urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:piratesarrrneat Only because PiratesArrrCool was taken. "Neat" is just not the same... piratesarrrneat 2006-04-21T02:28:55Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:piratesarrrneat:4187 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z 2006-04-21T02:28:55Z So... some birds recently decided that Erika's and my mailbox would be a great place to raise a family. Since we have lived here, the lid has been rusted upwards so it doesn't close... which apparently makes for great real estate for birds since it doesn't keep them out, but does keep out the rain. Anyway, we tore out the beginnings of the nest a few times, but they kept putting it back... and before we knew it there was a very intricately-woven nest in our mailbox and now we just don't have the heart to take it out. Our mailman doesn't know what's going on, i think...i found this morning's mail crammed into the box on top of the nest. I think we're going to have to buy an alternate mailbox and nail it up there next to this one... I guess the good news is one of these days we'll come home to baby birds on our front porch every day. :-) But, we have to slam our door every time we close it, and Erika firmly believes that when the birds finally hatch, they will be retarded.