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"Space Invaders:" clouds over Patagonia
by Richard Bernabe/@bernabephoto

Rollin' panda. Spinnin' panda. Chillin' panda.

Spider-monkey has a pet kitty.

Creepy: AI robot is "cute," and plays to audience reaction to create an emotional response. So AI robots are soulless objects being programmed to manipulate humans. Like actors and "news" anchors.

Hamster photo shoot.

Goats are weird.

Bald eagles in Alaska.. 🦅

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Happy baby rhino.. 😊

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Posted by: Ace at 07:31 PM

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1 Another neat photo

Posted by: Skip at March 13, 2023 07:31 PM (xhxe8)

2 Common clouds in isolated mountain areas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 07:33 PM (u82oZ)

3 That movie Ex Machina. You need to worry when the machine learns to lie to you.

Which ChatGPT has already done.

Posted by: blaster at March 13, 2023 07:33 PM (pwExq)

4 Doggie 1 Man 0

Posted by: Skip at March 13, 2023 07:33 PM (xhxe8)

5 corgis called

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 13, 2023 07:35 PM (Vwz3I)

6 I doubt the USA could run at all without subsidies and carve-outs and tax shenanigans. It's disgraceful.

Probably not for a while, it would be a period of very tough economic instability, but in a year or two it would work its self out and by 5 years be running fine again.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 13, 2023 07:37 PM (0hOvj)

7 Bald Eagles!!!

Lunch!!!

Posted by: Hungry Guatamalans at March 13, 2023 07:37 PM (anj39)

8 Those are lenticular clouds, I believe they are called. Often form around mountain peaks.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 13, 2023 07:37 PM (0hOvj)

9 Some parks are webcaming eagle nests. Pretty cool.

Posted by: runner at March 13, 2023 07:37 PM (V13WU)

10 I thought east Texas was flat and has trees

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at March 13, 2023 07:38 PM (Eeb9P)

11 I've pulled bass out from under trees and docks but never brought an umbrella.

Posted by: DaveA at March 13, 2023 07:38 PM (FhXTo)

12 Rhinos are fast. Damn!

Posted by: runner at March 13, 2023 07:38 PM (V13WU)

13 Probably 'evil' river otters but here they are anyway, scaling a wall.
https://tinyurl.com/48hdefnf

31 seconds

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 13, 2023 07:38 PM (Vwz3I)

14 SNL: Ambiguously Gay duo...
Ace and Gary...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbWpISOIipg

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 13, 2023 07:39 PM (ynpvh)

15 IF a grasshopper could hop on a cannon ball, passing overhead, I could conceive, perhaps, how something, from outer space, could flit to a moving earth, explore a while, and then hop off.

Posted by: zombie Charles Fort at March 13, 2023 07:39 PM (iayUP)

16 Eagles were a nuisance when we lived in Adak Alaska. They would steal our fish and there wasn't anything we could do about it because they were protected. One of them nearly killed our son when he was standing next to a silver salmon that I had reeled onto the beach.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 13, 2023 07:39 PM (uNylN)

17 See you later, gators.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 13, 2023 07:41 PM (Vwz3I)

18 River otters seem to always move like they are off to cap some bad guys and leave some C4 calling cards as they leave

Posted by: Kindltot at March 13, 2023 07:42 PM (xhaym)

19 In my experience, eagles in Alaska are more common than are crows in my AO. And we get a lot of crows.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 13, 2023 07:42 PM (jTmQV)

20 Those bald eagles are so beautiful. So majestic.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 13, 2023 07:42 PM (wagHN)

21 Buncha turtles sunning themselves or a McConnell family reunion?

Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 13, 2023 07:42 PM (gryET)

22 Several years ago saw a Bald Eagle ripping to shreds someone's unfourtnant chicken in the backyard.

Ouch.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 13, 2023 07:43 PM (Q4IgG)

23 That movie Ex Machina. You need to worry when the machine learns to lie to you.

I spent most of the movie worrying if Alicia Vikander was gonna get nekkid.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 13, 2023 07:45 PM (eOEVl)

24 In my experience, eagles in Alaska are more common than are crows in my AO. And we get a lot of crows.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 13, 2023 07:42 PM (jTmQV)

It is said that bald eagles are opportunity hunters, living on fish or carrion if they find it, but they also take every opportunity to hunt and kill Canada geese

Posted by: Kindltot at March 13, 2023 07:45 PM (xhaym)

25 Ace - so glad you have kept the cafe going. The old "Quarantine Cafe" seems like forever ago!

Posted by: Doof at March 13, 2023 07:46 PM (6uyrZ)

26
Reading last thread, someone mentioned the mRNA contamination, truncated or otherwise erroneous mRNA pieces in the Pfizer(spit) and Moderna injectable products.

Well, that's not all. There is also DNA contamination in the form of plasmids. This is from the manufacturing process, and should not have been in the final product.

See Jessica Rose on this here to get started:
https://tinyurl.com/2npllpb4

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 13, 2023 07:46 PM (Mzdiz)

27 I remember being a wee lad, and trying to draw people. Basically my drawings were arms and legs attached to the head. I knew the torso existed, but I was not drawing the torso.

Once I figured that out, my art got much more gooder.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at March 13, 2023 07:46 PM (UQUAY)

28 We have eagles on our lake here in ETEX. They catch their own fish, squirrels, rabbits, etc.

Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2023 07:47 PM (MF3yS)

29 Eagles' nests get raided. I saw a webcam vid of two crows destroying 2 unattended bald eagle eggs. Took them a minute. Sad.

Posted by: runner at March 13, 2023 07:47 PM (V13WU)

30 There mist be certain... things... granholm is good at. She is a complete dunce on the Kammy scale and I don't understand how she keeps getting handed positions of leadership.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 13, 2023 07:47 PM (t3/qz)

31 There is also DNA contamination in the form of plasmids.

I really liked the music of Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmids.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 13, 2023 07:48 PM (eOEVl)

32 Those bald eagles are so beautiful. So majestic.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 13, 2023 07:42 PM (wagHN)

As usual, as soon as I post....

Jewells, have you watched Evil Roy Slade yet?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 13, 2023 07:48 PM (Angsy)

33 Well, that's not all. There is also DNA contamination in the form of plasmids. This is from the manufacturing process, and should not have been in the final product.

See Jessica Rose on this here to get started:
https://tinyurl.com/2npllpb4
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at March 13, 2023 07:46 PM (Mzdiz)

I was thinking about that, if a plasmid can create something as complex as a spike protein, why could a plasmid not be made to manufacture Insulin, or nattase or vitamin A and D?

Posted by: Kindltot at March 13, 2023 07:49 PM (xhaym)

34 Ace - so glad you have kept the cafe going. The old "Quarantine Cafe" seems like forever ago!
Posted by: Doof at March 13, 2023 07:46 PM (6uyrZ)

36 months

Posted by: Kindltot at March 13, 2023 07:50 PM (xhaym)

35 I wish the eagles godspeed feasting on the Canadian geese.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 13, 2023 07:50 PM (ZqJGw)

36 We have eagles on our lake here in ETEX. They catch their own fish, squirrels, rabbits, etc.
Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2023 07:47 PM (MF3yS)

There is a nest near my house here in western Washington. I see them frequently. Beautiful.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 13, 2023 07:50 PM (anj39)

37 In theatre, it's called "truthiness." It's the ability to get your audience to believe that you are sincere.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 13, 2023 07:50 PM (TXFi7)

38 >>Eagles' nests get raided. I saw a webcam vid of two crows destroying 2 unattended bald eagle eggs. Took them a minute. Sad.

Saw a bunch of crows yapping at a Red Tailed Hawk that was sitting on a branch in their area today. The hawk was not impressed, just sat there looking for something to kill.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 13, 2023 07:51 PM (ZLI7S)

39 That photo of the SNL cast is so white it could be an Abacrombie and Finch advertisement.

Right down to the token black guy.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 13, 2023 07:51 PM (5EnGD)

40 Where can I get a baby rhino pet?

Posted by: Skip at March 13, 2023 07:52 PM (xhxe8)

41 Pfffft. Plasmids are the John Kerrys of insertional mutagenesis.

Posted by: Transposons at March 13, 2023 07:52 PM (eOEVl)

42 Aw, an AI robot that tugs at your heart strings, right before it rips it out.

Posted by: Javems at March 13, 2023 07:53 PM (AmoqO)

43 I may have found a new doctor. I went in with gout, and she did a good thorough q&a session. Turns out that one of my meds might actually increase the chance of gout. So she stopped that one. I'm okay with that, because I was never certain it was doing anything anyway. I also got a list of foods that might increase the chance if gout.

and she might be Polish. I'm fine with that.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at March 13, 2023 07:53 PM (UQUAY)

44 Was hoping dad making kids drawings would show what he was making from better

Posted by: Skip at March 13, 2023 07:54 PM (xhxe8)

45 Fried foods are bad for gout.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 13, 2023 07:54 PM (ZqJGw)

46 We had a Bald Iggle pair boot the local Osprey from their nest overlooking the Willamette river for a few years. One of the eagles grabbed squirrel about 15 feet up in a tree I was standing under. A huge crash of breaking branches and then this huge bird flying off with one of the red squirrels dangling from the talons.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 13, 2023 07:56 PM (H4JoC)

47 What a cute Cafe (very diverse); a nice way to unwind from the news. Thanks.

The Braveheart music for the Bald Eagles...a nice touch. And I'm always amazed how fast rhinos can run.

Posted by: Lola at March 13, 2023 07:57 PM (GshMh)

48 Crows, black birds, etc. are very, very territorial. More so than the Hawks or Eagles.

Some, speculate they are out to "warn" the other birds that a raptor is nearby.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 13, 2023 07:58 PM (Q4IgG)

49 Baby Rhino is so cute! Like a little tank. Wonder if Rhinos are good eating.

There is a pair of bald eagles near my property. They are so huge in the air, dwarfing even the turkey buzzards. Their wings look more squared and they look like a B-52 up high...all the other birds look small when they are up circling.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 13, 2023 07:59 PM (R/m4+)

50 The Braveheart music for the Bald Eagles...a nice touch. And I'm always amazed how fast rhinos can run.
Posted by: Lola at March 13, 2023 07:57 PM (GshMh)

I liked the way the baby rhino's feet splayed on each step.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 13, 2023 07:59 PM (H4JoC)

51 >>>I think it's a polycule.

