December 9, 20214 yr Birds can be a problem especially during migratory season when they are flying in flocks. A canada goose is pretty big and the snow goose just a bit smaller. I've seen flocks of a hundred snow geese landing on a pond at our local wildlife refuge. Last week I posted a video here of a flock of starlings dancing in the sky. Must have been a thousand or more birds. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
December 10, 20214 yr You may find the following amusing. British Rail, when they were developing their advanced high speed train with novel banking mechanism for traveling round bends, learnt that the aviation industry tested windscreens with frozen chickens. So they embarked on what they thought was the same testing program. Much to their disappointment the frozen chickens shattered the windscreens every time, breaking the engineers chair and embedding themselves in the back wall of the cabin. That was until someone pointed out to them that yes, the aviation industry uses frozen chickens, but they thaw the birds first! 🤪 Edited December 10, 20214 yr by martin-w
December 10, 20214 yr 16 hours ago, birdguy said: Birds can be a problem especially during migratory season when they are flying in flocks. A canada goose is pretty big and the snow goose just a bit smaller. I've seen flocks of a hundred snow geese landing on a pond at our local wildlife refuge. Last week I posted a video here of a flock of starlings dancing in the sky. Must have been a thousand or more birds. Noel Birds are flocking here too and using my car as a bombing practice target. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
December 10, 20214 yr You need a garage or a carport Stans. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
December 10, 20214 yr There have been a few starling murmurations around here. I gather they peak between the beginning of November until the end of January. I'm pretty sure they do it to celebrate my birthday in January.
December 10, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, martin-w said: 'm pretty sure they do it to celebrate my birthday in January. More likely my birthday on December 25th. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
December 11, 20214 yr 23 hours ago, birdguy said: You need a garage or a carport Stans. Noel County won't let me have one at home due to the size of my property and distance requirements from property lines. At work, it's an asphalt parking lot. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
December 11, 20214 yr On 12/10/2021 at 7:09 AM, stans said: Birds are flocking here too and using my car as a bombing practice target. I have a black car. Birds love to play Billy Mitchell over it. @birdguy Noel I have a garage but at work its out in the open. By the way, I bet you understand my "Billy Mitchell" reference. Most people here probably do though, if I used that analogy on some other forum I bet half of them would not understand it. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
December 11, 20214 yr Yes, I understand the Billy Mitchell reference. But his bomb run over Tokyo lasted just 20 seconds. I'll bet your birds take more time than that. I have my car in a carport but my cats like to sleep on top of it so I have cat paw prints on the windshield and hood. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
December 12, 20214 yr 20 hours ago, Mace said: I have a black car. Birds love to play Billy Mitchell over it. @birdguy Noel I have a garage but at work its out in the open. By the way, I bet you understand my "Billy Mitchell" reference. Most people here probably do though, if I used that analogy on some other forum I bet half of them would not understand it. I get the Billy Mitchell reference too. I have actually been bombed by pigeons while driving on a city street. Yep, saw them flying toward me and I just knew what was about to happen. "Splat, splat!" Right on the hood of my clean car. Edited December 12, 20214 yr by stans My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
December 12, 20214 yr On 12/10/2021 at 5:54 PM, birdguy said: More likely my birthday on December 25th. Noel Can we agree, both?
December 12, 20214 yr On 12/11/2021 at 9:28 AM, Mace said: Most people here probably do though, if I used that analogy on some other forum I bet half of them would not understand it. December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day, passed without a mention. But yes, some of us remembered it. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
December 12, 20214 yr 23 hours ago, birdguy said: Yes, I understand the Billy Mitchell reference. But his bomb run over Tokyo lasted just 20 seconds. You are thinking of Jimmy Doolittle in 1942. Billy Mitchell bombed SMS Ostfriesland, a captured German battleship, back in the 20's. The Navy didn't like him very much at the time. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
December 12, 20214 yr 32 minutes ago, Mace said: Billy Mitchell bombed SMS Ostfriesland, a captured German battleship, back in the 20's. My Bad! I should have known that. But my memory hasn't been that good for a while. As I recall Billy Mitchell court martialed but he later had a bomber, the B-25, named after him. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
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