If you cant' find anything else whatsoever to do at all, you might
enter this:

http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...test+under+way

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:56:10 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

If you cant' find anything else whatsoever to do at all, you might
enter this:

http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...test+under+way

Heh.

Those depictions of manatees as being cute, furry and cuddly are
hilarious. Unfortunately it will lead to another generation of
manatee huggers by the uninformed.

On 11/22/10 9:58 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:56:10 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

If you cant' find anything else whatsoever to do at all, you might
enter this:

http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...test+under+way

Heh.

Those depictions of manatees as being cute, furry and cuddly are
hilarious. Unfortunately it will lead to another generation of
manatee huggers by the uninformed.

I can just see it now...the first annual manatee roundup and slaughter,
a reality TV show hosted by none other than Ms. Shoot the Wolves from an
Airplane! :)

On 11/22/10 11:45 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:16:10 -0500, wrote:

On 11/22/10 9:58 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:56:10 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

If you cant' find anything else whatsoever to do at all, you might
enter this:

http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...test+under+way

Heh.

Those depictions of manatees as being cute, furry and cuddly are
hilarious. Unfortunately it will lead to another generation of
manatee huggers by the uninformed.

I can just see it now...the first annual manatee roundup and slaughter,
a reality TV show hosted by none other than Ms. Shoot the Wolves from an
Airplane! :)

I have no problem protecting manatee but most of what the "save the
manatee" people do actually harms them more than helping them. They
are forcing power plants to artificially heat water in the winter to
attract the manatee so the huggers can get a close up encounter that
they can drive to with great parking. Unfortunately it is polluting
the river, they don't have much to eat and you have put them in the
middle of the only east west waterway across Florida.
It is like putting a salt lick in the middle of I-95 and wondering why
so many deer get hit by cars.

The best thing we could do is follow the Endangered species act, stop
altering their natural behavior and get them used to migrating south
in the winter like they did 100 years ago.
The manatee people would not like that because the manatee population
here would decline. They wouldn't be dead, in fact less would die,
they would just be in warmer water where they belong. (manatee start
showing signs of cold stress at 70f and at 67-68f up to half may
die.)


OK...a reality TV show called "The Manatee Family...Relocates..." You'll
have to find a new hostess, though. The one I had in mind has a motto
of, when it comes to critters, "kill, kill, kill."

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:58:12 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:56:10 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

If you cant' find anything else whatsoever to do at all, you might
enter this:

http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...test+under+way

Heh.

Those depictions of manatees as being cute, furry and cuddly are
hilarious. Unfortunately it will lead to another generation of
manatee huggers by the uninformed.

Same with dolphins. Why don't we just round them up and slaughter
them. They don't serve any useful purpose. Perhaps we should follow
the lead of the Japanese.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...ng-japan-taiji

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:30:40 -0800, wrote:

Same with dolphins. Why don't we just round them up and slaughter
them. They don't serve any useful purpose.

Not true. Dolphins are fast, smart, very photogenic and seem to like
both people and boats! :-)

http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=-yAH8NJ7CP0

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:05:01 -0500, wrote:

Not true. Dolphins are fast, smart, very photogenic and seem to like
both people and boats! :-)

http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=-yAH8NJ7CP0




Or Estero Bay

http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/dolphins.wmv

Dayummm, I'm surprised they don't run agound like everyone else in
Estero Bay!

:-)

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:47:06 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:30:40 -0800, wrote:

Same with dolphins. Why don't we just round them up and slaughter
them. They don't serve any useful purpose.

Not true. Dolphins are fast, smart, very photogenic and seem to like
both people and boats! :-)

http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=-yAH8NJ7CP0



It doesn't matter. They don't contribute to corporate America in any
significant way. They should be killed on sight.

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:03:08 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:30:40 -0800, wrote:

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:58:12 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:56:10 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

If you cant' find anything else whatsoever to do at all, you might
enter this:

http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...test+under+way

Heh.

Those depictions of manatees as being cute, furry and cuddly are
hilarious. Unfortunately it will lead to another generation of
manatee huggers by the uninformed.

Same with dolphins. Why don't we just round them up and slaughter
them. They don't serve any useful purpose. Perhaps we should follow
the lead of the Japanese.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...ng-japan-taiji

The issue is not he animal itself it is the fact that we have lured
them into places where they can get killed by boats and then want to
stop the boats from being there.
We just want FPL to stop luring them into the river. Just follow the
Endangered Species Act, that is all we want. They are a migratory
species and we are interfering with that migratory pattern.
It is similar to the Canada Geese that people entice into staying over
the winter and causing problems.

I guess we have no impact on how they travel then? Give me a break.

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:20:01 -0500, wrote:

I have a gas pool heater, I know how much gas it takes to heat water.
I don't use the heater..

Have you analyzed the cost of a gas pool heater vs high efficiency
reverse cycle electric? It's kind of a moot question for me since we
don't have gas here (only propane) but just curious.