Miningman Never had moose nose, although the Native folks swear by it, a real delicacy. The elders and more spiritually in tune also like the"guts" in a big steaming pot mess thingie. Won't eat fish heads with eyeballs soup either. It's common enough in their households and bush camps but I have never gone near because I decline the invitation. Some things are best left to the imagination smell wise. Lutefisk stinks to high heaven with those molecules attached to your inner nose for a week. Those cans will explode all on their own from the gas buildup. No thanks. I will go and have gone to many real authentic spiritual sweats. Story unto itself.
Never had moose nose, although the Native folks swear by it, a real delicacy. The elders and more spiritually in tune also like the"guts" in a big steaming pot mess thingie. Won't eat fish heads with eyeballs soup either. It's common enough in their households and bush camps but I have never gone near because I decline the invitation. Some things are best left to the imagination smell wise.
Lutefisk stinks to high heaven with those molecules attached to your inner nose for a week. Those cans will explode all on their own from the gas buildup. No thanks.
I will go and have gone to many real authentic spiritual sweats. Story unto itself.
Moose nose is very tasty. Nice with a good moose stew, especially in hunt camp. Guts, in my experience, were usually for the dog pot. This in central Yukon.
I declined moose eyeball; better eaten by someone who really appreciated it. I didn't. Fish head soup is good, just got to strain out the bones before serving, especially if it's salmon heads.
Anyone ever try roast gopher? Roast beaver tail...really fatty but good.
I have friends who have lutefisk suppers. Fish in lye really doesn't work for me, even if you wash it first.
Charlie
Murphy Siding- See Overmods response..
Miningman "Warning. Seating in the dome car is at your own risk. We are not responsible for snatch and grabs". Thank You Santa Fe all the Way!
"Warning. Seating in the dome car is at your own risk. We are not responsible for snatch and grabs". Thank You Santa Fe all the Way!
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
I'm sure they'do hit elephants in India. Magnificient old Jumbo met his demise on the Canada Southern, MichiganCentral/NYC in St. Thomas, Ontario, back in the day. There is a lifesize replica of Jumbo atop a high hill, welcoming you to town as you enter St. Thomas on the highway.
Not much of a stretch to say I think we can all imagine the Spielberg directed scene with the T Rex busting through the dome car at a nice leisurely pace somewhere out there....got to be the conductor that gets it first, then the obnoxious passenger with the loud shirt.
Very nice lady, renowned Paleontologist, gave us the excellent story of Sue from Day 1 to today. The whole story in chronological order with original photos every step of the way is quite a tale. Lots of science, lots of intrigue, lots of sticky fingers. Best of intentions gone awry. Created a problem with a black market that persists to today.
If the National Guard shows up at your place one day and takes everything away in crates I think you can assume you are in trouble and cheesed off the wrong judge. ....and your not getting your stuff back.
In India trains hit elephants.
Russell
"Wait a minute. When you said the train had a dome diner, I thought you meant it involved food for passengers, not passengers as f...."
<snap!>
Tonight at the conference we have Sue the T Rex! Now thats gonna be HUGE. Cannot imagine railroading with those things around. T Rex proof the Super Chief?
Important presentation tomorrow by our own Gary Delaney on the future of exploration and mining in the North ...starts at 8:25am! Why??? On the last day too. Yeesh. Then long drive home with the kiddies. Some have secured summer employment from the show. Terrific!
OvermodThe thought that deer might leap 10' or greater fencing probably hasn't occurred to anyone who hasn't seen them do it.
Story from a local folklore book.
Fellow was bragging that his dog could follow really old deer tracks. Another fellow calls him on it, and a bet ensues.
The dog is brought out and sent out to track. After sniffing around a bit the dog finds a scent and sets off on the trail.
Part way across a field, the dog suddenly leaps six feet in the air, then continues on the track, only to repeat the performance a short distance later.
"Pay up," says the dog owner, "I told you he could follow an old track!"
"How do you know that?" asks the betting man.
"Ten years ago, there was a six foot high fence in both those places..."
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
MiningmanLutefisk stinks to high heaven with those molecules attached to your inner nose for a week.
Ah, yes. Trimethylamine; who would ever think that three little methanes glued onto a nitrogen could be so...
BaltACD
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
DeggestyI knew there is a joke about deer's knowing that the signs tell them where to cross--and I am not surprised that such people actually exist.
I actually find it logical that people might think properties are mostly fenced or gated, and that special 'lanes' for deer crossing might be provided, much as caribou crossings were arranged for the Alaska Pipeline or actual bridges (!) provided across highways in northern New Jersey for critter crossings (they have plantings in dirt on their decks). The thought that deer might leap 10' or greater fencing probably hasn't occurred to anyone who hasn't seen them do it. And Euclid might develop a whole argument that a 'deer crossing' sign semantically implies a crossing path or area in the next few hundred feet or so, rather than a general alert to 'expect a deer in any lane at any moment' -- again, something which takes on amazing new meaning to those who have actually experienced large deer leaping across right at windshield-root level.
