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LOUD GODDAMN BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS
A PRELIMINARY LIST

MOCKINGBIRDS
These take first place because they a) sing loudly enough to be heard over the sound of interstate highway traffic- specifically, I-93 just outside South Station, at noon; b) will sing for HOURS ON END; and c) change up their song so much that you had better know you're listening to a mockingbird or you will be stuck going WHAT THE HELL IS THAT, THERE'S LIKE SIX OF THEM OR SOMETHING

CAROLINA WRENS
A feathered golf ball with the voice of a stereo speaker. Can be heard singing in the backyard of a house from the front-most room despite all keep-the-sounds-of-jets-on-approach-to-Logan-to-a-minimum windows being closed.

ROBINS
so. repetitive. so very. very. repetitive. and so. persistent.

NORTHERN FLICKERS
IF I WANTED TO LIVE IN A JUNGLE MOVIE I WOULD HAVE MOVED TO AUSTRALIA (BECAUSE THE JUNGLE MOVIE NOISE IS IN FACT A KOOKABURRA)
SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP
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the local flickers were really vocal yesterday

AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS
I have to have at least one house window open to hear these but in fairness they are going WHEEPWHEEPWHEEPWHEEPWHEEP on Snake Island which is *checks google maps* 660 meters away in a straight line, so these little clam-eating weirdos are entitled to a boost that the wren does not need

COMMON RAVENS
GHWAAARNK. GHWAARNK. It's not crows. I have to have the windows open to hear crows.

BLUEJAYS
Honorable mention because I had one land on the gutter that runs a few inches below my kitchen window and SOUND OFF AT THE TOP OF ITS LUNGS and that is not something I was prepared to hear without warning

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Poll #25569 Idle sewing question

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Which fabric do I want to use for my first serious stab at underwear sewing?

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Red cotton jersey
2 (40.0%)

Black cotton jersey
0 (0.0%)

White cotton jersey
0 (0.0%)

You sissy, just because the black ITY fabric is slippery as hell and your initial test piece with it was ridiculously hard to pin and manipulate properly is no grounds for not using it again. Black ITY with cotton jersey lining.
0 (0.0%)

Don't you still have, like, 3/4 of that box of T shirts you bought from Thredup last year? Grab the first one in the box and cut it up to use
3 (60.0%)

After the underwear referred to in question #1, I plan to do one more pair with some nice gray fabric and matching elastic. After that, what do I do next?

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Leggings in black cotton jersey
3 (60.0%)

Fitted t-shirt in either black or red cotton jersey
1 (20.0%)

Scoop-neck t-shirt in blue cotton jersey
1 (20.0%)

Long story short, I'm trying to get familiar enough with knit fabric to actually feel safe cutting into the batch of shiny iridescent stuff I bought in January. I would like to eventually indulge a terrible urge I have to sew a matching sports bra and pair of leggings from that stuff, but not until I can genuinely say I know what I'm doing on knits.

Wovens, I have two or three things lined up, I'll deal with them if I get too frustrated to do knits for a while.