These posts are getting longer and longer! Oh and another 50 bucks from my boss today... Creepy. Why'd you sleep in? Partying too much the night before? Yeah, I am not even slightly productive on days that I sleep in, I just wander from room to room, lost. Haha! You'd never beat me! I am the champion!! You'd win the cold one easy though, the window would be halfway down and I'd be saying "Enough! Enough!!" Minus twelve!?! I don't think I can even comprehend that degree of coldness. I hope your friend's hand was ok, it just shows, you shouldn't mess with cold weather. Ha ha big tough men out in the cold while the women huddle inside, we're tough in other ways though! For example, I love bets, my friend said I couldn't skull a beer that had been rolling around in his car for 2 months (it was summer), so I did and won my 35 bucks. He was pissed because he thought I wouldn't do it, I was pissed because I think the beer had fermented Anyway you're probably going to tell me stories of tough bets you've taken Bring 'em on! Who says I'm visiting Colorado any time soon!?! Ahem *Gets into important, charming, koala keeper mode* We-ell, koalas are found in isolated pockets along the east coast of Australia.... Naw we don't cut their food up, we cut it down! Off the trees I mean. Yes, koalas get their water from the eucalyptus leaves, although almost every time I answer that question one hops down to have a drink! They are unco drinkers, their mouths are just not designed to lap. So how do we spoil them? About five of them like apples, Eddie, in my pictures, is one of them, he even knows where they are kept. When he decides he wants an apple, he waits at the door, then when it's opened he waltzes in, ignoring everyone else and climbs onto the table to help himself The Japanese tour guides that come through regularly always ask if he's had his apple yet, the tourists love to take pictures of him as he sits on the floor with his little gut popping out, eating his apple. The non-apple eaters get spoiled by cuddles and extra food, we've got some that want to be held aaallllllll day and it's hard to rake or use a till while holding a koala. Ha ha Almost every single pair of jeans, shorts or skirt that I own has a wire hole, with a scar on my leg to match. I always climb over fences and get caught. Either that, or brush past a sharp bit and get cut. Ouch! Your leg! How big was the chunk!? I think I know what snap rings are, we call them something different here, but I forget what. I always get my fingers caught in them. Ok, yes, I am just unco and accident prone. Wait maybe I don't know what snap rings are, I've never heard of proper equipment for taking them off....? Are they the circular bit of metal with a little rod attached that snaps shut? The thing I'm thinking of is called a something pin and.... I give up. Waffle waffle. Yay! Another little animal to add to my collection! Hopefully the other horses will like it That is hilarious! I've never heard of a burro, but it sounds cute! Ah ha ha Do they still have it? Ahem *koala keeper voice again* They are NOT bears! Some of the people that I work with get really angry when people call them bears, but eh, I don't care. *and again* Their closest relative is a wombat. Ohhhhh! I can't help it!!! Computers, I couldn't live without them, but I hate them! Ok, all done
If it's the new fad, why aren't you doing it? Are you too cool for fads?
Yeah, my whole family is like that. If we sleep in past eight, we're all a bunch of zombies the rest of the day. Well, if my folks could sleep in past five, they would. But I hear you loud and clear- I slept in till nine thirty this last Sunday, and I could hardly get up from the computer to get something to eat. Its a pathetic feeling, isn't it? I've played that game with myself- its not a fun game at all! We do the same thing with the cold, though! It'll be ten ( minus twelve to you) and we'll roll down the windows and see who gets cold first. One of my buddies had to go to the hospital one night because he got really bad frostbite on his hand. Cold is a lot like heat though- it takes a while, but you'll get used to it. My mom and sister sometimes refuse to go outside, and me and my dad will be outside working with insulated coveralls and boots and a T shirt. All in a nutshell- remind me to never play that game with you! I think you'd do great in southern Colorado, though. I'm up north, but down south it is a lot warmer. And you could always build a fire, if you absolutely had to! You have to cut up your koalas food?? How did they ever survive in the wild?? That reminds me of the movie 3:10 to Yuma (if you've seen it. If not, nevermind) I almost asked how you spoil a koala, but answered my own question- you cut up their food for them. I watched a video in high school about koalas that were actively seeking out water and drinking due to excess aluminum in their kidneys. From what I understand, koalas get their water from their food. Is that true? Ah! Another wire victim! I had a strand of barbwire snap on me once, just out of the blue. I was walking along, and it just broke and took a healthy chunk out of my leg. That is karma, right there! Wire and snap rings. I hate snap rings. They don't cause injury, but if you don't have the proper equipment for dealing with them, it is a serious exercise in patience. Yeah, I'll just plop that little foal in a box and mail it off to you! I'm sure my ranch could use a koala joey. We're always obtaining strange animals through odd means. My boss's son bought a burro (miniature donkey type beast) while drunk and drove thirteen hours from Oklahoma to Colorado with her (her name is Burrita) in the back seat of his 4Runner. A koala would fit right in! He could hang out with all the other bears at the trash pit and eat day-old food! Waffle waffle . . . zzzzZZZZZZZzzz kidding! I hate how my touchpad puts my cursor elsewhere, obviously where I don't want it to be! I've accidentally deleted entire messages before. Gah. Stupid computers . . . Are you sure the two-message thing isn't gonna turn into the next messaging fad?
