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09 Jan 2008 08:43:39 PM |
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AA: Twas the night before Xmas, almost... |
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Thought you non-aussies might be interested.
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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10 Jan 2008 12:45:29 AM |
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"Michael Gray" <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com...
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Thought you non-aussies might be interested.
Cool! Face to face with something we non-Aussies only see in cartoons.
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
http://www.ashenempires.com
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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10 Jan 2008 03:03:06 AM |
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:45:29 -0600, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com>
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"Michael Gray" <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com...
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Thought you non-aussies might be interested.
Cool! Face to face with something we non-Aussies only see in cartoons.
They are all over the place at my sister's residence.
As are wallabies and kangaroos.
(And friggin' possums!)
(Male) Koalas make a very loud noise at all times of the day or night,
if one imagines an asthmatic donkey trying to cough up a massive
fur-ball in front of a stage-mike with a 10,000 watt amplifier
designed for the Gratefull Dead, then that is about right.
Before my parents moved from their farm here at Finnis (circa 1995),
they had a breeding pair of platypus, and a "herd" of breeding
echidna. (All wild, of course)
Amazing to watch, but alas, no photos.
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| User: "Therion Ware" |
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10 Jan 2008 02:09:02 AM |
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:45:29 -0600, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com>
wrote:
"Michael Gray" <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com...
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Thought you non-aussies might be interested.
Cool! Face to face with something we non-Aussies only see in cartoons.
eh? I see them all the time. Though the doctor says it's nothing to
worry about...
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| User: "Apostate" |
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10 Jan 2008 01:59:38 AM |
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:45:29 -0600, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com> wrote:
"Michael Gray" <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com...
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Thought you non-aussies might be interested.
Cool! Face to face with something we non-Aussies only see in cartoons.
I thought it looked stuffed. Wondered if we weren't being had by our fellow/antipodal
colonists.
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Apostate a.a. #1931
..sig currently undergoing maintenance
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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10 Jan 2008 03:09:27 AM |
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:59:38 -0500, Apostate
<godless.*****@yeehaw.org.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:45:29 -0600, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com> wrote:
"Michael Gray" <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com...
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Thought you non-aussies might be interested.
Cool! Face to face with something we non-Aussies only see in cartoons.
I thought it looked stuffed. Wondered if we weren't being had by our fellow/antipodal
colonists.
There *is* a stuffed koala nailed to the fork of a tree a few miles
away, honestly!
I sometimes pull over and watch Japanese tourists take photos of it,
and cringe.
It was nailed there by a now defunct tourist bus service, but is so
useful for it's successors that no-one had removed it.
A "guaranteed" wildlife attraction!
As you can see, the specimen offered is so fat that it bends the steel
shutter.
No-one is going to stuff a koala with sand to mimic that.
(Although, there's an idea...)
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| User: "Michelle Malkin" |
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| Title: Re: Twas the night before Xmas, almost... |
09 Jan 2008 11:31:34 PM |
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"Michael Gray" <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com...
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Thought you non-aussies might be interested.
Great photo. The Demon Koala!
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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10 Jan 2008 02:54:08 AM |
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:31:34 -0500, "Michelle Malkin"
<hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote:
"Michael Gray" <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com...
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Thought you non-aussies might be interested.
Great photo. The Demon Koala!
Yes, I think it is the tapetum (lucidum) to which you are referring.
Thank Bob for digital cameras!
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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10 Jan 2008 03:57:14 AM |
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"Michael Gray" <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com...
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Thought you non-aussies might be interested.
LOL! I would have had a heart attack if I saw that on my roof :)
BTW, I'm glad to hear you're in very good condition ;)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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10 Jan 2008 04:46:39 AM |
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:57:14 -0500, "Robibnikoff"
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"Michael Gray" <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com...
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Thought you non-aussies might be interested.
LOL! I would have had a heart attack if I saw that on my roof :)
BTW, I'm glad to hear you're in very good condition ;)
Typo?
Instead of "I", I should have have typed "Idolatry", of course.
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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10 Jan 2008 11:52:42 AM |
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"Michael Gray" <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:votbo3h0n43p9ofuro8ipnbdsjir0q3ve2@4ax.com...
