On 20 August 2014 06:59, Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> wrote: > > > On 20/08/14 00:34, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: >> I think Portland is just strange, at times, and all incidents are >> one-offs. E.g. the news that got reported by sub-prime news agencies >> around US and UK this May: >> >> " >> High Elf, High on Acid, Attacks Woman's BMW With a Sword >> Portland, Ore. police responded to a 911 call at around 7 a.m. Tuesday >> morning from a woman who believed her car was under attack by a >> pirate. But instead of a routine pirate attack—oh, Portland—they >> discovered an armored man who claimed he was a High Elf. >> " >> >> http://gawker.com/high-elf-high-on-acid-attacks-womans-bmw-with-a-sword-1579493237 >> >> With many other sources on the interwebs (e.g. metro.co.uk time.com >> etc, more or less recycled story). >> >> My impression of Portland is that it's a charming little place, who >> take a little bit of pride in the unusual. > > My post wasn't meant to be a criticism of Portland at all, just a bit of > excitement about US wildlife. We don't have bears in Australia or any > of the other places I've lived. >
But you have the cutest bears of all! The koala bears =) I'm yet to visit Australia, but my naive expectations so far is that the Australian wildlife is diverse, exciting and things I've never seen before. > Last October we visited California and a few weeks later we saw this and > wondered how many bears we had walked past without noticing them: > Ah. Well, I guess I'm not as exciting for me, hence I have skipped so far visiting the national parks and forests in California. My dad is a hunter and I'm from Latvia thus I've seen a lot of bears, deer, wild boars, foxes, rabbits etc and many other more rare animals. But e.g. even around London, foxes are very common. -- Regards, Dimitri. _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
