Comments on: There Goes the Neighborhood http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/ More than you ever wanted to hear from Bestselling Author Jenny Crusie. Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Night Diva Maria http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-997 Night Diva Maria Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:36:50 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-997 Great post! LOL Divas sent me over for a look :D yeah vultures. Glad everyone has cleared that up ;) So my two cents that aren't worth half a penny? Watch Mackenna's Gold. A movie with...I think it was Robert Michum in it. The beginning is telling about a turkey buzzard in a really lovely song. (Yeah I got the point that they're black vultures ;) I'm just sharing :D ) Anyway great movie theme related :D Great post! LOL
Divas sent me over for a look :D
yeah vultures. Glad everyone has cleared that up ;) So my two cents that aren’t worth half a penny?

Watch Mackenna’s Gold. A movie with…I think it was Robert Michum in it. The beginning is telling about a turkey buzzard in a really lovely song. (Yeah I got the point that they’re black vultures ;) I’m just sharing :D ) Anyway great movie theme related :D

]]> By: talpianna http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-996 talpianna Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:36:02 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-996 OH: As I posted above: Jenny, I heard from The Vulture Guy: Your friend has black vultures. They are cousins of the Turkey Vulture, and very commonly found in urbanized environments. These birds are not to be feared - In fact, they are extremely intelligent, playful, and fun to watch. ~RMV Not unlike the CherryBombs, in fact. daotciz -- Do act, Orangehands; Talpianna's cleaning is eZy. OH: As I posted above:

Jenny, I heard from The Vulture Guy:

Your friend has black vultures. They are cousins of the Turkey Vulture, and very commonly found in urbanized environments. These birds are not to be feared – In fact, they are extremely intelligent, playful, and fun to watch.

~RMV

Not unlike the CherryBombs, in fact.

daotciz — Do act, Orangehands; Talpianna’s cleaning is eZy.

]]> By: orangehands http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-995 orangehands Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:34:35 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-995 tal says "they are actually black vultures, not teenaged turkey vultures. That's an improvement. I think." at least until they start flying overhead....can you really improve from one vulture to another? btuda: great story. LOL. tal says “they are actually black vultures, not teenaged turkey vultures. That’s an improvement. I think.”

at least until they start flying overhead….can you really improve from one vulture to another?

btuda: great story. LOL.

]]> By: talpianna http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-994 talpianna Sat, 22 Jul 2006 16:34:04 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-994 Anonymous, you're too late at the fair. An expert who runs a website on vultures took a look and says they are actually black vultures, not teenaged turkey vultures. That's an improvement. I think. eqcdo -- Even queens call Doherty omnipotent. Anonymous, you’re too late at the fair. An expert who runs a website on vultures took a look and says they are actually black vultures, not teenaged turkey vultures. That’s an improvement.

I think.

eqcdo — Even queens call Doherty omnipotent.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-993 Anonymous Sat, 22 Jul 2006 16:33:37 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-993 So, I looked up your crows on steroids (yes, I have no life. I know), and they're definitely turkey vultures. Sorry. Look at it this way, at least they're not circling over your house. Now that would be creepy. So, I looked up your crows on steroids (yes, I have no life. I know), and they’re definitely turkey vultures. Sorry. Look at it this way, at least they’re not circling over your house. Now that would be creepy.

]]> By: talpianna http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-992 talpianna Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:33:11 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-992 When are we going to get more pics of Darth and Morticia? And perhaps of their nest? The pigeons in my roof have built a really crappy nest. bjgjfxh -- But Jenny, good Jenny, foxes eXist happily. fxyzn -- Foxes, eXcitedly yapping, zap nests. When are we going to get more pics of Darth and Morticia? And perhaps of their nest?

The pigeons in my roof have built a really crappy nest.

bjgjfxh — But Jenny, good Jenny, foxes eXist happily.

fxyzn — Foxes, eXcitedly yapping, zap nests.

]]> By: btuda http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-991 btuda Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:32:34 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-991 My father had about 100 birdfeeders in the backyard and I swear this really happened: Dad said, "Look everyone. There's a hawk in the back yard. Look at how big he is! I've never seen one this big up close. Dear, where's my bird identification book? I wonder what ... kind ... what's he doing? Is he sick? Is he ... OH MY GOD, HE'S GOT SOMETHING WEDGED IN THE FENCE! HE'S ... HE'S EATING IT! DON'T LET THE KIDS SEE THIS! I THINK I'M GOING TO BE SICK! THAT'S HORRIBLE!" And he spent the next 30 minutes hosing off the fence and we barely touched the meatloaf that night. He still wonders why we call the backyard "Wild Kingdom." Ah, fun times at the old homestead. qqquay: Great. Now I'm stuttering. My father had about 100 birdfeeders in the backyard and I swear this really happened:

Dad said, “Look everyone. There’s a hawk in the back yard. Look at how big he is! I’ve never seen one this big up close. Dear, where’s my bird identification book? I wonder what … kind … what’s he doing? Is he sick? Is he … OH MY GOD, HE’S GOT SOMETHING WEDGED IN THE FENCE! HE’S … HE’S EATING IT! DON’T LET THE KIDS SEE THIS! I THINK I’M GOING TO BE SICK! THAT’S HORRIBLE!”

