THE GLOBAL WINGS THREAD
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fan9091:
lit'l willow:
This falls under the heading of "If I hadn't read this with my own two eyes, I'd never have believed it".
http://www.asylum.com/2008/05/21/lost-parrot-gives-owners-name-address-to-vet/?icid=100214839x1202553012x1200094986
Very smart idea on the owners part. A parrot landed in my backyard hedge many years ago, I was looking out my kitchen window (without my glasses on) and couldn't figure out what the heck was on the top of the hedge (8 ft high hedge). At first I thought it was a chicken
: I walked out close enough to see it was a parrot, it wasn't the least bit afraid or upset so I grabbed a branch and climbed up on a picnic table bench and held the branch in front of the bird...and it stepped on to it
Now what the heck was I gonna do with a big gray parrott on a stick. I walked into my house carrying the bird and it didn't budge. (of course it wasn't a 'budgie' so it wouldn't have
. So now I'm in the kitchen with a large beaked creature on a stick and my corgi going berserk leaping up at it
: ...and the bird just sits there, cool as a cuke.
Okay methinks, now what??? I had a small bird cage in the basement from when I had a parakeet ("BP"...short for Blue Pecker
: )....so I commence to go down the stairs with the bird on the stick and the dog yapping at the top of the steps....the bird was unflappable. Wrestle the cage off the shelf with one hand, get the door open and realize that it's going to be a very tight squeeze to get this parrot into the cage....the parrot does not resist one bit. Now you have to picture a parrot on a little perch all scrunched down to fit in the cage
: By now it's fairly obvious that this is one helluva tame bird and someone is no doubt missing it. Sooo...I take the bird in my car and start cruising up and down my neighborhood streets at 7:00am. Just two streets over I spy a guy walking along staring up at the trees...AHA...no birdbrain here, I put it together.
I lean out my window and ask if he's lost a gray parrot....he lights up like a forty foot sparkler when I show him the cage. It was his wife's bird, he'd accidentally left the front door open and was in BIG trouble. I was his best friend in all the world at that moment
Hmm...in reading over this long drawn out "to make a long story longer" bit of blather I am struck by the thought that I may have already shared this story sometime in our distant past...if so....tough
No, you hadn't shared it before...it was a good read though!
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fan9091:
Lil Roo....you're livin' up to your nickname...just hop in and hop out...
I'm sorry Tina... Lately, I've been busy... All I've been able to do is pop in and out.
Maybe in a few days, I'll be able to stay longer and chat. Summer, ya know!
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llvlleanllvllrllvllustard:
fan9091:
Lil Roo....you're livin' up to your nickname...just hop in and hop out...
I'm sorry Tina... Lately, I've been busy... All I've been able to do is pop in and out.
Maybe in a few days, I'll be able to stay longer and chat. Summer, ya know!
Yay, summer!
How much time off do you get? 8 weeks again?
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Cool news to share!
I got an email from photobucket, saying that "group albums" can now be made and stored on their server, so I thought it might be cool to have our own Global Wings photo and video repository, so to speak, so that any time, for whatever reason
: , any of us wants to go back through the pics that have been posted, or if anyone wants to share pics with the group, but not with the entire internet
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;), or if someone needs a pic for any particular reason (computer crash, etc.), there will be a central place where they can all be found. That said, I've just set it up for our group to have one of these cool albums, and am uploading a few pics today, to test it all out. So far, all seems to be working well, and I'll spend some time in the coming days, adding more pics from files that I've saved over our years together.
And of course, anyone who posts a pic to the board, should also add it to our album in the future, provided y'all think this is a good idea.
So, anybody that's interested can PM me for the album name and password!
Yes? No? What say y'all?
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lit'l willow:
And of course, anyone who posts a pic to the board, should also add it to our album in the future, provided y'all think this is a good idea.
It's a great idea! Here is one for the album: http://whitelince.com.sapo.pt/ScarlettJohansson.jpg
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lit'l willow:
or if someone needs a pic for any particular reason (computer crash, etc.),
Are you talking about me
Great idea but I never used photobucket because in the past it wasn't so reliable
ops: and I don't know if the pics are there 'forever' or that they deleted after a while
ops: BTW I have with my sisters Picasa webalbum
every time we have a pic we post and the others can watch them
1 login share with everyone
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Svenn:
lit'l willow:
And of course, anyone who posts a pic to the board, should also add it to our album in the future, provided y'all think this is a good idea.
It's a great idea! Here is one for the album: http://whitelince.com.sapo.pt/ScarlettJohansson.jpg
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I guess I should have figured you'd find a way to show your, ummm....."support".
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BTW, it looks like Scarlett could use a little herself.
: Just added her, Svenn....thanks. I think.
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PM for ya.
