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Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on :
 
I blame Marvin the Martian for this. He posted a pic of a gator toy he had bought just the day before we heard Erin had left us.

So today I went on a road trip to a few nearby country centres. At not one, but THREE different places I had rather poignant
gator sightings.

The first one surprised me. The second one amused me. By the time I got to number three, I was beginning to think someone was on my tail, because I was not looking for gator things, nor would I expect to see much of that kind of thing in my part of the world.

So this thread is for those weird encounters that make you think of Erin when you least expected it...
 

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Posted by Rowen (# 1194) on :
 
I am honoured that the stoles you made me are up in your album too. I will remember Erin all the more, when I wear them.
 

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Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on :
 
Well, I tried to put the Erin mementos in a separate album, Rowen,
but my primitive skills obviously weren't up to it! Sorry.

BL.
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Many years ago I started a gator sightings thread on the Ship, sparked off IIRC by a photo we took at the Sidmouth shipmeet of a (plastic, inflatable) gator on the beach. We claimed to have had the first shipmeet with Erin in attendance, and thought it was very good of her to float all the way over from Florida especially to 'join' us.

It might take a while to find, but if I can, I'll post it here.
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 

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Originally posted by Banner Lady:
I blame Marvin the Martian for this. He posted a pic of a gator toy he had bought just the day before we heard Erin had left us.

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Originally posted by Banner Lady:
Bet the thought of Marvin buying fluffy gator toys would have given Erin a good laugh!

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Alligators are the only crocodilians that can take cold temperatures. They have been found frozen in the wild and at [Erin's Estate]. When thawed they climb back into the warmer ponds.

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Sounds like Erin bitching about having to go to the Minnesota-based Mayo Clinics' mothership (as she called it) during the winter.
 

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Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on :
 
I'm glad I didn't have my iphone with me today. Ducked into a $2 store for some craft supplies to be confronted by a 'dead crocodilian' blow up pool toy. What sicko thought that one up?
 

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Posted by jlg (# 98) on :
 
I dunno, but somehow I think Erin would find that really funny.
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
jlg- I agree.

I mentioned in that long-winded screed I posted the other night-- sorry about that- that the school I am subbing in has a reptile theme in one of the rooms. Several gators, but the one that gets me is a three foot long microfleece stuffed gator with a baby gator sewn in its mouth. I found myself carrying it around at some point.

[ 07. January 2011, 02:50: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

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Originally posted by jlg:
Quote from the sign at "Erin's Western Estate":

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Alligators are the only crocodilians that can take cold temperatures. They have been found frozen in the wild and at [Erin's Estate]. When thawed they climb back into the warmer ponds.

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Sounds like Erin bitching about having to go to the Minnesota-based Mayo Clinics' mothership (as she called it) during the winter.

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Or, complaining mightily about the disgustingly cold Florida winter weather.

72 is acceptable. 32 is not.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
And, who can forget this from the Colorado meet?

The infamous photo!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
X-posted with Motherboard who is about eight feet from me!
 

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Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on :
 
THAT is an amazing bread roll, Mother.

Or should it be called a 'death roll'????
 

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Posted by jlg (# 98) on :
 
Oh, Motherboard, I had completely forgotten about that Gator Bread! God, it was beautiful, wasn't it.
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
Freakin' yummy as well.
 

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Posted by Wesley J (# 6075) on :
 
Might make another Gator Bread in dough time?
 

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Posted by jlg (# 98) on :
 
Banner Lady, if my notoriously poor memory serves, many of us badgered Erin to come to the 2005 Colorado International Shipmeet, to no avail.

The Bread Gator was provided (by you Motherboard, or someone else?) as a substitute for the real thing.
 

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Posted by tomb (# 174) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:
And, who can forget this from the Colorado meet?

The infamous photo!

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Originally posted by jlg:
Quote from the sign at "Erin's Western Estate":

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Alligators are the only crocodilians that can take cold temperatures. They have been found frozen in the wild and at [Erin's Estate]. When thawed they climb back into the warmer ponds.

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Sounds like Erin bitching about having to go to the Minnesota-based Mayo Clinics' mothership (as she called it) during the winter.

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People caught throwing objects at the alligators will be asked to retrieve them.

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Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on :
 
So I'm reading this biog, right; it is the real memoirs of a stewardess who survived not just the sinking of the Titanic, but the torpedoing of the Britannic as well among her 200 voyages. She never married, despite several offers, and I get to this passage, where she and one of the ship's engineers have gone ashore for some afternoon leave in Jamaica:

'Dusk was approaching. It comes quickly in the tropics once the sun has set, and arriving at the beautiful inlet we discovered an old log among the luxuriant ferns, where we decided to rest a while before returning.....' and you can guess the rest. The romance was rudely interrupted by the awakening of a very large crocodilian, from which they fled poste haste.

What is it with all the reptile references in the last few days? This is getting out of hand. Stop laughing, Erin.
 

