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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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A few years ago we made the hummingbird feeder mistake.
They are a joy to watch, but you do not dare run out of syrup if you do not want to be aggressively reminded that you are not to run out of syrup. It can be dangerous!
One mooch stayed on and wintered in the mulberry tree. He did not get the memo “…goin’ where the weather suits my clothes.”
Is there a parallel between EBT card holders and hummingbirds who rely on others for extended periods of time for their sustenance? Me thinkist so.
Lessons learned?
Can hummingbirds vote?
You started it. Now they are your responsibility.
Wear a hat if you run out syrup.
Hummingbirds are a solid reason not to wear a red hat. 🙂
1/4 cup of white sugar to 1 cup of water. No reason to ever run out of syrup. It does NOT need to be red as long as there’s some red on the feeder. Been doing it this way for more than 15 years.
Um . . . he’s out of sugar.
I’m not *out* of sugar yet. I’m down to less than half a bucket.
But yeah, I do know how to make hummingbird nectar.
Works even better if ya put a little rum in it…
}:-]
Waepnedmann, if hummingbirds live in or migrate through your area why not plant things that will be flowering that provide natural food for hummingbirds and cut your sugar syrup demands down to emergency rations? I think even Joel could do that. Hummingbirds seem to enjoy Mojave Sage flowers and there are other flowering plants that would survive Joels care and climate. Hummingbirds do lose some entertainment value if feeding naturally because they are more difficult to see, but they are more self-sufficient, self-reliant and less likely to need EBT cards. They might even be more sensitive to time-to-go environmental signals in the fall.
Sure, the hummingbirds are here whether I feed them or not – they don’t need me. The feeder is easier for them but it’s hardly the only source of nectar. If it weren’t so they wouldn’t be so common here in the summer. They don’t really need me – I just decided to attract them to the porch.
I enjoy hummingbirds irascible aggressiveness. I put up feeders here and have hours to watch them feed and chase other birds away.
“even better if ya put a little rum in it…”
Then you have to shoo away the drunks who discover the feeder.
Zelda,
We have a plenitude of flowers during the season for them.
From late fall to spring nothing blooms.
The little guys feed on what we have in the late spring and summer as they migrate through, but that one cutie liked it here so well that he wintered over. It had to have been a miserable time for it when it was 17 degrees with no shelter.
We decided to cut off the feeding to encourage them to migrate south in their normal pattern, so that they do not make the mistake and get stranded for the winter.