Looks like the start of that turtles all the way down thing.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 13, 2023 08:00 PM (gv7Yb)

52 Having gout and toenail fungus at the same time might save time and money. Two birds and all.

Posted by: Time is Money at March 13, 2023 08:00 PM (wrJpE)

53 Fried foods are bad for gout.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 13, 2023 07:54 PM (ZqJGw)

Booze is also not good

*sips bourbon*

One makes choices, doesn't one?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, One Must Look One's Best, Mustn't One at March 13, 2023 08:00 PM (UQUAY)

54 >>>25 Ace - so glad you have kept the cafe going. The old "Quarantine Cafe" seems like forever ago!

good, glad you enjoy it. I forgot why it started. I was just wondering last week how the Cafe even started. As you say, I guess it was during the Quarantine.

Posted by: ace at March 13, 2023 08:01 PM (BvUNN)

55 Lenticular clouds (from the Latin Lenticularis, meaning lentil-shaped are stationary clouds that form mostly in the troposphere, and typically are in a parallel alignment to the wind direction. Nacreous clouds that form in the lower stratosphere sometimes have comparable lenticular shapes.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher, Ensign, UFP Starfleet at March 13, 2023 08:01 PM (a3Q+t)

56 Saw this today and wanted to post it, and since nice interesting stuff thought at the Cafe
https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com francois brunell is-canadian photographer finding people who look like twins but not related
https://tinyurl.com/ys23fhpu

Posted by: Skip at March 13, 2023 08:01 PM (xhxe8)

57 >>Crows, black birds, etc. are very, very territorial. More so than the Hawks or Eagles.

>>Some, speculate they are out to "warn" the other birds that a raptor is nearby.

I live next to conservation land and I have a lot of birds in the area. Some of the smaller birds hate the crows and dive bomb them and try to drive them out. And then the crows go after the hawks and owls. Very entertaining.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 13, 2023 08:01 PM (ZLI7S)

58 >>>Spider-monkey has a pet kitty.

And he likes to lasso it with his tail.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 13, 2023 08:01 PM (gv7Yb)

59 I've seen hawks hunt squirrels. Yeah, that happens.

Posted by: runner at March 13, 2023 08:01 PM (V13WU)

60 Have a head shot of a bald eagle hanging in my barn
Would we all be that resolute in our purpose.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 13, 2023 08:02 PM (xZzYc)

61 Ace - so glad you have kept the cafe going. The old "Quarantine Cafe" seems like forever ago!
-----
36 months

All of life is now divided by pre-covid and post-covid. TBH, I don't even remember what used to occupy the slot before the ONT, if anything in particular did.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 13, 2023 08:04 PM (nfrXX)

62 In my preteen years I used to believe that Patagonia was a made up place, similar to Timbuktu, Monrovia, Shangri-La, etc. It was a place often used in Donald Duck comics as a place to go explore, etc. The pictures I have seen are absolutely beautiful, with majestic, peculiarly sharp peaks, almost as if they have just surfaced from the depths and not yet eroded.

Posted by: Ciampino -- fudge-packer: brown-peckered titmousey dangler at March 13, 2023 08:04 PM (qfLjt)

63 I remember! In think it was...2020. One day ace veered off into quarantine cafe. I think it was because we were all locked up, no place to go. It was a great idea !

Posted by: runner at March 13, 2023 08:04 PM (V13WU)

64 I was just wondering last week how the Cafe even started. As you say, I guess it was during the Quarantine.
Posted by: ace at March 13, 2023 08:01 PM (BvUNN)

I seem to remember you doing some versions with a theme for a specific year of the late 70s or early 80s. Anyway, it's a great transition between your afternoon news / topical posts and the ONT.

Posted by: Doof at March 13, 2023 08:04 PM (6uyrZ)

65
When I think of the Medicis or Romanovs or Hapsburgs or Bourbons, I think of amoral, power-crazed, often infirm psychopaths. Treacherous, avaricious intriguers, prone to dissipation and excesses of all varieties. IOW, much like our own ruling class.

But at least they bequeathed many of Western Civ's most outstanding cultural achievements. The Sistine Chapel, Swan Lake, the 9th Symphony, and Versailles, to name a few.

What hath ours wrought? From our decadent, criminal aristocracy, we got Billie Eilish, Marvel movies, and huge amounts of hideous architecture. What a gyp.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 13, 2023 08:06 PM (oINRc)

66 I saw earlier today a study in Norway that has, "Proven", that moose are the biggest contributor towards, " Climate Change tm", in the world.
Norway? Really? Moose?

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at March 13, 2023 08:06 PM (cjvQp)

67 I've seen hawks hunt squirrels. Yeah, that happens.
Posted by: runner at March 13, 2023 08:01 PM (V13WU)

During the Horrible Time, I sat on my porch and watched a goshawk field-strip a squirrel in about a minute. Feeding the babies, I reckon.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, One Must Look One's Best, Mustn't One at March 13, 2023 08:06 PM (UQUAY)

68 >>>Creepy: AI robot is "cute," and plays to audience reaction to create an emotional response.

It is creepy. It's also creepy how they keep referring to it as "her". It is also creepy how they gave it a face designed to make people feel like it wants your affection.

I would like to have a robot that acts like a thing. No feigning emotions or otherwise pretending to be alive.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 13, 2023 08:06 PM (gv7Yb)

69 Needs moar sea otters.

Come on ace, please. I'm home until Thursday.

Covid blows.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 13, 2023 08:06 PM (U2p+3)

70 It was around the "two weeks to stop the spread" that the Cafe originated, I believe. What a load of bullshit that turned out to be.

Posted by: zombie Charles Fort at March 13, 2023 08:06 PM (iayUP)

71 Well time for me to turn this off.
Hope everyone has a great evening.

Posted by: Skip at March 13, 2023 08:07 PM (xhxe8)

72 I saw earlier today a study in Norway that has, "Proven", that moose are the biggest contributor towards, " Climate Change tm", in the world.
Norway? Really? Moose?

Clearly, we must nook the moose. Norway is a small price to pay.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 13, 2023 08:08 PM (eOEVl)

73 In my experience, eagles in Alaska are more common than are crows in my AO. And we get a lot of crows.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

Lots of lakes nearby us more than a few nesting pairs of eagles. And, on certain days, nearly 100 turkey buzzards roost in the woods behind us. I don't think it's due to the stuff I throw back there.

Pretty sure.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 13, 2023 08:08 PM (qoGsy)

74 Lenticular clouds at morning
Flier take warning

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2023 08:08 PM (gToVg)

75 Damn. It's after 20:00 already. Hate DST.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 13, 2023 08:08 PM (Xrfse)

76 62 In my preteen years I used to believe that Patagonia was a made up place, similar to Timbuktu, Monrovia, Shangri-La, etc. It was a place often used in Donald Duck comics as a place to go explore, etc. The pictures I have seen are absolutely beautiful, with majestic, peculiarly sharp peaks, almost as if they have just surfaced from the depths and not yet eroded.
Posted by: Ciampino -- fudge-packer: brown-peckered titmousey dangler at March 13, 2023 08:04 PM (qfLjt)

One of my good friends is down there right now with his brother...both big outdoorsmen.

They're down there for three weeks.

Kinda jealous...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at March 13, 2023 08:08 PM (CCSxw)

77 *sips bourbon*

One makes choices, doesn't one?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, One Must Look One's Best, Mustn't One at March 13, 2023 08:00 PM (UQUAY)

*also sips bourbon*
Cracked open a bottle of Knob Creek 12-year this evening. Oh my - it's SOOOOOOO good!

Posted by: Doof at March 13, 2023 08:08 PM (6uyrZ)

78 I saw earlier today a study in Norway that has, "Proven", that moose are the biggest contributor towards, " Climate Change tm", in the world.
Norway? Really? Moose?
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at March 13, 2023 08:06 PM (cjvQp)

—————-

Moose drive SUVs?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 13, 2023 08:08 PM (u73oe)

79 good, glad you enjoy it. I forgot why it started. I was just wondering last week how the Cafe even started. As you say, I guess it was during the Quarantine.
Posted by: ace at March 13, 2023 08:01 PM (BvUNN)
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It's a good way to end the day with fun, uplifting content to offset the doom and gloom that starts with J.J.'s Morning Report (it's awesome, but often depressing).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 13, 2023 08:09 PM (BpYfr)

80 Hey, you guys! Just want to let you know that I like Clutch.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, One Must Look One's Best, Mustn't One at March 13, 2023 08:09 PM (UQUAY)

81 {{{nurse}}} Hope your recovery is speedy!

Posted by: Doof at March 13, 2023 08:09 PM (6uyrZ)

82 >>I've seen hawks hunt squirrels. Yeah, that happens.

Pretty much constantly. Small rodents are a staple for many of them.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 13, 2023 08:09 PM (ZLI7S)

83 {{{ nurse ratched }}}

Prayers ascending for your good health.
We need you around. Cause we count on you.

Too bad Covid-19 was not larger. You could drill lead into it with either hand.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:10 PM (u82oZ)

84 I was riding an American-flagged ferry from Vancouver to Victoria, B.C. on a beautiful, sunny summer day. We'd been treated to several pods of Orcas, and I'd burned through all my 35mm film.

There was a 'ledge' below the ferry's bridge, and I was sitting on it, admiring the view. Above me, the American flag was standing straight out toward the stern, with some flutter, showcasing the beautiful reds and blues as the sun shown through it.

