it's magpie season and i've been swooped a bit already. What do you do to stop them? Cable ties on the helmet, go alternate routes? Have a look at what these guys did.
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Excellent. I have been telling a few people about that of late and keep forgetting to look for it. I think I might have even spoken to Flinty about it the other day.
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it is only a temporary thing... obviously the magpies have become used to helmets with stupid cable ties now... and have seen through the scam... but it has been years since they have seen wooly noggins...
For that to actually be true that would mean that no helmet would have worked all the time.. like even when back before helmets were even invented... which is not the case, I had many a magpie planted in my skull before helmets were made like they are now...
Fuck I hate Magpie season, I was in Mackay that other day and got up and went for a walk along the foreshore before breakfast... Quiet peaceful, until some clicking and wind rush woke me up from my trance... bustud was lucky I did not get my hands on it...
For that to actually be true that would mean that no helmet would have worked all the time.. like even when back before helmets were even invented... which is not the case, I had many a magpie planted in my skull before helmets were made like they are now...
Fuck I hate Magpie season, I was in Mackay that other day and got up and went for a walk along the foreshore before breakfast... Quiet peaceful, until some clicking and wind rush woke me up from my trance... bustud was lucky I did not get my hands on it...
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Re: Magpies
I've only had them hit my helmet from behind so I've never been bothered by them all that much.
There was one that used to swoop me on a road near my house. I used to just sweep one hand above my head when I heard it getting close and it wouldn't come back for a second try.
There was one that used to swoop me on a road near my house. I used to just sweep one hand above my head when I heard it getting close and it wouldn't come back for a second try.
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lol @ Dex...first half has been music to my eyes..I hate Collingwood...
love the look on Eddies and Joffas faces...I reckon they could be brothers!
love the look on Eddies and Joffas faces...I reckon they could be brothers!
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Haha yeah im not even a Geelong fan.... But I am tonight! Fingers crossed it continues in the second half.
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I've worked as a postie. Some blokes tried eyes on the helmet, feeding them etc, nothing seems to stop them though. Well, nothing other than a well-timed backhand 
Particularly nasty ones won't just go for the head, they'll "land" on your shoulder.... like being attacked by a squawking rat /shiver
Particularly nasty ones won't just go for the head, they'll "land" on your shoulder.... like being attacked by a squawking rat /shiver
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I can relate to this. descending a hill at about 70km/h (Fox Creek) and a magpie swooped at me and grabbed my helmet and gave it a fair twist.pogo wrote: Particularly nasty ones won't just go for the head, they'll "land" on your shoulder.... like being attacked by a squawking rat /shiver
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i got done again today too, bastards.
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