America is a sick society

[Bob Butler 54]

(01-04-2017, 08:13 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: We've got lots of problems with wildlife in my hood.

And it's not due to encroachment, given that my particular subdivision was carved out 130 years ago and was developed ad hoc, lot by lot, not all at the same time. So we have everything from Edwardian to recent new construction.

We also have some loons who do things like feed the wildlife. Beyond this we end up inadvertently feeding the wildlife via the easy opening "Waste Zero" compost, recycling and trash bins (on wheels with hinged top for robot arm operation of the collection vehicle). So we have too much wildlife versus the pre-Columbian "Eden" condition.

We have a nabe that can no longer tolerate the raccoons. I know this because I started to hear a certain sound. It's the sound of a sublethal rapid fire air gun - literally an air operated machine gun that fires little plastic pellets. Keeps 'em at bay. If we didn't have firearm discharge regs I am positive there would be lethal countermeasures in play by numerous nabes and even me at times.

I've a similar story from back in the 1970s, though I won't claim any significant political meaning.  The local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a medieval re-creation group, owned a residence at the time.  They practiced all sorts of ancient arts from sword fighting to dancing to...  archery.  Thus, when a bird started feasting on the content of the residence's garden, they didn't have a fully automatic air gun available.  All they had was a bow.

The Barony of Carolingia's archery champion tried to scare the thing off... but was better than she thought she was.  She scored a glancing hit.  I was told the result was a most indignant squawk.  However, the bird never returned to the garden.

I won't claim the incident makes an important statement about the difference between Boomers and the newer generations.