http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/outdoors-chat/ en-us Mon, 4 Jan 2010 03:50:36 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2420363/posts A cougar attacked a B.C. family's golden retriever Saturday night after the dog stepped in between the cougar and an 11-year-old boy. Police, who later shot the cougar dead, credited the 18-month-old dog -- Angel -- for saving the boy's life. CTV.ca http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2420363/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 03:50:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2420107/posts Attempt to help viewers appreciate the importance of reasonable and effective gun control! Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2420107/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 19:11:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419933/posts It is not always springtime in the heart, though at times we are led to believe this. And, of course, we would longingly hope that this could be a daily reality; nevertheless, an honest look at human existence tells us otherwise. There are seasons of winter in the soul. Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419933/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 13:52:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419888/posts Having Aunt Martha stop by for dinner over the holiday season is one thing, but having 50 ants for breakfast was more than Tommy Lam could stomach. The jeweller said he found them lining his McDonald's burritos. "It was disgusting!" Lam told the Sun yesterday soon after he said he made the gruesome discovery. The 28-year-old said he and his girlfriend stopped by the busy fast-food restaurant at Markham Rd. and Denison St. around 11 a.m. yesterday to grab a quick bite to eat on their way to work. After waiting 15 minutes in line, the couple said they ordered... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419888/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 10:52:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419670/posts Need some FReeper help here. I now have my dad's Model 11 Remington shotgun. It's a 12 G, 2 3/4" shells, serial number 744763. Mod choke. Made 1940s or earlier. I'd like to clean and prep it quite thoroughly prior to its trip to a gunsmith for a safety/ops check. Anybody have a good source for how to dissemble/clean it? many thanks! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419670/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 20:57:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419618/posts ALTA, Wyo. » Frito the llama defied his name and didn't get eaten. Lou Centrella seemed sure that was Frito's fate after a mountain lion killed another of his llamas on Sunday. Frito was nowhere to be found after the attack on the other llama, named Grayson. On Monday, the cougar returned to the Centrellas' yard in western Wyoming to feed on the llama it had killed. Concerned the big cat may have acquired a taste for llama, Centrella shot it..... sltrib http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419618/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:52:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419594/posts LONG BEACH, Calif. – Travis Pastrana shattered the world record for the longest jump in a rally car on Thursday night, making a nearly perfect flight from the Pine Street Pier onto a barge anchored in the harbor. His jump was unofficially measured at 274 feet, which would smash the old record by 103 feet. RallyBuzz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419594/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:21:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419386/posts They're back, in from the frigid north. The Drakes get here first with just a few hens in the flights, and the rest of the hens follow a little later. The little bitty guys are Pied Billed Grebes, strong swimmers and divers. They can feed in deeper water than the Mallards who just stick their butts up and dabble in shallow water. Past the Grebes to the left there is a Red Eared Slider turtle coming up for air. There is no season such delight can bring, As summer, autumn, winter, and the spring. William Browne (c.1591–c.1645) "Variety" self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419386/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 09:07:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419091/posts ZWINGLE, Iowa -- Nothing says "Happy Birthday" like 123,000 pounds of manure. Dick Kleis, a farmer in the eastern Iowa community of Zwingle, used a manure spreader to write "HAP B DAY LUV U" to mark his wife Carole's birthday this week. He said it took around three hours and four loads of liquid manure to create the message -- that amounts to about 123,840 pounds of manure. His wife said he's done strange things in the past to mark her birthday, "but maybe not this weird." Kleis said he'd intended to include a heart but ran out of manure KCCI.com/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419091/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 19:39:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419157/posts The annoying buzz of a mosquito means a lot more to the bugs than you might imagine. Mosquitoes rely on harmonizing the "songs" produced by their wing beats to find an appropriate mate — most importantly one of the same species and, of course, the opposite sex. "Everyone must be familiar with the maddening whine a mosquito makes as it hones in for a bite," said Gabriella Gibson of the University of Greenwich at Medway. "Many of us have wondered why it makes its presence so obvious — surely, after all of these centuries of blood-feeding, selection should have favored... livescience http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419157/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 21:44:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418867/posts Metallica rock band leader James Hetfield has donated to Marin County a 330-acre agricultural conservation easement near his home on land overlooking Lucas Valley. The Marin Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously accepted donation of the easement, which precludes development on the land known as the Luiz Ranch. "This is a really exciting offer," said Supervisor Steve Kinsey. He said Hetfield was "taking a break from heavy metal to become a heavy contributor to our agricultural conservation efforts. "It's another indication of a continuing effort to improve our partnerships on that important ridge and I think it reflects very positively... San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418867/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:00:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418549/posts What's a Blue Moon? The trendy definition of "blue Moon" as the second full Moon in a month is a mistake. by Roger W. Sinnott, Donald W. Olson, and Richard Tresch Fienberg A rising full Moon lights the scene in The Fishing Party, painted by Fitz Hugh Lane after a visit to the coast of Maine in August 1850. That month contained a Fruit Moon, according to the Maine almanac's rules. Recent decades have seen widespread popular embrace of the idea that when a calendar month contains two full Moons, the second one is called a "Blue Moon." The unusual... Sky & Telescope http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418549/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:29:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418382/posts You may have seen this morning that CNN picked up a story out of Fort Wayne, Ind., on a new salt being used to melt ice on roadways, in parking lots, and other places where snow and ice pose a hazard. The product, called Magic Salt, is a residue created during – and usually discarded after – the vodka distilling process. The salt is said to be environmentally friendly and more effective than the road salt and other melting products used by municipalities and businesses. Custom Lawn Scapes in North Syracuse is the only local dealer listed on Magic Salt's... syracuse.