@DameLisa They look like the punk rock cousin of our northern cardinal⊠
Based on appearance and structure, I wouldâve absolutely guessed they were passerines and related at some point. But Barbets are piciforms, so cousins to woodpeckers and toucans. Learn something new every day!
#birdnerd
whenever I see a bird I just think: please donât poop on my head 
âŠor worse.
I mean, @#$% Australia! Does ALL of nature want you guys dead?
Hahahaha I KNEW what was incoming before your next photos 
We get those here too. Not a fan
Ha! So my question for our friends Down Under - since I first saw these vids come out - those are just magpies, right? Cause we have magpies here, too, but theyâre generally not murderous psychopathsâŠ
Yeah but our magpies to your magpies are like our possums to your opossums
I believe GvAâs bird representation is probably a Magpie.
Disclaimer: the scene below is a re-enactment.
Gross. I think that would be classified as âbad sufferingâ: to be avoided if at all possible.
Iâm gonna add that to my top-tube note:
Remain upright, keep eyes in skull.
Words to live by.
Well⊠That thread degenerated quickly.
Itâs those Aussies and Kiwis, man. Bad influence on the rest of us.
I guess it was technically @AkaPete who asked if I was a bear (which for the record I almost always read as beer, cuz Iâm Canadian eh!)
Also for the record, I am wearing a toque (while indoors) while typing this.
Thanks for sharing Canadian beer humor. I usually use a bottle opener because my eyes arenât always good enough to tell if the cap is twist off or not (and it is quite painful to try twisting off a pop capâyou only do that once).
Yeah. But thereâs no accounting for friendsâ taste.
Sadly true.
As much as this detour has been amusing, I did the ride last night. I think I am going to have to reconsider my opinion that Hammer Climb 1 is the toughest ProRide. While this ride has a lower IF & TSS, itâs that last 20 minute block climb that made this a nasty ride.
If you havenât done this yet, and since you love suffering as we all do here, give it a go. It was so much, uh noâŠnot fun, uh noâŠchallenging doesnât do it justice, uhâŠthe hell with it, just do the damn ride.