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:57:14 -0500, "Robibnikoff"
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"Michael Gray" <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com...
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Thought you non-aussies might be interested.
LOL! I would have had a heart attack if I saw that on my roof :)
BTW, I'm glad to hear you're in very good condition ;)
Typo?
Instead of "I", I should have have typed "Idolatry", of course.
LOL - I was going off of this sentence:
"I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very good
condition."
:)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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| User: "johac" |
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10 Jan 2008 01:46:22 AM |
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In article <ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Thought you non-aussies might be interested.
It's the Christmas Koala!
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John #1782
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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10 Jan 2008 02:10:26 AM |
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On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:46:22 -0800, johac
<jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote:
In article <ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Thought you non-aussies might be interested.
It's the Christmas Koala!
Now, there's an idea worth persuing!
No messing about with mince pies & brandy, only eucalypt leaves!
(It left a "present" on the roof, BTW)
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| User: "johac" |
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11 Jan 2008 01:51:55 AM |
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In article <6jkbo3pi57jrvf01d5rcrudb052pae3fqv@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:46:22 -0800, johac
<jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote:
In article <ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Thought you non-aussies might be interested.
It's the Christmas Koala!
Now, there's an idea worth persuing!
No messing about with mince pies & brandy, only eucalypt leaves!
(It left a "present" on the roof, BTW)
Heh! Was your sister bad last year? Here Santa just leaves bad kids a
lump of coal.
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John #1782
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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11 Jan 2008 03:07:23 AM |
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:51:55 -0800, johac
<jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote:
In article <6jkbo3pi57jrvf01d5rcrudb052pae3fqv@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:46:22 -0800, johac
<jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote:
In article <ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Thought you non-aussies might be interested.
It's the Christmas Koala!
Now, there's an idea worth persuing!
No messing about with mince pies & brandy, only eucalypt leaves!
(It left a "present" on the roof, BTW)
Heh! Was your sister bad last year? Here Santa just leaves bad kids a
lump of coal.
She was as bad as she could manage to be, or so she says to me.
Was that not bad enough, perhaps?
Coal is selling on the world market for far more per pound than toys.
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| User: "johac" |
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12 Jan 2008 01:49:55 AM |
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In article <hbceo3duef1ukpe79avj4ne2kkprs35td5@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:51:55 -0800, johac
<jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote:
In article <6jkbo3pi57jrvf01d5rcrudb052pae3fqv@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:46:22 -0800, johac
<jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote:
In article <ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Thought you non-aussies might be interested.
It's the Christmas Koala!
Now, there's an idea worth persuing!
No messing about with mince pies & brandy, only eucalypt leaves!
(It left a "present" on the roof, BTW)
Heh! Was your sister bad last year? Here Santa just leaves bad kids a
lump of coal.
She was as bad as she could manage to be, or so she says to me.
Was that not bad enough, perhaps?
Coal is selling on the world market for far more per pound than toys.
No wonder the coal industry is pushing for more strip mining on federal
lands over here.
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John #1782
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| User: "Doc Smartass" |
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10 Jan 2008 08:45:00 PM |
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Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com:
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Lucky for her it wasn't a drop-bear.
--
Doc Smartass, BAAWA Knight of Heckling
aa # 1939
"Whenever preachers appeal to hellfire as a way
of reinforcing injunctions, you can bet they have
failed to make a persuasive moral argument."
- James Carroll (Boston Globe)
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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11 Jan 2008 01:16:36 AM |
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On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:45:00 GMT, Doc Smartass
<gekido@astroskivviesboymail.com> wrote:
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com:
I have been meaning to post this piccy for some time now, but due to
slackness, have not 'got around' to it.
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
She took a picture of it as it was vacating via the top of a bushfire
shutter.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelGray/Atheist/Koala.jpg
Lucky for her it wasn't a drop-bear.
Nah. We natives know how to deal with them.
She puts up a sign in Japanese which translates as:
"Prease to Stand Under Here".
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| User: "jimmy B." |
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10 Jan 2008 05:48:34 PM |
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Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com:
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelG
I always though they were cute, but that photo freaks me out.
