The Virtual Lounge

[Anonymous]

well, fluffy onesie on + donkey brown boottee-tyle slippers

cuppa Twinnings tea = everyday variety, decaff + s/sk milk = no sugar +

Blue Ribband original choccy bic to hand

checking on my cat Marvellous Marty the Magnificent = beside me in his pet-bed under the wooden desk 

on which new basic desktop printer will be put = on or around next payday ..... I mean upon the wooden desk not upon the cat  

kicked my old basic Epson printer in frustration many many months ago 

therapeutic for me for about 3 nano-seconds but really, really bad for the printer 

well, let's see if there are many takers for my initial entry into the off-top unofficial world of 'the lounge area'

WispaRed7 

[jonsie]

Uh oh....teenage rebellion at some time in the future 

[Cleoriff]

Supervet was something else tonight. Sad...very sad...(but still brilliant)

[Anonymous]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Supervet was something else tonight. Sad...very sad...(but still brilliant)

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I've just watched it on the iPlayer ... & yes very sad ... I didn't see that coming ... but, an unmissable programme each week 

[Cleoriff]

Of course Ch 4 has started it's new series of the Secret Life of the Zoo. (about Chester Zoo) thank god for good TV in the dark dank winter months

[Marjo]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Of course Ch 4 has started it's new series of the Secret Life of the Zoo. (about Chester Zoo) thank god for good TV in the dark dank winter months

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I haven't watched this, but from the name I would think it secretly films the antics of the zoo animals when no-one is looking, and of course the animals will be like in the Madagascar movies...

Any close?

[Cleoriff]

Not really @Marjo. :smileytongue:It's filmed in Chester Zoo with a lot of input from the staff giving explanation and background on various animals. Its a great combination of interaction between the animals and the keepers.

Zebras giving birth...and the jealousy between older siblings towards the new kids on the block. Two sloths where the female had no interest in the male...until the keepers tried a couple of tricks. An endangered Asian lion and lioness...who also couldn't be 'assed' to mate (purely because he had lost his dominance) until the keepers started to make the lion fight to get his food....(they hung it from trees etc) He recovered his dominance. She recovered her interest...Nuff said....

[Marjo]

Hahaha that sounds very entertaining. Thanks for the heads up! I'll try catch it if it's available online somewhere.

[Glory1]

@Marjo you can catch up with it on All4 which is where I watch episodes.

[Cleoriff]

It's certainly not Planet Earth ......and I know many people don't agree with Zoos.... but nowadays with more and more species becoming endangered... at least they are safe and cared for. Many zoos have breeding/release into the wild programmes running...so it is a type of preservation..

[jonsie]

I have always detested zoos and the despicable circuses. Zoos do serve a purpose in preservation of species but I long since gave up visits because it broke my heart seeing animals caged or confined. At least they are protected from their biggest predator, vermin claiming to be human, but the cruelty that goes on in some of the overseas zoos is appalling.