the 19th of the month..what used to be our cake day. -- cakes to the fire departments... was great fun before cov... ,, so what should we do now to lighten the surroundings?? have some pleasent thoughts?? not have a bad day or shoot anyone??? sometimes i wonder how much freedom we are capable of in the first place.. the human ability to make someone else miserable seems in bred. in some. i watch bentley - every day he goes out and checks.. " who pee'd on my tree?. he is not here now but he was not very tall so i will just raise teh bar/leg higher and drown him out". . have you ever watched 2 people fight over a parking place....??? not alot different.
so rather than vent .. i will send out a question to all you who read this...
i have a need for someone with a degree - altho any kind of "klout"( i.e. impressive letter head) would work.... to verify what is -- according to all teh scientific publications i find.... sound gets quieter over distance..."speak up we can't hear in the back of the room" "here comes an ambulance..... and there it goes. " are two great examples...there is a hugely complicated formula.. which. according to the osha office.. (and internet) is simplified to... double the distance from a sound and that sound gets quieter by 6 decibels. all you people sitting home with cov... have at it and write me with what you find. i hate to have to hire someone when we might have the capability in this group. it is in th4e same catagory as gravity makes things fall down....
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i got rid of my peacocks--- i had a few.. teh females were smaller minus that tail so i had a few GIRLS ...I n an avaIRY LIKE .. BUT SMALLER THAN THE G TENT... AND TEH MALES FLEW AROUND -- THEY WERE DESCRIBED LIKE A BUNCH OF DRUNKEN 747'S WHO LIVED ON THE TOP OF BUILDINGS MOSTLY... WHERE THEY SCREAMED WHAT SOUNDED EXACTLY LIKE A WOMAN YELLING "HELP" .. WHEN I FIRST GOT THEM , I NOTIFIED THE POLICE OF THAT SOUND ---- WE ENJOYED THEM FOR YEARS-- WELL ONE PERSON WHO TRIED LIVING IN OUR GUEST HOUSE ENE\DED UP STRINGING A WIRE ACROWW TH PEAK ABOUT 6" HIGH-- TO PREVENT TEH MALES FROM LANDING THERE AND SCREAMING.--- IT MAY STILL BE THERE---
I HAD A PEACOCK CARRYING DEVICE MADE OF 8" PVC PIPE CUT IN HALF== WIITH A 90 DEGREE BEND FOR THE BIRD'S HEAD/NECK-- ADN THE SEMICIRCLE 8" PIPE PROTECTEDD HIS TAIL---WITH A FEW "DOORS HINGED. HERE AND THERE.. AND A HANDLE-- AND WE COUD CARRY HIM INTO MANY BOSTON HOTELS FOR EXHIBIT.. WHERE WE WOULD LET HIM OUT OF THE CARRY ALL INTO A 4' X 8' WAGON/CAGE. ( WHICH WE STILL HAVE AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE...) PEACOCKS FLY... AND FLY VERY WELL..... ONLY ONCE DID HE GET LOOSE.. IN THE ENTRANCE TO A BALLROOM IN ONE OF BOSTON'S FINEST HOTELS.. UNFORTUNATELY THE ENTRANCE WENT UP 4 FLOORS WHICH GAVE MR PEACOCK PLENTY OF ROOM TO EXHIBIT HIS SKILLS.. HE ALSO FOUND THE ENTRANCE TO THE DINING ROOM... WHICH ONLY HAD A 12 ' CIELILNG ----AND EXHIBITED HIS DRUNKEN 747 FLYING HABITS THERE AS WELL... BUT LACKING THE ABILITY TO GET SOME HEIGHT, HE LANDED.... AND MY HIGHLEY SKILLED GROUP OF JANANIE AND HER BU COLLEGE STUDENTS MANAGED TO COLLECT HIM... WITHOUT HIM SHEDDING HIS TAIL !!! AND TOT THE AMUSEMENT OF THE DINERS,, I CAME RUNNING IN WITH MAY PEACOCK CARRYING DEVICE... AND QUIETLY WALKED OUT.. SHOW OVER..( CHECK CASHED)
IN A PREVIOUS DAILY DOGGIE , I TALKED ABOUT CATCHING A MALE PEACOCK IN SOMEONE'S GARAGE ABD HAVING A FIST FULL OF THE LONG FEATHERS AND A GAARAGE FULL OF THUSANDS OF TINY FEATHERES. WHICH IS APPARENTLY THEIR DEFENSE MECHANISM... WHILE THE PEACOCK IS NO BIGGER THAN A NORMAL LARGE CHICKEN - THOSE MILLION ?PIN FEATHERS?" WOULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER IN A DINING ROOM.
SO -----WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD STARTED TO BE DEVELOPED-- I REALIZED OF THE 150 ANIMALS I HAD ON PROPERTY, THOSE PEACOCKS WERE GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
HOW TO FIND THEM A NEW HOME???? WELL THERE IS A HUGE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WAS BEING DEVELOPED INTO A GOLF CLUB. "TURNER HILL...." AND THEIR LOGO WAS..... A PEACOCK..... A PERFECT HOME-- AT LEAST BY MY STANDARDS... SO ONE NIGHT .. IN THE DARKNESS I SET THEM ALL LOOSE.. AND SPREAD OUT A 50 POUND BAG OF FOOD ALONG TEH GOLF COURSE --- FOR THEM TO START ON. ..... TO BE REPLENISHED BY A FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR FOR.A WHILE... . - PEACOCKS ARE WILD.. AND THEY DO VERY WELL ON THIER OWN... AND THEY DID .. SEVERAL YEARS LATER I WAS STILL HEARING STORIES OF PEACOCKS FLYING ABOUT IN A NEIGHBORING TOWN SCREAMING "HELP" .
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHEN I REALIZED " PERFECTION IS HIGHLY OVERRATED" AND SCREW-UPS CAN BE FAR MORE ENTERTAINING. CRAZY ACRES HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED LONG BEFORE THE PEACOCK EPISODE... LIKE THE KIDS CIRCUS... WHO COULD FIGURE THAT DRESS REHERSALS COUDL BE SO CRITICAL???? ... WE DID NOT HAVE A DRESS REHEARSAL FOR THE CIRCUS-- HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT THE FINAL SILK CLOWNS OUTFITS WOULD BE SO SLIPERY THAT IT WOULD MAKE 4 KIDS SLIDE OFF THE REAR OF A HORSE? IT LOOKED PLAnned... ( see amazon books dogs donkeys and circus performers" )
