And I thought this government treated the population like slow six year olds.
Well, the 'how to wash your hands' campaign was pretty diabolical, but over in Mother Russia they have come up with a corker - stay away from wild bears. Erm, yes - they are big beasts and are unlikely to want to sit back and chew the fat over a bottle or two of vodka.
Admittedly Ursus arctos is a tad rattier than usual owing to a shorter hibernation than the norm, because of a warm winter in those parts, but come on....
Admittedly Ursus arctos is a tad rattier than usual owing to a shorter hibernation than the norm, because of a warm winter in those parts, but come on....
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Zoo Rules
1 Refrain from sticking your head in the lions gaping maugh
2 Do not play with your infant in the crocodile cage and if you do , not in a manner such as to excite their hunger.
I dread dying a funny way
Shades of Stanley Holloway's tale of Albert and his 'orse's 'ead 'andle
Blogger alert - Iain's looking for two bloggers for tomorrow night's Doughty St to replace two who have dropped out. Presumably he would have contacted the regulars, like Dizzy and Croydonian, or just want to introduce fresh faces. Anyway, Newmania, this may be your shot at stardom. Assume PT and Stamboul Tory are not in the country and therefore wouldn't be available.
How about it, Hatfield Girl?
My hat is in the ring, and that wicked Newmania is already mocking me chez Dale.
man v bear combat
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PVHyVoXexQk
If you really must get close to a bear this may help
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Hurtubise
The latter is a glorious addition to the total sum of human knowledge, for which thanks.
here the loon tests out his creations
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q3CzYw5-qdA
V I do like HG`s posts , has she set herself unsustainablt high standards. You will note the great care I take not to fall into that error
I had a boss with business in Alaska and I had to go up there three or four times. I stayed in the Captain Cook Hotel, in Anchorage, and in the lobby, they have a stuffed brown bear standing up. Until you have seen a bear in person, you have no idea of the size and power of this animal. It was around - I'm guessing - 8' tall on its hind feet and simply massive in its power.
PHitch, that John West commercial was quite cute.
I urge you all to google timothy treadwell
A tree hugging clown who saw bears as peaceful creatures and his friends, until one ate both him and his girlfriend (+:
He was the star of BBC documentary , he used to stand there in sandals and "face down" a a bear with an open palm.
Call me old fashioned but I would prefer a 12 bore with slugs or a heavy calibre rifle to an open palm.
You seem to have been everywhere Verity. Alaska !!
I livwed in Edmonton for a year(Alberta) and it was cold in a way I have never experienced since.Also dull beyond endurance
Verity 5.54 We regret the appropriate Hatfield Girl is in a plane creating a carbon footprint as we read.
Bears are scary but try having a look at the Turkish army immortalized in I forget which Venetian museum;
Mamma! LI TURCHI !!!
"... the appropriate Hatfield Girl is in a plane creating a carbon footprint as we read."
Excellent! I hope it's a long haul and uses lots of aviation fuel.
I liked Anchorage. It's a nice, modern, glistening city and it has the ice-covered Rocky Moutains all round. And Alaska Airlines has the best livery of any airline. I hope they haven't changed it.
Newmania 6.55 has she set herself unsustainablt high standards.
See you - and raise you the interest rate.
The nearest I have got to serious cold was NYC in January 2005, which wasn't that bad. Still, it must have -10c or so some days, which was quite bracing, and rather better than the near pointless winters we have here. And the weather channel etc kept referring to blizzards, which I rather enjoyed, strolling from Times Sq up to West 75th or somesuch complete with a serious fur hat.
Re Alaskan Airways - the Eskimo chap on the tailfin?
Verity, Sydney is about as good as it gets.
HG - Good for you. If it is for pleasure, I trust it will be pleasurable, and if for business, profitable.
Croydonian - Yes, the Eskimo on the tailfin. It doesn't look that impressive in photos, but when you see a jumbo jet landing with this huge image on the tailfin, it really is very impressive.
I think now they have their planes done as a flying Alaska salmon. How can people denigrate America when they do things like this? I love that country! They are so vigorous and imaginative.
HG - Go girl! That would be an around, what, a 21-hour flight? It's 12 to 14 hours, depending, from London to Singapore, and Singapore to Sydney is nine hours if memory serves. You probably had a stopover in Singapore. Anyway, that is a very respectable carbon footprint, and HG is to be congratulated.
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