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franni:
lit'l willow:
or if someone needs a pic for any particular reason (computer crash, etc.),
Are you talking about me
Great idea but I never used photobucket because in the past it wasn't so reliable
ops: and I don't know if the pics are there 'forever' or that they deleted after a while
ops: BTW I have with my sisters Picasa webalbum
every time we have a pic we post and the others can watch them
1 login share with everyone
Hey Angela! The Picasa webalbum is the same concept as Photobucket.
As for reliability of Photobucket, I've used them for several years and never had any problem, nor has anything I've uploaded ever been deleted, but I'd love to hear if others have had the same experience as you.
Anybody else?
Meanwhile, I just paid for the "Pro upgrade" for the album for a year, so we have 5 GB of storage, no ads, can upload more file types, etc. so I'll keep uploading more things and see if I run into any problems. And of course, we don't have to go with this idea...I'm open to other ideas as well. Just seemed like a cool thing.
Any other thoughts?
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Hey Christy! I've used Photobucket for four years and I've never had any problems. I still have the Scarlett pics I uploaded there in 2004...
As I said, I think it's a great idea!
You really added the pic I posted? That is waaay cool!
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lit'l willow:
Svenn:
How DO you find this stuff, Svenn?!?
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It was the top story on the news. I could not miss it!
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lit'l willow:
Okay, that's enough nonsense from me for one night.
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'night!
Nonsense from you? Wow, I think that's the first time!
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vlivantje:
fan9091:
vlivantje:
Svenn:
YEAH. Norway qualified for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest!
But not Belgium and Netherlands... I'm sorry...
Don't be sorry. I didn't expect Belgium to get into the contest anyway
What a trip! On my way home from work the radio (NPR) was talking about the Belgian entry, they had the composer on and everything.
Apparently the lyrics are in a language he made up. They mentioned that the song was already out of the running.
I haven't even heard the song, to be honest. A language they made up? That's so not original...Belgium has second place a few years ago in the contest with a song with a language made up. I guess they were trying to get the same results now, but imitating doesn't seem to be that good now.
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Aha, the radio made it sound as if it was a "new' idea, so it's really not. BTW, I keep fogetting to ask...did you travel to the area of China where the earthquake hit? Do you have friends there? The devastation is unreal, so many lives thrown into chaos
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llvlleanllvllrllvllustard:
fan9091:
Lil Roo....you're livin' up to your nickname...just hop in and hop out...
I'm sorry Tina... Lately, I've been busy... All I've been able to do is pop in and out.
Maybe in a few days, I'll be able to stay longer and chat. Summer, ya know!
Still ridin' herd on the shcool bus? School's almost out for summer isn't it..(gee, that sounds like a song title
)...the little hoodlums will be back shop-lifting full time
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lit'l willow:
So, anybody that's interested can PM me for the album name and password!
Yes? No? What say y'all?
I like it..send me the info. Now are we talking personally taken photos or buckets of buxom babes photo
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fan9091:
BTW, I keep fogetting to ask...did you travel to the area of China where the earthquake hit? Do you have friends there? The devastation is unreal, so many lives thrown into chaos
No, I only stayed in the Beijing area when I was in China. I don't think I know people who came from the area affected by the earthquake.
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lit'l willow:
Hey Angela! The Picasa webalbum is the same concept as Photobucket.
As for reliability of Photobucket, I've used them for several years and never had any problem, nor has anything I've uploaded ever been deleted, but I'd love to hear if others have had the same experience as you.
Anybody else?
Meanwhile, I just paid for the "Pro upgrade" for the album for a year, so we have 5 GB of storage, no ads, can upload more file types, etc. so I'll keep uploading more things and see if I run into any problems. And of course, we don't have to go with this idea...I'm open to other ideas as well. Just seemed like a cool thing.
Any other thoughts?
I've also always used photobuckets and it doesn't have no problems whatsoever...I think it's reliable and it has many very cool features to touch up your pictures
Count me in on this too....!
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lit'l willow:
This falls under the heading of "If I hadn't read this with my own two eyes, I'd never have believed it".
http://www.asylum.com/2008/05/21/lost-parrot-gives-owners-name-address-to-vet/?icid=100214839x1202553012x1200094986
Very cool.
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I wish I had a parrott that could talk of was and when[size=1].
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But they are also kind of scary...
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vlivantje:
lit'l willow:
Hey Angela! The Picasa webalbum is the same concept as Photobucket.
As for reliability of Photobucket, I've used them for several years and never had any problem, nor has anything I've uploaded ever been deleted, but I'd love to hear if others have had the same experience as you.
Anybody else?
Meanwhile, I just paid for the "Pro upgrade" for the album for a year, so we have 5 GB of storage, no ads, can upload more file types, etc. so I'll keep uploading more things and see if I run into any problems. And of course, we don't have to go with this idea...I'm open to other ideas as well. Just seemed like a cool thing.
Any other thoughts?
I've also always used photobuckets and it doesn't have no problems whatsoever...I think it's reliable and it has many very cool features to touch up your pictures
Count me in on this too....!
That's great! I'm looking forward to uploading pics on the group album that are not suitable for this board. No censorship... I love it!