http://jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com/clusterfuck_nation/2008/07/where-were-at.html Where We're At Every time I saw a car towing a motorboat this holiday weekend, I wondered what was going through the head of the towee. Did they have a sense that darkness was falling on their careers in motor sports? Did they have an inkling that an oil-and-gas crisis is upon us and just not give a
marierdj@nb.sympatico.ca wrote: "Tony Helton" <TH7689@pastures.com> wrote in message news:1oqtui.bs0.17.1@news.alt.net... <marierdj@nb.sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:47f2a20a$0$4063$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net... Usually, before starting to tow a boat a waiver has to be signed and agreed by the captain of the boat being towed. Negligence can't be waived
Whilst bird.cornell.edu shows them here year 'round, I have only seen them in the winter, and they don't come to feeders unless there is snow on the ground, and they can't find anything else to eat. Someone else posted that their song is very interesting. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Varied_Thrush.html Alaska in the summer would be better for birding than Washington
I just saw a Townsends Warbler in the backyard, inspecting the grass for edibles. While I'd never seen one before, I had seen a Black Throated Gray Warbler around here (but only one). It's quite cold in the mountains, and the snow must have forced him down to the beach. No Varied Thrush around yet. They usually show up around the winter solstice, and scratch around in the fallen shore pine
On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 12:27:23 -0400, D-unit penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: After getting drenched in a heavy downpour last week and on my way home, I notice a fellow off to the side of the ICW *walking* his boat up the waterway. He waves and appears to be in distress so I turn around to see what's up. Turns out, His battery is dead. I