I think a koala would cost a lot anyways since it's an exotic animal.
But think of it the other way around. That poor koala has already been born, and is already sick. And does even have someone taking care of him or her! And you're just abandoning him/her to his/her fate! Oh, do you have no mercy for the poor koala I've just made up?
Oh, alright, fine I guess I could send it to a special wildlife conservation, where it could play with other little koalas and be taken care of by trained professional koala veterinarians.
Edit: Are you talking about Bamboo Ginny? Pandas eat Bamboo, but Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves.
Well, that's depressing. There goes the idea of keeping a Koala as a pet. No thanks.
Lol when i saw the interview all the cutesy and funky things of koala got trashed down. The actress that was interviewed said koalas get high on eucalyptus and that they get cranky when they are not fed. So it's not easy to take care of em. She gave the impression that the koalas carry lots of diseases. For me it kinda explains why people dont have em as pets.
Lol when i saw the interview all the cutesy and funky things of koala got trashed down. The actress that was interviewed said koalas get high on eucalyptus and that they get cranky when they are not fed. So it's not easy to take care of em. She gave the impression that the koalas carry lots of diseases. For me it kinda explains why people dont have em as pets.
I guess it isn't really good to own exotic wildlife if you don't have the facilities and staff to take care of them properly. I'm glad to see a lot of zoos have been going toward conservation lately instead, and are expanding their facilities. I visited the Zoo in Washington D.C. last year, and they were redoing major areas to give bigger, more natural spaces for the animals.
Edit: Are you talking about Bamboo Ginny? Pandas eat Bamboo, but Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves.
Eucalyptus can be very bad for the indigenous plant life too. In Southern California (around San Diego) eucalyptus has taken over pretty much everything and no other trees grow there.
Eucalyptus can be very bad for the indigenous plant life too. In Southern California (around San Diego) eucalyptus has taken over pretty much everything and no other trees grow there.
That's really interesting. Ecosystems are so easily disturbed, it's amazing how dangerous one species can be to another.
That's really interesting. Ecosystems are so easily disturbed, it's amazing how dangerous one species can be to another.
Even more so in California where pretty much every other plant in the world grows better and faster than the indigenous flora. Or at least that's what it feels like sometimes.
Well, since they have no natural predators or ailments, they grow like crazy. Its the same up here with Himalayan blackberry, english ivy, and other pests.
A koala wouldn't be much fun anyway. When it comes to impractical pets, an elephant would be my first choice. I'd ride it to work every day and park it in the basement, and on weekends we would build massive barricades in the backyard to keep those pesky RSPCA agents at bay. Maybe one day we could invade France and demand a king's ransom in bananas.
A koala wouldn't be much fun anyway. When it comes to impractical pets, an elephant would be my first choice. I'd ride it to work every day and park it in the basement, and on weekends we would build massive barricades in the backyard to keep those pesky RSPCA agents at bay. Maybe one day we could invade France and demand a king's ransom in bananas.
... I've probably over-thought this.
Just don't invade over the Alps, Hannibal lost a lot of elephants that way.
YES! We'll march over the military line with our 6,000 pound elephants! Then we'll load our trunks with peanuts and FIAAAAAH!!!! Those Paris sissies will never know what hit them! Hahahah- oh, uh...
One thing i always wonder about when seeing glasses is, don't they get on people's nerves? I mean sometimes you're looking through them, sometimes not, then the frame comes in between, the weight on the nose, you can't move freely, sometimes it gets steamed up, ...
Makes me feel very happy that i still don't need them.
I'm used to mine. I usually don't even notice that I'm wearing them, even though if I think about it, the frames are always in my field of vision. I don't remember how I felt about them at first, but now it feels like something is missing on the rare occasions (see: once so far) that I wear contacts. Plus I prefer the way I look with them.
Well, it's pretty light... Ever heard of someone looking for their glasses when they're already wearing them? That's how light it is. And I never wear the kind that pinch your nose or something. As for looking through them or not, I guess I'm just used to it, but I remember when I first wore glasses my dreams had the edge of my glasses in them.
