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tericee
Alien Abductee
USA
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 Posted - 06/10/2002 : 10:54:19 PM
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I went on a tour of the "interior" of Santa Catalina Island on Sunday. They have 300-350 buffalo/bison there, and we got to see a few of them from our tour bus.
http://boltzmann.eng.uci.edu/~carp/catalina/fv98.htm
teri 
note: The buffalo is so closely associated with the Wild West that one might assume that its name comes from a Native American word, as is the case with the words moose and skunk. In fact, however, buffalo can probably be traced back by way of one or more of the Romance languages through Late and Classical Latin and ultimately to the Greek word boubalos, meaning “an antelope or a buffalo.” The buffalo referred to by the Greek and Latin words was of course not the American one but an Old World mammal, such as the water buffalo of southern Asia. Applied to the North American mammal, buffalo is a misnomer, bison being the preferred term. As far as everyday usage is concerned, however, buffalo, first recorded for the American mammal in 1635, is older than bison, first recorded in 1774. (ref:http://www.bartleby.com/61/19/B0531900.html) |
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LizT
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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Posted - 06/10/2002 : 11:11:32 PM
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Thank you for sharing Teri. The photographs are beautiful. Looks like it was an awesome day.
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genome
Fluffy-Esque
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Posted - 06/10/2002 : 11:53:17 PM
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Boy. Now there's something I'm glad to know.
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Silky The Pimp
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 06/11/2002 : 12:18:21 AM
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Ehh... child's play. You've got to get in close. :)
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genome
Fluffy-Esque
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Posted - 06/11/2002 : 12:25:52 AM
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Horny bastard.
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Silky The Pimp
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 06/11/2002 : 12:57:34 AM
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Sorry... but I just had to point this one out... hehehe... hehehehe.... heh heheheheh.....
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tericee
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 06/11/2002 : 10:02:19 PM
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Looks like it was an awesome day.
It was so awesome I gave up on my diet for the afternoon! It was a delicious break!
teri
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Silky The Pimp
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 06/11/2002 : 10:26:17 PM
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Teri did you even notice that you were walking by a place called "House of Wood" when that picture was taken? That is classic!
-J
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Jay
Alien Abductee
Vatican City
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Posted - 06/11/2002 : 11:11:08 PM
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SOunds like something oot of beavis and butthead! Sounds awesome Teri! I've never been east of Ohio...maybe someday WHEN I CAN DRIVE!! hehahuh! Honk Honk!
Jay
" It's a scavenger hunt in the best of times, a one armed man with a box of dimes. Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll." KJP |
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KevinLesko
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 06/12/2002 : 05:45:46 AM
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Man, as close as that is, I've never been there. Sounds like it would be a cool day trip to plan one day. That picture with the "wood" shop looks like it was taken on Balboa island in Newport Beach, have you ever been there? Lots of cool shops and hole-in-the-wall restaurants.
What did you eat that was so good?
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Fluffy
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 06/16/2002 : 8:38:19 PM
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Wow!! Catalina island sounds pretty kewl. The NM prison you pass on the way to TR's house in Santa Fe has a huge corral on the grounds that has always been empty until this year. Now the corral is full of BUFFALO. Of course we could not stop and take pictures, but I would always have Rew drive slowly(as legally possible)past the corrals for a better look. Can you get off the bus on Catalina Island to observe the buffalos better?
Peace & Keep the Faith
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Fluffy needs to visit Catalina Island