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| User: "Dogmantic Pyrrhonist AKA Al" |
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10 Jan 2008 06:06:18 PM |
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On Jan 11, 9:48 am, "jimmy B." <jimp...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
Michael Gray <mikeg...@newsguy.com> wrote innews:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com:
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelG
I always though they were cute, but that photo freaks me out.
That's because it's not actually a koala. It's one of the little
known cousins, a drop-bear (Phascolarctos Humourius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_bear). They are a carnivorous
species of marsupial they hide in trees and other high places waiting
for unsuspecting prey to walk underneath. As is typical of nocturnal
carnivors they have a reflective surface behind their retina, which
produces the glowing eyes in the photo (take a photo of a cat if you
want to see the same effect). You'll notice the upright posture and
relative alertness compared to the more common koala.
Incidentally neither species are actually related to bears any more
than they're related to donkeys. The drop-bear however is
considerably larger than koalas and has been known to kill adult
humans. Typically they aim to land just off centre of the top of a
target's head and hook their claws in to drag the head off to one
side, usually causing significant neck injury.
This one appears to have been caught off-guard a little, as it's too
far from the edge of the roof to be able to jump on passers by. And
just as well for our camera man. We used to get some where I used to
live. Their mating call sounds a bit like an opera singer being
strangled to death in C-major. Very annoying in the middle of the
night.
Al
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10 Jan 2008 07:22:27 PM |
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"Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al)" <alwhipp@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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On Jan 11, 9:48 am, "jimmy B." <jimp...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
Michael Gray <mikeg...@newsguy.com> wrote
innews:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com:
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelG
I always though they were cute, but that photo freaks me out.
That's because it's not actually a koala. It's one of the little
known cousins, a drop-bear (Phascolarctos Humourius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_bear). They are a carnivorous
species of marsupial they hide in trees and other high places waiting
for unsuspecting prey to walk underneath. As is typical of nocturnal
carnivors they have a reflective surface behind their retina, which
produces the glowing eyes in the photo (take a photo of a cat if you
want to see the same effect). You'll notice the upright posture and
relative alertness compared to the more common koala.
Incidentally neither species are actually related to bears any more
than they're related to donkeys. The drop-bear however is
considerably larger than koalas and has been known to kill adult
humans. Typically they aim to land just off centre of the top of a
target's head and hook their claws in to drag the head off to one
side, usually causing significant neck injury.
This one appears to have been caught off-guard a little, as it's too
far from the edge of the roof to be able to jump on passers by. And
just as well for our camera man. We used to get some where I used to
live. Their mating call sounds a bit like an opera singer being
strangled to death in C-major. Very annoying in the middle of the
night.
Al
LOL, I was just waiting for some drop-bear posts to appear, you didn't
disappoint.
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| User: "Al" |
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10 Jan 2008 07:48:59 PM |
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On Jan 11, 11:22 am, "Robert Weldon"
<rweldon.spambl...@jrpspamblock.ca> wrote:
LOL, I was just waiting for some drop-bear posts to appear, you didn't
disappoint.
How could I not?
You should check this out, http://geocities.com/muirnin/db.htm
Hilarious, even just for the pic.
Al
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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11 Jan 2008 01:14:40 AM |
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:06:18 -0800 (PST), "Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA
Al)" <alwhipp@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
On Jan 11, 9:48 am, "jimmy B." <jimp...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
Michael Gray <mikeg...@newsguy.com> wrote innews:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com:
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelG
I always though they were cute, but that photo freaks me out.
That's because it's not actually a koala. It's one of the little
known cousins, a drop-bear (Phascolarctos Humourius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_bear). They are a carnivorous
species of marsupial they hide in trees and other high places waiting
for unsuspecting prey to walk underneath. As is typical of nocturnal
carnivors they have a reflective surface behind their retina, which
produces the glowing eyes in the photo (take a photo of a cat if you
want to see the same effect). You'll notice the upright posture and
relative alertness compared to the more common koala.