Who has pictures of the Scandinavian train -- I think it was either a high-speed train or 'lyntog' arrangement -- that had a special 'moose nose' applied to deal with those long-legged and ornery beasts? (And no, Peter, I can't fill you in with how Gwich'in moose nose tastes, although perhaps Miningman can... a dish whose recipe can include instructions like 'don't look in the pot while cooking' and 'skin the nose without fainting' might just take the palm from lutefisk and haggis...)
I knew there is a joke about deer's knowing that the signs tell them where to cross--and I am not surprised that such people actually exist.
Johnny
mudchickentree68 Murphy Siding You'd think if a reindeer had something that made them easier for the engineer see, like a bright, red nose or something......... Maybe if they put up "Reindeer Crossing" signs, they'd cross there... How is Ma Nature's beta-test going on that Rudolph thing anyhow?
Murphy Siding You'd think if a reindeer had something that made them easier for the engineer see, like a bright, red nose or something......... Maybe if they put up "Reindeer Crossing" signs, they'd cross there...
Murphy Siding You'd think if a reindeer had something that made them easier for the engineer see, like a bright, red nose or something.........
Maybe if they put up "Reindeer Crossing" signs, they'd cross there...
How is Ma Nature's beta-test going on that Rudolph thing anyhow?
MC, the deer, reindeer, moose and antelope need serious instruction in reading and comprehension. They are only supposed to cross where the signs are but they have failed the test.
Norm
tree68 Murphy Siding You'd think if a reindeer had something that made them easier for the engineer see, like a bright, red nose or something......... Maybe if they put up "Reindeer Crossing" signs, they'd cross there...
If you have ever dined at the Buckhorn Exchange in Denver (oldest continually operating establishment in town, across from the DRGW/SP/UP Burnham Shops) you would have seen just a few gracing the red velvet walls.
Murphy Siding Deggesty Quoting Murray " When I lived in Gillette Wyoming in the early 80's we had a really harsh winter one year. The BN mowed down lots of antelope and rabbits that were on the tracks. " Norris, were there any jackalopes among the carcasses? No. The Jackalopes live about 200 miles east of there, near Wall Drug.(Note: you turned me into Murray )
Deggesty Quoting Murray " When I lived in Gillette Wyoming in the early 80's we had a really harsh winter one year. The BN mowed down lots of antelope and rabbits that were on the tracks. " Norris, were there any jackalopes among the carcasses?
Quoting Murray " When I lived in Gillette Wyoming in the early 80's we had a really harsh winter one year. The BN mowed down lots of antelope and rabbits that were on the tracks. "
Norris, were there any jackalopes among the carcasses?
No. The Jackalopes live about 200 miles east of there, near Wall Drug.(Note: you turned me into Murray )
I spent Christmas 1994 in Norway.
Reindeer meat is traditionally eaten in Norway at Christmas.
I recall they fed me some Whale as well...
Peter
Murphy SidingYou'd think if a reindeer had something that made them easier for the engineer see, like a bright, red nose or something.........
You'd think if a reindeer had something that made them easier for the engineer see, like a bright, red nose or something......... When I lived in Gillette Wyoming in the early 80's we had a really harsh winter one year. The BN mowed down lots of antelope and rabbits that were on the tracks. As a kid, we lived in Alaska. The locomotives on the Alaska Railroad had what were referred to as "moose goosers" on the front to pitch the moose up and off the tracks. The snow would crust over and moose found it easier to walk on the railroad tracks and the highways. My father was on a volunteer crew that would butcher fresh moose that were killed on the highway. The meat went to local charities.
I've hit a few deer over the years. When I see them, I'll give them a few blasts on the horn. That doesn't always work.
Once, a young deer crossed the track and stopped. I blew the horn and it started running at us. Right into us.
Worse, once out where US30 is right next to us, a deer came over the highway and crossed both tracks. It then stopped, so I blew the horn. Instead of just going the way it was headed, it crossed back over the tracks, through the ditch and out onto the highway. Right in front of a car which hit it.
Some of the conductors say some engineers, especially those who ride motorcycles, won't warn the deer. They want to hit them with the locomotive. While I'd rather hit them with the train instead of my car, I still feel they deserve a chance.
Jeff
Haven't hit any whitetales with the locomotive, although there have been a few close calls, and the RR as a whole has gotten several.
I think I had one run under the train last year, but all I saw was the evidence...
Had one pace me last weekend at about 25 MPH...
We pass a place that raises reindeer all through our summer season, but they're behind a fence.
Christmas is gonna be a little late in Norway this year. Santa's pissed!
He will be dropping one very large sack of coal from about 10,000 feet - Wolf Blitzen at CNN will handle the news feed personally on live TV as breaking news.
It is unprecedented!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/11/27/reindeer-killings-norway-freight-trains/896895001/
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