Maybe someone has been phishing 
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He does look very smart. Totally tuned in.
Yea, I’d forgotten what I’d written in my Bio the other day. My few bull frogs have gotten to know me. I talk to them each evening at dusk, but they just keep staring at me. I think they’ve grown to trust me as a nonthreatening part of their habitat. The fish however love me for the feed.
Welcome Walrus. Not often do I welcome newbees, I must be slipping. 
Hi Mr Walrus. Yes, feeding time for the Bullfrog and the fish. We don’t have any although one of my cousins has a huge tank with them. Moving along I think you said you are retired - what were you if you don’t mind me asking? For me it was electrical engineering in industry. Steel mills, cement works, water companies and various specialist things. Like The Orient Express…)
Thank you Tiffany. Gravity always wins! 
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Well Besoeker, it took me a while to think that I’d figured out. Finished college with a BA in fine arts then, on a whim, took a job working on off shore oil rigs in the gulf of Mexico, then got into banking for awhile, and then finally returned to school to add a teaching certification in to my degree in Art. So, 25 years later I retired from public school teaching. And since I’ve been an instructor at a “paint and sip” studio a couple a nights a week. It’s not fine art… it’s fun art…more of a party for most. I’m tiring of that though and have begun painting at home. Not as fun much more satisfying! Who knows what next…got to keep movin’! I think they need volunteers to walk impounded dogs at the shelter. Great place to meet other dogs such as myself
Well, thanks for that Mr W - Interesting and a bit of variety and the impressive degrees. And the off-shore projects. I did some work on the UK North Sea for the oil industry - not much and rather a long time ago that was. Different places and some interesting. This was one for tin mining in Malaysia:
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Engineer, Besoeker, really interesting…I can’t imagine N Sea temperatures. That cold would be a game changer. Amazing that you’ve worked all over the world. and with huge new challenges. The stories you could tell I’m sure!
Hi Mr Wall Rus. Yes, interesting or maybe sometimes different. I think I have mentioned the Sahirah desert with the heat. The other extreme was the freezing cold in Canada at -18C or 0F. Now we just have UK moderate temperatures - usually. This year it has been the most extreme with no rain for several months and up to 34C (93F}. So dry.
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Hi Walrus, Welcome abroad. Hope you enjoy the forum!
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Hi Pimmy, thanks for the welcome. Continuity has been somewhat of an issue. Having a few issues staying connected to the server or actually connecting at all. But it’s probably on my end. Tech isn’t really my thing. But again I thank you for your kind words.
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You’re very welcome! 
Hopefully the connection behaves itself soon! 
Enjoy the forum!
I was never really sure what an eggman was😹
Now you mention it … neither do I. 
Lennon said it was Eric Burdon of the Animals.
For reasons I’d rather not go into.
I am he
As you are he
As you are me
And we are all together
Strangers passing in the street
By chance, two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can 
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London
Show you something to make you change your mind
I don’t want to think
Just leave me here to drink
Wrapped up in the warmth of New York city