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Post by 3piggles on Feb 15, 2014 17:34:31 GMT
I have signed the petitions, too. I hope, if nothing else, the signatures send the message that so many people find this totally unacceptable, that it won't be done again. Another Danish zoo was going to do the same thing. Signed that petition, too. They said they wouldn't kill their giraffe if they could find another zoo that met their breeding standards to take him. Hello! Isn't just living better than getting killed and eaten for show? These standards need to make sense for the animals welfare, and it seems they have no clue about that.
I didn't watch The Bridge when it was on. It was across from other things we watched, and not something hubby wanted to watch. I had heard it was pretty good.
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Post by Bean on Feb 16, 2014 9:52:35 GMT
I read something which indicated this is pretty standard practise with zoo breeding programs, epsecially with the animals that are easiest to breed. Will have to look into it.
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Post by margaret6 on Feb 16, 2014 17:54:30 GMT
I missed the petition re the giraffe, but it upset me. Where can I find the petition! How did we get from films to giraffe? I loved Madagascar if that helps!x
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Post by 3piggles on Feb 17, 2014 1:09:00 GMT
I'll try to find the petition for you, Margaret.
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Post by Bean on Feb 20, 2014 10:04:25 GMT
Saw The Wolf of Wall Street - really good film, and didn't feel 3 hours long at all. Although it was brilliantly acted and very funny in places, it left me feeling a bit flat though. Just thinking that it's based on a real person, and that there are still bankers out there being just as reckless with people's money and merrily getting away with it too.
Also saw the Lego film (we had my niece over for the day and by the time we got to 9am they'd already played indoor tig [we have a small house] and had an epic nerf gun battle, so I decided a trip out was in order!). It was fun - much better than I'd expected from the trailers, but not as good as I'd hoped after reading some reviews.
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Post by margaret6 on Feb 20, 2014 21:19:10 GMT
Thanks Piggles. Had a wee laugh Bean , just imagining you keeping these kiddies amused and they were raring to go by 9 am. Gosh if it was a Saturday I would just be weakening. I am getting my nephew overnight in March. He is a very challenging wee lad, possibly has ADHD but still to see the paediatritian. It's a shame cause no one will take him and I offered his sister to come somewhere as she is the same age as my granddaughter. Poor wee Murray just took my hand and said 'Aunty Margaret can I come' of course the answer was sorry no, as it always is by everyone. Sooooo I am bringing him up one weekend, we will walk, cycle , swim, you name it , it will be on my itinerary! We'll have fun.........maybe not with my wee piggies though, he's a wee bitty rough! I talked his mum around to attend a parenting group we run in Scotland called 'the incredible years', it will he fully help her manage him better. She will also have to speak with her gran, Murray's great gran as she constantly tells him he is bad. That just has to stop. Preaching to the converted on our wheekers! Xx
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Post by Bean on Feb 21, 2014 9:35:27 GMT
That's really good of you, Margaret - it must be hard for parents who never get a break because their kids are seen as difficult. I don't doubt he is challenging, and I'm glad his mum is getting some help with a little nudge - these things must be so hard to cope with anyway, but having positive ways to deal with challenging behaviour benefits everyone and can make lots of difference to the kid's behaviour. Hope great granny can be talked into attending too!
Good call having all the sporty activities lined up - channel that energy! Get a good film lined up for when you get back ready to collapse into the sofa!
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Post by jolovespiggies on Feb 21, 2014 19:09:48 GMT
I agree Margaret love, telling him he is bad all the time is wrong and I am no expert. I saw Call the Midwife last sunday and there were two downs syndrome people in it, she became pregnant and he wanted to marry her, No tell a lie, he was Spastic but mentally very sharp. She lost the baby and he was sent to an institution in Scotland, how wrong is that, they adored each other? I am glad to see that it has changed and they can be together now. There are a couple who shop in Morrisons.
You are great Margaret.
Hugs
JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Feb 21, 2014 21:09:30 GMT
Margaret, check out www.additudemag.com/. I got it online for several years before hubby finally discovered it and got a subscription. It is all about dealing with ADD/ADHD. There is an incredible amount of information available about dealing with children with ADD/ADHD. There are online games, and all sorts of things. But the best parts are the answers and knowing we're not alone. I totally agree with not telling him he's bad. He isn't doing what the non-ADD world tells him to do or expects him to do, and that has to change from both directions. Hubby and daughter are both ADHD and dyslexic. Not an easy life with those two, and really wish I knew then what I know now. However, they have to admit to their problem and try the solutions they can do. It's not just about us being tolerant of them. Eventually he will reach an age where people stop overlooking his issues because he's a little child, and start holding his behavior against him. He will repeat grades and lose jobs, have problems with relationships, etc. Definitely start now, while he's young and open minded. Also, if it's available over there, he and his parents need to get counseling. Counselors know how to find the right ways to get through to them, and the parents can see it happening and know it works. Trust me, small victories feel like huge ones I remember the whole Bernie Maddoff scandal, and the victims screaming at him on the street outside the courthouse. He destroyed a lot of lives. I have no doubt Leonardo did a fabulous job. He's an incredible actor, but I wish the movie hadn't been made. There is no way it won't somehow glorify him over time, and he should not be glorified. We have old western tv shows on one channel. Wyatt Earp went off his head and started killing people because his brother was killed. Bat Masterson was a buffalo hunter. He slaughtered whole herds of buffalo the natives needed for food, took the skins and let the meat rot in the son. Even Doc Holliday is made out to be a scoundrel on the side of right. The top actors have portrayed the worst criminals, making those people into Johnny Depp instead of the cold blooded killer he was. Hate seeing these people glorified, and that seems to be how so many people perceive these films. Glad the Lego movie was great. I don't know if granddaughter is old enough to see that, or not.
