In AZ!Luck of the draw, or because they're cranked out like crazy from all over the world. You see wireless KB's in dollar stores now. I bought a really nice looking illuminated KB from Staples ($48 I believe) it looked nice, horrible ghosting though, skipped just about every 4th or 5th letter. And being that I was writing my midterm paper, that KB went back pretty quick.
Speaking of global warming, where the hell is spring?
No, 100°+ is summer.That's not spring, 82 is summer.Borg, Spring is where I live.
Luck of the draw, or because they're cranked out like crazy from all over the world. You see wireless KB's in dollar stores now. I bought a really nice looking illuminated KB from Staples ($48 I believe) it looked nice, horrible ghosting though, skipped just about every 4th or 5th letter. And being that I was writing my midterm paper, that KB went back pretty quick.
Speaking of global warming, where the hell is spring?
Confession
An elderly man walks into a confessional. The following conversation ensues:
Man: 'I am 92 years old, have a wonderful wife of 70 years, many children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Yesterday, I picked up two college girls, hitch-hiking. We went to a motel, where I had sex with each of them three times.'
Priest: 'Are you sorry for your sins?'
Man: 'What sins?'
Priest: 'What kind of a Catholic are you?'
Man: 'I'm Jewish.'
Priest: 'Why are you telling me all this?'
Man: 'I'm 92 years old . . . . I'm telling everybody!'
A Guy
I'm a new age Polar Bear. Trying to use to this so call Global Warming. It's not working out well at all for me.
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo saddened by death of 30-year-old polar bear
Posted: August 12, 2013
Media Contacts
Joe Yachanin, (216) 635-3310
Sue Allen, (216) 635-3338
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is saddened to report the death of its female polar bear, “Aurora.” The 30-year-old bear had been showing signs of steadily deteriorating health for the last several months.
Last spring, Zoo veterinarians gave the bear a thorough exam and found evidence of liver cancer. The veterinarians determined that the cancer was at such an advanced stage that treatment was not a viable option. Since then, Aurora’s keepers and the veterinary staff kept a close watch on her behavior for signs of discomfort and to monitor for quality of life issues.
Over the last two days it was determined that her condition had significantly worsened and the Veterinary and Animal Care staff made the difficult decision to euthanize her yesterday.
“It’s never an easy decision to euthanize an animal,” said the Zoo’s General Curator, Andi Kornak. “Aurora enjoyed a long life and she was a favorite of both guests and staff. But her condition was beyond treatment and we made the humane choice after assessing her quality of life.”
Aurora was born at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo on November 13, 1982. She did some traveling before finally returning to Cleveland in 2001, spending time in the Ruhr Zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, the Milwaukee County Zoo and the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, Wisconsin.
Female polar bears have an average life expectancy of 24 years in zoos. Polar bears are the largest land predator in the world, capable of reaching up to 8 feet long and 1,600 pounds for a full-grown male. They are classified as “vulnerable” in the wild by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo . . . Connecting People with Wildlife
The picture in my Avatar came from a picture I took at the Cleveland Zoo many years ago.
The bear was just trying to keep cool on a hot summer day.
I was one of 5 iron workers from local 17 that built all the cages, rocks, pools ect. for the polar bears to live and play. Then some experts from Disney came and sprayed everything with concrete to make things look like rock.
If you ever get a chance to go see some polar bears take some marshmallows with you.
They love them. They will stand up on their back legs and growl for more. Just keep throwing them one at a time and they will put on a show going after them. Don't tell anybody about the marshmallows or I might get in trouble. Don't feed the bears; I believe the sign said.
I don't advocate feeding zoo animals unless the zoo itself advocates it (it's bad for the animals). I've seen zoos permit visitors to feed certain animals by either providing the food at certain times or putting it in coin operated dispensers. I've fed giraffes and lorries (a fruit eating bird). The polar bears I've seen put on a pretty good show on their own without being bribed.
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