COLD DARK ROOM

[Bee62]

Good morning!!! Hope today is great everywhere in the world!

In my corner of the world it is ! Thank you and hoping you have a nice relaxed day too.

 

[Bee62]

Well better than street corners.
Do the ladies have to sit on the top?

I don`t want to imagine that !

 

[Bee62]

Isn’t that called Yellow Journalism. !

Indeed yellow !

 

[rjamesbeasley]

@rjamesbeasley, with respect to the others, we have actually kept a Testudo (greek rather than Hermann’s, but the care is broadly the same) outdoors in the UK for 47 years!

You should be fine without a heat source in the shelter.

It would be better placed on bare earth than the patio and I have told you this already.

I know it is only for nights and therefore the size is fine.

Joe mostly made his own mind up where to sleep and, pretty frequently, I didn’t agree. The trick to getting them to sleep in your night accommodation with fewer objections is to wait until your tort has cooled down before you move him into it. Do it too early and he’ll want out. Do it at dusk and you have a much better chance of success.

I think I gave you this link to my thread about outdoor accommodation in the UK, but here it is again
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/outdoor-accommodation-in-a-colder-uk-climate.140866/

Hello guys, sorry I haven't been on in a little bit, but quite a lot has happened...
Now i know that I'm not supposed from talk tortoise advice in here but I don't know where else all you wonderful people are in one place so please excuse this question;
I have bought some Coco coir bedding and prepared it, as well as the perspex, the only trouble is, I've got a bit of a competition on my hands. Which shelter is best to fully rennovate as i don't have enough materials for both!

 

[rjamesbeasley]

Here are some pics of the contestants...

 

[rjamesbeasley]

P.s. naughty James for putting newspaper in!!

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Sounds like a good plan.
I wish you luck with your pension checks. ( have I got it right that a doctor decides after the checks if you can retire or not ? )

No
I can retire because I have over 30 years at my job. (36 actually)
It's a Union job with as pension.
I'd need a doctor to collect on Social Security.

 

[Bee62]

No
I can retire because I have over 30 years at my job. (36 actually)
It's a Union job with as pension.
I'd need a doctor to collect on Social Security.

Ah, now I got it. Thank you.

 

[Moozillion]

I imagine he's just having a rough patch.
Doesn't feel like talking or maybe embarrassed by a situation. I/we can only guess and theorize because of my own reasons.
When there are lots of bad things going on, sometimes the LAST thing you want to do is talk about them.
But it usually has a cylce. So better times most often come back around.

So true.
You are a wise and kind man, Ed. [emoji173]️

 

[Yvonne G]

Feel free to call me with some if that free phone time.
I'll soon have loads of extra time to talk.
I retire in the 31st.

HA!! (free time). I was busier after I retired than I was while working!

 

[Moozillion]

Frightening ?????? I would love it !
I have to work until I am 65 to get my retirement. That is frightening !
Come on Ed, you are having so many hobbies and your family and you are still young. The world is yours when you retire !!!!

Retiring at 63 was very difficult for me. As much as I desperately needed out, I felt I still had a lot to offer and wasn’t really ready to sit on the sidelines while everyone else made contributions to the world. I went back to work part time and am much happier. I’m very grateful to have options available to me.

I see Ed as a “can-do” kind of guy. Even if it makes sense from a physical or medical point of view, it can be very hard to feel like you’re out of the game.

 

[Yvonne G]

I actually have a plan.
It's to be out for my mandatory 12 months, then return to work within the school district.
I'll soon have 2 pension checks.....

I retired then signed on with a contracting firm, and did the same job I was doing as an employee. Lots more money, but no benefits.

 

[Kristoff]

Good.
Thanks.
Have things settled down there?

We’re in Denmark for another year, with a lot of uncertainty after that. But we’re certainly (or I should say almost, 99.9%, certainly) not returning to Turkey in the short to medium run.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

The insurance alone is over $600 a month

 

[Kristoff]

Good morning Lena! Your fast this morning!! I’ve only managed 1/2 of my first, fed my tort babes, and climbed back in bed in my pj’s... Hope you have a wonderful Monday !!!

I climbed back into my pjs now. Maybe can catch a nap before dinner. [emoji23]

 

[rjamesbeasley]

The insurance alone is over $600 a month

 

[Kristoff]

Feel free to call me with some if that free phone time.
I'll soon have loads of extra time to talk.
I retire in the 31st.

Congrats! [emoji173]️

 

[Kristoff]

Isn’t that called Yellow Journalism. !

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[Kristoff]

Was it the BBC .......
or the Pee Pee See?

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[Kristoff]

I'll bet I can!
Out of work at 53.
Its frightening.

Work is overrated