On Jun 18, 6:33*am, HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:17:38 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:44:48 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

Well, not quite.

One of the things we really like about cruising is going out exploring
in the dinghy. * This afternoon we found a nice beach on an island
north of Green Turtle Cay that appeared to be deserted. *Less than two
minutes after landing however, a couple of local inhabitants came out
to greet us. *After polite apologies were offered, we were allowed to
leave quickly and quietly:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23519672
Cool - ok, maybe not so cool, but interesting.

I read something in NatGeo a year or so back and watched a documentary
about feral piggies - it was actually about "Hogzilla" I think, but
there was a long detailed explanation about feral pigs in the
documentary.

Apparently, pigs revert when they go feral - their hair gets long,
tusks grow, they get much more aggressive, they get longer and leaner
and as they are already smart, can become very dangerous. *It was
pretty interesting to watch.

"Babe" pretty much proved how smart pigs are.
I think that was based on a true story.
Pigs are really gentle, affectionate and trainable.
An all-around admirable companion for mankind.
After watching that I almost became a vegetarian.
Two things stopped me.
Bacon and baby back ribs.

--Vic

One of our near neighbors in Jax had a little "Vietnamese" pot-bellied
pig as a pet, along with a couple of dogs. The pig was cute as it could
be, and "hung out" with the two dogs as a sort of friendly, neighborly
pack. Once in a while, the pig would dig a hole under the fence and
"escape" for a few minutes with the dogs. The pig was obviously a lot
smarter than the dogs. Well, I guess that isn't saying much, is it?- Hide quoted text -

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Why? Dogs dig out from fences all of the time.

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:17:38 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:44:48 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

Well, not quite.

One of the things we really like about cruising is going out exploring
in the dinghy. This afternoon we found a nice beach on an island
north of Green Turtle Cay that appeared to be deserted. Less than two
minutes after landing however, a couple of local inhabitants came out
to greet us. After polite apologies were offered, we were allowed to
leave quickly and quietly:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23519672

Cool - ok, maybe not so cool, but interesting.

I read something in NatGeo a year or so back and watched a documentary
about feral piggies - it was actually about "Hogzilla" I think, but
there was a long detailed explanation about feral pigs in the
documentary.

Apparently, pigs revert when they go feral - their hair gets long,
tusks grow, they get much more aggressive, they get longer and leaner
and as they are already smart, can become very dangerous. It was
pretty interesting to watch.

"Babe" pretty much proved how smart pigs are.
I think that was based on a true story.
Pigs are really gentle, affectionate and trainable.
An all-around admirable companion for mankind.
After watching that I almost became a vegetarian.
Two things stopped me.
Bacon and baby back ribs.

--Vic


On the other hand, why do all of the women I know claim that men are pigs?
Well, we are trainable, supposedly. . lol


--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:08:37 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:17:38 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:44:48 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

Well, not quite.

One of the things we really like about cruising is going out exploring
in the dinghy. This afternoon we found a nice beach on an island
north of Green Turtle Cay that appeared to be deserted. Less than two
minutes after landing however, a couple of local inhabitants came out
to greet us. After polite apologies were offered, we were allowed to
leave quickly and quietly:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23519672

Cool - ok, maybe not so cool, but interesting.

I read something in NatGeo a year or so back and watched a documentary
about feral piggies - it was actually about "Hogzilla" I think, but
there was a long detailed explanation about feral pigs in the
documentary.

Apparently, pigs revert when they go feral - their hair gets long,
tusks grow, they get much more aggressive, they get longer and leaner
and as they are already smart, can become very dangerous. It was
pretty interesting to watch.

"Babe" pretty much proved how smart pigs are.
I think that was based on a true story.
Pigs are really gentle, affectionate and trainable.
An all-around admirable companion for mankind.
After watching that I almost became a vegetarian.
Two things stopped me.
Bacon and baby back ribs.

--Vic


On the other hand, why do all of the women I know claim that men are pigs?
Well, we are trainable, supposedly. . lol

As a kid we had a pet pig. Once he got so big that his hoof went
through the couch cushions as he tried to climb up, he got butchered.

My dad and I ate most of him. Mom and the younger boys wouldn't touch
it.
--
John H

I once shook hands with a pudgy guy who:

Sailed from San Francisco to Hawaii.
Rounded Cape Horn, twice.
Transited the Panama Canal.
Has owned more than 20 boats in his lifetime.
Sailed large boats competitively.
Has been hundreds of miles from land in a powerboat
under his command.

And who set a new record for the most distance covered
and most fish caught in the Chesapeake Bay in the shortest
time!

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:17:38 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:


About fifteen years or so ago, we had a small group of feral pigs in and
around the Yale Forest which were raising all kinds of hell not only
there, but in the Mashapoug State Forest which is right next to the
Yale. It took about two years to capture them all.

Not sure what they did with them.

Apparently, Connecticut still has a feral pig population. Litchfield
County has been having some troubles with them recently.

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:50:52 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:17:38 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:


About fifteen years or so ago, we had a small group of feral pigs in and
around the Yale Forest which were raising all kinds of hell not only
there, but in the Mashapoug State Forest which is right next to the
Yale. It took about two years to capture them all.

Not sure what they did with them.

Apparently, Connecticut still has a feral pig population. Litchfield
County has been having some troubles with them recently.

Maybe that's where they went. :)

I read something about that last year's hunting season. Haven't heard
anything about it recently though.

"thunder" wrote in message
t...
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:17:38 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:


About fifteen years or so ago, we had a small group of feral pigs in and
around the Yale Forest which were raising all kinds of hell not only
there, but in the Mashapoug State Forest which is right next to the
Yale. It took about two years to capture them all.

Not sure what they did with them.

Apparently, Connecticut still has a feral pig population. Litchfield
County has been having some troubles with them recently.


Northern California also has a similar problem.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com