christmas eve blues.

[naturelover]

hi i am in the house with my 93 year old father in law a kip in the lounge,my husband is on night duty tonight and tomorrow night boo hoo.
i have a glass of scotch and i am drinking to all my mates on wab,MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE,but i also have a question for you,do rooks kill birds ?the reason i am asking this is there are two giant ash trees three gardens away from me where the rooks nest,thing is they dont ever seem to move on,if they do they come back nexed morning,they seem to swoop above my cockatiels avery and they all go mad thinking they are birds of prey,i now find they are spooking the wild birds as well,yesterday i was watching a good 8 birds on the bird feeding station all stuffing,then all at once they all took off togeather,the rooks had decided to go for a fly above their heads,i know there is nothing i can do to stop it,anyway they have a life too just wish they would live it somewhere else.

[PMG]

Originally Posted by naturelover

hi i am in the house with my 93 year old father in law a kip in the lounge,my husband is on night duty tonight and tomorrow night boo hoo.
i have a glass of scotch and i am drinking to all my mates on wab,MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE,but i also have a question for you,do rooks kill birds ?the reason i am asking this is there are two giant ash trees three gardens away from me where the rooks nest,thing is they dont ever seem to move on,if they do they come back nexed morning,they seem to swoop above my cockatiels avery and they all go mad thinking they are birds of prey,i now find they are spooking the wild birds as well,yesterday i was watching a good 8 birds on the bird feeding station all stuffing,then all at once they all took off togeather,the rooks had decided to go for a fly above their heads,i know there is nothing i can do to stop it,anyway they have a life too just wish they would live it somewhere else.

Ah naturelover - I'm raising my glass of alcohol free in salute! I wish you a quiet peaceful evening with dad in law...............

The rooks are possibly a bit short of food and are hoping to nick some from your aviary or feeding areas. I doubt they will set out to kill another bird as in hunting like birds of prey do - but most birds will attack a smaller bird if they get the chance - which is why birds as a rule are jumpy around each other. They keep a close eye on squirrels and rats too for the same reason. Tho these things don't hunt in the true sense of hunting - they will exploit an opportunity - or at the very least give some other creature a pasting if its careless enough to get too close. A while ago I was watching the pheasants grubbing around the base of our big bird table (the blackbird when it lands above always thrusts food out of the way as if searching for a particularly special one peice of sunflower seed!) so the pheasants are constantly being showered below with flicked off food. On this particular occassion a grey squirrel was getting closer and closer on the floor (table is squirrel proof) trying to pinch some of the sunflower - one of the male pheasants decided he wasn't sharing any - he let the squirrel get within pecking range and then suddenly without warning pecked it hard right in the middle of its head. The poor squirrel left the floor with all four feet and a squeal and disa ppeared for a bit to nurse what was probably quite a large and getting larger lump on his head.............

Pauline

[naturelover]

thankyou pauline,it is very quiet untill kicking out time,i have a pub about 5 houses away from me,they have a large garden in line with mine and in the summer they are a roudy bunch sitting in the pub garden,so i should say tonight will be the same,dont worry i am only jelouse of them,good luck to them all you only get one bash at this life,so make out every day is your last,and i will drink to that.

[Blackbrook Eye]

Hi naturelover, why not nip round to the pub and join the noisy lot, its not too late, and i am sure you would be made very welcome,

[naturelover]

sorry wouldnt dream of it without my other half,i am like a faithfull old labradore.

[Blackbrook Eye]

Originally Posted by naturelover

sorry wouldnt dream of it without my other half,i am like a faithfull old labradore.

Why, what do you think we do in pubs that would make you unfaithful ???

[naturelover]

i dont mean that sort of unfaithful,i dont do pubs without my hubby,if i was a fella it would be different, you get some creeps around here and i wouldnt fancy meeting one,no i am fine on my own i like my own company,father in law has gone to bed now so its just me hunny and sunny my cockatiels,i had a couple of scotches and i will be off to bed myself soon.

[Blackbrook Eye]

Thanks for the chat, naturelover, have a good nights sleep and sweet dreams, all the best for Santa day, Keith

[naturelover]

no thankyou for the chat,i am logging off now merry christmas keith and goodnight x.

[ron1863]

Sorry Naturelover as I couldn't stop laughing but I misread your post and thought you said that your father in law was in a skip.

Anyway it's nice to see someone with some loyalty towards their other half. Have a nice Xmas and a prosperous new year.

[juliejam]

Hope you having a Cracker Christmas Day ...make up for feeling a little down last night...

Cheers....

Julie

[tufftie]

That goes for me too - should have given me a call or something - always there for friends

[tufftie]

Originally Posted by ron1863

Sorry Naturelover as I couldn't stop laughing but I misread your post and thought you said that your father in law was in a skip.

Anyway it's nice to see someone with some loyalty towards their other half. Have a nice Xmas and a prosperous new year.

Not sure about misreading but my typos! Was just clearing out some pm's and the best one was; i fed her the mess.....what i was trying to say was i forwarded her the message (in abbreviations!) there were others too...