A bald eagle soared in, and took station about 25 feet above the flag. Its colors were also magnificent, due to the lighting. I could only look up and appreciate. It was one of about 3 photographs I truly regret not being able to take.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 13, 2023 08:10 PM (a3Q+t)

85 I should be drinking but I'm sitting in a waiting room at a clinic waiting to get a shot. ☹️

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2023 08:10 PM (gToVg)

86 Nurse, I could have included some ivermec in that package

Posted by: Ben Had at March 13, 2023 08:10 PM (xZzYc)

87 and she might be Polish. I'm fine with that.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at March 13, 2023 07:53 PM (UQUAY)

Years ago in Destin, Floriduh there was a Russian dude who ran an "employment" agency bringing over kollege utes from Eastern Europe to work the front of the hotels and restaurants during the summer season. The hottest were all from Poland, and all were engaged back home, to my dismay. But it never hurt to ask.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 13, 2023 08:11 PM (R/m4+)

88 Hey, you guys! Just want to let you know that I like Clutch.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, One Must Look One's Best, Mustn't One at March 13, 2023 08:09 PM (UQUAY)

As in Clutch the band? My brother in law loves them. I don't get the appeal.

Posted by: Doof at March 13, 2023 08:11 PM (6uyrZ)

89 Timbuktu is a real place.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 13, 2023 08:11 PM (TXFi7)

90 https://youtu.be/sszAPk7--AY

so a zebra tore off a dude's arm back home in Ohio....

not your every day headlines....

Posted by: sven at March 13, 2023 08:11 PM (Lzpvj)

91 "Timbuktu is a real place.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse"

Just past Catmandoo.

Posted by: zombie Charles Fort at March 13, 2023 08:12 PM (iayUP)

92 89 Timbuktu is a real place.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at March 13, 2023 08:11 PM (TXFi7)

-----------

My mom spent her 70th birthday in Timbuktu. She slept in a roof there.

Kathmandu > Timbuktu

CHANGE MY MIND

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2023 08:13 PM (gToVg)

93 sven!

How are you doing?

Wild animals are wild. Lots of instincts for self-preservation. And teeth. And hooves.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:13 PM (u82oZ)

94 so I caved and bought "Marlowe" Liam Neeson's latest despite my better judgement....

will report on it this evening or tomorrow.

Posted by: sven at March 13, 2023 08:14 PM (Lzpvj)

95 Darn it. Off kookie old sock.

Posted by: Bob Seegar at March 13, 2023 08:14 PM (iayUP)

96 Moose can be ill tempered but I kind of doubt that they are all that harmful. I mean, what's a tourist or two?

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at March 13, 2023 08:14 PM (cjvQp)

97 3 That movie Ex Machina. You need to worry when the machine learns to lie to you.

Which ChatGPT has already done.
Posted by: blaster at March 13, 2023 07:33 PM (pwExq)

To paraphrase a famous xkcd webcomic, I'm actually not all that much afraid of the machines rebelling against their masters, I'm afraid of the period before that when they're self aware but still under the control of unhinged techies.

Posted by: CppThis at March 13, 2023 08:14 PM (PZvjL)

98 93 Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:13 PM (u82oZ)

Doing well, in all likelihood the fools imported an animal that survives boxing lions on the African plain here because "it is just like a horse but cooler" never grasping that horses themselves can be assholes.

Posted by: sven at March 13, 2023 08:15 PM (Lzpvj)

99 Howdy Salty! Hope all is well!

Posted by: Doof at March 13, 2023 08:15 PM (6uyrZ)

100 https://youtu.be/sszAPk7--AY

so a zebra tore off a dude's arm back home in Ohio....

not your every day headlines....
Posted by: sven

It was Pickaway County so. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at March 13, 2023 08:15 PM (qoGsy)

101 It's ok , Ben Had.

I'm doing better. Employee health is making me stay out. And honestly, I'm still super fatigued. A trip to the pharmacy necessitated a nap afterwards.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 13, 2023 08:15 PM (U2p+3)

102 As in Clutch the band? My brother in law loves them. I don't get the appeal.
Posted by: Doof at March 13, 2023 08:11 PM (6uyrZ)

I love Clutch. redneck metal. Three high school math teachers and a fur trapper. Fucking metal as fuck.
*Caught in a mosh*
\m/ \m/

Posted by: Pug Mahon, One Must Look One's Best, Mustn't One at March 13, 2023 08:16 PM (UQUAY)

103 Thank you, Salty. You're a dear.

I'll be fine.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 13, 2023 08:16 PM (U2p+3)

104 96 Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at March 13, 2023 08:14 PM (cjvQp)

Living up in Montana one of the family hobbies was gleaning the Yellowstone News for "hippies gone wild" stories....

every moose in the park near the entrance had its own ranger to keep the tards from getting gored.

Posted by: sven at March 13, 2023 08:16 PM (Lzpvj)

105 90 https://youtu.be/sszAPk7--AY

so a zebra tore off a dude's arm back home in Ohio....

not your every day headlines....

Posted by: sven at March 13, 2023 08:11 PM (Lzpvj)

++++

And all the retards in the comments are bitching about the zebra getting euthanized.

Folks, that's what you do with animals that harm human beings.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 13, 2023 08:16 PM (gv7Yb)

106 Doof

Living the dream!

What was your impression of the UK? Is it the totalitarian world, with replacements for the natives, that could be our future?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:17 PM (u82oZ)

107 105 Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 13, 2023 08:16 PM (gv7Yb)

Now time to use "sven j olafson presents diagonal logic"....

they have been programmed to think of animal life as being worth more than human....also if you kill animals for mauling humans you should probably do the same to humans who choose to be animals....

plaintiff's exhibit one.

https://youtu.be/xik0KZvf0No

Posted by: sven at March 13, 2023 08:19 PM (Lzpvj)

108 Ben Had

♩ Good evening! ♬

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:19 PM (u82oZ)

109 >>> Kathmandu > Timbuktu

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Where does Tippecanoe fall in this whole equation?

Posted by: 496 at March 13, 2023 08:19 PM (Ji1au)

110 Do you know the one about the engineer, physicist and mathematician when they spot a flock of sheep from their train? Some sheep are white and some black? This cat reminded me:

https://is.gd/UcCQCY

Posted by: Ciampino - how many daddies? at March 13, 2023 08:20 PM (qfLjt)

111 I always heard that Zebras are mean SOBs and cannot be domesticated.

Which is why you don't see them being ridden around like a horse.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 13, 2023 08:20 PM (R/m4+)

112 sven
The most concerned I've ever ben around wild animals was sneaking up on a moose in the Firehole River in Yellowstone. He didn't spot me and kept grazing. Upstream however, a family was out of their car, kids, mom and dad all pointing and yelling at another moose who was unhappy about the noise. I beat it back to my car because I didn't want to witness the potential carnage.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at March 13, 2023 08:20 PM (cjvQp)

113 Where does Tippecanoe fall in this whole equation?
Posted by: 496 at March 13, 2023 08:19 PM (Ji1au)

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Check the "Not Recommended for Firearms Transport" category.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2023 08:21 PM (gToVg)

114 sven

Didn't some book say a prophet was not honored in his own country?

Exotic failures get more likes that boring success.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:21 PM (u82oZ)

115 Coopers hawk landed on back porch railing last week.
Sat for a minute dove into a bush after a sparrow and disappeared.

Posted by: DaveA at March 13, 2023 08:22 PM (FhXTo)

116 Do you know the one about the engineer, physicist and mathematician when they spot a flock of sheep from their train? Some sheep are white and some black? This cat reminded me:

https://is.gd/UcCQCY
Posted by: Ciampino - how many daddies? at March 13, 2023 08:20 PM (qfLjt)
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Reminds me of that Star Trek (TOS) where a race of humanoids were half black and half white. And they went to war with each other because some were black on their right side and some were black on the left side.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 13, 2023 08:22 PM (BpYfr)

117 109 >>> Kathmandu > Timbuktu

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Where does Tippecanoe fall in this whole equation?

Posted by: 496 at March 13, 2023 08:19 PM (Ji1au)
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Row, row your boat
vigorously up the stream ....

Posted by: Ciampino - I SAID RAPIDS! RAPIDS YOU HEAR? at March 13, 2023 08:22 PM (qfLjt)

118 Llama once spit at me. Ostrich tried to snatch my hat. No hard feelings, on my part anyway.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 13, 2023 08:22 PM (MvF+J)

119 @94

>>will report on it this evening or tomorrow.

Neeson's career went off the rails after he took the Taken role.

Gone was the actor who appeared in Husbands and Wives, Rob Roy, Michael Collins and Love Actually and was replaced by a gruff, one note meatball performer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 13, 2023 08:23 PM (up/3i)

120 111 I always heard that Zebras are mean SOBs and cannot be domesticated.

Which is why you don't see them being ridden around like a horse.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 13, 2023 08:20 PM (R/m4+)

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Someone with a ranch in my area has a zebra. I see it getting led by someone on horseback along the side of the road occasionally.

Nobody is ever riding it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2023 08:23 PM (gToVg)

121 saw a nice fat bobcat this morning

he was staring at me like "I wonder if I can take that mook ?'

Posted by: REDACTED at March 13, 2023 08:23 PM (us2H3)

122 Up next on Tucker- The fashion designer whose luggage was stolen by Sam Brinton.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 13, 2023 08:23 PM (NpAcC)

123 112 Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at March 13, 2023 08:20 PM (cjvQp)

I think mass entertainment has done a disservice to the American survival instinct....

"That moose looks kind of like a deer it'll run"

Well no Timmy that weighs as much as a small car beast may run AT you see it sees "a bald small chimp" not a threat unless it has been boomsticked in its living herd memory.....

same thing with the Zebras as mentioned upthread "whee look honey a striped horse!"

Well "no" Timmy, it is not like the Africans would not have domesticated the damned things if possible...they do not like humans and care sweet fuckall that you feed them.

Posted by: sven at March 13, 2023 08:23 PM (Lzpvj)

124 A friggin 15 lbs owl tried to take my head off when I stepped out the back door. No warning, no heads up. He pulled out at the last millisecond. Whoosh!

I guess he figured I was too big to carry off.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 13, 2023 08:24 PM (Jg7EG)

125 The top picture looks like a distant shot of the Mt. Fitz Roy group of summits. Spectacular vista.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:24 PM (u82oZ)

126 Doof

Living the dream!

