Early Risers.

[Gwiwer]

57 minutes ago, Darlington_Shed said:

15 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

the Australian Magpie is not a Corvid,

Another interesting diversion

But it’s a scruffy bird and a right noisy b****r. 
 

Mellifluous and one of the iconic sounds of Australia in the way that a leaf-blower on Sunday morning, also one of the iconic sounds of Australia, just isn’t 🤣

 

The Eurasian Magpie is spectacular in its white and pearlescent plumage but lacks the song quality of its Australian namesake. In fact it lacks much song quality at all. 
 

And the Eurasian Magpie doesn’t swoop at you. Swooping magpies in Australia are one of the hazards they don’t warn you about. Spiders, snakes, giant hopping marsupials ….. but a bird that can cause injury (and exceptionally death)  by swooping at you often from behind is in another league of terror! 

 

 

[Sidecar Racer]

7 minutes ago, Gwiwer said:

And the Eurasian Magpie doesn’t swoop at you. Swooping magpies in Australia are one of the hazards they don’t warn you about. Spiders, snakes, giant hopping marsupials ….. but a bird that can cause injury (and exceptionally death)  by swooping at you often from behind is in another league of terror! 

 

 

 

 But it's the horses that are out to get you  according to some .    😎

[Tony_S]

10 minutes ago, Sidecar Racer said:

 

 But it's the horses that are out to get you  according to some .    😎

There were quite a lot of horses in Iceland but we didn’t get a warning about them. We were warned about being attacked by Arctic Terns and what to do if we were. 

[BoD]

Back home, procedure has been carried out.   All very straightforward. It is  carried out on a machine with one of those chin rest/forehead rest thingies.  A lens is placed on the front of the eye followed by a series of laser flashes.  Five minutes per eye and done. The most  disconcerting thing about it was the red sign lit up outside saying ‘Danger Laser in use’.
 

I will have a check up in about eight weeks to see if it has had the desired effect.   The numbing drops are starting to wear off so there is some irritation and soreness developing which is to be expected. It should only last a couple of days.  An excuse to lay off the ballasting for a bit?

 

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. It's still a bit cloudy but dry at the moment though rain is expected this evening. When I mentioned having my tonsils out I was given ice cream, the first time I had ever had any. Back in the day there was no such thing as 'soft' ice cream, it all came in a solid block and had to be left standing to soften up. Now to put the latest washing into the airing cupboard, housework never ends.