i can't get out my front door today it's frozen shut

Feel your pain Aims. I can't get in the garage (washer is out there) I want to see what's going on!

That's why I don't usually bother onetoo, cause the big birds do nick it all.  But it has been so cold for so long that I had to do something!  I've put the one feeder where the little birds usually go and got my hubby to throw the fat from his bacon out there this morning.  I just worry about all the small animals when the weather is this bad - silly I know.

i'm having to talk to people through the letterbox  hope we don't have a fire

Stixck the hairdryer on it Aimee

No, it's not silly....................at least you're trying

Flippin eck Aims!! don't even say that in jest

i've phoned the council today, cause it's just getting silly, the back door is just as bad, i stood for 10 mins trying to get in the back door today and when i did get in, i had to boot it to shut it again   and it's not just the weather they are always like it, they said they woould come out this afternoon, they never arrived

Councils eh  that's why I say vote for someone else when yours come up and give them a kick up the arris

we just put enough stuff out so that the big birds eat their fill... and then if any little birds want any they come along after (although I have seen them alongside each other... the starlings don't seem to recognise any other type of bird but other starlings).

Birds will only eat exactly the amount of calories they need to sustain themselves for the day... they somehow know they need a few more calories when its cold... but they don't actually pig out... when a bird looks fat its cos its feathers are fluffed up.

Our seagulls are like flippin' albatrosses.  I've seen them pick up a whole big mac

Can vouch for that missus! some of them are scary when they come close to you, and I'm not one to be easily scared

lol!

Who the hell threw away a WHOLE big mac!

We only got seagulls eating the stuff we put out, just before xmas when we had snow... was the first & last time.

We do get a "starling massive" though... and loads of pigeons collared doves.  I don't like the pigeons much tbh... but the starlings are ok.

think i live in the dampest house in Nottingham  i'm an end house, so all the weather hits my house  i've lived here since 1998 and i've decorated the staircase over 10 times and it's going black with damp again  the glass on the inside of the door this morning was frozen  i want a radiator on my hallway

Is it a council house Aimee? if so, get on to your councillor. Make them work for their money

Oh I am, I'm scared of brids I scream like a loony.  Oh and the pigeons in Sunderland that wait outsidejust for me coming out then dive at me in a pack.

They plot it all I'm sure.  I dunno how many times I've been laughed at for going "ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH" and putting me arms over my head

Ditty, the seagulls in Pam's neck of the woods just swoop and nick your chips or ice cream right out of your hand. They have no shame!

yes it is, been on to the council for years about the problem  i said to them today i was taking it to my local councillor  i got new windows though

Awwwwwwwwww Leccy  I know a few peeps who don't like birds though and some peeps that my mam used to work with wouldn't even have one on a card. (apparently it's sposed to be unlucky)


Re your comment about seagulls nicking your food..........not so long ago there was a pic of a Gazzette reporter that that happened to, If I think on I'll search for it and try and post it

Keep going Aimee  

i'm giving them till 12 tomorrow 1/2

Go girl!

Onetoo

Aimee, get on to them again and threaten to go to your local paper or something. 

hahaha... I used to work with a girl who was terrified of pigeons, when I worked in London!   I only walked to the bar after work with her the once.... was just so cringey....   she screamed and did the arms in the air thing at least ten times as we walked through rush hour commuters... 

...you just don't do that there...  

I had to question her choice to work in the city considering her phobia

*whistles*

I would never do that, uh no.

weather update: well its cold & icy. We haven't had snow for more than 24 hours. Neighbour was trying to open her car door today but the seal had stuck. OH had to pry (sp?) it open very carefully so that she could get her kids to school. When her hubby came home later he said thanks (& said she's bl00dy useless & shouldn't be driving). My OH told him to rub the door seals with a little vaseline to stop them sticking.

Currenly outside its -7.6 degrees celsius

LOL Ditty, but awwwwwwww (your workmate). Is she still working there do you know?

Oooooooo, according to my Google widget thingy it's -5 now..................it's still getting warmer. Tee-shirt and shorts weather shortly

my kids chase the pigeons in our local shopping town () & people freak. I see the pigeons now & just look at the kids with those do it & your dead eyes

minus 12 here and i'm wrapped up to the hilt    bonnie south lanarkshire  that cant justify salt use but can justify council tax

i've got the bit between my teeth now leccy  today as i was slipping my way too the shops , 2 council houses where having PVC doors fitted  and they said mine was fine and just painted it  did make me laugh this morning, daughter trying to get out of the house *mum the front door won't open* me, go out the back then *daughter, mum this house is falling to pieces, i can't get out the back door*  shouldn't laugh really, cause if there was a fire, we'd be stuffed

BTW .......... i am due to fly to bristol tomorrow  ................ any clues if i will make it ?

Sounds about right for a lot of councils Lexi

OH has gun thingy that they use in the food industry & you just point it out the door. It has a laser on it (you can turn it on/off) & we get the puppy to chase it. He loves it.

I wear 3/4 jeans & a short sleeved shirt & just a cardy when I go outside & no socks just slip on shoes. Cold dosen't really bother me

Bloody freezing Brrrrrrrr.............

Doesn't normally bother me but you got to admit...............tis extreme

Minus 12 here and I not even bothered getting dressed today lol

Balmy then Madamski

Aww that's not good enough Aimee, tghey're being crap...stamp your feet and make a fuss (coz you just KNOW It's those types that always get and the shy kids get nowt)

i honestly can say  this is the coldest i have ever felt

Blimey!

I didn't either, i changed out of socks, PJs and dressing gown into fluffy slippers, fresh PJs and cardi

I've got the fire and the heating on at the mo., but got to go shortly