Its oh so quiet Shh Shh [Archive] - Page 22

drache

11-01-2008, 03:29 PM

anybody here watch "Dexter"?
we don't have cable, so we're renting when it comes out on DVD
not sure what season it's on right now, but we finished season 2, and season 3 isn't coming out for a while (don't anybody tell me what happens) - I'm already in withdrawal

on a happier note
the vet says that the two older lesions look great
just that the new one needs to be opened, so he's taking Drache back to Pennsylvania, and we'll meet up again at the White Plains Expo (the one I can get to by train)
photos of Drache's head as it currently looks can be pmd upon request
he also told me that my babies (he took the rest of Sammy's) are doing great and that they seem to be turning olive green
of course he loves the poster

Stefan-A

11-01-2008, 03:38 PM

anybody here watch "Dexter"?
we don't have cable, so we're renting when it comes out on DVD
not sure what season it's on right now, but we finished season 2, and season 3 isn't coming out for a while (don't anybody tell me what happens) - I'm already in withdrawal
I watch it. :) It's season 3, they've only aired 5 episodes so far. Don't worry, I'm not going to tell anyone what happens. :) Except if they ask and even then I'll just lie.

on a happier note
the vet says that the two older lesions look great
just that the new one needs to be opened, so he's taking Drache back to Pennsylvania, and we'll meet up again at the White Plains Expo (the one I can get to by train)
photos of Drache's head as it currently looks can be pmd upon request
he also told me that my babies (he took the rest of Sammy's) are doing great and that they seem to be turning olive green
of course he loves the poster
Good news. :) (pm me)

GartersRock

11-01-2008, 04:53 PM

Oh, good grief. Remember the link about the lady who was killed by her retic here in Va? Well, Craig's List is now full of burms, rtb's, etc... some ads state that that is the reason they are getting rid of them. I suppose there will be a huge rash of dumped large breeds now...

:rolleyes: And they probably want like a ton of money too right? Gosh, people can be so stupid.... :confused:

adamanteus

11-01-2008, 05:47 PM

I've just been writing my Christmas list..... some fool asked me what I would like!

North American Water Snakes. Genus Nerodia – Ecology & Natural History (Gibbons & Dorcas) £61-
Florida’s Snakes (Bartlett & Bartlett). £17.50
Common Snakes of India & Burma and How to Recognise Them. (Cazaly) £95-
The Snakes of Thailand and Their Husbandry (Cox/Merel) £55.50
Photographic Guide to Snakes and Reptiles of Borneo (Das) £7.99
Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Sri Lanka (Das) £7.99
Snakes of Arabia (Gasperetti) £118-
Snakes of The Southeast (Gibbons/Dorcas) £17.95
Amphibians & Reptiles of Baja California (Grismer) £62-
Snakes of Taiwan (Kunz) £19-
Snakes of Virginia (Linzey/Clifford) £13.50
Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California (McPeak) £11.50
Homalopsid Snakes-Evolution in The Mud (Murphy) £46-
The Garter Snakes of Western North America (VanDenburgh/Slevin) £18-

I'll probably get a lovely woollen jumper with skiers on it!:rolleyes:

Stefan-A

11-01-2008, 06:05 PM

Interesting list. :)

I don't bother with lists anymore. If I actually tell somebody what I want, they'll buy the wrong thing or something completely random that I would never even wish for. I find that I get the best gifts when I don't give people any hints and they just give up and give me cash instead. Sort of irritating, I admit, since I actually get other people the things they wish for.

But I ain't bitter.

adamanteus

11-01-2008, 06:08 PM

I don't don't know why I bother with the list either..... I know I'll get novelty musical socks or a coffee mug with my name on it!
I guess the book list is a kind of prayer!

crzy_kevo

11-01-2008, 06:11 PM

funny i always get exactly what i ask for lkike last year i asked for parts for my computer from my dad and what do you know i got the parts i asked for like my motherboard processor and video card :D

adamanteus

11-01-2008, 06:13 PM

I guess most of the things I would like are not readily available in the local shops, so people give up before they start.

anji1971

11-01-2008, 07:36 PM

I got a bigger house for my snakes, and Christmas isn't even here yet!:D

Garter_Gertie

11-01-2008, 07:37 PM

I got a bigger house for my snakes, and Christmas isn't even here yet!:D

Anji, you're back! It's so good to see you again - you have been sorely missed!

anji1971

11-01-2008, 07:39 PM

Thank you, Gertie. :)
I am back, and I'll try to stay that way. I've missed it here too.

Stefan-A

11-01-2008, 07:39 PM

Welcome back, Anji. :)http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/../images/smilies/smile.gif

adamanteus

11-01-2008, 07:41 PM

Indeed. Welcome back to the fold, Anji! I certainly missed seeing you online. XX

anji1971

11-01-2008, 07:46 PM

Awww, thanks guys. :):o
I didn't mean to worry anyone with my absence. I'm truly glad to be back.
And I'll post some pictures of the Eastern girls' new house soon. Deejay, Chili and Autumn are all living together now, and the babies have been upgraded to a bigger house too. It's a happy place.;):)

Lori P

11-01-2008, 09:27 PM

ANJI!!! I missed you!! I looked EVERYWHERE for you. I literally walked from one end of Canada to the other. Really. :D:D

Welcome back!!!! :)

Garter_Gertie

11-01-2008, 09:35 PM

ANJI!!! I missed you!! I looked EVERYWHERE for you. I literally walked from one end of Canada to the other. Really. :D:D

Welcome back!!!! :)

Lori... (sigh) I think your fever's working on you. You nut! LOL!!!

drache

11-02-2008, 04:56 AM

good to have you back, Anji

Lulu Bennett

11-02-2008, 05:46 AM

Welcome back Anji, :D

dashnu

11-02-2008, 07:22 AM

I love AL YouTube - I hate when that happens! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D6zk9V7b2A)

Pretty great how he introduces the LD50 part of this video.

Stefan-A

11-02-2008, 07:37 AM

Damn YouTube somehow managed to delete my subscription to his videos.

anji1971

11-02-2008, 12:20 PM

ANJI!!! I missed you!! I looked EVERYWHERE for you. I literally walked from one end of Canada to the other. Really. :D:D

Welcome back!!!!

Well, you obviously missed a spot, didn't ya??:D

good to have you back, Anji

Welcome back Anji,

Thanks for the warm welcome-back, everyone. It makes me feel all special........;):D
I missed you guys too.

jitami

11-02-2008, 01:32 PM

Aw, welcome back Anji!!!

(we've always known you were special :p)

Snake lover 3-25

11-02-2008, 02:42 PM

welcome back!!!:D so where were you all this time?

anji1971

11-02-2008, 09:11 PM

I wasn't really anywhere, Shanley. Just had some things going on I needed to deal with.
And periodically, I just get plain old unsociable. :D

anji1971

11-02-2008, 09:13 PM

(we've always known you were special :p)

Special, different, unusual, just weird. It all works.:D I like to think that if you can't make people wonder about you, then you're not doing something right!

prattypus

11-02-2008, 10:08 PM

I wasn't really anywhere, Shanley. Just had some things going on I needed to deal with.
And periodically, I just get plain old unsociable. :D

hmm, I've had snakes like that...brumating maybe?

Lori P

11-03-2008, 06:11 PM

Stefan-A

11-03-2008, 06:17 PM

Sorry to hear that, Lori.

How on earth can you ever know how to trust people?????
I wish I had a good answer, but I haven't figured that one out yet.

Snake lover 3-25

11-03-2008, 06:18 PM

so sorry to hear about your bad day lori...... cheer up:)

drache

11-03-2008, 06:26 PM

Lori
that's awful
I'm sorry you had to go through this much loss in one day
I don't know about people

Sid

11-03-2008, 07:17 PM

Well, as always, coming to you guys for a group hug. Have had a very stressful time at work... we discovered that one of the girls was embezzling... a LOT. A whole lot. Today was the day she was confronted and offered the chance to repay or... else. I've been dealing with it ok till today when she was actually gone, and then the personal side of it hit me... and I realized I've lost a friend as well as a trusted coworker... well, I thought she was a friend. It feels, anyway, like I've lost a very good friend.

