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[ra]

Hi Jewelies!  I couldn't get on the forum last night OR this morning before I went to work.  Glad I got on when I got home though! 

obsver... I didn't even notice your comment about forgetting things! 

cal... I'm glad Polly got her stuff out of her old new car!  Ohio State was a better team last night... plain and simple.  But... just last year CLEMSON beat OSU in the Orange Bowl!     Just heard that we end the season in the number 15 place.

rues... I think Robin should be glad the cops didn't check for fingerprints at her house.  One of my customers had a break in a few years ago and they came in and checked for fingerprints all over the house... Only thing is... they left graphite all over the place!  On their white carpet... on the walls, on the doors... it didn't come out either!  You know that gray stuff that comes our of the hinges of some doors?  That's what it was like.

JP... Why do you get up so early every day and then go back to bed some days?  Just wondering...

Looks like we have a slight chance of freezing rain tonight... we're right on the border...   

[ruesgram]

Ra, bummer about the graphite! Hope you don't get that freezing rain. It's so dangerous.  We took the truck thru the car wash today because no rain or snow predicted for several days. Gas is down to $1.86!!!!

[ra]

I was going through my favorites and found this... Have you guys seen it?

https://www.youtube.com/embed/vJRDpTUIrJI

rues... Great gas prices!!  You're pressing your luck washing your truck!!  lol

[jpalmken]

Ursula.  The sun shining on her is nice.  I a not sure the ribbons helped protect them.



cal, yesterday you reported 4^o, I shiver just reading about it.  I hope it is warmer this morning for you.  The cuddle duds looked good and in blue.  I like that color, maybe I could wear two sets and ride in the sleigh.

ruesgram, two blankets eh?  That, with two sets of cuddle duds and everyone crowded into the sleigh should be warm enough. 

Pat1640, I am glad yo got all your tax forms and will get a new tax rate schedule.  I am not certain how to explain the puzzle situation you described.  When you go to the Jigzone site you have your own page where you can load pictures.  Then you can go to the area to the left, under the thumb nail picture, and select a cut and it will post the pieces for that cut in the area where you solve the puzzle.  The 48 piece classic cut seems to be a default set up by Jigzone but you can change it.

obsver, when I was reading your post and it said you couldn't decide whether to have tacos or soup I thought "why not have both", then I read where you said you had got yourself hungry enough to have both with a muffin.  Sounds as if you made the right choice.

Hi willi.

ra, I noted in some sports info that one of the Clemson football coaches had his salary raised to 1.35 million a year and now they have three coaches making more that 1 million.  I am not sure the President of the University makes that m  You asked why I got up so early and then went back t bed.  I get up at that time because my system is used to that.  From long years of military training to make certain that I got to wherever I had to go on time.  Can you imagine not getting to the ship on time and thereby missing the departure.  A court martial offense and the  end of your Navy career.  I do not always go back to bed.  Some time my back is giving me fits and being in bed eases the problem so I do go back then.  Other times, if I got little sleep, like late night TV watching,  or one of those nights where tossing and turning is the situation, I will get back in bed to see if I can get a few more winks.  Or, sometimes it is cold in the house and bed under the covers seems like a good solution.  Since I got my TemperPedic mattress I have a very comfortable bed.  The bear tagging video was priceless.  Those little cubs were real squawkers.

My hopes are that all of you are well, warm and enjoying this hump day.

[calhound]

Denning and Calendars - UPDATE January 13, 2015

Juliet - January 13, 2014
Juliet - January 13, 2014
This 4 ? minute video gives some good, clear looks at Juliet as she approaches the camera and maybe eats some snow.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYDz0l5jBpo
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/116521903

The den is a big log-pile from a logging operation maybe 8 years ago, checking back on Google Earth. The sawed ends of logs are in the foreground in the video. Black bears are very flexible in the kinds of shelters they seek for hibernation. The pictures in this article tell that story. http://www.bear.org/website/bear-pages/black-bear/black-bear-sign/53-winter-dens.html

They also den under houses.

Bedding materials can be anything available?leaves, grass, moss, wood chips from rotting trees, chewed-up twigs, conifer boughs, etc.

Sometimes they re-use old dens, but we have never made it to one of those dens in time to see if the bear cleaned out old bedding or just raked new. Bedding would have likely rotted and disintegrated, though, by the time another bear re-used a den.

I sent a calendar to a couple bear researchers so they?d know what we are doing. The team that made the calendar will be happy to read what he wrote back: ?Lynn, today in my mail I received one of the most beautiful calendars I have ever seen, and what a great way to educate people about bears.?

He went on about the family tree, saying, ?I am also amazed how you have been able to track all your bear's offspring and their offspring over the years. It is a piece of work that no one else has come close to being able to accomplish. I know how much effort and time has to go into collecting reproductive data.?

I very much appreciated his understanding.

Thank you for all you do.

Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center

[calhound]

Yesterday it took me 4:01 to convince that guy to let me drive that team!! Hang on Jewelies!!

