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We don't get many African storks up here in The Great White North, but by golly, one of 'em came to visit.

Early speculation was on an avian GPS gone awry, but as there's a zoo in Illinois missing theirs, it's more likely it had some old school deliveries to make.

Anyway, it's been spotted around town the last few days...
Good a spot as any for a scavenger...
Good a spot as any for a scavenger...
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Ugly Bastard isn't it.
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Ugly Bastard isn't it.
Yeah, that seems to be the consensus. I guess it's a prerequisite for carrion eaters.
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This is the lady who walks around my town with either a £5.00 or £10.00 in her hand.

I have no idea why she does it and I'm not going to ask.
She should pull her pants and jeans up.
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jimc wrote:
She should pull her pants and jeans up.
My first impression was that she was er, lacking the proper anatomical accoutrements to keep them there......
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I mean if you are that far gone can you really take care of yourself ?

So who takes care of you enough to let you out to do it again the next day ?
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fledermaus wrote:
We don't get many African storks up here in The Great White North, but by golly, one of 'em came to visit.

Early speculation was on an avian GPS gone awry, but as there's a zoo in Illinois missing theirs, it's more likely it had some old school deliveries to make.

Anyway, it's been spotted around town the last few days...
That looks like a wood stork, We used to have them in Florida around water areas. They will eat anything water related - fish, frogs, insects, etc.... big and ugly.
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.... big and ugly.
Sounds like a mother-in-law joke waiting to happen.
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This van..
So many curry hooks!
So many curry hooks!
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Gotta wonder what's inside...

From the rear end sag, it's probably full of something or other.
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Gotta wonder what's inside...
I've heard there's candy and puppies inside.
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Gotta wonder what's inside...

From the rear end sag, it's probably full of something or other.
It was 'hoarder full.' Looked like trash bags all the way up to the driver seat headrest.

My 7yo was also in the car and he was like, 'Dad, that guy really loves Trader Joes!'
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Can't tell it if this qualifies as weird or it's just stupid, but it's something that I ran across at Sturgis last week. I'm trending towards it being just stupid...
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Somebody put a lot of work into that!
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Somebody put a lot of work into that!
For better or worse, yep.
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Not actually weird hereabouts.
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Standard.
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Is that what they call hogging the lane?
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That's funny.
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How boaring...
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And when you sell your boar at the Italian market, it's cha-ching-giale.
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GT_ZAPMD39 wrote:
And when you sell your boar at the Italian market, it's cha-ching-giale.
Ho capito!
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Some ingenious rigging for transport. Appears to be bloating up some. Maybe a road kill.
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oldmodel wrote:
Some ingenious rgging for transport. Appears to be bloating up some. Maybe a road kill.
Oh, that makes it carrion luggage.
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Tierney wrote:
That looks like a wood stork, We used to have them in Florida around water areas. They will eat anything water related - fish, frogs, insects, etc.... big and ugly.
European storks look decent enough. The Maribou is about four feet of ugly!
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fledermaus wrote:
European storks look decent enough.
For bringing babys to world?
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Nowadays this seems bit weird, but tells as well the times have been changing...

even thinking the security on roads. not only advertising.
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A "best before" / "use by" date on a beer can that's more than 12 months in the future. Why bother printing it?
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SteelBytes wrote:
A "best before" / "use by" date on a beer can that's more than 12 months in the future. Why bother printing it?
A good point!🍻
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SteelBytes wrote:
A "best before" / "use by" date on a beer can that's more than 12 months in the future. Why bother printing it?
Hoarders.
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For bringing babys to world?
It's not nice to scare the babies!
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This just popped up on my Facebook page.

If I wanted to get beat to a bloody pulp, wearing this is just the ticket for that to happen..and it wouldn't require being anywhere near Germany.
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This just popped up on my Facebook page.

If I wanted to get beat to a bloody pulp, wearing this is just the ticket for that to happen..and it wouldn't require being anywhere near Germany.
Yep, plenty of grist for a butt-whuppin' there. Three piece, claims territory, has "MC" designation. No bueno

I have a dodgy jacket that I don't wear very often. While it avoids several cardinal sins, I just don't feel like testing my insurance plan very often.
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This church seems to be missing a bit
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Vintage Morgan 3 Wheeler
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SteelBytes wrote:
This church seems to be missing a bit
Is it a functioning church?
Wonder if someone buys it and it gets showcased on "Grand Designs" Australia edition..
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Vintage Morgan 3 Wheeler
They are so cool. Was that an original color? Maybe I live a sheltered life, but I've only seen them in BRG.
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I can't say if it was original as many of the cars had been restored at the museum.

However, here's more......
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Bill Dog wrote:
However, here's more......
From the WSIST post The "weird shit I saw today" thread (Post 2777027)
the radiator fill cap ornament on the first two looks vaguely familiar.
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Looking around the house today, I found some weird shit up on the ledge space over the front door...
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