No, I’m not going to Burning Man but I have a friend who is going with his son. I’m surprised they still have tickets as they limit attendance now as it is so popular. $295 apiece for tickets is a month’s crunching electricity.

Skunks, squirrels, turkeys, deer and ‘possums are common here. There are a few raccoons (also a pain in the @$$). The dogs keep most of the wildlife at bay but skunks are stubborn and fearless. I guess if I was packing that kind of weapon I’d be fearless too. Females in the late fall are the worst when they look for some place to nest in the winter (like my barn). They’ll fire on you without warning. The rest of the time they will warn you by pounding their front paws on the ground before whirling around and firing. Over the years I’ve had to wash numerous dogs with tomato juice to get rid of the smell, now I just go get a rifle.

The turkey vultures always amaze me how fast they can find carrion. I’ve had squirrels that have been hit on the road gone in two hours; long before there is a foul smell. They will pick a deer clean in two days. Once one comes down, the others follow.

A couple of weeks ago they issued our usual mountain lion alert. Because of the numerous fires and dry conditions there have been several sighting around here. They come down from the high country this time of year looking for water and the occasional poodle to snack on.

Skunks, squirrels, turkeys, deer and ‘possums are common here. There are a few raccoons (also a pain in the @$$). The dogs keep most of the wildlife at bay but skunks are stubborn and fearless. I guess if I was packing that kind of weapon I’d be fearless too. Females in the late fall are the worst when they look for some place to nest in the winter (like my barn). They’ll fire on you without warning. The rest of the time they will warn you by pounding their front paws on the ground before whirling around and firing. Over the years I’ve had to wash numerous dogs with tomato juice to get rid of the smell, now I just go get a rifle. -----Good deal with the rifle--but trust me the tomato juice does not work on stupid 16year olds--our neighbor had a skunk in their basement and someone said if you pick em up by the tail they cant get you--needless to say i was out of school for a week--just couldnt get rid of the smell

Sounds just like the red clay we have here. Allegedly, it's a kind of dirt.

Man, I salute you! I suspect Child Abuse Medicine is as much psychology as it is medicine.

MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 07/28 - All Members:

Team rank movement report
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                              Prior                New         Current
Member name                   Rank      Change     Rank        Points
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dtype                            91         -1        92         428,666
Andrew R                         92         -1        93         428,283
SAKU1303                         93         -1        94         428,249
Blueprint                        94         +3        91         429,462
Randall.Crabtree                212         -1       213          35,451
Team Hopper                     213         -1       214          34,071
jnkfam                          214         -1       215          33,895
Sepht                           215         -1       216          33,294
Kurrika                         216         -1       217          32,966
NiceMedTexMD                    217         +5       212          35,949

Points milestones report
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wrr reached 800,000 points

Runtime milestones report
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No runtime milestones found.

Results returned milestones report
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No results returned milestones found.

New members report
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No new members found.

Retired members report
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No new retired members found.

For the week as a team:

Statistics  Total Run Time  Points   Results
Date         (y:d:h:m:s)    Earned   Returned
07/28/2008  0:111:03:03:27  233,387  366 
07/27/2008  0:137:10:00:29  275,289  400 
07/26/2008  0:112:23:47:55  229,030  334 
07/25/2008  0:125:12:32:46  255,998  383 
07/24/2008  0:120:06:17:57  245,613  375 
07/23/2008  0:102:02:05:58  209,254  342 
07/22/2008  0:120:08:04:00  239,651  400

Team Records:
Results Returned: 12/19/2007 2,522
Points: 12/19/2007 379,990
Runtime: 01/25/2006 1:123:00:53:34

Good crunching folks!!!!