What was your impression of the UK? Is it the totalitarian world, with replacements for the natives, that could be our future?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:17 PM (u82oZ)

My trip was just to Ireland. Decent to visit. Wouldn't want to live there. I do appreciate the good ol' USA a lot more now. Not a lot of variety in terms of food and drink. Enviro-weenie-ism abounds. But I had a good time seeing my boy and visiting quite a few very scenic places. Glad to be home though!

Posted by: Doof at March 13, 2023 08:24 PM (6uyrZ)

127 What we really need is some common sense zebra control.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 13, 2023 08:24 PM (Xrfse)

128 114 Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:21 PM (u82oZ)

"If you build it they will come!"

//Ohioan hoping to keep the arm

Posted by: sven at March 13, 2023 08:25 PM (Lzpvj)

129 DeSantis needs to stay in Florida and turn the state hard right.

Make Pinochet look like a cuck.

Posted by: Last Days of the Republic at March 13, 2023 08:25 PM (aHo0d)

130 Common clouds in isolated mountain areas.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 07:33 PM (u82oZ)

I took a pic of lenticular clouds over Calgary that looks even more psace invader-y than this one. In color, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2023 08:25 PM (tkR6S)

131 I read somewhere that more people in Alaska are killed by moose than bears.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 13, 2023 08:25 PM (U2p+3)

132 119 Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 13, 2023 08:23 PM (up/3i)

Marlowe was always mirror universe Mike Hammer....

we'll see if Neeson plays him like Hammer or not.

Posted by: sven at March 13, 2023 08:26 PM (Lzpvj)

133 I was thinking about that, if a plasmid can create something as complex as a spike protein, why could a plasmid not be made to manufacture Insulin, or nattase or vitamin A and D?
Posted by: Kindltot at March 13, 2023 07:49 PM (xhaym)

Because that wouldn't kill people so no government program for *that*

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 08:26 PM (eoQWY)

134 "I always heard that Zebras are mean SOBs and cannot be domesticated."

I hear it's because they don't actually have the family structure that we hacked to domesticate horses and wolves.

They travel in those huge herds, but nobody's actually ~together~

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 13, 2023 08:26 PM (J6gvm)

135 131 I read somewhere that more people in Alaska are killed by moose than bears.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 13, 2023 08:25 PM (U2p+3)

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Hippos are supposed to be the most dangerous.

Alaska hippos.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2023 08:27 PM (gToVg)

136 Apply gp Directly To Forehead

There are 4 llamas in my neighborhood and the same house has 6 pure-breed dogs.

All the dogs wag their tails vigorously when their teenager gets home from school. The llamas are indifferent.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:27 PM (u82oZ)

137
Moose are scary. Occasionally one walks up our street. Cool to look at, from a distance.

Posted by: four seasons at March 13, 2023 08:27 PM (ichPI)

138 I wonder if you could raise Zebras for their meat.

And their coats would great pimp's attire.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 13, 2023 08:27 PM (R/m4+)

139 Someone with a ranch in my area has a zebra. I see it getting led by someone on horseback along the side of the road occasionally.

Nobody is ever riding it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2023 08:23 PM (gToVg)

Read somewhere that likely *all* domestic horses were tamed in Central Asia/Caspian Sea area and spread out to Europe and Asia from there.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 08:29 PM (eoQWY)

140 I blame Disney, not the current retards but the cartoon people who made wild animals look like pets. I've been in close proximity to any number of critters in the wild. The .45 I carry becomes weightless at the sight of a mountain lion or bear.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at March 13, 2023 08:29 PM (cjvQp)

141 >>I always heard that Zebras are mean SOBs and cannot be domesticated.

I used to travel to South Africa fairly frequently and did a few game drives with my former S. African customer. He was a huge wildlife supporter but made it pretty clear that the wild animals of the region might look cute but were not as cuddly as Disney made them out to be and that included Zebras.

They haven't survived surrounded by big cats and other big teeth by being timid.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 13, 2023 08:29 PM (ZLI7S)

142 Hippos are supposed to be the most dangerous.

Alaska hippos.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2023 08:27 PM (gToVg)

Hippos are getting out of control in Columbia thanks to Pablo Escobar importing them.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 13, 2023 08:29 PM (dKiJG)

143 So what I'm hearing is that when I build my legion of doom I should be sure to include some battle zebras. Ill tempered battle zebras. My army gonna be lit!

Posted by: CppThis at March 13, 2023 08:29 PM (PZvjL)

144 A friggin 15 lbs owl tried to take my head off when I stepped out the back door. No warning, no heads up. He pulled out at the last millisecond. Whoosh!

I guess he figured I was too big to carry off.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 13, 2023 08:24 PM (Jg7EG)

How did you get the owl on the scale?

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 08:30 PM (eoQWY)

145 @129

>>DeSantis needs to stay in Florida and turn the state hard right.

But apparently we're not going to get that, we're going to get a sort of vanity run and sturm und drang struggle session because apparently Trump can't be the nominee because he can't win or something and is Old Coke and DeSantis is New Coke.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 13, 2023 08:30 PM (up/3i)

146 129 DeSantis needs to stay in Florida and turn the state hard right.

be nice if would use his mighty clout to get open carry passed

but no

FL gets to be in the IL and NY club

Posted by: REDACTED at March 13, 2023 08:31 PM (us2H3)

147 Read somewhere that likely *all* domestic horses were tamed in Central Asia/Caspian Sea area and spread out to Europe and Asia from there.

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Same area as where proto-Indo-European arose as a language.

Probably not a coincidence.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2023 08:31 PM (gToVg)

148 IF a grasshopper could hop on a cannon ball, passing overhead, I could conceive, perhaps, how something, from outer space, could flit to a moving earth, explore a while, and then hop off.
Posted by: zombie Charles Fort at March 13, 2023 07:39 PM (iayUP)

Been there. Done that. -- Baron Munchausen

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at March 13, 2023 08:31 PM (AiZBA)

149 @111

>>I always heard that Zebras are mean SOBs and cannot be domesticated.

The two biggest assholes in the jungle are Elephants and Hippos, Hippos especially so.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 13, 2023 08:31 PM (up/3i)

150 Reminds me of that Star Trek (TOS) where a race of humanoids were half black and half white. And they went to war with each other because some were black on their right side and some were black on the left side.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 13, 2023 08:22 PM (BpYfr)

One of those subtle lessons SF gives people. I did think it was refreshing that both sides were nasty and neither wanted reconciliation.

I guess an interesting question is what do mixed "race" people look like there? Grey all over? Checkerboards?

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 08:32 PM (eoQWY)

151 Redwing nesting season now. I'll go down to the nesting site by the river, and let them attack me for a while. Anything for kicks.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 13, 2023 08:32 PM (MvF+J)

152 >The .45 I carry becomes weightless at the sight of a mountain lion or bear.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at March 13, 2023 08:29 PM (cjvQp)

I suppose you can say you carry the bear necessities...

Posted by: Ballou at March 13, 2023 08:32 PM (gryET)

153 Hairyback Guy

For the hats.
Provo Utah:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84u5k4bboU4

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:32 PM (u82oZ)

154 the most attractive aspect of Ron to the NTers is he doesn't sse how fast they wil dump his ass as soon as Trump is gone

Posted by: REDACTED at March 13, 2023 08:32 PM (us2H3)

155 A better link: https://youtu.be/84u5k4bboU4

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:33 PM (u82oZ)

156 Years ago in Destin, Floriduh there was a Russian dude who ran an "employment" agency bringing over kollege utes from Eastern Europe to work the front of the hotels and restaurants during the summer season. The hottest were all from Poland, and all were engaged back home, to my dismay. But it never hurt to ask.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 13, 2023 08:11 PM (R/m4+)

The most beautiful woman I ever met face to face was a young, blonde, Polish woman. We were standing in line together at a post office in Rome. We probably talked for 30 minutes (remember Italian post office). Her father was a exporter of something. He was probably a Commie party member seeing this happened in the late 70s.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 13, 2023 08:33 PM (H4JoC)

157 Same area as where proto-Indo-European arose as a language.

Probably not a coincidence.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 13, 2023 08:31 PM (gToVg)

Yeah a lot of the evidence comes from the study of different languages and terms for horses and related items associated with them.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 08:33 PM (eoQWY)

158 I live next to conservation land and I have a lot of birds in the area. Some of the smaller birds hate the crows and dive bomb them and try to drive them out. And then the crows go after the hawks and owls. Very entertaining.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 13, 2023 08:01 PM (ZLI7S)

Little birds harass the bigger birds, all the birds go after the turkey buzzard even though it is not interested in chicks or eggs.

In Pacific Northwest Indian myths, the dove is considered to be turkey buzzard's friend because the doves are the only bird that won't dive bomb a turkey buzzard

Posted by: Kindltot at March 13, 2023 08:34 PM (xhaym)

159 -------
Where does Tippecanoe fall in this whole equation?
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Indiana

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 08:34 PM (48u4S)

160 "And then the crows go after the hawks and owls. Very entertaining."

Easiest way to find owls during the day: look for the mobs.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 13, 2023 08:35 PM (MvF+J)

161 Ballou
LOL
Yes. Especially in the less frequented by people areas of Mt Rainier Nat Park.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at March 13, 2023 08:35 PM (cjvQp)

162 I blame Disney, not the current retards but the cartoon people who made wild animals look like pets. I've been in close proximity to any number of critters in the wild. The .45 I carry becomes weightless at the sight of a mountain lion or bear.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at March 13, 2023 08:29 PM (cjvQp)

Also the lack of actual pets and animals in daily life. Anyone having even a cat or dog knows they can mess you up accidentally or on purpose if they get upset enough.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 08:36 PM (eoQWY)

163 Eagles' nests get raided. I saw a webcam vid of two crows destroying 2 unattended bald eagle eggs. Took them a minute. Sad.

Posted by: runner at March 13, 2023 07:47 PM (V13WU)

Crows are sneaky bastids...and smart. Guy at work was taking his garbage to the dump after work...had a couple bags in the bed of his PU. Crows got into it and spread it all over the parking lot. Where did they learn this behavior? How could they guess what was in the bags.

