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    Happy 79 Bob Dylan... yeah I know his real name.

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    9 minutes ago, Niagara Bill said:

    A reluctant icon. 

    Dylan had such a huge effect on the world and yet many of the people who claim to loved him, what he stood for and the need for peace today 50 yrs later show no understanding.

    Could not sing, could hardly play, but could be heard and understood.

     

    If you like the Band...watch Once Were Brothers. 

     

    I don't agree with all of this... he was for sure a good harmonica player and decent when he played guitar. Love the guy other than his first album all the way to the Blood on the Tracks/Desire albums... I kind of left it at that. Nashville Skyline is to me the Byrds Sweetheart of the Rodeo version of his, only with studio musicians. 

     

    Have never seen Once Were Brothers... I'll look it up on youtube if its there.

    Backyard Birding

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    21 minutes ago, Gugny said:

    Those sticky suet cakes are a pain in the ass to handle.  Thanks for posting, T&C.

    They really are... they are formulated for colder states or states that get cold. Have no ***** idea why they are selling them in Florida... maybe farmers use them to grease the axles on their equipment.  I did break rank and bought one a few weeks ago just to see again and not even the red headed woodpeckers would touch that pile of greasy mush. Before I threw it out I did wipe down the shepards hooks though... love you mr. squirrel lol.

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    Jerry Lewis MDA Backyard Carnival

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    20 hours ago, Bad Things said:

    How, what a blast from the past.

     

    I had totally forgotten about MDA carnivals.  I used to love them, as a kid in the 70's.

    I've been away from NYS for a long time now and had no idea these things were still going. 

    I had one in our backyard in Lancaster once... it was really low key though, no singers or anything like that, just games and stuff that kids could play to win little prizes. Thanks for the reminder, I had completely forgotten about these.

    Backyard Birding

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    1 hour ago, WhoTom said:

     

    We're in northern Illinois, so the suet hasn't melted yet.

     

    I'm also unaware of any distinction between a northern cardinal and any others. We just call them cardinals. And they stay here year-round too.

     

     

    Whenever it does get hot I'd highly recommend this one. Walmart sells them for around $1.25 apiece, don't even have to put them in the fridge to harden up and they are a hit here.

     

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    A Photographic Look at the 60's and 70's

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    1 hour ago, Gray Beard said:

    My first car was my parents’ 69 Ford Ranch Wagon.  That thing was BIG, based on the Galaxy with a 390 V8.  They let me take it to college in my senior year (1979) so that they wouldn’t have to drop me off and pick me up. I should have kept it, but instead I bought a beat up 73 Toyota Celica with a 4 speed manual.  Cute car, but not practical at all.

    Still, those were the days when people could actually work on their own cars. 

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    A Photographic Look at the 60's and 70's

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    1 hour ago, Gray Beard said:

    I have fond memories of the station wagons of my youth.  
    Ford also had three sizes of wagons: Falcon, Tempest/Torino, and Galaxy versions.

    Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge also had various wagons, bit I don’t remember their model names.

    We had a 1970 Falcon station wagon with standard transmission... on the column. Reliable car, that's for sure. Forest green. Later on the parents got another one, a light blue Torino. At that time I bought my Dad's 68 Falcon for $50. My first car, loved that thing... boasted a massive 200 motor lol.

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    Backyard Birding

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    40 minutes ago, WhoTom said:

    My friend attached a Go Pro to his feeder:

     

     

    This must have been when it was cold/cool outside... that kind of suet turns into a greasy mess here in Florida. The only kind I use is the no melt peanut/corn suet and it works just fine in the heat. I keep two of those feeders going at once besides the platform one (needs replacing) and the regular feeder.

     

    In the vid it mentioned the northern Cardinals but I just cannot see or tell the difference between the ones here so I don't know if that is a general term or there really is a difference. They are here all year long...

    Backyard Birding

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    Great thread topic OP. I've been in the same house for 22 years and have been feeding the birds in the same place for all of that time. Down here in the Tampa area I get cardinals... tons of them, guess I'm the wheelhouse for them now lol... titmice, red headed woodpeckers, bluejays, purple martins, etc. Never know who shows up. Gold finches in the winter time.

     

    One thing I started doing a few months ago, again... I had tried this before, is putting suet cakes on a couple of sheppard sp hooks so they are around 5' above the ground.

    Down here its obviously hot so the regular cakes don't get much action other than the woodpeckers when I purposely don't fill the feeders. They pretty much melt and are nasty. They would work in a colder climate/time of year.

     

    So I started using the no melt ones and, other than mourning doves and the cardinals they are a hit. Pretty cheap and the squirrels don't mess with them. The cake feeders are under two dollars at walmart and the cakes are just over a dollar apiece. 

     

    Couple of things I've learned... Orioles like sliced oranges quite a bit so if you are in an area where they live just quarter an orange and place it by the grape jelly.

     

    If you really want to keep the squirrels, and chipmunks if you have them, away from your feeders here is an easy one.

     

    Buy the cheapest cayenne pepper you can find... dollar store or something like that. Put how ever much of seeds you need to fill a feeder in a container. Put on disposable gloves. Pour just enough oil, vegetable, olive, whatever (not motor oil) in there so you can barely coat the seeds. Work through them so everything has some kind of coating of oil.

     

    Then add half of your dollar container of cayenne pepper and work through as well. Fill feeder.

     

    Pepper doesn't affect birds at all. But, mammals like me, you, and mr. squirrel Are affected. I keep one place, kind of a platform feeder, that I put out seed that is pepper free for them and whomever wants to land and eat. They don't even mess with the other feeders anymore... but it was pretty funny the first few times watching them stiffen up and then bolt away to the bird bath for a drink.

     

     

     

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    Favorite pickled vegetable?

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    9 hours ago, Just Jack said:

    Pickled beets, my parents used to make large batches of them. 

     

    They used to do a lot of canning in fact.  They would make a hot dog relish that would easily rival store bought. 

    We used to can a Lot in the 60's, 70's... my Dad used to say " Mom isn't the greatest cook in the world but boy you should see her can".  

     

    Canning isn't a lost art... but I think people shy away just because they aren't 100% sure that the result is reliable. 

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