Incidentally neither species are actually related to bears any more
than they're related to donkeys. The drop-bear however is
considerably larger than koalas and has been known to kill adult
humans. Typically they aim to land just off centre of the top of a
target's head and hook their claws in to drag the head off to one
side, usually causing significant neck injury.
This one appears to have been caught off-guard a little, as it's too
far from the edge of the roof to be able to jump on passers by. And
just as well for our camera man. We used to get some where I used to
live. Their mating call sounds a bit like an opera singer being
strangled to death in C-major. Very annoying in the middle of the
night.
Al
Damn.
That was a little secret between me, and the Australian branch of the
EAC.
(Which does not exist, of course).
How are we going to attract tourist food for them now?
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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11 Jan 2008 01:12:54 AM |
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:48:34 GMT, "jimmy B." <jimpppe@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
wrote:
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:ba1bo31b897h8a7sufl6osi0ilhepeh3s3@4ax.com:
http://web.newsguy.com/MichaelG
I always though they were cute, but that photo freaks me out.
It's the eyes, I think.
The horribly loud asthmatic braying noise they make freaks me out more
than anything!
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| User: "L. Raymond" |
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10 Jan 2008 11:56:55 AM |
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Michael Gray wrote:
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
Whenever I think of Xmas and critters, I'm reminded of my sister's cat
who was fascinated by the train her husband had set up around the base
of the tree. They watched her stalk the train for a few trips around
its route, then she straddled the track like she meant business, only
instead of smacking the train she peed on the electric rails and, well,
it's just a shame they didn't have a video of it.
I looks to be about the same size as a large rottweiller, and in very
good condition.
I didn't know they grew to that size.
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L. Raymond
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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10 Jan 2008 12:09:17 PM |
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"L. Raymond" <badaddress@....com> wrote in message
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Michael Gray wrote:
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
Whenever I think of Xmas and critters, I'm reminded of my sister's cat
who was fascinated by the train her husband had set up around the base
of the tree. They watched her stalk the train for a few trips around
its route, then she straddled the track like she meant business, only
instead of smacking the train she peed on the electric rails and, well,
it's just a shame they didn't have a video of it.
SNORT! You made that up! ;)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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| User: "L. Raymond" |
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10 Jan 2008 12:33:11 PM |
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Robibnikoff wrote:
"L. Raymond" wrote
Michael Gray wrote:
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
Whenever I think of Xmas and critters, I'm reminded of my sister's cat
who was fascinated by the train her husband had set up around the base
of the tree. They watched her stalk the train for a few trips around
its route, then she straddled the track like she meant business, only
instead of smacking the train she peed on the electric rails and, well,
it's just a shame they didn't have a video of it.
SNORT! You made that up! ;)
Nope. I saw the aftermath. They had set the train up for my visit, but
when I got there, all I saw was a tree with broken branches, pine
needles *everywhere*, broken bits of ornaments and one flame point
Siamese who refused to come into the den and kept giving dirty looks to
the pile of train tracks that had been set aside.
--
L. Raymond
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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10 Jan 2008 07:32:06 PM |
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"L. Raymond" <badaddress@....com> wrote in message
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Robibnikoff wrote:
"L. Raymond" wrote
Michael Gray wrote:
Two nights before Xmas, my sister heard the most almighty banging and
scrabbling on her (tin) roof.
Usually this is caused by either Santa or more often possums.
But she found out that it was large koala on her roof!
Whenever I think of Xmas and critters, I'm reminded of my sister's cat
who was fascinated by the train her husband had set up around the base
of the tree. They watched her stalk the train for a few trips around
its route, then she straddled the track like she meant business, only
instead of smacking the train she peed on the electric rails and, well,
it's just a shame they didn't have a video of it.
SNORT! You made that up! ;)
Nope. I saw the aftermath. They had set the train up for my visit, but
when I got there, all I saw was a tree with broken branches, pine
needles *everywhere*, broken bits of ornaments and one flame point
Siamese who refused to come into the den and kept giving dirty looks to
the pile of train tracks that had been set aside.
Oh dear. I hope the poor thing was okay!
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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| User: "L. Raymond" |
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11 Jan 2008 11:05:59 AM |
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Robibnikoff wrote:
"L. Raymond" <badaddress@....com> wrote in message
news:1v8xgl96qzcdd.110n1b0gsdm1k.dlg@40tude.net...
