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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,156
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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • daddyjt
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  • sucks2beme
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    daddyjt wrote: »
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    Is that a brake pad?
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  • sucks2beme
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
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    Why is there a keyboard and mouse next to the sink?
    Does the Cat surf the internet while chillin.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,073
    daddyjt wrote: »
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    Little bit past the wear indicator?
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,083
    There's a little more brake dust than normal. They should have that checked. :*
  • msg
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    bcwsrt wrote: »
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    Are cardinals truly aggressive? I've never seen them behave that way around here.
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
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    Ya we have homicidal Mockingbirds here! Nasty f-iers, unrelenting. That is a remarkable photo though!
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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 1,908
    msg wrote: »
    bcwsrt wrote: »
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    Are cardinals truly aggressive? I've never seen them behave that way around here.

    When a bird’s hungry, it’ll do some crazy sheet!

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  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 1,168
    msg wrote: »
    bcwsrt wrote: »
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    Real life Angry Birds?

    Definitely looks like the Kamikaze version 😳
  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 2,754
    From observing the behavior of the birdies coming to our feeder, the who's wary of who pecking (I crack myself up) order seems t be: Nobody bothers a woodpecker. Blue Jays are bullies who chase the smaller birds away. Cardinals share with everybody bar...blue jays - maybe they are the Robin Hoods of backyard birdies.
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,829
    Yes cardinals can be quite aggressive. Not at the level of mockingbirds nor some larger birds (e.g., goshawks) when nesting -- but male cardinals are notorious for attacking windows, mirrors and other shiny surfaces when they see their reflection & think it's a rival male. :o

    Our across-the-road neighbor (now, sadly, deceased) had damage (to the finish) done to his nearly-new F-250 pickup by the attacks of an aggressive male cardinal a couple of years ago.
  • pitdogg2
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,829
    Tonight's little visitor out back when I got home from Good Friday service.

    Unruffled (viewed from inside)

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    Ruffled (viewed from outside)

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,611
    msg wrote: »
    bcwsrt wrote: »
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    Are cardinals truly aggressive? I've never seen them behave that way around here.

    Remind me to tell you about crazy aggressive cardinals the next time we
    talk.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,829
    Oh, and speaking of aggressive birds...

    It's that time of year.

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,429
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Oh, and speaking of aggressive birds...

    It's that time of year.

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    And to think just 65 million years ago, they were taking down stegosaurus....
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  • daddyjt
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  • Viking64
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    F1nut wrote: »
    msg wrote: »
    bcwsrt wrote: »
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    Are cardinals truly aggressive? I've never seen them behave that way around here.

    Remind me to tell you about crazy aggressive cardinals the next time we
    talk.

    Lou Brock was pretty aggressive at stealing bases and he was a Cardinal. :|

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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,290
    How aggressive are cardinals? At least twice a year I’ll get dive bombed by a cardinal through my deer blind window. It took me awhile to figure out what provoked the attack. The attacks happened when I was using my big Sony digital camera or binoculars. The flash of the glass lens attracted the cardinals in defense. That picture is pretty accurate but does not show the brown spot in the photographers drawers…don’t ask how I know
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  • daddyjt
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  • msg
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    I've actually never jumped a starter with a screwdriver, but have spent enough days, eves and late, late nights under cars and trucks in weather I'd cower from these days for the sake of maintenance, engine builds and such, out of hobby and/or necessity in my earlier days to at least know what this is.

    What was that trick supposed to fix, anyway?
    Was it for a bad solenoid or something?
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,490
    edited April 2023
    msg wrote: »
    I've actually never jumped a starter with a screwdriver, but have spent enough days, eves and late, late nights under cars and trucks in weather I'd cower from these days for the sake of maintenance, engine builds and such, out of hobby and/or necessity in my earlier days to at least know what this is.

    What was that trick supposed to fix, anyway?
    Was it for a bad solenoid or something?

    Screw drivers and a hammer were mandatory in some of my old rides.
    The screw driver jumped the two wires that connects the starter solenoid, the hammer was to pound on the starter to loosen the brushes just enough to get you a few more starts.