Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

Davesnave

lemonjelly wrote: »

Hey everyone!:wave:

Real busy at work.. Hope the weather improves soon too!:)

You and me both then.

We've had a manic time lately and much sadness. Wilf, one of our two ferrets, had to be put to sleep on Monday. We knew he only had a limited time left, but it was still a blow.

It's odd, I've felt more sadness at the loss of a ferret than I have for other, supposedly more intelligent, animals we've lived with. Wilf was such a loving, friendly ball of fun. Without the usual killer instinct, he simply wanted to be friends with everyone. He even tried to befriend the cats, never taking it personally when they spat and swiped him on the nose! At the end, he was still cheerful in himself, but after years of playing the fool, his body was worn out.

I know a few people he might have given lessons to, had they been capable of learning them.

Aspiring_Writer

Hello All, Dave sorry to hear about Wilf, having a character around like him is huge fun but when they arent..a sad loss. You wouldnt think of a ferret as a natural pet though would you? or at least I hadn't. Is your other ferret sad? whats his name? Wilbur? Im not mocking, just gently teasing and interested.

Generali

lemonjelly wrote: »

Hey everyone!:wave:

Real busy at work.. hence virtually no jelly on the forum at the mo.

Hope everyone is well.

Hope the weather improves soon too!:)

It's the depths of winter here and we've had a cold snap by local standards ('twas 3C the other night brrrrrrrr). I've decided enough is enough so I'm taking the family up north for a couple of days to Port Macquarie.



We've been lent a flat for a couple of nights so the only cost will be petrol (about $150 I reckon).

lemonjelly

Generali wrote: »

It's the depths of winter here and we've had a cold snap by local standards ('twas 3C the other night brrrrrrrr). I've decided enough is enough so I'm taking the family up north for a couple of days to Port Macquarie.



We've been lent a flat for a couple of nights so the only cost will be petrol (about $150 I reckon).

Lovely view Gen!

I've had enough & decided leisure time is called for. So I'm going to longleat this weekend.

I'm also planning to visit Hastings & Battle soon...

SingleSue

Been a busy week here with one thing and another....youngest is in serious stress out mode, many meetings with the school senco to try to organise things for September and for next weeks Arts week, he has one away day from school for this plus a completely different timetable and has gone into panic stations. One outcome is that although they hoped to, his support package is not going to be reduced anytime soon and in fact, it will be increased even more for the start of the new school year initially until he has become more used to the new teachers.

As for next week, they are going to take each day as it comes and try to prepare him for what is happening the next day...not enough time really as he needs the preparation weeks in advance but better than nothing.

Also up at the hospital this afternoon with my dad, they are now not going to operate on his carotid artery as the latest scans show it is completely blocked and it would be detrimental to his health to do so....to tell the truth, we all sighed in relief as he is making good progress now (plus we have a fast approaching holiday).

But some good news for me, I now have a friend I can go round to for a tea and a chat! May not sound much but I haven't had anything like that for over 7 or 8 years since a good friend left the area, all my contacts live miles away and are conversed with via online methods. She is a friend of my brother and we got chatting at his recent birthday celebration and hit it off straight away.

Davesnave

Aspiring_Writer wrote: »

Hello All, Dave sorry to hear about Wilf, having a character around like him is huge fun but when they arent..a sad loss. You wouldnt think of a ferret as a natural pet though would you? or at least I hadn't. Is your other ferret sad? whats his name? Wilbur? Im not mocking, just gently teasing and interested.

Pet ferrets are big in the USA, but here they still have a very working class image. They can be walked on leads, like dogs, though they won't do this nicely, in straight lines, and they'll usually do lots of rolling in the grass, and digging, along the way. These two belonged to my daughter, who, because of their strong characters, wasn't allowed a ferret until she was 14 and mature enough to cope.

Properly brought up & handled firmly, ferrets make very good pets, especially as they sleep a lot by day, being highly active and entertaining in the evenings. They fool around and find amusement in simple things, but as members of the badger family they can be stubborn too. Re-arrangement of the 'furniture' in their run can take hours, (usually noisily, in the middle of the night) and they won't accept defeat if something won't move easily!

Wilf's partner, Eric, is definitely missing him, but he is also very much a one-person animal. Raised from a kit by DD, she walks around with him on her shoulder, whereas the rest of us wouldn't risk that! When he was younger and he bit her, DD would get hold of him and bite back. That's the sort of language ferrets understand! :rotfl:

As Eric is also quite elderly now (7+) we won't introduce a new, and possibly too-boisterous partner. He will be going off to university in September, so that change will alter his routines a little, and by then he'll likely have forgotten Wilf anyway.

Generali

lemonjelly wrote: »

Lovely view Gen!

I've had enough & decided leisure time is called for. So I'm going to longleat this weekend.

I'm also planning to visit Hastings & Battle soon...

Hastings is a bit of a hell hole although for some reason I'm quite fond of the place.

I once saw a driver there have to be helped to his car and then was so drunk he drove through a red light at about 3mph - I overtook him on foot! I also won about £3 in 2ps there from one of those machines with the slider (I think the win hole had been bunged up somehow). I went into the pub next to the arcade and filled the charity box with the coins.

Battle is nice. Have you thought about going to Broadstairs? Lovely spot.

Harry_Powell

yes, this is nice. Very nice.

vivatifosi

Generali wrote: »

Battle is nice. Have you thought about going to Broadstairs? Lovely spot.

Bexhill on Sea also worth a visit while down that way. They have an Anthony Gormley exhibit on at the moment in the De La Warr Pavilion, one of the most gorgeous seafront buildings in the country.

Am with you on Hastings though, a tad down on its luck these days. I blame the Normans.

SingleSue

Ahh a much more relaxed Saturday.....had my niece and nephew this afternoon for a couple of hours along with two of mine (eldest at work) and took them fruit picking at a local farm. My two are currently having great fun blending fruit to make a milk shake/smoothie in the kitchen...convinced youngest thinks he is the latest celeb chef talking about portion sizes, consistancy etc and both of them having little tasters as they go along.

Luckily the pc is just outside the kitchen door in the little space under the stairs, so I can still supervise (I was shooed out of the kitchen as I was pronounced to be interfering in creative genius) in the operation of the blender and make sure they are safe...and also to keep an eye out for inevitable messing about!

Oooohhhh, youngest has just brought me a sample of the first attempt...it is absolutely lovely.