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[naydi]

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[BobbyandAlexRock]

Good morning everyone! What a gorgeous day it is here in good ol Jersey! What a difference 4 days makes! I LOVE this Beautiful Spring weather! I hope eveyone has a wonderful weekend!!

[krodgers]

Wallpapers are not avatars. KR, just download a picture from a site you like and translate it into an avatar. The software is right there with the directions to make an avatar in your control panel.

You're already changed your avatar half a dozen times, I can't imagine that you don't already know how to do this. Stop pulling my leg!

Hello 'stefani'! I have changed it alot because that doesn't take a rocket scientist to do. I'm not pulling anyone's lg,so you think.

[BobbyandAlexRock]

Hi everyone. It is really beautiful outside! I didn't want to come back to work when my lunch break was over! Less than an hour to go until I go home!! Tonight, I'm going to a demostration called 'Tastefully Simple' at my cousin's house. Its a great party demostration if you like food and spices. Tomorrow, I'm going to a bridal shower and then no clue for Sunday. Have a nice weekend where ever you all are!!

[stefanl]

Hey! They've changed the "Web Exclusives" and the "Highlight of the Day of the Last Four Months" to the right over here!

Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! Or aunt, actually.

[peachybc]

Having minor computer irritations this morning. NBC.com and I are not communicating very well. Can't get the personal photo or the Avatar changes to take -- no matter how many times I've tried!

Then a couple of weeks ago I downloaded IE 7. Turns out this sucker has a few glitches. One being the lovely, simple remove all temp internet files button does NOT work! You have clear out the temp cache file manually. Grumble, grumble. You think MS would have fixed that problem by now with all the recent updates they've been sending down!

Peachy (slightly annoyed at the moment)

[stefanl]

Having minor computer irritations this morning. NBC.com and I are not communicating very well. Can't get the personal photo or the Avatar changes to take -- no matter how many times I've tried!

Then a couple of weeks ago I downloaded IE 7. Turns out this sucker has a few glitches. One being the lovely, simple remove all temp internet files button does NOT work! You have clear out the temp cache file manually. Grumble, grumble. You think MS would have fixed that problem by now with all the recent updates they've been sending down!

Peachy (slightly annoyed at the moment)

Oh, I'm hearin' ya, sweetie. I was just not thinking when I downloaded IE 7, with its chirpy "we have upgrades for your computer" screen. The only good thing about it is that tab feature but that doesn't begin to atone for its other sins. I can't stand what it's done to my desktop. I'm still not used to it and it's been at least a couple of months!

[peachybc]

Oh, I'm hearin' ya, sweetie. I was just not thinking when I downloaded IE 7, with its chirpy "we have upgrades for your computer" screen. The only good thing about it is that tab feature but that doesn't begin to atone for its other sins. I can't stand what it's done to my desktop. I'm still not used to it and it's been at least a couple of months!

Linda, are you saying your IE7 delete temp files tab button works?! I haven't had any other complaints about IE 7 but that nonfunctioning feature. Everything else seems to be cool.
Peachy

[stefanl]

Linda, are you saying your IE7 delete temp files tab button works?! I haven't had any other complaints about IE 7 but that nonfunctioning feature. Everything else seems to be cool.
Peachy

Haven't actually tried deleting internet temp files any other way than through the C drive. I was referring to the New Tab feature that opens a new browser window without closing the current one or having you open an entirely new browser from the desktop.

Sorry if I got your hopes up.

[stefanl]

Ah, spring in New Jersey, and that crazy woodpecker is using my downspouts as a sounding board again.

I've got this wacky woodpecker that uses my gutters and downspouts, because they resonate so beautifully?! through the neighborhood as he lets the other, non-house-obsessed woodpeckers know my yard is his territory. For all I know, it's the same one that flies repeatedly into the picture window at the front of the house. We won't even go into the mess on my car!

To be specific, it's a northern flicker, and I understand why it does what it does. That doesn't make it any less silly, considering there's a Home Depot two miles away with acres of home improvement stuff to tap on.

Taping up stuff to keep him from flying into my window doesn't help and never has. I'm always amazed he doesn't break his birdie neck.

[rowenaaine]

Ah, spring in New Jersey, and that crazy woodpecker is using my downspouts as a sounding board again.

It would almost be sweet if it wasn't so annoying for you, Linda. Do you feed the birds on your property? I'm wondering if he bullies other kinds of birds. How funny that he has to return to your house.

I don't have a woodpecker, but I do have a fishpond on my property. Fish go dormant in the winter, staying down at the bottom of the pond in hibernation while the top several inches freeze over. This past week they "woke up" so to speak, and I resumed feeding them. (You don't feed them while dormant.) And much to my surprise, there were no longer nine fish in there...there were fourteen! Five tiny babies came to the top of the water to eat. Guess those original nine fish weren't all that dormant after all. LOL

I'm glad it's spring!

[stefanl]

It would almost be sweet if it wasn't so annoying for you, Linda. Do you feed the birds on your property? I'm wondering if he bullies other kinds of birds. How funny that he has to return to your house.
I'm glad it's spring!

