Literally!I did not take this picture.
We have had more mountain lions here lately than normal. One was sighted last night very close to our house.
If you live in the woods and feed deer you will attract mountain lions. This is very difficult for people to process but it is true.
We need to start packing heat to let our dogs out at night.
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I'll stick to suburbia, thanks.
And thanks for the distraction on a day when we truly need them.
astute observation cul de sac Pete, lol.
life goes on.
That's ironic, I blogged about mountain lions this am, too! LOL
damn cougars
Yes, nice distraction. Yes folks, there is more to life than $$$. Still proud of my 3 year old girl's 4 goals in soccer this weekend. When I'm down, I just think back to the game and it's hard not to smile. I'll take those memories any day vs. a bad day in the market.
How did Roger know I lived in a cul de sac? Spooky.
Sorry, I'm a little giddy ... bought aggressively when the Dow was down 700 points. Now "only" down 300.
I bike most days in a park with black bears. I had a bunch of sightings one year and I think they are a lot more timid than mountain lions.
Wouldn't lots of lights, possibly air horns and large cans of bear spray make more sense than guns?
I own several guns btw, I just do not think shooting guns in the dark at possible shadows with neighbors homes near by makes a lot of sense.
Roger,
Should you encounter one, always keep your rear neck away from any mountain lion.
You always want to stay in 'eye-contact' with the lion as the "killing-point" is the real neck (man or animal).
Never turn and run away, but slowly back away from them.
i'm confused, why would shooting a gun in the dark be a problem? lol
healthy mountain lions want no part of human contact. older or unhealthy lions are more likely to be a problem for humans, don't know what we have, the pciture is from a security camera BTW.
the number of attacks on humans by lions is low, additionally they do not like big dogs (not that they couldn't take a big dog but apparently this is true) and we have two of them.
as far as backing away slowly, TY, a few years ago by wife delved into the subject big time and educated us both--not feeding deer helps a lot--hopefully?!?!
FT's John Authers points out, in his final chart on this link from 10/06, that much depends on whether we follow the monetary policies and bank rescues of '87 or '29. (The former - w/lo int rates and bank rescues - resulted in a 50% higher market at T+5yrs; the latter, with no reduction in int rates and bank failures, produced 50% lower market at T+5yrs.) So while we "don't want to miss the big leg up" out of a bloodbath, that bargain you (and I) are proud to have purchased today may turn up stinkers if the wrong policy is pursued. And by wrong policy, I'm not simplifying to "do as in '87"; I'm thinking that it will be 2020 before the lookback is completed to say what the "right" policy need(ed) to be in the "Crash of '08". (Do we get to call it a crash yet?)
R in NY
Oops, Authers FT link here: http://www.ft.com/cms/bfba2c48-5588-11dc-b971-0000779fd2ac.html
My lifestyle doesn't allow me to keep pets. As a result I had more ambient wildlife around my country place (Vermont) that I would've with cats and dogs around, excluding critters such as fox, coyote & fishers that seek out cats & small dogs for snacking on. I found that I grew attached to the indigenous animals and their visits, and I got resentful when neighbors pets would come and disturb or kill them.
This picture looks like it was taken by a trail cam, the type which are strapped to trees, often used by hunters. If you have some acreage, they're a great (& addictive) way to see what creatures are around when you're not.
Jim/VT
200 MONTH moving average... now here's a chilling thought... Roger, I know you put great store into the "health of demand" by reference to the 200 Day moving average, but what might the implication be of breaking through to the downside of the 200 Month Moving Average... (I anticipate a very appropo "Yikes"...)
R in NY
200 MMA is a tough one for me to wrap my hands around.
the question for me is, not be a technician is whether there is a certain time period that becomes less useful for assessing the current landscape or gleaning anything predictive.
16 years seems like a long time ago to figure what is coming next.
not talking in absolutes because it might be very useful but tough for me to comment on.
i do think this qualifies as a crash.
Not ironic, just a coincidence.
Sorry!
You're in the lions turf.
People need to move up, not out.
We can't hog up every speck of space on this earth for ourselves.
give the lion his land back, already, and move to town.
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