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Post by Moose on Feb 6, 2017 22:16:15 GMT
Last Christmas (ie Christmas 15) I 'bought' Col a one year adoption of an Orang Utang in Borneo, for which we got regular updates and a smug warm glow that we were helping the planet, etc. Anyway as far as I know I only signed up for a year and I haven't had anything asking me if I want to roll it over or anything. As far as I am aware they haven't taken any money this year.
Does this mean that we just reneged on an Orang Utang? Have they shot it?! Are we monsters?
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Post by tangent on Feb 6, 2017 23:00:59 GMT
If they shot it, they are the monsters, not you. I guess you knew that.
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Post by JoeP on Feb 6, 2017 23:02:01 GMT
Last Christmas I bought you an ape And the very next year It just disappeared
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Post by Moose on Feb 6, 2017 23:15:59 GMT
It's a tragedy.
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hexgoblinweb
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Post by hexgoblinweb on Feb 14, 2017 1:07:15 GMT
Is there any way you can contact the place you signed up for helping the orangutan? If something happened to your adoptee, the agency should have contacted you. And they should contact you prior to the end of your subscription. I hope you didn't end up getting into a scam but they are out there, waiting for prey. There are legitimate agencies that take donations for helping orphaned wild animals like your orangutan. Check them out.
BTW, I am new here. Met "Moose" on another site. So, Hey, everyone. JoeP, I LOVE your avatar.
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Post by JoeP on Feb 14, 2017 9:18:06 GMT
Welcome! How should we address you? "hex"?
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Post by JoeP on Feb 14, 2017 9:18:21 GMT
My avatar is based, as I'm sure you recognise, on Sandra Boynton drawings. Specifically, from the greatest book ever published,
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Post by raspberrybullets on Feb 14, 2017 10:27:17 GMT
I've never read that book! How come nobody ever gave me a copy?!
And welcome hexgoblinweb!
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Post by Kye on Feb 14, 2017 13:06:29 GMT
Welcome, Hex!
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Post by tangent on Feb 14, 2017 14:26:54 GMT
*waves to the goblin*
Are you a hex goblin in real life?
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Post by Moose on Feb 14, 2017 18:34:12 GMT
Hi Hex! I dunno if you want your real first name revealed or not so I won't but you will know a lot of people (including Joe Pee from my facebook feed. I'll start you a welcome thread in the general board and you can swing by and collect your free anteater. I presume that we don't adopt an individual orang but we are paying towards the upkeep of several. It's the wWf so I think it's legit at least
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Post by tangent on Feb 14, 2017 21:19:54 GMT
I didn't know we were sponsoring an orang utang.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Feb 15, 2017 9:19:58 GMT
Me neither. My best friend just came back from a trip to Borneo and saw orang utangs.
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Post by Moose on Feb 15, 2017 19:11:40 GMT
Do she see ours? Did she did she?
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hexgoblinweb
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Post by hexgoblinweb on Feb 15, 2017 21:54:58 GMT
Yes, you'all can call me "Hex". Yes, Moose, you have my permission to use my first name whenever you wish (on the forum). Tangent, my son-in-law would probably say a definite "yes" to that question.
WWF should be a reliable charity. Trying contacting the HQ and asking about your issue.
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Post by Moose on Feb 17, 2017 20:15:55 GMT
Just got our quarterly update . All is well!
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Post by tangent on Feb 17, 2017 20:51:04 GMT
Tangent, my son-in-law would probably say a definite "yes" to that question. You're a hex goblin in real life? Good. I just need to know what that means.
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hexgoblinweb
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Post by hexgoblinweb on Feb 18, 2017 1:07:39 GMT
Actually, Hex Goblinweb is my fairy name. I found a website that translates your name to a fairy name. I, also, found a site for elven names and hobbit names. My hobbit name is Tiger Lily. I don't remember my elven name.
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Post by tangent on Feb 18, 2017 1:14:18 GMT
*blinks*
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Post by Moose on Feb 18, 2017 1:31:30 GMT
Tiger Lily is the name of Bob Geldof's youngest daughter also
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Post by raspberrybullets on Feb 19, 2017 22:29:18 GMT
That's what I was thinking, doesn't even sound that hobbity! I did the hobbit name thing once but I can't remember what it turned out to be.
My friend saw a few orang utangs, I'm confident one was yours and that's why everything is now alright.
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Post by Moose on Feb 19, 2017 23:24:04 GMT
I hope it was behaving ..
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hexgoblinweb
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Post by hexgoblinweb on Feb 20, 2017 15:12:17 GMT
It was behaving, like a typical orangutan. (Stupid question? Why are you all separating orangutan between the 'g' and 'u'. That doesn't make sense to me.)
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Post by tangent on Feb 20, 2017 15:39:30 GMT
We've been bamboozled by an orange tan recently so it's either a Freudian slip or it's what we think of President Trump.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Feb 20, 2017 23:36:07 GMT
I dunno, I always thought there was a space but I just googled and there doesn't seem to be. Also no g on the end which I also added. I was uncertain of the spelling but thought the gap was normal.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Feb 20, 2017 23:36:52 GMT
Actually, just checked wiki and it does say "The orangutans (also spelled orang-utan, orangutang, or orang-utang"
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Post by Moose on Feb 21, 2017 0:26:10 GMT
I thought it meant 'man of the forest' and that the words were separate but I might be wrong
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Post by JoeP on Feb 21, 2017 9:42:19 GMT
Putting a g on the end is Definitely Wrong. Someone should edit Wikipedia!
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Post by hexgoblinweb on Feb 21, 2017 15:36:06 GMT
I was just wondering that point. Different countries have different spellings for the same thing. One of the weird things is that this country has different spellings for the same thing. We are a very weird and confusing country. tangent: orange tan = Donald "the Duck" Trump I love it.
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