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Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Excellent! |
cgregb Send message Joined: 2 Apr 03 Posts: 515 Credit: 7,776,883 RAC: 362 |
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cgregb Send message Joined: 2 Apr 03 Posts: 515 Credit: 7,776,883 RAC: 362 |
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Robert J Send message Joined: 30 Mar 00 Posts: 115 Credit: 20,087,874 RAC: 15 |
Angela How about a group of raccoons lining up for a Muni bus in San Francisco http://www.flickr.com/photos/swthomson/3759243339/sizes/o/ |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
I hate it when you get a line up like this because the racoon in front doesn't have the correct change. |
cgregb Send message Joined: 2 Apr 03 Posts: 515 Credit: 7,776,883 RAC: 362 |
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Norman Copeland Send message Joined: 17 Aug 09 Posts: 1503 Credit: 143,499 RAC: 0 |
cgregb... That's good advice, I'm just wondering what else your posting for the kid's your representing... careful... they might hear you. |
cgregb Send message Joined: 2 Apr 03 Posts: 515 Credit: 7,776,883 RAC: 362 |
The kids are a bunch of refugees from West Africa that have been relocated to the US. I drive the bus to take them to church and soccer practice, go to school for their parent teacher meetings and generally help them become fully functional US citizens. Sometimes it's like herding cats. But they will apperciate it someday. Greg in Phoenix |
Norman Copeland Send message Joined: 17 Aug 09 Posts: 1503 Credit: 143,499 RAC: 0 |
You should be brimming with admiration for yourself, these kid's represent some great athletic acheivement's... I know bus driver's appreciate sport's... |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Loved the raccoon bus picture! Is is for real? |
Allie in Vancouver Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 3949 Credit: 1,604,668 RAC: 0 |
Loved the raccoon bus picture! Is is for real? It sure looks real. I would guess that the bus driver stops there every night and feeds them. They learned where and when to show up for a free meal, just like your little beasties. :) Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. Albert Einstein |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Certainly a plausible explanation. No doubt about it, raccoons learn easily when food is involved! |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
Certainly a plausible explanation. No doubt about it, raccoons learn easily when food is involved! Don't we all? The easiest way to get our little family back together is to let them all know what Mom is making for dinner on sunday night. |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
It is our slow season here in Raccoonland. Old Threesie has passed on. Occasionally Interloper Mama and Tweedle Dee come around, but since IM is done nursing, she does not come by regularly for extra calories. We probably see her once every 7 to 10 days. Mask and Wednesday are gone. I have no idea where those two little scamps have settled, but we haven't seen them in ages. Cilantro we see maybe once every 3 or 4 weeks. Surprisingly, we see Little Cat A almost every night. He is still super shy. He tolerates me tossing food to him from a window, but if I step outside he darts instantly under the deck and stays there until I go back in the house. I do not think I will ever manage to get close to him. He just does not have the temperament for interaction. Raccoon feeding always slows down for us in the winter. I do not think raccoons technically hibernate, but their metabolism seems to slow some during our colder season and I think they keep to their dens more. Summer is definitely the best time to befriend raccoons. I am already looking forward to next season's babies. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
It is our slow season here in Raccoonland. Too bad about Threesie, But they don't live long I guess. Oh and food is a great motivator I've heard, Hey Angel has Me trained. ;) The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Dirk Villarreal Wittich Send message Joined: 25 Apr 00 Posts: 2098 Credit: 434,834 RAC: 0 |
It seems to me that the bus line number 18 has to be quite interesting.... By the way.....it is in San Francisco....cool! Pictures were taken from a major russian online newspaper a couple of days ago... |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
I watched a safety video today as a part of first aid training that unfortunately featured a raccoon and a person who stupidly got too close when the raccoon felt cornered (and paid for his stupidity by getting bitten). BOINC WIKI |
Norman Copeland Send message Joined: 17 Aug 09 Posts: 1503 Credit: 143,499 RAC: 0 |
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flight Send message Joined: 13 Sep 99 Posts: 296 Credit: 976,732 RAC: 0 |
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John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
I watched a safety video today as a part of first aid training that unfortunately featured a raccoon and a person who stupidly got too close when the raccoon felt cornered (and paid for his stupidity by getting bitten). Isn't it amazing just how uncommon common sense is? BOINC WIKI |
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