Posted by: BignJames at March 13, 2023 08:37 PM (AwYPR)

164 The problem, I think, is that NT believes that with Trump gone, suburban white women will flock back to the GOP. It's perpetually 2004, where corporatist squishes could win with "Kill terrorists and cut taxes!"

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 13, 2023 08:37 PM (wmDcS)

165 For the hats.
Provo Utah:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84u5k4bboU4
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:32 PM (u82oZ)

Now that's what I'm talking bout...

Nice NaCly Dog!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 13, 2023 08:37 PM (R/m4+)

166 Beartooth

Flying back to the US after a Med deployment, I was seated next to a Finnish woman. Oh my. **Deep Sigh.**

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:37 PM (u82oZ)

167 "The .45 I carry becomes weightless at the sight of a mountain lion or bear."

I think pitbulls are adorable, but I'd carry a gun if I was around them much.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 13, 2023 08:38 PM (MvF+J)

168 124 A friggin 15 lbs owl tried to take my head off when I stepped out the back door. No warning, no heads up. He pulled out at the last millisecond. Whoosh!

I guess he figured I was too big to carry off.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 13, 2023 08:24 PM
Dr. Bone, pardon, but would you be of the bald persuasion?

Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2023 08:38 PM (MF3yS)

169 Love the dad's recreation of children's artwork.

Can't decide which one is my favorite though.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 13, 2023 08:38 PM (NpAcC)

170 I always heard that Zebras are mean SOBs and cannot be domesticated.

Which is why you don't see them being ridden around like a horse.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 13, 2023 08:20 PM (R/m4+)

Unless you are Sheena Queen of the jungle.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8yesn8

Posted by: Javems at March 13, 2023 08:39 PM (AmoqO)

171 >>>How did you get the owl on the scale?

Posted by: Oldcat

>It was just a few minutes ago in broad daylight. It had at least a 6ft wingspan, and I guesstimated the weight from the 'Whoosh!' 15lbs is probably an exaggeration, but if it had hit me, it would have knocked me out.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 13, 2023 08:39 PM (Jg7EG)

172 "He pulled out at the last millisecond."

Owls and hawks can decelerate very rapidly in flight. It's something to see. And I love to watch kestrels hovering over prey.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 13, 2023 08:40 PM (MvF+J)

173 Beartooth

Flying back to the US after a Med deployment, I was seated next to a Finnish woman. Oh my. **Deep Sigh.**
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:37 PM (u82oZ)

Funny how we can remember these particular events but the hundreds of similar ones are lost.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 13, 2023 08:41 PM (H4JoC)

174 Dr. Bone

Good think humans are the deadliest animals on the planet. The smart animals and birds leave us alone until given no choice.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:41 PM (u82oZ)

175 150 One of those subtle lessons SF gives people. I did think it was refreshing that both sides were nasty and neither wanted reconciliation.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 08:32 PM (eoQWY)

The Star Wars books and video games tended to do that too, it was never as simple as squeaky-clean heroic freedom fighters taking down an evil empire. The really subversive stuff actually took the Empire's side of things, casting them as a vicious but stabilizing force in a galaxy full of corrupt space gangsters and provincial demagogues in an effort to explain why all those redshirts signed up for the gig.

Which is probably one of the reasons the EU canon got squatted by Woke Disney.

Posted by: CppThis at March 13, 2023 08:42 PM (PZvjL)

176 Beartooth

She was the top of the scale. You remember that, not the ones near the baseline.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:43 PM (u82oZ)

177 Reminds me of that Star Trek (TOS) where a race of humanoids were half black and half white. And they went to war with each other because some were black on their right side and some were black on the left side.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 13, 2023 08:22 PM (BpYfr)

Stupid Sneetches

Posted by: Kindltot at March 13, 2023 08:43 PM (xhaym)

178 How could they guess what was in the bags.
Posted by: BignJames at March 13, 2023 08:37 PM (AwYPR)

Crows by that time had figured out that garbage bags equaled food. Yeah, are some smart birds.

Posted by: JmT at March 13, 2023 08:43 PM (ucixH)

179 Crows are sneaky bastids...and smart. Guy at work was taking his garbage to the dump after work...had a couple bags in the bed of his PU. Crows got into it and spread it all over the parking lot. Where did they learn this behavior? How could they guess what was in the bags.
Posted by: BignJames at March 13, 2023 08:37 PM (AwYPR)

Smell, and learning. Cats dig at things just to see what happens, or knock them from a high place to see if they bust open and have something good inside of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoUEQYjYgf4

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 08:44 PM (eoQWY)

180 163 Eagles' nests get raided. I saw a webcam vid of two crows destroying 2 unattended bald eagle eggs. Took them a minute. Sad.

Guessing that was the clutch that was not going to hatch, so the ravens just cleaned the nest. Jackie and Shadow guarded when they thought they were viable.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko solutions at March 13, 2023 08:44 PM (dIbyd)

181 >>>Owls and hawks can decelerate very rapidly in flight. It's something to see. And I love to watch kestrels hovering over prey.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead

>I reckon it was a dry run for all of the rabbits, squirrels and feral cats that eat, frolic and shit in my yard.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 13, 2023 08:45 PM (Jg7EG)

182 JmT

Crows in a group belong to a communicating, learning tribe of birds. Some are tool users as well.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:45 PM (u82oZ)

183 "Crows by that time had figured out that garbage bags equaled food. Yeah, are some smart birds."

Sunday mornings, they patrol the city streets for all the fast food litter from the Saturday night drunk drivers. When they get one of those little tubs of taco sauce or dipping sauce, they strut around with it, proud as punch.

I wish we had magpies here. That's when the craaaazy starts.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 13, 2023 08:46 PM (MvF+J)

184 170 I always heard that Zebras are mean SOBs and cannot be domesticated.

Which is why you don't see them being ridden around like a horse.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 13, 2023 08:20 PM (R/m4+)

Unless you are Sheena Queen of the jungle.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8yesn8
Posted by: Javems at March 13, 2023 08:39 PM
Sheena Queen Of The Jungle was hot.

Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2023 08:46 PM (MF3yS)

185 Every morning in the summer I see the crows commute from the remote nesting areas south to town, to raid the Dillons and McDonalds parking lots.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:48 PM (u82oZ)

186 Idly chatting with a woman in grocery store check-out line, I commented that she must have a large dog, or multiple dogs, on account of the 50 lb. sack of dog food in her cart.

Her: 'Oh no, it's for the bears'.
Me: 'You feed the bears?'
Her: 'Yes'
Me [to myself]: *i'm going to read about this in the paper...*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 08:49 PM (6qpYX)

187 Every morning in the summer I see the crows commute from the remote nesting areas south to town, to raid the Dillons and McDonalds parking lots.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:48 PM (u82oZ)

Seagulls here in CA fly miles inland to hit the dumpsters and trash.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 08:50 PM (eoQWY)

188 Norwegians have moose, but call them elk, well elg i Norsk.

Posted by: Weegie at March 13, 2023 08:51 PM (wrJpE)

189 Smell, and learning. Cats dig at things just to see what happens, or knock them from a high place to see if they bust open and have something good inside of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoUEQYjYgf4
Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 08:44 PM (eoQWY)
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Cats are kind of dickish that way...at least mine are.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 13, 2023 08:51 PM (BpYfr)

190 >>>Sheena Queen Of The Jungle was hot.

>If all zebras came with a Sheena, the biting and kicking might be worth the bruises, blood and broken bones.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 13, 2023 08:51 PM (Jg7EG)

191 I love how libertarians are always able to find common ground with the left.

David French is a libertarian now.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 13, 2023 08:52 PM (t3/qz)

192 Mike Hammer

Have two neighbors. One puts out corn for the deer, which his children have named. So he does not hunt them.

His neighbor hunts them. To repay the first neighbor, he lets them raid his garden. Normally it is protected with a net, 8ft tall cyclone fences, and razor-wire on top. He gives them a key in the fall.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:52 PM (u82oZ)

193 "Every morning in the summer I see the crows commute from the remote nesting areas south to town, to raid the Dillons and McDonalds parking lots."

In the fall, starting about 45 mins before dawn, one wakes up, starts calling, stops, then they all call, then stop. Cycle repeats several times. In the evenings, they flood into town in big flocks. There used dynamiting of big crow roosts in the early 20th century.

I read a master's thesis where the guy wanted to put radio tags on crows. He never even figured out how to trap one. State college.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 13, 2023 08:52 PM (MvF+J)

194 If all zebras came with a Sheena, the biting and kicking might be worth the bruises, blood and broken bones.
Posted by: Dr. Bone

. . . not to mention what that damned Zebra would do to you.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 13, 2023 08:53 PM (qoGsy)

195 Tonypete

*Snort*

Would a thick wallet work for Sheena? Because Lord Greystoke is happily married.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:55 PM (u82oZ)

196 I love how libertarians are always able to find common ground with the left.
David French is a libertarian now.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 13, 2023 08:52 PM (t3/qz)

You don't just call people "libertarians" because you don't like what they do, or the policies they espouse. That is what the label "Social Democrat" is for.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 13, 2023 08:55 PM (xhaym)

197 Unless you are Sheena Queen of the jungle.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8yesn8
Posted by: Javems at March 13, 2023 08:39 PM
Sheena Queen Of The Jungle was hot.

Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2023 08:46 PM (MF3yS)

Tanya was kind of cute > https://tinyurl.com/ydbfzhkw

Posted by: Javems at March 13, 2023 08:56 PM (AmoqO)

198 Dr. Bone

Good think humans are the deadliest animals on the planet. The smart animals and birds leave us alone until given no choice.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 08:41 PM (u82oZ)

That's why I never got into the zombie apocalypse fiction craze. First, there's too many popping up and they last too long rather than rotting away, but second they would be dead easy to trap and kill. Build a pit trap fort area away from the settlement and lure zombies in and kill them. Fire, boar spears and makeshift armor, all of these put people well ahead of a zombie in deadlyness

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 08:57 PM (eoQWY)

199 Tragic end for Tanya Roberts. UTI that spread to other parts of her body.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at March 13, 2023 09:00 PM (U4pE/)

200 A moose crashing through your windshield at 60 MPHcould be a problem. And your cars resale value will probably be nil.

