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Squirrels do the same at La Mirada DGC so i bring them healthy almond crackers.
We have Kea to perform those shenanigans. Supposedly the most intelligent birds on the planet, which apparently means most mischievous. You are warned not to leave packs undone and unattended on Southland Alpine tracks, and even if done up, the little buggers will try to get in. I've heard stories of walking boots being dragged away from outside a hut, and the handlebar grips eaten away on mountain bikes.
On the South Island West Coast, people have to adopt Kea-Proof tricks to stop them making a mess, but I doesn't really work
My first contact with a Kea was near the top of Avalanche Peak above Arthurs Pass. We were resting and a lone Kea landed on a rock right next to us. I panicked trying to get the camera out of my pack before it flew away, but the Kea almost offered to take the camera and take a picture of us! (Pre digital so goodness knows where that picture is now). That was a hard climb!
Gene, that took me back, and onto one of those meanders through YouTube and Amazon's Alexa. It started with the thought that the lead vocals in Horse With No Name sounded like Neil Young, which took me to Crosby Stills Nash & Young, and eventually to Gentle Giant who I probably have not heard for forty years! I'd forgotten how good they were, and I'm still listening to them two hours later. 
[EDIT] I heard Gentle Giant live at the Westcliffe Palace Theatre some time in the 70s. They were on with Lindisfarne and an enduring memory or the gig is that it was easily the loudest I've ever attended. I couldn't hear properly for hours afterwards.
Ussnorway wrote
there are some days on this forum when I feel like this
But wouldn't that damage your monitor? 
KJerryK wrote
Are those days Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday?
Yes, all the days whose names end with "y" 
The power of a good graphic. Whatever you think of the Trump administration, you'd have to agree that the latest The New Yorker cover is a doozy. It's funny, clever, topical, and really quite nicely drawn. Oh to have a talent like that.
If there ever was a meme that would create more laughs and groans... surely this would be it??
Enjoy!! 
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