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	<title>The Red Notebook &#187; diy</title>
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		<title>Carter&#8217;s Jackdaw-Resistant Bird Feeder™</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Carter FCD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do some DIY.]]></description>
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<div style="padding: 0.5em; border-top: 1px solid black; text-align: center;">Pat. not yet pending.</div>
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<p>[Post copied from <a title="Gruts" href="http://www.gruts.com/">my other website</a> because it's about birds.]</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve decided to do something about the jackdaws stealing all the nuts from my bird feeder. <a title="About Jen" href="http://www.gruts.com/richard/friends/jen/">Jen</a> won&#8217;t let me have a gun, as she suspects (correctly) that I would use it to shoot cats. So, this afternoon, I invented Carter&#8217;s Jackdaw-Resistant Bird Feeder™.</p>
<p>I say jackdaw-<em>resistant</em> because them crows are damn devious. I&#8217;m sure their cunning bird brains will eventually overcome the challenge. In the meantime, the tits<sup>*</sup> should be able to feed untroubled.</p>
<p>Oh, and it&#8217;s a hell of a lot easier to fill than the traditional bird feeders.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s nuts and tits in the same post. Should help the ratings.</p>
<p>* <strong>Note for American readers:</strong> For <em>tits</em> read <em>chickadees</em> throughout.</p>
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