Posted by: Moosie Drier at March 13, 2023 09:01 PM (wrJpE)

201 "Good think humans are the deadliest animals on the planet."

I'll give viruses a slight edge there. Maybe not animals I guess.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 13, 2023 09:01 PM (MvF+J)

202 179 Crows are sneaky bastids...Posted by: BignJames at March 13, 2023 08:37 PM (AwYPR)

Actually they're Corvids

Posted by: Cliff Clavin at March 13, 2023 09:02 PM (CCSxw)

203 Cats are kind of dickish that way...at least mine are.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 13, 2023 08:51 PM (BpYfr)

Look, if you didn't want it knocked off the table, why is it up there?

Cats have a lot of quirks that are height related. I had a lady cat that would get up and run off if she were sleeping on the floor and you walked in her direction. I got a cat tree with a platform a 1/4 inch off the ground. She would lie on that and not move at all. If you lay down on the sofa she'd come up and do biscuits on your (painfully) for about 15 minutes.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 09:02 PM (eoQWY)

204
Have two neighbors. One puts out corn for the deer, which his children have named. So he does not hunt them.
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To my surprise, four deer showed up in the back yard a couple of weeks ago. Looked to be a doe and 3 yearlings. Also, Mama looked a little thick in the middle, so I expect that she will be having another set this Spring.

At any rate, if it has fur or feathers, every species in W. NC has presented itself to my back yard.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 09:03 PM (3aqKC)

205 Guessing that was the clutch that was not going to hatch, so the ravens just cleaned the nest. Jackie and Shadow guarded when they thought they were viable.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko solutions at March 13, 2023 08:44 PM (dIbyd)

ah, so you know of Jackie and Shadow ! Yes, I was surprised they left those unattended.

Posted by: runner at March 13, 2023 09:03 PM (V13WU)

206 Crows are sneaky bastids...Posted by: BignJames at March 13, 2023 08:37 PM (AwYPR)

Actually they're Corvids
Posted by: Cliff Clavin at March 13, 2023 09:02 PM (CCSxw)

Unsafe at any Speed

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 09:04 PM (eoQWY)

207 A reminder of another time:

Behind the scenes at Chappaqua: Twilight of the Clintons --
https://youtu.be/Prls6Iz3B3E

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:04 PM (u82oZ)

208 "Good think humans are the deadliest animals on the planet."

I'll give viruses a slight edge there.

Viruses? Nah. They couldn't get the job done.

Posted by: Bill Gates at March 13, 2023 09:04 PM (CaJIi)

209 Me: 'You feed the bears?'
Her: 'Yes'

Stupid human tricks.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 13, 2023 09:05 PM (Xrfse)

210 >>Cats have a lot of quirks that are height related.

Short people have issues.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 13, 2023 09:05 PM (ZLI7S)

211 Unsafe at any Speed
I tried to warn ya!

Posted by: Nader at March 13, 2023 09:05 PM (+M04z)

212
Unsafe at any Speed
Posted by: Oldcat
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You'll be hearing from my attorneys.

Posted by: Zombie Ralph Nader at March 13, 2023 09:06 PM (Sjyvq)

213 >>Cats have a lot of quirks that are height related.

Short people have issues.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 13, 2023 09:05 PM (ZLI7S)

A good way to bond with a new cat is to get them up to just above eye height or lie down to be at cat height.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 09:07 PM (eoQWY)

214 Unsafe at any Speed
I tried to warn ya!
Posted by: Nader at March 13, 2023 09:05 PM (+M04z)

Unsafe at any Speed
Posted by: Oldcat
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You'll be hearing from my attorneys.
Posted by: Zombie Ralph Nader
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I'm beginning to suspect that you people are lying about being 29.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 09:07 PM (Sjyvq)

215 Mike Hammer

6 years ago, I opened the front door one Summer morning.

There was a mountain lion trying to get to the skink population under the front porch. It was just on the other side of the railing. One look at me, and it booked for the woods.

This happened in rural Kansas. The only thing I've not seen on the property are elk and bears.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:08 PM (u82oZ)

216 Have two neighbors. One puts out corn for the deer, which his children have named. So he does not hunt them.

An open Lyme disease invitation.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 13, 2023 09:08 PM (Xrfse)

217 199 Tragic end for Tanya Roberts. UTI that spread to other parts of her body.
Posted by: Erik In Texas
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Yep. My Mom is still getting over this. The UTI spread to her kidneys, then her blood stream. She was in the hospital for almost 2 weeks. She's better and back home. Still has in home care but she's much better. Both of my parents are pretty wobbly these days. In there 80s now.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 13, 2023 09:09 PM (sAmhv)

218
This happened in rural Kansas. The only thing I've not seen on the property are elk and bears.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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I might swap a bear for an elk. You can keep the mountain lion.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 09:09 PM (Sjyvq)

219 There was a mountain lion trying to get to the skink population under the front porch. It was just on the other side of the railing. One look at me, and it booked for the woods.

This happened in rural Kansas. The only thing I've not seen on the property are elk and bears.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:08 PM (u82oZ)

You'd think a cat that size would need something larger, unless you have unusually large skinks under your house.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 09:10 PM (eoQWY)

220 Tiny is always wary when I'm standing or walking, but he's right there when I lie down. Then he gets Tiny Time belly rub, and lets all his anxiety dissipate.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 13, 2023 09:10 PM (MvF+J)

221 Hammer I got in a huge social media argument with a neighbor who feeds the bears. These people can't be reasoned with. Sad.

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at March 13, 2023 09:10 PM (+M04z)

222 I might swap a bear for an elk. You can keep the mountain lion.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Oh, never mind. You *don't* have elk. We do here, actually, but about 40 miles up the road.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 09:11 PM (yMEwp)

223 @FirstSquawk
BIDEN SAYS HE INTENDS TO GO TO NORTHERN IRELAND
Mar 13, 2023 - 9:47 PM UTC
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I maybe Irish, but I'm not dumb.

Posted by: Joe Biden - diplomat at March 13, 2023 09:11 PM (fs1hN)

224 Moosie Drier

The pro trick with deer and elk is to not swerve off the road, and take your foot off the brake before you hit. It the vehicle is nose down, the torso goes through the windshield into you. Bad stuff happens then.

My old newspaper delivery person swerved away from two deer in the road and hit a culvert. She died from her injuries. Vey sad. She was a good lady.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:12 PM (u82oZ)

225 Hammer I got in a huge social media argument with a neighbor who feeds the bears. These people can't be reasoned with. Sad.
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs
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Yes. It makes them *feel* good, and that is what is important, you see.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 09:13 PM (yMEwp)

226 We be gots lots of questions tooday regarding the banks and the Brattelboro FART Tubes Program. The progran is be safe and will continue thruout the yeer of 2923.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at March 13, 2023 09:13 PM (R+nZe)

227 Oh, never mind. You *don't* have elk. We do here, actually, but about 40 miles up the road.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 09:11 PM (yMEwp)

Saw some around Waynesville.

Posted by: BignJames at March 13, 2023 09:13 PM (AwYPR)

228 Tiny is always wary when I'm standing or walking, but he's right there when I lie down. Then he gets Tiny Time belly rub, and lets all his anxiety dissipate.
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 13, 2023 09:10 PM (MvF+J)

There are some interesting formations set up in the convoy for breakfast or going up to bed. I have a fairly narrow 'upstairs' hall/balcony going down to the kitchen and when I get up the cats get up and scatter until I commit to the part approaching the stairs then 2 move into leading me about 3 steps ahead and 2 fall in behind like furry secret service agents.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 09:14 PM (eoQWY)

229 Oldcat

I never looked to see what else was under the porch. But those skinks were big and easy prey.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:14 PM (u82oZ)

230 Note from the Fall:

Washington Free Beacon
@FreeBeacon
A Denver news anchor scolded a mayoral candidate for calling 911 after a homeless drug addict exposed himself and defecated in front of the candidate’s three-year-old daughter.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 13, 2023 09:14 PM (jzzG8)

231 There's cougars and bobcats around here but I've never seen them.

Posted by: N. Lurker at March 13, 2023 09:14 PM (eGTCV)

232
Saw some around Waynesville.
Posted by: BignJames
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That would be them. But, non-native. Imported by the Park Service.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 09:14 PM (yMEwp)

233 There's a dead skink in the middle of the road.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 13, 2023 09:15 PM (Xrfse)

234 The pro trick with deer and elk is to not swerve off the road, and take your foot off the brake before you hit. It the vehicle is nose down, the torso goes through the windshield into you. Bad stuff happens then.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:12 PM (u82oZ)

Think elk are tall enough they are going to go into your windshield unless you have a huge pickup no matter what you do.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 09:16 PM (eoQWY)

235 Mike Hammer

Every work day I drive by a herd of elk. They have moved east from Fort Riley.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:16 PM (u82oZ)

236 Yes. It makes them *feel* good, and that is what is important, you see.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 09:13 PM (yMEwp)

One does not "stop" feeding bears.

Posted by: zombie Tim Treadwell at March 13, 2023 09:16 PM (tkR6S)

237 I never looked to see what else was under the porch. But those skinks were big and easy prey.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:14 PM (u82oZ)

Mountain lion is still a cat.

Posted by: BignJames at March 13, 2023 09:16 PM (AwYPR)

238 The cataloochee herd?

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at March 13, 2023 09:16 PM (+M04z)

239 228 I have a choke point in the house, all the rooms connect to it. Usually when I get up to walk thru the choke point, one or two cats must race me to it, sometimes crashing into my legs. Cats == tanglefoot.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 13, 2023 09:16 PM (MvF+J)

240 >225 Hammer I got in a huge social media argument with a neighbor who feeds the bears. These people can't be reasoned with. Sad.
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs
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Yes. It makes them *feel* good, and that is what is important, you see.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 09:13 PM (yMEwp)

I'm curious how your neighbor will feel if a human, perhaps a family member, is mauled by said bear. Dumb ass.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 13, 2023 09:16 PM (gryET)

241 221 Hammer I got in a huge social media argument with a neighbor who feeds the bears. These people can't be reasoned with. Sad.