[jpalmken]

Filled the tank in 4:21.

[williwaw]

cal, because he is a mastiff

[calhound]

willi he is? well dam.......i just looking at the video i made of drama playing with Jim and the houla on dec 27th 18 days ago and oh wow he is alot bigger now!!!!  Those mastiffs..

[williwaw]

willi he is? well dam.......i just looking at the video i made of drama playing with Jim and the houla on dec 27th 18 days ago and oh wow he is alot bigger now!!!!  Those mastiffs..

Trade him for a chihauhau. 

[ruesgram]

Here's a really cute cat video...]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLcwC66_-No#t=112[url][/url]

[ra]

Hi Jewelies!  I'm sitting here chuckling about the dog shame today, cal.  Pooping cotton like Eli Whitney!  lol  lol  lol  He sure looks ashamed!  lol 

rues... Love the kitten cuddles!  I wish my two would cuddle... they're missing out.  Wilson and Stella are like Lily and Handsome, aren't they? 

JP... Now, I understand why you get up so early... plus, you have a lot of good excuses to go back to bed!  lol  I'm glad you like your bed so much now!

lol, willi... For some odd reason, I can't see a Chihuahua surviving in cal's house! 

We didn't get any ice today here... whew!  Just one more day of clouds, then sun!  Yay!

[dlongkc]

Hi Jewelies 

Well, I typed out a nice post and then for whatever reason I clicked on the X and lost the whole thing. I will try to reconstruct but am kind of tired so I will probably shorten it up.

I have been pretty sick with that virus. Today is the first day that I have felt human for awhile. I actually was able to not cough most of the day. I even went out in the car! It had not been started since Dec 29! It started pretty quickly but when I tried to back out of the driveway, it stalled. It did that about 5 times so I just sat for awhile and let it warm up and then it worked. I just went to the pharmacy but it felt good to be outside! My poor ribs and back are so sore from coughing; ouch! And I am so weak. Oh my gosh  My Christmas decorations are still up; I hope I will feel up to putting them all away this weekend.

My next door neighbor moved last week to a different trailer and of course she took her bird feeder with her. My kitties are so disappointed, but they wait, sitting on the bench, for me to open the blinds so they can look out at the birds. But, no birds! So they watch the squirrels out the other windows. Our gray squirrels are fat and sassy! I'm going to get some sort of bird feeder for my kitties. They so enjoy watching the birds and dreaming of catching them. Here's a pic of them waiting for some bird action 



The weather is supposed to be pretty warm for the next few days! Hooray!



I've been reading all of your posts and enjoy seeing all of your reports on your activities. Hopefully I will be able to post a lot more often since I am feeling better. It's getting late and I need to get some rest. I hope all of you are having a restful night.

Here are a couple of panda pics; the first is Bao Bao having a little nap and the second one is Mei Lun & Mei Huan chowing down on bamboo. They are almost ready to be away from mom now. The twins will be allowed to remain together, but it's time for mom to start thinking about having another little panda baby.

[neva]

Hi D ... It's good to see you, and glad to hear that you are feeling better ... I can imagine that you are feeling a bit weak yet.  It takes time to bounce back.  Rest and pay attention to your nutrition.  Bossy, aren't I?   

I used to have a Siamese (San-San) that loved to watch birds out the living room window, and he made a little chattering sound.  I loved to watch him watching them.   

Thanks for posting the photos.  I always enjoy them.  Panda babies are sooo sweet.  I would love to hug one of them.

[jpalmken]

In the bear updates Dr. Rogers is always talking abut Lily fans. Here's Lily.



I am mad at my bed this morning.,  Last night I wanted to sleep and my bed kept me awake thinking about a new audio receiver - speaker setup that I am going to do.  I kept thinking about changing locations, hooking up the speaker wires, etc.  The end result is little or no sleep and  a grumpy old man for sure.

cal, sorry to read that you fell down carrying buckets of water.  I hope you have no bad after effects, nothing really hurt.  Good that Jim came and unfroze the hose.  I got a good chuckle from the Ely Whitney dog.

williwaw, I also got a good belly laugh when you posted "trade him for a chihuahua". Can't you just picture that little dog amongst the rest of cal's family.  That also tickled Pat she gave it 10 grins.

ruesgram,excellent video of hugging kittens.

ra, I know where you might get a TemperPedic mattress real cheap if it keeps me up all night again.

dlonglc, happy to see your post and sorry you did the no-no with your keyboard.  Haven't we all been guilty of some sort of similar keyboard action?  I am happy for you that you are feeling improved.  There is an epidemic of flu in the country this year, maybe you got hit with that.  It appears the flu vaccine is not up to controlling the most prevalent of the H1  types.  Good to see the pandas again, in fact always delighted to see your pictures when you post them.

I have to go to the dentist this morning for a cleaning and am not looking forward to that.  I still have all but two of my original teeth.  No replacement for those, just gaps.

Everyone enjoy this mid-January day.  May the warmth be with you.