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18 minutes ago, Pygmy said:
I hope they adapt to the new location, Mark.....I had a pair trying to build a nest this spring on a light fixture right above our main entrance...Since I couldn't tolerate the mess, as soon as they put up nesting materials, I tore it down..They were pretty stubborn, but after a few days they evidently gave up and moved their nest elsewhere...I imagine the hen bird was getting close to laying and was tired of flying around diamond cheeked...Hehehe...
My father is a retired dentist. There were robins in the light fixtures outside of the main entrance to his office. They basically terrorized everyone, swooping and diving and acting like Jihadis. No one was ever hurt, of course, but it was a bit unsettling for people who were about to have a root canal anyway. Nothing like ramping up the anxiety level for that.
I've mentioned this here before, but the best was the hammering sound from the air handling system that disrupted the whole office. I was on a roof in downtown Geneva when my Dad called and told me to come over immediately. I drove to Newark and found a pileated woodpecker on my Dad's roof hammering away at the stainless steel sheet metal on the exhaust stack of his air handling system. Birds don't have large brains. I had an owl decoy that kept it away.
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I think there were five or six in the nest. I felt bad about moving them but the grass in my yard was almost up to my knees. I had to mow. I hope the parents will find them in the wheelbarrow and take care of them.
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They incorporated the three-point-hitch lever into their new digs, so I really didn't have an option about leaving them alone. It's hard to run the tractor without that particular lever.
I really like birds, and especially robins, ever since I dated a gal named Robin. She never threw up worms to feed me, thankfully, but she was very cool. I took the nest off my tractor and put it into a wheelbarrow close-by that I rarely use. Hopefully the parents will find the little guys and continue to take care of them.
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Congratulations my friend. I have no children, but it can't be easy to raise a good one today.
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My current carry knife is a folding razor blade box-cutter type. I like that I don't have to sharpen it; just replace the blade.
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In the case of this particular nephew, he has a very wealthy grandfather from the other side of the family who treats him like royalty. The snot-nosed kid loves it and gets to jet all around the world on his Grandpa's dime any time he has a spare weekend. I suppose if I didn't have to bale hay all day at the age of 10 YO, I could have grown up like that too. What my farmer grandfather gave me was the ability to speak Italian and the know-how to operate and maintain tractors and farm machinery.
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An old K-Bar that's seen the insides of several dozen deer over the years. I should probably wash it off some time.
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I'll make a very sweeping and general statement here: kids today are lazy. My father asked his grandson recently to help move a small brush pile. The kid wouldn't do it. He felt it was somehow beneath his station in life, or something.
My brothers and I all pitched in and got the work done quickly, just like we used to do on my grandfather's farm. It's an attitude problem. We came back to the house after moving the brush, and this little prick of a nephew stood there smirking and asked me if I had fun. If looks could kill that little prick would have been dead.
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Wishing you all the best today, and every day!
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Thanks.
I lost all of my old load books during several moves and just don't remember what I used to use 40 years ago. I do remember 4350, but I wasn't sure if it was H or IMR. I'll check the manuals.
Thanks again.
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Does anyone have any "pet" loads for woodchucks or deer for the .243?
The gun I currently have is a Savage w/ accutrigger after selling a very nice Winchester Model 70 many decades ago. Dumb and dumb. I bought all 6 boxes of Federal ammo that were on the shelf at BassPro for 10.99 per box, mostly for the brass. Normally I would spend a couple of hundred dollars on powders, primers, and bullets to work up loads; but I'm a bit financially challenged these days. Hoping that someone might have a favorite powder at least.
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Hoping you heal up quickly. ;-)
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All the best to you today, and always!
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Farrah Fawcett was a talented actress. Watch the movie "The Burning Bed". She wasn't all just teeth and hair, there was real substance behind that image. The same can be said of Cher: watch the movie "Silkwood", or "Mask" (not the mask with that d-bag carrey). I think Cher is a POS but her role in that movie was stunning.
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Good day to you sir!
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I'll save a turtle in the road, but I won't die for it. I've picked many of them up and just taken them back from whence they came, giving them a stern talking-to along the way. ;-)
Hunting snappers with bowfishing gear is a different thing, however. That's some tasty meat.
FWIW the nasty bumps on the corners/turns of racing tracks are called turtles. Best to avoid them because you'll spit out a bunch of marbles of tire rubber shortly thereafter. not good for the suspension either.
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The only knife I carry now is a folder with a utility blade in it. It slips into the coin pocket of my jeans very neatly. I have no illusions about being able to really defend myself with it, I just grew up knowing that knives come in handy sometimes. Farm wisdom, I guess.
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There was a place on Rte 104 near Ontario in the seventies that had a sign out front that proclaimed: "We have Matt and Genny by the balls". I chuckled as I drove to work.
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I have a photo from the above post, but no video. :-(
People in Hollywood who aren't hard-core leftists tend to be pretty quiet about their politics. Unless they're wealthy enough to never have to get work in Hollywood again.
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On 5/14/2019 at 6:25 PM, fasteddie said:
The Orioles go through grape jelly real fast . They also hit the suet and the Hummingbird feeders so I put out a couple Oriole feeders . We get so many birds coming in that I think they scare the little hummingbirds .
I haven't tried any Orange slices for the Orioles yet . Gotta give that a try .
I'm not sure that anything scares a hummingbird. I watched two of them chase a gray squirrel right out of a pine tree one time. Then they came down and terrorized my friend's cat. It was not a cowardly cat by any means, but it was somewhat traumatized.
My folks put their feeders out early, and they've had numerous sightings. Lots of orioles as well.
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I was thinking chupacabra. I've heard the steaks are awesome. ;-)
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"Julie" was cute.
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Haven't seen any mention on here. One of the funniest people I've ever seen on TV. He and Harvey Korman would bet on which one could make the other laugh first on the Carol Burnett show. I think Conway usually won. Goodbye, my friend.
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Ugh 3 more weeks of this.
in General Chit Chat
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The biggest thing is just not pushing the recovery too hard. When the Doc tells you to take it easy and let it heal, you listen.
One of the things that bothers me is when sports fans start to talk about their heroes getting "right back on the field" after serious injuries. That's a very controlled situation with millions of dollars worth of physical therapists doing everything exactly right, all the time. The rest of us don't have that luxury.
All the best to you!