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Am I officially old now? (1 Viewer)

Beef Ravioli

Beef Ravioli

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I have set up two bird feeders on my back deck and get excited when the birds show up and ticked off when the squirrels show up! I have the squirrel proof feeders, but they still try.

It dawned on me that I must now be old. I could not imagine myself this way five to ten years ago. I’m alright with it too! 

Any other bird feeders/watchers? 
 

By the way, stay off my lawn!

 
Beef Ravioli said:
I have set up two bird feeders on my back deck and get excited when the birds show up and ticked off when the squirrels show up! I have the squirrel proof feeders, but they still try.
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Squirrels hate spicy food. You can buy bird seed with added cayenne pepper or add chili peppers yourself. Birds don’t seem to mind the pepper ingredient capsaicin as it isn’t harmful to them at all.

Or if burning squirrel mouths isn't enough fun, set up a blind and pick them off with a pellet gun. Either way you will feel better about being a cranky old man.

 
I'm 48, father to a 12 and 7 year old. A few weeks ago we were visiting family, and I was talking to my youngest cousin, who's 33. He was telling me about his 26-year-old girlfriend, and mentioned that her parents had her when they were really young.

"I almost don't want to know the answer to this, but how old are her parents?"

"I think they're in their mid-40s."

That was my official entry into old-dom.

 
next step is a suet feeder and you start buying the more expensive hot pepper suet to stop the squirrels...  

 
Leroy Hoard said:
Squirrels hate spicy food. You can buy bird seed with added cayenne pepper or add chili peppers yourself. Birds don’t seem to mind the pepper ingredient capsaicin as it isn’t harmful to them at all.

Or if burning squirrel mouths isn't enough fun, set up a blind and pick them off with a pellet gun. Either way you will feel better about being a cranky old man.
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Pellet gun is on order

 
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Leroy Hoard said:
Squirrels hate spicy food. You can buy bird seed with added cayenne pepper or add chili peppers yourself. Birds don’t seem to mind the pepper ingredient capsaicin as it isn’t harmful to them at all.

Or if burning squirrel mouths isn't enough fun, set up a blind and pick them off with a pellet gun. Either way you will feel better about being a cranky old man.
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good tip!  a quick google search shows it's effective on raccoons too!

 
I did the bird feeder setup this spring as well.  Squirrels are not a problem but the Deer empty them out daily so I'm out.

 
Willy said:
If a bear eats from your feeder, don't yell at her if her cubs are around:

https://www.wisn.com/article/wisconsin-couple-kills-bear-that-attacked-them-in-their-home/40094357#:~:text=May 24%2C 2022-,A Wisconsin couple say they killed a bear that attacked,home in Medford%2C outside Wausau.

tl:dr the bear entered the house through a window and attacked the owners after they yelled at her to get away from the bird feeder.  She had a cub nearby.
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Or if my feeder is near a mountain! 

 
I think having a Chef Boyardee avatar already makes you old, although I would have also approved of Franco-American.

 
zamboni said:
I think having a Chef Boyardee avatar already makes you old, although I would have also approved of Franco-American.
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we could turn this into a Foxworthy-kinda thing.:

"if you cannot pronounce the hyphenated word 'Franco-American" without singing, you are officially old"

 
ignatiusjreilly said:
I'm 48, father to a 12 and 7 year old. A few weeks ago we were visiting family, and I was talking to my youngest cousin, who's 33. He was telling me about his 26-year-old girlfriend, and mentioned that her parents had her when they were really young.

"I almost don't want to know the answer to this, but how old are her parents?"

"I think they're in their mid-40s."

That was my official entry into old-dom.
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my kid hit me with the news that one of her substitute teachers was "really old... like 35, i think?"

 
Yesterday I was in the Department of Corrections to visit a client. I probably do this an average of every month or two. When I leave, I text my wife the same dad joke every time: "Well, fortunately for us, they let me out." 

Yesterday, as I sent this same joke again, I realized I'm now an old, boring, white dad. 

 
Zow said:
Yesterday I was in the Department of Corrections to visit a client. I probably do this an average of every month or two. When I leave, I text my wife the same dad joke every time: "Well, fortunately for us, they let me out." 

