u/seammus

A minute in, a helicopter does a flyover like, 10 yards or less above Matt and Jay--I'm like 99% sure it's not fake, and considering when it was made it'd probably be even more expensive to fake it this well vs doing it for real

If the flyover wasn't so low and perfectly centered above them I'd think they just hung right outside a military base they knew would be doing helicopter training and hoped they got lucky--but dude I'm BAFFLED, the budget for the rest of the movie seems like it'd be well under $1000 (just two surplus uniforms and airsoft rifles, $20 worth of plastic camo netting and a jeep wrangler rental)

The only scenario that makes sense to me is that they had a friend with a helicopter hookup and did it without insurance, because insurance alone for a stunt like this would be like, fuck-you expensive

So I thought the big 40 gallon garbage bin I put under my feeder would do 2 things: 1, keep sunflower kernels fragments from raining down onto the balcony under me, and 2. let me gather and re-introduce the kernels into the feeder.

That plan immediately went south when I realized all the seeds that dropped into the garbage bin smell like bird droppings.

Most of what I’m reading suggests it’s unsafe to clean the seed by rinsing and drying, since the moisture could help bacteria grow, but it seems like such a waste to just throw it all out—has anybody found a way to safely collect and/or wash seed that feeder birds have tossed overboard?

If not that’s fine, just wanna do my due diligence and make sure there’s not a better option before I toss all these kernels. Thanks!