I work with leather. Almost all that outfit came from one hide. When I could get around better I was a docent at the Endangered Wolf Center in St. Louis. In this pix I'm at the World Bird Sanctuary, with, IIRC, an Egyptian fish eagle who can't be returned to the wild because of wing damage.

So what do you do labor at to avoid doing real work?

No not turkey day!

Actually giving thanks to folks. Like to Free for the TTAlifeboat, and Leerob's Atheisthouse site, and DOM for buying that coffeehouse thang, and Mathilda for giving us this place.

You guys are awesome. Thanks, all a ya! 

If you don't know me by now
You will never, never, never know me

I'm here.  And ready to start pumping out the click baity thread titles guaranteed to bring in some chew toys 

Don't take offence at mine



"You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International or United States Federal law."

Also, how do we post videos?

I'm here, but still haven't really done anything with my profile.  I CANNOT figure out how to get the avatar I want to go there.  Remember, I'm a techno-dinosaur.  Thought I'd change it up a little here from my last "hair on fire stick person," and go with this one instead:

http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/olympi...oticon.gif

Is there a place here that walks me through how to do that-----for dummies?

And how to change the time to my local time, just where I see it? 

(because I was told we need less obscure titles, even if it goes against every obscure fibre of my convoluted - in a myriad of ways - being... and because we have no News subforum yet)

Something nice and cute the get the forum going with... well, at least I found it cute 

'Most adorable random act of kindness ever'?

"Parking restrictions spark frustration more often than delight, but a newly-installed sign in Wiesbaden, Germany has been declared "the most adorable act of random kindness ever" as social media users shared the story online.

Food and travel writer Christie Dietz, whose four-year-old son has parked his bike by the same lamppost "just about every day for the last year", discovered the space had now been reserved just for him.

A kind-hearted stranger had placed a sticker on the lamppost bearing a picture of her son's distinctive green and blue balance bike.

Ms Dietz posted a picture of the lamppost to Twitter on Monday and the image has been shared widely - attracting more than 75,000 likes and shares.

"We were really touched by someone carrying out such a sweet and joyful idea," Ms Dietz told the BBC.

"My son is very happy about the sticker.""

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45639136

I'ma go kinda slow here, for a bit.  But I think this is going to be an interesting & wonderful place to venture along with.   

I might even change my Avatar, once the TTA dust settles.
I like the idea of cutting ties when things come to an end - jobs & whatnot.  Change is change and I like going with that flow.  :thumbsup:

Still ... it is good to have a somewhat familiar place to relax. 

:bowing:  Loads of thanks to Mathilda for her hard work and all her scrambling to get this up & running so quickly.    :bowing:

Special thanks to Dom for spearheading action amidst the shock of the bomb drop.  :bowing: 

It's good to be ... somewhere ... with everyone who might show up.   


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Might try to work on the smilies, a bit. 

This is Clyde, just two years old at the time. He's BIGGER now. Thirty-seven pounds, 39 inches (1 meter) long, end of tail to tip of nose. (We need "imgfit"?)

So nice to see so many of you here already.
;D