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  1. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    IDK (as the saying goes in the Olaf universe) about the majority, but I did. After a shaky start while I got used to his writing style I thoroughly enjoyed his approach to his birds, his fulminations about hire cars and airlines, his descriptions of disaster and triumph (and treating both those...
  2. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Can you actually go too far with an imaginary daughter? John
  3. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Might want hybrid Yellowhammer eliminated first, though with the competition near white-hot and the next miss probably critical, perhaps not! John
  4. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Just been flown in from the UK presumably: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=3475470#post3475470 Can't see that being allowed.... ;) John
  5. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    I sincerely hope they aren't going to descend to fisticuffs.....! Such wisdom doesn't really apply to competitive listing, where a quick analysis will reveal that the "enemies" are not in fact other competitors but erratic birds, recalcitrant purveyors of travel and perhaps time itself. It...
  6. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Personally I think the answer is almost a question of philosophy: if one or more of this year's contenders decide on a side trip to Hawaii and rack up a big total, it won't matter whether the result is accepted as official by an organisation or not, it will be the benchmark: birders will know...
  7. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Not yet read Olaf's blog, but "'Those with whom I've discussed this with" has a redundant "with": I don't think you would say "those with whom I'm partying with", now would you? Stupid Brit can't even spell his own name: oops! 8-P J'hn :t:
  8. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Reckon he needs a new grammar adviser as well! Jhn
  9. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Er... is Canada in the ABA area? Not part of the USA last I heard, any more than Denmark - pretty much next to Greenland though. :t: John
  10. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Did they say why? John
  11. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    :-O
  12. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    I think it a racing certainty that any record he tries for in Europe will turn out to be vetoed by our judge, jury and executioner on some grounds or other. ;) John
  13. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Maybe Olaf's next book will be a competitive twitching murder mystery..... Cheers John
  14. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Not quite sure where you were going with this? Hard to lose a one-horse race.... ;) Also I'm a Brit and not an expert on American slang, but isn't it normally "shoo-in"? ATB John
  15. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Its knocked it right off my list of places to go! John
  16. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    So 412 + 284 = 696. What's the target again? How many vagrant species typically hit the USA during the course of a year, and what's the highest total of these posted by a Big Year person? For that matter, what happens if you exclude vagrants in Alaska and its off-islands, as I guess many of...
  17. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Where does he keep his notebook and pen? John
  18. Farnboro John

    ABA Big Year 2016

    If he heads up North for Spectacled Eider he'll miss that anorak.... John
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