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Trans Catalina Trail
| July 28th, 2014 at 9:02:29 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | I just posted a blog entry on my Odds site about my journey on the Trans Catalina Trail. Please give it a read. I welcome all comments and questions. My thanks to BBB for proofreading it. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| July 28th, 2014 at 11:45:25 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5105 | Alarming buffalo death facts, digest version:
(less alarming) Cape buffalos are quite heavy, weighing in at 1.5 tons and, stand tall at 1.7 meters high and approximately 2.8 meters long. When these animals feel that they are in danger they attack head on, using their extremely sharp horns. Most animals will keep away, humans on the other hand are the only predator that the Cape Buffalo will come across. Statistically Cape buffalo are responsible for more human deaths in Africa than any other large animal. http://www.therichest.com/animals/top-10-animals-that-kill-humans/ I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| July 28th, 2014 at 12:00:08 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | Where were you when I needed you? Before posing for this photo with a wild buffalo.  Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| July 28th, 2014 at 1:00:03 PM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5105 |
Exactly. I couldn't find stats on people killed by bison. However, it provides a lot of footage at you-tube the sweet spot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=PNvTHOrTf_Y#t=44 I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| July 28th, 2014 at 6:10:59 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Pretty funny when the old guy got thrown in the air. Almost a Darwin Award candidate. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| August 1st, 2014 at 7:30:59 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | A non-forum member corrected me saying that what you see in North America are bison, and buffalo are found in Asia and Africa only. How come none of you guys knew that?   See, this is why we need Paco. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| August 1st, 2014 at 8:00:37 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
The question is if people are making the same mistake for 300 to 400 years, then when does it become truth? It's like the point that you made that covet means to "desire something". It doesn't mean "to want to take something that belongs to someone else". By itself the word is neither good nor bad. But you can't correct 400 year old mistakes. People have incorrectly been calling bison, buffalos since 1630 when there was about 25K people in British North America.
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| August 1st, 2014 at 9:03:31 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Good question. We could ask the same thing in the thread about the proper use of the word "their." I see that Dictionary.com says that one definition of buffalo is the North American bison. Personally, I think that once enough people use the word a certain way for long enough, then that usage becomes acceptable. Just don't quote that to me in the SWD thread the next time I quote SpanishDict to Nareed. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| August 1st, 2014 at 12:08:51 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | I like what's considered affluence in the Bible. A trophy wife, a slave, and the beasts of burden. She has to be a young attractive wife, nobody covets the other kind. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| August 1st, 2014 at 12:34:12 PM permalink | |
| Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 |
I live in Buffalo. Those big hairy hyper cows are always "buffaloes". After you've corrected the 16,437th person, you eventually give up =p Fun side note: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is an actual proper, logical sentence. Oh, English. You so crazy =) Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |