Fishing for pigs?

[ultrarunner]

I heard Oscars shirt tail relative are in town and they are real pigs... nothing someone as fine as Oscar is would want to be associated with.

We are starting to get wild pigs closer in to homes in the SF Bay Area... lions and foxes seem to follow the wild turkey population.

OFF TOPIC... the Blue Angles flew in last night... a week ago SF was in the 90's and clear as could be... now in the 60's and overcast... just heard them overhead as I write.

 

[prichard]

Is it military week? I was there the week before it last year. I think we flew out on the beginning weekend.

 

[ultrarunner]

Yep... Fleet Week.

Some years it has been over the top as in outstanding... SF Bay Area did have a huge military presence for many decades... now, all but a legacy.

I remember years ago one of the Angels flew up Market Street and people were looking down from the higher floors... cool factor times a thousand.

It was also almost expected to fly under the Golden Gate... no more.

A few years back I was out in the yard at eye level with one of the pilots... we waved and he waved back!!! the kids thought it was the best ever... he was really that close to the bluff where we are situated at 500 feet about sea level.

My apologies to Eddie.... for diverting.

I hear the Blue Angles like roasted pig luau style.

 

[dragoneggs]

Yep... Fleet Week.

Some years it has been over the top as in outstanding... SF Bay Area did have a huge military presence for many decades... now, all but a legacy.

I remember years ago one of the Angels flew up Market Street and people were looking down from the higher floors... cool factor times a thousand.

It was also almost expected to fly under the Golden Gate... no more.

A few years back I was out in the yard at eye level with one of the pilots... we waved and he waved back!!! the kids thought it was the best ever... he was really that close to the bluff where we are situated at 500 feet about sea level.

My apologies to Eddy.... for diverting.

I hear the Blue Angles like roasted pig luau style.

Now I have to chime in... the Blue Angels are still an annual ritual combined with Seafair Week in Seattle. They still get pretty low to the boats (a floating party) on Lake Washington. They shut down the floating bridge and allow pedestrians to walk out for great view. I remember as a kid I would climb on top of my parent's roof (others on their roofs too) and wave to the single pilot and he would wave back too! They used to fly much lower over residential areas and everyone loved it. Maybe the biggest reason I ended up in the Aerospace industry! :thumbsup: Okay back to a more 'Boaring' discussion. :laughing:

 

[ultrarunner]

I figure as long as pigs or fishing or dam is mentioned Eddie will treat the sidebar discussions as water over the dam...

 

[ultrarunner]

Here is a current link about wild pigs here... and they are basically protected as hunting is prohibited.

Wild pigs destroying yards in San Jose neighborhood - Story | KTVU

 

[cqaigy2]

Not been boar or wild pig hunting but worked on hog farm. From time to time we would have to put one down and a shot in the throat, under the jaw or in the ear, if you can get it, would drop them immediately. Biggest one i put down, i was told was somewhere around 1000 lb, boar.