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General => Humour => Topic started by: Athame57 on October 26, 2020, 07:37:34 PM

Title: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Athame57 on October 26, 2020, 07:37:34 PM: (https://scontent.flhr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/122496844_10158838261820477_6759193132609928656_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=wTS5WY6FYmMAX8ygfSv&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr1-1.fna&oh=1104a86f3e0a68d008d419f97b23d608&oe=5FBEA039)
Can you see him yet?
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Johnny4428 on October 26, 2020, 08:17:17 PM: Nice mascot! Reminds me a bit of the tigers tails used to get from Esso petrol stations.
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: SteveW on October 26, 2020, 08:28:19 PM: Zoom in on the squirrels eyes, looks like something out of The Exorcist.
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: K2-K6 on October 26, 2020, 08:36:21 PM: We had a increasing sized family living in our garage which had to be removed.

They made quite a home in there, very effective and clean it seems. A proper squirrel-opolis with lounge areas and everything.

BUT they wreak absolute havoc on most other things, peculiarly anything with oil or fuel in it! They appear to love gear oil and brake fluid containers and any plastics of red orange colour.

Went to start my vintage Japanese hedge cutter, opened the fuel tank to have a look inside, could see something moving, realized it was my boots. They'd eaten all of the underside of the fuel tank, gone in it's entirety, just top half left.

That one looks like he's sizing up you front brake system, keep an eye on him ;D
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Johnny4428 on October 26, 2020, 09:39:12 PM: Didn’t realise they were that destructive!
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Athame57 on October 26, 2020, 10:03:03 PM: Quote from: K2-K6 on October 26, 2020, 08:36:21 PM
That one looks like he's sizing up you front brake system, keep an eye on him ;D
I doubt it, probably guarding it for me! I'm the local squirrel hero you know, I feed them, they are allowed in my house and I've hand reared three infants!
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Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: K2-K6 on October 26, 2020, 10:15:00 PM: Interesting, they are cheeky things.

I thought that they have to keep gnawing to maintain front teeth health and deal with too much growth, unsure if that's accurate. They also stripped the vinyl covering from electrical ring main wiring too. Those semi hard plastics seem irresistible to them.

We get a whole raft of small birds now living in the hedgerows since the squirrels moved out. They apparently take nesting birds eggs and so depleat mixed bird populations.
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Athame57 on October 26, 2020, 10:26:51 PM: Quote from: K2-K6 on October 26, 2020, 10:15:00 PM
They apparently take nesting birds eggs and so depleat mixed bird populations.
Anti-squirrel lobby propaganda... that is a rare thing. I couldn't even get mine to eat quails eggs! They love a bit of cheese though............. (https://scontent.flhr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/15724772_10154856552790477_1982550225318332583_o.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=2&_nc_sid=cdbe9c&_nc_ohc=6V9b7c7TvHIAX8RMai_&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr1-1.fna&oh=90b7b0ab60da71b3a18519aa9a489b68&oe=5FBC55C6)
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Laverda Dave on October 26, 2020, 10:42:13 PM: Rats with tails. Don't ever get them living in your loft as we did. They only came in at night to sleep but the damage they caused cost a lot of money to rectify. They gnawed through three 4x2 roof joists reducing them to matchsticks! After a couple of weeks we called a pest company who set traps. We didn't catch any but if they did regulations require they are to be killed as not allowed to be set free once caught, very strange!
Squirrels are very sociable animals, they actually huddle together at night to keep warm but come dawn and they will fight each other to death as they are very territorial.
Why people think they are cute and cuddly is beyond me, they steal nesting birds eggs and are classed as vermin. Grey squirrels have decimated our own red squirrel population. Another great idea to introduce a species that kills our own just like crayfish and Japanese knotweed introduced by Kew Gardens as an easy to care for flowering plant aimed at people who didn't like gardening!
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Athame57 on October 26, 2020, 10:55:34 PM: Quote from: Laverda Dave on October 26, 2020, 10:42:13 PM
Rats with tails.
I never did see a rat without a tail! The Red Squirrel thing is blown far and away out of proportion, WE are the reason reds are declining. Sorry about your roof mate, why didn't you send them a bill? You do get naughty ones!
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: bobv7 on October 26, 2020, 11:24:09 PM: One of the very few creatures I prefer to see through a telescopic sight. Total vermin and nasty little bastards.
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Athame57 on October 26, 2020, 11:29:27 PM: Quote from: bobv7 on October 26, 2020, 11:24:09 PM
One of the very few creatures I prefer to see through a telescopic sight. Total vermin and nasty little bastards.
You had better look out!
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Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: bobv7 on October 26, 2020, 11:40:25 PM: Still rather vulnerable to be hit to the covers with a sturdy Slazenger V12. Satisfying and a lot quieter! 8)
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: ka-ja on October 27, 2020, 09:25:13 AM: Grey tree rats, in the same class as wood pigeons-vermin.
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: steff750 on October 27, 2020, 09:29:08 AM: Quote
Grey tree rats, in the same class as wood pigeons-vermin.