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Posted by Rosa Gallica officinalis (# 3886) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:
And, who can forget this from the Colorado meet?

The infamous photo!

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I was wondering if someone had kept a picture of that. As I recall, some wanted to take a picture of me slicing off the tail.

As.if.

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We may have video of that! It may take a few days to track down. I seem to recall a ritual sacrifice by a bunny with an axe .
 

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Posted by Niteowl2 (# 15841) on :
 
Apparently an orange alligator has been spotted in Venice, FL: Orange Gator I saw this first on CNN and wanted the local version.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
JLG.
This lovely french bakery in Santa Fe makes the alligator bread. And the bunny with an axe did try to sacrifice it. I have the photo, too. (for blackmail purposes only).


 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
ROSA - you took a movie of the event ? Oh My Goodness
well, no more blackmailing for me, then. DARN!

[ 07. January 2011, 12:30: Message edited by: Ye Olde Motherboarde ]
 

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Posted by St Everild (# 3626) on :
 
At about 3 pm, as I was driving around Wednesbury (in the English Midlands) I saw a sign on a warehouse.

It said:

Alligator Storage.
 

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Posted by fletcher christian (# 13919) on :
 
I've been away for a bit of this week to return to this news, but when I saw the posts I couldn't help but think of a story from Timor about a crocodile (I know it's not an alligator, but they are kinda similar). It's a story that has many different forms depending on the tribal region or familial association, but runs roughly like this......

A crocodile was once happy in the ocean, but happier still when exploring. So he swam the great oceans until he came to a shallow area with some rocks coming up out of the sea. He climbed on the rocks and liked the place, but he stayed for too long in the sun. With no food, and in the heat of the day, he died......
But the sea made a coral of him and soon it grew, until it formed the island of Timor. And so to this day, when the Timorese swim in the ocean, before their toe dips in, they say;

'Don't eat me Mr. Crocodile, for you and I are friends; for your life is in my life and in your death you left a paradise in which I live and play and work.'

A little like an alligator and a ship.... maybe.
 

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Posted by basso (# 4228) on :
 
I got a link this morning to a BBC video about managing stress. At about 30 seconds to 1 minute in you may be able to sight a familiar figure.
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 

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Originally posted by basso:
At about 30 seconds to 1 minute in you may be able to sight a familiar figure.

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But why is she attacking Alan Cresswell?
 

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Posted by Lothlorien (# 4927) on :
 
I loved the speed of the attack. Nothing doing , then wham! Snap! Very familiar.
 

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Posted by fletcher christian (# 13919) on :
 
.......but with better words
 

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Posted by Deputy Verger (# 15876) on :
 
MATT

Today's cartoon on the front page of the Daily Telegraph.
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 

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Originally posted by Chorister:

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Originally posted by basso:
At about 30 seconds to 1 minute in you may be able to sight a familiar figure.

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But why is she attacking Alan Cresswell?

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The rest of the NoCal crew hadn't seen this post when I mentioned it this afternoon at the meet. When I told them about it, a shout of laughter arose from the table that frightened all the sports fans in the bar.
 

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Posted by duchess (# 2764) on :
 
A small thing but I have to tell it somewhere to someone who will listen and understand. My company has an office in Florida. And one of the Europeans running it turns out has a penchant for owning alligators! Somebody was visiting over there from California and the European guy had a small alligator on his lap. The person telling the story today is a guy and he said "I would never put an alligator THERE...on my lap" <shudder>. And we all laughed at this and also the fact this guy keeps alligators apparently as pets out there. "You just turn them into shoes after they grow past 5 feet".

I thought of Erin, she must be looking down and having some kind of reaction.
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
This news item is on the BBC News at present. How do you tell the family it wasn't hungry, just looking for a computer to log in from.

Jengie

[ 24. February 2011, 17:17: Message edited by: Jengie Jon ]
 

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Posted by Wesley J (# 6075) on :
 

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Originally posted by Deputy Verger:
MATT

Today's cartoon on the front page of the Daily Telegraph.

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And here's the permanent (it is to be hoped) link to the specific cartoon in question: Matt cartoon, 8 January 2010.
 

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Posted by basso (# 4228) on :
 
Here's a gator sighting that was too good not to share here.

I love the idea of an upside-down gator on the ceiling of a shop.
 

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Posted by Lamb Chopped (# 5528) on :
 
I think (from reading historical fiction, no nobler source) that that was a bit of an advertisement--suggested that the apothecary could supply you with dragon's blood and other difficult-to-procure items.
 

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Posted by St. Stephen the Stoned (# 9841) on :
 
Somebody made the Baby Jesus cry , and Erin has a message for the Fluffy Bunny!
 

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Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :
 
Homage at today's market in Sheffield. I suspect it was nearly life size

Jengie

[ 29. April 2011, 19:11: Message edited by: Jengie Jon ]
 

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