tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post3789198329570309605..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: There probably shouldn't be an app for that.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70667516473019396392010-01-21T14:02:06.371-05:002010-01-21T14:02:06.371-05:00So... now the bear piles will contain shards of pl...So... now the bear piles will contain shards of plastic and silicon instead of little chrome bell smelling of pepper spray?Pointmanhttp://www.pointmanspage.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15881816149219590072010-01-18T11:11:26.169-05:002010-01-18T11:11:26.169-05:00One of the reasons the general public treats the i...<i>One of the reasons the general public treats the idea of wild animals as sentient friends of Bambi ... </i> <br /><br />Which is hilarious for anyone who's read "Bambi: A Life in the Woods", seeing as Disney took an uncompromising and open portrait of nature in all its savage, unhuman glory and turned it into doe-eyed (no pun intended) pablum. The second half's not as sugar-coated, but <i>still</i>.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952078709114872197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12838146987111296012010-01-18T11:01:15.582-05:002010-01-18T11:01:15.582-05:00There were some of those videos, too, but they wer...There were some of those videos, too, but they were all brown bears out west, where people leave pickanick baskets out at Yellowstone apparently for the sole purpose of being able to film Yogi trashing their campsite to show the folks back home.<br /><br />Given all the videos of <i>that</i> type, I'm kinda hoping one will end in tears. It's amazing: A sort of version of "Jackass" played by the Royal Robbins/North Face set...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43447029387228960232010-01-18T10:53:51.299-05:002010-01-18T10:53:51.299-05:00Yes, and if you drink Irish sauce you'll see h...Yes, and if you drink Irish sauce you'll see hordes of bears charge the camera instead of a single bear running away in panic, much like the Chicago Bears (whose fans want Irish sauce after seeing them play).<br /><br />Shootin' BuddyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43614033748279828432010-01-18T10:14:42.247-05:002010-01-18T10:14:42.247-05:00What's bad is when the sauce gets into your ca...What's bad is when the sauce gets into your <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg5sDR4YJtE&feature=related" rel="nofollow">camcorder</a>.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41427606779245559092010-01-18T09:52:04.175-05:002010-01-18T09:52:04.175-05:00The best use of an cell phone or other handheld de...The best use of an cell phone or other handheld device which has Internet service is to look up the nearest "Friends of Bill" meeting hall.<br /><br />After only a few sessions, sbstaining from the Irish sauce, and maybe light exercise, you will no longer see bears and thus be completely safe from them.<br /><br />Shootin' BuddyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26855763686029130022010-01-18T09:51:07.152-05:002010-01-18T09:51:07.152-05:00One of the reasons the general public treats the i...One of the reasons the general public treats the idea of wild animals as sentient friends of Bambi, is because for a long damn time, said friends got pruned back by meat-eating natives bearing weapons.<br /><br />Whether it was Appalachian b'ar hunters, or a Western stockman with a pack of hounds, the carnivores pretty much were trained to avoid humans. Especially since lots of the humans they did scent had gun oil perfume on 'em.<br /><br />Now that we've culturally adopted the teethy bas...unh, our fellow animal friends as equals, it should come as no surprise to note their choosing to dine on the occasional homo sapiens du jour.<br /><br />I trust that PETA and the head mo'fo of HSUS will get together over a nice carafe of red wine to celebrate another win for 'their side'. Ain't decades of propaganda a wunnerful tool for population control?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025768362210499102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76979894994237432082010-01-18T08:14:07.727-05:002010-01-18T08:14:07.727-05:00If you don't have pepper spray, there is anoth...If you don't have pepper spray, there is another way to identify what type of bear it is.<br /><br />Kick the bear real hard in the ass, then climb a tree.<br />If the bear climbs the tree and mauls you, it is a black bear.<br />If it knocks the tree down and mauls you, it is a grizzly.BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29382483480899400772010-01-18T08:10:44.970-05:002010-01-18T08:10:44.970-05:00I've read that "In brown and grizzly bear...I've read that "In brown and grizzly bear country, you should carry pepper spray and wear little bells on your clothing to deter attacks. You can identify brown bears by their smaller size and shy disposition. You can identify grizzly bears because their shit has little bells in it and smells like pepper."Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952078709114872197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-842262297300524732010-01-18T08:06:33.828-05:002010-01-18T08:06:33.828-05:00Having read more than my share of BearThread on in...Having read more than my share of BearThread on internet gun boards, I question whether the current iteration of the iPhone has enough RAM for that.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16678268855367658742010-01-18T08:05:10.604-05:002010-01-18T08:05:10.604-05:00No kidding. They could have at least programmed it...No kidding. They could have at least programmed it to give you something useful, like an app that tells you which caliber for bear...Jay Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085873775096542015noreply@blogger.com