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I tried the ziplock ones to start with, but they were a PITA: next to impossible to reuse because they don't clean well, and they don't hold a vacuum for long. Having a sealer (even a cheap non-chamber sealer) means you get a better vacuum and it lasts for years. Means you can vac-pack food and freeze it, and it's good for up to two years since the bacteria can't grow hardly at all at -18C and near total lack of oxygen. You can't reuse them either, but they are a lot cheaper than the ziplocks.
I get through around £35 a year in embossed vacuum bag rolls! (But it means I can buy in bulk when it's cheap and fill the freezer.)
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Put like that it may be worth the investment. Going to consider it
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Sounds delicious!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
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Welcome back, Eddy, hope your convalescence and healing are going well.
cheers, Bill
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Thanks
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Hope you caught the exception early enough!
What was the exception message?
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: What was the exception message? "A remote connection could not be established".
It should have an informational icon, not the icon of an error.
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Welcome back and here's to a speedy recovery!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Thanks
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I hope the recovery goes without any problems.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Thank you
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Long story short: birds have built a nest in the corner of an open window. There are 2 eggs and the parents take turns nesting. I really have to close the window at some point so now I have to figure out how to move the nest so that I do, hopefully, no harm. However, I am at a loss as to how best to achieve that.
I had thought of duct-taping a small cardboard box to the window that doesn't open in hopes they'd be ok with it.
Any (serious/sensible) suggestions?
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Why don't you just rig something to allow for the opened window but cover the opening to prevent them from coming inside and allow them a little privacy too.
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And hopefully keep waste material and bugs out of the house as well!
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In the UK, it's technically illegal to move (or destroy) a birds nest with eggs - the eggs of all birds are protected by law since the Wildlife & Countryside Act of 1981.
In the states, I don't know about the legality, but I do know the eggs probably won't survive because the parents will almost certainly abandon the nest if you move it: it's called "Nest-site fidelity" or Breeding Philopatry[^]
This explains the problem quite well: Journey North American Robin[^]
I sometimes wonder how the heck I know about cr@p like this, given that I am not now, and never have been, a "twitcher"!
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OriginalGriff wrote: In the UK, it's technically illegal to move (or destroy) a birds nest with eggs Surely that only counts if you tell someone. Oh...
OriginalGriff wrote: I do know the eggs probably won't survive because the parents will almost certainly abandon the nest
I did know about that but was hoping someone knew different.
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What if the parents abandon the nest as it is in the window with the eggs still there?
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Then the eggs die.
It's supposed to prevent bird's-egg collectors, I believe.
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Sure. I was just wondering if there are specifications about how long you have to wait until you can move the nest when you believe it has been abandoned. This would be sort of an add-on to the suggestion that he gets a cat.
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In the States it’s illegal to remove or destroy an active nest from a native bird species. An active nest is defined as “a nest with eggs or brooding adults in it”.
At any rate, blocking the window from the inside with cardboard probably shouldn't be an issue. The parents might be a little skittish at first, but once they see that it is not a threat they'll resume nesting.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Not native - they're pigeons
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Oh... pigeons... sky rats, in that case use a shotgun or fire! Fire would work! No use dynamite, that would be fun. (I don't mean that seriously)
If you want them to raise their young, cover the window from the inside. They'll move along in about a month.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Can't do that - the window HAS to be shut at some point soon but, equally, I don't feel that I want to destroy the eggs - the birds have done nothing wrong.
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Alternately you can feed them calciumcarbide and put some candles nearby.
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Seriously you are generating angst over pigeons, pick it up a put it in the bin, close the window.
Did you know that pigeon crap is toxic, Singapore is trying to stop people feeding the little bastards as they are getting sick kids poisoned from playing in the same grass where their parents are feeding flocks of pigeons.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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