In our valley, there is a freeway that runs between two sets of hills. On the southish side are the Verdugos and the north ish side are the San Gabriel Mountains. The rule is that Mountain Lions are native to the San Gabriels, so anyone caught on that side of the freeway goes back into the forest. If they are in the Verdugos, though, they get shot. The last time our friend has a mountain lion call, he ended up shooting it because the cat was headed straight onto the freeway itself, via the off ramp going the other direction.
You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Apr 11, 2013 4:22:55 pm PDT #18300 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
aurelia - Apr 11, 2013 4:25:50 pm PDT #18301 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Oooh, kitty!
No red drinks while driving, people. That's the new rule.
I'm feeling mischievous enough to recommend it. And ketchup packets in your pockets while biking.
cliomusing - Apr 11, 2013 4:32:17 pm PDT #18302 of 30001
"Come on, put your back into it. A Watcher scoffs at gravity."
Just wanted to thank everyone for the recommendations in San Francisco! I'm Monica, Tom's erstwhile travel companion for the summer, and I am really, really looking forward to our trip and to hopefully meeting some of you when we're there. :)
tommyrot - Apr 11, 2013 4:36:07 pm PDT #18303 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Congrats, Consuela and msbelle!
And Hi, cliomusing! Haven't talked to you since a minute ago!
Scrappy - Apr 11, 2013 4:36:17 pm PDT #18304 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Welcome, Monica!!!!
tommyrot - Apr 11, 2013 4:39:07 pm PDT #18305 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Also, kitty!
The biggest animals I've seen in the wild were a moose and a black bear. Not at the same time but both in Ontario.
billytea - Apr 11, 2013 4:40:36 pm PDT #18306 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Okay, hello, that kitty would have freaked me out too. Biggest thing I've seen lurking undomesticated was a raccoon, but it was a filthy huge one.
Largest feral animal I've seen in a residential area was a deer in the Philadalphia suburbs. Runner-up (jumper-up?) is the kangaroo that turned up to the sale of my house in Melbourne before moving to Philly.
cliomusing - Apr 11, 2013 4:41:49 pm PDT #18307 of 30001
"Come on, put your back into it. A Watcher scoffs at gravity."
Well, hi you. :)
The biggest animal I've seen in the wild is a humpback whale. If any of you have seen a blue whale, I yield my claim to the biggest creature yet. For land critters, it was the deer I saw in Muir Woods, easily one of my favorite places on earth.
tommyrot - Apr 11, 2013 4:43:02 pm PDT #18308 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
We would often get deer on our high school campus, but that was a small town surrounded by farms and woods.
eta to fix spelling of "deer." Guess who's tired?
Jesse - Apr 11, 2013 4:44:05 pm PDT #18309 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There are turkeys in my neighborhood right now -- I saw a couple by the river, but apparently the other day one was just walking down the street by the fancy tea place.