La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

Rogue-Trooper

Weepsie wrote: »

Pheasants are idiots.

Can't see that without thinking of this.......

breezy1985

Rogue-Trooper wrote: »

Can't see that without thinking of this.......

That lad would have definitely been a cycling advocate. He was like a dark ages Renko

cletus

Weepsie wrote: »

Pheasants are idiots. I swear they wait for a bike or car to pass to trundle across the road in their awkward manner.

Maybe they want the chickens' fame

They're tasty, though. So there is that...

magicbastarder

that reminds me, we've two in the freezer, but my wife is veggie now so we'll have to find someone to take them.

Weepsie

magicbastarder wrote: »

that reminds me, we've two in the freezer, but my wife is veggie now so we'll have to find someone to take them.

Interesting. I've only had it once, in Canada when I was 14. Shot and eaten the same day.

Around the same age we were going to a school quiz down the country and we hit a pheasant, mini bus driver stopped, hopped out and put the carcass in the boot

Fighting Tao

Pheasants are so clumsy and slow when taking flight.

I hit one in the car in 2004. I remember the year because I was just after getting the car. It took flight from a hedge, and it was some wallop. Thankfully it hit the grill of the car and only it had to be replaced. I’d say they could cause some damage to other parts of the car. Unfortunately the pheasant lived and flew off. I was hoping for a nice dinner.

buffalo

Fighting Tao wrote: »

Pheasants are so clumsy and slow when taking flight.

I hit one in the car in 2004. I remember the year because I was just after getting the car. It took flight from a hedge, and it was some wallop. Thankfully it hit the grill of the car and only it had to be replaced. I’d say they could cause some damage to other parts of the car. Unfortunately the pheasant lived and flew off. I was hoping for a nice dinner.

I've never had grilled pheasant either.

RobertFoster

Who knew there were so many pheasant pluckers on the cycling forum?

Fighting Tao

RobertFoster wrote: »

Who knew there were so many pheasant pluckers on the cycling forum?

Ok…I’ll post it. Nothing better to be doing

Say this as fast as you can: “I am not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son.
I am only plucking pheasants 'till the pheasant plucker comes.”

Peter T

Fighting Tao wrote: »

Pheasants are so clumsy and slow when taking flight.

I hit one in the car in 2004. I remember the year because I was just after getting the car. It took flight from a hedge, and it was some wallop. Thankfully it hit the grill of the car and only it had to be replaced. I’d say they could cause some damage to other parts of the car. Unfortunately the pheasant lived and flew off. I was hoping for a nice dinner.

My brother got one to the chest on his motorbike years ago. Arrived to a party at his friends covered in blood and poop

buffalo

Peter T wrote: »

My brother got one to the chest on his motorbike years ago. Arrived to a party at his friends covered in blood and poop

Pheasant breast? Better or worse than the leg?

magicbastarder

Peter T wrote: »

My brother got one to the chest on his motorbike years ago. Arrived to a party at his friends covered in blood and poop

a guy in work caught a seagull in the face on a motorway on a motorbike about 20 years ago. shattered his visor. he still has no clue how he kept the bike upright.

tomasrojo

https://twitter.com/PeterMcGuireIE/status/1399129054066917380

LollipopJimmy

I swear to jaysis, under severe pressure in work at the moment, all good just a lot of pressure. Got knocked off my motorbike last week, rear ended on red and out cycling today and had the (complete vanity purchase, ****ing tubs) good wheels on and got a flat.

If you hear of a mass murder around the City it was me :pac:

magicbastarder

cycling; when you fancy a hobby where 10% extra effort results in 3% extra speed.

CramCycle

Left my fancy bike out last night, thankfully didn't get nicked. I usually have a double lock on it in the shed or in the bathroom. Anyway, all grand but I told my partner in passing and I got an absolute b*llicking for leaving it out. I thought it was a bit harsh, as they always complain about it inside. I was then informed that a friend informed them that my bike is worth more than our car and it is not to be locked, let alone left outside anymore, inside every night going forward. Thankfully the friend didn't clarify a specific price or it might be the bike inside and me outside for the night. A win win all round.

magicbastarder

'out' is in the back garden?
i've managed that multiple times in the side passage; not visible from the road though, you need to get through/over a sturdy enough gate.

breezy1985

CramCycle wrote: »

Left my fancy bike out last night, thankfully didn't get nicked. I usually have a double lock on it in the shed or in the bathroom. Anyway, all grand but I told my partner in passing and I got an absolute b*llicking for leaving it out. I thought it was a bit harsh, as they always complain about it inside. I was then informed that a friend informed them that my bike is worth more than our car and it is not to be locked, let alone left outside anymore, inside every night going forward. Thankfully the friend didn't clarify a specific price or it might be the bike inside and me outside for the night. A win win all round.