;) and just as nice .too eat :P
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: K2-K6 on October 27, 2020, 09:44:29 AM: https://youtu.be/DqJqZ12cEd0
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: bobv7 on October 27, 2020, 10:23:23 AM: These cutesy wootsy US imports carry a virus to which they are immune but which has decimated the native red squirrel. They also cause a great deal of carnage among nesting birds by eating their eggs and young, plus as had been said, you wouldn't want them in your loft chomping their way through electrical circuits. Hard to really see an up side to them being introduced into the UK, so maybe the answer is to create a market amongst the trendy Hoxston Hipsters lot for free range squirrel burgers? If only they could get Nigella Lawson to front it!:P
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on October 27, 2020, 10:32:48 AM: My Springer has caught a squirrel or two in his time.

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Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Athame57 on October 27, 2020, 12:09:35 PM: 21st January isn't so far away! ;D
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Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on October 27, 2020, 01:23:45 PM: I'll tell Ziggy (Springer) to appreciate them more :)
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: bobv7 on October 27, 2020, 01:27:51 PM: [attach=1]
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Lynx on October 29, 2020, 04:14:17 PM: I prefer them to the mice in my garage. Hopefully they are not filling my airboxes now (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201029/634f9b3a008cf109bc4afa5b06aa5229.jpg)

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Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Greg65 on October 29, 2020, 07:44:52 PM: While I was working on the engine I had the exhaust stored under the work bench. Two bolts vanished and could not be found. When it came to fitting the exhaust I found the two bolts and a heap of peanuts stolen from the bird food bin and stored in the exhaust. 10 min of vigorous shaking removed all foreign objects!
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Lynx on October 29, 2020, 07:57:34 PM: So they like nuts and bolts!

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Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: bobv7 on October 29, 2020, 11:08:53 PM: https://www.wildmeat.co.uk/blogs/recipes/spatchcock-bbq-squirrel

In these times of hardship it just seems a pity to waste anything.
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Greg65 on October 30, 2020, 10:21:27 PM: Sorry, can’t resist.
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Nurse Julie on October 30, 2020, 10:58:50 PM: Quote from: Greg65 on October 30, 2020, 10:21:27 PM
Sorry, can’t resist.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
We have a Whippet / Collie Lurcher who is partial to squirrel
😢😢😢 and tennis balls 😁😁😁

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Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: smoothoperator on October 31, 2020, 12:00:30 PM: Another Squirrel population reducer, Millie our rescued lurcher.
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on October 31, 2020, 12:53:11 PM: Ziggy normally prefers mice.

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Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Athame57 on October 31, 2020, 03:14:20 PM: (https://www.funny-jokes.com/fun_pictures/squirrel_dog1.jpg)
Mum to the rescue!
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: bobv7 on October 31, 2020, 05:14:16 PM: See, vicious little bastards! >:(
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Athame57 on October 31, 2020, 06:23:38 PM: Quote from: bobv7 on October 31, 2020, 05:14:16 PM
See, vicious little bastards! >:(
Mum defending kid from dog attack? I certainly didn't need a dog at the door.... ;)

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Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: K2-K6 on October 31, 2020, 06:38:36 PM: He's just a distraction while his mates are stripping the ring main of insulation ;D
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Athame57 on October 31, 2020, 07:05:10 PM: Quote from: K2-K6 on October 31, 2020, 06:38:36 PM
He's just a distraction while his mates are stripping the ring main of insulation ;D
HE is a SHE called Bonnie.
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: bobv7 on October 31, 2020, 08:22:18 PM: Oh dear, he's given a squirrel a name. Inevitable I suppose that lock down has started to have some effects. :'(
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Greg65 on October 31, 2020, 08:47:01 PM: Squirrel lookout duties....
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Lobo on October 31, 2020, 10:18:27 PM: Recently watched a very depressing, “A life on our Planet”, by David Attenborough.

Difficult to level accusations of wanton destruction at squirrels 🐿 (!)

Anyways, if not seen it, worth a look - tho’ perhaps not with the grand kids 🙁
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on November 01, 2020, 06:47:32 AM: We watched that last weekend.

Made me think about being a veggie
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Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: AshimotoK0 on November 01, 2020, 08:07:24 AM: Quote from: SteveD CB500K0 on October 27, 2020, 10:32:48 AM
My Springer has caught a squirrel or two in his time.

Nah! Steve he's just looking out for his mates Weird & Gilly ;D
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on November 01, 2020, 08:53:00 AM: We do have a puppy called Stardust.

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Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: AshimotoK0 on November 01, 2020, 10:25:57 AM: Quote from: SteveD CB500K0 on November 01, 2020, 08:53:00 AM
We do have a puppy called Stardust.

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You need too call the next one Vince ;D ..Ziggy Stardust=Vince Taylor

Went to see him at Bridlington Spa 1973 .. B*st*rd doorman/bouncer confiscated my spark plug spanner .. said it was a weapon ..was actually used all the time on my 175 sloper, that I went to concert on, 'cos it kept oiling up the LH plug. A week later Ziggy was dead.
Title: Re: Nutter seen in London on a Honda CB400F2
Post by: Lynx on November 01, 2020, 10:33:48 AM: The doorman killed Ziggy Stardust with your sparkplug spanner?!

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