Each of the backyards in my neighborhood has an old tree that's at least 100+ feet tall so there's a lot of dead wood up there for bugs to feast on. He's perfectly happy to let the other woodpeckers in the neighborhood have their own trees. He has my house (and my tree) all to himself.

If those trees decide to play a gigantic game of dominoes, my house and my neighbors' will not be on the winning side, if you get my drift.

[rowenaaine]

Each of the backyards in my neighborhood has an old tree that's at least 100+ feet tall so there's a lot of dead wood up there for bugs to feast on. He's perfectly happy to let the other woodpeckers in the neighborhood have their own trees. He has my house (and my tree) all to himself.

If those trees decide to play a gigantic game of dominoes, my house and my neighbors' will not be on the winning side, if you get my drift.

YIKES! I hadn't thought of that. What can be done? Should people cut down the trees or can someone come and do something to deter the woodpeckers??

My father-in-law had a woodpecker knocking on the side of the house for years. But he didn't do any damage.

rowe

[peachybc]

Linda,

Your woodpecker story made me laugh. It sounds like our Redheaded woodpeckers here. They are raucous tweeties with their loud "Whir, whir" call and their love of finding aluminum or anything metallic to drill on and loudly declare territory. For us it's the metal fireplace top cap. That echoes like crazy like a giant, tinny gong! "Oh boy! Listen to that, will ya," says tweetie!

Whenever possible, it's best to leave dead trees up. They provide sources of food and nesting for many critters. It's all part of the natural balance of nature. If your home is threatened though by an unexpected "T I M B E R!" by all means take the dangerous thing down!
PeachyBC

[Mari Welsh]

I'm lucky, none of my woodpeckers play the 1812 Overture on my house...mind you, this could be because the deranged red squirrel who lives in the garden terrorizes every living thing within a mile to maintian her position as boss! She is the squirrel version of Frank Nitti! It would be very hard for ny of the birds, or the other squirrels, or the other assorted animals to compete. She is sitting on the window ledge punching the glass and making little noises halfway between a grunt and a squeak that I think are squirrel swear words! I am quite terrified of this little girl, however, on the other hand, she is one of the cutest things I've ever seen in my life!
Mari

[stefanl]

I'm lucky, none of my woodpeckers play the 1812 Overture on my house...mind you, this could be because the deranged red squirrel who lives in the garden terrorizes every living thing within a mile to maintian her position as boss! She is the squirrel version of Frank Nitti! It would be very hard for ny of the birds, or the other squirrels, or the other assorted animals to compete. She is sitting on the window ledge punching the glass and making little noises halfway between a grunt and a squeak that I think are squirrel swear words! I am quite terrified of this little girl, however, on the other hand, she is one of the cutest things I've ever seen in my life!
Mari

You're saying she's the enforcer squirrel for an underworld rodent mafia. A raffia, if you will?!

Or is this squirrel the capo di tutti capi?

This answers so many questions about the grey squirrels in my neighborhood. When the guy across the street flew that Canadian flag during a hockey game, they were stepping gingerly around his property and "burying nuts" in the mulch. Do you think they were leaving tribute? Could her reputation have spread this far?

[Mari Welsh]

You're saying she's the enforcer squirrel for an underworld rodent mafia. A raffia, if you will?!

Or is this squirrel the capo di tutti capi?

This answers so many questions about the grey squirrels in my neighborhood. When the guy across the street flew that Canadian flag during a hockey game, they were stepping gingerly around his property and "burying nuts" in the mulch. Do you think they were leaving tribute? Could her reputation have spread this far?

Look, I, I, I've already said too much...the last bird that squealed was fitted for a Chicago overcoat before the end of the day...I just, you know, you should have, ...a warning...

[stefanl]

Weird piece I found in my EW this week. NBC is releasing the entire 13 episode run of the show "Kidnapped" that was pulled from the schedule only 5 shows in. They actually finished filming the entire season even after it was yanked and have released the DVD.

I know I've read how lousy the show's ratings were by some people in their posts and I lived through them from week to week. I was one of the 8 people who actually watched the show. I wonder if those posters actually bothered to watch the show or if they were just parroting the words of reviewers like that drip, Ausiello, from the TV Guide.

EW's review of the season gives it an A-.

[rowenaaine]

Whenever possible, it's best to leave dead trees up. They provide sources of food and nesting for many critters. It's all part of the natural balance of nature. If your home is threatened though by an unexpected "T I M B E R!" by all means take the dangerous thing down!
PeachyBC

Peachy, having NOTHING to do with your post...is that lovely new avatar a picture of one of your very own blooms in the garden? It is just stunning!

rowe

[Mari Welsh]

You're saying she's the enforcer squirrel for an underworld rodent mafia. A raffia, if you will?!

Or is this squirrel the capo di tutti capi?

This answers so many questions about the grey squirrels in my neighborhood. When the guy across the street flew that Canadian flag during a hockey game, they were stepping gingerly around his property and "burying nuts" in the mulch. Do you think they were leaving tribute? Could her reputation have spread this far?

With the weather improvement, my DSL is letting me open another window....just managed to see the link. Ahhhhh! How did you know? Be honest, that's the wanted poster, isn't it! I knew it! There's probably a reward! Very good, very good!
Mari