Ok, I don't really have much more to say about that... Um thanks for pointing out that I'm a lover not a fighter?? Yes, WA is pretty awesome, it kicks Colorado's butt!
Noooo! I can get up early, I just take time to adjust to the fact that I am now awake. It's like jet lag, but not... Ok, I'm not sure where I was going with that. Ok, I do like a sleep in and can do it easily, but feel like crap for the rest of the day. Hot wuss sounds funny. More clothes don't work! I'd prefer to have on less and erm... Take off more? Man, my brain is on the fritz tonight. Anyway what I'm trying to say is I can handle heat. We sometimes play a game on 40+ degree days, you roll up the windows in the ute and turn the heater up as far as it can go, and watch everyone sweat! Everyone else is dripping and I've got like one or two drops of sweat. The only way I'd survive in Colorado weather is if I sat inside by a fire It is a lot of koalas and they are worse than kids. They are spoilt and persistant - hence the jumping on legs etc. I spend my days, cleaning, feeding, cutting young eucalyptus shoots (they're fussy buggers), talking to tourists, health checks, weighing blah blah blah. They are pretty high maintenance in other words, you have to be on the lookout constantly for illnesses. Me too, if I'm not having skin art done by koalas I'm tripping, running into things or cutting myself on wire. Wire is my enemy, we don't get along. You're right eye injuries are gross and those were my feelings exactly I was making the pirate jokes, but it was an unexciting one and I only wore it for one day. I'm excited about the babies too! Apparently one poked it's head out of the pouch on saturday, so it won't be long before I can overload on the baby koala pics. Ooh lucky you! When are they due? I'll swap you a koala joey for a foal ok? Goodo, I'll just waffle away, until you fall asleep. Naw, variety is the spice of life, it just seems the only spice you have on your rack is of the Tennesse variety. That's more than most people! Yessss! Grr, my wireless mouse carked it the other day. Now I have to use the touch pad, it sucks balls. I'll make you feel better, oh whoops! Something unidentifiable happened to my screen and I have to reply to your second with a second message of my own!
Yup, I'm pretty sure it was you! You don't put people down and don't pick fights and yeah. I was setting myself up for a run on sentence. Yes, you have a very distinct screen name. Pretty hard to miss. WA- (pulls up google map) Oh, yes, of course!
Ah, you're one of those up at the crack of noon people? I guess I'm lucky enough I can adapt quick enough to any kind of lifestyle. But there are certainly worse weaknesses to have! Yep, I'm a hot wuss. And I think you'd be fine in the cold- nothing a few big coats can't take care of! That's one thing I like about the cold- you can always put more clothes on, but you can only take so much off before people start to complain. You don't pay for your fuel?? Do you have a company car or something? No fair! Eighteen koalas. Thats a lot. Is it kind of like taking care of eighteen kids? I don't know a thing about koalas. Are they high maintenance creatures, or do they just require feeding and such? Boy, poking holes in my body wouldn't work for me! I poke enough holes in myself I don't need any help! Any eyes- yuck. I don't mind other kinds of injuries, but eyes gross me out. Did Stitches just poke a hole in your eye, or did he actually scratch a line in it? I wouldn't have let anyone get near my eye with a needle. I'd say superglue it and call it good. Am I correct in guessing that you got lots of jokes about being a pirate with that eyepatch? Or was it one of those unexciting medical ones? That's awesome that you've got babies on the way! You should post pics when they get here! My ranch has six pregnant mares, one with twins, so we've got a herd of kids on the way! I'm pretty excited. Its okay about long messages- I hate those six word emails! They're really hard to respond to. So I disagree- you don't talk too much. I sure wish they could locate that gene! I'm either going to get rid of it or make it whole. I'm horrible with doing accents. (except for the southern one!) and I accidentally posted it when i wasn't ready. Ever do that? I hate touchpads. Now I can't see the rest of your message in the editing thingy, so I'm going to post another, mmkay? (Wow, i feel like a dork!)
