OT Things to ponder

[geofflambert]

So there's this ad now with this lady saying something like "So, finding the right bra is pretty much impossible".

I agree, but I'd sure like to try. Of all the things I could have done with my life, I could've been the guy that screened the models for this commercial. Why, oh why, didn't I think of that while I was in High School or College?

[geofflambert]

Just took this pic. I haven't seen nor heard one of these in years, but now I have both. This is a Yellow-Shafted Northern Flicker. See the yellow in the tail. The black marking next to the bill, looks kinda like a mustache, that means this is a male. Love this bird.

[Lecivius]

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[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Just took this pic. I haven't seen nor heard one of these in years, but now I have both. This is a Yellow-Shafted Northern Flicker. See the yellow in the tail. The black marking next to the bill, looks kinda like a mustache, that means this is a male. Love this bird.

Dude. Isn't that a grackle?

[geofflambert]

No, the other bird is a starling. Grackles never get on my feeders, they forage on the ground.

[Chickenboy]

Aye. Starling. Got my 'common annoying black-ish' birds mixed up for a sec.

[Chickenboy]

This is our predominating woodpecker around these here parts. Clever bunch. They've figured out a way to hang upside down on my wife's hummingbird feeder and raid it for supplemental energy during nesting.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gol ... r/overview

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Aye. Starling. Got my 'common annoying black-ish' birds mixed up for a sec.

Ah, we cut you slack - that one doesn't go 'bawk bawk bawk'. [:D]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

This is our predominating woodpecker around these here parts. Clever bunch. They've figured out a way to hang upside down on my wife's hummingbird feeder and raid it for supplemental energy during nesting.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gol ... r/overview

Pretty frugal with the gold leaf when they set out to make that one "gold fronted". That Audubon was a cheap SOB.

[Orm]

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[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Aye. Starling. Got my 'common annoying black-ish' birds mixed up for a sec.

The Starling's closest relative is the Myna. I'm sure if you made a pet of one you could make it talk, you know, give it the third degree. They can make most any sound. Around here a favorite is the sound of a Red-Tail Hawk crying, far off. I think they do that to see if they can scare off some of the other birds. It never works. They are annoying, though, pretty much like squirrels.

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

This is our predominating woodpecker around these here parts. Clever bunch. They've figured out a way to hang upside down on my wife's hummingbird feeder and raid it for supplemental energy during nesting.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gol ... r/overview

Looks like a close relative of the Red-Bellied Woodpecker. I think I saw some of those in the Panama feeder cam I mentioned earlier. I thought they were Red-Bellies but with their coloration rather faded, orange instead of red.

[geofflambert]

Now Chickenboy, I don't know why you have a mosquito avatar, but if you're in Galveston, watch out. When I visited the USS Texas there was an enormous cloud of mosquitoes providing CAP over her and they were the size of B-25s.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Now Chickenboy, I don't know why you have a mosquito avatar, but if you're in Galveston, watch out. When I visited the USS Texas there was an enormous cloud of mosquitoes providing CAP over her and they were the size of B-25s.

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen mosquito?

[tarkalak]

Which mosquito? European mosquito or African mosquito?

[Zorch]

About 400 mph. Less if carrying insecticide or Holy Hand Grenades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito

[Lecivius]

I can't even get my dog to go for a drive.

This pooch looks like "Oh #@!T, here we go again"

[USSAmerica]

ORIGINAL: Orm

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[:D][:D][:D]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

About 400 mph. Less if carrying insecticide or Holy Hand Grenades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito

@&**!! parking cops have already marked the first one's tires. Better move it soon!

[geofflambert]

To Alfa Romeo:

No Iiiiiiiiii...
Don't want to see your commercial...


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