Janet Boss spoke these words of wisdom
in :
I feel about the same way
about snowmobiles as I do about jetskis - a lot of idiots seem to be out
on them, and I just don't think I want to join them!
I have been on them. When necessary for emergencies (Blizzard of 78-79)
And it was ok. But an ATV is a lot more practical every day (used in
cutting down trees, moving logs, relocating wagons of chopped wood,
gardening, hunting/trapping, excercising dogs, snow blowing driveways, and
when used for play, a lot more versatile (12 months of the year) and just
as thrilling. We only use our ATV only in authorized areas. It seems most
snowmobile activity is done illegally on public roads, through trespassing
in farmer's fields, and often used to harrass livestock by the trespassing
interlopers. It seems MOST snowmobilers are self centered thrill seeking,
trespassing asses.

I've hated them ever since I got a puppy back in winter of 1982, and was
standing on a street corner n town (at that time, my property) and had a
postage stamp yard.
I took my brand new doberman puppy outside to potty. It was bitterly cold.
So I stood behind a pine tree to break the wind, while waiting for him to
do his thing on a 30 foot line. The snowmobiler did not see me, but he ran
down my puppy and killed it.

After that, I strung a cable throat high to a snowmobile and painted it
white all around my yard. It didn't bring my puppy back, but it did stop
the snowmobile tresspassing in the town yard.
I hate them. I hate them all. Having cattle gards kept the horses in, but
it allowed snowmobilers to access and chase them as well. I had to put up
a gate.
Snomobilers seem to have no common sense. I hope they all darwin themselves
in their stupidity. I really do.

In article , diddy none
wrote:


I took my brand new doberman puppy outside to potty. It was bitterly cold.
So I stood behind a pine tree to break the wind, while waiting for him to
do his thing on a 30 foot line. The snowmobiler did not see me, but he ran
down my puppy and killed it.

After that, I strung a cable throat high to a snowmobile and painted it
white all around my yard. It didn't bring my puppy back, but it did stop
the snowmobile tresspassing in the town yard.

How horrible. Why not blaze orange cable though?

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

Melinda Shore wrote:


I expect so. There are a lot of ways to enjoy winter, and
watching people from out-of-town come up here for school,
the ones who don't adapt get pretty miserable pretty
quickly.


I'm just not really a hard-winter person and never will be. Winters get
very cold here in MO (we're 5b, which is the same zone as a lot of the
NE), though of course not as bad as up north (though a friend who moved
here recently from Idaho thinks our winters are *brutal* because the
moisture and wind make everything so much worse). And as an original KY
girl, where temps were rarely cold long enough to freeze the cattle pond
enough for us to be safe on, I simply do NOT like cold. I can deal fine
down into the 30s, but beyond that I just don't like it, especially the
wind. I deal, and I'm better than I used to be. But I'm not at all
interested in skiing, skating or ice fishing, hate snowmobiles, hate
having to put on 16 things to go to the mailbox. I like nekkid dogs too,
who can't stay out for long periods. Not really interested in mushing
mostly because I'm not a huge fan of Northen breeds. I love to watch it.
But do it? No.

I think snow is beautiful, especially if you can sit inside by the fire.
But I hate feeling trapped indoors, and chipping the car out
repeatedly gets boring as hell.

So no, not a winter person.

Janet Boss wrote in news:janet-
:

How horrible. Why not blaze orange cable though?

That would make it harder to decapitate the snowmobiler, silly! Seriously,
though, she's lucky she *didn't* kill someone. As annoying as snowmobiles
may be, people shouldn't be murdered for using them.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net

"diddy" none wrote:
. The snowmobiler did not see me, but he ran
down my puppy and killed it.

Accidentally or deliberately? (I've personally witnessed drivers of cars
deliberately hitting animals, including my childhood cat, so it
unfortunately wouldn't surprise me to hear a snowmobiler did the same.)


Having cattle gards kept the horses in, but
it allowed snowmobilers to access and chase them as well.

Sounds like the same mentality as 90% the off-road bikers (motorbikes) and
ATV'ers I've encountered. :-P

Melinda Shore wrote:
In article ,
Janet Boss wrote:
Sleet is JUST starting to mix in here. It has been just snow up until
now. I am VERY glad that I did not move to NH 11 years ago. While I
love some snow, especially one really good storm, I would not want big
storm after big storm after big storm.

But you don't know what your life would be like if you had
moved. You may have turned into a snow bunny, taking up
showshoeing or snowmobiling or mushing or cross-country
skiing or something that would make you really love constant
snow.

I just snowshoed for my first time a few
weeks ago.

It was a surprising amount of fun!

But it was Colorado snow, which I understand
is not only bizarrely fluffy, but happens
under MUCH milder conditions.

A friend just left his property in NY up near
the Canadian border. crazy "below zero"
temps. Even his dogs looked at him like he
was crazy for going out.

I'd have to wrap Annie insaran, newspapers
and 3 layers of clothing. And then we'd both
just be too embarrassed to walk anywhere.

sionnach wrote:
"diddy" none wrote:
. The snowmobiler did not see me, but he ran
down my puppy and killed it.

Accidentally or deliberately? (I've personally witnessed drivers of cars
deliberately hitting animals, including my childhood cat, so it
unfortunately wouldn't surprise me to hear a snowmobiler did the same.)

That's HORRIBLE! Both diddy's story and yours.

I just don;t get people sometimes.

Shelly spoke these words of wisdom in
09:

Janet Boss wrote in news:janet-
:

How horrible. Why not blaze orange cable though?

That would make it harder to decapitate the snowmobiler, silly!
Seriously, though, she's lucky she *didn't* kill someone. As annoying
as snowmobiles may be, people shouldn't be murdered for using them.


Well the town DID put cables across public areas. Marked them. Put
restricted signs, and someone DID darwin themself. The family sued the
town, and it got tossed out because the guy was clearly where he should not
have been. There was no excuse for him being there.

I kind of felt the same way about my corner lot in town. There was never
any excuse for a snow mobiler to be there in the first place.

In article Xehol.527703$TT4.463365@attbi_s22,
Robin Nuttall wrote:
hate
having to put on 16 things to go to the mailbox.

Well, part of getting acclimated is figuring out that you
don't need to put on 16 things to go to the mailbox. People
tend to have a survival response to feeling cold, even when
they're at absolutely no risk, and they/we eventually figure
it out with experience. It's okay if you don't like cold
weather, at any rate. I figure if Janet had moved someplace
cold 10 years ago she'd have a different relationship with
cold weather than she does now. That's all.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

In article ,
Tara Green wrote:
It was a surprising amount of fun!

It's pretty great, and excellent exercise. Emmett loves to
snowshoe with me and because we're generally on untracked
trails they're soft and punchy, and when he gets tired he
stands on my shoes.

I'd have to wrap Annie insaran, newspapers
and 3 layers of clothing. And then we'd both
just be too embarrassed to walk anywhere.

Well, the rule of thumb about that kind of thing is that if
you care what you look like it's not that cold. There was a
long cold snap (like, -50F for a week, and -40F for longer
than that) in the Fairbanks area earlier this winter and my
favorite comment about that was from a guy who said that
when he left the house he had to look down to make sure that
he'd remembered to put on pants.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community