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I have a sizable sparrow colony nesting in my outhouse, I spend hours watching them, I'm a closet twitcher.
I have foxes and badgers in my garden too.


Have you ever killed an animal?

Yes, my cockatiel one very fateful night about 18 years ago. I had been visiting some traveller friends on Bodmin moor and one accidentally
tipped a kettle of boiling water near where I was sitting and burned the backs of my calves. We got me home to my house and spent the night
putting cold compresses on me and I had a beautiful cockatiel I'd had for years who was very tame and would walk about on the living room floor.
My three cats then knew he was part of the family and would not even think of attacking him.

Well, I decided to sit on my rocking chair at one point and moved it slightly, looked down and realized to my absolute horror I had
caught my beloved bird under one of the rungs. I knew his life was over a few minutes later when my friend grabbed him and took him outside
and put him out of his misery....so I didn't technically kill him, but it was because of me he died that night in this horrible way.

The next morning, after us being up all night trying to cool my legs, I went to the doctor who sent me immediately to hospital and it was weeks before my burns healed, determined I was not to get skin grafted.


Has anyone else here had a night, or moment that felt utterly jinxed? As if things had spun totally out of your control and you were just a witness, incapable of changing what was happening?

Yes I had a night just like that thanks to rohipnol in my drink.


What's the best party you've ever had?

What's the best party you've ever had?

Had or been to?

Back in the days when I showed horses...
a bunch of us would go to these absolutely dive bars, the sort with cheap beer and sawdust on the floor. We were all really great pals and lived scattered across the US and Canada... so we had known each other for years but only *all* got together at the larger horse shows... maybe 3 times a year we'd get the whole crew to land in one place for the same week.

It's how I'd imagine a group of forum friends getting together... you *know* each other fairly well but aren't in each other's lives so getting together just sizzles with fun.

When was the last time you imbibed too much?

As in drink or absorbed in my mind?

When was the last time you played a real record album on a stereo?
I love the old over art work. An era gone~

1984 and I can even remember what record it was. I can't remember what happened to the record player, but I think the ex got it in the settlement.

In keeping with the one and only thread I've started, do you start your winter holiday shopping early or wait till the last minute?

I dont do holidays well for obvious reasons.
I get few people one simple gift usually with one I made.
Either a painting, one of a kind hand beaded jewelry,
or home made candies in a tin that took days to make.


What is your favorite holiday memory from when you were a child?

Going out to get the tree was always special, and driving around looking at the lights, decorating the tree..but, for some reason the year I got the electric razor, multi colored bands and bevels wristwatch and lime green alarm clock stands out in my memory...lol..our family had wonderful Holidays..and I remember them all as special,,probably why I am still sentimental about Christmas....

Who's the friend you have known for the longest time..and how did you meet?

Who's the friend you have known for the longest time..and how did you meet?

Julie,our parents were friends but we just put up with each other until I caught her getting bullied by Mary with the budgerigar at the age of 11 or so.I sorted it and weve been best muckers ever since.

If you had the chance to change every aspect of your life,start afresh would you be brave enough to go for it?

Eeek! Honestly? I'd love to be full of sh1t and say "yeah I'd do it" but already I can feel "buts" coming into my head. The kids mainly. They're a big "but" to how I'd really like to change my life.


When was the last time you got stuck up a tree? And how did you get down?