Otherwise, it's like a watch, I'd say the usefulness makes up for the small downsides. The downsides of wearing glasses are for instance that it can be uncomfortable to wear glasses + headphones, that you don't see much when it's raining, and that they get steamed up when you enter a room warmer than where you were before (or if you're drinking a hot drink).
Also, in France you say hi by kissing on both cheeks, and when both people wear glasses one of the two needs to remove them or they hit each other. Which can be awkward if you can't "decide" who removes their glasses. Kind of like when you don't "decide" which way to go first and almost kiss on the mouth. A bit awkward but nothing too bad.
But I like them as an accessory, I like being able to see properly and contacts hurt my eyes, so I'm fine with wearing glasses, really.
All this pretending kissing is a somehow stupid thing.I say, take the lips or let it be. :O)
Well, i'm glad that you're fine with yours but i personally prefer not having to carry stuff around with me, that i mostly do not need, so no watch and if possible no cellphone as well.
All this pretending kissing is a somehow stupid thing. I say, take the lips or let it be. :O)
I am realising I have never kissed someone who wears glasses. Clearly, this needs to be remedied. Also, now I wonder how that would work, and if you'd need to remove your glasses first for that too.
Also, in France you say hi by kissing on both cheeks, and when both people wear glasses one of the two needs to remove them or they hit each other. Which can be awkward if you can't "decide" who removes their glasses. Kind of like when you don't "decide" which way to go first and almost kiss on the mouth. A bit awkward but nothing too bad.
I always wondered if there was a conventional "first direction" for that - like how it's expected that you always shake hands with your right hand.
But I like them as an accessory, I like being able to see properly and contacts hurt my eyes, so I'm fine with wearing glasses, really.
If you've always known someone to wear glasses, it can be weird to see them without that "frame" to their face.
I like them as an accessory too but I wouldn't want to wear glasses all the time. I don't really need them (and rarely wear them), but I have some for long-distance vision stuff like driving and seeing movies at the cinema. It's like the difference between standard definition and high definition.
I always wondered if there was a conventional "first direction" for that - like how it's expected that you always shake hands with your right hand.
I think you usually go to the right first... But sometimes there is a hiccup or something. Kinda like when you meet someone and can't decide which side to go and almost bump in each other... No clue if there is a standard direction for that, hasn't happened to me often enough for me to remember a pattern.
I usually try to hold my left hand if I know the other person is left-handed, because I figure it's probably nice for them to be able to shake with their left hand once in a while.
But maybe they're so used to using their right one that it's actually annoying? I've never really thought about that.
But maybe they're so used to using their right one that it's actually annoying? I've never really thought about that.
Yeah most lefties have adapted to the right handed world in the ways that matter; hand shaking, mouse wielding, etc. Strangely I throw frisbee and swing a bat with my right.
Handshakes are awkward especially at parties, when one of you is already carrying a drink, then you have to switch the glass to your other hand first, but sometimes the other person is to quick or eager or whatever which often winds up with a weird upside-down left-hand shake - and it's even more annoying when your also holding your wife's drink for some reason, at which time I just wiggle my foot at people, though I don't know whether it's the left or right one ...
I wear contacts but have spare glasses; my wife wears glasses. Over the years we must've kissed while both wearing them, don't think it ever gave problems but could just have forgotten.
I must say I really like Avistew's mysterious yet "don't mess with me" look in her snapshots. And her hair, that's great. Looks like it feels all satiny, yet at the same time it might draw blood if you touch it the wrong way.
I've had to wear glasses since first grade and the moment I got a chance to switch to contacts, I did. I never wear my glasses anymore unless I'm really sick. In fact, I'm not entirely sure where they are right now. I should probably go look for them...
Yeah most lefties have adapted to the right handed world in the ways that matter; hand shaking, mouse wielding, etc. Strangely I throw frisbee and swing a bat with my right.
Thanks, I guess I'll stop holding out my left hand then
Although I have to say that 100% of my left handed friends use their mouse with their left hand. I remember when I was with my best friend, either staying at her or my place, she was constantly putting the mouse back on the left after I had used it, and I was constantly putting it back on the right after she had used it
I only have a couple other left-handed friends but they too had their mice on the left of their keyboards.
