Game Drive Etiquette

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Can't stand it when people use these in SMS's and I have no idea what they're talking about!! 0*\ lol


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0*\


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It is absurd 0*\ People are convinced that they are always in a hurry :O^

Now you have a list, Flutty lol


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Lisbeth wrote: Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:08 am
Now you have a list, Flutty lol
lol yes, but it does not help much for birds :

FYI
BBB : Black-Bellied Bustard
BHO : Black-Headed Oriole
RNL : Rufous Naped Lark
GST : Ground Scraper Thrush
GEO (AKA VEO) : Giant Eagle-Owl (AKA Verreaux Eagle-Owl)

And we can probably find many more of them IMO LOL


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Definitely! But they are even worse than the mammals, because of the quantity and ofte loooong names 0*\ Let's leave the abbreviations out, shall we? O**


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The only birds I abbreviate are LBJ's, LBR's and maybe BSK's. ;-)


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:yes:


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And who the hell is DBB when he is at home -O-


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Back on topic..... 0/*
There is a measure of truth to this article though.
I avoid these game drives if I can. But we did one at Mabalingwe a few years ago. And there was a chap on the van who was the epitome of this.
Every time we stopped for something, he would launch into some story of "oh yes, when I was in Chobe we saw a massive herd of buffalo...." ...yadda yadda yadda. " last time we were in Kruger we saw.....".......
At every sighting 0*\


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Hey, us opinionated know-it-all's also have a right to exist! ^0^


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