If I apply this rule to everything here then I will have nothing in my freezers, a very depleted spice collection, empty shelves everywhere and probably 30 plus sacks full of clothes to dispose of.
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If I apply this rule to everything here then I will have nothing in my freezers, a very depleted spice collection, empty shelves everywhere and probably 30 plus sacks full of clothes to dispose of.
My only recollection is about 45 years ago one somehow fell down the chimney into the fireplace - but it was dead on arrival. I'm pretty sure I've never had one flapping around the house.
We got a bird in the house twice in the UK, and we had a bat in our first apartment - you think it’s hard getting a bird out…
Our main problem here, when we had the dog, was that we liked to leave the garage door open, because the dog flap let out to the garage.
Four or five times during Summer, we’d get a hummingbird stuck in the garage. Massive garage door opening, big enough for two cars to drive through, and the things would fly in, then get confused and get stuck in the couple of feet of space between the rolled-up door and the ceiling.
Holiday today, going to the big warehouse store (Sam’s Club).
In the mid 90s, I worked for a computer software company. I was a marketing manager, and had a great window office. I was meeting with two programmers in my office one day -- we were brainstorming the next version of a software I was in charge of. They were sitting in my office looking at the computer on my desk, and tinkering with the software, and I was standing at my office window, on the 8th floor of the building, overlooking downtown Dallas while thinking. I saw a seagull flying towards me. Our office was not far from a big lake, so we would occasionally see seagulls, although not very often.
So, I'm watching this bird fy toward me, rather fast, but figured it would turn and fly away. But, it didn't. It just kept coming towards me. I was watching it and thinking, surely it is going to turn. But it just kept coming.
WHOOOMP! It flew into the window at full speed, and dropped like a rock.
The other two guys heard the sound, and turned to look at me, at the same time I turned to look at them. Three well educated men looking at each other with dumb looks on our faces.
I blurted out, "Did you see that?" Well, of course they didn't. I told them what happened, and they looked at me like I was stoned, or drunk, or crazy.
The bird left a greasy mark on the window. I have no idea if it lived or died.
I learned that day where the term "Bird Brain" came from.
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I went to COSTCO on Saturday. Better than Sam's Club, IMHO. Either way, you generally buy way more than you planned. But, as a first, I actually only bought stuff I really needed. Yeah, I couldn't believe it, either, but it really happened.
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Yeah, we went in needing toilet paper, paper towels, and dishwasher tablets, and came out with that, plus maple syrup, several bags of chips/crisps, a beer advent calendar (never too early), and a pressure washer.
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Acoupla years back, we had some kind of large bird fly into our back patio sliding glass door.
Didn't see, but sure did hear it.
Looked around outside to see if there were any casualties but nothing to be found.
Didn't see, but sure did hear it.
Looked around outside to see if there were any casualties but nothing to be found.
Usually, if it’s not too high up it just stuns them and they’re ok. We used to get birds flying into the living room picture window all the time when I was a kid.
caseydog ’s bird…I’m fairly certain that thing ended up decorating the sidewalk.
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That same triple paneled glass door has seen its share of Hummingbirds bash into it, poor things.
You'll hear a same thump, one of us will jump up and there's the poor dear seething on the patio.
I have to remind DH that it'll be okay, just let him catch his breath, he'll shake it off and they do. One took an awfully long time though and I did fear that I might have to preform a funeral.
You'll hear a same thump, one of us will jump up and there's the poor dear seething on the patio.
I have to remind DH that it'll be okay, just let him catch his breath, he'll shake it off and they do. One took an awfully long time though and I did fear that I might have to preform a funeral.
…and trash bags…and grapes.
Usually, if it’s not too high up it just stuns them and they’re ok. We used to get birds flying into the living room picture window all the time when I was a kid.
caseydog ’s bird…I’m fairly certain that thing ended up decorating the sidewalk.
It would have actually decorated a roof on the first floor. There was a little shopping center sticking out of the front of the building.
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Called off work today, yay for me!
Off to cook for a friend in a moment. Cardamom lamb (Elaichi Gosht) is definitely on the cards; some sort of chicken dish, rice, lentils and a veggie dish. Won´t know exactly until I get there, but that´s part of the fun, isn´t it?
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