I miss her. But at the same time, I can't get my mind around the thieving. And the fact that I didn't catch on long ago. How on earth can you ever know how to trust people?????

So sorry, Lori and here's my part of the group hug.

Had a awful day here too. Found a great looking JV Northern Water and intended to keep it for class room presentations. When I gone home, I noticed protrusions comming out both sides of its neck. Swallowd a baby catfish backwards. It couldn't be saved, so had to do what wass best for it.:(

Garter_Gertie

11-03-2008, 07:24 PM

Lori, Sid, gods love the two of you. What a horrible day you two have had.

Sid, you done good. Bless you for having the strength to do what needed to be done.

Lori, I just don't know what to say. I'm guessing, right now, you're feeling very raw and even skeptical of some of us here. Which is understandable.

I wish there was something I could do or say to ease what you're going through, but I don't know what it would.

Hugs to you, Sweetie... mk

jitami

11-03-2008, 08:43 PM

Lori and Sid, so sorry you've had aweful days... ((((hugs))))

My very first job one of my managers was fired for embezzling... I don't think it was a major amount, but the "big boss" scared the living crud out of me enough that I would never even consider taking a pen <gg>

anji1971

11-03-2008, 09:36 PM

Lori, I'm sorry to hear about that incident. When someone you consider a friend betrays your trust, it really does keep coming back to haunt you. I wish I had something to tell you to make it feel better, but I guess the truth is, people are complicated, and can do the strangest things at unexpected moments. I think I've stopped trying to figure them out at all. (and I'm not bitter about anything that may have happened in my own life lately. no. not at all. but that's a whole 'nother story.:D)

Sid, that's too bad about the snake. I've never had to make that decision and I hope I never have to.
Hugs to both of you.

Lori P

11-04-2008, 06:12 AM

Thanks everyone. Anji, hon, it sounds to me like you could use a big hug, too, so consider yourself hugged tight. We do go on, don't we... but these bumps in the road are really not something any of us need to deal with. Why people can't just be honest, do their jobs, and be kind.... is beyond me. Is that too much to ask for??

Sid, how terrible-- never thought about how often that might happen in the wild. You gave that guy a quicker ending than he would have had, so that's a good thing.

Garter_Gertie

11-04-2008, 06:29 AM

Yeah, Anj. Sounds like you, too, need a hug. (((((Anji)))))

I'm glad we all have each other. At least I'm glad I have all of you. No matter what or how my day goes, I know my fellow snigglette lovers will be here and I can lose myself in snakedom and their friendship.

Snake lover 3-25

11-04-2008, 11:11 AM

so sorry to hare about your bad day too sid.... that stinks......:(

drache

11-06-2008, 07:51 AM

for those of you into cute - this has a high "awwww" factor
definitely look at the slide show - good photos
Anjana the chimpanzee befriends two white tiger cubs in South Carolinacubs | The Sun |News (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1793356.ece)

Lulu Bennett

11-06-2008, 10:45 AM

OMG Rhea, i love white tigers. they are by far on of my fave animals. those pictures were just sooooooo cute.

Snake lover 3-25

11-07-2008, 04:12 PM

OMG!!!!! I just had the scariest moment of my life.... so I was walking around and looking for snakes when I decided to go and see if I could find any of the ones that I released..... well I released my snakes on a property that borders mine because it had a pond.... but this property has a fence around it....... so I kind of jumped the fence which I had dnoe a million times before and I was walking around with my dog when out of nowhere came this guy with a big gun.... omg it scared the **** out of me..... and so I kind of started to walk hastily away.... and he fallowed me... I was quite aways in front of him and in the woods so I hopped back over the fence and then he said hello.... and i'm like o crap what do I do now..... so he asked me what I was doing and I said I was just walking around... which I was.... so my dog comes up from wandering off somewhere and sees him.... well we thought my dog was mased when she was a pup bc she is terrified of men wearing orange..... so we just asumed that one of those guys that comes to check the meters had done it bc he was afraid of dogs...... so my dog sees this guy carrying this big gun and takes off..... and I really mean she took off.... so this is when he's still asking me questions and so I really didn't know what to do and so I tokd him meydog was scared of men wearing orange and he told me not to come back durring hunting season and so I go and start calling her....my dog has never run away.... anywhere for any length of time... usually when she sees men wearing orange she'll just bark and growl and back away slowly.... but she ran.... and so I wandered around and looked for her for about half an hour and I went home and called hor her from there.... well I guess she ran past my house..... who knows how far but she came from the other direction and we were at least a mile away from my house when she ran..... and that's going strait through the woods... which is not the way we came.... but so I eventually got her and she is like dying of thirst and for rest...... o yeah... and she is not a very fit dog.... she's fat... and can hardly even run since she had her pups and widened out...... but it was bed.... she's fine now... little dirty but fine.... me too..... aside from torn up legs from running through the woods.... and jumping fences....... but I learned a few things.......1. don't go in the woods durring hunting season...2. don't tresspass on nice days3. my dog was def. shot at/scared by a hunter not a meter reader4. my dog can def. run5. don't run from a guy when you're on private property6. typing on my phone hurts my fingers lol:p:D

drache

11-07-2008, 04:22 PM

wow Shanley
that sounds scary
glad it turned out okay
what was the guy hunting for, anyway?
I mean - would you have ended up with a bullet, or a spray of buck shot?

Snake lover 3-25

11-07-2008, 04:41 PM

actually a bow and arrow lol but yeah.... it was bad....... not giong down there again any time soon lol :eek:

Lori P

11-07-2008, 05:51 PM

I'm glad you're ok, Shanley, and so is your dog. I don't know about the hunters in your area, but the idiots out here tend to think of hunting season as one big beer-in-the-woods party, and they shoot at anything that moves. So please do stay away and safe until after hunting season!!!

Snake lover 3-25

11-07-2008, 05:56 PM

lol sure will but thankfully.... well kind of lol it was someone I knew.... or rather someone that knew me..... that kind of made it even creepier.... bc he new me but didn't know him.......

Zephyr

11-08-2008, 02:07 PM

Loren

11-08-2008, 02:44 PM

actually a bow and arrow lol but yeah.... it was bad....... not giong down there again any time soon lol :eek:

I've learned over the past few years that it is important to know if the land you go herping or hiking on is used by hunters. If so, you need to ask around and find out what the popular hunting seasons are and plan around them, or go somewhere else. Most hunters are very safe, but its still not a good time to go hiking in those areas.
One of my favorite hiking spost is usually pretty empty, but opening weeks of deer and turkey seasons are a bad time to go.

GartersRock

11-08-2008, 06:13 PM

Ugh... I ran into the reptile show today looking for a mate for my barking tree frog.
I saw one set of garters; tiny, tiny, TINY checkereds. $25 for norms and $35 for albinos.
They looked... not living. Ugh.
Maybe when I get my babies this spring I'll show them the true capability of garters...

That's sad. :( Last show I went into I picked up:
Texas Brown Snake

Hypo Reverse Stripe Carrot Tail Poss Eclipse (has some splotches touching around his pupil on one eye, could be eclipse, maybe not...), Het for Emerald/Emerine Leopard Gecko from the Trempers

Trio of Mad Hissing Roaches (ICK!)

"Non Feeding" Desert Patchnose that has eaten two anoles for me already

Adult Male TX Rat Snake in exchange for babies next season
and... I think thats it. It was a pretty big show and NO GARTERS!!!!! :(:(:(

But I picked up a craigslist checkered after the show so I lived. :p

adamanteus

11-08-2008, 06:16 PM

Hypo Reverse Stripe Carrot Tail Poss Eclipse

Do what?:confused:

Stefan-A

11-08-2008, 06:17 PM

Do what?:confused:
I think that's a magic spell.

