Africa

I agree with you Patrick .
I wasnt trying to say that anyone has criticised Rayles , but as he appeared to be upset that he had started some sort of argument and was sorry that he did so .....

As you correctly said , nobody has criticised him . I was trying to point out to him that as each of us have had different experiences , there will be different opinions and ideas . All are valid on the forum . Like you ( and others ) I hope Rayles will stay and be a regular contributor to this forum .

Sorry if I had misled anyone with my earlier comments
 
its cool nigel, i know what you mean.

i just get a little irritated that this stuff starts off in the first place.

addmittedly, i have a history of scaring away new forum members in under 10 words. but to be honest, i really don't take any of my comments back. instead, i just get annoyed that it always turns into such a big deal. this time was particuarly rediculous, all i said was this....

"actually i'de argue no. its not!"

and suddenly i'm accused by rayles of not respecting someone elses opinion and everyones got to pull together to do a major suck job to try and keep a new member on the forum. in actual fact i believe it can be construed just as easily the other way round.

anyhow its getting boring and thruth be that rayles was welcome to respond to my comments and has, at least so far, chosen not to.
 
Well, haven't I gotten off onto the wrong foot?

First of all, I am a woman...so that's probably going to start an argument in itself!

And second of all, I did not really expect to get the in-depth arguments and detailed justifications that I did. Just wanted to share my experience and opinion, which developed from that experience.

Thirdly, I am on this forum to learn about zoos and what they are doing with various animals...being a major zoo tragic!

And Patrick, no, I did not reply to you as I am extremely busy at work and this is the first time I have been on this site since my last post and quite frankly, I'm over it. Let's just agree to disagree?

And Zoo_Boy, I did Africa the cheap way, which meant we were sleeping in tents with the wilds of Africa all around us (which was an experience in iteself) and travelling in a big overland truck with 17 other people. It cost my husband and I almost $4000 for the tour...but that was the cheapest part! The airflights cost more than the tour and then there was everything you have to buy etc etc. But, as I have been dragging my long-suffering husband to zoos across the country for many years...I just had to get to Africa and I did...and I had a ball and developed a new-found respect for wild animals and the environment in which they live.

Rayles
 
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