And he spent the next 30 minutes hosing off the fence and we barely touched the meatloaf that night. He still wonders why we call the backyard “Wild Kingdom.”

Ah, fun times at the old homestead.

qqquay: Great. Now I’m stuttering.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-990 Anonymous Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:32:03 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-990 Thank you. The only reason I remain anonymous is that whenever I try to enlist - the powers that be scoff. It just goes nowhere. Odd that. Thank you.

The only reason I remain anonymous is that whenever I try to enlist – the powers that be scoff. It just goes nowhere. Odd that.

]]> By: mcb http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-989 mcb Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:31:35 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-989 Anonymous said... One of my posts disappeared. I think you left it one blog below. In Jenny's bug blog. Anonymous said…
One of my posts disappeared.

I think you left it one blog below. In Jenny’s bug blog.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-988 Anonymous Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:31:10 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-988 One of my posts disappeared. I think the vultures didn't want it generally known that they aren't strictly carrion eaters. My neighbor and I watched one swoop down and grab a cat off her deck. They patrol the canyon below my house and grab up mice, feral cats and other small creatures. Of course, they'd rather not have to work that hard, but if they are hungry, they will. So, if you have small animals, keep this in mind. One of my posts disappeared. I think the vultures didn’t want it generally known that they aren’t strictly carrion eaters.
My neighbor and I watched one swoop down and grab a cat off her deck. They patrol the canyon below my house and grab up mice, feral cats and other small creatures.

Of course, they’d rather not have to work that hard, but if they are hungry, they will. So, if you have small animals, keep this in mind.

]]> By: orangehands http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-987 orangehands Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:30:44 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-987 i'm using this as a marker to see were i stopped reading, not to say anything about vultures. i know nothing about the birds except for that they circled overhead in a few movies. i've just been seeing crows and pigeons and one special case of penguins. and flies. i’m using this as a marker to see were i stopped reading, not to say anything about vultures. i know nothing about the birds except for that they circled overhead in a few movies. i’ve just been seeing crows and pigeons and one special case of penguins. and flies.

]]> By: Ling http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-986 Ling Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:30:04 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-986 I have nothing new to add to the identity of the turkey vultures. But it made me think of this joke. *** Two vultures are standing in line at the airport check-in desk. One of them has a suitcase, the other is holding a dead rabbit. When it's their turn, they step up and hand over their tickets. The Check-in girl tags the first vulture's suitcase. Then she points to the dead rabbit the second vulture is holding and says, "Are you checking that too?" The second vulture says, "No, this is carrion." *** Please, please, keep the rotten tomatoes for my second act. =D I have nothing new to add to the identity of the turkey vultures. But it made me think of this joke.

***
Two vultures are standing in line at the airport check-in desk. One of them has a suitcase, the other is holding a dead rabbit.

When it’s their turn, they step up and hand over their tickets. The Check-in girl tags the first vulture’s suitcase. Then she points to the dead rabbit the second vulture is holding and says, “Are you checking that too?”

The second vulture says, “No, this is carrion.”
***
Please, please, keep the rotten tomatoes for my second act. =D

]]> By: Mary Stella http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-985 Mary Stella Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:29:40 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-985 We have turkey vultures in the Keys and they have red heads. Oddly enough, there is even a Turkey Vulture Society. More facts than anyone other than a true vulture connoisseur needs to know. The good news about your black vultures, Jenny, is that they're smaller than turkey vultures. Bad news is that they usually travel in flocks. So, if you see four tomorrow and six the following day, your original friends are bringing their family to meet you. Vultures aren't raptors like eagles and hawks, so they won't kill the local cats and small dogs. They don't carry off their prey. They stand on it to eat. (What? Like it was going to move after dying?) I, for one, have never subdued a chocolate bar with my shoe before ripping into it. igpgb: Ick! Gargantuan pair gray birds. We have turkey vultures in the Keys and they have red heads. Oddly enough, there is even a Turkey Vulture Society. More facts than anyone other than a true vulture connoisseur needs to know.

The good news about your black vultures, Jenny, is that they’re smaller than turkey vultures. Bad news is that they usually travel in flocks. So, if you see four tomorrow and six the following day, your original friends are bringing their family to meet you.

