Genie Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 2 hours ago, bickster said: When our CEO asks me to deliver a package and says, it'll be pointless coming back to the office after that, you just get off home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 8, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 8, 2021 25 minutes ago, Genie said: Well if you must know it was a large photo of the companiy’sfounder who passed away a couple of months ago, which was being taken to the framers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 8, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, bickster said: Well if you must know it was a large photo of the companiy’sfounder who passed away a couple of months ago, which was being taken to the framers Wow, so now he's not around to defend himself they're going to stitch him up? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 On 28/10/2021 at 21:45, villa4europe said: https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-55416365 Its old but I just found out about this Biologists tracked 2 penguins in Melbourne, male and female, both of their partners died, they meet up on a night, cuddle each other and look at the city lights The photos won an award That's blown my mind... Even if its a load of bollocks the photos of 2 penguins hugging looking at the city lights is cool **** that's kinda beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 On 28/10/2021 at 21:45, villa4europe said: https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-55416365 Its old but I just found out about this Biologists tracked 2 penguins in Melbourne, male and female, both of their partners died, they meet up on a night, cuddle each other and look at the city lights The photos won an award That's blown my mind... Even if its a load of bollocks the photos of 2 penguins hugging looking at the city lights is cool Fake news. That's a still from Happy Feet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted November 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 13, 2021 I had a proper day off yesterday, hard leave, no sneaky peeps at the emails. We went to the Zoo (Paignton), just the pair of us, in the middle of November on a school and work day. Paignton Zoo layout allows the animals space to bugger off out of sight, but because the place was so quiet, we had brilliant views of everything, tigers you can normally see off in the distance were right up against the fence watching us as much as we were watching them. We did the Meet The Rhino’s Experience’ and it was excellent. From arriving there parking about 1 minute’s walk from the entrance, no queues, no kids, staff on the desk were really nice AND they were expecting us. Had a bit of a wander around then met up with the Keeper, had a bit of an introductory talk, a bit of a health n safety talk, then in to the back of house bit to have a look around and prep some rhino snacks. Then the main event, met the male rhino gave him some fruit and, as we’d been warned, he basically hung around for as long as the snacks lasted then buggered off. Female rhino was a different story, loves a chin tickle and a back scratch, so she hung around for ages. I think we were about 30 mins ‘hands on’ with the rhino’s, probably 45 minutes in total. Everyone was lovely, great times were had. The female rhino does not like the male rhino so there will be no romance any time soon. Keeper said this was understandable as most of the staff also thought he was a bit of a dickhead. Keeper struggled a little bit with some of my more technical questions on rhino eyesight, but I did manage to get the knowledge that their eyesight is crap, can’t see much more than movement and contrast, can’t hardly see something the size of a human 30 metres away. Primary senses are smell and hearing. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: I had a proper day off yesterday, hard leave, no sneaky peeps at the emails. We went to the Zoo (Paignton), just the pair of us, in the middle of November on a school and work day. Paignton Zoo layout allows the animals space to bugger off out of sight, but because the place was so quiet, we had brilliant views of everything, tigers you can normally see off in the distance were right up against the fence watching us as much as we were watching them. We did the Meet The Rhino’s Experience’ and it was excellent. From arriving there parking about 1 minute’s walk from the entrance, no queues, no kids, staff on the desk were really nice AND they were expecting us. Had a bit of a wander around then met up with the Keeper, had a bit of an introductory talk, a bit of a health n safety talk, then in to the back of house bit to have a look around and prep some rhino snacks. Then the main event, met the male rhino gave him some fruit and, as we’d been warned, he basically hung around for as long as the snacks lasted then buggered off. Female rhino was a different story, loves a chin tickle and a back scratch, so she hung around for ages. I think we were about 30 mins ‘hands on’ with the rhino’s, probably 45 minutes in total. Everyone was lovely, great times were had. The female rhino does not like the male rhino so there will be no romance any time soon. Keeper said this was understandable as most of the staff also thought he was a bit of a dickhead. Keeper struggled a little bit with some of my more technical questions on rhino eyesight, but I did manage to get the knowledge that their eyesight is crap, can’t see much more than movement and contrast, can’t hardly see something the size of a human 30 metres away. Primary senses are smell and hearing. I did a feed the Penguins experience at Dudley. It was better than I could have imagined. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 13, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 13, 2021 If anyone sees a Red Panda experience that doesn't have a waiting list of about three years can they let me know (for the daughter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, bickster said: If anyone sees a Red Panda experience that doesn't have a waiting list of about three years can they let me know (for the daughter) Chengdu in China if you really really love your daughter I had a look as i'm taking a break from a boring set of data I'm working on , probably all a bit far from you but Longleat has dates available in November and December , but the encounter looks a bit meh if I'm honest broxbourne Zoo i've done this one before with the kids , but and every single day is blocked out until the 3rd May 2022 , has new owners now so don't know if the encounters are as full on as they used to Drusillas park also has some in Jan and feb .. I did one with the kids at Bristol zoo but that wasn't great ... probably was from the pandas point of view but the kids weren't allowed to get too close , mind you they were about 6 and 8 at the