The Coffee House

[Gary A.]

You hosers better clean things up because I don't want to get on here with my morning coffee tomorrow and read any more stories about poop!

What time's your coffee? Had a bear poop in the middle of my driveway last week. What a pile that was!!

And stop quoting each other!!

Sorry

LOL ... OMG, Gary doesn't know if he should laugh, cry in alarm, sympathy ... Gary cannot relate to bear crap. He imagines that bear is bigger and stinkier (smells like berries), than the occasional coyote crap he finds in his yard. Down here in the foothills and on hot days, the bears jump into the swimming pools.

 

[Gary A.]

Ice Whiskey first. then heat. then more whiskey

FTFY

Ice in the whiskey is optional.

 

[ceemac]

He imagines that bear is bigger and stinkier (smells like berries)

Usually just black bears, not terribly big. I'm more afraid of running into a moose with a calf. Now those ladies are big.

 

[Gary A.]

Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers. We are in another heatwave. Yesterday, and today we will break 90F. Presently 72F and feels like 72F. A/C is on. A/C in July is odd for us. Nearly, every week in summer the local news sports videos of bears in swimming pools. Usually they're just a quick dip, a few different strokes, then the bear leisurely scampers back over the wall into the brush. This should be a light day for Gary. Maybe a quick trip to Dog Beach with Maggie ... maybe a through cleaning of the pressurized filter for the pond. Yesterday, he cleaned out the skimmer, that is pretty easy, just hosing down a net and some brushed. The pressurized filter has a billion little plastic wagon wheels, cleaning them is tedious and time consuming.

 

[smoke665]

OMG, Gary doesn't know if he should laugh, cry in alarm, sympathy ...

In some places they have started to become large pests...like rats. Gatlinburg has a running battle with them, as they like to hang out downtown along the strip because of the availability of food from the tourists. Wildlife officials have to trap and relocate them, but the joke is they beat them back. There is a large candy store on the corner across from the Aquarium that has been "broken into" several times by bears with a sweet tooth.

 

[Gary A.]

He imagines that bear is bigger and stinkier (smells like berries)

Usually just black bears, not terribly big. I'm more afraid of running into a moose with a calf. Now those ladies are big.

That's what we have here in SoCal. Unfortunately the Brown Bears (including the Grizzly are gone from California.) But wolves are returning to California. So there is hope for other species to return if we continue to create and enforce sound environmental policies which share the states's natural resources with all life and not exploit natural resources merely for the benefit of one species.

 

[Gary A.]

OMG, Gary doesn't know if he should laugh, cry in alarm, sympathy ...

In some places they have started to become large pests...like rats. Gatlinburg has a running battle with them, as they like to hang out downtown along the strip because of the availability of food from the tourists. Wildlife officials have to trap and relocate them, but the joke is they beat them back. There is a large candy store on the corner across from the Aquarium that has been "broken into" several times by bears with a sweet tooth.

In Los Angeles and the surrounding foothill communities, urban bear encounters have been reported as long as Gary can remember. Usually, the bears are drugged, hauled off and released deep in the forrest where there is little chance of a return visit. Once a bear has been educated on the easy pickings of an unlocked garbage can, or the fun of a pool party, it is hard for them go back to hunting/foraging in the wild. In the foothills, all/most of the pets spend the night inside. Between coyotes and Mountain Lions, house cats and small dogs are low hanging fruit.

 

[jcdeboever]

OMG, Gary doesn't know if he should laugh, cry in alarm, sympathy ...

In some places they have started to become large pests...like rats. Gatlinburg has a running battle with them, as they like to hang out downtown along the strip because of the availability of food from the tourists. Wildlife officials have to trap and relocate them, but the joke is they beat them back. There is a large candy store on the corner across from the Aquarium that has been "broken into" several times by bears with a sweet tooth.

I was just in Gatlinburg. I didn't see one bear (outside of the million carved ones on the side of the road). However, I never seen so many fat people (many made me feel pretty good about myself, and I'm obese) in one spot in my life. That tourist trap should be called cankle strip, geez. I was walking behind a lady with a bus for a butt and I couldn't tell if she was farting while she walked or if the noise was from the flaps clapping together.

 

[smoke665]

We seen almost as many there as in the woods. An article from last month Watch frightened tourists leap out of the way as bear runs through downtown Gatlinburg

Generally try to stay away from that part during heavy tourist season.

 

[ceemac]

Down here in the foothills and on hot days, the bears jump into the swimming pools.

It's ironic. We've been living in critter country for 4 years. I've seen 2 bears, 1 moose and some cougar tracks. That's it!

 

[jcdeboever]

Down here in the foothills and on hot days, the bears jump into the swimming pools.

It's ironic. We've been living in critter country for 4 years. I've seen 2 bears, 1 moose and some cougar tracks. That's it!

My dog and I were at a stand off with a ground hog yesterday. It was on the other side of our fence. The thing kept charging through the fence and retreating back behind it, making a weird clicking noise. My dog was kinda of being a mamas boy, he would jump back and just bark... This went on for about 5 minutes. I think it was a female and possibly had a family under our enclosed deck. That little devil wasn't playing.

 

[waday]

We seen almost as many there as in the woods. An article from last month Watch frightened tourists leap out of the way as bear runs through downtown Gatlinburg

Generally try to stay away from that part during heavy tourist season.

Watched the video. Where were the frightened tourists leaping out of the way of the bear? I just saw a bunch of people standing around watching a frightened bear trying to run away from humans.

 

[smoke665]

Where were the frightened tourists leaping out of the way of the bear?

Editorial leeway in the headline

 

[davidharmier60]

Biggest pest animal in my part of the world is the wild Hog.

5.45 hours and a couple minutes today.
17.11 or 12 for the week so far.
Enjoying chicken tenders and gravy at the deli while waiting on the check.
I fully expect the truck to start but we all know sometimes it's just wishful thinking.

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[compur]

Coyotes are a common site in my LA neighborhood. Some pet owners whine about their presence but this was their turf long before it was ours. They mostly eat rodents and fallen fruit. I'd much rather see coyotes around here than rats.

I haven't seen a bear yet but there was a mountain lion spotted nearby recently. Raccoons are pretty common too but my main peeve are the skunks that come out every night.