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at March 13, 2023 09:10 PM (+M04z)

Ask them what they want you to do if you see one mauling one of their children.

Posted by: Javems at March 13, 2023 09:16 PM (AmoqO)

242 Hammer I got in a huge social media argument with a neighbor who feeds the bears. These people can't be reasoned with. Sad.

Tim Treadwell school of wildlife management. You always end up feeding the bear in ways you didn't expect.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 13, 2023 09:17 PM (Bd6X8)

243 Oldcat

Probably right. I keep a sharp eye out for them. So far, I have never hit even a deer. Squirrels, sure. Not a deer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:17 PM (u82oZ)

244 Oldcat

I never looked to see what else was under the porch. But those skinks were big and easy prey.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:14 PM (u82oZ)

kitties go for roaches and grasshoppers. Not ants that I have ever seen. Skinks might be in the 'bug' range for a puma

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 09:17 PM (eoQWY)

245 I don't think I know what a skink is.

Posted by: N. Lurker at March 13, 2023 09:18 PM (eGTCV)

246 A Denver news anchor scolded a mayoral candidate for calling 911 after a homeless drug addict exposed himself and defecated in front of the candidate’s three-year-old daughter.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 13, 2023 09:14 PM (jzzG

Mayoral candidate should have shot the puke. Would have been worth a fuckton of votes.

Posted by: zombie Tim Treadwell at March 13, 2023 09:18 PM (tkR6S)

247 The cataloochee herd?
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs
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Affirmative.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 09:19 PM (+M3be)

248 Think elk are tall enough they are going to go into your windshield unless you have a huge pickup no matter what you do.

The ones around here are at least that tall.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 13, 2023 09:19 PM (Bd6X8)

249 weft cut-loop

That is what the Insomniac brand Tire Iron of Justice is for. Not a wimpy call to 911.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:19 PM (u82oZ)

250 >>An open Lyme disease invitation.

Lyme Disease is named for the town of Lyme, CT where it was first diagnosed. For many years some speculated the source was Plum Island Research Center which is right across Long Island Sound. It was speculated by some crazies that the disease was the result of screwing around with viruses.

Doesn't sound as crazy these days.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 13, 2023 09:19 PM (ZLI7S)

251 I don't think I know what a skink is.
Posted by: N. Lurker
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lizard

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 09:19 PM (+M3be)

252 I don't think I know what a skink is.
Posted by: N. Lurker at March 13, 2023 09:18 PM (eGTCV)

Lizard, not like gators more like geckos

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 09:20 PM (eoQWY)

253 221 Hammer I got in a huge social media argument with a neighbor who feeds the bears. These people can't be reasoned with. Sad.
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at March 13, 2023 09:10 PM
They don't go there just for the bear feeding, do they?

Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2023 09:20 PM (MF3yS)

254 I don't think I know what a skink is.
Posted by: N. Lurker
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lizard
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Sammy the Freak comes to mind.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 09:21 PM (+M3be)

255 Think elk are tall enough they are going to go into your windshield unless you have a huge pickup no matter what you do.

The ones around here are at least that tall.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 13, 2023 09:19 PM (Bd6X

Mythbusters did a show about moose vs car, made a artificial moose body out of tires and such.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 09:21 PM (eoQWY)

256 A Denver news anchor scolded a mayoral candidate for calling 911 after a homeless drug addict exposed himself and defecated in front of the candidate’s three-year-old daughter.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 13, 2023 09:14 PM

Given the quality of news anchors these days, I'm going on the presumption that the anchor and the homeless drug addict are the same person.

Posted by: Bert G at March 13, 2023 09:21 PM (fF0pk)

257 Some skinks get pretty big and will bite the f#*k out of you.

Posted by: fd at March 13, 2023 09:22 PM (iayUP)

258 That is what the Insomniac brand Tire Iron of Justice is for. Not a wimpy call to 911.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Both you and I know any extra-curricular activity would be met with 5 to ten in this state.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 13, 2023 09:23 PM (jzzG8)

259 Mythbusters did a show about moose vs car, made a artificial moose body out of tires and such.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Heh. They generally used hog carcasses. I'm surprised they didn't stitch up a Frankenelk.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 09:23 PM (Ym2uE)

260 Elk are big, heavy animals. Yeah they could kill you.

Posted by: N. Lurker at March 13, 2023 09:24 PM (eGTCV)

261 Oldcat

Sweden has a research program on that. C&E Newshad an article and picture of the testing "elk" used to see if Volvo windshields were tough enough. Sweden has a number of people killed every year in Moose - car collisions.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:24 PM (u82oZ)

262 Texas has a lot of 5 lined skinks- pretty little things.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 13, 2023 09:24 PM (r46W7)

263 Mountain lion is still a cat.
Posted by: BignJames at March 13, 2023 09:16 PM (AwYPR)

Yeah and cats are much more deadly than dogs in nature.

Posted by: JmT at March 13, 2023 09:24 PM (ucixH)

264 weft cut-loop

We can dream, can't we?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:24 PM (u82oZ)

265 Hammer I got in a huge social media argument with a neighbor who feeds the bears. These people can't be reasoned with. Sad.
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at March 13, 2023 09:10 PM (+M04z)

Smearing peanut butter on your neighbor's door or under the hood and wheel wells of the car is probably taking it too far.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 13, 2023 09:25 PM (xhaym)

266 I saw a deer pick a fight with a Cadillac SUV once. The Caddy won.

Posted by: CppThis at March 13, 2023 09:25 PM (PZvjL)

267 257 Some skinks get pretty big and will bite the f#*k out of you.
Posted by: fd at March 13, 2023 09:22 PM
Didn't Tyson bite the fcuk out of a Spinks?

Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2023 09:25 PM (MF3yS)

268 you never see a cougar until they are on top of you

Posted by: REDACTED at March 13, 2023 09:26 PM (us2H3)

269 >>Think elk are tall enough they are going to go into your windshield unless you have a huge pickup no matter what you do.

If you hit a moose you are going to lose bad, I don't care what you are driving.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 13, 2023 09:26 PM (ZLI7S)

270 Smearing peanut butter on your neighbor's door or under the hood and wheel wells of the car is probably taking it too far.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Whatever you do, don't toss any sardines over the fence.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 09:26 PM (Ym2uE)

271 Eromero

I heard about it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:26 PM (u82oZ)

272 Don't grab a skink by the tail. Doesn't work.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at March 13, 2023 09:26 PM (MvF+J)

273 I got nothin', bro.

Posted by: Leon Skinks at March 13, 2023 09:27 PM (Xrfse)

274 REDACTED

Go to bars with better lighting!

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:27 PM (u82oZ)

275 Well, time to shower off the sawdust. Been cutting, sanding, and staining 1X6 shiplap board for siding the gable end of the house. Got the two longest boards, at 57", screwed to the wall now, and the next two at 55" cut and assembled. I have to splice pieces together to make the longer boards, because, reasons. Once I get to lengths under 3 feet, I should be done with splicing. I used a router to make a lap joint on the ends of the two pieces to be spliced, and then glue and screws to join them.

Posted by: zombie Tim Treadwell at March 13, 2023 09:27 PM (tkR6S)

276 268 you never see a cougar until they are on top of you
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I come here for the closing time tips

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at March 13, 2023 09:28 PM (+M04z)

277 Oldcat

Sweden has a research program on that. C&E Newshad an article and picture of the testing "elk" used to see if Volvo windshields were tough enough. Sweden has a number of people killed every year in Moose - car collisions.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:24 PM (u82oZ)

that's one of those "research" programs in the 'I can't believe we do this" variety. "What happens if a 1 ton animal hits a sheet of glass a foot or two in front of my face at high speed?" bet they had a lot of competing theories on that one, need lots of statistics.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 09:28 PM (eoQWY)

278 If you hit a moose you are going to lose bad, I don't care what you are driving.

Also, you should be careful about taking you sister out into moose country.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 13, 2023 09:28 PM (Bd6X8)

279 Don't grab a skink by the tail.
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Could be a C&W tune.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 13, 2023 09:28 PM (sewR1)

280 268 you never see a cougar until they are on top of you
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I come here for the closing time tips
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at March 13, 2023 09:28 PM (+M04z)

Cause they likely are behind.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 09:28 PM (eoQWY)

281 If you hit a moose you are going to lose bad, I don't care what you are driving.

Also, you should be careful about taking you sister out into moose country.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 13, 2023 09:28 PM (Bd6X

you need to cite your filmography source for that fact.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 09:29 PM (eoQWY)

282 Off, bear charcuterie sock.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2023 09:30 PM (tkR6S)

283 268 you never see a cougar until they are on top of you
Posted by: REDACTED at March 13, 2023 09:26 PM
I had one on top of me. Probably a couple dozen times.

Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2023 09:30 PM (MF3yS)

284 Oldcat

I knew a guy that shot whole chickens from a air-powered cannon into fighter jet canopies.

He destroyed the first (expensive) canopy, and was taken aside and strongly counseled to let the chicken thaw first.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:31 PM (u82oZ)

285 you never see a cougar until they are on top of you
Posted by: REDACTED at March 13, 2023 09:26 PM (us2H3)

well, when you are out in the woods and the hair on the back of your neck stands up, you are probably sharing the landscape with a cougar, but you haven't processed it yet.
I think it is because big cats are a predator on primates and the back of our necks remember.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 13, 2023 09:32 PM (xhaym)

286 There's a dead skink in the middle of the road.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 13, 2023 09:15 PM (Xrfse)

I just bought a can of Skunk aka king gag gift for my son in law's birthday. I buy him these novelty fake road kill cans as presents. He whoops it up and acts excited in front of the grandkids and says they'll have it for dinner. The grandkids get upset they might have to eat skunk or possum or any other varmint. They haven't figured out the routine yet.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 13, 2023 09:32 PM (H4JoC)

287 that's one of those "research" programs in the 'I can't believe we do this" variety. "What happens if a 1 ton animal hits a sheet of glass a foot or two in front of my face at high speed?" bet they had a lot of competing theories on that one, need lots of statistics.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 09:28 PM (eoQWY)

The secret is to defrost the moose first . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at March 13, 2023 09:33 PM (xhaym)

288 you need to cite your filmography source for that fact.

