Sudokuaholics Anonymous 6

eaa Knuckle sandwich - love it - but she would have deserved it!

OOOOOOHHHHH!!! My first TOPP on SA6

eaa

by that - much.

Oh! I love your little puppy can I take him home.

Cyn, the kids have been off visiting my mother, which has involved a full day of travelling on their onesome on either side of the visit. We all leave for Port on Friday - more travel!! They won't want to leave home for a few months...

Congrats Cyn - your first TOPP on SA6!!

If you leave me, can I come TOO.

I don't know if I'll be able to be here while in Port. We have wireless now and hubby is setting it up on the laptop, but..... until I try I don't know if it will work...

Well I do have to get some things done before I head off to pick up the kids. I hope to catch you later!

Looks like Cyn, topped and ran.

C ya Suzy.

I would have LOVED to do something to her, but what would that teach the 100 little children who were watching the whole thing? And I would have lost my job. All I could do was lecture her on animal cruelty, without raising my voice. I was representing the zoo.
We had some really dumb people who came there. Really dumb. There were a pair of Peccaries that we kept behind 2 fences, with an 8 foot space between fences. A Peccary is probably one of the most dangerous animals in a zoo, though they look like cute, hairy little pigs. When nobody was looking, this idiot lifted his 2 year old daughter onto the first fence, climbed over it himself, then lifted her over the second fence, and set her in the pen with the Peccaries "so she could pet the cute little pigs." They killed the child instantly, and ate most of her before help could be summoned. The idiot sued the zoo. Thankfully, he lost. The 2 fences, and the signs warning of the danger were considered to be sufficient. I had to feed and water those little Peccaries every day. I would not do it unless there was another keeper there, and I was armed with a sharp pitchfork. That was if we couldn't get them into another pen temporarily.

There was another keeper there who thought I was exaggerating the dangers. On my day off, a couple of months after he started working the same area I did, he decided to feed them while unarmed. The person he chose as his back-up, was not the sharpest needle in the pack. He went in with them, and they got him. Took his leg down to the bone. ICU for 6 months. Idiots.

Then there was the moron who climbed the perimeter fence at 2 am, took off all his clothes, and went swimming with the sea lions. They were neither trained, nor gentle. His cries for help got him escorted out. He retaliated by buying some fish, mickeying them with poison, and in broad daylight, he threw them to the sea lions. We lost our sea lion colony.

Oh! That poor innocent little girl.What a nasty animal they must be. Should never be kept in captivity 'cause there will always think they know it all.

All I can say is the 'bloody idiots'.

OOps! 'cause there will always be someone who think they know it all.
Brain in gear, finger in neutral.

This sort of thing is why I no longer work in a zoo. I am not fond of the general public. The main reason for the existence of modern zoos is for breeding and preserving species that are threatened. By having the genes spread out in many zoos around the world, no natural disaster can cause extinction. Careful records are kept of every animal, to prevent inbreeding, and avoid weakening a species. There is a growing trend, now, to have zoos that are not open to the public, and recreate the animals natural habitat as well as possible. The ultimate goal is to be able to re-introduce creatures back into their natural habitat.

Heidi, the puppy kicker had only seen my sweet nature. I didn't know I had it in me, I kept my cool didn't even swear at her but I had the biggest knot in my gut. The anger must have shown in my eyes 'cause she back pedaled

It's past my bedtime, so Good Night, eaa, and thanks for letting me vent a little.

That makes a lot of sense, the less wild animal have to do with people the better.

Sweet dreams Heidi. Hope you get eight hours.

Yes, eaa, I did Topp and run. Have been resizing some pics to put on my page - so slow. Will put them on soon.
Heidi - that poor little girl!! How atrocious.

Sorry - goodnight Heidi.

Do you use Picasa, Cyn.

Have uploaded some pics including one of our new Puppy and one of the Perth gathering, almost identical to Rolandas, probably due to the fact that we were frozen onto the spot. That was one cold windy day! More to come of Albany and Anne.
(eaa - I use Resize Images online)

It was good to see all your photos CynB.

everybody...
Thank you to everybody who dropped into Lachies page to wish him happy birthday he's read them and was a bit bowled over by the number [he left a thankyou on his page but prob. won't think to leave them anywhere else]

We had a lovely lunch with the ladies from Cockatoo....we are all pretty good on the fang and withing an hour of being seated we had eaten enough yum cha to sink the Titanic!! Gail and Hannah came back for coffee [I was red faced with embarrassment with all my junk and 'boxes' everywhere...] Everything in it's own good time...need to spend less time here..

Welcome to the sanity of SA6 Nola and Alison yesterday.

Look forward to the rest of your photo's CynB...

June I am so glad that things went ok for Laura...Sharon is being sensible...not something to be ignored but certainly not something to get your knickers in a knot over either. Fancy you being a country girl as well...should've guessed when I met you.

Heidi...need to get over to easy to understand what you and eaa are talking about but I am not surprised to find that you were a zoo keeper in another life. I am always so impressed with your wealth of information. Glad that knucklehead didn't win the court case....
BRB folks....

Hey Bean, what is it they say about no one wanting to visit a pristine house, come and enjoy the dust bunnies and the organised mess with me.

Realised when I posted I was missing MASH about the only thing I watch on TV.
Hey Cyn you should look into getting a hotmail/live email account, if you send pics to yourself it automatically resizes them for you.

Guess I am here all by myself, how many posts for a CP?

Heidi, had to google Peccaries, what idiots you have had to deal with! BTW how are you, is there any improvement?

Oh you all must have a life!
Cyn was thinking or have I already said that we should have a gathering before that nasty 'C' word, perhaps late this month?

Just one more, to get Bella in the mix.

just called in to see how everyone is this evening. I seem to have spent quite some time on the phone today.

Laura has had some apple juice and some ham sanwich but brought it back up but there was no blood. I think she has slept most of the day. I did not go to the hospital.

I also got some shopping done as I have a son and grandson with birthdays in just over a week.