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Metals406

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Ok. Now I know what a "mountain cat" looks like in the wild (thanks Gasoline...)

This is a test.
Which of the following most closely resemble the sound above high-lighted in red ?
Multiple choice...

a) View attachment 191732
b) View attachment 191733
c) View attachment 191734
d) View attachment 191740
e) View attachment 191741

A, B, & C are invalid. . . E is my wife when I tell her she's a little hefty in the backside. . . D is me right after when she hits me with a chair. :D
 
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Well, if we are going to go TOTALLY off the subject of wedges . . .

Well, if we are going to go totally off the subject of wedges, in recent news:


Leopard Attacks Villagers in Northern India -- NTDTV.com

Latest news, comment and reviews from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk

Leopard attack in India: Big cat knifed and beaten after village rampage | Mail Online

Conversation overheard:

'Hey the 'Search function' on A.S. isn't working!'
'What's the problem?'
'I'm searching for posts about 'Leopards''
'Well, you need to search under 'W' for 'wedges!''
 
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Will someone please go fetch HBRN...yank him away from google for a minute...

(knew there shoulda been a time limit on that test)


paging hbrn....
Isle 7 for questions - please see post 740
never mind. helping chainsaw folks out

Don't you know?
he's a member of Mensa and therefore far far above your simple test :D
 
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‪Mountain Lion Photos with Female Lion Screaming‬‏ - YouTube

This sounds pretty darn close. They have regional call differences and each cat is different in the vocal range. I have one up at the preserve that I hear during the post sunset during the spring time. Seen tracks the other day up on a firewood sale as big as large saucer. There has been a population increase the last 4 years in Oregon. We have people in the summer cabins say they see the cats around the cabins more then years ago. We saw one three weeks ago behind the local dump dragging a full grown cow elk off to be eaten.
 
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‪Mountain Lion Photos with Female Lion Screaming‬‏ - YouTube

This sounds pretty darn close. They have regional call differences and each cat is different in the vocal range. I have one up at the preserve that I hear during the post sunset during the spring time. Seen tracks the other day up on a firewood sale as big as large saucer. There has been a population increase the last 4 years in Oregon. We have people in the summer cabins say they see the cats around the cabins more then years ago. We saw one three weeks ago behind the local dump dragging a full grown cow elk off to be eaten.

whoa whoa whoa

cats are strong, damn strong, but I don't buy for a hot #### minute that there was one dragging a fully grown cow elk into the woods, we're not talking about a friggin siberian tiger here
 

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‪Mountain Lion Photos with Female Lion Screaming‬‏ - YouTube

This sounds pretty darn close. They have regional call differences and each cat is different in the vocal range. I have one up at the preserve that I hear during the post sunset during the spring time. Seen tracks the other day up on a firewood sale as big as large saucer. There has been a population increase the last 4 years in Oregon. We have people in the summer cabins say they see the cats around the cabins more then years ago. We saw one three weeks ago behind the local dump dragging a full grown cow elk off to be eaten.

long before that.

anyways, back to post 740 -

is your answer then, none of the above ?

or do you want to phone a friend ?
 

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1, 3, 4, and 5 are not important to this discussion. #2 is what my mom sounded like when she found the frog in the sink. :biggrinbounce2:

My black lab faithfully carried the frog in, and dropped it into the sink. Best we could figure.

My brother and I were outside in the barn cleaning up tools, etc. and my dad was out in the garden, my mom was cleaning up a mess made on the porch by the dog knocking over a flower plant. Dog bring frog in house and place in sink. Mom walk in to wash hands in kitchen sink... screams. Us manly men rush in to see what the #### was going on. Laugh asses off at mom because she screamed at a dead frog. Mom get mad at us. We take dead frog out. Dog standing there wagging her tail, panting with the famous 'laughing lab' look. We continue to laugh. lol.
 
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It aint the four leg predators I worry about it is the two legged kind. Had a person last year on the one timber preserve I manage try to run me over when I was clearing road, the guy got jail time for it. The mountain cat sounds like a woman being killed in some lame arse horror movie. We had a mountain cat kill a deer in the yard next to my cabin on the ranch last winter, scary part was how close it was to three different houses . Kinda eery when your fast a sleep and you hear strange noises out side your window.

Here we go again. :(

There we all are rambling along when all of a sudden we now have HBRN the " Manager " ! How someone with so many roles to fill can manage to lurk about on a web site is beyond me, wait a min I just remembered I have entered the "Alice in wonderland " life of HBRN....pure fantasy !!

Everyone knows about him but him! We all figured out he was full of #### a while ago. He still believes his own BS. :dizzy:

So wait, you're a Reverend and you're getting your swerve on at 10:45 AM

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‪Mountain Lion Photos with Female Lion Screaming‬‏ - YouTube

This sounds pretty darn close. They have regional call differences and each cat is different in the vocal range. I have one up at the preserve that I hear during the post sunset during the spring time. Seen tracks the other day up on a firewood sale as big as large saucer. There has been a population increase the last 4 years in Oregon. We have people in the summer cabins say they see the cats around the cabins more then years ago. We saw one three weeks ago behind the local dump dragging a full grown cow elk off to be eaten.

You just can't help it can you HBRN???

On a much different subject, one we fade in and out of. :) I've got a fairly large white oak (36" - 40") to take down. If it goes one way it will crash over a bank and land in the road. If it goes another it will damage a little dogwood that the owner wants to keep. Yet another way and it will mash an ornamental garden. So it has a very narrow landing zone. Would this be the correct time to use the world famous slopping back cut??? :msp_biggrin:

Just sayin. :D
 
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On a much different subject, one we fade in and out of. :) I've got a fairly large white oak (36" - 40") to take down. If it goes one way it will crash over a bank and land in the road. If it goes another it will damage a little dogwood that the owner wants to keep. Yet another way and it will mash an ornamental garden. So it has a very narrow landing zone. Would this be the correct time to use the world famous slopping back cut??? :msp_biggrin:

Just sayin. :D

You can only use the Infamous Slopping Back Cut if you film the entire process and then vigorously defend your choice of technique. You also have to insult and disagree with anyone who doesn't like what you've done. You're also required to use a saw that runs poorly and a very very dull chain.

No butt crack pictures, though. We do have our limits.


Or...you can post pictures of the white oak, get seventy three conflicting opinions on how you should drop it, and then go ahead with what your gut and experience level tell you. Me, I'd pick dropping it in the road.
 
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The OP checked out of this thread 12 pages and 180 posts ago.

Philbert

...and probably ran off screaming. These threads in the F and L section are a lot like logger's conversations around the lunch log or in the tavern or the saw shop. They meander. That's good. Learn to deal with it. Relax. Enjoy.
 
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