Pompano
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Hands Up and Step Away From The Fridge!
I just came across this old photo and had to laugh all over again.
At a remote cabin many years ago, I had occasion to raise 4 raccoon pups after their mother was struck down by a careless speeder. That was the
beginning of an adventure until we weaned them for new homes. But for a couple months we had the wildest crew of 'bandits' you can imagine. Those
guys got into everything! A family picnic on the table outside was a riot! They loved it when our little girl would open the cabin door and show
them the fridge with it's treasures...like pepperoni pizza!
I was outside when I heard all the giggling going on, looked at this scene....and grabbed my camera. Of course my lab pup had to join in the fun.
Can you spot the masked rascal in this photo?
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Gypsy Jan
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What a Great Pic
Correction to me - my bad eyesight, lower shelf, on the right?
[Edited on 1-29-2014 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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EnsenadaDr
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Looks like a racoon that likes Italian food!!
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Bajagypsy
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Pompano, we raised three raccoon cubs as well! they are a handful! It took me, my husband and the two oldest kids to keep track of them!
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Mulegena
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
Looks like a racoon that likes Italian food!! |
Not Italian food, silly wabbit.
Tha' rascally racoon a'munchin' Mulege Pizza!
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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willardguy
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hey I recognize some beer in there from the land of sky blue waters! 
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watizname
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Great Willard, now I got the drums and jingle in my head for the rest of the day.
I yam what I yam and that\'s all what I yam.
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BajaDQ
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Cute story and photo! Have lots of coons up here, very entertaining!
It's nice to know we can still buy that beer today at a few larger liquor stores. Oh, the memories........
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willardguy
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how cool were those old keg cans!
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TMW
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Great moments like this last forever, thanks.
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TW
Great moments like this last forever, thanks. |
I couldn't agree more, TW. That was a summer to remember forever ...with a lot of smiles. Those raccoons were quite the handful, but adorable
nevertheless.
[Edited on 1-31-2014 by Pompano]
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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willardguy
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sorry man, my bad 
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Pompano
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Hah...no problemo, amigo. Now we have them all wondering!
To explain, I edited out part of my previous post before Willard has a chance to see the edit. ...no big deal.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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wessongroup
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I like well organized refrigerators ... thanks for sharing 
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Udo
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When we live near Big Bear Lake, CA. we had about 18 racoons we fed on a regular basis. Although we never raised any babies.
The families showed up in shifts:
The 9 p.m. shift
The 11-11:30 p.m. shift.
The two a.m. shift
and the four a.m. shift.
They came in packs of four to six at a time.
Some followed me into the kitchen and ate PBJ sandwiches, fruit with peanut butter, plus they liked jelly sandwiches plus they also seemed to enoy to
gnaw on beef bones with scraps of meat on them.
Udo
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Pompano
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UDO...THEY LOOK EXACTLY LIKE OURS....GOOD GRIEF, THEY'RE CLONING!!!
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Udo
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After about 3 months, I was able to tell some difference between the raccoons by their markings.
It's kind of like the whale watchers, after seeing them for a few times you get to recognize some.
Udo
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