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The Canary is not in the coal mine...
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> The Canary is not in the coal mine...
On Dec 31 2007, 12:53 am, knews4u2c...@yahoo.com wrote:
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> The Canary is not in the coal mine...
In the Pennsylvania coal mines, they definitely is still there. The
also still employ Davy Safety Lamps for the detection of explosive gas
in the mine (generally methane), of course combination with modern
electronics based hazard detection equipment. When life hangs on the
line, you can never be too careful. Compare this with your distrust of
the government.
Also, the use of a caged Canary in coal mining is still alive and
present. The reason being that a bird's metabolism is so much greater
than that of a human that in a toxic environment it will react and
possible die much faster than a miner. This is a far more reliable
indicator than any electronic device.
Regarding your cited website's lamment on the loss of birds and other
wildlife, it doesn't say where they are posting about. Here in New
England, we have pretty much all of the native bird species still here
alive and well as well as the wild deer. Wild turkeys have made a
major comback and often block traffic on local roads. You should see
the reaction people from other pats of the US when they actually see a
flock of native wild turkeys. In my backyard, we ever have a pair on
Peregrin Falcons who nest year and raise their young for a few months
each spring. The little guys make quite a racket in the early morning
hours, but that way that that the falcons can fly full speed through a
dense growth of trees is impressive to watch, although when the
Peregins come to roost, you will not see any small wildlife around
until they leave.
In nearby Maine, the Bald Eagles are back, to many pet owner's horror.
Last year the scooped up and made lunch of no less than 3 cats and a
small dog....in several cases while the pet owners watched.
Deer are also back in mass. Only yesterday we watched a group of 3
deer in our backyard, and in a foot of snow. This was a scene right
out of a Christmas Card. I suppose they feel safe here, because
hunting within the town limits is strictly prohibited and actively
enforced. Actually, It's hard for me to imagine any civilized human
being ever hearting one if the gentle and beautiful creatures, Then
too, here the fine for killing a deer in our town in $5,000 plus a 30-
day manditory sentence to the county jail (not a nice place).
What actually is missing are the Raccoons and Skunks. I haven't seen
one of them in over 5 years, since most were destroyed by rabies.
There were really fun guys, who if they didn't find fool set out for
them, they would actually come up and knock on our sliding patio
door. It was almost as if we had a negotiated agreement with that
that they would not cart away (yes, they do that) and open our garbage
cans (they have clever little fingers). Previous to feeding the
Raccoons, they would transport our garbage cans into the woods in back
of our house (it must have take a whole gang of them to accomplish
that). On a negotiated arrangement with them, If we left out squares
of toast smeared with peanut butter, they left the garbage alone. (I'm
not kidding.) and a bowl of water next to it. Raccoons like to wash
their food before eating it.
Important Note: With raccoons, you give them their space. You never
approach a hungry family of Raccoon when they are consuming the water
logged, peanut butter coated toast. They are wildlife, and very
definitly do not like being touched. As told to me once by a wildlife
expert: "If you get into a controvery with a raccoon, the raccoon wil
win, and you will be likely facing a trip to the emergency room." My
wife and I have always heeded that warning, although one night she did
not. The raccoons were scrating at the patio door demaning food, and
my wife who loves animals opened the door carrying out her usually
peanut butter snack. When the door began to slide open, all the
racoons (I believe there were 5 or 6) suddently vanished, and she went
out to set out their plate. Sitting in the house watching out the
window, I suddently realized where all of the critters were. I didn't
tell here until she was back in the hous, but they were all up in a
tree directly above her, but they didn't move at all until she was
back in the house with the door closed, but then it was like....Dinner
Is Served!!!
By contrast, the skunks seem into Italian food, also with a bowl of
water next to it. Their favorite seem to be plain, cooked, spaghetti,
maybe with a little butter on it to keep it from sticking together.
You can watch these guys for hours if and when they come. Like deer,
these are very gracful creatures. Our skunks would eat spaghetti one
strand at a time, They do not like spaghetti with sauce, like humans.
Plain pasta with a little butter seems to be what they enjoy.
We've never actually found out what the deer like, since they reject
dog and cat foods, but seem to delve into a diet of my wife's tulips
and the greens on my horse radish plants. Also, forget about raising
summer squash or zucchini here, unless you fence it in from the deer.
They will eat it right down to the ground. I've never found anything
that deer prefer to eat, other than the tulips and horse radish.
So JW, where exactly do these people live that claim that there local
wildlife is being destroyed, and by what, chemical trails frin
aircraft. Please gimme a break. I live in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
My home is located about 7 miles west of the bad weather approach to
Hanscom AFB, and roughly 8 miles east of MIT's Haystack Hill
experimental site, where we have B52 bomber flying very low altitude
approaches for testing various things that are not spoken about. So
where, is this vast environmental devatation that your cited website
talks about?
If anything, this post may receive objections from some environmentals
who may object to us feeding peanut butter and toast, and of course
spaghetti to the native wildlife who appear to enjoy it. Still, in
spite of their technical objection, we are here surrounded by a vast
abundance of native wildlife.
JW, climb out of your spider hole and smell the air where you reside.
Pick up a handfull of earth and smell that. If you happen to live in a
shithole part of the country, than get your silly ass in gear and move
elsewhere. Better places exist. At any rate, please cease posting
about your personal agenda, brain dead conspiracy theories, and the
faults of the federal govenment.
Stan Meyer played you for a sucker, forget it. Every one has as ever
attended a state fair has likely been riped off by some huckster, and
Stan was one of these hucksters, but the world moves on without a
"Water Powered Car." That's no big deal, so get over it. Say to
yourself: There has never been and never will be a water powered car!
Place the blame on Stan, not on me. Move on with your life.
Harry C,