[Shop-talk] Maybe the weirest shop related question asked here.

[Bob Spidell]

re: "... I can't tell the difference on sight between a wolf and a 
coyote (and I don't think it'd matter anyway) ..."

It would.  Wolves are bigger, stronger and smarter than coyotes, and 
they hunt in packs.


On 4/2/2020 4:03 PM, Scott Hall via Shop-talk wrote:
> Eric,
>
> I don't know what the weather's like there, but I've never been able 
> to keep anything in my garage from rusting, long-term. Some of it just 
> rusts faster, some slower. If it was a handgun, and I was depending on 
> it, I don't think I'd leave it in the garage at all. Add to that the 
> concern that you might be on the other side of the garage when you 
> needed it and I might just be inclined to carry it while I was in 
> there, then bring it inside after.
>
> Of course now, for me, I'm just going to close the garage door. I 
> didn't even think about it before your email but I've got a pack of 
> what my neighbors say are wolves behind my house--I can't tell the 
> difference on sight between a wolf and a coyote (and I don't think 
> it'd matter anyway), but there are definitely a pack of them and they 
> like to howl at night and you can see them in the distance sometimes 
> before it gets too dark. I've always assumed they want nothing to do 
> with the house and I think they're neat to look at but am not 
> necessarily interested in getting better acquainted.
>
> I think now I'll be maintaining garage stuff with the door down. 
> Thanks for that.
>
> Scott
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 5:31 PM Bob Spidell via Shop-talk 
> <shop-talk at autox.team.net <mailto:shop-talk at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>
>     There was a photo going around years ago showing (what was left)
>     of a guy who was killed by a bear, but not before he emptied a .38
>     revolver into the bear.  It was pretty gruesome,  the bear ripped
>     him open and ate all his organs (but, surprisingly, left his
>     junk).  Rangers killed the bear and verified it was the culprit
>     from stomach contents.
>
>     So, if bears are a worry something more substantial than a .38
>     (dunno if it was a 'special') is called-for.
>
>
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