Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

chewmylegoff

lostinrates wrote: »

The bantams are right next to the house. You can see the edge of the window in the snap below...



Its not fool proof, but it minimises risk. They are only let out at about six and put in again at about eight thirty. So e of them flyi surprisingly well.

If a fox came in though, then, we'd lose some. The fox would gain some. Its a tough life!

Foxes can and will take geese. Geese are tough, but a hungry and desperate fox is tougher, and contrary to expectation, will setle for one of anything if it abates the hunger. In fact, we find that more common, tbh.

An urban fox will take anything as well - as long as you put it in a bin bag first. This morning, half the street was covered in grass cuttings and the remains of the black bin liner they were once in that a fox has clearly been at!

CKhalvashi

chewmylegoff wrote: »

My parents are always going on about driving their old mini down from the middle of the UK to the southern Greece, Yugoslavia stuff like that in the 60s. Sounds like hell to me, it was bad enough driving a new mini to Scotland - although the roads in 1960s Albania were probably better maintained than the roads in Scotland.

My 3 wheeler is mini-based, with an MG Metro engine, and whilst it's a dream to drive, it's so tiring on long journeys, and not particularly comfortable! It's got lotus-tuned suspension on the front (the back I custom-built myself), and it's not wide enough to fit nice seats into!

Back to the Mini, it's taxed until next year, and showing insured on the MID. My big niece has the new shape one (middle niece has a Peugeot 406 estate), and the new Mini is so comfortable on longer journeys (although does have Recaro seats, which may explain it)

I've got about 40 minutes to wait for a boat, and will be in Yalta in 4ish hours. I've met a couple from the UK who are 3 cars in front on the queue, and they're saying how Russian roads are nicer than some UK roads. They bought an old Toyota 6 months ago (it's '125' code on yellow, so I'm assuming they bought it in Vladivostok; yellow means 'export'/'temporary'), and they've spent the last 18 months driving the world (bought the first car in Florida, sold it in Alaska, and want to sell this one in UK when they get back)

Everyone I've seen on this trip has said they want my leather seats; no backache for the last year!

CK

neverdespairgirl

SingleSue wrote: »

I haven't but would have loved one. We made the decision pre children that to get a dog would not have been very fair on the animal because of the long hours we both worked, so we got a cat. When she died, we already had children and decided it would be safer not to get a dog (for the dog and the children!) as the boys were small and rather boisterous, so we got another cat.

When that cat died, we had already got a younger cat and I still didn't trust a dog with the boys/our lifestyle was still not compatible with a dog.

I fully intend to get a dog though when Jasper goes...the kids will hopefully be all grown up by then!

You can mix dogs and cats quite happily, IME. Yossie lives with the two border collies, and there is no trouble between them. They all recognise who is boss, even though the boss is far smaller than his henchmen. They play together, and if Yossie's had enough, he just jumps up higher than they can reach.

My parents have had both dogs and cats (a total of 4 dogs, and 6 cats) over the last many years - 23 or so, I think.

michaels

I had a mini which I drove round France the week after I turned 18. It broke down of course on a high alpine pass, being recovered to the garage by a crazy French driver who kept taking both hands of the wheel of the recovery truck to sneeze on the blind hairpins was more scarey than discovering it was impossible to select (or deselect) any gears on the same road. Still it was just me and a GF on the trip so most of the memories that haven't faded into the mists of time are postive

PasturesNew

I am renter scum, so not allowed pets.

I do get two visiting cats in the garden - although they have a huge fight every day as their paths cross in late afternoon.... yesterday one was eating grass in my garden when the other one sneaked round the end of the fence.... I chased him off, but the silly sod eating grass went to look to see where he was and they hissed.

I don't want to encourage the cat as it'll start letting itself in (I sit with the patio door open all day every day as I am right beside it.... but there could be an instance where I was looking the other way and it could sneak into my storage space with my stuff and poo.... and I don't want to discover that in 2 weeks' time.

zagubov

bugslet wrote: »

Ooo, didn't know you had a dog, zag, what is it?

I have two mini schnauzers, two German Klein Spitz and a bitzer. Did have a papillon until May when he shuffled off to the big kennel in the sky. So as lir says, a pack.....

It's a terrier!

Just got back home from Scotland.

Roads were fine.

I reckon they waited for Chewey to get home then fixed'em!

Listened to the Science of Just So..Stories on the radio about the Cat that walks alone. Very interesting.

Still wouldn't want one though.

mystic_trev

I've got a very large Springer (27k) who walks me at least four miles a day, come rain or shine!

vivatifosi

I borrow my parent's dog. She's a lurcher. At first I thought she was crossed with a collie, but I'm now leaning towards a terrier. She's built like a small muscular greyhound but with the colouring and facial features of a Jack Russell. I can only presume a step-ladder was used somewhere.

neverdespairgirl

zagubov wrote: »

Listened to the Science of Just So..Stories on the radio about the Cat that walks alone. Very interesting.

Still wouldn't want one though.

I love the Just So Stories, and so does Isaac, I read them to him,

Nikkster

zagubov wrote: »

I've got a dog and Lir has more than one; any other NPs have one?

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