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A625655 - Wild birds and domesticated cats
Whisky Posted Sep 20, 2001
Philistino?
Don't you know anything, it's Philistinch of course 
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Henry Posted Sep 20, 2001
Well done Shorn. Break out the bubbly this time Whisky, you tight git!
Frogbit.
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Whisky Posted Sep 20, 2001
Ok, but just one glass of and half a dozen straws....
Can't you just tell I've Scottish blood in me
ps, u can share the I'm keeping the for myself.
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Shorn Canary ~^~^~ sign the petition to save the albatrosses Posted Sep 20, 2001
Thank you so immensely much! 
Yes, yes, it's ages since I bathed in Champagne. Break it out and splosh some into my birdbath! 
I must be the happiest birdbrain on the planet 
PS. Philistines? What Philistines? No here!
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Azara Posted Sep 20, 2001
Congratulations, Shorn Canary!
There should be plenty of to go round.
Azara 
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Lonnytunes - Winter Is Here Posted Sep 20, 2001
SC, your yarn will now be sent to a sub editor who will give it a bit of a polish. In roughly 4-5 weeks time it will appear on the front page and your life will never be the same again. 
You may be interested in a comment from one of the italics:-
Having been the owner of a particularly vicious Ginger Tom, I fully understand where this entry is coming from 
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Shorn Canary ~^~^~ sign the petition to save the albatrosses Posted Sep 21, 2001
Thanks Loonytunes! I've recovered from my celebrational fug now and am once more able to string a sentence together
Nice to know there are sympathetic italics.
When I logged on yesterday, I was going to tell you all what happened to my neighbour's cat (4 houses down from me) at the weekend, but then I found you'd recommended the entry and I didn't have the heart to bring you down with the sad tale. I'll tell you now though.
The neighbours went on holiday for 3 weeks leaving the 3 cats in the care of the lady who lives opposite them. Someone shot one of the cats at the weekend - just a couple of days before they were due to return. The cat survived but the vet had to amputate the shattered leg. The lady opposite had a bit of a collection to help with the vet bills - bound to be a fortune! Then, yesterday, just as I was leaving for work, the neighbour with the 3-legged cat hurried over to ask me to look out for her poor convalescing mog which had disappeared again when she let it out. Everyone, including the RSPCA officers, seems to be pointing the finger of blame at the man I mentioned earlier in this thread. Bad feeling is reaching new depths. Oh dear, oh dear!
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Salamander the Mugwump Posted Sep 29, 2001
Hi Shorn. Waz directed me here. Very useful article. That was an article just waiting to happen I think. I'm going to try your pudding recipe to use up some bird food for soft-bills that none of the birds in my garden ever seem to eat. I also have gun-slinging neighbours who take pot-shots at cats, squirrels and magpies. I've got a few more comments but can't make them at the moment so I'll pop in later.
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Shorn Canary ~^~^~ sign the petition to save the albatrosses Posted Sep 30, 2001
Oh Hi Sal Long time no see! How's it going? That was nice of Waz.
I expect you'll be surprised at how eagerly the birds gobble up your unpopular soft-bill grub once you make it into a pud for them. Let me know.
The gun-slingers must be part of the rural experience I guess. It's a shame. A water pistol would drive the cats away just as well as a real gun and nobody has to get hurt. I guess it could be argued that it's a more final solution though. You can rattle on the window and the cats will run off but they'll come back when you're at work or asleep or on holiday and do whatever they have in mind -- whether it's killing the birds or using your garden as a toilet. 
Poor old moggies. 
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Salamander the Mugwump Posted Oct 14, 2001
Just a quick one Shorn. The birds love that pud. I've tried all sorts of bits and pieces in it. Can't go wrong - they eat it before anything else on the table and the starlings have a noisy squabble over it. I'm changing my peanuts every few days now to keep up with demand.
Speaking of Waz, birds and cats, go and have a look for Waz's ruddy duck article on peer review if you have time. I think you'll like it.
Sal
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Shorn Canary ~^~^~ sign the petition to save the albatrosses Posted Oct 15, 2001
Right, I'll nip over and have a look at Waz's entry in my next break.
Of course the birds like the pudding. Don't we spoil them? Did you use up all that softbill food?
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- 65: Shorn Canary ~^~^~ sign the petition to save the albatrosses (Sep 20, 2001)
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