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You know ... overall I'd rather not dwell on this concept. Aren't Pigeons known as "flying rats" because they are so disease ridden?

 

No, not really disease ridden. Just nuisances:

 

Pigeons, like rats and mice, have evolved to live alongside us in the built environment – and that can often mean moving under the roof eaves or even into the ceilings of buildings – driving the human inhabitants round the bend with their cooing. But what are the health risks involved?

 

‘Flying rats?’

Pigeons are sometimes rudely called ‘flying rats’, but this label, with its connotations of plague and pestilence, is undeserved. There are potential diseases associated with birds, but these are rare, and only people who spend a lot of time with birds (e.g. bird breeders) are really at risk.

 

Also, people who are immunocompromised, such as those with HIV/Aids or another serious chronic condition, are at higher risk for contracting the more serious forms of these diseases.

 

And, you should be more concerned about the problem if there are elderly people or small children in the home. But this is not considered a serious health issue for the average person.

 

The risk for pigeons being infected with bird flu is extremely low: studies indicate that they are very resistant to the virus, and have not been shown to be carriers. There are no records of anyone ever getting bird flu from a pigeon.

 

Most of the diseases humans can get from pigeons and other birds arise as a result of breathing in or ingesting dust from bird droppings, so it's not a bad idea to clear these away if they've built up over time.

 

Simple personal hygiene (especially regular handwashing) is also important. Some people (again, usually those who keep or work with birds) develop allergies to dust they inhale from bird droppings, feathers or dander.

 

Pigeon mites can also affect humans, but these parasites prefer the avian host.

 

Dealing with problem pigeons

If you do have pigeons that have become a nuisance on your property, it's usually quite unnecessary to have the birds exterminated or to put down poison, whatever the pest exterminator companies may say.

 

Simply chase the pigeons out from where they’re roosting (they'll fly away without much urging), clear away the droppings and nests, and, in the case of ceilings, close up the hole through which the birds originally entered. Just check that there aren’t chicks in the nests - you might have to wait another week or two before chasing the pigeons away.

 

In the case of open balconies, remove any pots or other objects that might make comfy nesting places, and chase the birds away whenever you get a chance. They'll get the message eventually.

 

(Olivia Rose-Innes, EnviroHealth, December 2005)

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I am in such a phenomenally good mood right now and don't foresee the high being killed until at least next Monday. Wheeeeeeeeee!

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Cool. But why is it so phenomenal?

 

~Ali

Edited by Aliana Lucindak

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Cool. But why is it so phenomenal?

 

~Ali

 

Because she gets to see me again

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Because she gets to see me again

 

Among other things. :huh:

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Among other things. :huh:

 

Yeah, the Lap of Doom

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Yeah, the Lap of Doom

Shhh, you'll scare her off.

 

::gets out his lint brush and prepares::

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Shhh, you'll scare her off.

 

::gets out his lint brush and prepares::

 

::laughs:: I am not so easily frightened...

 

...I think.

 

:huh:

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::laughs:: I am not so easily frightened...

 

...I think.

 

:huh:

 

True. If we didn't scare her off last year, I doubt we'll scare her off from anything

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Sure it's silly, but I can't help it... Today is 07•08•09 !!

 

(Hey, I can't wait for 09/09/09, either!)

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Sure it's silly, but I can't help it... Today is 07•08•09 !!

 

(Hey, I can't wait for 09/09/09, either!)

 

::just spent like ten minutes trying to figure out how you did the little dot thing in the date, and still hasn't managed it:: :/

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::just spent like ten minutes trying to figure out how you did the little dot thing in the date, and still hasn't managed it:: :/

For those of us stuck on PC's, we use the ASCII Extended characater, you hold down the ALT key and then use the numeric keypad to enter certain 4-digit numbers to get

• ™ š œ  ž Ÿ ¢ £ ¤ ¥ § © ª « ­® ° ² ² ³ ¶ ¹ º » ¼ ½ ¾ ¿

etc.

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I am in such a phenomenally good mood right now and don't foresee the high being killed until at least next Monday. Wheeeeeeeeee!

 

 

Glad you're happy Sam, because I'm in the dumps. I was having fun with the fifth season of SG1, it's such a great season and then I just finished an episode where DANIEL JACKSON DIES. As in dead, terminated, paid the piper. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

oooooooo!!!!!!!!

 

The Shameful List of Good Dead People:

Kawalski

Martouf

Sha're

Lantesh

Daniel

Drey'auk

 

Stargate makes me sad. Everyone is dead. So much for saving Earth from aliens.

