Back from vacation...

[Q9]

Seasickness?

Check.

Sunburn?

Check.

Screaming younger cousins?

Check.

Getting a call on the way home from friends informing you that a baby raccoon is in your chicken coop?

Check.

Feel free to inquire further about any of the above.

 

[sfw2]

 

[3goodeggs]

inquiring minds want to know if the friend removed raccoon from coop?
you may have a pet on your hands. a grizzly Adams thing in the making.
vegan coons are unhappy coons I would think.

 

[Q9]

Quote:
Yup. The raccoon was removed... to the field immediately behind our house.

I will be camping outside with the .22 for the next couple of nights.

I'm amazed that it was able to slip past our obsessive dog.

 

[Q9]

As for the seasickness... let's just say I've gained a new level of respect for the Coast Guard, Navy, and fishermen.

FYI, it's not a good idea to go deep sea fishing when the captain takes the time to give you an opportunity to get off the boat and get a refund.

 

[Spookwriter]

I missed you. Really I did. Vacation?

Where did you go? Inquiring minds want to know.

I did the deep sea fishing one time. Once was enough. When we got
far enough out that I couldn't see land...beautiful land...I remembered
why I don't like water. Certainly not one of my favorite days.

I LIKE land.

At any rate, glad you're back.

 

[TM Chickens]

Things I accomplished while you were gone:
Getting the calling Q9 thread locked.

Things I didn't accomplish while you were gone:
Responding to the PM you sent me two weeks ago.

Yes, this is my version of an apology.
No, don't give up yet. I'm working on your PM now.

 

[EmtheFishLady]

Well welcome back anyway! I guess you didn't get your "Sea legs" huh?

 

[chickened]

Did you catch any fish... or just chum?

 

[Q9]

Quote:
I'm good enough at sea as long as the boat isn't being hurled 10 feet out of the water every other wave.

And it was a big boat, too.

Spookwriter, I know what you mean. Last year we did the Gulf Stream all-day fishing trip, and it was kinda unnerving not being able to see land. I still like deep-sea fishing, though. Even though, despite doing it 3 times now, I've never caught anything we could eat.

Oh, a funny thing about the baby raccoon - it was dangling from the chickens' roosting bar.

I suspect one of the birds had pecked it. One of the morons, it turns out, actually wandered in and had to be removed in order to get the coon out.

Chickened - I did, in fact, catch some sea bass. Sadly, they were too small. There appears to be an arbitrary size limit on what you can keep.

"I caught you a delicious bass." - Napoleon Dynamite.