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wullie/mk2

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I used to like Swallows
« on: July 16, 2012, 12:55:08 PM »
Every spring i would await the arrival of the swallows that nested in my outbuildings,I looked forward to them wheeling around the sky,and raising their young,they were a simple pleasure,this year was no different.......until 5 minutes ago,..i went into my boat shed, only to discover the little blighters had squeezed through a gap in the skylight, and did what swallows also do best,...crapped and my Bismarck was below their perch,...aargh!...i suppose i can think myself lucky,that it was only the stern area that got hit,..had it been amidship then cleaning the remains of hundreds of dead flies off the superstructure would have been a nightmare,.....suffice to say,they won,t be sleeping in there tonight, 
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2012, 02:54:37 PM »
Typical kicking them out in this weather - surely you could just cover over the model for a few more weeks

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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2012, 03:03:49 PM »
And what if there is a nest there, with eggs or Young there my I be so bold to ask??

Do as Pugwash says and cover the model and put up with it for a while.

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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2012, 03:08:26 PM »
As above Wullie, or you could always swallow your pride and get out the mop & bucket.  {-)

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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2012, 03:26:18 PM »
Gie them a break Wul, they`ve come all the way from South Africa just to poop on your poop deck. A rare privilege in my book. Just be happy it wasn't an Osprey %% {-)
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2012, 03:47:34 PM »
Quote from: arrow5 on July 16, 2012, 03:26:18 PM
Gie them a break Wul, they`ve come all the way from South Africa just to poop on your poop deck. A rare privilege in my book. Just be happy it wasn't an Osprey %% {-)

Or an Ostrich......  :o
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2012, 04:11:51 PM »
An ostrich flyin`  geez...the mind boggles, you been on the Scrumpie ?
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2012, 04:41:43 PM »
Is that why they call it a poop deck?
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2012, 05:30:27 PM »
I might have known,...well,before any of you lot,start thinking about,the protection of pare wee burds,society,...can i just say,had there been a wee burds hoose in the shed,i,d have moved my boats,but as they are already living,and raising young in another part of the outbuildings,and not in my boat shed,...then i feel its time to "close" the windae,so to speak and then i,ll have nae poops on my poop deck Duncan,and as for it being lucky,...i,m sure thats if you stand in the stuff,......but not so lucky if a dollop of it lands on yer favourite boat, {-) {-)
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2012, 07:02:33 PM »
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And what if there is a nest there, with eggs

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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2012, 08:15:08 PM »
Are these birds related to WWII RAF?  Bombing the stern of the Bismark and all......  :D

A guy looks up at some birds just in time to get a "blessing" in his eye.  Says "They sing for some people..."
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #11 on: July 16, 2012, 08:18:50 PM »
I suppose when they,ve stopped nesting and taken off for warmer climes,i could use their nests for birds nest soup,...after all it is a type of swallows nest that is used,... {-)apparently its the saliva that helps hold the nest together that is the important ingredient,
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #12 on: July 16, 2012, 08:28:08 PM »
Birds nest soup then Wullie - aren't you the lucky one?!
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #13 on: July 16, 2012, 08:38:20 PM »
 {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)  aye, that,ll be the day,...and how they can eat" deep fried chickens tootsies" is beyond me,..and before you all start piling out of the woodwork,...deep fried Mars Bars, are a different kettle of fish, {-) {-) {-) {-)
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #14 on: July 16, 2012, 08:40:42 PM »
Most nests are built during the breeding season by the male swiftlet over a period of 35 days. They take the shape of a shallow cup stuck to the cave wall. The nests are composed of interwoven strands of salivary laminae cement. Both nests have high levels of calcium, iron, potassium, and magnesium, not forgetting spit !   