Robibnikoff wrote:
"L. Raymond" wrote
Whenever I think of Xmas and critters, I'm reminded of my sister's cat
who was fascinated by the train her husband had set up around the base
of the tree. They watched her stalk the train for a few trips around
its route, then she straddled the track like she meant business, only
instead of smacking the train she peed on the electric rails and, well,
it's just a shame they didn't have a video of it.
SNORT! You made that up! ;)
Nope. I saw the aftermath. They had set the train up for my visit, but
when I got there, all I saw was a tree with broken branches, pine
needles *everywhere*, broken bits of ornaments and one flame point
Siamese who refused to come into the den and kept giving dirty looks to
the pile of train tracks that had been set aside.
Oh dear. I hope the poor thing was okay!
Of course. It takes more than 110 volts up the back side to keep a
*real* kitty down.
--
L. Raymond
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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11 Jan 2008 11:51:12 AM |
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"L. Raymond" <badaddress@....com> wrote in message
news:1aq0ng2x5w9a9$.1i7sp2lq2cqu6$.dlg@40tude.net...
Robibnikoff wrote:
"L. Raymond" <badaddress@....com> wrote in message
news:1v8xgl96qzcdd.110n1b0gsdm1k.dlg@40tude.net...
Robibnikoff wrote:
"L. Raymond" wrote
Whenever I think of Xmas and critters, I'm reminded of my sister's cat
who was fascinated by the train her husband had set up around the base
of the tree. They watched her stalk the train for a few trips around
its route, then she straddled the track like she meant business, only
instead of smacking the train she peed on the electric rails and,
well,
it's just a shame they didn't have a video of it.
SNORT! You made that up! ;)
Nope. I saw the aftermath. They had set the train up for my visit, but
when I got there, all I saw was a tree with broken branches, pine
needles *everywhere*, broken bits of ornaments and one flame point
Siamese who refused to come into the den and kept giving dirty looks to
the pile of train tracks that had been set aside.
Oh dear. I hope the poor thing was okay!
Of course. It takes more than 110 volts up the back side to keep a
*real* kitty down.
LOL - I'll take your word for that ;)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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| User: "Apostate" |
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11 Jan 2008 12:37:49 PM |
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On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:05:59 -0600, "L. Raymond" <badaddress@....com> wrote:
Robibnikoff wrote:
"L. Raymond" <badaddress@....com> wrote in message
news:1v8xgl96qzcdd.110n1b0gsdm1k.dlg@40tude.net...
Robibnikoff wrote:
"L. Raymond" wrote
Whenever I think of Xmas and critters, I'm reminded of my sister's cat
who was fascinated by the train her husband had set up around the base
of the tree. They watched her stalk the train for a few trips around
its route, then she straddled the track like she meant business, only
instead of smacking the train she peed on the electric rails and, well,
it's just a shame they didn't have a video of it.
SNORT! You made that up! ;)
Nope. I saw the aftermath. They had set the train up for my visit, but
when I got there, all I saw was a tree with broken branches, pine
needles *everywhere*, broken bits of ornaments and one flame point
Siamese who refused to come into the den and kept giving dirty looks to
the pile of train tracks that had been set aside.
Oh dear. I hope the poor thing was okay!
Of course. It takes more than 110 volts up the back side to keep a
*real* kitty down.
Hunh?!
Did she pee on the transformer?
The tracks should be carrying something like 10 - 12 volts, iirc.
Ask my younger brother.
As a slightly sadistic practical joke, I attached a D-cell to /one/ of a pair of the output
terminals of my Lionel transformer, then profferred the unplugged-in power plug, asking him to
"hold this for a minute, will you?" and when he complied (hell, it wasn't plugged in, so what
could go wrong, right?) I connected the other output lead to the other end of the D-cell. I
guess his wicked streak was as strong as his impulse to punish, 'cause after the initial
stunned reaction, he was in awe of what an evil joke it was, and laughed like hell.
--
Apostate a.a. #1931
..sig currently undergoing maintenance
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