GartersRock

11-08-2008, 06:20 PM

Lol!! I know, I know. :rolleyes: It's actually pretty simple. But it sure is a mouthful anyways. I have all normals in my collection except for my leopard geckos.

adamanteus

11-08-2008, 06:22 PM

I thought it was a severe weather warning (with associated vegetables).

GartersRock

11-08-2008, 06:32 PM

Haha!! :D:D

drache

11-08-2008, 06:33 PM

what kind of animal is it?
a gecko?

GartersRock

11-08-2008, 06:36 PM

Yes, a leopard gecko. I put that right? I probably forgot. :rolleyes:

drache

11-08-2008, 07:31 PM

you did, but I had to make sure that entire line was just one animal

GartersRock

11-08-2008, 07:34 PM

Oh, lol!! Gosh sorry guys... lol

drache

11-08-2008, 09:35 PM

how many people here know Pippi Longstocking's whole name?
her real name, for that matter

ssssnakeluvr

11-08-2008, 09:53 PM

how many people here know Pippi Longstocking's whole name?
her real name, for that matter
not sure if I remember it right....my brother read it and I remember him telling us kids... Pippi Lotta Delicatessan Window Shade Mackeral Mint Ephraim's daughter Longstocking....if I remember right....:eek:

drache

11-08-2008, 10:42 PM

not sure if I remember it right....my brother read it and I remember him telling us kids... Pippi Lotta Delicatessan Window Shade Mackeral Mint Ephraim's daughter Longstocking....if I remember right....:eek:
it's pretty close
now I realize, I don't know the full name in English
in her native language her name is Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Ephraimsdottar Långstrump, and i think that would have to be peppermint instead of mackeral . . .
anyway - her name is almost as long as that of Amanda's gecko

GartersRock

11-08-2008, 10:45 PM

LOL! Dang guys! :p I'll never live that one down will I! :rolleyes:

drache

11-09-2008, 04:39 AM

you didn't make that name up and one of my garters from Scott is het for three different traits, so if I spelled all of that out, I might be able to beat Pippilotta Rullgardina

Snake lover 3-25

11-09-2008, 03:25 PM

wow anyone else getting really behind on posts lately??? i have 2 pgs to read from just the last week or so and i've been on every day!!!!:eek:

adamanteus

11-09-2008, 03:29 PM

Shanley, it took me ages to catch up when I came back from my training. There are still a few threads I've only scanned through quickly. But I'll get it all read properly soon.:)

jitami

11-09-2008, 04:02 PM

wow anyone else getting really behind on posts lately??? i have 2 pgs to read from just the last week or so and i've been on every day!!!!:eek:

haha... I'll probably catch up tomorrow... when I had a couple minutes this morning I had 450+ unread posts... it's reset since then and was 96 when I opened this window... got busy and it reset again, so I'm down to 13 :D I'll get to all of them tomorrow :D Gives me something to look forward to after my crazy busy weekend! Been gone all day Friday, Saturday, had to run around and do some shopping this morning and we're leaving in 45 minutes to pick up kids and host a birthday party :D

drache

11-09-2008, 09:25 PM

I'll catch up maybe around christmas

today I feed my current babies
after all the back and forth, I now have three sirtalis babies left, one of Sammy's, two from forum members, and all three different colours
please pardon the filthy glass I was shooting through - they're moving in a couple of days anyway, but the only time all three of them were together, was in that particularly smeary corner, and the best way to see their different colours is when they're all together

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/3017772428_158643e3a5_b.jpg

these two are clearly the more subtle coloured ones

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/3016935263_0b0afb857e_b.jpg

and here the boys

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/3018021872_4bed55c9ac_b.jpg

Garter_Gertie

11-09-2008, 09:27 PM

LOVE ;the green one, Rhea!!!!!!!!!!!

anji1971

11-09-2008, 09:29 PM

Rhea, what a beautiful, colourful group!
I must get a bright red snake someday..........

Sitting_duck

11-09-2008, 09:55 PM

Maybe I missed something...

What is this thread about? lol

ssssnakeluvr

11-09-2008, 09:56 PM

just a general gab fest on this one......anything and everything....

anji1971

11-09-2008, 09:56 PM

Maybe I missed something...

What is this thread about? lol

Anything you want to talk about.

Garter_Gertie

11-09-2008, 09:57 PM

Rhea, I CAN'T WAIT for green garters!

On anudder note... Those DANG Blues Brothers are EATING ME OUTTA HOUSE AND HOME! I fed them and Peepers and Jeepers and poor P & J's eyes are rolling in their heads from the SPEED the Bad Boys snarfed down THREE pinkies and the one that was split for widdow P & J!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've had to go back to incarcerating the two smaller guys - P & J - in order to allow them time to eat!

Those Pugets are RAMBO snakes! SHEESH! Poor little P & J are much more timid and POLITE.

Can't WAIT until I get paid. Gonna buy me a freezer full o' pinkies from - what I call - Motley Pet Supply.

Sitting_duck

11-09-2008, 10:02 PM

oh lol okay.

ssssnakeluvr

11-09-2008, 10:22 PM

I want several of those red ones!!!!!!!!!!!

Garter_Gertie

11-09-2008, 10:23 PM

JOE!!!!

Long story on the "Joes." Deals with hunting the Saint Paul Pioneer Press Winter Carnival Medallion, an obnoxious guy named 'Joe,' Hunt history of the Cooler Crew for the last 10 years, and posting.

For more info, check out:

"No Time For Cold Feet." Just google it.

Ah. My own personal JOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1956!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Garter_Gertie

11-10-2008, 10:22 AM

I'd spent the past two work week working with on and off fever and chills. FINIALLY, last Thurs, I felt normal, which, of course, is subjective to the party in question. Saturday, while still feeling well, spent the majority o'my time in the bathroom... And then yesterday spent most o'the day sleeping - still no longer having a fever.

Last night HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE nightmares and today woosy-headed and just don't want to stay awake.

Until today, I'd been the first person at work to not succumb and give in to whatever this crap is, and stay home. Well, I went the longest w/o staying home.

I'm expecting tomorrow to be better - I don't have a fever - and should be able to function. I hope so because free flu shoots at work tomorrow.

But i tell you, whatever this is left our department down three people for two days! I just don't think I had it as severly as others because I was able to get outta bed. When I can't get outta bed, I KNOW I'm sick.

Anybuddy else around the country having weird crap laying people low?

adamanteus

11-10-2008, 10:44 AM

I hope you're soon better, Gertie.

Garter_Gertie

11-10-2008, 10:47 AM

Thanks, James. I will, I'm sure. Only the good die young so I figure I'll out live all of you. But BOY! Do I have a stomach ache today! OW!

Snake lover 3-25

11-10-2008, 12:04 PM

wow what beautiful babies rhea!!!!:eek::D

jitami

11-10-2008, 12:45 PM

Gertie hope you're feeling better soon... make sure you ask the nurse about getting a flu shot when you're not feeling well... may not be a great idea?

Rhea, they're all gorgeous!!!

drache

11-10-2008, 01:24 PM

hope you're better soon, Gertie
we had this thing about a month ago or so
take good care of yourself, or it will linger

thanks for the comments about the babies, I am very happy with them

Garter_Gertie

11-10-2008, 02:14 PM

Thanks, Jami and Rhea.