EDIT: BTW Shauntron, if you had said in the boobs thread that you were left-handed, I wouldn't have let puzzlebox get you so easily... >.>
I've been wearing glasses for about 13 or 14 years now and it didn't take long for them to feel natural. I'll no doubt be wearing glasses for the foreseeable future as I cannot stand the idea of contact lenses. *shudder**
Actually, my eyesight isn't that bad as I can see without my glasses (I can't play football with them on as I just end up fogging the lenses) but only to the point of seeing a semi recognisable blur, especially in my left eye and depending on distance.
All this pretending kissing is a somehow stupid thing.I say, take the lips or let it be. :O)
How is kissing someone on the cheek pretend kissing?
I got glasses when I was, hmm, 13 or 14 maybe. All I remember is finding the slight vision improvement not worth the headaches, dizziness, and inability to step correctly when walking down stairs. Everytime I put glasses on (even sunglasses to a certain extent I get a sort of vertigo). So I just didn't wear glasses until I got to my senior year of high school, and I needed them to drive, at which time I just got contacts. It took a while to get used to basically touching my eye, but I forget I have them on now because they are so thin.
I can see without them well enough, certainly not read or anything though, and not see that well. But for swimming for instance my father would wear contacts under his swimming goggles and my middle brother had swimming goggles made especially for his eyesight, so I'm not so bad within my family.
Also, out of 6 people, only one (my oldest brother) doesn't wear glasses/contacts or didn't use to (my middle brother got operated on, or should have by now at least).
I actually recently got contacts for the first time since I was 15. It's a bit of a change, but so far I like them. Surprisingly, people don't seem terribly taken aback by my glassless face.
I wear contacts most of the time. I'm not a fan of the square framed glasses I have right now and they don't sell round frames here anymore. But I'm considereing prk surgery for my eyes in a few monthes (My eyes prescription is -5.00 and I have an astigmatism in both eyes).
How is kissing someone on the cheek pretend kissing?
I was talking about the cheek kissing which is common in some cultures when they are greeting each other. I find this a weird form of communication. It's somehow intimate but also not really, just something in between where some woman might exchange their makeup.
The alternative is pretending cheek kisses and moving the head from one side of the head to the other for a few times. Weird and just not my thing. I prefer giving the hand or hugging people i do like.
I actually recently got contacts for the first time since I was 15. It's a bit of a change, but so far I like them. Surprisingly, people don't seem terribly taken aback by my glassless face.
Oh, is that why you're not wearing glasses in the future vision trailer? I didn't recognise you at first, but then when you put the balaclava down I thought that was why you had them off. Interesting.
...
Damn it! You got out of kissing me!
And I had found such a convincing excuse (for science!). I'm disappointed now.
The alternative is pretending cheek kisses and moving the head from one side of the head to the other for a few times. Weird and just not my thing. I prefer giving the hand or hugging people i do like.
Actually the French way is like that, but when you like someone, or if they're family, you kiss them for real. I personally don't find that any weirder than shaking hands.
And I like it better than hugging complete strangers (although hugging friends is nice).
Incidentally, during Ramadan, muslim guys shake your hand instead of kissing you (well if you're female). I'm guessing female muslims might also shake hands with non-muslim males? Never really wondered about that since that wouldn't have affected me, so I can't say I've noticed.
Men tend to shake ends with one another but there again it depends, in some companies or social groups men kiss too.
@Jenny
Maybe it depends on how you hug and kiss but still i find kisses more intimate.
@Avistew
I know as i know some french woman from the studies at university but still to me kisses means something different, science kisses excluded. :O)
@Jenny
Maybe it depends on how you hug and kiss but still i find kisses more intimate.
@Avistew
I know as i know some french woman from the studies at university but still to me kisses means something different, science kisses excluded. :O)
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Oh, alright, fine I guess I could send it to a special wildlife conservation, where it could play with other little koalas and be taken care of by trained professional koala veterinarians.
