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Skinsfan1311 said:
Yeah....we have a few stubborn windows....WD-40 works for a while...but this stuff sounds like it will work better and longer...
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I hadn't even thought about that. In summer our family room window is a bitch, thanks for the idea. I'm in week 2 and the sliding glass door remains really easy to open.

I hate puns. I don't even acknowledge puns.
 
I would like to give a shout out to the fist bump. One of the few good things to come out of the pandemic was this is now a universal greeting.. I work at a golf course, seasonal work. When I see a young, attractive co-worker that I am friendly with for the first time in months a hug at work seems inappropriate, as does a simple hand shake. Now you can share your love with an unintrusive fist bump. It also works well with men as it eliminates the awkward confusion of "do I do a standard hand shake or one with involving the thumbs?".
 
When we first moved in almost forty years ago, we had this great Sycamore just beyond our property line located in the neighbor's side. It was majestic. Its canopy enveloped a large portion of our property and the neighbor's. It was large and wide and had a huge trunk. It still has a plaque that said it sprouted at about the time our country was founded. It had another plaque that said it was the oldest Sycamore in Montgomery County. There was a ceremony done by the county for it when my kids were little, and they attended it and accepted some kind of certificate. Then after a while, the county came and took 2nd the plaque away because they found another older Sycamore somewhere down by the Potomac. Then after a while, our Sycamore died. So other neighbors who moved in later chopped it down - this was maybe twenty years ago. But the tall stump remained. Fast forward to this spring, and here is what is on top of the tall stump. The stump is probably about 8 feet high. You can see the hood of a car in the driveway in the first photo. A mama goose sitting there day after day in a nest made up of twigs and leaves, obviously on some eggs. But then suddenly today, she stood up. And there are a bunch of very small fine feathers around the nest which weren't there before. And you could see lumps in the nest. I didn't see them move though. Then she sat back down and DLSF snapped these photos from different angles. It's gettin' to be gosling season.


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Mark The Homer said:
When we first moved in almost forty years ago, we had this great Sycamore just beyond our property line located in the neighbor's side. It was majestic. Its canopy enveloped a large portion of our property and the neighbor's. It was large and wide and had a huge trunk. It still has a plaque that said it sprouted at about the time our country was founded. It had another plaque that said it was the oldest Sycamore in Montgomery County. There was a ceremony done by the county for it when my kids were little, and they attended it and accepted some kind of certificate. Then after a while, the county came and took 2nd the plaque away because they found another older Sycamore somewhere down by the Potomac. Then after a while, our Sycamore died. So other neighbors who moved in later chopped it down - this was maybe twenty years ago. But the tall stump remained. Fast forward to this spring, and here is what is on top of the tall stump. The stump is probably about 8 feet high. You can see the hood of a car in the driveway in the first photo. A mama goose sitting there day after day in a nest made up of twigs and leaves, obviously on some eggs. But then suddenly today, she stood up. And there are a bunch of very small fine feathers around the nest which weren't there before. And you could see lumps in the nest. I didn't see them move though. Then she sat back down and DLSF snapped these photos from different angles. It's gettin' to be gosling season.


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Cool story.
Geese are the devil.
Nasty, shit churning machines and the bane of golfers.
 
There are a ton of geese in southern Finland. It’s interesting to watch them gather near the water at the end of summer and begin their formation training for their southern migration.

Gulls are more of a pain in the ass. Their babies are out of the nest early but don’t fly until they molt and their feathers grow in. So they are protected by a cadre of adults until then. For about 5 weeks I have to defend myself against dive bomb attacks while walking to the nearby grocery. Fuck them gulls.
 
Chris said:
There are a ton of geese in southern Finland. It’s interesting to watch them gather near the water at the end of summer and begin their formation training for their southern migration.

