14 Oct 2007, 3:39 pm
No, I tried to ban those after we had about twenty babies that mom got for us to hand rear about two years ago. That was a nightmare! They don't sell for all that much comparatively and I haven't had one for a pet since I was little. I hope I don't offend anyone but cockatiels aren't the smartest ones of the bunch. They make a really good starter bird and take less maintenance attention wise but aren't really on the top of my list for a good bird. There are a few that can talk instead of just high pitch calls but I don't see that often.
What can I say? I hate the birds I live with but I have also become a treasure trove of avian knowledge and specifications.
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14 Oct 2007, 5:07 pm
I have ear plugs in and headphones over those and I can still hear the birds.
My mother's special interest is stealing my sanity.
Oh yeah... did I mention I am sitting in the living room? Sheesh, if I can't sit in my own living room in peace where can I go? My room? Nope, the ones I am hearing are the "pets" that are inside the house and they are between the living room and my room so I can hear them in my room too.
Sorry for ranting but this is ridiculous.
I can relate to the absurdity of certain noises. Right now, the nuts are falling from the trees. They rain down on the metal roof of my house, startling me every single time. They are incredibly loud. There are Pecans and some other kind that I don't recognize. It sounds like someone dropping golf balls and marbles by the handful on my roof. I can't sleep soundly at night, because it keeps waking me up! The nuts are driving me nuts! At least I can have free pecans! They cost the earth at the market. And oh, yes - I wear earplugs. They don't help at all.
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14 Oct 2007, 5:11 pm
Sounds like me and my daughter, especially where you say "we go from ok to end of the world." We are both Aspie.
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14 Oct 2007, 5:15 pm
About three years ago, I would have actually enjoyed this. I have driven U-Haul trucks from Connecticut to Pennsylvania, as well as several in state moves. I just haven't the stamina to do it, now. Damn this fibro!
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14 Oct 2007, 5:17 pm
Yeah, kind of strange, isn't it? Most of our "keeper" stuff is in storage and has been for a year and a half now. It feels like we're living in a Motel 6. All the stuff that was important to us, that personalized the place, the realtor said to remove to "neutralize" the house. We even painted over the parakeet green and the sky blue walls, now it's all a generic white. My diplomas, the kids' photos, the ancestors' photos, the "clutter" that used to be on the shelves that used to hang on the wall in the living room, the stuff that used to grace the top of the piano - and the piano-... everything's in a store room that I pay for by the month.
Can you take a road trip anytime soon, Hartz?
So, all my stuff WAS in storage in Oregon, and I was living in Minnesota. . so I took a plane to Oregon and a city bus to the Greyhound station and then a bus to the rural Oregon town, then got a UHaul and packed up my storage unit and drove back to Minnesota, used the stuff for a few years and then rented a Penske and schlepped it all back to Oregon.
I have got to be an idiot. I feel sure.
Merle
PS the Feng Shui book I read states because it is YOUR stuff, no matter where it is or how far away from your thoughts, it is still dragging you down, just as if it were a closet full of junk right in your own home.
bummer, huh?
Definitely. I can feel it dragging me down daily. I am afraid that I will get frustrated enough that I will attempt to do it all myself, and end up regretting it horribly, health wise. I posted in another forum for suggestions about how to do this inexpensively and sensibly.
14 Oct 2007, 5:30 pm
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14 Oct 2007, 5:52 pm
14 Oct 2007, 5:53 pm
I wish it was just zebra finches...
About 5-10 feet away depending on the cage sit:1 blue and gold macaw
2 african grey
2 senegal
2 rosie bourkes
10 various finches
2 parakeets
1 amazon
2 caiques
2 blue crown conures
6 various canaries
2 doves
1 dusky conure
That does not include the baby birds waiting to be hand fed about 15 feet away and the few pets and many breeders out in the aviary that I am about to go feed.
Yes, I do have CAPD and other senory problems so... yeah, sanity, what sanity?
Oh and breathing problems too. What a suprize.
These are my mom's special interest and don't affect her the same way. Therefor she doesn't understand the concept that I have no 'safe haven' in my home. Well, except for one place. The bath tub in the middle bathroom. Though since I fixed up that room she has wanted to make frequent use of it. So a lot of times now I will feel like I have to go there or leave and guess who is there...
Wheeee..... I'm gonna go do some chores and come back... before someone gets the idea to call men in white coats... Oh wait, maybe a nice padded room would be quite peaceful.
Okay, I am really gonna try and stop ranting now.
*props up a sign offering to give away birds or accept hungry cats*WOAH!! !
I can help you out with the cat situation, by the way....
14 Oct 2007, 5:56 pm
I'm neither creaky nor 40+, but I was wondering if I could apply for early admission based on 30+? May I seek refuge from the crowd for a spell here at Dino's? I have a fondness for oldtimers, and I don't make a lot of noise...
Depends. Ever taken care of a Percheron before, by any chance?
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14 Oct 2007, 6:11 pm
Hi, Sapphix! Come on in. If you can get a word in, you're a better girl than I am!
14 Oct 2007, 6:12 pm
Ummm, Hartz!! !! Look what you did to the page numbers!
Ummmmm, HARTZ did it!
14 Oct 2007, 6:15 pm
Oh, great. The Chargers have been playing the Raiders, it seems. Judging from the bellows and screams from the neighbors. And it finally seems to have finished up, as there is much rejoicing. Much loud rejoicing. Drunken loud rejoicing... to be followed up with a drunken barbeque, probably then followed by much drunken reveling out on their patio. Until very late tonight. Assuming it doesn't turn nasty and they don't start screaming at each other or their kids.
I will be SO happy if I can ever move somewhere that the nearest neighbor is at least several hundred feet away. Or a family of mutes.
Just one little afternoon nap, that's all I want. Or, even, to get to be able to go to sleep at my normal bedtime, since I have to get up at 5:00am. Judging from the way things seem to be revving up down there, I doubt I'll see either.
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14 Oct 2007, 6:18 pm
Ummmmm, HARTZ did it!
Yeah!
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14 Oct 2007, 6:19 pm
14 Oct 2007, 6:29 pm
Good job, Hartz!! ! 500!! !! 
Welcome, Sapphix!
Just got home to work and now it's time to put supper on. I'll catch up later.
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14 Oct 2007, 6:31 pm
Do I get a prize?
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