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ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited August 17, 2018 11:33PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Whether you are for or not into their special sauce or their 50th Anniversary tokens...the Contest drew almost 2K worth of attention (more or less); I think tripled of the gold coins'

I never worked so hard for any kind of contests before....having bombarded with several PMs & last minutes inquires whether they names are indeed in the bucket :) and the outcome of the drawings.
Mango my lovebird decide to have fun with the test run .... flew away with a name and chewed the heck out of it >:)
.....causing un-necessary delay.

I am now back to pursue a heck of a different coin on an on-going hunt .......
Here is the culprit .....

<3

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  • JcldJcld Posts: 449 ✭✭✭

    Thank you again, I think the participation in the gold contest was low because you stated that it was only open to people who didn't have any gold, I imagine that several on the boards had at least some gold in their collections. In other news, I stopped by the McDonalds where I got my only coin and asked if they had any more and the lady said, "here, this is all we have. And gave me the four I needed, which happened to be the only four they had left. Whoot!

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I love a precocious bird. So pretty. Peace Roy

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  • OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mango is a fine looking bird

    Steve

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  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice looking bird!!

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Paradisefound said:

    Whether you are for or not into their special sauce or their 50th Anniversary tokens...the Contest drew almost 2K worth of attention (more or less); I think tripled of the gold coins'

    I never worked so hard for any kind of contests before....having bombarded with several PMs & last minutes inquires whether they names are indeed in the bucket :) and the outcome of the drawings.
    Mango my lovebird decide to have fun with the test run .... flew away with a name and chewed the heck out of it >:)
    .....causing un-necessary delay.

    I am now back to pursue a heck of a different coin on an on-going hunt .......
    Here is the culprit .....

    <3

    Do they cook "parrot tenders" at KFC?

    :)

  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool bird . Had one years ago that was bilingual.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,475 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:

    Do they cook "parrot tenders" at KFC?

    :)

    I was going to "go there" but I had second thoughts. I was afraid @Paradisefound would cause JBK to be found inside an active volcano. :o

    (I do wonder if it tastes like chicken).

  • PocketArtPocketArt Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Beautiful lovebird. I owned a Lorikeet for years- she had a vocabulary of about 75 words. Blew kisses at me right before she died in my hands. I'll never own another bird.

    On a brighter note, birds are quick studies so you better change up your routine with these giveaways. They are opportunists that never let a moment slip away. Might be best to do these when Mango is sleeping!

  • ECHOESECHOES Posts: 2,974 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool! :#

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  • meluaufeetmeluaufeet Posts: 767 ✭✭✭

    I see lots of those birds in Makena, they hang out with the cardinals.

  • Batman23Batman23 Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I had a pair of love birds when I was younger and they looked just like Mango. I learned to never buy a pair. They focus on each other and won't develop that bond with the handler that you desire. They just hung out together and practiced making eggs all the time. When I would separate them for personal training they would both freak out and accomplish nothing. You must have figured this out early as you only have one. They are neat birds but I have learned that birds are quite messy in a house.

  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Took care of my mom's parrot for a few months - interesting because we had two cats who were scared shitless of the parrot.

    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
  • Batman23Batman23 Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ever see what a parrot does with a solid nut! Them cats learn quick not to mess with a parrot.

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    no volcano......U 2 in the BIRD HOUSE now!!!!!!

    @JBK said:

    @topstuf said:

    Do they cook "parrot tenders" at KFC?

    :)

    I was going to "go there" but I had second thoughts. I was afraid @Paradisefound would cause JBK to be found inside an active volcano. :o

    (I do wonder if it tastes like chicken).

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is mango a boy bird name?

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  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruk
    He is a boy I think because the way he rubbed himself on my shoulder once; awhile ago >:):# otherwise DNA test or a Dr.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,475 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 16, 2018 6:53PM

    @Paradisefound said:
    @Broadstruk
    He is a boy I think because the way he rubbed himself on my shoulder once; awhile ago >:):# otherwise DNA test or a Dr.

    :o !!!

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is a very pretty bird..... I have dogs and cats... When I lived in Barbados, there was a red Macaw at a bar I frequented. The bird would greet me by name when I came in.... It did not greet anyone else by name..... We never figured out how he picked it up... Years later, whenever I saw an episode of Cheers and Norm came in, I thought of that bird and laughed. Cheers, RickO

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Boy parrots fix things around the cage.
    Girl parrots tell them to. ;)

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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 17, 2018 3:00PM

    I had a budgerigar named Sidney. He had a crooked beak but I loved him just the same.

    I also had a cockatiel named Woody.

    Sidney lived to be 10 and Woody almost 20 years old.

    I taught Woody how to do the wolf whistle but then he wouldn't stop and he did it all the time LOL.

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,475 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 17, 2018 3:16PM

    I've only had chickens and turkeys. ;)

    (We did have a pet duck once that we walked on a leash. He didn't fly due to some injury. He was mortally wounded when a neighbor ran over his foot with a car).

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    He should have..... ducked. ;)

  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    We had plenty of chickens, we chopped their heads off in the fall and processed them 100 at a time. As kids we LOVED letting them run with no head but my grandfather put a stop to that quick GRRR. :)

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

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  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OH please no more horrible` aviary story .... chickens ducks etc :(

  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Paradisefound said:
    OH please no more horrible` aviary story .... chickens ducks etc :(

    You be Forest Gump and I'll be Bubba.
    There is boiled chicken, fried chicken, honey dipped chicken, barbecue chicken, chicken and dumplings, chicken pot pie ... :D

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,551 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    That is a very pretty bird..... I have dogs and cats... When I lived in Barbados, there was a red Macaw at a bar I frequented. The bird would greet me by name when I came in.... It did not greet anyone else by name..... We never figured out how he picked it up... Years later, whenever I saw an episode of Cheers and Norm came in, I thought of that bird and laughed. Cheers, RickO

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BuffaloIronTail.... I have been fortunate in my career.... lived a lot of places...Maine, Massachussetts, NYS, AZ, TX, FL, CA, WA. Barbados, Puerto Rico, Portugal..... visited a lot more places too...Cheers, RickO

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oh yeah... I forgot IL and MD....Cheers, RickO

  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is this your bird?

    or is this your bird?



    Hoard the keys.
  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Back in the 50's my parents acquired a blue parakeet from a barber, who smuggled a bunch of them into the U.S. in a jacket that had secret pouches sewed into the liner. He was extremely intelligent, talked, whistled, sung. He took showers with me, ate food off my tongue, even flew out of my grandfathers house up into a tree and came back. His name was Peppy which was short for Pepito Poncho Pasquale Ferrari the third. We lived in the projects in Brooklyn and the housing authority exterminator came one day to spray and accidentally killed him.

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  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Namvet69 said:
    Back in the 50's my parents acquired a blue parakeet from a barber, who smuggled a bunch of them into the U.S. in a jacket that had secret pouches sewed into the liner. He was extremely intelligent, talked, whistled, sung. He took showers with me, ate food off my tongue, even flew out of my grandfathers house up into a tree and came back. His name was Peppy which was short for Pepito Poncho Pasquale Ferrari the third. We lived in the projects in Brooklyn and the housing authority exterminator came one day to spray and accidentally killed him.

    Damned, that sucks!

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No this is my cat... ;)



    Hoard the keys.

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