be coming. These are family pics.View attachment 269020 View attachment 269021 View attachment 269022

What a gorgeous family you have.

 

[CarolM]

That is the problem. The Carolines

Carol in Carolyn (it’s my middle name too) pronounced Carol-in... and nobody seems to get it right

I would pronounce mine more like Carol-Lin

 

[CarolM]

Yes you can insulate them - I did. And you can buy insulated kennels too

I will have to look and see if we can get them here and what the cost would be compared to doing it myself. As I still have to get it past hubby!!

 

[CarolM]

Erm... yes! [emoji23]

They were actually members of my Moderator forum. And I had met a couple of them before. But as my, then, teenagers put it...

“So you’re going to a pub in a town you don’t know to meet a bunch of blokes who you only know through the internet... and you’re an eSafety trainer”

I know them all quite well now.

Whahaha

 

[CarolM]

Good mornooning everyone! There was a lot to catch up on this morning!

Lovely to see Ray and his family in the flesh. The boys look so pleased at being photographed with Opo

I made steady improvement yesterday. The back of my knee is still quite tender, but the spasms in my calf are fewer and less severe. I can take weight on the foot now and could do with a walking stick rather than crutches as I just need something to stop me wobbling if the muscle gets me.

I think the Baker’s Cyst is looking quite likely as the cause now I have read up on it. I’ll see what the physio says next week.

I looked it up. It looks quite painful.

 

[CarolM]

Good Mornooning All,

I am so glad it is FRIDAY!!!! Yayyyy, weekend here we come. Last night I had a horrible dream. I dreamt that I had another car accident. That I was going to park in the parking lot at the shops, but my brakes would not work, as much as I tried pushing on them it still would not work. I even tried pulling the hand brake (which the Prius does not have) it still would not work and as a consequence I went into the front of another car. I wonder if the universe is trying to tell me to not drive a car? Anyway we had some really good rain yesterday and the sun is out today. I am hoping that with the rain that we received, the egg in my garden would hatch, but I did not see anything this morning. Sigh, this egg is stressing me big time. Oh well, I should most probably not watch the egg anymore and then it might hatch. Have an awesome Friday everyone.

 

[Ray--Opo]

What a gorgeous family you have.

Thank you

 

[Lyn W]

When I was in 2nd grade, I found one of my bully male classmates pulling the legs off a praying mantis.

I love praying mantises, and hated the bully, so I took him on and actually beat the crap out of him! I just couldn't fathom why the playground monitor didn't see the issue my way. There was a bit of a ruckus, then it was over.

Being a kind, sweet little girl who defended wildlife, I only was ever in one more fistfight. I was 9 or 10, and it was with the neighbor boy.

Had nothing to do with wildlife...we simply hated each other. We were evenly matched, so our moms said "it was bound to happen sooner or later".

A black eye hurts...that was the end of my fighting career.

Well done to you!
Hope it taught him a lesson!

 

[Lyn W]

My news station has actually aired that wildlife is eating plastic. They can't tell the difference. I saw proof of that in a pet shop recently. My heart was breaking but I couldn't help them.

There are some terrible examples of dead sea birds, dolphins, turtles, whales etc that have all died as a result of plastic.
In fact microplastics are turning up in the fish we eat now so it's even making its way into our food chains.
It's true - what goes around comes around!

 

[Lyn W]

Ok here are some pics. None at the park but they will be coming. These are family pics.View attachment 269020 View attachment 269021 View attachment 269022

A lovely family picture. Your grandsons are handsome little chaps and Opo is obviously enjoying the attention.
He's bigger than I imagined and a great looking tort.

 

[Lyn W]

What in the world is a solarmeter? But sleep well.

It's to test the uvb levels in Lola's bulbs.
Not cheap - but in the long run it may save me some money in replacing mvbs.
I tend to replace them every 6 - 9 months in case the uvb output has weakened, but hopefully this meter will help me be more accurate.

 

[Lyn W]

Good luck, Lyn. Hope all goes well.

Thanks Gillian first attempts are a bit painful, but at least I'm in matching slippers now!