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Judy

Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 1196 Location: buried under a pile of books somewhere in Adelaide, South Australia
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:16 am Post subject: Happy Birthday to Chicago Bear |
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Here you are, CB, snapshots of a koala, taken in Adelaide last summer during the hot weather...
Sorry if they're too big for anyone's monitor - let me know if it's a problem and I'll resize them.
He's cute, isn't he? _________________ Doing what you like is freedom
Liking what you do is happiness
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gingerpale
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 1324
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:24 am Post subject: |
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Yes he's adorable! Poor thing looks hot, slurpin' up the cool water. Are those beautiful children yours?
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Rainey

Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 2498 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:07 am Post subject: |
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How cool! We have koalas at the LA zoo but I've never seen them do anything but sit in the trees kinda stoned out on eucalyptus in their indoor red-light enclosure. You have to be a very good observer because they sit so still they're hard to see in the foliage. More natural, perhaps but that guy looks like he's having fun!
Who are the kinder? _________________ God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. -- Garrison Keillor |
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Judy

Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 1196 Location: buried under a pile of books somewhere in Adelaide, South Australia
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Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:47 am Post subject: |
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This was actually from an email that was sent to me earlier in the year, I think it was doing the email circuit, but there was a bit of local media discussion about it and it turns out that the photos were taken in my suburb! The captions on the photos were 'Hot in Adelaide #1 & #2'.
So I don't actually know who the kids are, but they could be neighbours that we haven't met yet.
Several other friends have had fairly close encounters with these little guys, including my parents and their neighbours who hav both had one visit their backyards. And all these places are very suburban, all within 20 minutes drive of the centre of the city.
Rainey, koalas usually don't do a lot. I'm not sure but I think it's something to do with the eucalypt leaves they eat, they do kinda get stoned on 'em, and then they are nocturnal as well. I remember taking Tom to a wildlife park when he was little and we were with a guy who hunts. He spotted a koala right up in a tree that I would have never seen.
Our local freeway has pieces of heavy-duty plastic mesh at regular intervals along the concrete divider in the middle of the road. When I first moved here I couldn't work out what they were for till my mum enlightened me - they're to help koalas cross the street!
And even though I called them 'koala bears' in CB's Greece thread, they're not bears at all. They're marsupials. _________________ Doing what you like is freedom
Liking what you do is happiness
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clotilde Site Admin

Joined: 24 Sep 2004 Posts: 443 Location: Paris, France
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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:49 am Post subject: |
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A happy, if belated, birthday to my birthday twin!
Clotilde. |
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Judy

Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 1196 Location: buried under a pile of books somewhere in Adelaide, South Australia
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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:28 am Post subject: |
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A very Happy Birthday to you also, Clotilde. _________________ Doing what you like is freedom
Liking what you do is happiness
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madameshawshank

Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 1654 Location: Penrith (where jacarandas remind me of change), New South Wales, Australia
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:44 am Post subject: |
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Chicago Bear...hope the candles were bright...'n that the day was more than wondrous...happy 'n joy-filled year I wish you....
ditto to the gal name Clotilde.. _________________ "I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson |
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Chicago Bear

Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 240 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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I completely missed this thread until today! Thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday, and I loved the koala pictures. Since Clotilde and I have the same birthday, next year we've decided to have a joint birthday party at some convenient location in the US, and all are invited. It will be BYOB. _________________ The goal is to fit it all in. |
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swan
Joined: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 450 Location: a Dutchie in HongKong
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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BYOB= Bring Your Own Bear?! |
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Chicago Bear

Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 240 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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Very very good swan!!
What I really meant, was Bring Yaks or Bison
(this could get silly) _________________ The goal is to fit it all in. |
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swan
Joined: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 450 Location: a Dutchie in HongKong
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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Bite Your Own Butt?! (or can't I say that here?!)
Happy B-day anyway, CB. |
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Lady Amalthea

Joined: 18 Dec 2004 Posts: 136 Location: New York City
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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Happy B-day, CB. And thanks, Judy, for those Koala pics! _________________ Don't forget the cannolis! |
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champ
Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 24 Location: Island of Ireland
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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I'm hijacking this thread and calling it Happy Birthday to Me! I'm - shhush... 6-0 today! Actually it's been like Christmas here, got so many prezzies from my husband and son, including a laptop as I am spending too much time here on my husband's computer. I still think I am 30-something .... apart from the aches and pains, but at least I am still here! Our celebration will be tomorrow night, out for a meal. _________________ Yesterday is history...
Tomorrow's a mystery...
Today is a gift...
That's why they call it the present .... |
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Judy

Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 1196 Location: buried under a pile of books somewhere in Adelaide, South Australia
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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Champ, a very, very happy birthday to you from Australia.
 _________________ Doing what you like is freedom
Liking what you do is happiness
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madameshawshank

Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 1654 Location: Penrith (where jacarandas remind me of change), New South Wales, Australia
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:16 am Post subject: |
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ok champ! you 60 going on 30something birthday gal ....big deep breath and blow!....time for the making of such a scrumptious wish...[/img] _________________ "I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson |
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