A brush with death.

Piffka, he will descend on your state next summer, that will
give you enough time to find a solution to all the pollutants
he's exposing the Pacfic Northwest to.

Funny stuff, Piffka. But I've come to expect that from you.

If Powell's close I'll see my doctor for a lethal dose.

For real are you coming to the PNW? We should rouse our few members to get together.

There's me, Piffka, husker and.......

and......

I was just kidding about Powell's but they do more and more business online. It is a LITTLE worrisome. Pretty soon we'll only be living in a virtual world.

As for western a2kers... there are a couple of others, Boomer, outside of California: Wye, though she doesn't seem to post much anymore, SeattleFriend, D'Artagnan, Peace & Love. Still, I doubt Herr Ratzenhofer will take off his anonymous hat and meet up with the wild & woolly Pacific Northwesterners. What? Hey! We're scarier than a red squirrel, fer sure.

I am here to report that the capybaras have left the (zoo) building. They are a frightened lot, always on the lookout for denizens of the swamp... 'gators & such.

However, Woodland Park still has plenty of squirrels... mostly the imported Eastern Grays which superceded the bigger, milder Western Grays. I like the Douglas Squirrels, half the size of the grays and feisty enough to chase 'em off. They look like red squirrels except their tummy is white. Dangerous little fellas, but foolhardy.

it was obviously a red squirrel