tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post1909496611595714351..comments2024-03-28T02:27:45.688-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: The StormOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23343994264330026592021-05-27T17:40:11.238-07:002021-05-27T17:40:11.238-07:00In Maryland, goofing off, I'll get to the comm...In Maryland, goofing off, I'll get to the comments soon.<br /><br />Maybe...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90717224213776479142021-05-27T15:58:58.416-07:002021-05-27T15:58:58.416-07:00We will. I miss them already.We will. I miss them already.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36696090738952595062021-05-27T15:58:31.831-07:002021-05-27T15:58:31.831-07:00🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43946066588893761112021-05-27T11:19:21.266-07:002021-05-27T11:19:21.266-07:00Those homicide rates correspond directly to defund...Those homicide rates correspond directly to defunding and emasculating the police and of laws and of the whole judicial and penal systems.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-30266418866343776622021-05-27T11:13:00.210-07:002021-05-27T11:13:00.210-07:00I receive regular e-mails from William Federer. H...I receive regular e-mails from William Federer. Here is a pdf from Mr. Federer which speaks of the conditions leading to the current story. <br />How North America nearly became New France.<br /><br />https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1754/6613/files/05-10_New_France.pdf?v=1620874583Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15452530649659364201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-6026522684161183842021-05-27T09:42:13.682-07:002021-05-27T09:42:13.682-07:00Living around people is also something to be aware...Living around people is also something to be aware of considering how the last sixteen months have gone, for those in urban areas survival is becoming a bit more problematic........look at the increase in the homicide rates in many cities last year and this year.Nylon12noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-25792765981696293692021-05-27T09:36:34.229-07:002021-05-27T09:36:34.229-07:00One of the things the Indians were known to do in ...One of the things the Indians were known to do in the forests west of the mountains was to do periodic burns. Else the forests get cluttered with deadfall and widowmakers and other wonderful hazards like stacking too much fuel so the next burns would sterilize the land (kinda like California, the sterilization that is.)<br /><br />Proper forest management is a good thing. Florida learned that in 1998 when half the state burned during the Great Florida Firestorm of 1998. Because people moved down here who didn't like prescribed burns and got them stopped so then the state burned when it got dry (much like, well, today, right now, we're very behind on the rainfall pattern.) But at least Florida learned as we always do after a natural disaster, and prescribed burns were back to stay.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-25989982421239383482021-05-27T09:32:28.630-07:002021-05-27T09:32:28.630-07:00And American Badgers are like angry, meth-filled, ...And American Badgers are like angry, meth-filled, caffeine-starved murder hobos, whilst European badgers are cute and sweet and eat tea and crumpets...<br /><br />As to the name, he may have been... shaped kinda like an otter, and who can't swim. Rule of Callsign applies to this one.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-8448507734261562872021-05-27T09:30:25.974-07:002021-05-27T09:30:25.974-07:00One thing that surprised most Europeans once arriv...One thing that surprised most Europeans once arriving in America was, as our noble host points out, the storms. Storms like the one described whip up over the Great Lakes and go crashing through the mountain ranges with great violence. Storms brewed on the prairies or in the Gulf do much the same thing as they sweep eastwardly, building speed and concentrating over the Appalachians. The people on the east coast get the full brunt of stuff brewed up in the tropics during the summer and stuff being shoved down on them from the Arctic during the winter.<br /><br />What joy!<br /><br />You don't see 'breezy weather' of 70+ MPH in good old Europe on a normal basis. Here? We have lots of names for that. And some Texans will call that a 'normal day.'<br /><br />As to Indian names, seems some of them are like call signs. The worse the owner complains about it, the more it sticks!Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-30485891157473365132021-05-27T08:13:15.637-07:002021-05-27T08:13:15.637-07:00I have been sucked in to this story in the same wa...I have been sucked in to this story in the same way I was totally enthralled with the last epic adventure. <br /><br />I hopw we see those men again...maybe a little older and Korea.Coffee Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07303759803639176370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14602134960979521812021-05-27T07:08:02.516-07:002021-05-27T07:08:02.516-07:00Sarge, in New England I think the danger from fall...Sarge, in New England I think the danger from falling tree limbs is far greater than that of bears or big cats. I remember some years ago a woman was killed in the Sabbaday Falls parking lot on the Kanc, when a falling limb knocked her off the back of a motorcycleThe Old Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17763805625251581243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79826298024034090312021-05-27T05:08:27.795-07:002021-05-27T05:08:27.795-07:00It's a name like "Afraid of His Horses,&q...It's a name like "Afraid of His Horses," an ironic name. Not meant to represent any particular animal other than an otter. Who can't swim.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-83274838879122107492021-05-27T04:41:05.678-07:002021-05-27T04:41:05.678-07:00Otter That Cannot Swim. Would that be something on...Otter That Cannot Swim. Would that be something on the order of a Pine Martin? It wouldn't be Wolverine, I know they were considered demon animals, for obvious reasons, and Badgers are critters of prairie environments. SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50706851134643562492021-05-27T04:29:39.996-07:002021-05-27T04:29:39.996-07:00I like to be aware of my surroundings, I've sp...I like to be aware of my surroundings, I've spent enough time in the woods to know what a fascinating place it is, lots going on. There are areas of the country where danger in the forest is still very real, mountain lion and bear country spring to mind.<br /><br />What most modern people miss is life itself, all around us.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48281657739570239222021-05-27T04:24:00.475-07:002021-05-27T04:24:00.475-07:00Sarge, what is very nicely conveyed in your writin...Sarge, what is very nicely conveyed in your writings is the sense that, prior to the Europeans settlers, the forest with humans was exactly like the forest without humans. Humans were just one more component of it and (depending on where one was) rather in constant danger if one found one's self in someone else's territory.<br /><br />We (and I include myself in this) are terribly unobservant about life around us anymore, likely because it is not (literally) a life and death endeavor.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.com