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Rachel_Scope

I had a pet tern called Terry! My mum worked for the RSPCA and we had a myriad of animals come and stay with us. It was a very fun time and felt like I was living in a zoo sometimes. However, it did trigger my fear of birds as we housed a parrot for a few days and it absolutely hated me 😰

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Mary_Scope

Aw you must have seen some very poorly creatures 😓

A surprising fact about me is that I have been an ordained minister for 9 years but I am yet to ordain a wedding!!!!

Rachel_Scope

What!? That's crazy! I am truly surprised. How did that come about?

Yeah I did and it was really heartbreaking but we gave them a comfortable life towards their end.

Amberpearl

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1097738#Comment_1097738

Wow

That's amazing

Fairyopi

@Mary_Scope would ordaining a wedding be something you would like to do?

A surprising fact about me is I am a nature lover, nothing makes me happier…but I only lasted 6 minutes in a Brazilian rainforest. Apparently there is such a thing as too much nature 😂

Rachel_Scope

That's amazing that you went to a rainforest! What led up to it? What was it that made you want to leave so quickly? I think for me it'd be the creepy crawlies!

Mary_Scope

Yes definitely @Fairyopi!!! I've told my friends that I'm ready whenever the time comes🤣🤣

I was in a Youtube black hole yeaaars ago and watched a video of somebody becoming one so I thought I would do the same because why not🤣🤣

Wow @Fairyopi, thatt sounds incredible! What was that like? Do you have any photos of the rainforest you would feel comfortable sharing?

Fairyopi

@Mary_Scope oooh here’s hoping the time comes soon. I love soppy love 😂❤️ I’m not sure I would be able to officiate a wedding, I’d cry all the way through!

it was overwhelming to say the least. It was scorching hot outside but in the rainforest it was drastically cooler, the sounds of the cicadas were so loud it was hard to hear my partner nearby, I attempted to hold a tree branch for stability but it was a big snake and when I seen the giant spider I just lost it 😂 I don’t know why I didn’t expect to see these creatures but I just wasn’t prepared.
I have pics in the cloud, I’ll look them out and get back to you. They’re not great, I was too scared to focus the camera.😂

Rachel_Scope

Love that @Mary_Scope 😂 The best decisions are made after going down a YouTube black hole.

Mary_Scope

Wow that sounds like such once in a lifetime experience @Fairyopi! I don't like snakes at all so that would have been my worst nightmare!! Fair play to you for going in there though and giving it a go! Where is the best place in nature you have been?

Fairyopi

I certainly was lucky to experience it, but I wouldn’t want to do it again. 😂

Portugal is my favourite place to go, up the mountains. I can handle the bug level there 👌😂

Rachel_Scope

Oh wow @MrHappy that's a very genuine fear. I've seen a Scottish Wildcat in the Highland wildlife park. Not quite as adventurous as you! I bet it felt so peaceful sketching them in their natural habitat. I'm sorry you can't draw now due to your arthritis. I have the same thing but luckily I'm mostly ok for now.

Topher

One surprising fact about me is that I have 2 children, a boy and a girl, both born on the same day 11 years apart.

quincepurple75

Most surprising fact about me is that I can speed read and take in about 90 percent of a text. I read at roughly 700 words per minute. If I go my fastest at around 900 comprehension drops to about 75

Ross1975

I'm sure there's probably something more interesting/surprising about me, but off the top of my head, I own a toy from the 70's that contains mercury which would never be allowed today.

Rosie_Scope

Wow what a coincidence @Topher! Were they ever annoyed to share the same birthday?

That must be so useful @quincepurple75! Did you have to teach yourself to do it or was it something you always did?

Ooh that's cool @Ross1975, nothing like a bit of danger from the 70s! I watched a TV program that went through some popular toys of the time and there were all sorts of chemical science kits too. Excellent fun I'm sure, but I'd imagine there were quite a few injuries and accidents!

On the theme of odd pets, I used to have some Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches and a Giant African Land Snail 😁

WhatThe

I am autistic! It still surprises me nearly 10 years on 😁

quincepurple75

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1098229#Comment_1098229

I had this exact thing in the 80s and as another poster said a lot of things from my childhood would be considered dangerous now. Fun but dangerous 🤣

quincepurple75

According to my mum I taught myself to read about 2 and so don't remember a time I couldn't do it. I'm autistic so suspect it's part of that as it's always just been there and I was a teenager before I realised other people didn't do it at the same speed.

It can be super useful to take in info at speed but I love reading and frustrate myself by how quickly I finish a book I enjoy. Not good value for money when you read them in half the time lol

quincepurple75

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1098604#Comment_1098604

When I read at extremely fast speeds I find that background noise helps with retention, music I would be likely to sing along to really helps for example. I think it's because the bit of my brain that wanders is then busy humming along and I can concentrate

bonnielassie

Hi - a surprising fact about me is that I used to ride a Moto Guzzi California 1100cc motorbike. It's the same one that the California Highway Patrol police (CHiPs) used. I've been abroad on it several times, and travelled round Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Germany etc. My first bike was a Suzuki 500cc, which I went to the Czech Republic on, just after passing my test. Had a few scary moments, but I survived!!