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Not a parrot but a cockatiel. The little bugger lasted for 25 years.
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For liberals and anarchists, power and control is opium, selling envy is the fastest and easiest way to get it. TRR. American conservative. Never trust a white liberal. Malcom X Current NRA member.
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Aunt had an African Gray when I was little
Didnt say any words, and would bite like a sonofabitch
DON’T BE TOO PROUD OF THIS TECHNOLOGICAL TERROR YOU’VE CONSTRUCTED. THE ABILITY TO DESTROY A PLANET IS INSIGNIFICANT NEXT TO THE POWER OF THE FORCE.
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The summer I was in 8th grade I hand a Quaker from hatchling. I earned him by cleaning cages and aquariums the whole summer.
He was a really fun pet but birds are filthy. He flew away after I’d neglected trimming his wings and he escaped his cage while I was moving out of my first apartment after college.
I miss him. He was cool.
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My brother used to have 2 parrots, Conure I think. Miserable beasts. They would scream all day. It was deafening. When he let them out to fly around the room, they hated tall men. They'd pick out the tallest man in the room and try to pull his hair out while biting his ears. My brother died from a stroke in '10. He didn't have a family and nobody was crazy enough take them so they were on Craigslist immediately.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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"Fuck off!! Fuck off!!! You stupid bastard!!!!" - why parrots are kept locked away from decent folk
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson
We are all Rhodesians now.
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Wild caught African Gray, Timneh species.
Was a hoot, said goodnight when I turned off the light
up and took sick and died after about 15 years
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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My brother used to have 2 parrots, Conure I think. Miserable beasts. They would scream all day. It was deafening. When he let them out to fly around the room, they hated tall men. They'd pick out the tallest man in the room and try to pull his hair out while biting his ears. My brother died from a stroke in '10. He didn't have a family and nobody was crazy enough take them so they were on Craigslist immediately. That what conures are like. Had one. Hated everyone, bit like a pitbull. For some reason took a real liking to my nephew. He was the only one could handle the bird. It’d sit on his shoulder and nibble his ear and hair. Nephew died of a brain tumour. I wonder if the bird knew?
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Expletives and unseemly verbiage?? Did you sell her to a pet shop?
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson
We are all Rhodesians now.
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We don't need a parrot. There are more than enough of them here on this forum.
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Expletives and unseemly verbiage?? Did you sell her to a pet shop? Got a divorce, don’t miss anything but her ……
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In-laws had one. It's vocabulary: "Shut up you dirty bird."
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I had a blue and gold macaw.
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My brother's ex had one. Lived in a cage in the kitchen. Anytime anybody dropped something the bird would say "Oh schit!"
Stupidity has its way, while its cousin, evil, runs rampant.
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My son has a blue and gold macaw. Noisey and mean as hell.
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Girlfriend had a female blue and gold macaw until recently. Lived to be roughly 50 years old.
That bird was a lot of fun, and pretty quiet except when she wanted to warn us about something. Stranger at the house, etc. Really good that way. Mostly well behaved. She liked rock & roll, Christmas music and anytime I would whistle a bunch of songs for her. She definitely liked to go for rides, in a car or on my shoulder.
Very smart bird. Understood quite a few English words though she never spoke very many. Maybe 7 or 8 words or phrases, got lazy about using them as she got older.
If she ever wanted to hurt anyone, she could have done it easily. Watching her bite into a walnut or Brazil nut, effortlessly, was a constant reminder of why they have been called "flying boltcutters".
Certainly a pet, not at all like a dog but as smart as a smart dog, perpetually stuck at the emotional level of a human 2 year old.
Work is what you do to finance your real life.....
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My sister owned one... Briefly. My brother said he didn't intentionally leave the cage door open, but.. Those things are loud AF! We could hear it screaming around the neighborhood for a few days before it finally took off for good
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My sister owned one... Briefly. My brother said he didn't intentionally leave the cage door open, but.. Those things are loud AF! We could hear it screaming around the neighborhood for a few days before it finally took off for good Beshear and his Daddy would give you community service for that.
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