Edit: Are you talking about Bamboo Ginny? Pandas eat Bamboo, but Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves.
Lol when i saw the interview all the cutesy and funky things of koala got trashed down. The actress that was interviewed said koalas get high on eucalyptus and that they get cranky when they are not fed. So it's not easy to take care of em. She gave the impression that the koalas carry lots of diseases. For me it kinda explains why people dont have em as pets.
I guess it isn't really good to own exotic wildlife if you don't have the facilities and staff to take care of them properly. I'm glad to see a lot of zoos have been going toward conservation lately instead, and are expanding their facilities. I visited the Zoo in Washington D.C. last year, and they were redoing major areas to give bigger, more natural spaces for the animals.
Eucalyptus can be very bad for the indigenous plant life too. In Southern California (around San Diego) eucalyptus has taken over pretty much everything and no other trees grow there.
That's really interesting. Ecosystems are so easily disturbed, it's amazing how dangerous one species can be to another.
Even more so in California where pretty much every other plant in the world grows better and faster than the indigenous flora. Or at least that's what it feels like sometimes.
Damn product placement.
A koala wouldn't be much fun anyway. When it comes to impractical pets, an elephant would be my first choice. I'd ride it to work every day and park it in the basement, and on weekends we would build massive barricades in the backyard to keep those pesky RSPCA agents at bay. Maybe one day we could invade France and demand a king's ransom in bananas.
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... I've probably over-thought this.
Just don't invade over the Alps, Hannibal lost a lot of elephants that way.
YES! We'll march over the military line with our 6,000 pound elephants! Then we'll load our trunks with peanuts and FIAAAAAH!!!! Those Paris sissies will never know what hit them! Hahahah- oh, uh...
You really shouldn't think that way...
There. I took this picture especially for you fine ladies and gentlemen, my dear friends.
I mean, you Photoshopped the golf club out and everything.
My left side is due for a cut, it's getting over my ear...
Also, considering I took these in the mirror, I just realised my profile picture is wrong...
Oopsie?
One thing i always wonder about when seeing glasses is, don't they get on people's nerves? I mean sometimes you're looking through them, sometimes not, then the frame comes in between, the weight on the nose, you can't move freely, sometimes it gets steamed up, ...
Makes me feel very happy that i still don't need them.
Otherwise, it's like a watch, I'd say the usefulness makes up for the small downsides. The downsides of wearing glasses are for instance that it can be uncomfortable to wear glasses + headphones, that you don't see much when it's raining, and that they get steamed up when you enter a room warmer than where you were before (or if you're drinking a hot drink).
Also, in France you say hi by kissing on both cheeks, and when both people wear glasses one of the two needs to remove them or they hit each other. Which can be awkward if you can't "decide" who removes their glasses. Kind of like when you don't "decide" which way to go first and almost kiss on the mouth. A bit awkward but nothing too bad.
But I like them as an accessory, I like being able to see properly and contacts hurt my eyes, so I'm fine with wearing glasses, really.
Well, i'm glad that you're fine with yours but i personally prefer not having to carry stuff around with me, that i mostly do not need, so no watch and if possible no cellphone as well.
I am realising I have never kissed someone who wears glasses. Clearly, this needs to be remedied. Also, now I wonder how that would work, and if you'd need to remove your glasses first for that too.
Will, you wear glasses, don't you? Wanna kiss?
EDIT: (For science!)
I always wondered if there was a conventional "first direction" for that - like how it's expected that you always shake hands with your right hand.
If you've always known someone to wear glasses, it can be weird to see them without that "frame" to their face.
I like them as an accessory too but I wouldn't want to wear glasses all the time. I don't really need them (and rarely wear them), but I have some for long-distance vision stuff like driving and seeing movies at the cinema. It's like the difference between standard definition and high definition.
I have some red/blue-3d glasses lying around if that is of any help. :O)
I think you usually go to the right first... But sometimes there is a hiccup or something. Kinda like when you meet someone and can't decide which side to go and almost bump in each other... No clue if there is a standard direction for that, hasn't happened to me often enough for me to remember a pattern.
