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Old 03-20-11, 08:17 AM
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How good are your eyes?

With apologies to all my NC neighbors & friends, had to share...While riding Wednesday evening on Shears Rd near Mooresville, went by this scene once, had to hurry back to make sure of what I was seeing.
Identify the picture:
Is it :
A) The Dog
B) Dinner
C) The lawnmower
D) A pig
E) All of the above
???
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Old 03-20-11, 08:22 AM
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Um...I'm going with ???
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Old 03-20-11, 08:37 AM
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Depending on your culture, it could be "all of the above".
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Old 03-20-11, 09:49 AM
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Looks like a pot bellied pig to me but it could be dinner.
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Old 03-20-11, 09:56 AM
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Pig (& lawnmower and dinner).

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Old 03-20-11, 12:41 PM
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Does it chase bikes???
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How good are my eyes? I have reffed college football, basketball, and baseball. When a coach asks me about a call and questions my eyesight, I say to him, "You know, the sun is 93,000,000 miles away. I can see that just fine; the play at second base was about 93,000,000 miles closer, too."
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Old 03-20-11, 03:18 PM
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Hey that's weird. I saw a pig yesterday but it was the normal "beige" kind and a women at her front door was apparently coaxing it in to her house from the front side walk.

It was in a semi-rural area, but a suburban style home. Strange deal. NO doubt -normal pig -turned pet. About 30 lbs now.
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Old 03-20-11, 03:38 PM
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Pot belly pigs reportedly make good pets. Pigs are very intelligent and trainable. On the other hand, the wild feral hogs we have here in Louisiana are a highly destructive, invasive species. They're also not something to be faced without a suitable firearm.
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Originally Posted by jppe
Does it chase bikes???
Not yet...
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Originally Posted by PAlt
Not yet...
That's a good thing! Right now I don't know that I could outrun it!
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An anachronistic male.
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My eyes are not good. I saw a little hippo. And I'm wearing my glasses.
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Originally Posted by ciocc_cat
...the wild feral hogs we have here in Louisiana are a highly destructive, invasive species. They're also not something to be faced without a suitable firearm.
Whut??? I archery hunt these bad boys (and girls) with no firearm. HTFU.
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Old 03-20-11, 07:56 PM
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I saw something that should have a target drawn on the side of it.....
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Old 03-21-11, 06:43 AM
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It might be a small Tarheel, without his blue sweatshirt.
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Looigi, Seems once or twice a year someone around here is injured hunting ferral hogs (open season). Javalina can be more aggressive, but taste wonderful and I use a revolver with them.

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My eyes see it good, its my ears that are broken!
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Originally Posted by scroca
It might be a small Tarheel, without his blue sweatshirt.
Be very careful! Ms PAlt has a real affinity to Carolina Blue!!!
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Old 03-21-11, 03:39 PM
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Eyes are getting bad... looks like pig dinner for many night to come and my ears are always ringing.. wear hearin aids to help supposedly
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Old 03-21-11, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by jppe
Be very careful! Ms PAlt has a real affinity to Carolina Blue!!!
Yea, MUCHO PROBLEMO if she thinks I'm connecting that animal and a Tarheel. Might find myself without brakes on a Mitchell descent...
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Got a local guy who regularly takes 2 pot bellys to the park near my house to graze and poop. While on my way to Orlando last week I saw a black pig grazing on the side of the road. Don't know if it was an exscapee or feral.
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It makes you wonder if you're seeing things ? I was coming back from the grocery store to the cottage a couple of summers ago when I saw what looked like a big black Newfie dog sitting by the side of the road by a mailbox about 200 yards down the road. I thought "those people don't even own a dog".

As I got closer, the "dog" turned out to be a young black bear. Two seconds later he jumped into the ditch and took off into the bush.
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Originally Posted by Looigi
Whut??? I archery hunt these bad boys (and girls) with no firearm. HTFU.
Wimp. My only equipment is a bib and BBQ sauce.
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