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Edit: to Muteswan re: cage feeder. . My only reservation with something like that is the small birds become jailbirds if an apex predator rocks up and waits for them. But the sloped base is exactly what I think will work.

I bought some magpie/squirrel-proof bird feeders for nuts. They work in that respect but they have sealed bottoms, meaning water collects in the base of the feeders and rots the nuts. They're a PITA to clean, then the next time it rains I've got to do it again. Anyone got any suggestions for...

If you're Facebook friends with someone who posts some anti-American stuff then you're at risk of being refused admission. Here's one that kind of amused me (in a facepalm way): https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-16810312.amp They've been asking for one's social media account details on the...

Enjoy your trip, @Pacemaker though if you can stretch to a helicopter transfer rather than sailing direct from South America that, I'm told, is a worthy investment 😀. I'm put off visiting the US at present. The thought, no matter how ludicrous it seems, of a border guard showing me printouts of...

Even though the Chiefs seem out of sorts, I figured the Raiders' woes are several degrees greater, and so it proved. 31-0. I can find no positives from this latest debacle.

People who, instead of answering a question with "yes" or "I agree" decide to go with "100 per cent". Twats.

Dog walkers who feed my dog. Especially the ones who hear me telling them "please do not feed my dog" then feed him anyway. No. training is not going well. Unless other park users enjoy having a dog bouncing up at them like Tigger, in which case it's going brilliantly.

There’s a pelican crossing near the mosque in Sketty seemingly designed for maximum inconvenience. It only turns red about ten seconds after the road’s gone quiet — by which time the pedestrians have already crossed. Then, just as traffic returns, the lights go red and drivers sit staring at an...

But yeah. Re: bad weather. We've got dogs, so regardless of the weather they need to go out. Initially I hated the walks in driving rain but you know what? I've grown to love them. There's way less tw@ts out and about, my raincoat is the dog's b0ll0x. I get home afterwards and I'm pumped. It's...

There's a three-way set of temporary traffic lights outside the Roger Blackmore garage in Sketty. But apart from the three sets of lights, each guarded by a couple of cones, there's no sign of any roadworks having started or imminent. Queues of cars along Gower Road...

I've been a Raiders fan since stumbling upon them during Channel 4's NFL coverage of the strike-shortened 1982 season. I lived within reasonably easy reach of their home grounds in the 1990s so got to attend a few games. The atmosphere at these matches was always edgy (at a minimum) and...

I am trying to see the positives for the Raiders. They shut out the Colts in quarters 1 and 4. There. That's the positives.

The Newsreader on iplayer. Maybe I mentioned it when series 1 was on. Now it's up to series 3. It's an Aussie drama centred, as you'll have guessed, in a TV newsroom. The characters are strong, flawed, likeable. Look out for the head of the newsroom. I won't say too much about him. He's a...

Supermarket shoppers who pick stuff up then deposit it in random aisles. Lidl earlier. I was in the hardware section (gardening stuff, drill attachments etc). And there in amongst it is a big bag of carrots. Presumably some well-intentioned vitamin A junkie got distracted by a welding mask...