Edited by Nitara

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Glad you're happy Sam, because I'm in the dumps. I was having fun with the fifth season of SG1, it's such a great season and then I just finished an episode where DANIEL JACKSON DIES. As in dead, terminated, paid the piper.

...

Stargate makes me sad. Everyone is dead. So much for saving Earth from aliens.

 

CUSTOMER: Here's one -- nine pence.

DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!

MORTICIAN: What?

CUSTOMER: Nothing -- here's your nine pence.

DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!

MORTICIAN: Here -- he says he's not dead!

CUSTOMER: Yes, he is.

DEAD PERSON: I'm not!

MORTICIAN: He isn't.

CUSTOMER: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.

DEAD PERSON: I'm getting better!

CUSTOMER: No, you're not -- you'll be stone dead in a moment.

MORTICIAN: Oh, I can't take him like that -- it's against regulations.

DEAD PERSON: I don't want to go in the cart!

CUSTOMER: Oh, don't be such a baby.

MORTICIAN: I can't take him...

DEAD PERSON: I feel fine!

CUSTOMER: Oh, do us a favor...

MORTICIAN: I can't.

CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't

be long.

MORTICIAN: Naaah, I got to go on to Robinson's -- they've lost nine

today.

CUSTOMER: Well, when is your next round?

MORTICIAN: Thursday.

DEAD PERSON: I think I'll go for a walk.

CUSTOMER: You're not fooling anyone y'know. Look, isn't there

something you can do?

DEAD PERSON: I feel happy... I feel happy.

[whop]

CUSTOMER: Ah, thanks very much.

MORTICIAN: Not at all. See you on Thursday.

CUSTOMER: Right.

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You know, there's a spoiler tag for a reason.

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You know, there's a spoiler tag for a reason.

 

But that's no fun. Considering the series is over

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Yeah, specially considering that DANIEL is DEAD.

 

...

 

...

 

Well, at least he Ascended, so he's not all completely dead, just gone.

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Yeah, specially considering that DANIEL is DEAD.

 

...

 

...

 

Well, at least he Ascended, so he's not all completely dead, just gone.

 

Just wait until season 6 or 7.

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Yeah, I sort of knew because I've seen him in Stargate: Atlantis, it's just so darn upsetting that they've given his place away in the credits.

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I pitteh the fool who has to come up with a script for Transformers 3;

 

I mean..this last movie has dug such a scriptwriter's hole...gah!

 

The movie ends with...

 

Decepticons still in control of Space.

Decipticons control Global Communications

 

They made too many darn Transformers to keep track of in this one... gonna add more in the third?

 

Michael Bey, You Sank the mightiest warship in the World, Destroyed the Great Pyramid of Giza. Missiled Paris..

 

Oh..and recreated Jar Jar binks in the guise of not one but two Transformers! Who the heck is going to want to buy those two GM cars!!

 

Sam and Mikeala go there seperate ways again. How ya going to bring them back .. Heck you might as well make them military.

 

The only good thing about the movie was the use of real military equipment. Yet I wonder...how the heck do you top a B-1 Lancer carpetbombing Decepticons? Oh gawsh...he's going to go nuclear next time.

 

Oh well I guess I will get to see Megan Fox again.

 

-Precip

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The only good thing about the movie was the use of real military equipment. Yet I wonder...how the heck do you top a B-1 Lancer carpetbombing Decepticons?

 

Taking a squadron of B-52 Stratofort's carpetbombing Decepticons like a Republican Guards division?

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Glad you're happy Sam, because I'm in the dumps. I was having fun with the fifth season of SG1, it's such a great season and then I just finished an episode where DANIEL JACKSON DIES. As in dead, terminated, paid the piper. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

oooooooo!!!!!!!!

 

 

Don't despair ... there still plenty of him to come ... but skip season 6 :huh:

 

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Sure it's silly, but I can't help it... Today is 07•08•09 !!

 

(Hey, I can't wait for 09/09/09, either!)

 

Fox News actually pointed out a specific time.

 

12:34:56

07/08/09

 

They thought it was so cool.

 

:huh:

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I pitteh the fool who has to come up with a script for Transformers 3;

 

I mean..this last movie has dug such a scriptwriter's hole...gah!

 

The movie ends with...

 

Decepticons still in control of Space.

Decipticons control Global Communications

 

-Precip

 

.... GI Joe rises up to save the world?

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As does "Captain America" joining in on the save along with the Avengers,JLA,etc.,etc. :huh:

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