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RE: What's on your copy/paste? - 4/1/2010 6:04:44 PM
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RE: What's on your copy/paste? - 4/1/2010 8:07:10 PM
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if we are all molded by our surroundings our families our friends if you have no parents how can god judge you if you become a bad person and how can a person that was born into a good family judge a man raised wrong
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RE: What's on your copy/paste? - 4/2/2010 2:03:58 PM
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In case you missed it: Things got heated on ‘The Factor’ when Megyn and Bill go head-to-head over the court’s decision to order a dead marine’s father to pay legal costs for the anti-gay protesters who picketed his son’s funeral.
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RE: What's on your copy/paste? - 4/2/2010 2:18:52 PM
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RE: What's on your copy/paste? - 4/2/2010 2:22:16 PM
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(That would be the degree symbol, copied from the Character Map because I can never remember how to make it myself)
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RE: What's on your copy/paste? - 4/5/2010 8:11:12 AM
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RE: What's on your copy/paste? - 4/5/2010 1:37:41 PM
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Did Rob call Coach a little man ?
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RE: What's on your copy/paste? - 4/6/2010 6:36:06 AM
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1) Is having an eye check today
2) Slept about the same last night but without a pill so really that is better
3) Has 2 brothers and a sister
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RE: What's on your copy/paste? - 4/7/2010 12:53:00 PM
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RE: What's on your copy/paste? - 4/7/2010 10:13:05 PM
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Fear not that you will die, fear rather that you will stop living before you die........
Too funny, I copied this from somewhere online and it is now on my Facebook page...lol. Well at least it's a good one. (Okay, I admit to being a dork, I had to look up what Ichthyophobia was. Guess what's on my copy/paste now?)
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RE: What's on your copy/paste? - 4/9/2010 12:01:29 PM
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"Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments."
— Founding Father Charles Carroll
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RE: What's on your copy/paste? - 4/9/2010 1:50:37 PM
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RE: What's on your copy/paste? - 4/12/2010 9:10:48 AM
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One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you've got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of lump. One needs to learn the difference.
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RE: What's on your copy/paste? - 4/15/2010 7:30:19 AM
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It was my daughter’s birthday, April 10th, and she wanted to go to the wildlife park for the day.
The weather was perfect, sunny and warm without being too hot.
After we paid to go in, the first thing we decided to do was to walk through the water birds area. There were many flamingos, rosy pink on their stilt like legs. Many of them were resting. They stand on one leg, with the other tucked underneath their body, and their neck curled around to tuck their head underneath also. I have heard that their bodies sleep one half at a time, so they change legs and let the other half have a rest later. Some of them were pacing around on the ground. Their legs look as though they are jointed backwards compared to ours. When a flamingo flaps its wings, you can see black feathers underneath. Some were scooping their beaks through the mud under the water. This is how they feed, scooping up bugs and algae. The water gets squirted out of the sides of their beak as they lift it from the water.
There was an information board about flamingo breeding around the world during the previous year. Sadly, in some places, many or even all nests had been abandoned or savaged by dogs, but in other places, hundreds or even thousands of chicks have been hatched although survival rate varied.
Next, we walked through the wooded area where we saw birds such as owls and parrots. There was a huge brown speckled eagle owl and a small white scops owl.
One pair of owls had a notice on their enclosure saying that cleaning was being kept to a minimum because there was a chance that the female was brooding eggs. We could see her shuffling herself over a circular depression in the floor so it looked quite likely.
On the way to see the otters, we walked past servals and fossas. One of the fossas was having fun playing with a large blue ball, patting it around as if it was prey. There was also an enclosure of barbary sheep, with black heads. One large lamb was trying to feed from its mother, but she was quite discouraging. It looked quite old enough to be weaned anyway.
The otters were having their enclosure cleaned by one person, while another person fed them pieces of fish, throwing them into the water. Two of the three otters enthusiastically swam for the fish, bringing them onto the bank to eat. The other otter was canny, he waited for the fish to be brought out, and then he ate it, so he actually didn’t get wet. Although it wouldn’t have hurt him since otters are insulated with two layers of fur to keep their skin dry.
Next door to the otter enclosure was a group of six meerkats. These fascinating animals are smaller than they appear on film, less than twelve inches high when they stand upright on their back legs. One or more at a time does this, while looking all around making sure that there is no danger to the group. If there is any danger, the guard signals to the group and they all run for safety. A keeper fed them some fruit while we watched. The meerkats appeared to play with the grapes a lot before eating them. The keeper explained that they make sure that their food is really dead and safe before they eat it. As well as being fed fruit, the meerkats dig in the ground for grubs to eat.
Leaving the meerkats, we wandered across to another section of the park. Just outside were aardvarks and porcupines. Through a gate there were a few pygmy goats roaming among us as we admired lovebirds and parakeets, lion-head rabbits and guinea pigs. Inside a building were various snakes and bats. Two of the snakes were entwined with each other, their heads right alongside each other, while another one took a drink from a pool, its pink forked tongue flicking in and out, whilst dangling from a tree branch.
We went on to the chimpanzee enclosure. These would not usually be at this park but these two had been rejected by their group at another zoo so now have a home here for the rest of their lives, after which they will not be replaced. They were huddled together face to face, grooming each other. Later in the day we saw them using sticks to manipulate some snacks out of some interesting-looking containers.
