reuben
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Post by reuben on Aug 6, 2018 16:56:24 GMT -8
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Aug 6, 2018 16:57:26 GMT -8
Post by reuben on Aug 6, 2018 16:57:26 GMT -8
An un-peated Islay Scotch? Sacré Bleu! When did French become a Scottish dialect?
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Aug 6, 2018 17:14:33 GMT -8
Post by johntpenca on Aug 6, 2018 17:14:33 GMT -8
Gotta be honest, don't know what a "Drop Bear" is. Link to the reference? Or am I having another slow day? gcvrsa Glad to have you aboard!
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reuben
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Post by reuben on Aug 6, 2018 17:35:04 GMT -8
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Post by rebeccad on Aug 6, 2018 19:24:29 GMT -8
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Aug 6, 2018 21:07:40 GMT -8
Post by ecocentric on Aug 6, 2018 21:07:40 GMT -8
"Greetings pilgrim." I normally ask a newbie, "Can you skin a griz?" I suspect you can. Welcome to our online rendezvous.
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Post by johntpenca on Aug 7, 2018 11:00:52 GMT -8
reuben- from the link you posted: Size range 120kg, 130cm long, 90 cm at the shoulder. That's one big marsupial.
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Post by mk on Aug 9, 2018 13:19:41 GMT -8
Welcome from North Texas!
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Aug 10, 2018 14:25:31 GMT -8
Post by gcvrsa on Aug 10, 2018 14:25:31 GMT -8
The drop bear is related to the jackalope and the snipe. I'm pretty sure Douglas Adams wrote about them in "Last Chance to See".
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Aug 10, 2018 14:26:36 GMT -8
Post by gcvrsa on Aug 10, 2018 14:26:36 GMT -8
Welcome to the Tribe! Calvin Rustrum! How cool! I have nearly all of his books. Do you have a favorite by Cal? Since you're thinking of backpacking the Long Trail, I'd like to recommend reading Forest Under My Fingernails, by Walt McLaughlin; it's a great personal narrative on his trek along the LT. Happy Trails, RS This is the edition I have:
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Post by johntpenca on Aug 10, 2018 14:27:59 GMT -8
The drop bear is related to the jackalope and the snipe. Actually, a snipe is a real bird. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wilsons_Snipe/overview"BASIC DESCRIPTION Though the long tradition of “snipe hunt” pranks at summer camp has convinced many people otherwise, Wilson’s Snipes aren’t made-up creatures. These plump, long-billed birds are among the most widespread shorebirds in North America. They can be tough to see thanks to their cryptic brown and buff coloration and secretive nature. But in summer they often stand on fence posts or take to the sky with a fast, zigzagging flight and an unusual “winnowing” sound made with the tail."
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Post by gcvrsa on Aug 10, 2018 14:28:48 GMT -8
"Greetings pilgrim." I normally ask a newbie, "Can you skin a griz?" I suspect you can. Welcome to our online rendezvous. I have no intention of ever coming close enough to a grizzly to find out. Although, one of my goals is to visit Dick Proenneke's cabin, so you never know.
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Aug 10, 2018 14:34:38 GMT -8
Post by johntpenca on Aug 10, 2018 14:34:38 GMT -8
Just had to google it: www.nps.gov/lacl/learn/historyculture/proennekes-cabin.htm"Richard Proenneke built his cabin during the summers of 1967 and 1968 using mostly local materials and simple hand held tools. For many of these, he brought in steel parts and made the handles with local wood. When tools broke, he chose to repair them, rather than to buy new replacements. While his cabin is neither the first nor the largest ever built in the Alaskan Bush, it does stand out for his remarkable craftsmanship in building it, and the fact that he filmed the entire construction process. Photo of the backside of a log cabin with a stone chimney and sod roof. Pronneke kept a stone on top of the chimney to prevent wildlife from entering the cabin. NPS Photo / Molissa Udevitz Cabin The cabin is a roughly 12-foot by 16-foot structure built of peeled, round spruce logs, carefully saddle notched at the corners. It has a gable roof made of spruce poles, covered by sod and moss.There are three windows. One on the west side, 23 inches by 14 inches, is a single thin plastic panel. The other western window, also thin plastic, is the largest in the cabin, measuring 26-inches by 30-inches. Along the east wall is a 26-inch by 15-inch window. The handmade Dutch door includes beautifully worked wooden hinges and a wooden lock. A beach stone fireplace rises from the south wall. Proenneke had originally covered his cabin and woodshed-outhouse with moss that he obtained within 25 yards of his site. However, moss requires a great deal of moisture to sustain itself on a roof and the relatively dry Twin Lakes environment was not conducive to that. Over thirty years Proenneke added more moss, dirt, and grass seed to his roof resulting in a thin amalgamated mat of all three components. In keeping with his wilderness values, Proenneke lived in this cabin for 30 years without electricity, running water, a telephone, or other modern conveniences."
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Aug 10, 2018 15:26:24 GMT -8
Post by autumnmist on Aug 10, 2018 15:26:24 GMT -8
Proenneke lived in this cabin for 30 years without electricity, running water, a telephone, or other modern conveniences." Makes me feel like kind of a sissy, being so dependent on electricity and running water, and a car. I have a lot of respect and admiration for anyone who can live like he did, but I honestly don't think I have the gumption to try it.
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Aug 10, 2018 15:46:37 GMT -8
Post by reuben on Aug 10, 2018 15:46:37 GMT -8
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