OT -- Is it worth it?

"Al Wells" <al.wells@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.224c73caf9e2bfa3989a16@news.verizon.net.. .
> In article <pan.2008.03.19.15.47.15.375000@grumman581-usenet-2008-
> spambob-net>, grumman581-usenet-2008@spambob.net says...
>
> > I guess it would depend upon the bear... I've know people who would use
> > .45s for bear... Definiely not a Kodiak though... <grin>
>
> There was a bar in the sticks of NC that had a big bear in a cage
> outside, and the patrons were generally mean to the bear, poking it with
> sticks and otherwise harassing it. One night when I was there with a
> friend, some drunk yeehaws were harassing the bear and feeding it beer
> and managed to let it out of the cage. They took off, and the bear came
> in the back door of the bar. It was pretty pissed, and it destroyed one
> of those shuffleboard bowling games and then stood up on its hind legs
> and started towards where we were. My friend put 6 .45's into the bear
> (plus 2 into the wall) and it didn't faze it a bit. We all went out the
> front door and locked the bear inside. Someone got a .30-.30 out of his
> truck and went back in and killed the bear, who by that time was feeling
> the effects from the .45's. I have no idea what kind of bear it was, but
> it was big and brown.
>
> Fucking with bears is just plain stupid.

"Skin that'n Pilgrim and I'll bring you another!"

In article <pan.2008.03.20.18.29.01.969000@grumman581-usenet-2008-
spambob-net>, grumman581-usenet-2008@spambob.net says...
-On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:15:35 +0000, Al Wells wrote:
-
-> There was a bar in the sticks of NC that had a big bear in a cage outside,
-> and the patrons were generally mean to the bear, poking it with sticks and
-> otherwise harassing it. One night when I was there with a friend, some
-> drunk yeehaws were harassing the bear and feeding it beer and managed to
-> let it out of the cage. They took off, and the bear came in the back door
-> of the bar. It was pretty pissed, and it destroyed one of those
-> shuffleboard bowling games and then stood up on its hind legs and started
-> towards where we were. My friend put 6 .45's into the bear (plus 2 into
-> the wall) and it didn't faze it a bit. We all went out the front door and
-> locked the bear inside. Someone got a .30-.30 out of his truck and went
-> back in and killed the bear, who by that time was feeling the effects from
-> the .45's. I have no idea what kind of bear it was, but it was big and
-> brown.
-
-The ones that I've known to be hunted with a .45 were probably the smaller
-black bear...

and black bears can be black, brown, off white, even a sort of pale
blue.

"Why would black bears be different colors if they are all the same
species?
While the causes are not perfectly clear, there is evidence to suggest
that coat colors vary as a mechanism of camouflage or due to climate and
habitat. Bears in moister, more densely forested regions tend to be
black, while bears in the West, where conditions are drier and
vegetation is sparser, tend to be brown or cinnamon. A black coat
allows the bear to blend into the shadows created by dense trees and
brush, and a brown coat blends better with the sandier, browner
landscape. In addition, black retains heat far more than does a lighter
color, so brown phase bears are less susceptible to heat stress in more
open terrain. The surface temperatures of a black bear's fur can heat
to 180 degrees Fahrenheit in the direct, hot, summer sun. Finally,
there is evidence to suggest that melanin, the pigment responsible for
the black coat color, is more resistant to abrasion, thus it would be
advantageous to those bears living in heavily forested regions. Only 1%
of the black bears in Pennsylvania are brown or red in color, while over
90% of the black bears in Yosemite National Park in California are tan,
light brown or cinnamon.

Are the Kermode bears of British Columbia albinos?
No, the "spirit bears" of British Columbia are not albinos but simply
another color variation. If they were albinos, they would lack color
pigment in their eyes and skin as well as in their fur. While
exceedingly rare and primarily isolated to a few islands off the coast
of British Columbia, these white bears are as normal and healthy as any
black-colored black bear. Their color arises from a mutation in a
particular chromosome that is responsible for coat color. The mutation
did not prove lethal to the individual(s) who initially carried it, so
it remained in the "genetic" population. Since island populations are
isolated, breeding occurs in a rather small circle of individuals, thus
passing the gene more quickly than would otherwise occur. This allowed
the gene to become prevalent, and now one in every ten cubs born on
these islands is white in color. A black sow can give birth to a white
cub, and visa versa. In fact, cubs of a variety of colors can occur in
the same litter. In 1997, a white bear was seen at the Vince Shute
Wildlife Sanctuary. Although he was not a Kermode bear, his appearance
was very similar to that of the "spirit bears." Click here to learn more
about this amazing animal.

