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MATTHYS

Post subject: Re: 'Ticker' or 'Spaceman'?

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:03 pm

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Happy Anniversary, Elzet

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Bennievis

Post subject: Re: 'Ticker' or 'Spaceman'?

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:31 pm

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Elzet wrote:

So a hearty thanks to all that this applies to. Also the Mods, that have persevered and survived my presence for so long, in particular the attractive one. :thumbs_up:

.. Im not actually a mod :redface:

Congrats LZ.. !! May there be many more :thumbs_up:

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p@m

Post subject: Re: 'Ticker' or 'Spaceman'?

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:38 pm

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Congrats LZ -- you survived the first year :clap:

Hope it's the first of many :thumbs_up:

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Elzet

Post subject: Re: 'Ticker' or 'Spaceman'?

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:58 pm

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Thanks very much, you are indeed a very special bunch of people, and I feel blessed to 'know' and interact with you all.

A belated happy anniversary then to you too, special Rums. :clap:

But who's ticking? :lol:

Thanks Sapiens, that is very sweet of you. :lol:

Thanks GB, its great being around great people like you. :wink:

No, Micetta, not yet, no such luck for you guys and girls as yet. :wink:

Thanks for all, special, swe.. uhm, Wicked Micetta :wink:

Hugh, I also survived the Oom. And Camp D with the Oom and RT. :lol:

And I suppose he also survived me. :lol:

Special, you are too. :wink:

Special Matthys, awww, thanks for the rose. :wink:

Thanks, Bennie, so sweet of you. Another special mite. Genevieve. :wink:

(I'll nominate you for Mod if you want me to). :tongue:

Special P@m, thank you. You mean you survived the first year? :lol:

H. Erectus, I was just joking. :tongue:

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Elzet

Post subject: Re: 'Ticker' or 'Spaceman'?

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:00 pm

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Micetta, the attractive one is Oom Boom (Imberbe). See the Great Quiz Chat. :wink:

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Elzet

Post subject: Re: 'Ticker' or 'Spaceman'?

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:03 pm

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Bennie,

I must be a bit drowzzzzzy. I'm slow tonight, but at last I caught on. :wink:

You are attractive too - it is not only Mods that have that claim to fame. :wink:

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ndloti

Post subject: Re: 'Ticker' or 'Spaceman'?

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:55 am

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Elpaco , it has been an entertaining year reading a quarter of your postings !

You possibly hold the record of the highest posting rate of all non moderators ... ?

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Rooies

Post subject: Re: 'Ticker' or 'Spaceman'?

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:13 am

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It is always nice to interact with the "regulars" Do zoo voort Elzet :thumbs_up:

Btw if Elzet hold the record for the highest posting rate, then I am probably lowest. Only 900 after three years. :doh:

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TheunsH

Post subject: Re: 'Ticker' or 'Spaceman'?

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:18 am

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Well done Elzet! This forum has kept you very busy indeed! One positive point is that I have became an excellent cook!! :dance:

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Team Green

Post subject: Re: 'Ticker' or 'Spaceman'?

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:43 pm

Joined: Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:46 pm
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Im also a maximiser & ticker - Get the whole group up at sparrows to start driving as soon as the gates open - Stop to view every bird - LBJ or not, Stop at every animal - Im always convinced something is stalking every impala in the bush and after long drives in the park doing every loop and stopping at every waterhole I get back to camp and walk the fence loking for birds & animals until night falls and then I walk the circles looking for the little Scops owl calling away and chilling on the fence hoping to see a hyanea!

I love it! Cant wait for my next trip!!!

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Micetta

Post subject: Re: 'Ticker' or 'Spaceman'?

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:34 pm

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TheunsH wrote:

Well done Elzet! This forum has kept you very busy indeed! One positive point is that I have became an excellent cook!! :dance:

If you stay away from the crêpes :wink:

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Elzet

Post subject: Re: 'Ticker' or 'Spaceman'?

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:57 pm

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Thanks for the kind remarks via PMs. Don't blame you for not wanting to associate with me in public. :lol:

Ndloti, this El Paco reads a quarter and 3/4 of your posts too and find it very interesting indeed. :lol:

See you soon. You better be nice to me, I'll soon be holding on to your 40 pasties. Does the word ransom come to mind? :twisted:

Rooies, it is not quantity that matters, but quality. :redface:

Oom Theuns, you are excellent in more than one way. :thumbs_up:

Our dishes and washing have never looked this great. BTW, give my regards to your SO. Me thinks she is a super lady. :twisted:

Team Green, welcome to the Forum. May you spend maximum quality time here. :thumbs_up:

I'm a maximiser only - with the Oom there is no time for ticks. :twisted:

'Can we go?'. 'When we come back they/it will still be here'. 'Have you seen enough?' :roll:

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Grantmissy

Post subject: Re: 'Ticker' or 'Spaceman'?

Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:39 am

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According to the two categories described in the very first post on page one by Tumble Weed I am definitely a Spaceman “staring of into the distance at nothing in particular” :lol:

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Flutterby

Post subject: Re: 'Ticker' or 'Spaceman'?

Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:40 am

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Bush Baptist wrote:

If you plan lists and routes beforehand, get up early and see the good stuff, :dance:

including new birds, :cam:

see a lot of animal interaction, go on night rides, walk the camps looking for birds, and flop into bed exhausted just to do it all again tomorrow, then you are a maximizer like me, who gets value for the holiday and goes home for a rest. :dance:

Let the slobs, sorry spacemen, call us tickers if they like, while showing their videos of the kids in the pool! :twisted:

That's us BB!! I do the ticking thing but normally at night or sometimes only when we get back home. I don't even sleep properly in Kruger - I wake up constantly during the night to check the time, 'cos I'm so excited to get out there again!! :dance:

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Elsa

Post subject: Re: 'Ticker' or 'Spaceman'?

Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:18 pm

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Tumble Weed wrote:

When you head to the park, what is your aim?

Are you armed with checklists, pda's etc. and tick off every bird you see? Do you have a count of how many birds you've seen during the day, how many mammals etc. Are you obsessive about identifying the bird in the bush twenty yards off the road? Does it gnaw away at you if the guy next door gets more ticks than you? Generally these folk are highly alert. You can identify them by the lunge for the binoculars if there is a slight movement in a bush. There is always a checklist and guide book close at hand.

OR,

Do you take a drive without an aim, stop and enjoy the surroundings. You don't get concerned if you cannot identify the LBJ that just flitted from beneath that bush. You enjoy watching the sun set, and don't care that you did not see a lion that day. To you, it's just about being away from it all and enjoying the bush.
These folk are normally identified by the spaced out look they have. You'll see them parked next to the road, staring off into the distance at nothing in particular. They are content to just sit and watch the world go by.
So which one are you?

Me, definitely a 'spaceman'(but a reformed ticker)

I think the original gist of the title has been somewhat lost over 8 pages, :tongue:

as I don't think Tumbleweed was referring to how much time is spent in or out of camps but what you actually do on the drives. Keep notes or stare into space!

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