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W2NBC
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« on: March 18, 2014, 09:13:47 PM »
Scene 1:  First day off during the week in quite a while. The temperature was over 45, sun shining, and that energy level just beginning to well up for that spring time birth.. What to do, hmmm..  Antennas of course!! I donned the "tooltime" belt with rope, cutters, and stuffed my pockets with various antenna fixin' essentials.. Yes folks, I was a regular 'antenna mechanic';  yup that was me..   Wink

Ready, set,        -STOP-

Scene 2: Gentleman and lady(s) meet Mr. Bear.. I would guess over 600 lbs of anti-antenna work was he..
Attracted by the bird (bear) feeder, he would not leave.
Loud noises and dogs wouldn't budge his love of sunflower seeds..

This went on for 2 hours when the sun decided to duck..
Yes, this antenna mechanic was out of luck..

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« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2014, 09:35:42 PM »
They're just waking up and they're hungry! Shocked  Here on Madeline Island in northern Wisconsin we have a hard time keeping feeders at all because the bears routinely shake 'em down.  I feel your pain!
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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2014, 10:12:44 AM »
Jeff

What's that brown stuff in your back yard?  I don't have any of that.  I still have a foot of snow

Al
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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2014, 11:39:51 AM »
Quote from: w1vtp on March 19, 2014, 10:12:44 AM
Jeff

What's that brown stuff in your back yard?  I don't have any of that.  I still have a foot of snow

Al

Melted window line.
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It's alive. IT'S ALIVE!!!
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2014, 02:40:26 PM »
...and so to scare off the little bear,
the ham brings out his old Gewehr!
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I'm outta control, plain and simple. Now I have a broadcast transmitter.
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Brrrr- it's cold in the shack! Fire up the BIG RIG


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« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2014, 07:03:13 PM »

For the record, I had nothing to do with this incident...
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