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The Pleasure of Bike Riding in Portland, Oregon
hal lillywhite wrote:
The worst case of this I ever heard of was our neighbors who got a couple of chichuachuas and made a little doggie door so they could enter and leave the house at will. One night one of those dogs tangled with a skunk, then went in and rolled all over the living room floor trying to get the stuff off. And that was the night after a brand new white carpet was installed in that living room. I don't know what the did about it but I'm sure that dog was in the doghouse. It's also one of the perils of letting a dog off the leash 50 miles from home. |
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The Pleasure of Bike Riding in Portland, Oregon
Tom Keats wrote: In article .com, writes: On Sep 12, 8:58 pm, "David L. Johnson" wrote: Paul Berg wrote: Poster's comment: The bicyclist must have never biked by City Hall, for there are a good number of skunks there. Apparently the poster knew very little at all about skunks, or he/she would have done anything but stop and watch. I've had two VERY close encounters with skunks. I've had many. They're very sociable, and they enjoy the company of humans who don't freak them out or startle them, or run them over with cars. They're not quite as frenetic as ferrets or otters, but just as willful. Once you become acquainted with 'em and they understand you're no threat to 'em, they won't let 'er rip on ya. In fact it's dead easy to get 'em to eat outa yer hand. They will also magically emerge from the rocks gleefully accept the fish you 'caught for them' and disappear just as fast back into the rocks. And magically pop out for another fish at a different spot. Just don't let them get their claws on ya. If you befriend a pregnant skunkette, eventually she's just gotta drop by and show off her offspring to you, who'll follow behing Mom like boxcars behind a locomotive. Don't touch them -- just admire and approve of them and Mom, and give 'em your positive vibes from a respectful distance. They'll give you their positive vibes too. As long as you don't hassle them. Skunks are very much like humans. I guess that's why they're attracted to us. That, and our garbage. cheers, cool I bring you redneck kittens: http://officespam.chattablogs.com/ar...s-13-thumb.jpg |
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Peter Cole writes: Tom Keats wrote: In article .com, writes: On Sep 12, 8:58 pm, "David L. Johnson" wrote: Paul Berg wrote: Poster's comment: The bicyclist must have never biked by City Hall, for there are a good number of skunks there. Apparently the poster knew very little at all about skunks, or he/she would have done anything but stop and watch. I've had two VERY close encounters with skunks. I've had many. They're very sociable, and they enjoy the company of humans who don't freak them out or startle them, or run them over with cars. Skunks are frequent visitors to our urban (Boston) yard. On a couple of occasions I've seen our cat ambling along, side-by-side, with one (he's a very sociable cat). He's never been sprayed. They enjoy and appreciate a li'l rapportoire. They also seem to be very itinerate, with their own circuits within which they range. So they might be here for a while, then gone, and then back again at some indeterminable time. I've experienced hard times, myself. Enough to recognize and compare the same implusions in desperate humans as in crows, skunks, racoons and other people. The only thing that separates humans from Nature is money. cheers, Tom -- Nothing is safe from me. I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca |
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Tom Keats wrote: In article .com, writes: They're not quite as frenetic as ferrets or otters, but just as willful. Once you become acquainted with 'em and they understand you're no threat to 'em, they won't let 'er rip on ya. In fact it's dead easy to get 'em to eat outa yer hand. They will also magically emerge from the rocks gleefully accept the fish you 'caught for them' and disappear just as fast back into the rocks. And magically pop out for another fish at a different spot. I guess that's partly what wicker kreels are for. Yea I believe that would be what I've heard, also believe I've heard that when you soak them the water will evaporate and keep the fish cool. I've sorta had that happen to me, too. Only it was a marten or a fisher -- some sort of ferret-like critter, anyways. Slender furry fish thieves. Porupines like to gnaw on canoe paddles 'cuz of the sweat-salt embedded in 'em. Or squezels as I believe they are called in cambodia. I recall, while living in more bucolic surroundings, mice enjoying my dog's MilkBones within the secure confines of my gumboots in the middle of the night. I'd have to pour the crumbs (and mouse-made chocolate sprinkles) out in the morning. Hmmm sprinkles. Do we cohabitate with/alongside Nature, or simply habitate and cooperate as an integral part of it? We had racoons and skunks under the porch and snakes reproduce yearly from within the sprinkler system. I think a lot of both. cheers, Tom -- Nothing is safe from me. I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca |
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Tom Keats wrote: Porupines like to gnaw on canoe paddles 'cuz of the sweat-salt embedded in 'em. They'll gnaw on anything that tastes remotely like salt. Even worse are marmots and other critters dwelling at high altitude. Over the centuries, precipitation has washed the salt downhill so pretty much anything that lives at altitude will be salt deficient. Some climbers have had boots chewed to shreds. They hike in, then change to their climbing boots for the climb, stashing the hiking boots for when they return. If they don't hang the boots out of reach they may have to walk out in their climbing footwear. |
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On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:56:37 -0700, hal lillywhite
wrote: Tom Keats wrote: Porupines like to gnaw on canoe paddles 'cuz of the sweat-salt embedded in 'em. They'll gnaw on anything that tastes remotely like salt. Even worse are marmots and other critters dwelling at high altitude. Over the centuries, precipitation has washed the salt downhill so pretty much anything that lives at altitude will be salt deficient. Some climbers have had boots chewed to shreds. They hike in, then change to their climbing boots for the climb, stashing the hiking boots for when they return. If they don't hang the boots out of reach they may have to walk out in their climbing footwear. I had cycling gloves eaten by some nocturnal critter and continued the tour without gloves. One layer of cotton handle bar tape only. After ten days riding mostly chip sealed shoulders it took a few months for my ring-finger and pinky to "wake-up". Several years later they still weren't right and got painful when cold. I have permanent nerve damage as a momento of that tour. Had I known then what I know now I'd have wrapped the handle bar with a spare pair of socks. -- zk |
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Zoot Katz wrote:
On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:56:37 -0700, hal lillywhite wrote: Tom Keats wrote: Porupines like to gnaw on canoe paddles 'cuz of the sweat-salt embedded in 'em. They'll gnaw on anything that tastes remotely like salt. Even worse are marmots and other critters dwelling at high altitude. Over the centuries, precipitation has washed the salt downhill so pretty much anything that lives at altitude will be salt deficient. Some climbers have had boots chewed to shreds. They hike in, then change to their climbing boots for the climb, stashing the hiking boots for when they return. If they don't hang the boots out of reach they may have to walk out in their climbing footwear. I had cycling gloves eaten by some nocturnal critter and continued the tour without gloves. One layer of cotton handle bar tape only. After ten days riding mostly chip sealed shoulders it took a few months for my ring-finger and pinky to "wake-up". Several years later they still weren't right and got painful when cold. I have permanent nerve damage as a momento of that tour. Had I known then what I know now I'd have wrapped the handle bar with a spare pair of socks. Had I known what I know now, I'd have salted the dog food! |
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