Vultures aren’t raptors like eagles and hawks, so they won’t kill the local cats and small dogs. They don’t carry off their prey. They stand on it to eat. (What? Like it was going to move after dying?)

I, for one, have never subdued a chocolate bar with my shoe before ripping into it.

igpgb: Ick! Gargantuan pair gray birds.

]]> By: mcb http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-984 mcb Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:29:06 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-984 Tal said ... I correct in believing it's a pic of one vulture and its reflection, rather than of both Darth and Morticia as the third one is? No, you can tell that the two figures are standing in different positions. Also, granting that we can't see the whole door, that the bird in front takes up most of the width gives a pretty fair idea of its size. As to the game ... what there were rules???? Huh. I think we've been playing both games all along, actually. ljvoxye: Its gotta be French for something, oui? Tal said … I correct in believing it’s a pic of one vulture and its reflection, rather than of both Darth and Morticia as the third one is?

No, you can tell that the two figures are standing in different positions. Also, granting that we can’t see the whole door, that the bird in front takes up most of the width gives a pretty fair idea of its size.

As to the game … what there were rules???? Huh. I think we’ve been playing both games all along, actually.

ljvoxye: Its gotta be French for something, oui?

]]> By: talpianna http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-983 talpianna Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:28:28 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-983 Jenny, comments on the photos: Not that I want to defend Bob (perish the thought!), but the first, poorer picture DOES look rather like a crow; and if you aren't familiar with your window, you don't know the scale so can't determine the size accurately. Second, am I correct in believing it's a pic of one vulture and its reflection, rather than of both Darth and Morticia as the third one is? zyeglqc --vulture repellent manufactured in Poland (You know, I'm having so much fun thinking of definitions instead of sentences for these things that I'm considering changing the game. How do you guys feel about it?) Jenny, comments on the photos:

Not that I want to defend Bob (perish the thought!), but the first, poorer picture DOES look rather like a crow; and if you aren’t familiar with your window, you don’t know the scale so can’t determine the size accurately.

Second, am I correct in believing it’s a pic of one vulture and its reflection, rather than of both Darth and Morticia as the third one is?

zyeglqc –vulture repellent manufactured in Poland

(You know, I’m having so much fun thinking of definitions instead of sentences for these things that I’m considering changing the game. How do you guys feel about it?)

]]> By: talpianna http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-982 talpianna Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:28:03 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-982 Jill, it's now official--they are black vultures, not turkey vultures. efozz -- online version of Muppet bear Jill, it’s now official–they are black vultures, not turkey vultures.

efozz — online version of Muppet bear

]]> By: Jill http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-981 Jill Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:27:34 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-981 Why do I have the feeling that turkey vultures are going to show up in a book somesday ? Why do I have the feeling that turkey vultures are going to show up in a book somesday ?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-980 Anonymous Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:27:11 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-980 Global warming - I know, it's a myth - is bringing southern species of birds, insects and plants farther north all the time. We have lots of wild turkeys in my back yard, all extremely healthy not to mention noisy. We have a tom that is really impresssive, probably about 35 to 40 pounds. We also have lots of vultures. I'd guess vultures based on the pictures, but I could be wrong. Global warming – I know, it’s a myth – is bringing southern species of birds, insects and plants farther north all the time.

We have lots of wild turkeys in my back yard, all extremely
healthy not to mention noisy. We have a tom that is really impresssive, probably about 35 to 40 pounds.

We also have lots of vultures. I’d guess vultures based on the pictures, but I could be wrong.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-979 Anonymous Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:26:36 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-979 Hi Jenny, I don't think they're coming for the body in your basement. Black vultures have been following the road kill north up the highways for awhile. (so unless you've recently run someone over with a car...) And although they are ugly on your deck (and messy as I'm afraid you have already found out) I have to say they are beautiful when they fly. Bridget Hi Jenny,

I don’t think they’re coming for the body in your basement. Black vultures have been following the road kill north up the highways for awhile. (so unless you’ve recently run someone over with a car…)

And although they are ugly on your deck (and messy as I’m afraid you have already found out) I have to say they are beautiful when they fly.

Bridget

]]> By: Karibear http://www.arghink.com/2006/07/14/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comment-978 Karibear Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:25:34 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=11#comment-978 Be grateful those aren't eagles. I had 4 teenage baldies living in a tree in front of my house in AK a few years back, and my cat vanished. At least vultures don't kill, they wait for Ma Nature to take her course. Be grateful those aren’t eagles. I had 4 teenage baldies living in a tree in front of my house in AK a few years back, and my cat vanished. At least vultures don’t kill, they wait for Ma Nature to take her course.

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