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| Eric_Shea |
 Feb 1 2009, 04:12 PM
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QUOTE This will have to wait until spring! Better make sure you get all the crap up now. It "will" ruin your paint. Robin's, this time of year, often eat berrys. Highly acidic and it will do damage if left on a long time. |
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| RJMII |
Feb 1 2009, 05:19 PM
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Jim McIntosh Group: Members Posts: 3,125 Joined: 11-September 07 From: Sandy, Utah Member No.: 8,112 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Feb 1 2009, 03:12 PM)  QUOTE This will have to wait until spring! Better make sure you get all the crap up now. It "will" ruin your paint. Robin's, this time of year, often eat berrys. Highly acidic and it will do damage if left on a long time. Should wash off easily with brake fluid... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) |
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| r_towle |
Feb 1 2009, 06:36 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,598 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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I get birds in my barn all the time.
I like them. They are little chickadees, no problem with them shitting in the barn..they get tired by the time I get in there. I gently shooo them out with a rake towards the bid doors...they finally get it...some are more dumb than others though... Rich |
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| Eric_Shea |
Feb 1 2009, 07:47 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,279 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
QUOTE Should wash off easily with brake fluid... I see "someone" is feeling their oats! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| J P Stein |
Feb 1 2009, 07:51 PM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(r_towle @ Feb 1 2009, 04:36 PM) I gently shooo them out with a rake towards the bid doors...they finally get it...some are more dumb than others though... Rich No,no....you gotta get after them with a broom....I think yelling may help.... then they shit a lot. Iff'n you do it just right they will die in a kamikaze shit storm in your contours engine bay. Be sure to get a vid. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) |
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| r_towle |
Feb 1 2009, 07:56 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,598 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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QUOTE(J P Stein @ Feb 1 2009, 08:51 PM) QUOTE(r_towle @ Feb 1 2009, 04:36 PM) I gently shooo them out with a rake towards the bid doors...they finally get it...some are more dumb than others though... Rich No,no....you gotta get after them with a broom....I think yelling may help.... then they shit a lot. Iff'n you do it just right they will die in a kamikaze shit storm in your contours engine bay. Be sure to get a vid. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) Im out...concours engine bay just plain rules me out of the game. Rich |
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| maf914 |
Feb 2 2009, 03:22 PM
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Not a Guru! Group: Members Posts: 3,049 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Central Florida Member No.: 632 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Feb 1 2009, 02:12 PM) QUOTE This will have to wait until spring! Better make sure you get all the crap up now. It "will" ruin your paint. Robin's, this time of year, often eat berrys. Highly acidic and it will do damage if left on a long time. My car is Malaga red, which a solid dark red color. Years ago a bird deposited some berry-laden poop on my front hood and I apparently didn't get it off soon enough, because it left a couple of purplish stains in the paint. Not too noticable, but permanent. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) |
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| Eric_Shea |
Feb 2 2009, 03:42 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,279 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
What I've noticed with bird shit is... it seems to "raise" the paint a bit. The terminology doesn't work well because things like raised or lifted mean other things in paint-world but... it's almost like the paint can swell up underneath it.
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| Pat Garvey |
 Feb 2 2009, 08:36 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
QUOTE(mikez @ Feb 1 2009, 07:48 AM) No hot coffee, but when it landed on a ladder, I threw an entire glass of Jack Daniel's on it!(please forgive me!) It made the damned bird even more hyper, and even shittier! I'm not joking here - the bird (a Robin) shit more than it's body wieght in a 36 hour period! On top of everything else, I just noticed tonight that it shit in the bowl of my favorite Savinelli! How do you clean that? With gloves donated my a member here, as well as monster Q-tips from the same, I've cleaned up the 914 motor. But there is still shit everywhere! And my pipe! How do I make that smokeable again? This isn't the first time I've had a problem with varmints in my garage either, though this the messiest. Six or 7 years ago, on a cool late October aftenoon, my neighbor's 16 year old son rang the bell & told me that three skunks just ran into my garage. Yes, I leave my garage doors open until it gets really cool. So, I went out to see what the deal was. Yep, young pups/kits had decided to roost in my garage. Cute little buggers. So, I gingerly tried to invite them to leave, which they weren't inclined to do. First, they hunkered down en massee under the 911. I made some prodding movements with the bird broom, hoping to get them to run outside. They ran, but underneath my workbench! Hoping to scare them with 911 "rev-forever arrogance", I fired up the T. Revved & revved, with no effect & pulled it out onto the driveway. Did the same with the 914 and the wife's Passat, so they'd have wide open range to run through. Nope, the little buggers stayed huddled in a familial ball under he workbench. At this time, the neighbors' son came over to help & we put a plan together. I would spray some carb cleaner behind the bench & be ready with the broom. He would act as a roustabout to herd them out of the garage. Hell, they weren't much more than babies. Should be easy...right? So I did my carb cleaner thing & started rooting with the bird broom. They didn't like it, but were more than willing to move on. Only problem was - the kid was in the way! Oh, they came out. Cute little buggers, almost petlike. Except there were five of them! I'm swatting with the bird broom. The kid's freaking. Thepups/kits, on the way out of the garage unleashed on him. I had assumed they were too young to do that. Bad mistake! He took the full brunt of thier wrath as they left! It's funny now, but that poor kid really got it good! Yeah, the little skunks were gone, but he was dumbfounded. Stripped right down to full nudity right there & we threw his clothes in the trash. Funny! Bought him new clothes & a gas card for his help, but he was never quite as friendly again. |
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| Eric_Shea |
Feb 2 2009, 08:40 PM
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He shit in your bowl?!?! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)
I'd burn it out and see if it does anything for ya... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif) |
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| Pat Garvey |
Feb 2 2009, 08:50 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Feb 2 2009, 09:40 PM) He shit in your bowl?!?! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) I'd burn it out and see if it does anything for ya... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif) Uhh, I'm not that brave! It's soaking night now in vodka (cheap stuff). Won't do much for the finish, but it was a lost cause anyway. We'll see! I smoked worse in my fraternity pledge period! Believe me! But the next semester I got even with the banana-in-the toilet routine. Sorry, this was a hijack. Pat |
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| boxstr |
Feb 2 2009, 09:44 PM
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MEMBER:PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION Group: Members Posts: 7,522 Joined: 25-December 02 From: OREGON Member No.: 12 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
ps - why does this shit happen to ME?! KARMA CCL |
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| orthobiz |
Feb 3 2009, 08:47 AM
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1. The reason we want pictures is so we can POST THEM when you try to (ever) sell you cars. Blackmail...
2. Time to stop smoking, even a pipe, it's supposed to be bad for you. 3. Glad those big Q-tips finally came in handy!!! Remember, tell me when you run out. Paul |
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| TJB/914 |
Feb 7 2009, 11:52 AM
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Hi Pat,
I never laughed so hard, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) I know it's funny, but on a serious note, I feel your pain. Hope you got it cleaned up. I've been away for a long time & this is a classic. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) Tom BTW: Feed them outside & they cooperate (see photo). Attached thumbnail(s) 
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| 6freak |
Feb 8 2009, 10:43 PM
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MR.C Group: Members Posts: 4,740 Joined: 19-March 08 From: Tacoma WA Member No.: 8,829 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(mikez @ Feb 1 2009, 09:17 AM) I have one of those....be careful, you'll put yer eye out..... If he did it that way ..not only would he have crap everywhere he would have broken glass and holes in all his cars and walls |
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