For Men Who Like to Watch Birds Go By (read: Jarvo & Jimbo)
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Already had it planned on Sky but thanks for that Martin. Been out this afternoon looking at some of the recent waxwing influx, will try post a picture in a bit.
According to the paper, the programme is "..entertainingly revealing about the anal retention and sheer lack of proportion fundamental to the British male character".
Care to comment, chaps?
Two days later and the arguments are still raging in birding world. Here is a post on another site by Lee Evans who appeared in the documentary, he starts by quoting another twitcher...
'I have also have kept out of mentioning anything about you for a long time because I did not want further attacks on me. For example, when you contacted my work saying that I had created my website in company time using company resources with the expressed intention (to my wife) that I would lose my job. The company investigated your accusations and monitored my PC which showed you were telling lies as usual'. Steve, I did not only phone and talk to your seniors but I also visited your workplace and sat with the lady responsible for such matters of concern and we actively got your website up and went through it together. She felt that you were one sad individual with one serious problem but felt that, if it had been proven to have been updated in your own time, that nothing could be done about it. I then approached both the Surrey Police and my local Amersham branch and they pondered what activity to take - again stating that there was little I could do about it unless I took out a private libel prosecution which would probably cost in the region of £5,000. They recommended lawyers but they wanted £55 per hour so I said what the hell and ended up taking matters into my own hands and very foolishly decided that it was best to get physical with you. You had dragged me down that low with the sentiments expressed on your libellous website. Despite you bearing an illegal stun-gun to ward me off, I still came off the worst for the attack and ended up in hot water with the authorities and the Police. I pleaded with them to do something about it but they felt that their hands were tied and despite providing them with evidence of how you had affected my business and mindset and behaviour, they left the situation in limbo. At the Cornish Alder Flycatcher, you did acknowledge that you would cease updating the site and offered some help in me tracing an expert to get rid of it. But it is your website, you constructed it, you updated it, you are the IT expert, surely it is YOUR responsiblity to remove it. Why should I have to pay some IT expert to remove 9,000 words of drivel about me?
Remember folks this is an argument based on who has seen the most birds.
