Re: OT: Whatzit?

On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:50:54 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:36:14 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

In this case I want quick change capability. I have other tools that
go on there including a homemade one that I use to put baby birds back
in their nest ;-)


You can't fool me, Jim! That pole's main use is to shake hands with
the likes of Eeyore, Sloman, or Grice. That's really whey you need to
lock it, so whatever you have screwed to the other end doesn't mange to
escape and run away.

Not "shake hands"... rather run it up their arses ;-)


I was trying to be polite! ;-)

So, what you really want a quick release like those used on some
colapsible saw for trimming tree branches so you can just tug the rope
and it will let go, and spare ends rather than a screw on coupling. ;-)


But I really do have a bird "replacer", made from a plastic electrical
box, so I don't touch the bird and leave my smells... thus avoiding
mama bird from shoving it out of the nest.

We have big problems here with birds nesting in outdoor fixtures,

http://analog-innovations.com/SED/BirdCage.jpg

rain scuppers, and very tall desert plants that sway severely in the
wind.

Jim Thompson


I believe you, but we have some birds of prey that attack any thing
that doesn't hide their nest. One of my neighbors bought some ducks.
Rather than complain to animal control about the noise, we just waited.
A week later, they had all been snatched and carried off. She tried it
a second time, then gave up after she found bloody clumps of feathers.
Now she has them in cages at her boyfriend's place out in the forest.

Same here, that's why the birds build nests in house structures... Big
Bird, aka Great Horned Owl, can't get at them so easy.

...Jim Thompson
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