So sorry about your mom. Hope it's fixed and quickly!
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So sorry about your mom. Hope it's fixed and quickly!
Sorry Ed
WALDO!!!!!!!
ZACK!!!!!!!
But Mr Adam encountered some difficulties with his cunning plan.
For example here is the first pet shop he visited:
"Do you sell tortoises ?" Mr Adam inquired, thinking the pet-shop owner looked rather familiar but unable to place him.
"Yes," responded the pet-shop owner, fishing a tortoise out from under the counter. "This is a tortoise."
"It is," agreed Mr Adam instantly recognizing it as a beautiful female Greek tortoise, Testudo graeca. "Do you have any Russians ?"
The pet-shop owner shot him a peculiar look. "Listen, mate, this is a pet shop. I don't know nuffing about any Russians. But there's a very nice Ukrainian family living at number 26."
Mr Adam sighed and asked to see the rest of the stock. They were all Greek tortoises. "I'll take them all anyway," he decided, as they were all bigger than Alfie.
"Feed them cabbage leaves," the pet-shop owner told him. "That's all they need. That and a bowl of water."
Mr Adam sighed again. This outdated pet store information would still be the same in thirty years, he thought. Though he knew from the yet to be invented Tortoise Table that a cabbage only diet was very unhealthy for a tortoise. as it contained goitrogens that interfered with thyroid function and could damage the liver and kidneys.
But as a small part of a nice mixed diet it was probably fine. Mr Adam knew not to trust pet-shop owners, for real up to date tortoise information from experienced keepers one needed to go to Tortoise Forum, in twenty years time, anyway.
The next shop only had sulcata tortoises, Centrochelys sulcata and the next a load of Indian Stars, Geochelone elegans,. Mr Adam bought all those that were bigger than Alfie.
Here is the fourth shop :
"Feed them cabbage leaves," the pet-shop owners all told him. "That's all they need. That and a bowl of water."
The rest of the pet-shops gave the same advice and Mr Adam was forced to buy many different species and types of tortoise as no one had any Russian tortoises.
Here is the fourteenth and final pet shop from Mr Adam's list:
You will notice that this last picture is not photo-shopped. This proves, conclusively that the pet shop owners are not all the same actors.
"Oh!" said Mr Adam. "I'm sorry, I thought this was a pet shop!"
"It was until last Thursday!" said the ex-pet-shop owner. "But we sold all our pets, including 140 Russian tortoises of varying sizes and couldn't get anymore so we are now a Doctor Who Memorabilia store. But I still have one tortoise under the counter, unless you want a Dalek."
"No, thanks," said Mr Adam. "But I'll take the tortoise." It was another simply beautiful female Greek.
And he bought it thinking a lot of pet-shop owners and Greek tortoises looked very similar.
"Feed it cabbage leaves," the ex-pet-shop owner told him. "That's all it needs. And a bowl of water."
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For example here is the first pet shop he visited:
"Do you sell tortoises ?" Mr Adam inquired, thinking the pet-shop owner looked rather familiar but unable to place him.
"Yes," responded the pet-shop owner, fishing a tortoise out from under the counter. "This is a tortoise."
"It is," agreed Mr Adam instantly recognizing it as a beautiful female Greek tortoise, Testudo graeca. "Do you have any Russians ?"
The pet-shop owner shot him a peculiar look. "Listen, mate, this is a pet shop. I don't know nuffing about any Russians. But there's a very nice Ukrainian family living at number 26."
Mr Adam sighed and asked to see the rest of the stock. They were all Greek tortoises. "I'll take them all anyway," he decided, as they were all bigger than Alfie.
"Feed them cabbage leaves," the pet-shop owner told him. "That's all they need. That and a bowl of water."
Mr Adam sighed again. This outdated pet store information would still be the same in thirty years, he thought. Though he knew from the yet to be invented Tortoise Table that a cabbage only diet was very unhealthy for a tortoise. as it contained goitrogens that interfered with thyroid function and could damage the liver and kidneys.
But as a small part of a nice mixed diet it was probably fine. Mr Adam knew not to trust pet-shop owners, for real up to date tortoise information from experienced keepers one needed to go to Tortoise Forum, in twenty years time, anyway.The next shop only had sulcata tortoises, Centrochelys sulcata and the next a load of Indian Stars, Geochelone elegans,. Mr Adam bought all those that were bigger than Alfie.
Here is the fourth shop :
"Feed them cabbage leaves," the pet-shop owners all told him. "That's all they need. That and a bowl of water."
The rest of the pet-shops gave the same advice and Mr Adam was forced to buy many different species and types of tortoise as no one had any Russian tortoises.
Here is the fourteenth and final pet shop from Mr Adam's list:
You will notice that this last picture is not photo-shopped. This proves, conclusively that the pet shop owners are not all the same actors.
"Oh!" said Mr Adam. "I'm sorry, I thought this was a pet shop!"
"It was until last Thursday!" said the ex-pet-shop owner. "But we sold all our pets, including 140 Russian tortoises of varying sizes and couldn't get anymore so we are now a Doctor Who Memorabilia store. But I still have one tortoise under the counter, unless you want a Dalek."
"No, thanks," said Mr Adam. "But I'll take the tortoise." It was another simply beautiful female Greek.
And he bought it thinking a lot of pet-shop owners and Greek tortoises looked very similar.
"Feed it cabbage leaves," the ex-pet-shop owner told him. "That's all it needs. And a bowl of water."
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So sorry to hear this, Ed.
Yvonne seems to be getting a bit carried away with this.
Points for shouting "Waldo" when you see Tidgy in an "Esio Trot" photo are awarded for being the first to post "Waldo" in the Cold Dark Room.
Not on "Esio Trot"
And yes, that's Tidgy's Uncle Zak.
Points for shouting "Waldo" when you see Tidgy in an "Esio Trot" photo are awarded for being the first to post "Waldo" in the Cold Dark Room.
Not on "Esio Trot"
And yes, that's Tidgy's Uncle Zak.
Zak is a good sport! (...and cute, too!Yvonne seems to be getting a bit carried away with this.
Points for shouting "Waldo" when you see Tidgy in an "Esio Trot" photo are awarded for being the first to post "Waldo" in the Cold Dark Room.
Not on "Esio Trot"
And yes, that's Tidgy's Uncle Zak.
)
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I loved it too. My Mum made me a clanger out of an old sock (following instructions on Blue Peter!)That is a Clanger.
The Clangers was a stop-motion animation shown on 1970s children's tv. They lived with the Soup Dragon, Froglets and the Iron Chicken on an unidentified bare-rock planet.
I loved to watch it
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That's terrible!!!
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Oh I hope she is ok Ed. Sending all the best to her..
Posted with Zakariae's permission, of course!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
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Tidgy's Dad, since I am new to this most charming group...you speak of students. What sort of knowledge do you attempt to impart? And what age are they? This is absolutely none of my business...I am curious!
That's fine.
I teach English, for the most part, but other subjects when necessary, too. Physics, maths, geology, astronomy even Latin and my pet subject, palaeontology, on occasion, as well.
I teach from age 14 or 15 right through to university students, including PhD level, and also adults who need English for their work.
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Wow! A man of many talents...I suspected as such! Cool! [emoji2]
I thank you, but to be honest it sounds much more impressive than the reality.
The standards of education here are among the worst in the world, so it doesn't take too much to be able to help people along. .
