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I need a squirrel-proof backyard. I'm thinking lasers.


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are Lord Buckethead approved for the elimination of all sorts of vermin, including but not limited to puny humans. :techman:

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Why is a two star general a Major General and a three star a lieutenant. Shouldn’t that be the other way round?
 
Why is a two star general a Major General and a three star a lieutenant. Shouldn’t that be the other way round?

"Major General" used to be called "Sergeant Major General".

Meaning, a Lieutenant General is a General's second in command,, but a (Sergeant) Major General is the principal servant to a General ("sergeant" neams servant).
 
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I've just noticed that Chakotay's "cousins" in "Tattoo" that he finds with his father in the jungle or rainforest or whatever, they all have ridges on their noses and their foreheads. Does this mean that they were actually aliens? Which means that Chak is at least part alien... Odd!!!
 
I put up the squirrel-proof bird feeder. Less birds are coming by but since the squirrel isn't eating any of it, the ones that do land there are getting plenty of food.

The Squirrels don't seem to both with our bird table/feeder.
The Pigeons have a go but can't get the knack of the feeder and sometimes too big to get on the tables either.
The Robin adores the tables and tends to visit it almost constantly.
The Blackbirds are occasional visits but prefer the table. They've figured out how to use the feeders, but it's more for when they're feeling energetic.
The Tits (Mostly blue or grey, though others sometimes visit) tend to group raid the feeders together, so there are usually about six at a time per feeder.
The Magpies & crows tend to be too big for the table too, but it's not stopped them at all.
 
"Major General" used to be called "Sergeant Major General".

Meaning, a Lieutenant General is a General's second in command,, but a (Sergeant) Major General is the principal servant tp a General ("sergeant" neams servant).
Thanks. I was rewatching Stargate and that got stuck in my head.
 
Sometimes I fall for the most obvious clickbait, and I hate myself for it. Like, just now on one of the entertainment news sites I regularly visit, I read the headline "Does Tenet have a post-credit scene?", and partly because I'm going to go see it tomorrow and would hate to miss something, I clicked it, when the answer was an obvious NO!, because Christopher Nolan doesn't like them. He nixed the post-credit scene on MoS, because he feels a movie should stand on its own feet to be whole, so why would he put one at the end of his own movie? And the thing is, I knew all that. I knew and recalled it when I read the headline. And I still clicked it.
 
And what happened to those stupid online quizzes where you answered questions and figured out which character from a franchise you are? They used to be a fun way to waste two minutes, and all you had to do was look at banner ads. Now they don’t tell you they require your email address to get the result until the end of the questions.
 
And what happened to those stupid online quizzes where you answered questions and figured out which character from a franchise you are? They used to be a fun way to waste two minutes, and all you had to do was look at banner ads. Now they don’t tell you they require your email address to get the result until the end of the questions.

They all moved to Buzzfeed.
 
And what happened to those stupid online quizzes where you answered questions and figured out which character from a franchise you are? They used to be a fun way to waste two minutes, and all you had to do was look at banner ads. Now they don’t tell you they require your email address to get the result until the end of the questions.

They all moved to Buzzfeed.

I stopped taking them when someone pointed out I was giving them security question info. Also when they told me I was a pineapple pizza. The nerve. I am bacon mushroom and extra pepperoni.
 
I stopped taking them when someone pointed out I was giving them security question info. Also when they told me I was a pineapple pizza. The nerve. I am bacon mushroom and extra pepperoni.

Well, yeah, if they're asking what street you used to live on and stuff like that, big red flag, but there's also ones that are just like "Do you prefer summer or winter??" who are just trying to get you to look at banner ads or figure out how to market to you, they can be a fun two minute distraction. Or the ones that are trying to match you with a wine or something in order to sell it to you. I'll just never give them my email address, so the ones that spring that on you at the end to get results are really obnoxious.
 
I was chatting with my daughter last night and told her about the license plate I saw online. Someone wanted to make a "A New Start" license, but with the plate restrictions, they made "ANUSTART" which many people read as ANUS TART.
She told me that she backed out down her driveway earlier and nearly ran into a couple walking their dog even tho she cleared herself 3 different ways. The couple glared at her! I told her that their dog probably left an ANUS TART on her yard after that. Honestly, she checked her backup camera, her mirrors, and then checked over her shoulder and she can't figure where they came from. Seems to me that pedestrians have more to lose, so they should be more careful of cars backing up.
 
I was chatting with my daughter last night and told her about the license plate I saw online. Someone wanted to make a "A New Start" license, but with the plate restrictions, they made "ANUSTART" which many people read as ANUS TART.


I was once driving down or up, depending upon your perspective, the interstate and was behind a Mini-Cooper that had the license plate, "SUV BAIT". :hugegrin:

To add, blind spots suck.
 
I hope it is okay to post this here. But I just wanted to put this out there. One thing that has happened to me with everyone wearing masks now. I have no other place to look but in someone's eyes. And you know I am surprised that I never noticed the color of many of my friends and people around me, eyes. Just never thought about it. But now I see the eye color. Anyway, I find it funny. Anyone else notice this?
 
I hope it is okay to post this here. But I just wanted to put this out there. One thing that has happened to me with everyone wearing masks now. I have no other place to look but in someone's eyes. And you know I am surprised that I never noticed the color of many of my friends and people around me, eyes. Just never thought about it. But now I see the eye color. Anyway, I find it funny. Anyone else notice this?

What I find most off putting w/ masks is the lack of the ability to use of facial expressions to acknowledge someone w/ a ...pardon me, smile, frown, or f'ng grr. Eye brows moves just don't seem to get "it" across. ;)
 
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