The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[rjohns39]

I've got an interesting migratory visitor... It's about for inches tall, white body and orange head with a 2" bill. I have no idea what it is, but it's pretty.

 

[ronott1]

never had magpies, just crows, blue jays, mocking birds and lots of small birds, doves and every once in a while, pheasants come up to eat with the chickens not to mention wild turkeys and another love of mine, wood peckers

This article is from 2009 and back then 42% of the native yellow billed magpie were killed by west nile. I remember a newer article saying that they were nearly extinct now

 

[sharron]

I've got an interesting migratory visitor... It's about for inches tall, white body and orange head with a 2" bill. I have no idea what it is, but it's pretty.

wow, would love to see that, bill sounds like some kind of woodpecker but the white and orange doesn't

 

[sharron]

This article is from 2009 and back then 42% of the native yellow billed magpie were killed by west nile. I remember a newer article saying that they were nearly extinct now

hate to see anything go extinct, theres been so many things we've lost

 

[drumstick diva]

BYCers say no -photo, then it never hampered. I believe you Bob but, we need a photo to have someone ID bird.

 

[bruceha2000]

That is terrible!

Currently Medical insurance is the same for retirees. At 65, they convert to a combination medicare and kaiser system. The cost is the same as before. The thing I need to see is if the retiree coverage will cover family too.

The cost is not bad-- something like $175.00 per month

Because UC Davis is a public University, All employees have to be treated the same. If Retirement medical insurance was cut for Staff, then it would have to be cut for Faculty. That would hurt recruitment so it is un likely that there would be a change

Good deal!! DW is paying about $8K a year for her Federal BCBS for the family.

The river has carved new banks!

Good thing you haven't replaced the dock yet!

That weather stations rain gauge may be like the old style gas pumps. They wouldn't register above 99 and 9/10 cent per gallon. When the prices raised higher than that they had to replace with more modern pumps.

FIL did gas station installs, retired just before I met DW. He had a buried gasoline tank next to the pole barn garage with one of those old pumps on it. Winter weekends were very nice. Spend the night Friday and Saturday. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Skis tuned and waxed and a ride to the lifts with our ski boots on. Gas up the car on the way out Sunday night.

While I was gone, a couple of Christmas Elves came by my house. And they were busy!

He needs to go to Alcatraz or Guantanamo or whichever one it is that's still open or even death penalty.

Alcatraz is a National Park now, Guantanamo is for "foreign fighters". But there are plenty of maximum security prisons available. Of course with help he's already escaped from prison before.

And when it's time to take everything down, just do this:

You know, if cleaning up were that easy, I would get one of those things!

I've got an interesting migratory visitor... It's about four inches tall, white body and orange head with a 2" bill. I have no idea what it is, but it's pretty.

Def need pictures! 2" bill sounds like a woodpecker or a wading bird. Though 4" seems awfully short for a wading bird.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Good deal!! DW is paying about $8K a year for her Federal BCBS for the family.


Good thing you haven't replaced the dock yet!


FIL did gas station installs, retired just before I met DW. He had a buried gasoline tank next to the pole barn garage with one of those old pumps on it. Winter weekends were very nice. Spend the night Friday and Saturday. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Skis tuned and waxed and a ride to the lifts with our ski boots on. Gas up the car on the way out Sunday night.





Alcatraz is a National Park now, Guantanamo is for "foreign fighters". But there are plenty of maximum security prisons available. Of course with help he's already escaped from prison before.




You know, if cleaning up were that easy, I would get one of those things!


Def need pictures! 2" bill sounds like a woodpecker or a wading bird. Though 4" seems awfully short for a wading bird.

Ah okay, yeah I thought Alcatraz was the one that was shut down now but wasn't 100% sure and Guantanamo is for terrorists, right? But that's basically what he is so he should be there imo but I can understand why he wouldn't be. And yeah, I read an article that said he escaped twice. One time he paid like $2 million.

https://www.biography.com/news/famous-drug-lords

 

[CapricornFarm]

Easy peasy for me, I just wear mine in braids.

I wore braids a lot growing up.
Tonight i killed off 2 more possums!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Well, get ready for another front, it's pushing through here right now!

It has not quit raining here all day!

 

[CapricornFarm]

just came back from the vets noticed a bird up in a tree with wings spread out like a buzzard does when he trying to warm up, thought thats what it was but a crow chased him out of the tree, was a bald eagle , they're becoming more and more eagles down here, never saw one until just the last 10 years

We see Eagles here down by the river.