Yesterday, as I sent this same joke again, I realized I'm now an old, boring, white dad. 
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I don’t think we can ever have that foot race GB. I’m pretty sure I would blow a hammy right out of the gate. Glad they let you out!

 
I got a shtick going with a smartass young waitress. I sarcastically say "Thank you young lady".  She answers "You're welcome old man".

 
A little over 10 yrs ago (my early 30’s at the time) I was running my restaurant and was chatting with one of my hostess. She’s was 20/21ish at the time. For those that have never worked in F&B it’s a pretty flirty business in general. So we were talking and being flirty (Or so I thought) and Facebook came up. I described how I pretty much only use it to keep in touch with distant friends. Her response….

“yeah that’s how people like you and my mom use it”.

That’s the moment I knew I was old.
 
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ignatiusjreilly said:
I'm 48, father to a 12 and 7 year old. A few weeks ago we were visiting family, and I was talking to my youngest cousin, who's 33. He was telling me about his 26-year-old girlfriend, and mentioned that her parents had her when they were really young.

"I almost don't want to know the answer to this, but how old are her parents?"

"I think they're in their mid-40s."

That was my official entry into old-dom.
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 Kids make you feel young, until they reach milestones like finishing college and turning 30. I'm there! My kids tell me the usual, that 60 is the new 50, and for them 30 is the new 21.

I used to have retirees work for me making phone calls for research and entering data, before privacy became such a big thing, back in the 1990s and early 2000s. Having purpose in life made them feel younger, or maybe feeling young in life gave them energy and motivation to do something. One of them we called mom was sharp until an aneurysm got the best of her at age 90. She bought a new sewing machine at age 88. Brilliant lady who developed her own shorthand while working for a factor in NYC.

@Beef Raviolido you have a nice camera to take pictures of the birds and critters in your backyard? Maybe post them on social media?

 
Sizzle N’ Heat

Works wonders. Bird don’t have saliva glands but squirrels do. For the first bag load your feeder 100% with this stuff. After that load in fifty/fifty with other stuff.

After about a month you can go back to your normal food. How do I know all this stuff? I’m old.

:bag:

 
It is hilarious that this came up because my wife was just telling me the other night that she wants to get a bird feeder so she can watch birds while out on the deck.  Any recommendations from the other old farts in here?  No trees in our back yard so will buy a pole to put it on.  Benefit of no trees is also no squirrels but I am sure the little ####s will still find it.

 
snellman said:
It is hilarious that this came up because my wife was just telling me the other night that she wants to get a bird feeder so she can watch birds while out on the deck.  Any recommendations from the other old farts in here?  No trees in our back yard so will buy a pole to put it on.  Benefit of no trees is also no squirrels but I am sure the little ####s will still find it.
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I mounted this to the railing  of my deck. 

Juegoal Heavy Duty Deck Hook, https://a.co/d/9hgLiFP

This is the feeder we got. Makes it more difficult for the squirrels.

Perky-Pet 336-1SR Squirrel-Be-Gone Bird Feeder, 2LB Squirrel Proof Outdoor Wild Bird Feeder with Weight-Activated Perches https://a.co/d/3K3FzpV

 Takes a few days for the birds to figure out there is a food source.

 
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The lady who does my pedicures is very attractive. I'm horrible with ages, but she is probably in her 40s somewhere since she has a kid in college. I just turned 60. Anyway, she said to me last time I went "you need a girlfriend to take care of you". I said "you offering?". She said "my mother is single" :bag:

I love sitting on my deck, listening to music and watching birds.

My mother told me one time that "you were born 55 years old".

 
I got hooked about 3 years ago when I was redoing my yard and decided to put an old bird bath I'd been lugging around for years under the tree next to my back patio.  After doing that I thought "well, I need a bird feeder too" and it was on.  I got pretty excited trying different types of food and seeing new types of birds.  I think I've seen three different species of woodpecker.  Pigeons and squirrels are now the bane of my existence.  I wouldn't mind it if they would just eat their share, but they completely blow everything up.  I tried using cayenne pepper but didn't have much luck, but I'll try that special seed and see how it goes.

Now that I'm traveling for two months at a time I haven't paid as much attention when home, just sort of try to keep something in the feeder here and there.

 
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