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Re: Global Holidays and Celebrations
« Reply #375 on: December 23, 2023, 05:06:13 PM »
Quote from: Jitter on December 23, 2023, 05:04:06 PM
Ouch, that is a lot of damage! I wonder how much straw has to left for them to still consider it survival
Well the frame is in place.  It does look a bit sad though
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Re: Global Holidays and Celebrations
« Reply #376 on: December 23, 2023, 05:19:22 PM »
But the frame remains even when it gets burned, and that is not considered survival. So at least some straw must be required.
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Re: Global Holidays and Celebrations
« Reply #377 on: December 23, 2023, 06:27:03 PM »
Quote from: Jitter on December 23, 2023, 05:19:22 PM
But the frame remains even when it gets burned, and that is not considered survival. So at least some straw must be required.
i did not know that.  I thought when the thing burned it was pretty totaled
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Re: Global Holidays and Celebrations
« Reply #378 on: December 24, 2023, 05:30:45 AM »
Suomen Turku on julistanut joulurauhan.

Åbo utlyste julfreden.

Turku has declared Yule Peace (ok ok Christmas Peace).

This year, again, we long for peace on Earth, and again it is but a distant dream. Merry and/or peaceful Christmas to all who celebrate, and patience with the silliness for the rest.

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Re: Global Holidays and Celebrations
« Reply #379 on: December 25, 2023, 05:37:26 AM »
Quote from: Jitter on December 23, 2023, 05:19:22 PM
But the frame remains even when it gets burned, and that is not considered survival. So at least some straw must be required.
... you do realize that you're essentially inviting people to demonstrate in person how having the straw set ablaze around you feels a wee bit different, don't you? o_O

Quote from: Jitter on December 24, 2023, 05:30:45 AM
This year, again, we long for peace on Earth, and again it is but a distant dream. Merry and/or peaceful Christmas to all who celebrate, and patience with the silliness for the rest.
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Merry Christmas everyone!
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Re: Global Holidays and Celebrations
« Reply #380 on: December 26, 2023, 02:49:47 AM »
Our goat has made it past Christmas, so to speak.
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Re: Global Holidays and Celebrations
« Reply #381 on: December 30, 2023, 02:12:56 AM »
Aaaaand it's official, the 2023 Goat's status is 'Destroyed, by jackdaws'.  Nobody had that on their bingo card, i'll warrant.
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Re: Global Holidays and Celebrations
« Reply #382 on: December 30, 2023, 05:02:11 AM »
Quote from: wavewright62 on December 30, 2023, 02:12:56 AM
Aaaaand it's official, the 2023 Goat's status is 'Destroyed, by jackdaws'.  Nobody had that on their bingo card, i'll warrant.
Those diagonal lines going to the top of the horns seem to be new ... did they seriously think the goat'd need more guy ropes for the last couple days? Because jackdaws are into post-festivities goat(-skeleton)-tipping, or what??

[awaits release of a movie titled "Piranhadaws"]

Edit to add: ... do you think they'd be open to the suggestion of making the goat's skeleton more realistic in the future?
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Re: Global Holidays and Celebrations
« Reply #383 on: December 31, 2023, 02:37:07 AM »
The diagonals are flare from the lights, not guy ropes.  After spending several years in Michigan (where in the northern parts of the state they hang deer carcasses as bird feeders in the backyards), I'm not in a hurry to see a realistic skeleton emerge.
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Re: Global Holidays and Celebrations
« Reply #384 on: December 31, 2023, 04:31:54 AM »
Quote from: wavewright62 on December 31, 2023, 02:37:07 AM
(where in the northern parts of the state they hang deer carcasses as bird feeders in the backyards)
Er ... pray tell, what kinda birds do they have there? Flying buzz-saw-ards? O_O
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Re: Global Holidays and Celebrations
« Reply #385 on: December 31, 2023, 05:35:40 AM »
hahahah no, just 'normal' blue jays & cardinals, grackles & chickadees etc. Deer hunting is very popular there, as it is in many places where deer are native in North America. 
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The carcasses have the choice cuts taken from them for the freezer (I don't know if it's still the case, but you couldn't buy venison in stores, you had to know a hunter), and the rest gets hung on trees like giant suet bells. They're mostly going to stay frozen all winter, providing the birds that don't migrate with a nutritious food source in the harsh winters.  They're stripped to a skeleton by spring thaw. 
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Re: Global Holidays and Celebrations
« Reply #386 on: December 31, 2023, 05:39:50 AM »
Well, some parts of Earth are already in 2024*  O_O

Happy new year  May this one be better for each of you**! <3

*: Still sounds a bit like a science fiction movie, but I'll get used to it...
**: and for me too. I could definitively use a good year  ;D

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Re: Global Holidays and Celebrations
« Reply #387 on: December 31, 2023, 07:08:30 AM »
52 minutes to go to 2024 in Australia. I'll let you know what it's like when I get there.
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Re: Global Holidays and Celebrations
« Reply #388 on: December 31, 2023, 09:17:48 AM »
Quote from: Yastreb on December 31, 2023, 07:08:30 AM
52 minutes to go to 2024 in Australia. I'll let you know what it's like when I get there.
So, how does 2024 look like?
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Re: Global Holidays and Celebrations
« Reply #389 on: December 31, 2023, 10:26:09 AM »
Wavewright, that's interesting. Deer hunting's pretty popular around here too, and so is birdfeeding, but I've never seen the deer carcasses hung out for the birds.
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