What better care could I ask for than snake snuggling and Pug and cat snuggling on the couch?! :)

Tammers, gonna do the flu shot thing. What ever this is is on the way out - I hope! I'll just tell myself it was some bad 'shrooms I got ahold of...

anji1971

11-10-2008, 02:24 PM

Snake lover 3-25

11-10-2008, 03:14 PM

wow the sky outside my house is amazing.... PITCH black on one side..... bright blue and sunny on the other..... it always amazes me, weather.......:rolleyes:

Snake lover 3-25

11-10-2008, 03:20 PM

FINALLY!!!!! no more unread posts!!!!! man did we ever have a busy week!!!!:eek:

Stefan-A

11-10-2008, 03:30 PM

I just stepped out for a couple of minutes to take a couple of photos of where I live and our school.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/photos/nighty1.jpg

http://koti.mbnet.fi/thamnoph/photos/nighty2.jpg

Apparently I looked suspicious taking pictures, because I managed to attract the attention of the local cops. :D They actually drove up to me to check out what the hell I was doing. :D

Snake lover 3-25

11-10-2008, 03:31 PM

lol too funny lol pretty nice school you got there:D

Garter_Gertie

11-10-2008, 03:32 PM

Gertie, I hope you feel better soon. There is some serious "shtuff" goin' around. I know quite a few people who've been knocked flat on their backs by it.

And speaking of "shtuff", I got a letter today telling me I have to report for jury duty in a couple weeks. I can hardly contain my elation. yay.

Yeah, I know. LOTS of folks at work - three in our dept at once - out sick for DAYS. I think I had it but not as severly as up until today I could make it to work. And, actually, Thurs and Fri of last week I felt fine.

Truely I could be bad 'shrooms in the Ham Di Parma I made. I've been so queasy today and my stomach HURTS.

Thanks for the good wishes. Of course they're all, from all o'you, doing the trick and I'll be right as rain in no time!

Lulu Bennett

11-10-2008, 03:32 PM

What did you say to get them off your back? haha did they escort you home?

Stefan-A

11-10-2008, 03:36 PM

What did you say to get them off your back? haha did they escort you home?
I didn't have to say anything, they just stopped the car a few meters away and sat there watching for a minute before driving off again. :D I just ignored them.

Lulu Bennett

11-10-2008, 03:43 PM

awwso they didn't pat you down then slap some cuffs on you?

Garter_Gertie

11-10-2008, 03:47 PM

Nice apartments, Stefan!

It's those squinty terrorist eyes you've got... LOL!!!

Stefan-A

11-10-2008, 03:48 PM

awwso they didn't pat you down then slap some cuffs on you?
I'm glad they didn't bother me, I have a problem acknowledging authority. :D I don't have much control over what I let out of my mouth in those situations. It actually got me into a couple of interesting situations in the army. ;)

Stefan-A

11-10-2008, 03:52 PM

It's those squinty terrorist eyes you've got... LOL!!!
Come on, it was bright outside. :D I'm not used to sunlight.

Snake lover 3-25

11-10-2008, 04:22 PM

jitami

11-10-2008, 07:16 PM

lol my dog is pouting bc i just had to cut the end off a sock and stick it on her leg lol she's been chewing at it for no reason in particular and it's the only thing i can think of to make her stop lol:D

If she's anything like my boy was a sock worked as a deterant as long as we were in the room, but left alone he'd take it off imediately... we tried vet wrap, duct tape, anything I could think of and an e-collar aka cone collar was the only thing that worked. Good luck Shanley. Hope it's nothing serious.

Snake lover 3-25

11-10-2008, 07:24 PM

lol nope not too bad.... just a scrape she keeps picking at lol she hasn't taken it off yet........:D

Lulu Bennett

11-10-2008, 08:07 PM

11/11 at 11am. Remember all those who fought and fell for Queen and country!!!
To our HEROES!!!
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/40/m_57f91c66bf5e4667985d096eb029b87c.jpg

Garter_Gertie

11-11-2008, 11:34 AM

I made it 1.5 hours at work before I had to come home - stomach and 'the other end...'

Dekay, THANK YOU, Honey, for my avitar can't do it here with dial-up and was going to do it at work today. Well, forget that. It will get done, though. It was very thoughtful and kind of you to do that for me. I'll prolly have to ask yow when the times comes. But I can tell you it ain't gonna be today...

I've been having NIGHTMARES every night about the Blues Brothers eating Peepers and Jeepers. And I'm struggling to get P or J outta whomever's gut... And there's just a P or J head sticking out... HORRIBLE NIGHTMARES.

Enkneebuddy else have nightmares when sick?

Missed the flu shot - that was yesterday at work.

Jammies, flannels, warm, I'm hungry, can't eat...

Ick. I don't like not being full o'piss and vinegar! WHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lulu, yes. Thank you ALL veterans that have given time and lives for God and our Country. My grandfather was in WWI; my uncles in WWII. Many of the guys I went to school with in Viet Nam...

All of you - thank you from the bottom of my heart that I have the privilege to vote and we're not under a dictatorship.

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 12:06 PM

Making beef jerky again. I think I nailed it this time.

adamanteus

11-11-2008, 12:08 PM

Electric shock... that would make it jerky.:D

Garter_Gertie

11-11-2008, 02:16 PM

You two are nutz! LOL!!!

Pony Jerky, Stefan?

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 02:18 PM

Pony Jerky, Stefan?
Not this time.

jitami

11-11-2008, 02:26 PM

Making beef jerky again. I think I nailed it this time.

I want the recipe :)

Garter_Gertie

11-11-2008, 03:07 PM

The see=kurt is in getting properly dried so it doesn't go bad.

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 03:30 PM

I want the recipe :)
Not sharing it. :p

jitami

11-11-2008, 03:31 PM

Anyone else want to try finding the "other pets" thread? Took a cute pic of my puppy(well he's nearly 12, but still a puppy to me!) and wanted to share, but keep coming up empty...

jitami

11-11-2008, 03:31 PM

Not sharing it. :p

Fine... stomps off pouting... :p

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 03:36 PM

Anyone else want to try finding the "other pets" thread? Took a cute pic of my puppy(well he's nearly 12, but still a puppy to me!) and wanted to share, but keep coming up empty...
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/garter-snake-lounge/167-how-about-some-pics-your-other-pets.html

jitami

11-11-2008, 03:38 PM

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/garter-snake-lounge/167-how-about-some-pics-your-other-pets.html

THANK YOU STEFAN!!! I searched and searched... it doesn't like the word other because it's so common... I manually went through 20 something pages in the lounge and then gave up... thanks again!

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 03:41 PM

Should have tried the word "pets". :D Only 6 hits.

jitami

11-11-2008, 03:46 PM

Should have tried the word "pets". :D Only 6 hits.

I did! My first search was "other pets" and it disgarded the word other and brought up some results, but not that one... geez, wonder if I overlooked it on my first search??? Ugh... no there were more than 6 hits... hmmmmm.... you know I'm going to have to try it again! lol

hanging my head in shame... edited to say that by the time I started using the advanced search feature I must have given up on the word pets... sigh... what was your title again oh lord Stefan?

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 03:48 PM

Just the word "pets", that's all. :) Search titles only.

jitami

11-11-2008, 03:49 PM

Just the word "pets", that's all. :) Search titles only.

Yeah... see edit above... sigh...

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 03:53 PM

what was your title again oh lord Stefan?
Moderator. :rolleyes:

Lulu Bennett

11-11-2008, 05:18 PM

I was extreamly annoyed with my tutor. She made me feel like i was being annoying by asking if we could do the mins silence. then started the lesson back before it had even finished. I was not best pleased and i have wrote out a complaint to hand in tomorrow.
If it was a muslim celebration we would have had to take part! We even had to have a 'talk' about black history month, so why in hell is it wrong to want to respect the heroes that risk their life for this sodding country for very little thanks.
SOOOOOO ANNOYED!!!!

11/11 at 11am. Remember all those who fought and fell for Queen and country!!!

