Noora Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Just now, Thea2 said: Welcome to the thread 🍰🍰🍰 My first cake! Thank you. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cobie Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, Noora said: ... I'm the merest baby. Same here, see my avatar 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gentle Giant Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Welcome, @Noora! More cake... @Thea2 your new avatar is so cute! 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 @Noora, welcome and more ! There was an anomaly in my backyard pond earlier. It was a pair o' ducks. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cobie Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 23 hours ago, Gentle Giant said: ... your new avatar is so cute! Aw, thank you 😊 It makes me laugh every time I see it, it really cheers me up. 😀 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EarthMama Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 3 hours ago, Noora said: I'm as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth. That puts me in my late 50s. But as a self-aware asexual I'm the merest baby. You'll fit into this thread nicely Now sink those not-quite-50-old teeth into MOAR cake... 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noora Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 5 hours ago, daveb said: @Noora, welcome and more ! There was an anomaly in my backyard pond earlier. It was a pair o' ducks. I saw a pair o'ducks in the creek, but I left them with no 'egrets. 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, Noora said: I saw a pair o'ducks in the creek, but I left them with no 'egrets. That's probably wise. No point in fowling the water. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noora Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Just now, daveb said: That's probably wise. No point in fowling the water. This conversation has taken a tern for the worse. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Just now, Noora said: This conversation has taken a tern for the worse. That goose without saying. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noora Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, daveb said: That goose without saying. *crows with delight* 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 It's getting late so ibis be getting to bed soon. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noora Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, daveb said: It's getting late so ibis be getting to bed soon. Goodnight! I'm glad you could sparrow minute to chat. 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Myssterry Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Welcome to the thread, Nora. Hope you will soon be chirping away regularly along with the rest of the 50s flock. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skycaptain Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 @Noora, welcome to AVEN and more cake 🎂 🎂 Glad everyone is crowing about the puns 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EarthMama Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 I have no new puns to add to the thread.... Should I duck and cover? 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 There was an avian creature (heron after referred to the birdie of the first part) standing by the creek, but I missed it. They said it couldn't wade. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skycaptain Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Owls with laughter, but feel a touch bittern that I didn't start this 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 That swan point for Ravenclaw. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kazbe Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 On 3/18/2018 at 2:12 PM, pickles mcgee said: I put my house on the market a couple weeks ago, and I accepted an offer last Monday On 3/18/2018 at 3:00 PM, daveb said: I hope to put my house up for sale next year I will be putting my place up for sale in the next few weeks. As many others here know, I'm doing it because I've had four months work in the last eighteen months, and can no longer pay my mortgage. So I have to sell up and move out of Sydney. After I pay the mortgage off, I won't be able to buy in Sydney, nor can I afford to rent - nor would I get a rental with no job and a cat! So I'm off to the further reaches of the Blue Mountains (hopefully) or further into the country. I'm hoping to buy somewhere not so far from the city that I can do a day trip and still keep in touch with my Sydney friends and groups, and get to the occasional art exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art or the Art Gallery of NSW. I've had three appraisals - one really low, the other two quite close in price and enough to get me to the Blue Mountains. It is going to be quite a tough few months - clearing the house of things I don't want to take, selling, buying, not freaking the cat out. Coming on the end of eighteen tough months which included the death of two close friends and constant rejection from the job market (over 110 job applications now), I have to admit there are times I think I just can't take it. But I can and I will. Although a nap or two would be good. I'm grebe-ing the loss of my old life somewhat but I'll stop raven now. Life can be a bustard. 12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cobie Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Kazbe said: It is going to be quite a tough few months ... But I can and I will. Although a nap or two would be good. That’s the spirit. 👍 Enjoy the napping. 😴 Blue Mountains sounds very romantic. 🍀 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 4 hours ago, Kazbe said: But I can and I will. Although a nap or two would be good. That's the spirit! Good luck (with the house stuff, not the naps)! Once I get resettled (next year) I won't budgie for a while. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kazbe Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 2 hours ago, daveb said: Once I get resettled (next year) I won't budgie for a while. That made me quail. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Muledeer Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Spoiler Here is a view of the town I live in (Evanston), as taken from a traffic camera on Interstate 80 this evening. See the houses on the hill in the upper right hand corner of the photo? That is the street on which I live, although my home cannot be seen from here. I captured this photo from a traffic camera near my home tonight. No green grass here, yet! 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 52 minutes ago, Kazbe said: That made me quail. If it scares you albatross it out. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kazbe Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 2 hours ago, daveb said: If it scares you albatross it out. I'm an avocet of puns, but I gannet take much more. So I'll rail no more lest people think I'm an old coot. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Emjay537 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I can see all the good bird puns are gone, but won't get in a tit about it. Not that kind of gull. A cross-country trip this weekend saw me get delayed by snow both ends of the trip, making an overnight trip into 4 days. For a country that rarely gets snow, this year is a doozy. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Myssterry Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 That's tough @Kazbe - hope things work out well for you over time. Forecasters are threatening a white Easter here. I just want this protracted winter to go. I have lots of plans for the garden that are on hold and am hoping I haven't bittern off more than I can chew. (Will the bird jokes ever run out? :P) 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pickles. Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Lovin' the photo, @Muledeer! I used to make runs from Orem to Evanston for illegal fireworks and clove cigarettes. Good times! 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pickles. Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Speaking of photos: holy cow! on the Porirua beach cows*, @Kazbe, and, @Tanwen, your family photo was not boring at all! (*I like cows.) 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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