There was a row of enclosures with various animals in them; King Colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys, yellow mongooses, fennec foxes and bat-eared foxes.
Across an expanse of grass were the hyenas. A keeper explained that there is more than one type of hyena. The one most people have heard of are the ‘laughing’ ones, but the ones at the park are another type, which make a different noise.
Back across the grass we entered a walk-through enclosure that contained a family of ring-tailed lemurs. They were being fed so we saw them really close up right next to us on the tops of the waist-high wooden fences inside and on the pathway where we were. One of these lemurs had a six-day-old baby clinging to her tummy. It was a golden brown colour against her whitish tummy fur and only about the size of a small human hand. When mummy was running and leaping about with the others you really couldn’t tell which she was very easily at all.
One unhappy side-effect of the baby being there is that the youngest adult male was getting picked on by the rest of the lemurs. Apparently this also happened last year and lasts for a couple of months until the new baby is older. We learned that it is actually kinder to leave him in this situation because if he was removed he could not be reintroduced later. He had a cut on his foot and was getting treated with antibiotics disguised in a handful of raisins. We saw him being fed these and when they were all gone he was looking hopefully in the pot for more.
A birds of prey flying display was scheduled so we left the lemurs to go and sit at the arena.
One of the birds shown was an American Eagle Owl. We were told this is very like the African one with only a slight variation in colour. The bird flew quite clumsily and low to the ground, but also demonstrated a silent flight, swooping low before pouncing on some ‘prey’ with a jump-like movement, talons outstretched.
A hooded vulture called Vomit! had a delicately long pointed beak which is ideal for picking scraps from bones after other animals have finished eating. The handler explained that Vomit is a good name because vultures eat as much as they can in one go and it often prevents them from flying, so they vomit up a little at a time until they can manage to fly again.
A pair of falcons flew high, swooping alternately at the lure, which the trainer was swinging around himself. He explained that falcons work together to increase the chance of catching prey. He also invited us to see a further display later in the day featuring a peregrine falcon, which he said is extremely fast.
By the time the display had ended it was lunchtime so we ate our picnic at some tables in the sunshine near the park entrance.
After lunch, we dashed along just in time to see the pride of lions being fed. Zero, the male, was very laid back, allowing the other six lions to take all the meat. The lions are only fed snacks five times a week, and a full meal twice a week, to imitate feeding patterns in the wild and maintain optimum health.
We went on to the cheetahs…. mother had five cubs in December, so they were now four months old and very lively and playful. They enjoyed their meaty snacks. Father was in a separate enclosure for now, until the cubs become more grown.
We played for a while on some traditional African instruments in a small hut near the cheetahs. The jungle drums and rattles can be heard all over the park and it gives an authentic atmosphere.
We walked back past the arena and waited for the safari train. Once on board, we were driven right around the park and given a commentary on the animals we passed. On the plain there were giraffes, zebras, ostriches and blesboks (antelope). Even from the train we could see the giraffes’ eyes, so beautiful and dark with their ultra long lashes.
As we passed the rhinoceros house the smell was *cough*, well, a bit indescribable really. Strong, to say the least! The rhinos were enormous, weighing about three tons!
We saw ankole cattle, bred for their long curved horns, sitatunga and nyala (types of antelope) The sitatunga have a very clever way of protecting themselves from predators. They hide in water so that only their nostrils are above the surface. This even covers their smell. Next we came to the lemur islands. There were four types of lemurs on these, swinging around on ropes or in the trees, or sitting on the ground. The park keeps five types altogether. We were told that in Madagascar there are forty types of lemurs but they are becoming endangered as their habitat is destroyed to make farmland for humans. At the time of writing, they have only 20% of their original habitat left.
Further along there were both water buffalo and domestic buffalo. Next-door were some Somali Wild Asses. It was amusing to watch a youngster being taken ‘in hand’ by a larger animal. The larger one gripped the smaller at the back of the neck with its teeth and walked it around in circles until the smaller one submitted by rolling on the ground exposing it’s underside.
The train completed its journey back at the station and we were just in time to see the climax of the second birds of prey display, the peregrine falcon. Yes, it was very fast! Eventually the trainer called it back by everyone shouting ‘HO’ on the count of three, and then he rewarded it by letting it have the lure. We went up for a closer look while it was eating on the trainer’s arm (covered with a gauntlet). It was a very good-looking bird with some obvious blue colour on its head.
We had some spare time before the scheduled talk about the vervet monkeys, so we went to the gift shop. I bought a calendar with photographs of the wonderful animals we had been so privileged to see.
Back out in the park, we revisited the flamingos then went on to the lemur walk-through again. They weren’t being fed this time but were much more lively, running along the grass and jumping onto the fence posts and along the ropes over our heads. Mummy showed off her baby again on top of a fence post, squatting on her back legs. There was a ‘no-touching’ rule but she was close enough to touch if we had been allowed. It was nice to see ‘outcast’ Scruffy being given a little friendship from one of the others for a few minutes. As we walked around the pathway, the whole group kept up with us along the way. It was such an amazing, unforgettable experience.
We went on to revisit the vervet monkeys. A keeper came along with a bucket of peanuts in their shells and she let us take a few each to throw through the fence for the monkeys while she told us a little about them.
By now, it was almost time for the park to close. We had had a wonderful day and we went home to feast on Chinese food and birthday cake.
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RE: What's on your copy/paste? - 4/15/2010 2:01:41 PM
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