OT: Thread About Nothing (part # who cares)

[HugeInTheShire]

Wasn't there recently a couple of people killed in Banff from a grizz?

The last one I remember was an older couple around a year ago, grizzly bears are so unpredictable if they decide their taking you out, they do it. Luckily they tend to be stay away from where people are.

Black bears are usually scared of their own shadows LOL they run away from everything, like literally small dogs or cats will frequently scare the ever loving shit out of a black bear.

Not to take away from the damage a black bear can do if they do decided to attack. If they do, obviously they're super scary animals that you should be weary of if you encounter one.

 

[njdevils1982]

turned out 'ok' i guess

 

[My3Sons]

turned out 'ok' i guess

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that looks great. I love the dark metal finish. It contrasts well with the wood.

 

[njdevils1982]

that looks great. I love the dark metal finish. It contrasts well with the wood.

not completely dark, thats the shade talking

normally i repaint this kind of restoring but i like they way i found them and they're not rusted to shit.....plus less work right

but all black is a good look as well, just on the ice

 

[My3Sons]

normally i repaint this kind of restoring but i like they way i found them and they're not rusted to shit.....plus less work right

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but all black is a good look as well, just on the ice

It looks weathered but not rotten or rusted. it's a good look. I'm sure in the right retailer those would bring in at least $500.

 

[njdevils1982]

It looks weathered but not rotten or rusted. it's a good look. I'm sure in the right retailer those would bring in at least $500.

i should take them back to the people who put them at the curb and see what they'll give me

 

[JimEIV]

not completely dark, thats the shade talking

normally i repaint this kind of restoring but i like they way i found them and they're not rusted to shit.....plus less work right

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but all black is a good look as well, just on the ice

Looks awesome.

 

[njdevils1982]

quatre oeufs!!!!

 

[JimEIV]

I was looking up more at Florida panther stuff last night and I found that in 2016 a records setting 34 lions were hit by cars in Florida. In 2024, 26 lions where hit by cars....now remember Florida is claiming a population of 150 to 220 cougars...BS.

Seems like every year ~20 vehicle lion deaths occur in Florida. Roughly 15 to 20% or more of its population is hit by cars every year? No way that can be true....

Now considered this: about 15k deer are hit by cars in New Jersey every year. The estimate deer population in New Jersey is 115k...

New Jersey is the most people populated State per square mile and has the most cars per square mile yet only about 10% of the deer population are hit by cars in a year...some areas in New Jersey have over 400 deer per square mile, that's insane.

One better, in 2022 there were 109 vehicle strikes on black bears in New Jersey, State Fish and Game conservatively estimated 3000 black bears in New Jersey but the real number could be closer to 5000. A lot of animals live in both New Jersey and PA or New Jersey and New York too. But if we go with 3000 number and 109 vehicle strikes that's 3.6% of the population are hit by vehicles in the most densely populated State.

This all tells me for some strange reason Florida is lying very bad about their population of lions. Maybe for funding? Maybe to keep the endangered status? Maybe not to alarm an ever expanding population? Maybe to allow builders greater access to wild lands without environmental checks? Who knows? But I bet their real population is well over 1000 animals.

Something smells fishy with those 200-ish panther estimates though

 

[JimEIV]

I found some old articles about taking the Florida panther off the endangered species list....

That's obviously what it's all about. Money and funding from both sides.... supposed wildlife advocates and opportunistic builders all lying to protect and/or advance their interest...having absolutely nothing to do with the wildlife's best interest ...it's all bullshit.

Sucks when politics invade everything and truth becomes just something to counter with a different dataset. Evil shit in my view.

 

[thebeernerd]

Didn't the Florida panther come close to becoming extinct because of the entire breeding pool possibly being incestuous?

 

[JimEIV]

Didn't the Florida panther come close to becoming extinct because of the entire breeding pool possibly being incestuous?

I hadn't heard about an incest problem? I know that they reportedly got down to 20 to 30 animals in the 1970's and 80's...but I honestly doubt they ever had a real handle on the true number. They certainly were in danger of extinction 50 years ago though.

I don't believe protection or rehabilitation efforts brought them back though. I believe the growing deer and turkey population did. Same for bears. Think about it...think how much central and south western Florida have grown since the 1970's...I have a fisherman guide friend that was born in Naples in 1969, he has some pictures of the area from the 60's and early 70's that look like the African Savannah back then that are full blown neighborhoods with shopping malls and new highways today...and yet the population of deer, turkey, bears and lions have exploded since then...not just there, pretty much everywhere wildlife has been booming....more food in the chain, better management, a higher respect for wildlife leading to very little poaching and wanton waste...boom. it's so simple to be good a steward...just don't be a dick is really all it takes.

 

[JimEIV]

Alright bath time. Colloidal oatmeal and matcha green tea Epsom salt bubble bath...with dark side of the moon playing softly.

I'll be calm for the rest of the day.

 

[My3Sons]

I was looking up more at Florida panther stuff last night and I found that in 2016 a records setting 34 lions were hit by cars in Florida. In 2024, 26 lions where hit by cars....now remember Florida is claiming a population of 150 to 220 cougars...BS.

Seems like every year ~20 vehicle lion deaths occur in Florida. Roughly 15 to 20% or more of its population is hit by cars every year? No way that can be true....

Now considered this: about 15k deer are hit by cars in New Jersey every year. The estimate deer population in New Jersey is 115k...

New Jersey is the most people populated State per square mile and has the most cars per square mile yet only about 10% of the deer population are hit by cars in a year...some areas in New Jersey have over 400 deer per square mile, that's insane.

One better, in 2022 there were 109 vehicle strikes on black bears in New Jersey, State Fish and Game conservatively estimated 3000 black bears in New Jersey but the real number could be closer to 5000. A lot of animals live in both New Jersey and PA or New Jersey and New York too. But if we go with 3000 number and 109 vehicle strikes that's 3.6% of the population are hit by vehicles in the most densely populated State.

This all tells me for some strange reason Florida is lying very bad about their population of lions. Maybe for funding? Maybe to keep the endangered status? Maybe not to alarm an ever expanding population? Maybe to allow builders greater access to wild lands without environmental checks? Who knows? But I bet their real population is well over 1000 animals.

Something smells fishy with those 200-ish panther estimates though

Why do you jump from panthers to lions to cougars? Make up your mind.

 

[JimEIV]

Why do you jump from panthers to lions to cougars? Make up your mind.

Haven't even gotten to puma or león de montaña.

 

[thebeernerd]

If the new Pope isn't going to do at least one Mass in a Chris Farley Superfans voice, then it's a missed opportunity.

 

[My3Sons]

If the new Pope isn't going to do at least one Mass in a Chris Farley Superfans voice, then it's a missed opportunity.

Your Holiness if Notre Dame is playing the Bama team coached by Saban. What’s the score?


Well Bob I have to say that it would be a relatively close game by Notre Dame standards. I see the final as Notre Dame 107 and the Crimson Tide of Alabama 3. Of course if Lou Holtz is coaching the Irish I’d add at least another 20 to Notre Dame’s score line. And to be fair to Notre Dame the game would not be as close as that score might indicate.

 

[MadDevil]

 

[JimEIV]

Alright last fly I'll post for long while....I promise...I'm just so excited about this one.

I took two synthetic yarns one brown and another pale yellow and twist each color into a rope. Wrapped it and covered it with UV resin...it almost looked alive.

Materials

 

[JimEIV]

Here's the finished fly