To our HEROES!!!

http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/40/m_57f91c66bf5e4667985d096eb029b87c.jpg

Zephyr

11-11-2008, 05:37 PM

I was extreamly annoyed with my tutor. She made me feel like i was being annoying by asking if we could do the mins silence. then started the lesson back before it had even finished. I was not best pleased and i have wrote out a complaint to hand in tomorrow.
If it was a muslim celebration we would have had to take part! We even had to have a 'talk' about black history month, so why in hell is it wrong to want to respect the heroes that risk their life for this sodding country for very little thanks.
SOOOOOO ANNOYED!!!!I agree entirely.
Luckily at my school we have morning prayer so we took care of it then.

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 05:41 PM

I was extreamly annoyed with my tutor. She made me feel like i was being annoying by asking if we could do the mins silence. then started the lesson back before it had even finished. I was not best pleased and i have wrote out a complaint to hand in tomorrow.
If it was a muslim celebration we would have had to take part! We even had to have a 'talk' about black history month, so why in hell is it wrong to want to respect the heroes that risk their life for this sodding country for very little thanks.
SOOOOOO ANNOYED!!!!
A few years ago it would have pissed me off, too, if honouring your own had practically been considered a "crime". Now, having to participate in any kind of ritual annoys me a hell of a lot more.

Garter_Gertie

11-11-2008, 05:47 PM

Still, Stefan, I'm with Lu.

You're talking about things you don't believe in - "any kind of ritual."

Lu's talking about what she BELIEVES IN and even ASKED if she could acknowledge her beliefs.

Lulu Bennett

11-11-2008, 05:50 PM

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 05:52 PM

You're talking about things you don't believe in - "any kind of ritual."

Lu's talking about what she BELIEVES IN and even ASKED if she could acknowledge her beliefs.
I got the impression, that it would have required others to participate.

jitami

11-11-2008, 05:56 PM

Ummm, Lu... looking forward to meeting you when you get here... but we have the same problems, hun... can't hardly say Christmas anymore because it has the name of Christ in it.... stupid, silly stuff like that... Christmas parties at school have become Winter Celebrations, Easter parties are Spring Parties, Halloween parties are now Fall Festivals, you get the idea... it sucks... we're so worried about offending everyone that we don't adhere to our own traditions. Why not honor every culture & tradition with respect and understanding? Seems to make sense to me, but???

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 05:58 PM

I just think that this country has gone freeking crazy!!! No offence meant in this post but if it was a muslim tradition then it would be compulsary because out govenment is trying to detere racism but they dont allow our traditions because it might offend the few people that come over here midway through their lives. What about those of us that have generations of family in this s****y a*s country?
As soon as i finish University i am off to america. I want to live the American Dream. I am sick of people getting benefits that i cant when both criteria is the same, the only difference is the fact that i have lived here all my life and joe bloggs has only entered the country 6 years back.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
That's why I don't acknowledge any kind right to not be offended.

Why not honor every culture & tradition with respect and understanding?
I don't think every culture and any tradition needs to be respected, but they should definitely be understood. You should be able to question and criticise both if you believe it's necessary.

Garter_Gertie

11-11-2008, 05:59 PM

Oh, dear. Now we're in to politics and dreams. I hardly know how to address this. I must ponder a bit...

I am so thrilled the "American Dream" still lives 100 or more years later than the Ellis Island immigrants. Yet... What dream is that dream?

I-YI-YI-YI-YI!

Must think about this. Funny how the grass is always greener on the udder side... I'd get off to Italy in a heartbeat - IF I could keep my citizenship and income...

jitami

11-11-2008, 05:59 PM

I got the impression, that it would have required others to participate.

Only in that they would have had to shut up for a minute to respect lulu's wishes... hmmmm... just a tad bit of respect for someone else couldn't really hurt too much could it?

Garter_Gertie

11-11-2008, 06:00 PM

merry christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

Lulu Bennett

11-11-2008, 06:04 PM

I wouldn't care less if it was just for me. it is for the millions of people that have died in wars all over the world and for the millions of lives that have been shattered by loosing loved ones and the millions of people that have been injured in wars.
The respect goes to them!
I p***ed me off because people are to selfish to spare 1 sodding minite in their insignificant lifes to respect these people.
The HEROES deserve our respect!

jitami

11-11-2008, 06:05 PM

lol Gertie... I try not to get too caught up in it, but when Lulu talks of coming here to escape the prejudice/reverse prejudice... good luck... sigh...

Lulu Bennett

11-11-2008, 06:06 PM

merry christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

lol sorry i know i am ranting but everyone else is in bed and i at boiling point here. i am afraid you guys got the brunt of it.
Forgive me xxxxxxx

jitami

11-11-2008, 06:07 PM

You're right LuLu, they do...

Garter_Gertie

11-11-2008, 06:09 PM

I got the impression, that it would have required others to participate.

Yeah, it would have. But not. It could have just been Lulu doing the minute.

But lettuce say you're right. What's your point? Still a ritual - one, three, a billion - you'd not like. A ritual can be one or more.

What's your point?

Garter_Gertie

11-11-2008, 06:10 PM

Lu, there is nothing to forgive when the heart needs an outlet. And that's what we're here for. Some may agree; some may not. But regardless you'll be respected.

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 06:13 PM

But lettuce say you're right. What's your point? Still a ritual - one, three, a billion - you'd not like. A ritual can be one or more.
Could you elaborate a bit?

Only in that they would have had to shut up for a minute to respect lulu's wishes... hmmmm... just a tad bit of respect for someone else couldn't really hurt too much could it?
This isn't an insult directed towards Lulu despite the way I'm going to phrase it, but couldn't just she "shut up for a minute"? Why should anybody else have to?

Just curious, but what do people even hope to achieve with that tradition?

jitami

11-11-2008, 06:16 PM

This isn't an insult directed towards Lulu despite the way I'm going to phrase it, but couldn't just she "shut up for a minute"? Why should anybody else have to?

Just curious, but what do people even hope to achieve with that tradition?

I don't know Stefan... it's not a tradition I follow, but if someone asked me to please be quiet for a minute I would oblige out of respect for them. It's only a minute... and yes, I know the "it's only a minute" thing can be used to jump from here to there and on and on, but really, if a classmate asked you to please be quiet for a minute, for whatever reason, I have a feeling you would do so :)

Zephyr

11-11-2008, 06:17 PM

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 06:20 PM

jitami

11-11-2008, 06:20 PM

When I was working at preschool we had a woman who did not celebrate Halloween. Did this mean she asked us to not celebrate Halloween? No. The way she handled it was to ask for that day off and she just dealt with all of the decorations and preparations beforehand. Not that it matters, but she was from another country and I thought that she handled the whole thing very well. No one wants to make anyone else participate in something they don't believe in, but respect for each other could go a long way.

Garter_Gertie

11-11-2008, 06:27 PM

Stefan, there's nothing to elaborate. You don't like rituals. Whether it's one person [Lu] or a billion [the entire UK].

Garter_Gertie

11-11-2008, 06:29 PM

Bullshit, Stefan. You're just trying to stir up Lu or me or someone else.

And if that's the way you do truly believe, I don't want to address it as you're totally wrong in my opnion and I'm not about to get in that pissing match with you.

adamanteus

11-11-2008, 06:29 PM

At 11am today I was driving.... I pulled over to the side of the road. Respect, and regret and a realization (again) that it was (and always will be) a cruel waste of young lives, whatever the race, creed or colour....... no one should be required to kill or to die for politics. It always makes me sad, every year.. I have lost friends and family to 'war games'. When will we learn?

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 06:33 PM

I don't know Stefan... it's not a tradition I follow, but if someone asked me to please be quiet for a minute I would oblige out of respect for them. It's only a minute... and yes, I know the "it's only a minute" thing can be used to jump from here to there and on and on, but really, if a classmate asked you to please be quiet for a minute, for whatever reason, I have a feeling you would do so :)
To be honest, I would consider it highly disrespectful and I wouldn't be inclined to oblige.

