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Old 03-09-2008, 06:09 PM
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Default What have you got lurking in your backyard?

Just went down the garden and found this
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Old 03-09-2008, 08:29 PM
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This was in my yard.
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Old 03-09-2008, 09:47 PM
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Junkbird.
They seem to breed around here.


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Old 03-12-2008, 05:33 PM
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Here's another junk bird, I call it the "Kicken Chicken".



And another view....



I made this with some welding help at an ABA Hammer-In last fall. It was for my wife. She did the paint scheme.

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Old 03-12-2008, 06:36 PM
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Not sure if its a bird, but it crawled out of a dark corner of my garage Wife always jabs that there's somethin' growin' out there. LOL
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Old 03-12-2008, 06:42 PM
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You guys got some wicked pets. LOL
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Old 03-12-2008, 08:04 PM
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Dodge,

That looks like the thing that bursts out of the guys chest in Alien. That rocks!!
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Old 03-13-2008, 12:10 PM
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LOL Thats what a lot of people say. Its probably where I got the inspiration Alien is the greatest SciFi movie ever, imho.
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Old 03-13-2008, 02:16 PM
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All I have in my yard are frogs......
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Old 03-13-2008, 04:52 PM
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Richard, I think D-con or Ortho makes a product to control that problem LOL
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