RTP-area local music and culture

[John I <not AT hotmail.com>]

Rawls nospam wrote:

>>
>>
>> From: Chris Rossi
>> Speaking of Raccoons:
>>
>> http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RAMPAGING_RACCOONS?SITE=KXLAM&SEC
>> TION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT 
> 
> 
>      Damn glad I've only been to Olympia in winter months. When I lived
>      at a 
> woodsy-ish apartment complex in Chapel Hill I once came a little too
> close to a raccoon and it looked ready to rumble but I ran.  I also once
> had a squirrel there try to eat it's way through my window unit air
> conditioner and before I knew what it was, I was ready to hit it.  I
> think we were both surprised to see one another and it took off...then
> Hurrican Fran tried to take that air conditioner a short time later.
> 
>      Lately I've noticed a lot of rabbits around where I live.  I'm not
> complaining, but it's odd how complacent they are around me...until you
> try to grab one, suckers are fast, but their numbers imply there are no
> large snakes around to eat them.


Rabbits aren't in season yet so they are probably feeling pretty footloose 
and fancy-free.  Come November they should start to look a little more 
oppressed.