Heh, I know, I was a bit naughty that night. The thing is no matter how much sleep I get, I don't wake up well It's my one weakness. So I'm a cold wuss, you're a hot wuss. We should switch and see who survives the longest. I think I'll be betting against myself. I don't pay for my fuel either! I've tried telling him that, and driving that far is my problem.. He won't listen though, and it's wierd. It's awesome not having all those bills to pay hey? All I pay for is my phone and internet and I like it. Yeah, my job is basically looking after eighteen koalas (plus another three on the way). It's good, but it's also a crap job. In answer to your picture comments: Their claws are bloody sharp! My back is always covered with scratches plus a few on my arms and stomach. Today, one jumped on my leg and I could feel the pop as the claws broke the skin, I now have two holes in my thigh. The same koala (Stitches is his name) almost took out my eye last year. I had to get stitches on my eyelid - ironic, I know - and there was a cut on my eye ball. They wanted to stitch that too, but I talked them out of it and now it's fine I had to wear an eyepatch and it was funny. And yeah, I've been meaning to take that picture off. Not because of the lack of continuity, but because it's basically a picture of my bum This is getting loooong I talk too much. Oh well, at least you had a good reason for missing it. Ha ha ha True, I wonder if many people actually celebrate anything for the original reason. Heriditary accent-picking up. I wonder if they've located the gene for that characteristic yet. I'm in WA. I already know where you are, so that's all I'll say about that One more thing: "I've read quite a few of your posts and I like how you write, how you think, how you treat everyone else, etc." - Are you sure you were reading MY posts!?
Well, I don't understand why you'd be tired! You were (still?) up at 4:30 am last time I talked to you! I just figured out that my phone has a unit converter on it- so 40's to you is 110+ to me. Ick! I thought just up into the triple digits was bad! I wish my bosses paid me for gas money! I can't really complain though, because most of my jobs, room and board is provided free of charge, so yeah. I don't really need gas money! I would guess that with an hour and a half drive, your boss feels guilty. If he has other motives . . . well, yeah, that would be a little awkward. What do you do as a job? I read something somewhere about koalas, but that might could be just a hobby for all I know! Well, I missed Thanksgiving because I was . . . I don't remember what I was doing. One of my Uncles is a firefighter, so I think my family had the get-together before I got home from my job in South Dakota (around 650 miles (or a little over a thousand kilometers) away.) When my family had the Christmas party, I was six hours northwest on a hunting trip. You know, its been so long since I took any history, but from what I recall, Thanksgiving is the celebration of something about a pact or a meal shared between Christopher Columbus and the Native Americans he met when he first arrived on North America. It doesn't really hold much significance to me, except that my family has a few parties, get together and eat lots of food. Just like every other celebration on the planet. I know people that pick up accents easily, like my parents. My dad was stationed in Europe when he was in the Air Force for a few years, and whenever my mom talks to anyone form England, she starts speaking in their accents and dialects. It's very confusing to me, since I don't have a clue what most of the words mean! I got some weird slice of the accent gene- I only pick up the Tennessee accent. What part of Australia are you in?
Ok, I'm converting like crazy here! Lucky there's websites to do it for me 100 is about 35 celcius. That's not too bad... Our summer temps can get to the mid forties, but I like it in the mid thirties. Our weather is a bit like that at the moment (but milder), when I leave for work I'm all rugged up, but by the time I get there I have to strip down to the warm weather clothes I wore underneath. Yeah, I have to drive that far for work too. It sucks, my 7hr work day turns into a ten hour work day. But hey, I like my job so it's worth it! Plus my boss sneaks me petrol money, which can be embarrassing and makes me question his motives I'm sure they did miss you! How come you missed christmas and thanksgiving? Did you have to work? What exactly is thanksgiving anyway? I've never understood that... Ha ha I know somebody like that. She has penpals from around the world and when they come to visit she picks up their accent. Sorry, I'm still half asleep... Zzzzz
