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ok....back to bird talk....why don't mine talk? They just look at me like entertainment I read somewhere that if you have two it's harder to get them to talk cause they communicate with each other. I have them between my front room and hair salon (used to be dining room). I kinda figured the first sound they would make would be blow drying noises. They don't even do that. Which I should be thankful for. Wish I could have trained them to say something.

Peace and love and chill to all

Daughter thought a 10+ year old male sun conure.

So far this week she has laid 2 eggs.

remember Pedro...the carrier that landed in my backyard and stayed for awhile. Should have kept him. We do have owls in the neighborhood, maybe I'll try to catch him...lol

What do they say besides hoot...or as patty would say.......hootie hoot. At least I think that's what she say

I sometimes deliver for Meal on Wheels. It doesn't take long and everyone is very nice and happy to see you.

dutchris....meals on wheels is great. I cook a little extra if I am doing soup or a casserole and deliver to my widowed or newly divorced friends. Or wait for them to get their hair done by me, and pull something out of freezer. That's my lazy way to do meal on wheels...lo

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JWoo,

jWoo, just saw the video.......always telling my hubby to knock it off....he enjoyed it more than me...lol loved the words....very funny.....gotta send it to my daughter...thank

Unplug the mouse then plug it back in Sas

It is from some Disney movie that came out last year. Pretty annoying at this point, but the parodies are funny, and I thought that one was the funniest of the potty humor ones

Teka, my first parakeet was the color of the water at St. Thomas, so I named him Thomas. However, he never got that blue coloring where the nostrils are; so for most all her life, she was a parakeet named Thomas. She died of a tumor on her testicles. LOL. It's tough with birds. So, Spookie, one of the primary ways of determining the sex of a bird is how much they verbalize. Verbalization can be whistling, tweetling, or mimicking sounds, including words. If, in the first six months of life, the bird starts verbalizing a good bit, tapping its beak a lot, bopping its head, these are all signs that the bird is male. Of course, nothing is an all the time thing. Thomas wasn't terribly verbal, but he was my first bird and I did everything wrong with him. He was probably terrified poor thing. A couple of my parakeets have been vocal (but did not mimic), and a couple were not terribly vocal. I guess they did all get going at times though. I never got any eggs from them. I assumed they were male, but Soebe is different from those others. Soebe has the deep blue cere. None of my other parakeets did. However, we know Thomas was male due to what killed him. Soebe is the most vocal parakeet I ever had. Between him mimicking Dusty and Dusty mimicking him and the two of them mimicking me and my neighbor's dog, I don't know who is making all the noise half the time.

sorry beaxhbum, wish I had some good info for you. I know the people I have met in all the fundraising areas...walks, runs, and we have college basketball games, and hockey games we are invited to from the msnbc site. It's always a mixed group and everyone is very supportive. Maybe that could be a start of a connection to someone who would know someone . Hope you have events like that around you.

I had an aquarium to once. Salt water and all. It was very pretty.

My house would be a zoo if hubby let me.....lol.....I miss my snake

Beachbum, yes he is a total jerk. I, too, am single. When I think about dating, I first run into the body image thing from the mastectomy. When I overcome that, figuring anyone bothered by that isn't worth bothering with, I run into the stage iv wall. Maybe if I get a better idea of how treatments are working, I can move past that. My latest scans show mixed results with lots of bone mets getting better but some new ones showing up. I look forward to reading some of the answers you get. I just really want a friend. Someone to grab a bite to eat or a cup of coffee with. I miss Richard, who I was spending some time with. He was married, so it really was just friendship. However, he finally was able to move back to Lebanon, where his family had been for about a year while he was trying to get his house sold. I'm disappointed that he hasn't skyped or emailed. Sometimes I'm down right angry. I get let down so easily.

Beachbum,

The Single life after a mastectomy thread. You'll enjoy visiting with *Jazzygirl*.