COLD DARK ROOM

[Lyn W]

Morning all, I hope you have a good day!View attachment 342185
I feel extremely ill today, just suddenly a cold, but that's fine.
I have a question for the CDR, any language learners here? I'm studying Norwegian. Not many people like learning languages, so it'll be intresting to hear if anyone does.
Anyway, have a good day!

Have you tested for covid?
Quite a few family and friends that have tested positive say they just have cold like symptoms.
It's on the rise here again but thanks to the jabs the effects are far milder than they were.
I hope you are feeling better soon.
Good luck with the Norwegian!

 

[Lyn W]

Thank you very much. I will add those to our list. My husband is very good at remembering the words - unlike me - and if we meet another person of that nationality, they are often really delighted when he says the appropriate word while producing Zola !!! It is like a sort of compliment to their nationality !
Angie

If you use Google Translate you can find the translation in dozens of languages.
The Welsh for tortoise is crwban (pronounced crewban)

 

[Cathie G]

My second last ex-husband and I took German as that is my heritage...it seems like months...and for me it was living in a world where I did not understand anything it was awful, yet my husband was getting fluent, (that rat bast*rd). So when the class was over he spoke fairly decent German, and I learned how to say..."please, where is das tolette?"

I know what you mean

 

[Cathie G]

If you use Google Translate you can find the translation in dozens of languages.
The Welsh for tortoise is crwban (pronounced crewban)

I like the word skilpad it reminds me of how much skill they have

 

[Cathie G]

I agree, language is a beautiful thing. It connects us with our ancestors, even a past we don't know about. It's something we have in common with people that lived too far back to be documented, it creates a great sense of familiarity. But here I go off again with all this philosophy stuff (I know that Europeans are cautious after a certain Austrian man went too far, but I agree, it's normally the first reason to learn a language)

Now u have me curious what in the heck are you talking about...bout the Austrian man and the Europeans and such stuff

 

[Yvonne G]

Now u have me curious what in the heck are you talking about...bout the Austrian man and the Europeans and such stuff

I was assuming that hitler was austrian????

 

[Cathie G]

I was assuming that hitler was austrian????

Well... I can see why in that case, people would come up with new words and signs

 

[Cathie G]

I've been playing with my new toy.an old CD by the juds. Greatest hits. It's done me a world of good.

 

[TheLastGreen]

Have you tested for covid?
Quite a few family and friends that have tested positive say they just have cold like symptoms.
It's on the rise here again but thanks to the jabs the effects are far milder than they were.
I hope you are feeling better soon.
Good luck with the Norwegian!

Thanks! No, not yet, my little brother was the first one that got sick, so he'll be testing today, but we'll see if I'll have to go

 

[TheLastGreen]

I like the word skilpad it reminds me of how much skill they have

It's weird, I've always wondered where the word comes from
Skil means peel, like banana peel, and pad means road.
But I think it comes from Dutch and is supposed to be skildpad in more recent Afrikaans, meaning shield toad, pad can mean frog or road in Dutch, but it's actually schildpad, schild can mean peel or shell, so it's actually shell toad. (Schil also means peel)

 

[TheLastGreen]

Now u have me curious what in the heck are you talking about...bout the Austrian man and the Europeans and such stuff

Yes, it was the guy Yvonne mentioned. I know you can get banned if you mention his name in some places, so I didn't want to take a chance

 

[MenagerieGrl]

Ok anyone, my brother brought these cactus buds for Opo to eat. He got them from a customer.
Does anyone know the type of cactus?
View attachment 342218

Ray, those are Cactus fruit, similar to Dragon Fruit (another type of Cactus Fruit). Cut it open and there are a LOT of lil tiny seeds, peel the skin off and eat, the one's I'm used to see are usually Redder.

 

[Lyn W]

I like the word skilpad it reminds me of how much skill they have

British Sign Language for tortoise is to make a fist with one hand with the thumb on top, then place the other hand over it and wiggle the thumb.

 

[Lyn W]

Good morning all, we've had a chilly start but the sun has got his hat on again so it should soon warm up.
I've been raking the dead grass out of Lola's patch and left a nice pile for the birds to use for their nest building.
I'm waiting for a parcel to arrive and hopefully it won't be too late as I want to go and visit my new great nephew
Lola still hasn't surfaced yet; he's changed his eating habits again and while he likes to have a nibble of food in the morning, he won't eat the rest of it until just before he settles down for the night. He's very active so I wonder if this is the time of year he would be looking for a mate and if this takes priority over food? The longer I've had him the more of a tortoise detective I've become.
Anyway hope you all have a good Thursday.
TTFN

 

[TheLastGreen]

British Sign Language for tortoise is to make a fist with one hand with the thumb on top, then place the other hand over it and wiggle the thumb.
View attachment 342248

I love that! I like that you have to move your thumb like a tort head

Good morning all, we've had a chilly start but the sun has got his hat on again so it should soon warm up.
I've been raking the dead grass out of Lola's patch and left a nice pile for the birds to use for their nest building.
I'm waiting for a parcel to arrive and hopefully it won't be too late as I want to go and visit my new great nephew
Lola still hasn't surfaced yet; he's changed his eating habits again and while he likes to have a nibble of food in the morning, he won't eat the rest of it until just before he settles down for the night. He's very active so I wonder if this is the time of year he would be looking for a mate and if this takes priority over food? The longer I've had him the more of a tortoise detective I've become.
Anyway hope you all have a good Thursday.
TTFN

Do enjoy visiting your new great nephew!

 

[TheLastGreen]

Good day all!
@Lyn W I actually also have a package coming. Today I ordered Zvezda's Winter hay, a whole load of 5kg. It should take her a decent part into the Winter.
Now that you mention tort behaviours, a freak thunderstorm appeared here. I went out to get Zvezda to find her marching around, then stopping to eat grass, then continuing to march in her outside enclosure. It really made me smile seeing her march around. She then plonked herself beneath some tall hanging grass when she either saw me or felt the thunder. I love seeing them be active like that

 

[zolasmum]

British Sign Language for tortoise is to make a fist with one hand with the thumb on top, then place the other hand over it and wiggle the thumb.
View attachment 342248

Thank you very much for this information - somehow I had never really considered what that sign would be - it will be easy to remember.
Angie

 

[MenagerieGrl]

So, I have some searching to do.....I pulled My Seymour out to feed him some cactus pad on the kitchen floor, got distracted and the lil bugger Ate, then forced his way out the patio screen door. He is wandering around my back yard. Fortunately is has not been terribly cold out at night, and today should be in the mid 70's.
It's about a quarter after 9 now. Which means he should be waking up and starting to wander/forage again.
I have yard clean up to do, so I will be canvassing my yard all day . . .
That Lil Bugger.
Now I need to train him so when he does this, he knows how to come back in like my ex-room mates Sulcata, Pee Wee.

 

[Cathie G]

British Sign Language for tortoise is to make a fist with one hand with the thumb on top, then place the other hand over it and wiggle the thumb.
View attachment 342248

I'll have to show Joe this. He may already know but I didn't.. thanks it will help our cherades game.

 

[Cathie G]

Thank you very much for this information - somehow I had never really considered what that sign would be - it will be easy to remember.
Angie

I think sign may be universal which is even more interesting. The deaf can't hear yet they can talk to each other maybe even better than with people that speak different languages. I don't know it well but I've found that a lot of families with a deaf person don't learn it either. I do think that has helped Joe communicate with the public better though. We write back and forth, use some sign and cherades that we know.