I usually try to hold my left hand if I know the other person is left-handed, because I figure it's probably nice for them to be able to shake with their left hand once in a while.
But maybe they're so used to using their right one that it's actually annoying? I've never really thought about that.
Yeah most lefties have adapted to the right handed world in the ways that matter; hand shaking, mouse wielding, etc. Strangely I throw frisbee and swing a bat with my right.
Handshakes are awkward especially at parties, when one of you is already carrying a drink, then you have to switch the glass to your other hand first, but sometimes the other person is to quick or eager or whatever which often winds up with a weird upside-down left-hand shake - and it's even more annoying when your also holding your wife's drink for some reason, at which time I just wiggle my foot at people, though I don't know whether it's the left or right one ...
I wear contacts but have spare glasses; my wife wears glasses. Over the years we must've kissed while both wearing them, don't think it ever gave problems but could just have forgotten.
I must say I really like Avistew's mysterious yet "don't mess with me" look in her snapshots. And her hair, that's great. Looks like it feels all satiny, yet at the same time it might draw blood if you touch it the wrong way.
Thanks, I guess I'll stop holding out my left hand then
Although I have to say that 100% of my left handed friends use their mouse with their left hand. I remember when I was with my best friend, either staying at her or my place, she was constantly putting the mouse back on the left after I had used it, and I was constantly putting it back on the right after she had used it
I only have a couple other left-handed friends but they too had their mice on the left of their keyboards.
EDIT: BTW Shauntron, if you had said in the boobs thread that you were left-handed, I wouldn't have let puzzlebox get you so easily... >.>
I know I could use a tan. -_-'
(You look nice).
Actually, my eyesight isn't that bad as I can see without my glasses (I can't play football with them on as I just end up fogging the lenses) but only to the point of seeing a semi recognisable blur, especially in my left eye and depending on distance.
How is kissing someone on the cheek pretend kissing?
I got glasses when I was, hmm, 13 or 14 maybe. All I remember is finding the slight vision improvement not worth the headaches, dizziness, and inability to step correctly when walking down stairs. Everytime I put glasses on (even sunglasses to a certain extent I get a sort of vertigo). So I just didn't wear glasses until I got to my senior year of high school, and I needed them to drive, at which time I just got contacts. It took a while to get used to basically touching my eye, but I forget I have them on now because they are so thin.
Also, out of 6 people, only one (my oldest brother) doesn't wear glasses/contacts or didn't use to (my middle brother got operated on, or should have by now at least).
I look like a damn crazy swede
I was talking about the cheek kissing which is common in some cultures when they are greeting each other. I find this a weird form of communication. It's somehow intimate but also not really, just something in between where some woman might exchange their makeup.
The alternative is pretending cheek kisses and moving the head from one side of the head to the other for a few times. Weird and just not my thing. I prefer giving the hand or hugging people i do like.
Although actually kissing someone on either cheek as a greeting doesn't feel that intimate. A hug seems a lot more intimate than a cheek kiss.
Oh, is that why you're not wearing glasses in the future vision trailer? I didn't recognise you at first, but then when you put the balaclava down I thought that was why you had them off. Interesting.
...
Damn it! You got out of kissing me!
And I had found such a convincing excuse (for science!). I'm disappointed now.
Actually the French way is like that, but when you like someone, or if they're family, you kiss them for real. I personally don't find that any weirder than shaking hands.
And I like it better than hugging complete strangers (although hugging friends is nice).
Incidentally, during Ramadan, muslim guys shake your hand instead of kissing you (well if you're female). I'm guessing female muslims might also shake hands with non-muslim males? Never really wondered about that since that wouldn't have affected me, so I can't say I've noticed.
Men tend to shake ends with one another but there again it depends, in some companies or social groups men kiss too.
Maybe it depends on how you hug and kiss but still i find kisses more intimate.
@Avistew
I know as i know some french woman from the studies at university but still to me kisses means something different, science kisses excluded. :O)
@Cadavre
But you're crazy finish, right?