The "I don't want to talk about AI" thread, and the new topic is: boating and sailing

[onehitwanda]

 

[Statius]

This is unacceptable! Trying to get me fired from work with your NSFW dirty talk?! How rude! (I haven't even attempted to listen, I have no idea what it actually is)

 

[StillStunned]

Her actual show was probably more sensual than that.

 

[onehitwanda]

Her actual show was probably more sensual than that.

I had (and still, really, have) a massive crush on her. That accent. Rawr.

 

[StillStunned]

I had (and still, really, have) a massive crush on her. That accent. Rawr.

Yeah, about a decade ago... My wife used to joke that my ideal woman was "Shakella": Nigella above the waist, Shakira below.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Monarch update:

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Monarch update:



I saw it on the ground briefly and it’s now up in one of our trees, where I can see it using binoculars. But I wasn’t quick enough to get a photo when it was close.

These are the special monarchs that migrate to Mexico and live for nine months.

 

[Statius]

Monarch update:

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I saw it on the ground briefly and it’s now up in one of our trees, where I can see it using binoculars. But I wasn’t quick enough to get a photo when it was close.

These are the special monarchs that migrate to Mexico and live for nine months.

Proud parent! I know how this feels. In '24, spring, we had barred owl chicks in the woods behind our house for close to 4 months before they left. Fantastic. Binoculars everyday..

 

[StillStunned]

Proud parent! I know how this feels. In '24, spring, we had barred owl chicks in the woods behind our house for close to 4 months before they left. Fantastic. Binoculars everyday..

I once spent a happy week sitting on the porch of a house in the Caribbean watching a humming bird building a nest. I'd have loved to stick around for the babies, but sadly the European winter called me home.

 

[Statius]

I once spent a happy week sitting on the porch of a house in the Caribbean watching a humming bird building a nest. I'd have loved to stick around for the babies, but sadly the European winter called me home.

We put feeders out as does our neighbor. Hummingbirds all summer long, but have never seen a nest. That'd be kinda cool to see/ watch.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

I find nests ... in the fall/winter after the leaves come off and the birds are long gone. Smaller than a chicken egg.

 

[Statius]

Hostile little bastards too and not just to each other. Had one last summer that would chase cardinals out of a tree the feeder was by.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Yabbut, watch 'em run from the Red Wasps that want some sugar water too.

 

[TheLobster]

If you get a few more, you should start referring to your garden as "the monarchy".

That's with one monarch. If you got multiple, I believe the correct gardening term is "war of the roses."

 

[Statius]

Yabbut, watch 'em run from the Red Wasps that want some sugar water too.

Yeah they avoid the feeders when the bees come out for it for sure.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Yeah they avoid the feeders when the bees come out for it for sure.

Depends on the bee, I've seen humming birds and bumble bees at the same feeder before.

 

[Statius]

Depends on the bee, I've seen humming birds and bumble bees at the same feeder before.

We have bumblebees, but they go after ummm... Fuck can't remember what it's called. Some creeping flowering the wife planted by the feeder, never the feeder. It's always the little bees

 

[NuclearFairy]

We have bumblebees, but they go after ummm... Fuck can't remember what it's called. Some creeping flowering the wife planted by the feeder, never the feeder. It's always the little bees

Ah yes, the bumbling bees are always attracted to the creeps.

Although, recently I learned that carpenter bees are often mistaken for bumble bees. So I honestly couldn't tell you for sure which it was. Just that they were big fat and happy bees.

Also, honey bees are more likely to go after a soda. Sometimes having a jewel wasp around is just more peaceful than a honey bee.

 

[Statius]

Ah yes, the bumbling bees are always attracted to the creeps.

Although, recently I learned that carpenter bees are often mistaken for bumble bees. So I honestly couldn't tell you for sure which it was. Just that they were big fat and happy bees.

Also, honey bees are more likely to go after a soda. Sometimes having a jewel wasp around is just more peaceful than a honey bee.

Ant tell one wasp from another. They're all bad in my book. Stepped on a ground best once hiking. So did the dog. His paw swelled up 3x the size, looked like a cartoon. Felt bad for him but still funny as hell

 

[NuclearFairy]

Ant tell one wasp from another. They're all bad in my book. Stepped on a ground best once hiking. So did the dog. His paw swelled up 3x the size, looked like a cartoon. Felt bad for him but still funny as hell

Well, that's what I used to think, until my toddler grabbed one by a wing and started happily waving it at me. I was trying not to freak out so I could get him to calmly let it go. Meanwhile the wasp was all like, "Huh, one of my wings has been caught. I'll just calmly hang here and wait to see what happens. Oh, okay I'm being swung wildly now, let's just beat the other wing a little bit so I don't get hurt then go back to calmly hanging. Okay, I'm free, yeah cool whatever. I wonder if there are any spiders in this corner." They're little shiny black wasps of chillness, only time I've ever been stung was when I almost crushed one without knowing it was there.

Which I guess stepping on would be part of. Poor dog, those suckers do pack a punch don't they?

 

[Statius]

They do. Spoiler alert though. He lived and got over it . We have yellow jackets around our place. Those are bastards. And I can see how having a toddler waving around a wasp would freak you out. Funny image tho

 

[NuclearFairy]

They do. Spoiler alert though. He lived and got over it . We have yellow jackets around our place. Those are bastards. And I can see how having a toddler waving around a wasp would freak you out. Funny image tho

Well that's good!

Did you know that yellow jacket is slang for common yellow and black wasp? I didn't either, until I moved down here and my SO started warning me about the yellow jackets. Which didn't at all sound like the yellow jackets I grew up with. So I went and looked it up! Washington Peninsula yellow jackets are pretty chill compared to most. Not nearly chill enough to let you grab em by the wing and swing them around without getting stung. But chill enough to have a hive just off a commonly used footpath and never sting anyone. Round here, that's just not the case.

Where do your yellow jackets fall on the asshole meter?

 

[UsuallyPresent]

Yellowjackets in upstate NY are assholes. Aggressive, no chill buggers. Happily I've only had to deal with a few nests over the years, but there are plenty in the backwoods.

 

[Statius]

They think they own our deck. So pretty asshole like. Squatters! And those fuckers are huge!

 

[NuclearFairy]

The ones round here are huge compared to the ones I grew up with. Doesn't sound like I'd enjoy being around a New York yellow jacket either.

 

[EmilyMiller]

We have adorable cicada killers. They kinda blunder about. They are massive, but totally harmless unless you happen to be a cicada.



Neither my hand nor my deck BTW.