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Post by weesilvie on Feb 22, 2014 10:31:52 GMT
A friend of mine at work saw the Wolf of Wall Street and really didn't enjoy it, thought it was just too much gratuitous violence and sex. Watched Dispicable Me a couple of weeks ago, wasn't sure about it until at least half way through but then decided it was good Finished watching The Bridge this week...
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Post by 3piggles on Feb 23, 2014 0:43:22 GMT
We've been so abstractly busy lately, we haven't had time to watch a movie until night, when we're too tired. We have some we really want to see, too. Once hubby retires in a few years, we may be ahead of everyone on the movie watching
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Post by margaret6 on Feb 23, 2014 22:17:19 GMT
Thanks a million Piggles, I'll check out the site and give it to my niece. You've had so many challenges in your life Piggles, yet you sound so upbeat and in contro. Did you never fancy working with kids with ADHD? You should get involved in a support group, cause you have so much experience and would prove invaluable to children & adult sufferers as well as their families. Thanks Jo got your compliment, wish I was great but I try to help when I can, like all of us. Xxxx P.s. What is the Bridge about?
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Post by 3piggles on Feb 24, 2014 1:46:02 GMT
I'm over 60 with mobility problems and a fear of public speaking. I doubt I'll ever get involved. Tried to teach a group of Brownies how to make candy once. Had to be rescued. It was not petty I try to be upbeat, because it was be incredibly depressing otherwise. I have never managed to get through to daughter, but I only got through to hubby the past few years, and really since my mother died, when I laid down the law on either getting his act together or I was gone. It shouldn't take that much pushing, but ADD/ADHD people resist any change, no matter how much it will help them. They dig in their emotional heals and refuse to budge. The magazine has a lot of games for kids, games that help them organize their thoughts and focus, while having fun. He sounds young enough to enjoy playing the games, and getting helped by them without even knowing he's being helped. Tell him, and he'd probably refuse to play!
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Post by Bean on Feb 24, 2014 10:15:54 GMT
Hope you enjoyed the ending of The Bridge, weesilvie! I'm looking forward to the third series. We've recorded Salamander (which has filled its slot) but haven't watched it yet. I haven't heard anything amazing about it yet though.
We've been watching Inside No. 9 which is written by the guys who did The League of Gentlemen - loving that so far, especially the second episode about a bungled art robbery which is done almost entirely without dialogue. I just love their humour - always a bit dark/ on the edge, but hits the spot for us!
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Post by 3piggles on Feb 24, 2014 16:25:06 GMT
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Post by jolovespiggies on Feb 24, 2014 18:31:05 GMT
I am like you 3piggles love, I don;t do well in crowds and get tongue tied frequently, especially if there are quite a few people around.
Hugs
JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Feb 25, 2014 18:08:34 GMT
I also get overwhelmed by noise, so if there is a lot of noise in a room, and have a lot of trouble sorting any one noise from any others. Hard to follow conversations, hear waiters, etc.
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Post by jolovespiggies on Feb 25, 2014 18:13:12 GMT
I don't like loud noisey places either hun, which apparently is a sympton of my depression.
Hugs
JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Feb 25, 2014 18:19:55 GMT
I have depression problems, and migraine problems, which cross some lines, such as noise issues. Hubby keeps saying I need to get my hearing checked. Last time I did that, I had to wear big earphones that beeped different tones into each ear. Not exactly the same as trying to sort one sound from another. Of course, my hearing was fine using that test.
I also don't hear anywhere nearly as much with my right ear as with my left. If I sleep on my left ear, I hardly hear any noises. If I sleep on my right ear, I hear the ceiling fan blades wafting on low speed, every noise anywhere in the house, etc. No hearing test has ever said my hearing was worse in my right ear. Hubby has asked me questions on my right side, and finally gone around to my left side to ask, so I would hear him.
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Post by Bean on Feb 26, 2014 10:38:32 GMT
My son had that hearing test to check his hearing after a perforated ear drum - his hearing was definitely compromised in one ear at the time as there were so many things he was missing specific to that side. Fella could speak quietly at the same volume into both ears and he'd never get what had been said in his bad ear - even if it was 'If you hear this, you can have a chocolate bar!' which would have definitely raised a reaction... But the tests showed he was fine - odd. He was back to normal a month or two after anyway - now he just ignores me when he's engrossed in something or doesn't want to do what I've asked, same old!
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