Hurricane vs Buffalo

• Oct 25, 2020

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Shortround6 said:

Not likely to strike fear into the heart of a continental opponent.
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People think animals are far less scary when they're thousands of miles away. See, for example, Tony the Tiger (Tony The Tiger® | Frosted Flakes® Cereal) and Babar (, By <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Brunhoff" title="Jean de Brunhoff">Jean de Brunhoff</a>, <a href="File:Babar1.jpg - Wikipedia">Link</a>).

Clayton Magnet said:

besides of course, the largest and most powerful terrestrial predator on the planet, the polar bear

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Polar bears would fall into "bears," which I did mention. It's just that many people don't think of bears as active predators. I live far, far away from polar bears grizzly bears, so I don't tend to worry about being eaten by them (my feelings would be different in, say, Churchill, Manitoba or Yellowstone). We have had black bear sightings around here, but they tend to be in more rural parts of the state.

 

• Oct 25, 2020

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fubar57

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Hard to see, black bear out my back door 2 weeks ago

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• Oct 25, 2020

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Greg Boeser

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And I just have to deal with raccoons...

 

• Oct 25, 2020

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We've had a report of a black bear in my neighborhood (I live in New Haven, within dog-walking distance of Long Island Sound), but the largest predators in my neighborhood are coyotes and coyote-dog hybrids. Of course, we also have fishers, raccoons, feral and "outdoor" cats, and a few raptors (one was disassembling a songbird on my front yard).

 

• Oct 26, 2020

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Are we ever going to discuss aircraft on this thread? Just wondering...

 

• Oct 26, 2020

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Thread title says weather against large animals

 

• Oct 26, 2020

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The Man speaks truthfully.

 

• Oct 26, 2020

• #48

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buffnut453 said:

Are we ever going to discuss aircraft on this thread? Just wondering...

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Now, we're discussing aircraft names.

Since the US services just used boring numerical designations (as opposed to the British, who used interesting, albeit confusing, names instead), there wasn't any kind of "official" names for US military aircraft before WW2; the manufacturers came up with them. Lockheed and Grumman, in my opinion, did well. The others? Not so much.

 

• Oct 26, 2020

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In that case, this thread is displaying marked meteorologicism. I see plenty of discussion about animals but NOTHING about weather! The weather has moods, too, y'know!!

 

• Oct 26, 2020

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Last night...

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• Oct 26, 2020

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buffnut453

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That's more like it. I don't want this site to be banned because we offend global weathermen and women.

Equal rights for weather as a discussion topic on aircraft forums!

I think I have the central plank of my internet policy for when I become benevolent dictator of the world!

 

• Oct 26, 2020

• #52

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swampyankee said:

Now, we're discussing aircraft names.

Since the US services just used boring numerical designations (as opposed to the British, who used interesting, albeit confusing, names instead), there wasn't any kind of "official" names for US military aircraft before WW2; the manufacturers came up with them. Lockheed and Grumman, in my opinion, did well. The others? Not so much.

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I kind of liked Douglas names as well.

 

• Oct 26, 2020

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Greg Boeser

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Douglas, Douglass, Doug, Dougie, Duggie, Duggy.
They're alright, I guess.

 

• Oct 26, 2020

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Greg Boeser said:

Douglas, Douglass, Doug, Dougie, Duggie, Duggy.
They're alright, I guess.

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• Oct 26, 2020

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Greg Boeser

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That's not my hat!

 

• Nov 25, 2020

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buffnut453 said:

That's more like it. I don't want this site to be banned because we offend global weathermen and women.

Equal rights for weather as a discussion topic on aircraft forums!

I think I have the central plank of my internet policy for when I become benevolent dictator of the world!

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• Dec 2, 2020

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An ode to the Hawker Hurricane:

The forgotten fighter plane which won the Battle of Britain