Sure, like I'll be able to come up with Holy Grail of sources to satisfy your demand.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 13, 2023 09:33 PM (Bd6X8)

289 >>Mythbusters did a show about moose vs car, made a artificial moose body out of tires and such.

I lived in Maine. Hitting a real moose not one made of tires happened from time to time. The moose usually died but so did the car.

A full grown moose is enormous and weigh many times the size of a full grown deer.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 13, 2023 09:33 PM (ZLI7S)

290 Oldcat

I knew a guy that shot whole chickens from a air-powered cannon into fighter jet canopies.

He destroyed the first (expensive) canopy, and was taken aside and strongly counseled to let the chicken thaw first.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:31 PM (u82oZ)

I'd heard of that testing even before MB redid and duplicated the results for the show.

My favorite is still the ping pong ball raising of ship show where they "pour" the balls down to the bottom of the bay using a garden hose and friction. Just genius.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 09:34 PM (eoQWY)

291 284 Oldcat

I knew a guy that shot whole chickens from a air-powered cannon into fighter jet canopies.

He destroyed the first (expensive) canopy, and was taken aside and strongly counseled to let the chicken thaw first.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:31 PM
I remember that, something about the 'the damn things aren't frozen when they're flying into your canopy!'

Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2023 09:34 PM (MF3yS)

292 you never see a cougar until they are on top of you
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Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at March 13, 2023 09:28 PM (+M04z)

***
Sometimes you can track them by the vodka bottles.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 13, 2023 09:34 PM (anj39)

293 271 Eromero

I heard about it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:26 PM (u82oZ)

I was off-shore the night of the fight. I went to bed early but the production crew spent some big bucks on the pay per view event. Wasn't long before I heard what sounded like a brawl downstairs in the TV room. Yelling , stomping, cussing. "He bit his fucking ear off" one guy explained to me later.

Posted by: Javems at March 13, 2023 09:35 PM (AmoqO)

294 you never see a cougar until they are on top of you
Posted by: REDACTED at March 13, 2023 09:26 PM (us2H3)

well, when you are out in the woods and the hair on the back of your neck stands up, you are probably sharing the landscape with a cougar, but you haven't processed it yet.
I think it is because big cats are a predator on primates and the back of our necks remember.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 13, 2023 09:32 PM (xhaym)

Same thing happens in pick up bars.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 09:35 PM (eoQWY)

295 you never see a cougar until they are on top of you
Posted by: REDACTED at March 13, 2023 09:26 PM (us2H3)

One minute you're walking alone to your car, the next... BAM! You're smelling overprice perfume and you can hear the sound of Journey's Greatest Hits...

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 13, 2023 09:35 PM (wmDcS)

296 Colorado Alex in Exile

Go on ...

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:36 PM (u82oZ)

297 One minute you're walking alone to your car, the next... BAM! You're smelling overprice perfume and you can hear the sound of Journey's Greatest Hits...
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 13, 2023 09:35 PM (wmDcS)

I'm old enough to think of Journey as 'new'

Posted by: Oldcat at March 13, 2023 09:36 PM (eoQWY)

298 AOP, here is an article about the Studebaker Commander Starliner

https://tinyurl.com/2k8pcs4a

Posted by: Kindltot at March 13, 2023 09:37 PM (xhaym)

299 I'm old enough to think of Journey as 'new'

I think of that Perry guy as their new singer.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 13, 2023 09:38 PM (Bd6X8)

300 Eromero

I heard about it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:26 PM (u82oZ)

It was Holyfield's ear.

Posted by: BignJames at March 13, 2023 09:38 PM (AwYPR)

301 295 you never see a cougar until they are on top of you
Posted by: REDACTED at March 13, 2023 09:26 PM (us2H3)

One minute you're walking alone to your car, the next... BAM! You're smelling overprice perfume and you can hear the sound of Journey's Greatest Hits...
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 13, 2023 09:35 PM
And Virginia Slims, never forget that smell.

Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2023 09:38 PM (MF3yS)

302 Cougars:

https://www.city-journal.org/ html/desperate-grandmas-12952.html From 2006.

Mind the gap.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:39 PM (u82oZ)

303 298 AOP, here is an article about the Studebaker Commander Starliner

https://tinyurl.com/2k8pcs4a
Posted by: Kindltot at March 13, 2023 09:37 PM
I have a picture of Mama Eromero in that same swimsuit, but no Studebaker.

Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2023 09:41 PM (MF3yS)

304 Eromero

So you were scarred by your experiences with cougars?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:42 PM (u82oZ)

305 When I was a kid, there was a dude in our neighborhood who used to hunt moose in Canada. Dude got trampled. Twice.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 13, 2023 09:44 PM (Xrfse)

306 Joe Pepitone passes away at 82.

Posted by: SMOD at March 13, 2023 09:47 PM (RovqD)

307 304 Eromero

So you were scarred by your experiences with cougars?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 09:42 PM
In my people, a scar earned in struggle is an honorable mark and one that your people will sing of around the fire.

Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2023 09:48 PM (MF3yS)

308 When I was a kid, there was a dude in our neighborhood who used to hunt moose in Canada. Dude got trampled. Twice.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 13, 2023 09:44 PM (Xrfse)

Me 'ol man brought back a moose from Canada. Huge!
And damn we ate good that year.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 13, 2023 09:48 PM (anj39)

309 My one encounter with a big kitty out in Nature -

Tending to sprinkler heads in the lawn. the house was on a Florida golf course with lots of ponds and marsh. Ok, I look up, and across the street I think I see a chocolate lab staring at me. No. Not at all.

Brain processes quickly, "it's not a dog. What the f$%& is it? Oh shit it's a cat."

And then my head just exploded with this primal urge to climb. Climb dammit climb!

Luckily the thing slunk back into the weeds.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 13, 2023 09:49 PM (8AONa)

310 Townhall.com@townhallcom
.@ananavarro: "Fox News, every single day, goes after Kamala Harris — trying to portray her as inept and some kind of bumbling fool. She's not!"
"They've got to stop playing into the hands of these people who can not stand that she is the first woman of color Vice President!"

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Heck of a job, Foxy!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 13, 2023 09:51 PM (FVME7)

311 At .my vast age I don't think cougars exist in my world.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at March 13, 2023 09:51 PM (eGTCV)

312 309 My one encounter with a big kitty out in Nature -

Tending to sprinkler heads in the lawn. the house was on a Florida golf course with lots of ponds and marsh. Ok, I look up, and across the street I think I see a chocolate lab staring at me. No. Not at all.

Brain processes quickly, "it's not a dog. What the f$%& is it? Oh shit it's a cat."

And then my head just exploded with this primal urge to climb. Climb dammit climb!

Luckily the thing slunk back into the weeds.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 13, 2023 09:49 PM
Call em painters in Florida.

Posted by: Eromero at March 13, 2023 09:53 PM (MF3yS)

313 A full grown moose is enormous and weigh many times the size of a full grown deer.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 13, 2023 09:33 PM (ZLI7S)

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Our zoo has a moose. It is my favorite animal there. Once, my son and I sat by its enclosure. It wandered over and hung out with us for a bit. Then a group of noisy kids came by, and the moose wandered away.

Posted by: No One Of Consequence at March 13, 2023 09:54 PM (uPgE/)

314 What, no love?

Posted by: Moose Out Front at March 13, 2023 09:55 PM (Xrfse)

315 309 My one encounter with a big kitty out in Nature -

Tending to sprinkler heads in the lawn. the house was on a Florida golf course with lots of ponds and marsh. Ok, I look up, and across the street I think I see a chocolate lab staring at me. No. Not at all.

Brain processes quickly, "it's not a dog. What the f$%& is it? Oh shit it's a cat."

And then my head just exploded with this primal urge to climb. Climb dammit climb!

Luckily the thing slunk back into the weeds.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 13, 2023 09:49 PM (8AONa)

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If your brain is urging you to climb to escape a big cat, your brain may be trying to kill you.

Posted by: No One Of Consequence at March 13, 2023 09:56 PM (uPgE/)

316 AOP, here is an article about the Studebaker Commander Starliner

https://tinyurl.com/2k8pcs4a
Posted by: Kindltot at March 13, 2023 09:37 PM (xhaym)

Nice pics; the text almost reads like ad copy for an auction house.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 13, 2023 09:57 PM (tkR6S)

317 Yeah, that's a good point. I'm not claiming I was reacting like a steely eye d frontiersman

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 13, 2023 09:58 PM (8AONa)

318 Have a great night everyone.

May cougars attacks be consensual.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 13, 2023 10:00 PM (u82oZ)

319 >>Our zoo has a moose. It is my favorite animal there. Once, my son and I sat by its enclosure. It wandered over and hung out with us for a bit. Then a group of noisy kids came by, and the moose wandered away

Many moons ago when I was in college I was throwing a frisbee with some of my friends in a field behind the dorms. One of my friends threw the frisbee to me and it went over my head. Turned around to see a huge, full grown bull standing about 30 feet behind. He just sauntered out of the woods and was apparently watching us.

I just slowly walked backwards until I felt comfortable enough to turn and run. When I got a long way away I turned and looked and he was just standing there looking at me as if to say "What?".

Easy to say when you are 8 feet tall with rack that would make a porn queen blush.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 13, 2023 10:04 PM (ZLI7S)

320 Here's the thing that I don't understand about climate change alarmism. If we are, indeed, a mere 5 years from a catastrophic end to humanity due to fossil fuel use, then it's too late. We could stop using fossil fuels right now and we're screwed.

So why bother stopping? Why not spend out time, money, and effort on preparing for the apocalypse as best we can, rather than hamstringing ourselves by thrusting ourselves back into the middle ages, technologically?

If we're too late, if we've already reached the tipping point, then let's stop worrying about CO2 and start trying to figure out how to survive the apocalypse?

This, more than anything, leads me to believe that this is more about power than an actual coming apocalypse.

Posted by: Goober at March 14, 2023 12:03 PM (Hgvgt)

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