Lulu Bennett

11-11-2008, 06:35 PM

To be honest, I would consider it highly disrespectful and I wouldn't be inclined to oblige.

Well your just a selfish s**t then aint you.

Lulu Bennett

11-11-2008, 06:36 PM

Sod this i am not bothering having what i respect walked over by someone i respected at one point
Good night!!

adamanteus

11-11-2008, 06:36 PM

Stefan, I don't believe you. I think you're being argumentative, because you're good at it! These people (on all sides) made the ultimate sacrifice, out of a trust or believe in their mother country. Respect is due, you know it is.

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 06:37 PM

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 06:45 PM

adamanteus

11-11-2008, 06:47 PM

You don't think respect is due? Not to 'the cause', but at least to the individual?

Garter_Gertie

11-11-2008, 06:47 PM

So. You always post something to piss off/hurt someone/anyone you've know for quite awhile? Just because you have the ability.

You knew what Lu said was truly heartfelt and very important to her. So why post what you did?

Just because you believe it does not mean it's the best thing to post. Ever hear o'empathy?

jitami

11-11-2008, 06:49 PM

You don't think respect is due? Not to 'the cause', but at least to the individual?

Well said James... that was my thought as well... being an ignorant American I had honestly not even heard of the tradition, but I do respect LuLu and could tell it meant a lot to her.

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 06:56 PM

So. You always post something to piss off/hurt someone/anyone you've know for quite awhile? Just because you have the ability.
No, I don't post things to hurt people. I hate it when what I post has that effect.

You knew what Lu said was truly heartfelt and very important to her. So why post what you did?Because this was important to me as well and I honestly thought she would take it merely as an opinion.

Just because you believe it does not mean it's the best thing to post. Ever hear o'empathy?You're right, the best thing to do this time would have been to keep my opinion to myself.

Garter_Gertie

11-11-2008, 06:57 PM

I'm an ignorant, ugly Amerkin and I've heard o'it...

And had I not, today was a day to acknowledge those that kept Hiltler, et al, outta the US. To honor the Viet Nam war vets that are so confused and hurt do to do what they did - giving themselves to our country even when going against pop culture.

To acknowledge those that fought the Revolution - and acknowledge what they believed in. Whether Red Coats or not.

Since the dawn of civilization, men have given their lives for the beliefes they hold dear, as welll as what their countries hold dear.

All should be honored for being willing to give their lives for their beliefs. Whether or not we, today, agree with their beliefs.

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 06:58 PM

You don't think respect is due? Not to 'the cause', but at least to the individual?
I consider them victims and I think they deserve our support and sympathies, more than anything else.

adamanteus

11-11-2008, 07:00 PM

Well, they have my respect.

Garter_Gertie

11-11-2008, 07:01 PM

Isn't that respect - in some convulted way - Stefan?

Charlet_2007

11-11-2008, 07:08 PM

Man there so many things i can say right now but am not because when i get pissed i start to rip someone a new one..

My dad was in the Vietnam war 4 years of hell and being a POW.. He came back messed up because of it.. He cry's every damn time when he hears another person dies over seas.. The phones rings he screams and jumps on top of it all he has medical problems from being over there... He now has Alzheimer.. Don't remember much about the people around him now but you ask him about over seas he remember down to the last detail..

But you know what he don't regret going over there and facing the **** he was in because he love our country and loved the people he fought for.. He IS a hero my hero.. If anyone one think's he's stupid for it he defended his right to be stuiped a hundred times over..

And he'd gladly do it again... In a heart beat. As do the GREAT men and women do today fighting in the war for the USA.. Which is sadly more then i can say for some people..

Im on your side LULU

Stefan-A

11-11-2008, 07:14 PM

Isn't that respect - in some convulted way - Stefan?
I suppose so.

Snake lover 3-25

11-11-2008, 07:29 PM

wow.......

anji1971

11-11-2008, 07:43 PM

Here in Canada, the moment of silence is something so ingrained most of us wouldn't even think twice. We've been doing it since kindergarten, at school, at church, even in many workplaces I've been in. I've even had a bus stop for a moment of silence in the middle of it's route, and all the city buses with LED signs read "Lest we Forget" all day long on Nov. 11.
I probably would have been floored if I were anywhere that it was requested and someone denied or made a fuss over that request. Even the students I went to school with from other cultures never made an issue during this one minute every Remembrance Day. It's just something we do here.
I understand your frustration, Lu.

Lulu Bennett

11-11-2008, 07:47 PM

Just forget i even shared my beliefs with you today. If i have learned anything today is look after number 1. don't give a cr*p about anybody else and nobody can hurt you.
I have bit my tongue on soooooo many occasions when i strongly disagreed with someone, especially when religion is concerned (i am an athiest) but i respect other peoples opinions and just listen when someone wants to vent. Then why Stefan, is it sooo hard for you to show the same curtesy?
Thank you.

Lulu Bennett

11-11-2008, 07:51 PM

Oh, that was a rehtorical question, i don't care. Sorry

snakeman

11-11-2008, 08:13 PM

You will always find at least one person that does not give a **** about anything.I don't give them people a second look.
At work today we did have a moment of silence at the 11th hour.I could never imagine what the vets of the world went through.

Lulu Bennett

11-11-2008, 08:27 PM

Thank you all for you honest oppinions, i respect that. My honest oppinion now is that we forget it. Saves more arguing and hurtful comments. Thank you xxx

Anyway Christmas is coming up, anybody getting anything good?
I am getting money to put towards my flights to America next year ;)

Charlet_2007

11-11-2008, 08:30 PM

im getting my snake enclosures with tax money i'm sooo stoked about it.. :D:D:D:D:D:D

anji1971

11-11-2008, 08:30 PM

I'm hoping to get a new job.;)

Snake lover 3-25

11-11-2008, 09:17 PM

i'm hoping to get a bunch of fish and rep related stuff lol all that's on my list so far:D:p

Hornets23

11-11-2008, 10:22 PM

I'm hoping to get a new job.;)

I'm with ya on that one anji...good luck!

infernalis

11-12-2008, 05:49 AM

Rather glad I missed this one....:eek:

drache

11-12-2008, 08:49 AM

Rather glad I missed this one....:eek:
not I, but then I'm abnormal - I like to pick at my scabs and stuff like that
on some level I still want to step in it and make a mess of myself

on the other hand - there's the food rant
would you like the food rant instead?
it's about animals and possibly kids

infernalis

11-12-2008, 08:58 AM

Although I admire candor as a quality, It has gotten me in trouble before:eek:

Imagine that:cool:

drache

11-12-2008, 09:28 AM

Although I admire candor as a quality, It has gotten me in trouble before:eek:

Imagine that:cool:
no way
and here I thought I was the only one
I mean, until last night of course

okay - the food rant
don't you want to hear about my inner jewish/chinese/italian/etc mother run amok?

Garter_Gertie

11-12-2008, 10:34 AM

Lu... (((((LuLu)))))

Christmas... Just another day for me. I've gotten my Christmas presents already, I think. The three Blues Brothers and my two additional Hoggies.

May be getting more tanks off craigslist for more sniglettes but don't think I'll be getting any more sniglettes - other than hoefully Carmello - until next year.

Christmas for me is a time to reflect on what I have now. Not what I had as a child, young woman, older woman. Too painful and I try to subliminate it.

So, I'll prolly do some fancy cooking, cuddle, hug and kiss Pigglettess, Kittlettes and Sniglettes and enjoy my tiny little home.