You lock it up in your bathroom ?

Also maybe I have the spelling wrong but why would your partner reward you like that after doing something stupid

Weepsie

I have an entire room for the bikes because it's so utterly grim (the house needs work) that my wife doesn't like going into it. Bikes, and the a bemused cat when I go into do something.

Speaking of cats and wife/partners we spent nearly 10 minutes this evening watching the neighbours cat trying to sun himself in the driveway getting heckled by a pair of magpies who frequent the tree outside our house. One would sit on the wall and the other would hop down near him and squawk at him then they'd switch. We only watched for 10 minutes because the fleabag got fed up of them and headed off under our car

crosstownk

Mobbing. Magpies are expert at it. They've most likely chicks close by so are keeping the cat in check. It may even be that the magpies you saw are birds that didn't pair off this year but will actively get involved with their social group and help the nesting pairs that need protecting. Crows (magpies are part of the crow family) are real smart.

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crosstownk wrote: »

Mobbing. Magpies are expert at it. They've most likely chicks close by so are keeping the cat in check. It may even be that the magpies you saw are birds that didn't pair off this year but will actively get involved with their social group and help the nesting pairs that need protecting. Crows (magpies are part of the crow family) are real smart.

I never knew they did that.
Interesting.

magicbastarder

There's a folk tale that Irish people hate magpies because they arrived with Cromwell. I can't remember if there's evidence of when they did arrive, but I strongly suspect the dislike is in no small part to their intelligence.

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I unfortunately count myself in their number for their small bird nest robbing/lamb eye eating ways, and, embarrassingly, the whole luck thing which I know is ridiculous. They're beautiful birds, but big numbers are a problem in an area.
I love their intelligence, the corvid intelligence. They're incredibly smart.

Weepsie

Our cat sits at the window looking at birds for ages. He's still not out, but I envisage carnage when he is allowed out and I don't really want that.

Unless he can take out some jackdaws it seagulls.

Fighting Tao

We have lots of nests in our garden, and 3 chicks have suffered due to magpies. I found 2 with the heads ripped off, eyeballs removed, and some of the innards pulled out. Then a heap of feathers yesterday suggest that they got a third and carried it off. Magpies are fantastic birds, but it’s not nice cleaning up after them. I’d prefer if they just ate insects and worms like the other birds in the garden.

Rechuchote

Deleted User wrote: »

Speaking of cats and wife/partners we spent nearly 10 minutes this evening watching the neighbours cat trying to sun himself in the driveway getting heckled by a pair of magpies who frequent the tree outside our house. One would sit on the wall and the other would hop down near him and squawk at him then they'd switch. We only watched for 10 minutes because the fleabag got fed up of them and headed off under our car

The magpies probably have a chick just fledged, hidden somewhere near where the cat was.

Magpies are blamed for a lot of bird kills, but cats kill far more fledglings. I love cats, but whenever we have a cat living with us it's kept strictly in overnight during nesting season, which gives the birds a fighting chance.

Rechuchote

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I swear to jaysis, under severe pressure in work at the moment, all good just a lot of pressure. Got knocked off my motorbike last week, rear ended on red and out cycling today and had the (complete vanity purchase, ****ing tubs) good wheels on and got a flat.

If you hear of a mass murder around the City it was me :pac:

LJ, be especially careful of yourself when this kind of thing starts happening. It's a sign of exhaustion and is dangerous. If you can take a couple of days of rest and quiet it would do no harm.

magicbastarder

we have at least one fledgling robin in the garden and i don't know how evolution has allowed them to be so noisy and conspicuous. i was doing some gardening the other day and the parents were queuing up for the leatherjackets i was tossing out to them.