The Coffee House

[Jeff1572 72]

Cr@p weather where I am for the last week, I am going out this afternoon even if all I can shoot is rain...........

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

@Jeff15 I got a very nice shot of a Cooper's Hawk while handling an umbrella, a dog leash and the camera with a heavy Sigma 170-500. Make lemonade, man!

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

@SquarePeg I give you an A+ for subtlety

See below...I forgot to add the quote

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Turkeys are mean. Our city has tons of them roaming around. They harass the joggers, block driveways and cause traffic when they sloooooowly walk across the street single file. Recently a jogger was being attacked by this one turkey that hangs out near the cemetery. A passing motorist had to pull over and go after the turkey with a snowbrush to rescue the woman.

Sounds like the Peacocks we had to contend with when I lived on the peninsula. Terrible bird. PS- What's a snowbrush?

 

[jcdeboever]

We have plenty of geese, cranes, turkey where I live. I do what my dog does, pretend they belong and leave them a lone. Wise dog. I should add that I seen a "non-local, drunk" golfer messing with a sandhill. The sandhill jabbed him in the groin area and blood was everywhere. It was Swift and precise.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

My grandfather was an old school farmer. I can remember my younger ( and slower running ) sister screaming in terror as his " huge " domesticated goose chased and hissed at her. That goose lost it's head.

 

[smoke665]

Should have had my camera this morning. As Sadie and I were hiking the fire lanes, I heard a tom gobble ahead. Turned a corner and there he was strutting his stuff in a patch of sunlight streaming through the trees above. The three of us eyed each other for a few mins, and then he calmly walked away into the brush, and we continued our walk. Surprisingly Sadie pretty much ignored him, maybe she instinctively knew not to mess with him.

 

[Gary A.]

Turkeys are mean. Our city has tons of them roaming around. They harass the joggers, block driveways and cause traffic when they sloooooowly walk across the street single file. Recently a jogger was being attacked by this one turkey that hangs out near the cemetery. A passing motorist had to pull over and go after the turkey with a snowbrush to rescue the woman.

Sounds like the Peacocks we had to contend with when I lived on the peninsula. Terrible bird. PS- What's a snowbrush?

While Gary gets your point ... and he understands living everyday next to Disneyland, Hollywood, Yosemite, Joshua Tree, Wine Country and Malibu ... the High Sierra to the Pacific Coast, from Giant Sequoia forests to Giant Kelp forests ... where perfect days just run together from one season to the next, would anger many who can't live comfortably outside all year long ... but in all innocence he actually has never heard of a "snowbrush". (Hence the question.)

... Snowman, snow cone, snowfall, snow day, snow report, snowflake, yellow snow, snowpile, snowstorm, Snow Leopard, Snowden, snow cover, snowball, snowpack, snowmelt, snowshoe, snow plow, snow bank, snowboard, snow skis, snowcap, snow suit ... but never a snowbrush.

 

[waday]

never a snowbrush

Imagine a large brush that is designed to remove snow from your car without scratching the car. So, the bristles are often softer than the bristles of a broom. Some are extendable, and some have the ability to change the angle of the brush. These are more expensive than the simpler ones, but they also have more parts that can get rusted or broken.

Often, snow brushes will also include an ice scraper to remove ice from windows.

The ice scraper takes some getting used to...

 

[davidharmier60]

I suppose I'll add to the question of Snowbush.

5 and almost a quarter. Fixed a freezer door in the produce department. Just enjoyed breakfast in the deli.
I'd have bet money after yesterday I'd be hurting today. But I feel pretty good.

Family Pack of Drumsticks. 59 a pound
24 Pack 2 Water 2 for $4
Green Bell Peppers 2 for .88
(Bell Peppers are one of the few things I don't eat. Nasty!)

Gotta go home and get Dad and go to Houston.

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[JonA_CT]

I'm gonna guess that Gary's never seen one of these either...

A snow rake. Every few winters when we really get walloped, the snow becomes so packed that ice jams and other issues occur, and the local hardware stores get a run on these.

 

[waday]

never a snowbrush

Imagine a large brush that is designed to remove snow from your car without scratching the car. So, the bristles are often softer than the bristles of a broom. Some are extendable, and some have the ability to change the angle of the brush. These are more expensive than the simpler ones, but they also have more parts that can get rusted or broken.

Often, snow brushes will also include an ice scraper to remove ice from windows.

The ice scraper takes some getting used to...

I’ll also add that the first time you forget to keep a snowbrush in your car in winter will be the last, as you curse under your breath while brushing several inches of snow from the windshield using your hand.

 

[SquarePeg1]

https://www.amazon.com/Moover-Exten...-2-spons&keywords=extendable+snow+brush&psc=1

For @Gary A. when he goes to the mountains

 

[smoke665]

@Gary A. we don need no stinkin brush...................

 

[Fujidave]

Well we have a lovely sunny day here, so out with the X-T20 and XC 50-230mm and try to find some swans and other things to try and take a photo of

That 50-230 is such a hidden gem. It’s perfect for outdoor nature/animal shots and even fast enough for sports action. Enjoy your outing!

Agree it is a cracking lens imo and very under rated too. No swans today so went to the park with Susie and practiced BBF on the camera.