Garter_Gertie

11-12-2008, 10:35 AM

Rhea, if it involves food (Jewish/Italian) I'm all ears! Make sure you post the recipes!

drache

11-12-2008, 10:57 AM

Rhea, if it involves food (Jewish/Italian) I'm all ears! Make sure you post the recipes!
well, it does involve food
and attitudes that mothers of certain heritages are often stereotyped for, such as their urge to nourish . . .
but there are no recipes, sorry

Snake lover 3-25

11-12-2008, 02:12 PM

I'd love to hear the story!!!!! tell us tell us!!!!! :D

drache

11-12-2008, 03:30 PM

I am often concerned that I am not taking sufficiently good care of my animals
right after I posted that my lizards are getting the same offerings in winter as in summer, I found that in addition to the fact that good greens are harder to come by, I had suddenly gone into a sort of cold weather torpid state that made the extra effort out of the question
so I am feeling all guilty about them skipping meals, but then I picked up Gwennie today because she seemed so restless, and that girl is stout, and so is Retro
they can easily skip a few more meals
the beardies don't look particularly thin either, and a couple of the snakes, I'm ashamed to say, are overweight
I need to go to overfeeders anonymous
that was my food rant - not much of a story

adamanteus

11-12-2008, 05:53 PM

Man, what a day! I left home at 6.30 this morning, and I just finished my office work (at home) about five minutes ago!! That's a 17 hour day!:eek:

Zephyr

11-12-2008, 06:36 PM

James, try having AP Chem.
I do over 24 hours a week in homework and class combined. x.x

infernalis

11-12-2008, 08:40 PM

Man, what a day! I left home at 6.30 this morning, and I just finished my office work (at home) about five minutes ago!! That's a 17 hour day!:eek:

Was it enjoyable James??

During the summer months, It's common to wake up and have people start filing into the park, and if some camp over, I could still be "working" well into the night....

But it never FEELS like work, if you get what I mean.

drache

11-12-2008, 09:29 PM

you must be exhausted, James

impressive, Kyle
I always wanted to truly understand chemistry - not just the parts I needed, to get through anatomy/physiology
pharmacology is very fuzzy in my mind because I've got no decent underpinnings
my chem teacher in high school was some left-over relic from WWII, obsessed with chemical warfare - never taught us anything basic
the little I know I got from photo processing and later on through the med classes
but I really want to get a grip on all the stuff with the atomic weights, and the physics of it all
I like looking at the periodic table and I think if I really knew every detail of it and what it means, then things like the Krebs cycle would be a piece of cake

reptile3

11-12-2008, 09:55 PM

i work 24 hours a day... 7 days a week. I am a MOM!!

Right now, me & Gavin both have bronchitis. So when I go bed, I get comfy, & ready to pass out, Gavin gets up, coughing bad.
Then I start coughing, & can't fall back to sleep!

Hornets23

11-12-2008, 11:07 PM

drache

11-13-2008, 05:12 AM

Snake lover 3-25

11-13-2008, 03:51 PM

hope you feel better!!!!

Snake lover 3-25

11-13-2008, 06:20 PM

so i just had to run and turn some paper work into work..... and apparently i forgot that i had my snake :eek: lol well i figured it out in the car.... but it was too late then lol so i walked in there with her peeking over my shoulder and my boss kindly greets me and says "well look at that she's got a garter 'round her neck" lol he's cool....... :D so one of the people i work with that i have told stories about my reps to was like "OMG you've brought your snake!!!" lol so she held her and fell in love lol now she wants one of her babies lol:D my boss held her too.... he actually has wanted one before but decided against it lol he is still unsure as to if he likes them or not lol:p

Garter_Gertie

11-13-2008, 07:05 PM

Stephie and Gavin, hang in there. Get lots or rest and do the humidifier thing. And drink LOTS of water. Nature's expectorent.

count dewclaw

11-13-2008, 09:47 PM

My son (oldest child) and my husband are off looking at potential colleges/universities for my son to attend next year. My son wants to study aeronautical engineering. I'm still wondering how he got so old so quick!

Lori P

11-14-2008, 06:44 AM

Stephie, I really hope you feel better soon. I haven't had bronchitis, I don't think, but I can't get rid of the cough that came with the flu thing I had the alst couple of weeks. It's miserable.

LeAnn, how exciting! Is he going to be staying in NY?

count dewclaw

11-14-2008, 10:53 AM

Lori, he hopes to stay in NY. He really wants to go to Clarkson, but he is looking at other schools as well. The other schools are in NY, VT, NH, and PA. He will have to apply for scholarships and grants if he wants to go to Clarkson....well, any school for that matter.

jitami

11-14-2008, 11:36 AM

How exciting LeAnn! Keep us posted on his progress & decisions! I'll be going through the same thing next year :) My son had a little chat with the Stanford(cough, choke, cha-ching, yeah right!) coach the other night after his game. The coach was there to watch one of the seniors on the other team, btw :) We're thinking a UC or CS :)

reptileparadise

11-14-2008, 11:47 AM

I just wanna say I love the mighty boosh....

Lori P

11-16-2008, 04:13 PM

Hey guys, I ordered a copy of the Va Dept of Game and Inland Fisheries's book "A Guide to the Snakes of Virginia". And in it, it says garters eat insects. :eek:

Can anyone direct me to some official sounding studies that I can send them and ask them to correct this? I mean-- since it's supposed to be an informative guide... :rolleyes:

Loren

11-16-2008, 04:35 PM

well, Kyle or someone did see some garters eating ants one time, didnt he? :)

Lori P

11-16-2008, 04:38 PM

Loren

11-16-2008, 05:02 PM

I know, I was just throwing that out... :) I do agree that insects should not be considered a part of a garters natural diet unless I see some more evidence.

ssssnakeluvr

11-16-2008, 06:23 PM

Oh. Well... yeah. But it seems to me that when people read that insects are a normal part of their diet, they'll go out and just buy them crickets... if there is good proof that they cannot digest them, I'd like to present it to them.
hmmmmm....when I was a kid I forcefed some flies to a garter.....passed out the back end untouched!!! didn't digest one bit!

Loren

11-17-2008, 11:10 PM

So, I took an updated pic of my California red sided garter tonight. Its been pounding pinks down straight from my hand without scenting. Didnt want to start a thread for 1 pic, so here it is. Guess I'll have to start a "Lorens snakes" thread soon.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/cal_red_sided_gt.JPG

Hornets23

11-18-2008, 12:06 AM

Nice snake loren...I realllly need to get one of those.

adamanteus

11-18-2008, 04:28 AM

Wow! That's a nice concinnus, Loren!
Let's see that 'Lorens Snakes' thread!

olive oil

11-18-2008, 04:51 AM

It is so beautiful!
I would enjoy the 'Lorens Snake' thread.:)

Lori P

11-18-2008, 06:23 AM

Oh wow Loren! You should send me that snake. Um, because Thanksgiving is coming, and... you... want me to be... thankful. Yeah, that's it. I'm going down to the mailbox to wait.

Lori P

11-18-2008, 06:43 AM

Oh, James?

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/hummous.jpg

:D

jitami

11-18-2008, 10:26 AM

Gorgeous Loren!!! I, too, would love to see a Loren's snakes thread...

Loren

11-18-2008, 06:01 PM

Wow! That's a nice concinnus, Loren!
Let's see that 'Lorens Snakes' thread!
Thanks.

- T. s. infernalis - California Red-sided Garter Snake :)

Loren

11-18-2008, 06:03 PM

Gorgeous Loren!!! I, too, would love to see a Loren's snakes thread...
One of these days I need to get camera happy and get some updated pics of my collection... then I'll post some.

Zephyr

11-18-2008, 06:13 PM

Absolutely stunning snake Loren! :D
Not TOO much red, but just the right amount to counter the black... And a nice lemon-lime stripe to match! :)

ssssnakeluvr

11-18-2008, 06:33 PM

Sweet snake!!!! I gotta get me some of them!!!!! :cool:

Snake lover 3-25

11-18-2008, 06:34 PM

wow nice snake!!!!!:eek: i want one!!!!!:eek:

adamanteus

11-20-2008, 04:18 PM

My word.... the forum really is quiet tonight! Are we all asleep?