Cream o' veg fer me thanks !
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2012, 12:08:12 AM »
Yes lovely to watch but terrible to clean up after.   Especially when they have raised a family in the workshop.
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2012, 05:57:46 AM »
Quote from: wullie/mk2 on July 16, 2012, 08:38:20 PM
deep fried Mars Bars, are a different kettle of fish, {-) {-) {-) {-)

No fish in the last Mars bar I ate
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2012, 10:15:21 AM »
Quote from: essex2visuvesi on July 17, 2012, 05:57:46 AM
No fish in the last Mars bar I ate
They are fish finger shape though. O0 {-)

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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #18 on: July 21, 2012, 01:05:49 PM »
Back on topic Wullie, remember the knife scene in Crocodile Dundee "you call THAT a knife" ?    Well this what I call a fair bit o` poop. >:-o  Bombed on the bow and midships. Tarps for the river for a couple of days methinks <:(
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #19 on: July 21, 2012, 09:13:55 PM »
Its good for the garden,makes the taters grow,
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #20 on: July 26, 2012, 06:35:28 PM »
That ain't swallows arrow that looks like a sh*te hawks nest mate  O0 O0 :-))
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #21 on: August 01, 2012, 08:43:26 PM »
Now that the wee Burdies have flown the nest,i,ve locked them out of my nice warm shed,....but,they did have the last,sh*t before i was able to close all the entry points, they got my Bismarck,again,aft, and my Schnellbootie on the fore,....surprisingly,they missed the Vliestroom,which was standing between the 2,......how they knew, it was,nt mine,i,ll never know,....but they are out now, and they are not getting back in,....well not this year year,.....
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #22 on: August 02, 2012, 08:47:55 PM »
Wullie,
Thank your lucky stars that Coos don't fly.

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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #23 on: August 03, 2012, 09:31:30 PM »
They don,t have to....their mines are everywhere....and its when you least expect it....you stand on one.....
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #24 on: August 04, 2012, 11:59:32 AM »
aah...but how many did you manage to get into a pie though ??
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #25 on: August 04, 2012, 07:37:00 PM »
What is it with pies on this forum? Your'e all obsessed with them.

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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #26 on: August 05, 2012, 02:01:17 AM »
Quote from: armc40 on August 04, 2012, 11:59:32 AM
aah...but how many did you manage to get into a pie though ??
your thinking of blackbirds...and it was 4 and 20 {-)
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #27 on: August 05, 2012, 02:06:29 AM »
Quote from: Norseman on August 04, 2012, 07:37:00 PM
What is it with pies on this forum? Your'e all obsessed with them.

Dave
well it makes a change,from being obsessed with model boats....and,now  at least my neighbours children don,t call me an anorak.like they did when they saw me at the boat pond......now they just call me fat Wullie {-)
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #28 on: August 05, 2012, 08:37:13 AM »
Quote from: Norseman on August 04, 2012, 07:37:00 PM
What is it with pies on this forum? Your'e all obsessed with them.

Dave

In OZ we would refer to them as a mob of pie eaters  O0 O0 O0 {-) {-) {-)
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« Reply #29 on: August 05, 2012, 10:12:54 AM »
Quote from: wullie/mk2 on August 05, 2012, 02:06:29 AM
my neighbours children don,t call me an anorak.like they did when they saw me at the boat pond......

Highly traumatised by the sight - poor kids - still undergoing therapy no dobt <:(
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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #30 on: August 05, 2012, 01:51:04 PM »
Come on Wullie... where are ye ? Gies us a smert retort O0
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« Reply #31 on: August 05, 2012, 02:45:56 PM »
Quote from: arrow5 on August 05, 2012, 01:51:04 PM
Gies us a smert retort O0

Jeepers Duncan - Tort - that's a fruit pie
You'll never get one of them off Wullie.

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Re: I used to like Swallows
« Reply #32 on: August 05, 2012, 03:43:42 PM »
When I was drafted up to Wullie Land it took a while to find out an ashet pie referred to the dish it was cooked in and not the contents

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« Reply #33 on: August 05, 2012, 04:21:17 PM »
Quote from: Norseman on August 05, 2012, 02:45:56 PM
Jeepers Duncan - Tort - that's a fruit pie
You'll never get one of them off Wullie.

Dave
..and it is also a legal term as used in a tort of false imprisonment.  Look up Wiki.
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« Reply #34 on: August 05, 2012, 05:38:18 PM »
Quote from: Netleyned on August 05, 2012, 03:43:42 PM
When I was drafted up to Wullie Land it took a while to find out an ashet pie referred to the dish it was cooked in and not the contents

Ned
To confuse matters, there is a well known baker and pie-maker in this part of Wullie-land called Ashers. If Wullie wis here he`d tell ye. {-)
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