What is the rarest color phase of American black bears?
While white is the rarest color phase,
a very uncommon and particularly beautiful color phase of the black bear
is the blue-gray or glacier bears of southeastern Alaska, northwestern
British Columbia and the southwest Yukon. The undercoat of the glacier
bears is a rich blue-black, while the outer guard hairs are long and
white (or light yellow) with silver tips. "


-
-> Fucking with bears is just plain stupid.
-
-Darwin will be there to protect you... <evil-grin>
-
-

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Bob Crownfield
crownfield@verizon.net

On 20 Mar, 18:21, Grumman-581 <grumman581-usenet-2...@spambob.net>
wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:48:44 -0700, janus...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > Only very, very lazy bear.
>
> Yeah, I don't think that I would want to bet my life on him being that
> lazy...
>
> On the other hand, someone created a .22 minigun at one time... I saw a
> video of it awhile back, but couldn't find the link to it... Here's
> something a bit more conventional that *might* convince the bear to go
> elsewhere...
>
> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=104_1179405681
>
> > Entire page? I'm too lazy to do it!
> > Changes were introduced due to law of weapon requirements to "clearly"
> > distinguish military from civilian weapons. From "civilian" was removed
> > bayonet with its lug. Standard rear sight was replaced with "civilian"
> > one without standard markings for 300m and additional pin was added into
> > barrel.
>
> Mine has the flip up rear sight with the various distance markings on it...

As all SKS have. Do you have any letter on it?

Janusz

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:18:40 -0700, janusz_w@hotmail.com wrote:

> As all SKS have. Do you have any letter on it?

Letter? Or lettering? It has various numbers on it, but I don't see any
letters on it... Where should they be located? I wish I had a good macro
lens so that I could take some closeup photos to make it a bit clearer...

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On 21 Mar, 05:46, Grumman-581 <grumman581-usenet-2...@spambob.net>
wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:18:40 -0700, janus...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > As all SKS have. Do you have any letter on it?
>
> Letter? Or lettering? It has various numbers on it, but I don't see any
> letters on it... Where should they be located? I wish I had a good macro
> lens so that I could take some closeup photos to make it a bit clearer...
>

Single letter. Russian SKS have cyrillic P. It is close to the
sighting blade.

Janusz

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:54:38 -0700, janusz_w@hotmail.com wrote:

> Single letter. Russian SKS have cyrillic P. It is close to the sighting
> blade.

Using this table of Cyrillic letters:
http://www.ithaca.edu/faculty/sallen...c-alphabet.gif

Are you saying column 1, row 17
or column 2, row 1?

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On 21 Mar, 13:07, Grumman-581 <grumman581-usenet-2...@spambob.net>
wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:54:38 -0700, janus...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > Single letter. Russian SKS have cyrillic P. It is close to the sighting
> > blade.
>
> Using this table of Cyrillic letters:http://www.ithaca.edu/faculty/sallen...c-alphabet.gif
>
> Are you saying column 1, row 17
> or column 2, row 1?

Like 3.14

Janusz

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:17:55 -0700, janusz_w@hotmail.com wrote:

> Like 3.14

I just got through looking at it again and down at what I assume is the
zero elevation location, there is a pi symbol... I didn't notice it
originally since it is made with straight lines and I had incorrectly just
assumed it was more elevation markings initially... Once I slide the
elevation slider up, it was more noticeable...

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On 21 Mar, 14:40, Grumman-581 <grumman581-usenet-2...@spambob.net>
wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:17:55 -0700, janus...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > Like 3.14
>
> I just got through looking at it again and down at what I assume is the
> zero elevation location, there is a pi symbol...

It isn't zero it's 300m

Janusz

> I didn't notice it
> originally since it is made with straight lines and I had incorrectly just
> assumed it was more elevation markings initially... Once I slide the
> elevation slider up, it was more noticeable...
>
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