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13-10-2007, 12:27 PM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: march, cambridgeshire
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hi just sat here looking through the posts and it came to me,what did i do at weekends befor i found wab,my hubbie works twelve hour shifts at weekends,one on nights 8pm till 8am saturday and sunday then the next its 8am till 8pm saturday and sunday,he is a care worker very demanding,i have father in law living with us but he is 93 and asleep most of the day,so i get quite lonely not having any one to talk to,till i found wab,its nice to chat on line always liked it,makes the day go fast though but never mind hey. |
13-10-2007, 01:40 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007
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Glad we all found each other naturelover.
Best from mike. |
13-10-2007, 06:13 PM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: march, cambridgeshire
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yes your right there mike, feel i know you all already and its only been a few months. |
13-10-2007, 06:17 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: My head's in a lush, isolated valley, but I can't seem to escape Reading!
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All I can be sure of is that before WaB my house was tidier, garden was nicer, wash baskets were emptier, car was cleaner and the dogs got more regular walks  It's scary how the time goes when you're on here!
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13-10-2007, 06:20 PM
|  | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Kent
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Originally Posted by agrumpycow  All I can be sure of is that before WaB my house was tidier, garden was nicer, wash baskets were emptier, car was cleaner and the dogs got more regular walks It's scary how the time goes when you're on here! | This could have been my post!Except I'd have to take the tortoises out for a walk. 
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13-10-2007, 06:24 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: My head's in a lush, isolated valley, but I can't seem to escape Reading!
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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman This could have been my post!Except I'd have to take the tortoises out for a walk. | hmmm, tortoises on a lead going for a walk.....if you do get time for it one day I'd love to see the pics to see how far you got 
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13-10-2007, 06:28 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bewdley
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It's weirdly wonderful that though i have never ever met any of you i feel theres a certain WAB bond that i have never known the like before! Well wishes for birthdays, reaching the 1000 mark and in wildlife projects paintings and photography etc etc so on and so forth.
W-AB indeed!
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13-10-2007, 06:35 PM
| | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Kent
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Originally Posted by agrumpycow hmmm, tortoises on a lead going for a walk.....if you do get time for it one day I'd love to see the pics to see how far you got | Yep I can go and come back before I went.
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13-10-2007, 06:35 PM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: march, cambridgeshire
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i feel it too jez as i said in the post above,strange isnt it i wonder if every one else feels the same??? |
13-10-2007, 06:59 PM
|  | Wild Member | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: bridgwater somerset
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I dont get on the internet much as 1) My kids think it's theirs  and 2) My other half works four day then has three off so i like to spend those three days with him. But I love WAB because it is a site with like minded people with none of the nonsense if you get what I mean. I know there is a section for whatever but at the end of the day everyone here loves nature whatever thier preference and I always feel at home here and welcome. Which to me is important because during the day I only have the dog to talk to and he is just so argumentative  . Fi. X X X X
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13-10-2007, 07:10 PM
|  | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: exmouth devon uk
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Originally Posted by naturelover i feel it too jez as i said in the post above,strange isnt it i wonder if every one else feels the same??? | Well I certainly do.There are times when I have been down or ill and there is always someone who will listen,A while back I had not been on a lot and received a PM from Andew asking how I was.It made my day to know I had been missed and someone cared.When I got back to posting again.I was welcomed back.This is a great site with caring lovely people and long may it reign
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13-10-2007, 07:38 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bewdley
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Originally Posted by Jez It's weirdly wonderful that though i have never ever met any of you i feel theres a certain WAB bond that i have never known the like before! Well wishes for birthdays, reaching the 1000 mark and in wildlife projects paintings and photography etc etc so on and so forth.
W-AB indeed! | Actually i do get this feeling at work. As a family run buisness we do look after our customers and they do us which is why i enjoy working where i do. But WAB has that certain something more instant.