Gulls are more of a pain in the ass. Their babies are out of the nest early but don’t fly until they molt and their feathers grow in. So they are protected by a cadre of adults until then. For about 5 weeks I have to defend myself against dive bomb attacks while walking to the nearby grocery. Fuck them gulls.
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Fuck the geese, I want to know if you got the wax for the slider and how it's working. Mine still opens like I just waxed it but didn't work so well on the windows.
 
Darrell Green Fan said:
Fuck the geese, I want to know if you got the wax for the slider and how it's working. Mine still opens like I just waxed it but didn't work so well on the windows.
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Still working very well. Not quite as good as when first applied but still a vast improvement. The best part is that there is enough it to last quite a while. Overall đź‘Ťđź‘Ť up.
 
Darrell Green Fan said:
Fuck the geese, I want to know if you got the wax for the slider and how it's working. Mine still opens like I just waxed it but didn't work so well on the windows.
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It didn't work at all for our windows. There was literally no difference. WD-40 works great on the windows I think that stuff is better for metal...
 
Skinsfan1311 said:
It didn't work at all for our windows. There was literally no difference. WD-40 works great on the windows I think that stuff is better for metal...
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We always used a plain bar of soap and it worked like a charm
 
Mark The Homer said:
When we first moved in almost forty years ago, we had this great Sycamore just beyond our property line located in the neighbor's side. It was majestic. Its canopy enveloped a large portion of our property and the neighbor's. It was large and wide and had a huge trunk. It still has a plaque that said it sprouted at about the time our country was founded. It had another plaque that said it was the oldest Sycamore in Montgomery County. There was a ceremony done by the county for it when my kids were little, and they attended it and accepted some kind of certificate. Then after a while, the county came and took 2nd the plaque away because they found another older Sycamore somewhere down by the Potomac. Then after a while, our Sycamore died. So other neighbors who moved in later chopped it down - this was maybe twenty years ago. But the tall stump remained. Fast forward to this spring, and here is what is on top of the tall stump. The stump is probably about 8 feet high. You can see the hood of a car in the driveway in the first photo. A mama goose sitting there day after day in a nest made up of twigs and leaves, obviously on some eggs. But then suddenly today, she stood up. And there are a bunch of very small fine feathers around the nest which weren't there before. And you could see lumps in the nest. I didn't see them move though. Then she sat back down and DLSF snapped these photos from different angles. It's gettin' to be gosling season.


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So now we're getting weird fox action. Seeing a fox once in a while is not unusual, but seeing two at once is not common. Two came screaming at high speed past our back door a couple nights ago. I don't know if it's mating season or what. Then later on that night, we heard a bunch of screeching coming from the neighbor's back property. Then last night, there's a fox hanging around our back property by the tree line. Usually they are on the move and very reclusive. This guy is staring us down like he wants a confrontation. I think the fox or foxes want a goose egg or a gosling. But he can't get up on top of that tall stump. But eventually the parent geese will escort the hatched goslings on a walkabout, and I think the foxes will take their opportunity.

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Mark The Homer said:
So now we're getting weird fox action. Seeing a fox once in a while is not unusual, but seeing two at once is not common. Two came screaming at high speed past our back door a couple nights ago. I don't know if it's mating season or what. Then later on that night, we heard a bunch of screeching coming from the neighbor's back property. Then last night, there's a fox hanging around our back property by the tree line. Usually they are on the move and very reclusive. This guy is staring us down like he wants a confrontation. I think the fox or foxes want a goose egg or a gosling. But he can't get up on top of that tall stump. But eventually the parent geese will escort the hatched goslings on a walkabout, and I think the foxes will take their opportunity.

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I'm rooting for the foxes....they need a good goose dinner..
 
Now that the draft is over it's always a dead time on team boards. But man I'm retired and have all the time in the world, what exactly will I do now? Talk to my wife? Take up quilting? I'm hoping this thread will become more active for entertainment purposes but it does not have a lot of activity.
 
You know what's weird? Weather apps will show a 70% chance of rain. But when you look at the hourly predictions, there is never an hour with more than a 25-30% chance of rain.

Imma write my congressman.
 
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