dubmeup wrote:

pheony wrote:
It sounds like you fear the change rather than the things you've pointed out girl. If that's so, then the only way to combat it is to take the plunge.

I expect you'll never look back once you do...

psketti wrote:
There is a little fear of change but I think the fear really comes from living in a ground floor flat years ago and being broken into...

I walked into the flat to see a man escaping out of the bathroom window...I had to move out soon after because I was too frightened to stay there. This was a high crime area of london though and not low crime rate Sevenoaks Kent.

I've spent the last couple of days emailing agents in London for flats, all of which are right by the Olympic stadium , because they are all new and secure.

Anyway...I have to decide what I am going to do by tomorrow....so I had better sort my head out and start thinking logically.

check your doors and windows, say a prayer, get some mouse traps. now no excuses. get to it.

batou wrote:


I know....If somethings going to happen it will....if it doesn't it doesn't. I could get run over by a bus tomorrow.

It's highly unlikely that there are any mice....just my fertile imagination.

I like mice. I used to feed them Cherry Bakewells I'd put one on the kitchen floor and then hide and watch the little gits come from under the fridge. Two of them used to make short work of the bakewell It probably fattened them up and made them slow, the cat sorted them out before long...sorry mice

They're destructive though and carry disease.

I like rodents So does the cat

irrepressible wrote: We have a pet house mouse. He has a nest behind the kitchen sink. I hand feed him and have picked him up more than once He has no fear of us at all He is very clean and doesn't go where he isn't welcome so he has become part of the family.

dubmeup wrote:
We had a few families unfortunately. They destroyed half the back kitchen skirting boards

We got a new kitchen put in a couple of years ago. Between that, and the cat, the mice haven't been back

Off topic, but does anyone know if Magpies hunt/eat other birds? My mum saw one on the fence the other day with a Sparrow in it's beak
The cat is scared of Magpies

dubmeup wrote:
That's really sweet.
Just joking, that is quite sweet.

irrepressible wrote: Sad to say that yes magpies are C***S. They'll raid nests

Still all part of Mummy N's plan

irrepressible wrote:
Don't know about that, but when I was house/flat hunting I looked out of a bedroom window to see a magpie pecking a big dead rat...yuck.

off topic : the other day i saw a blue jay chasing away a buzzard lol
on topic : the little bird had no fear of that big ol fucker.

pheony wrote: Being part of the crow family, they share the love of Carrion. Whereas a crow will go for sheep for fresh meat, magpies prefer ickle birdies it seems.

dubmeup wrote:
Thanks dub

They're right little shits round our way. They gang up on the cat. The sit on opposite sides of the fence and basically take the piss out of her That's how it seems anyway She just sort of flattens herself and looks embarrassed

Serves her right anyway for getting the mice and killing the odd Blackbird here and there.

batou wrote:
Haha the Ms dub has given me the mafia name of tommy two jays (I tried socking at the DIF with that name: Fail). That's cos I was first to notice that we have a pair of jays that visit the bird table that the eldest and me made.
They are an absolutely stunning bird aren't they. And yes, they aint shy of other birds. Just shy of humans. Although 'our' pair are getting slightly less shy of us now.

irrepressible wrote:
Do you salute a magpie when you see it?....I grew up doing it...maybe it's just a country thing.

pheony wrote: Yeah I was raised to and say "morning captain" when you salute. Nowadays I just tend to say "tosser"

*old wives tale alert*

Apparently, if you see only one Magpie, you must salute the bird.

For what reason, I have no idea. Everyone and their dog does that around here. And no, I am not superstious. Quite the opposite.

edit... hahha pheony got in there first

psketti wrote:
To ward off bad luck....I still do it

pheony wrote:
I heard you're supposed to say "hello Mr Magpie" What if it's a girl?

I just say "alright Magpie" Aright der magpie lah, 'Ooow are yer mate

I tend to crack on to all the birds. I mean actual birds Not lady birds Women birds...I'm confuckulated now