time , its probbaly less restrictive for adults Edited November 13, 2021 by tonyh29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 13, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 13, 2021 15 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: Chengdu in China if you really really love your daughter I had a look as i'm taking a break from a boring set of data I'm working on , probably all a bit far from you but Longleat has dates available in November and December , but the encounter looks a bit meh if I'm honest broxbourne Zoo i've done this one before with the kids , but and every single day is blocked out until the 3rd May 2022 , has new owners now so don't know if the encounters are as full on as they used to Drusillas park also has some in Jan and feb .. I did one with the kids at Bristol zoo but that wasn't great ... probably was from the pandas point of view but the kids weren't allowed to get too close , mind you there were about 6 and 8 at the time , its probbaly less restrictive for adults Ta, like I said, its for the daughter so Londonish ones are great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 4 hours ago, Seat68 said: I did a feed the Penguins experience at Dudley. It was better than I could have imagined. What did you feed the penguins to? The rhinos? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Xela said: What did you feed the penguins to? The rhinos? Don't be daft. Rhino's are vegetarian. The Tigers however would happily tear them limb from limb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, sidcow said: Don't be daft. Rhino's are vegetarian. The Tigers however would happily tear them limb from limb. Rhinos have poor eyesight remember. They might have mistook the penguins for slimy aubergines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 13, 2021 Just now, Xela said: Rhinos have poor eyesight remember. They might have mistook the penguins for slimy aubergines. Easily done. I've done it myself from time to time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted November 13, 2021 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted November 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Xela said: What did you feed the penguins to? The rhinos? No, he pulped all the honey bees, put them on a plate with a load of dead herrings and chimpanzees, and fed that to the rhinos. Their favourite meal. Fish and chimps and mushy bees. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 4 hours ago, tonyh29 said: Chengdu in China if you really really love your daughter I had a look as i'm taking a break from a boring set of data I'm working on , probably all a bit far from you but Longleat has dates available in November and December , but the encounter looks a bit meh if I'm honest broxbourne Zoo i've done this one before with the kids , but and every single day is blocked out until the 3rd May 2022 , has new owners now so don't know if the encounters are as full on as they used to Drusillas park also has some in Jan and feb .. I did one with the kids at Bristol zoo but that wasn't great ... probably was from the pandas point of view but the kids weren't allowed to get too close , mind you they were about 6 and 8 at the time , its probbaly less restrictive for adults Yep But you could only see the red pandas not play with them Doubt I'd recognise that place now, they were throwing an insane amount of money about with underground's etc they also had brilliant food, the hot pot where they just stew the meat in red hot chilli water and then the sichuan peppercorn has this strange quality where it numbs your mouth meaning the chilli is somewhat lost making it OK to eat, very unique and nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonyh29 Posted November 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 13, 2021 2 hours ago, villa4europe said: Yep But you could only see the red pandas not play with them Doubt I'd recognise that place now, they were throwing an insane amount of money about with underground's etc they also had brilliant food, the hot pot where they just stew the meat in red hot chilli water and then the sichuan peppercorn has this strange quality where it numbs your mouth meaning the chilli is somewhat lost making it OK to eat, very unique and nice I’ve been there twice first time was in 2000 and we were were the only people in the sanctuary … as a result mrs h and I were allowed to sit on a bench and they brought a giant panda out and he sat on the bench between us munching on an apple …. Then we wandered into the red panda enclosure and could stroke , cuddle and feed the red pandas. when I went back in 2017 , the place had thousands of visitors and people are kept a respectful distance away from the pandas… even the panda encounter I did was just getting you close enough to feed them some apple on a long stick , no contact allowed … as it should be really ( I can say this as I’ve done my contact ) the way China has invested in conservation for the pandas is quite impressive 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 14, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 14, 2021 11 hours ago, tonyh29 said: I’ve been there twice first time was in 2000 and we were were the only people in the sanctuary … as a result mrs h and I were allowed to sit on a bench and they brought a giant panda out and he sat on the bench between us munching on an apple …. Then we wandered into the red panda enclosure and could stroke , cuddle and feed the red pandas. when I went back in 2017 , the place had thousands of visitors and people are kept a respectful distance away from the pandas… even the panda encounter I did was just getting you close enough to feed them some apple on a long stick , no contact allowed … as it should be really ( I can say this as I’ve done my contact ) the way China has invested in conservation for the pandas is quite impressive You look a bit puffy eyed in that second picture. Didn't get much sleep the night before? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 37 minutes ago, sidcow said: You look a bit puffy eyed in that second picture. Didn't get much sleep the night before? Was 20 years ago , I’m probably close in shape to the panda now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 15 hours ago, mjmooney said: No, he pulped all the honey bees, put them on a plate with a load of dead herrings and chimpanzees, and fed that to the rhinos. Their favourite meal. Fish and chimps and mushy bees. True story but I’ve stood naked on a stage whilst someone told that joke … and it’s a bloody long joke in full format , more so when a few hundred people are looking at you … and let’s just say it doesn’t translate well to non native English speakers Another one to chalk down to alcohol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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