And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I encountered river otters on the central Oregon coast in the early years of my career as a fish biologist quite often. River otters were common. One day, I inadvertently cornered one, hiking up a survey creek one day. He came back at me, hissing and chopping jaws, and then disappeared. I don't think I backed up 20 feet so fast, ever.
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ReplyDeleteI encountered river otters on the central Oregon coast in the early years of my career as a fish biologist quite often. River otters were common. One day, I inadvertently cornered one, hiking up a survey creek one day. He came back at me, hissing and chopping jaws, and then disappeared. I don't think I backed up 20 feet so fast, ever.
ReplyDeleteIs he drooling?
ReplyDeleteNuffin'
ReplyDeleteJus' dis ol' otter chewin' the head off a fish, is all.
Steve is in a surly mood.
ReplyDelete"Back the fuck off, Carl! I'm sick to death of your mooching!"
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