OK, now this is a little creepy.

[ZombieNixon]

A whole flock of magpies just landed in my backyard. Aren't they supposed to foreshadow ill omen or something? :scared:

And they just look shifty...like they're plotting something :D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

1. Magpies are weird little fuckers.

:scared:

:hi:

How's the effing dial-up? Quite as infuriating as mine is, I gather. :D

[ZombieNixon]

4. Eew, dialup still sucks.

And it keeps timing out when I'm in the middle of shit, too. x(

[WritingIsMyReligion]

7. This fucker I'm on doesn't time-out, at least.

Nonetheless, I will be damned glad to get back to Road Runner High-Speed Online (! :eyes:) next week. :D

[ZombieNixon]

12. Ooh, three weeks before I go back.

x(

[WritingIsMyReligion]

21. I go back to the home on the 19th.

Got another 2 weeks of summah left....

x( x(

:P

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Tippi Hedren anywhere around?

[ZombieNixon]

5. Who?

:shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. ...

[ZombieNixon]

14. Ach, so...I see...

(I haven't seen that :shrug:)

[TK421]

9. ....

:rofl:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

3. Consult an oracle...

Preferably at Delphi.

:D

[ZombieNixon]

8. Can't afford to fly to Greece right now.

I could ask my dad, but he's end up whipping out his astrological calendar and banging on about Mercury retrogrades and void-of-course moons and I just end up getting pissed off. :rofl:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

13. Oh, wow...

That's funny :P Well... let's see. I'll just fess up: magpies are my evil minions.

[ZombieNixon]

17. I knew it!

(No I didn't; I'd have never guessed :D)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Birds of a feather and all that.......

I wouldn't worry!

But it does make for a neat thread, now doesn't it?

;-)

[ZombieNixon]

10. Yes, it does.

We live on 9 acres of bluff, so I'm wondering if there's a dead animal around somewhere that they're scavenging. :shrug:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

15. Hey Peggy!

:hi:

Haven't seen you on for a bit!

It sounds like you had fun in Ohio. :D I tried to view your pic thread, but my internet situation here is at the peak of dial-up suckitude right now. :grr:

Did you hear back yet from that contest to which you were submitting your beach photos a few weeks ago?

:)

:pals:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear WIMR!

Sweetie, how nice to talk to you! :pals:

I was just thinking about that photo contest, and the deadline is in a couple of days.....

I will let you know how I did....or more likely, didn't do!

I just posted in your getting to 9000 thread!

:loveya:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

22. I saw the post in the 9000 thread.

:D

I don't think I'll get there tonight, though; a friend is supposed to be popping by the cottage here after she gets off from work at 9 PM. I hope she turns up... It's like 9:15 now.

Please tell us how the contest turns out...I'm sure you'll get some recognition, even if it's only an "honorable mention." Those were damned good pics!

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. Of course I will let you know, sweetie!

But I would be very surprised if I get anything at all!

There are a lot of very good photographers around here.......:cry:

But I do thank you for your vote of confidence.......and for remembering!

:hug:

[Mutley]

16. Ahhh!

:hide: :yoiks:

[ZombieNixon]

18. They're gone now.

:D

[Mutley]

20. D'oh!

[ghostsofgiants]

23. ...

[NewWaveChick1981]

24. They just stopped by to freak you out.

:P

[ZombieNixon]

25. And to give me thread material, apparently.

:eyes: :P

[NewWaveChick1981]

27. LOL!

Sometimes it just happens that way.... :rofl:

[u4ic]

28. Magpies are always

up to something.

I'd watch the car if I were you; they just might decide driving to Vegas is a hell of a lot easier...