Hounding After Hours

bluntforcetrauma said:

Is it too early to get a double shot of Captain Morgan? Afternoon, hounds.

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*pours*

It has rained all day here today - thunder and lightning too. Very nice.

I have also discovered my roof leaks. Not so nice.

Guess I know where my tax return is going...

(btw, what happened to the can kicking smilie?)

Thanks guys for the warm wishes, the pain has resided and i can actually hear much better now! I'm hoping its all part of this cold/allergies that i'm going through, my sore throat is going away now too.

soapdish said:

Oh--speaking of birds, apparently was have a falcon that has taken up shop in our backyard. A real one! not the plastic one we bought at the hardware store. Which means maybe we can get our squirrel problem under control.

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I think, and I could be wrong, but I think falcons hunt other birds and such. Not ground prey. So unless they are flying squirrels, the falcon may not help.

Sorry.

Owls are good for that too. I was once driving and slammed on my breaks as an Owl scooped up a squirrel right in front of me! Its was awesome to see.... sadly no one believes me when i tell the story...

amlptj said:

Owls are good for that too. I was once driving and slammed on my breaks as an Owl scooped up a squirrel right in front of me! Its was awesome to see.... sadly no one believes me when i tell the story...

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I believe you.

No reason an owl wouldn't do that.


Or swoop down on a chihuahua, if the owl is big enough.

Owls have attitude. They'd get a chihuahua of any size.

heheheeheheh! YAY! thank you, but still my friends will not believe the Turkey incident.... I swear i need a camera on me at all times for the crazy stuff that happens to me.

Turkey incident??

Ok... So my college is in a quiet suburb of Philadelphia. Which is why no one believes me but this honest to God happened. I was driving down Church Road, a long rather popular road on my way home one Friday. It was about 3am, on a perfectly sunny afternoon. I saw something run out in the middle of the road, i slammed on my beaks, as did the car in the next lane going the opposite way. In the middle of a road stopped a Turkey. A real life freaking Turkey!!!!

He stayed there for a moment the other driver and i looking at it like it was some alien that fell from the sky, then the other driver honked and the Turkey continued on its way across the street. This was in a suburban residential area, and it shocked me, but i know what a damn turkey looks like and that was a turkey. More on the thin side but still a turkey.

None of my friends ever believed me though, thought i must have seen a dog or cat but not a turkey.

Well, if it was big, and brown, and a bird, it was more than likely a turkey, especially considering they are larger than cats, by a lot, and unlike dogs they walk on two legs.

And yes, wild ones are thinner than you might expect.



And tell your friends there was a flock of turkeys living in suburban Pittsburgh when I lived there. I saw them along the trolley tracks in the short little stretch of woods. It doesn't take much for turkeys to find a home.

slcboston said:

I think, and I could be wrong, but I think falcons hunt other birds and such. Not ground prey. So unless they are flying squirrels, the falcon may not help.

Sorry.

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I thought so, too. But then I looked it up and sometimes they do. And also, I think it depends on the kind of falcon. But I don't know what kind this one is anyway, I've yet to see it myself.

At the very least, maybe it'll scare the squirrels.

amlptj said:

Owls are good for that too.

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slcboston said:

I believe you.

No reason an owl wouldn't do that.

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And actually, I was told they wouldn't do that. Because squirrels are out in the day and owls hunt at night.

Did I also mention I have a fake owl.



I'm all turned around now.

I kind of assumed Allie saw it at night or dusk-ish.

soapdish said:

I'm all turned around now.

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*blindfolds Soapy and hands her a stick*



*waits for candy*

Its was at around sunset the owl incident, the turkey incident was in plain daylight though!

Thank you Bos i will need to tell them that now. I will make them believe I'm not crazy one way or the other! (at least not in this sense)

slcboston said:

I kind of assumed Allie saw it at night or dusk-ish.

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Huh. Our squirrels must pass out early.

slcboston said:

*blindfolds Soapy and hands her a stick*



*waits for candy*

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Sweet. A weapon.


*swings*

Did I hit anyonething?

OUCH!

soapdish said:

Huh. Our squirrels must pass out early.

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I don't know enough about the late-night habits of squirrels one way or the other.



Although.... Allie, you sure it wasn't a skunk? Similar-looking tail in the dark, and owls eat those.

Which is why owls tend to smell.

soapdish said:

Sweet. A weapon.


*swings*

Did I hit anyonething?

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So... no candy?

*backs way out of reach*

No much much smaller. Diffidently a little brown squirrel.

amlptj said:

OUCH!

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Sorry.

soapdish said:

Sorry.

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Oh, sure, all fun and games until you hit one of the girls, right?

slcboston said:

Oh, sure, all fun and games until you hit one of the girls, right?

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Hey, Allie is just an innocent in this. You're the one who gave me the stick in the first place.

*swings again*

Now?

soapdish said:

Hey, Allie is just an innocent in this. You're the one who gave me the stick in the first place.

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Yes, and the blindfold. And the pinata.

Of course, having seen enough America's Funniest Home Videos, I should probably have known what was going to happen.

soapdish said:

*swings again*

Now?

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*whack*

Hit it again.

I'm taking that bat away from you now! *rubs head*

On a lighter note. I FOUND SOME OF MY ORIGINAL STORY I LOST!!!! Ironically the very scene i'm re-writing right now! YAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYA!!!