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    Autoglass.
    Phoned autoglass this morning after our car window was smashed by some R sole(s) overnight.
    Yes they can do the repair.
    In five days time!
    What is the point. They don't put that in their adverts, do they?

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    Who ever gave women the idea they could compete in men's sports?

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    Quote Originally Posted by redebreck View Post
    WTF?
    Was this in the UK?
    Any links?
    https://thepostmillennial.com/teacher-alleges-fired-not-meowing-student-cat

    Post-modernisms war on reality, biology.

    I'll put up a longer post with more examples and how you go from transgender, to transracial, to transspecies.

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    3rd week in a row that I have managed to get a "first" on my Birds list.

    Was Snow Bunting today, Glossy Ibis a week ago, Ring Ouzel the week before that.

    Stupidly pleased!
    Your hobbies are rollerblading and you're also a bit of a rat-hound? Steel Wool
    Sid knows he's crazy and he likes it. Balinkay

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    Congratulations Sid. All I see round here are rooks, pigeons, magpies, robins, tits, gulls, blackbirds, sparrows, and the occasional buzzard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Insidious View Post
    3rd week in a row that I have managed to get a "first" on my Birds list.

    Was Snow Bunting today, Glossy Ibis a week ago, Ring Ouzel the week before that.

    Stupidly pleased!
    I went to Center parcs before Xmas with my partner and the kids. There was loads of different types of birds, my partner knew all of them as she was a keen spotter as a youngster.
    It was great to see them all from the back doors of our lodge, bullfinch, woodpecker,blue and grey tits, loads more I can't remember! We took lots of food for them and hung it in the trees, they hoovered it up!
    Red squirrels too, fighting for food and territory.

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    Quote Originally Posted by redebreck View Post
    Congratulations Sid. All I see round here are rooks, pigeons, magpies, robins, tits, gulls, blackbirds, sparrows, and the occasional buzzard.
    There's no denying that habitat and patience are a factor. I travel for a lot of my Birds, even if it isn't so much about going far (often as little as 30 minutes) as it is being really patient.

    Sometimes I'll do a "Your Team Against" thread or comment in a match thread after the game saying "was out Birdwatching lads" - there are times I've been out for 8-and-a-half-hours at a specific spot to maybe see a specific Bird for 20 seconds.

    There's a road I know where I can see Hen Harrier (a bloody rare Bird) but I might only see it 1-in-10 of the times I go there and only if I am really observant and drive the length of the (quiet) road multiple times.

    If you ever want pointers on seeing particular types, I can give you loose guidelines as to what habitat to travel to.

    Quote Originally Posted by teesred View Post
    I went to Center parcs before Xmas with my partner and the kids. There was loads of different types of birds, my partner knew all of them as she was a keen spotter as a youngster.
    It was great to see them all from the back doors of our lodge, bullfinch, woodpecker,blue and grey tits, loads more I can't remember! We took lots of food for them and hung it in the trees, they hoovered it up!
    Red squirrels too, fighting for food and territory.
    A delight to hear you're seeing Red Squirrels - I only know of a few spots where I can see them - whereabouts are you?

    Fair play to your partner, she's a keeper Bullfinches are lovely things - hard to see as they're very shy.

    I was out for a number of hours today with intention of seeing Otters. Didn't find any - did see a Kingfisher though and also an animal that I love the aesthetic of (but hate what it does to the ecosystem) in the form of a Mink! Only the second I've ever seen.

    Had the pleasure of a flock of 120 or so Fieldfares yesterday, wonderful Birds.
    Your hobbies are rollerblading and you're also a bit of a rat-hound? Steel Wool
    Sid knows he's crazy and he likes it. Balinkay

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    Thanks Sid. Might take you up on that habitat offer some time.
    Happy hunting (you know what I mean)!

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    Quote Originally Posted by redebreck View Post
    Thanks Sid. Might take you up on that habitat offer some time.
    Happy hunting (you know what I mean)!
    I do!

    I actually got a first today out dog-walking.

    A Stoat! I have been trying for one for years. There's a narrow road I drive on where I navigate a Pothole every couple of feet (hundreds on this awful road) about 40 minutes away as it's a renowned spot - I'll sit for hours, no joy.

    Sheer blind chance one runs across my path today in my local park where I walk dogs. Split second sighting but no doubt as to what it was.

    Can't believe it.

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