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Post by librarylady on Jul 3, 2018 12:29:44 GMT
(Who doesn't like a swim and a beverage?)
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Post by pierkiss on Jul 3, 2018 12:34:41 GMT
😁😁
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2018 12:48:21 GMT
Aw. He's just needed to cool off.
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Post by lesley on Jul 3, 2018 13:41:38 GMT
I really want to see this, but I’m getting the message that you can’t access the L.A. Times if you’re in Europe.  (I’ve noticed this on a few US news/media sites recently. I wonder what’s changed?) Could someone cut and paste for me, pretty please? 😊 |
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Post by destined2bmom on Jul 3, 2018 13:49:13 GMT
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Post by librarylady on Jul 3, 2018 13:51:13 GMT
Mark Hough had barely taken a sip of his margarita Friday when he heard twigs snapping and leaves rustling in his lush Altadena backyard.
At first he brushed it off as the sounds of his neighbor pottering next door, but the noise grew louder.
“So I got up, looked over in the bushes, and lo and behold there's a bear climbing up over my fence,” Hough said Monday.
The sighting was the first of many encounters Hough would have with the bear that hot Friday afternoon: During the next few hours, the bear availed itself of Hough's backyard, his hot tub and the cocktail he left behind.
After initially spotting the bear, Hough retreated inside, but later found the furry intruder “bobbling away in the Jacuzzi enjoying himself.”
Hough recorded video of the bear lolling in the unheated hot tub with the jets on. The bear played with the chlorinator and tossed the thermometer in the air, Hough said.
“He was playing, having a grand old time,” he added.
Bears are frequently filmed romping around Altadena, which straddles the city and wilderness. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Joana Warren said the department received six bear-sighting calls Friday, but failed to find any bears.
The bear's dip lasted only a few minutes before it emerged and lumbered around the yard. Then it “popped out of the bushes, walked right over to the margarita, knocked it over and lapped it,” Hough said.
About an hour later, Hough was talking to a neighbor when some oak leaves fluttered to the ground. He looked up to see the bear slumbering in the tree.
“So he had his margarita, he had his Jacuzzi, and now he's ready for an hour nap,” Hough said.
Hough said the bear ultimately hustled away down the street. After the encounter, Hough made himself two margaritas to make up for the one he lost to the bear.
“It was an interesting Friday to say the least,” he said.
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---unfortunately, you won't be able to see the video. Try going to youtube and searching for bear in hot tub and see if you get it.
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Post by MichyM on Jul 3, 2018 14:22:00 GMT
I really want to see this, but I’m getting the message that you can’t access the L.A. Times if you’re in Europe. (I’ve noticed this on a few US news/media sites recently. I wonder what’s changed?) Could someone cut and paste for me, pretty please? 😊 Honestly, the video is pretty dull. It's a bear, sitting in an in ground hot tub, not doing much of anything other than sticking his muzzle under the water from time to time. |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jul 3, 2018 15:07:23 GMT
I really want to see this, but I’m getting the message that you can’t access the L.A. Times if you’re in Europe. (I’ve noticed this on a few US news/media sites recently. I wonder what’s changed?) Could someone cut and paste for me, pretty please? 😊 It's due to the EU data protection law. A lot of websites have adapted and are now showing the mandatory warning about data processing (and transfer to the US), some are still blocking EU IPs. It's a shame LA Times hasn't sorted it out yet. It's been over a month since the law went into effect (and it didn't come as a surprise)!
The cute (albeit uninteresting) video can be viewed in this article, by the way, for my fellow Europeans.
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Post by Outspoken on Jul 3, 2018 15:15:39 GMT
I am assuming the red ear tag on the bear indicates it is being tracked?
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Post by busy on Jul 3, 2018 15:27:15 GMT
I really want to see this, but I’m getting the message that you can’t access the L.A. Times if you’re in Europe. (I’ve noticed this on a few US news/media sites recently. I wonder what’s changed?) Could someone cut and paste for me, pretty please? 😊 It's due to GDPR that went into effect on May 25 (if memory serves). It's an EU regulation relating to data privacy. If your IP shows you're in the EU, and the site you're trying to access isn't compliant with GDPR, you're probably going to run into a blocker. |
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Post by lesley on Jul 3, 2018 18:42:40 GMT
It's due to the EU data protection law. A lot of websites have adapted and are now showing the mandatory warning about data processing (and transfer to the US), some are still blocking EU IPs. It's a shame LA Times hasn't sorted it out yet. It's been over a month since the law went into effect (and it didn't come as a surprise)!
The cute (albeit uninteresting) video can be viewed in this article, by the way, for my fellow Europeans.
It's due to GDPR that went into effect on May 25 (if memory serves). It's an EU regulation relating to data privacy. If your IP shows you're in the EU, and the site you're trying to access isn't compliant with GDPR, you're probably going to run into a blocker. I thought that was probably the reason why. (But I was too lazy/not quite interested enough to go and check!  ) Thank you ladies! |
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Post by birukitty on Jul 4, 2018 1:09:22 GMT
I love bears. This video and the story had me laughing out loud and made my day today. Thanks so much for posting it Librarylady.
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) Thank you ladies! 