Where are the baby Pigeons
why is 'abbreviated' such a long word?
If a Fly is called a 'Fly', why isn't a Fish called a 'Swims'?'
Why is the man who looks after my money called a Broker?
Why do 'flammable' and 'Inflammable' mean the same thing?
What was the best thing before sliced bread?
Why did Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
If a Fly is called a 'Fly', why isn't a Fish called a 'Swims'?'
Why is the man who looks after my money called a Broker?
Why do 'flammable' and 'Inflammable' mean the same thing?
What was the best thing before sliced bread?
Why did Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Why is the man who looks after my money called a Broker?
Historically, that used to be true. These days, wind farms are responsible for a much higher contribution, and they can be run very cost-effectively using cheap off-peak electricity. Offshore wind farms are a real game-changer, because they can be built in locations where it was previously very difficult to plant trees.
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I love urban legends. Some wouldn't surprise me if they were true ....
Where did the SAS get all those rolls of black bodge tape from, to cover their eyes in photographs?
What would happen if the Soviet Red Army invaded on a weekend ? Or during tea break ? At least the Black Swan will be well manned on a Friday night.
Steve the Station Barber knows everything, so does the CAS ask Steve the Station Barber first before planning everything and the Prime Minister gets her news from Steve the Barber quicker than she can from the BBC or CNN. Or does Steve the Barber secretly work for the KGB?
Why in the junior ranks mess does the chicken curry not actually contain any chicken? And since when did a ""chef"" make deep fried chips and reheated cans of beans?
Does Tornado ADV stand for "airshow display variant"
Is it true that if you rotate the turret on a Scimitar tank anti-clockwise, 17 times, does the turret fall off ?
Why did Japanese kamikaze pilots where protective googles, flying caps and flying suits ?
Lossiemouth is closer to Norway than it is to London. If you try to get any online shopping delivered to Lossiemouth the courier thinks it's on the edge of the World. It never gets dark at Lossiemouth this time of the year, while in winter those who work in "hard" buildings like comcen don't see daylight for 3 months.
Is it true that a fire extinguisher on Typhoon was an optional extra offered in the sales brochure? I think the buzzword is "fitted for but not with"
is it true the Prison Service turned down Colt's junior ranks accom for not being a high enough standard ?
You never see any seagulls around the Coningsby airfield feeder on the days they serve "roast chicken". Coincidence?
Where did the SAS get all those rolls of black bodge tape from, to cover their eyes in photographs?
What would happen if the Soviet Red Army invaded on a weekend ? Or during tea break ? At least the Black Swan will be well manned on a Friday night.
Steve the Station Barber knows everything, so does the CAS ask Steve the Station Barber first before planning everything and the Prime Minister gets her news from Steve the Barber quicker than she can from the BBC or CNN. Or does Steve the Barber secretly work for the KGB?
Why in the junior ranks mess does the chicken curry not actually contain any chicken? And since when did a ""chef"" make deep fried chips and reheated cans of beans?
Does Tornado ADV stand for "airshow display variant"
Is it true that if you rotate the turret on a Scimitar tank anti-clockwise, 17 times, does the turret fall off ?
Why did Japanese kamikaze pilots where protective googles, flying caps and flying suits ?
Lossiemouth is closer to Norway than it is to London. If you try to get any online shopping delivered to Lossiemouth the courier thinks it's on the edge of the World. It never gets dark at Lossiemouth this time of the year, while in winter those who work in "hard" buildings like comcen don't see daylight for 3 months.
Is it true that a fire extinguisher on Typhoon was an optional extra offered in the sales brochure? I think the buzzword is "fitted for but not with"
is it true the Prison Service turned down Colt's junior ranks accom for not being a high enough standard ?
You never see any seagulls around the Coningsby airfield feeder on the days they serve "roast chicken". Coincidence?
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Here you go ... two baby Rock Pigeons [squabs] hatched in a plant trough on the balcony of our room in Stellenbosch back in December.
Sadly they declined to hatch until a few days after we left, but I was sent this ... which I now can't seem to attach
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Sadly they declined to hatch until a few days after we left, but I was sent this ... which I now can't seem to attach
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I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
Barber KGB
Or does Steve the Barber secretly work for the KGB?
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
If an OmniBus became a Bus, what was a Car when it wasn't an Automobile? Was it a Noncar?
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Post #90 now with added squabs 
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Bizarrely, I have seen a pigeon fall out of the sky with presumably a heart failure. I was walking between 2 hangars at Linton when a pigeon flew past, suddenly ceased to fly and fell to the ground stone dead.
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No, clearly it flew through a chemical leak while they were prepping chem tanks.
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Thank you, I knew it must happen, but you seem to be the only person who has seen it! Why do they not move off the road when a 2 ton car is about to run them over. But as I lightly twitch my curtains in the morning from above bedroom, and they are pecking around on the lawn do they $hit themselves? And fly off, On my black car usually!
Here you go ... two baby Rock Pigeons [squabs] hatched in a plant trough on the balcony of our room in Stellenbosch back in December.
Sadly they declined to hatch until a few days after we left, but I was sent this ... which I now can't seem to attach
(Bloody Internet Brands)
Sadly they declined to hatch until a few days after we left, but I was sent this ... which I now can't seem to attach
(Bloody Internet Brands)
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Funnily enough, only last weekend one of our canal restoration group found a baby pigeon under a bush. It wasn't able to fly, and since we knew where it had come from (a nest in the old warehouse) it was placed there again. The question is; how did it get under the bush, a good 50 m from the warehouse?
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
Herod, you remind me, we had one years ago. It was some distance from our bird hotel. We had a tall cypress tree home to pigeons and pheasants amongst others but nests invisible and inaccessible.