Stefan-A

11-20-2008, 04:23 PM

Not quite. ;)

count dewclaw

11-20-2008, 04:23 PM

No, not sleeping! Although, it is almost time to think about getting dinner/supper for the girls. Hubby and son are off on another round of college tours....

adamanteus

11-20-2008, 04:25 PM

So... what are you all getting me for Christmas?

ssssnakeluvr

11-20-2008, 04:25 PM

I've been on here most of the day.....running errands and posting photos..... :cool:

adamanteus

11-20-2008, 04:26 PM

Saw your pics Don.... looking good... I love the Prairie Kings, very well coloured!

count dewclaw

11-20-2008, 04:28 PM

So... what are you all getting me for Christmas?

No James, that's the wrong question. The correct question is: What is everyone getting LeAnn for Christmas! :D;)

ssssnakeluvr

11-20-2008, 04:30 PM

Saw your pics Don.... looking good... I love the Prairie Kings, very well coloured!
she is turning a real nice red fast!!! I saw a couple of the albinos....sweet looking!!!!!! :cool:

adamanteus

11-20-2008, 04:31 PM

Tell you what, LeAnn... whatever we get from the forum for Christmas... we'll share, okay?

count dewclaw

11-20-2008, 04:35 PM

Sound like a good deal!

Stefan-A

11-20-2008, 04:38 PM

No James, that's the wrong question. The correct question is: What is everyone getting LeAnn for Christmas! :D;)
You're getting the same thing as James.

adamanteus

11-20-2008, 04:39 PM

Am I getting the same off you as I got last year, Stefan?

Stefan-A

11-20-2008, 04:40 PM

Am I getting the same off you as I got last year, Stefan?
Perhaps. :rolleyes:

adamanteus

11-20-2008, 04:43 PM

Ooooh... can't wait!

adamanteus

11-20-2008, 06:46 PM

Much as I love you all, I have to go to bed!
When will you US members work to GMT? You're just coming on line as I start feeling guilty for yet another late night!:D

Scaley.Jade

11-20-2008, 06:47 PM

im with james on this one i now too interested int he foum to go to bed lol i NEED my beauty sleep guys

adamanteus

11-22-2008, 02:21 PM

I just realised.... since we started using the new software, we've lost our national flags! I know, I'm a bit slow!
Shame really, I quite liked the flags.

Lori P

11-22-2008, 02:23 PM

I didn't notice either till you mentioned it. Bummer. Well, James, we can always just stick little flag stickers to our moniters... that'll work, right??? lol

adamanteus

11-22-2008, 02:24 PM

That could work.... but you must never scroll or change page again, okay?

count dewclaw

11-22-2008, 02:34 PM

I had noticed they were gone, but hadn't connected their disappearance to the new software/upgrade....:rolleyes:

I liked having the flags, too. It was fun to quickly see where people were from.

Lori P

11-22-2008, 02:43 PM

I'd respond, but now I can't see for all the flags covering my screen. OH NO!! Who moved my mouse???

adamanteus

11-22-2008, 02:45 PM

I've asked Boots if we can get them back.

Snake lover 3-25

11-22-2008, 03:16 PM

wow i didn't notice them either!!! not the only slow one around james lol

Garter_Gertie

11-22-2008, 07:45 PM

I've asked Boots if we can get them back.

Good. I miss them. I so enjoyed knowing I was talking to folks in countries I can only imagine.

jitami

11-24-2008, 11:04 AM

Just wanted to tell you all how much you brighten my life :) Wasn't on the computer much this weekend, have been sick as a dog and out of town yesterday to visit a friend... was going to sleep in this morning, but within an instant of hubby walking out the door for work the dog started whining... WHY didn't hubby let him out??? :mad: So, after letting the dog out and giving him breakfast I was a bit cranky when I sat down to 501 unread posts :eek: Geez, two, two and a half? hours later(I think most of that time was spent reading Steve's thought provoking posts & the links attached :)) I'm still sneezing and blowing my nose, but in a much better mood :D Love ya all!!! :D

Good night... kidding, but it sure sounds good!

jitami

11-24-2008, 01:38 PM

haha... just talked to hubby and he says he did let the dog out... sigh... guess I just wasn't meant to sleep in... lol

Snake lover 3-25

11-24-2008, 02:21 PM

lol sorry to hear about your interupted sleep tami lol unf i had to get up at 6 and go to school:(

jitami

11-24-2008, 03:01 PM

You're not out this week Shanley? My guys are out and I was soooo looking forward to sleeping in! Usually up at 6 here, too... oh-well...

Snake lover 3-25

11-24-2008, 03:31 PM

nope full day today half tomarrow... our school sucks.... never have snow days even when the busses won't start.... even at 20 below they make us walk the 1/2 mile home after the bus stop... my brother had an asthma attack...... got a note form the doctor asking to please make time to drop him off at gome on the cold days..... school doctor and nurse counter acted it.... he has asthma attacks quite often now.....one day it was sooo cold out the fuel lines froze.... school delayed 30 mins..... another day 3 busses broke down picking up kids 3 busses went to replace them 3/3 of those broke down as well..... :(:mad:

Zephyr

11-24-2008, 04:02 PM

Heh... Full day tomorrow, but it's pajama day.
And 1/3 day Wednesday, with "school spirit" apparel here. :)

olive oil

11-24-2008, 04:07 PM

Tomorrow is our last day & we get our checks. :D
I'm so lucky to work at a school! I have all the day's off that my son does.
I just LOVE snow days!!!

jitami

11-24-2008, 05:47 PM

That's a bummer Shanley :( We start a little earlier in the summer, though, so it probably all works out. Zoe, do you teach?

olive oil

11-24-2008, 08:27 PM

No way, not enough patience for that.
I'm the "lunch lady". I make sure all the little rats get fed.:D
I do love the interaction with the kids though. I'm at a middle school.

drache

11-25-2008, 04:14 AM

oh, I sure hope Mikhaila's okay this morning
she felt ill last night (tummy & head) and this morning we have our last middle school tour and she needs to finish a project at school

jitami

11-25-2008, 10:12 AM

drache

11-25-2008, 12:27 PM

we really liked the school at today
we liked all four we looked at, but this one is definitely our #2 choice

count dewclaw

11-25-2008, 12:53 PM

Rhea, do you get to choose which middle school Mikhaila goes to? Our school district is small enough that we only have 1 elem. school, 1 middle school, and 1 high school.

olive oil

11-25-2008, 01:03 PM

Aw, poor Mikhaila... wish her well for me....

Cool Zoe :) So you've heard the Adam Sandler Lunch Lady song, right? :) Middle school kids are an interesting lot.... can't say I'm not glad we've moved out of that stage :)

Oh my gosh I love Adam Sandler, didn't know he had a lunch lady song.
I'm going to have to find it.

drache

11-25-2008, 01:28 PM

to some extend
you get to put down several choices and rank them
I've been told that if you put down too many you may end up with one of your lesser choices
different schools have different admissions criteria also
the two at our top wouldn't don't even look at students who haven't put them first or second on the list
some schools are picking students by their academic performance, others are looking for other qualities
the two at the top of our list don't actually look at academic records so much, although Mikhaila could certainly get into any of the schools that do
our top choice is a school that focuses on collaborative work and a lot of hands-on projects and off-site science work; their tour was given by students who were awake and enthusiastic, and their admissions process is such that they invite all the kids at the same time, do something like a class with them and see how they'll fit together - looking for a good mix, I guess
today's tour was at a school that's more traditional in their approach to the academic material and additionally has a heavy focus on the arts
their admissions involves an audition of sorts
both school integrate all students and provide help for those who need a little extra
both are smallish schools, where one will know pretty much everyone by the end of the first year
the third school we're considering is one that's huge - very different
the draw is a fantastic drama department, but their entire approach is otherwise very number based - testing testing testing - scores
Mikhaila has the test scores and attendance records to get into a school like that, but I don't think that it's a good way to learn