[Cazzie]

Aww... sorry you were feelin' down last night Betty, but sure hope you're feeling brighter today and are having a good Christmas Day with your family and cockatiels - special xmas wishes to Hunny to get better soon!

[Tormentil]

I had eighteen bottles of whiskey in my cellar and was told by my wife to empty the contents of each and every bottle down the sink, or else... I said I would and proceeded with the unpleasant task. I withdrew the cork from the first bottle and poured the contents down the sink with the exception of one glass, which I drank. I then withdrew the cork from the second bottle and did likewise with it, with the exception of one glass, which I drank. I then withdrew the cork from the third bottle and poured the whiskey down the sink which I drank. I pulled the cork from the fourth bottle down the sink and poured the bottle down the glass, which I drank. I pulled the bottle from the cork of the next and drank one sink out of it, and threw the rest down the glass. I pulled the sink out of the next glass and poured the cork down the bottle. Then I corked the sink with the glass, bottled the drink and drank the pour. When I had everything emptied, I steadied the house with one hand, counted the glasses, corks, bottles, and sinks with the other, which were twenty-nine, and as the houses came by I counted them again, and finally I had all the houses in one bottle, which I drank. I'm not under the affluence of incohol as some tinkle peep I am. I'm not half as thunk as you might drink. I fool so feelish I don't know who is me, and the drunker I stand here, the longer I get.

[PMG]

Originally Posted by Tormentil

I had eighteen bottles of whiskey in my cellar and was told by my wife to empty the contents of each and every bottle down the sink, or else... I said I would and proceeded with the unpleasant task. I withdrew the cork from the first bottle and poured the contents down the sink with the exception of one glass, which I drank. I then withdrew the cork from the second bottle and did likewise with it, with the exception of one glass, which I drank. I then withdrew the cork from the third bottle and poured the whiskey down the sink which I drank. I pulled the cork from the fourth bottle down the sink and poured the bottle down the glass, which I drank. I pulled the bottle from the cork of the next and drank one sink out of it, and threw the rest down the glass. I pulled the sink out of the next glass and poured the cork down the bottle. Then I corked the sink with the glass, bottled the drink and drank the pour. When I had everything emptied, I steadied the house with one hand, counted the glasses, corks, bottles, and sinks with the other, which were twenty-nine, and as the houses came by I counted them again, and finally I had all the houses in one bottle, which I drank. I'm not under the affluence of incohol as some tinkle peep I am. I'm not half as thunk as you might drink. I fool so feelish I don't know who is me, and the drunker I stand here, the longer I get.

and on those last words I'm off to bed - still laughing

Pauline

[Tormentil]

It made I chuckle too, Pauline.

[John]

Stupendous. You have brightened my melancholy mood no end. Thank you.

John

Originally Posted by Tormentil

I had eighteen bottles of whiskey in my cellar and was told by my wife to empty the contents of each and every bottle down the sink, or else... I said I would and proceeded with the unpleasant task. I withdrew the cork from the first bottle and poured the contents down the sink with the exception of one glass, which I drank. I then withdrew the cork from the second bottle and did likewise with it, with the exception of one glass, which I drank. I then withdrew the cork from the third bottle and poured the whiskey down the sink which I drank. I pulled the cork from the fourth bottle down the sink and poured the bottle down the glass, which I drank. I pulled the bottle from the cork of the next and drank one sink out of it, and threw the rest down the glass. I pulled the sink out of the next glass and poured the cork down the bottle. Then I corked the sink with the glass, bottled the drink and drank the pour. When I had everything emptied, I steadied the house with one hand, counted the glasses, corks, bottles, and sinks with the other, which were twenty-nine, and as the houses came by I counted them again, and finally I had all the houses in one bottle, which I drank. I'm not under the affluence of incohol as some tinkle peep I am. I'm not half as thunk as you might drink. I fool so feelish I don't know who is me, and the drunker I stand here, the longer I get.

[Tormentil]

Originally Posted by John

Stupendous. You have brightened my melancholy mood no end. Thank you.

John

My pleasure John.

[aestarte]

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas Naturlover. I just read your post today and I wanted to give you a hug. My partner is a truck driver and works stupid hours and we will be apart for new year for the first time ever. Have a great new year and next time you feel down in the dumps come on here there is always someone who will cheer you up. all my love Fi. X X X X

[naturelover]

thankyou aestare,yes thanks i did have a nice christmas,bit quiet but nice,my hubby is working new years eve as well,hi job is very demanding,let me wish you a happy new year and thanks for being there for me.

[John]

This was my first ever Christmas on my own and I must admit I didn't enjoy it. I went into a bit of a melancholy mood and forced myself to snap out of it today and go out and do some birding.

I am not looking forward to New Years Eve either but I think I might drive somewhere through the night and start birding somewhere first thing on New Years Day. At least that will take my mind off it.

John

[naturelover]

hi john just visited your web site,you have some amazing photographs,i bet thats taken you a while to load that lot on,very well done.