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418382/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:58:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418100/posts If you're a fish danger can come from any direction. Those claws are almost as long as a man's finger and needle sharp. self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418100/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:51:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417864/posts Fly fishing is a sport that was made popular by the book and movie A River Runs Through It. Some people like it to catch fish, some just enjoy seeing the brightly colored line sweep through the air over the water. And now, fly fishing is also used for healing. "You get in touch with nature and forget about all your problems, it's just a natural way to heal yourself," said military veteran Kenny Stanford who did two tours of duty in Iraq. It's that idea that has led to Project Healing Waters -- a group dedicated to the physical... WCYB-TV 5, Bristol VA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417864/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:23:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416751/posts According to Jeff Gammage, in his Philadelphia Inquirer article "Valley Forge deer shoot postponed" the deer hunt scheduled for this winter at Valley Forge National Park has been called off, at least temporarily. Thanks to the concerted efforts of members from Friends of Animals, a New York based, international, non-profit animal advocacy organization along with the West Chester, PA based group Compassion for Animals, Respect the Environment (CARE) the deer hunt is on hold. Dedicated members have demonstrated in the park with an effort to educate the public on the deer cull. Friends of Animals and CARE flied a joint... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416751/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:38:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416673/posts A shopping centre in China's Hebei province has built a car park with wider spaces that it says is designed especially to suit women drivers. The women-only car park in Shijiazhuang city is also painted in pink and light purple to appeal to female tastes. Official Wang Zheng told AFP news agency the car park was meant to cater to women's "strong sense of colour and different sense of distance". BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416673/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:09:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415971/posts OMAHA, Neb.- Native American tribes tired of waiting for the U.S. government to honor centuries-old treaties are buying back land where their ancestors lived and putting it in federal trust. Native Americans say the purchases will help protect their culture and way of life by preserving burial grounds and areas where sacred rituals are held. They also provide land for farming, timber and other efforts to make the tribes self-sustaining..... hosted http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415971/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:07:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415594/posts Link only - Hunting to help hunger - Game meat can be donated to food banks http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415594/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:57:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415592/posts A man has made his first appearance before a court in North Wales charged with the murder of 20-year-old who died following a snowball fight. Oliver Michael Taylor, 19, is accused of stabbing to death Anthony Finbar Burke, 20, in Clos y Berllan, at Rhuddlan, near Rhyl on Wednesday night. Taylor, of Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, appeared before a special session of Llandudno Magistrates Court dressed in a black jacket and white open-necked shirt. He spoke only to confirm his name, age and address, during the four-minute hearing. There was no application for bail and he was remanded in custody to appear... Click Liverpool http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415592/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:46:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415421/posts It was a Christmas gift to Kenya this week when four northern white rhinos were relocated from the Czech Republic back to the wild in Laikipia. A Boeing 747 transported two males, Sudan, 37, and Suni, 30, and two females Najim, 20, and her offspring Fatu, 9, in containers specially equipped for the tw-tonne animals. They were then driven out of Nairobi to Ol Pejeta Conservancy. The relocation of the four rhinos — half the known population of the extremely rare animal left in the world — is seen as handing them a lifeline. Rhino experts believe that releasing the... Saturday Nation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415421/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:51:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415396/posts Surely Gators can beat beetles in nature's version of rochambeau.It's like inevitable doom in a horror flick: coming, slowly, killing everything in its path, and there's nothing anyone can do to stop it. Or is there? That's the question facing Miami-Dade County avocado growers and scientists locked in a race against a deadly killer stalking its way from the Carolinas through Georgia and currently found as far south as Central Florida thanks to free rides on firewood transported south. That's right -- the Redbay Abrosia beetle is coming, threatening to destroy the county's $30 million dollar avocado business even as... NBC Miami http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415396/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:47:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415368/posts I will soon purchase a rife. Purpose: Protection in the very unlikely event of civil unrest. I am a woman in my early sixties who is fit and healthy but I do not have a lot of upper body strength. Before purchasing a rife, I would appreciate any comments Freepers might have regarding the suitability of the rife I have chosen in regards to the purpose and my physical strength. At the moment I am considering buying a DPMS Panther 5.56 NATO Sportical AR 15. This rife seemed to be the easiest for me to handle. By the way, I... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415368/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:43:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414814/posts Hot girls with guns need i say more.. Merry Christmas everyone. shareordie http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414814/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:46:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414411/posts HELENA — This cowboy wasn't about to let a crook rustle him out of a good truck. A Kalispell man chased down the thief who stole his pickup truck and held him for police despite being stabbed twice in the arm. And he kept his cowboy hat on the whole time, said Kalispell Police Detective Kevin McCarvel. The man started his Ford F-250 diesel pickup late Monday afternoon to warm it up before leaving work. But when he walked out of the office at about 5 p.m., he saw his truck being driven away, McCarvel said Wednesday. The truck owner... Montana Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414411/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:43:21 GMT