Coyotes in abundance in Chicago

[Urblock]

Yeah but it's extremely diluted. People here think I sound Scottish, people in Scotland think I sound American. I fit in nowhere

You fit in fine at CCS.

 

[Nail Polish]

I'm not sure what you're referring to (haven't heard the term "Rocky Glen" other than the park outside of Scranton, PA).

It was a nature preserve attached to Fermilab..People used to picnic and hike there. It had a creek that ran right thru it as well. Maybe its closed now. I would go run the dog there and then me and my wife and the dog would go get a malt at Al's Creamery in St. Charles till it moved to Elgin

 

[Tjodalv]

It was a nature preserve attached to Fermilab..People used to picnic and hike there. It had a creek that ran right thru it as well. Maybe its closed now. I would go run the dog there and then me and my wife and the dog would go get a malt at Al's Creamery in St. Charles till it moved to Elgin

Gotcha, I've never been aware that it was named as such. Yeah, it's still open, sort of -- they started restricting access after 9/11 (but not too much). For example: you can't drive directly through anymore, you have to get a ticket at your chosen entrance and then use it to check back out within a given time-frame. There are actually several different "natural" areas that are open to the public. They maintain a prairie with designated paths as well as a forested area, several biking trails, the cooling ponds that they stock for fishing, and probably a bunch more shit I'm unaware of. They also still have a lecture series at the main building

that I regularly attend if it's something I find interesting. (they range from technology and physics to music and art...good shit most of the time)

 

[BIGGIEsmalls 23]

For my Scottish brothers.............

[video=youtube;Tco-6yDa8Yg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tco-6yDa8Yg[/video]


The song at the 1:25 mark brings back childhood memories.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

From the pics I've seen, the countryside is absolutely gorgeous..Plus, I love that accent they have..Just gotta be careful not to get too close or ya get spit on when they talk..lol

I'll never forget a conversation I had with a guy outside my hotel. He was speaking English and I was speaking English but we were having serious trouble communicating. Most accents aren't that thick but his was brutal.

 

[botfly10]

Wolves are so protected in New Mexico that if you kill one without a permit you'll be going away for a very long time.

The New Mexico/Arizona reintroduction program is a giant clusterfuck.

 

[botfly10]

You're right, I think the reaction from farmers and ranchers is mostly emotional. That number for deaths of cattle in Montana due to weather looks ridiculously high. Where did you find it? That's amazing.

While I'm a gun and hunting advocate in general, I think most reactions to wolf kills are a bit emotional. People around here hate wolves and want them gone for good, and I think it's based (subconsciously or not) in them wanting a better chance at a big Bull Elk. I think wolves were credited with between 300-400 elk kills this year, down something like 9% from last year.

Regarding Mick and others discussing the size of a wolf...they are big. Yeah, they're the size of a large dog but they are built different. There heads and paws and rib cages are huge, so while they may be the weight of a big domesticated dog the SEEM much bigger and they carry that weight differently. Because of that, people who have seen them up close and in person tend to have an exaggerated opinion of how big they are.

Oh, and Mick...do you have a Scottish accent at all?

http://billingsgazette.com/news/sta...cle_57f6bf14-1fd9-5242-9905-d1ad603b27ec.html

 

[Warrior Spirit]

I can't turn either side off. I'm stuck with life as a mutt.

Mutts get a bad rap. This guy was defending the fact his dog is a mutt. He said with different breeds you get different distinct qualities but with mutts you get all those qualities in 1. The moral is mutts are elite.