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Old 11-20-2007, 10:12 AM   #31
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Doesn't the new model of one of the really big urban SUV soccer-mom-mobiles (maybe Ford Explorer??) have a special bar at the front to stop smaller cars from disappearing under it in collisions? Its a start.
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Old 11-20-2007, 10:15 AM   #32
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Doesn't the new model of one of the really big urban SUV soccer-mom-mobiles (maybe Ford Explorer??) have a special bar at the front to stop smaller cars from disappearing under it in collisions? Its a start.
Wouldn't be the Explorer, to small, might be the Expedition. They stopped making the Excursion, and it was as big if not bigger than the Suburban.
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Old 11-20-2007, 03:38 PM   #33
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Many people commented on the "creepy claws". They're really just a very good digging tool for the bear. Bears eat small rodents and even insect living in the ground so the claws are used for digging in the dirt as opposed to scratching your eyes out or something more depraved. Bears are amazing animals. And - fun fact to know and tell - bears have the best sense of smell of any animal out there. Yeah, even better than a blood hound. Too bad we can't train them to do airport security!
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Old 11-20-2007, 04:45 PM   #34
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That thar bar was struck by that thar truck with the bull bar, or maybe now its a bar bar. See thar what I did right thar?


BTW, anybody got a pot big enough for that thar bar???
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Old 11-20-2007, 07:13 PM   #35
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Welcome to the Cellar Katie.
You're right about the claws being survival tools. They also use them to tear open rotten wood (logs), for the insects.
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Old 11-20-2007, 08:14 PM   #36
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Hi Katie, welcome! (Am I allowed to welcome somebody if I have fewer than 1000 posts? :p ) You're right; bears are amazing animals. They can run faster, swim better, and climb better than we can. They can sniff out food better than anything else on earth. They are grouchy, territorial, and unpredictable (especially black bears).

I grew up with too many true stories of people camping or hiking in the pristine Ontario wilderness and ending up as a bear entree. Too often it was kids. I suppose if I'd grown up in the environs of mountain lions I'd feel the same about them. I'm just happy if bears stay far, far from me.
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Old 11-21-2007, 09:36 AM   #37
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Am I allowed to welcome somebody if I have fewer than 1000 posts?
I hope so, 'cause I'm guilty of it myself. Even if you don't know me, I've spent alot (maybe too much?) time here getting to know you guys. LOL SO - I feel like I can, so I have. And will again. Welcome, Katie!

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They're really just a very good digging tool for the bear. Bears eat small rodents and even insect living in the ground so the claws are used for digging in the dirt as opposed to scratching your eyes out or something more depraved.
Good point. Still creepy. -stepping far far away from bears; sleeping, eating, hit by ugly trucks, or otherwise.-
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Old 11-21-2007, 09:57 AM   #38
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Howdy Katie, nice to meet ya

I must admit the pictures of the bear I found quite upsetting. Brought back unpleasant memories of a long dead dog.
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Old 11-21-2007, 11:06 AM   #39
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Many people commented on the "creepy claws". They're really just a very good digging tool for the bear. Bears eat small rodents and even insect living in the ground so the claws are used for digging in the dirt as opposed to scratching your eyes out or something more depraved. Bears are amazing animals. And - fun fact to know and tell - bears have the best sense of smell of any animal out there. Yeah, even better than a blood hound. Too bad we can't train them to do airport security!
And I thought they ate honey out of a honey pot!
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Old 11-21-2007, 01:40 PM   #40
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WHOA, that's a LOT of bear!
No witty repartee for me... just the obvious.
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Old 11-21-2007, 03:01 PM   #41
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Nooo... they eat honey out of a hunny pot...hunny.
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Old 11-27-2007, 10:30 AM   #42
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Thanks everyone for welcoming me. This is such a nice site. The comments are funny and no one seems to be mean-spirited.
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Old 11-27-2007, 10:44 AM   #43
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Thanks everyone for welcoming me. This is such a nice site. The comments are funny and no one seems to be mean-spirited.
That's what I thought at first too.
You'll find the threads with the mean crap in them soon enough. They are a minority though.
Mostly this place is nice and sometimes very witty - check the Hall of Fame thread in the Cellar Meta forum for some classics.
Home Base, Nothingland and the Images forum are the friendliest places. Politics and current affairs (surprise surprise) can get snarky.
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Old 11-27-2007, 11:32 AM   #44
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Zen....shhhhhhhhhhhh. Ix-nay on the eads-hay up-way.

Crap, now we have to kill Zen. :p
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Old 11-27-2007, 11:36 AM   #45
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Zen....shhhhhhhhhhhh. Ix-nay on the eads-hay up-way.

Crap, now we have to kill Zen. :p
Just let me get to 1,000 posts first, ok?
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