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13-10-2007, 09:43 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lincolnshire/Cambs/Norfolk border right on The Wash
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I cant remember the days pre WAB.. it has become my home in a way.. I dont get out and about as much these days (though the last two or three weeks have been hectic) to top off the wonderful family feeling on WAB I have been lucky enough to meet the most wonderful man through WAB. WAB is simply the best!!
jaki
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13-10-2007, 10:26 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bewdley
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Originally Posted by Garden Carpet I cant remember the days pre WAB.. it has become my home in a way.. I dont get out and about as much these days (though the last two or three weeks have been hectic) to top off the wonderful family feeling on WAB I have been lucky enough to meet the most wonderful man through WAB. WAB is simply the best!!
jaki | Aargh Well you can't top that! But fergel Sharky will have to rewrite his song to- " A Good WAB member isn't hard to find"
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14-10-2007, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Jez Aargh Well you can't top that! But fergel Sharky will have to rewrite his song to- " A Good WAB member isn't hard to find" | I have tipped the other end of the spectrum-no not Divorce but Bi Polar! Coming through the other end to now is unthinkable to how i met and dealt with local growers and the public alike at times like Apple Day. Christmas in a busy enviroment when my head was going AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAArgh x TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTd to try and mellow it out. It just didn't work like that. To come through it and be able to handle and even feel on top of the world even, through climate change i'm good now! 
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14-10-2007, 08:05 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: N.Yorkshire
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Well I hafta agree with everyone so far... WAB certainly is a great place to be and I'm so glad I found you all!
We may be spread out all over the country (oh and Goosey of course *waves to Goosey*!) but there is such a nice feeling of being welcomed and bonding with other members even though we've never met before - how cool is that! 
Seems to me that we all (at one time or another) have things to share or need help with that are not nature related, and I have to say that I have been personally bowled over by the kindness of other members on here lately - so thank you all, and I really mean it!
There's just so much out there on our glorious island to learn about, and this truly is the 'best place' to find out about British nature IMO!
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14-10-2007, 08:24 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bewdley
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Originally Posted by Jez I have tipped the other end of the spectrum-no not Divorce but Bi Polar! Coming through the other end to now is unthinkable to how i met and dealt with local growers and the public alike at times like Apple Day. Christmas in a busy enviroment when my head was going AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAArgh x TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTd to try and mellow it out. It just didn't work like that. To come through it and be able to handle and even feel on top of the world even, through climate change i'm good now! | You can feel up againstit everyday cycling to work. going through it with by bi-polar and cycling through the ever increasing car journey-don't ask how i done it.
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16-10-2007, 10:27 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Central Scotland
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I can only get onto WAB when my son is either sleeping or at school as he is always "talking" to his mates on the net. Anyway, it works out fine as it gives me time to actually get out in the countryside and take photographs. If he wasn't in the house I'd be on the internet all day. |
16-10-2007, 11:01 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kensworth, Bedfordshire - a village in the Chiltern Hills
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Originally Posted by Jez You can feel up againstit everyday cycling to work. going through it with by bi-polar and cycling through the ever increasing car journey-don't ask how i done it. | Glad you've got your bi-polar under control Jez - it must be a terrifying thing to have to deal with. Funnily enough, I was talking recently to someone who's wife suffers from it. Did you see Stephen Fry's program about it a year or so ago - one of the most impressive and informative pieces of TV I've ever seen.
I love WAB - there's a real community spirit about it. Everyone's very friendly and very helpful. You learn a lot in the various forums where real experts will share their knowledge and help identify things for you, while in the Treehouse you can have a bit of fun. In the few months I've been posting on here I've learnt a lot about various aspects of British wildlife, I've had some good laughs and feel I've made friends with people all over the country (not forgetting Goosey in the Netherlands, of course!). |
16-10-2007, 12:57 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ijmuiden, Holland
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Originally Posted by Pete Collins
I love WAB - there's a real community spirit about it. Everyone's very friendly and very helpful. You learn a lot in the various forums where real experts will share their knowledge and help identify things for you, while in the Treehouse you can have a bit of fun. In the few months I've been posting on here I've learnt a lot about various aspects of British wildlife, I've had some good laughs and feel I've made friends with people all over the country (not forgetting Goosey in the Netherlands, of course!).
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Thanks Pete, it's nice to to be forgotten .
You are right there is a great community spirit here and it is so easy to make friends and have a laugh. I feel I would be totally lost without it. Who needs a terribly tidy house anyway . |
16-10-2007, 02:20 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ijmuiden, Holland
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Originally Posted by goosey Thanks Pete, it's nice to to be forgotten ."
You are right there is a great community spirit here and it is so easy to make friends and have a laugh. I feel I would be totally lost without it. Who needs a terribly tidy house anyway . |
I mean ''Thanks Pete, it's nice not to be forgotten . I must actually read what I have written when I preview .
Also thanks Cazzie, it's nice you have remembered me too. |
16-10-2007, 02:23 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Surrey
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Hi thinking about the original subject. What I did before WAB. I suppose the main answer would be that i was actualy out there doing what now i talk about doing
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