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Posted by: Solus
Posted on: Dec 20th, 2022 at 6:39pm
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db wrote on Dec 20th, 2022 at 2:24pm:
I recall reading an article, I think it was last year, about a certain wildlife biology major doing research for his dissertation. The topic was something about bears being attracted to the smell of warm electronics.

Haven't heard of any results to date.


Opportunity for the excuse; "my subject ate my data"
Posted by: solotripper
Posted on: Dec 20th, 2022 at 3:56pm
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The data is in his stomach Wink

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Posted by: db
Posted on: Dec 20th, 2022 at 2:24pm
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I recall reading an article, I think it was last year, about a certain wildlife biology major doing research for his dissertation. The topic was something about bears being attracted to the smell of warm electronics.

Haven't heard of any results to date.
Posted by: Solus
Posted on: Dec 18th, 2022 at 1:02pm
Jimbo wrote on Dec 17th, 2022 at 6:56am:
  In fact, I have one old paperback that I brought so many times into the wilderness that it's pages have fallen apart.  So, I collected the pages, put them back in order, and then into a plastic baggie. Then, I continued to take that very book into the parks with me.  It was a trip ritual of mine to reread the danged thing every year... and I enjoy it, every time.  Some stories never get old and I take comfort in reliving this one, time after time.  So, I'm probably overdue to bring that baggie with me yet again, so maybe the Kindle gets to stay home next summer.

The book?  It's an obscure volume⁹ written by a fellow named Hugh Fosburgh, entitled "The Sound of Whitewater."  I've written about it in the QJ books forum.  It has an "early Hemingway" vibe about it.  Anyway, time to bring it again... and, no, not for combustion purposes. Yet.


Later,

Jimbo   Cool



The volume that I brought with me for years (until it too began delaminating and it was an old sewn in hardcover) was Faulkner's Go Down, Moses. My contention being The Old People, The Bear and Delta Autumn being three of the greatest wilderness stories ever written, and that despite the wilderness that is the subject being the Atchafalaya swamp the opening of  The Old People was always deeply reminiscent of waking on a cold fall morning in the Q. "At first there was nothing. There was the cold and constant rain, the gray and constant light of the late November dawn.." Despite his reputation for difficulty the stories made for great reading out loud at a campfire in the evening. Brilliant.

May have permanently damaged my son after reading The Bear out loud when we were stranded for two days  and nights on Elk in October when he was 3 and the wind screamed out of the NW at about 35 degrees with spitting rain and snow depending on the temp.

Still make sure it's on the Kindle whenever I go.
Posted by: solotripper
Posted on: Dec 17th, 2022 at 3:06pm
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Also need help keeping my kilt up.  Any takers?


  How do you feel about Super Glue in your nether regions  Wink Grin
Posted by: PhantomJug
Posted on: Dec 17th, 2022 at 2:08pm
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solotripper wrote on Dec 17th, 2022 at 11:06am:
Will he be bringing the Merman suit?
I'd pay good money to see that in person  Wink Grin Grin


Jimbo wrote on Dec 17th, 2022 at 12:28pm:
I'd be interested to see how he manages to play the bagpipes in that outfit.

Jimbo Cool


Piping in the merman suit costs an extra $100 and an old-school Nalgene bottle full of Yukon Jack.  Also need help keeping my kilt up.  Any takers?
Posted by: Jimbo
Posted on: Dec 17th, 2022 at 12:28pm
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I'd be interested to see how he manages to play the bagpipes in that outfit.

Jimbo Cool
Posted by: solotripper
Posted on: Dec 17th, 2022 at 11:06am
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Will he be bringing the Merman suit?
I'd pay good money to see that in person  Wink Grin Grin
Posted by: Jimbo
Posted on: Dec 17th, 2022 at 10:56am
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solotripper wrote on Dec 17th, 2022 at 10:23am:
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Maybe I'll change my plans and stick around for it.


 
At one point they had a Bagpiper come in.

  Attending your own going away party sounds good to me.



Ok, ST, you just made the case for inviting PJ along.  We'll put him in charge of music & Scotch.

Jimbo.  Cool
Posted by: solotripper
Posted on: Dec 17th, 2022 at 10:23am
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Maybe I'll change my plans and stick around for it.


  When my Dad's older brother was fighting cancer and knew his time was limited, he threw a WAKE at the local VFW where he was a long time member.

He paid for all the booze/food. He and his two sons played their banjo's/guitars and a fiddle. At one point they had a Bagpiper come in. My Uncle had a grand old time. He summoned the energy to dance with all the ladies and drink toasts with the men. Wouldn't let anyone shed a tear. Said he had a good life and there was nothing to be sad about.

2 weeks later he passed peacefully in his sleep.

  Attending your own going away party sounds good to me.
 
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