Announcement:

My plan was for a live broadcast of Open Air today but with this persistent cough and sneezing from pollen, I am going to cancel the show today. Thank you for your considerations!

Tom Remington

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Remember this photo of a “What is it”?

The photo was taken by Milt Inman at the Andover, Maine Historical Society. Here’s his explanation:

What Is It? The machine was used to safely let a team of horses and a large sled full of logs slowly down from a mountain side to the valley below. The sled, with 4 wheels or pulleys, was taken up to near where the logs were cut and anchored to a large tree. The cable wound around the pulleys in away that it went around each one twice and then back down the mountain to a pulley chained to a tree and then back up to the braking machine. Moving the long levers on the rear of the machine would apply the braking force needed to do its job of snubbing up the load of logs hooked to the cable and going down the mountain. I think it was called a “SNUBBER” or something else. Milt

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Get this! Hillary Rodham Clinton wins the Pennsylvania primary by what appears to be 10 percentage points and I’m happy. Isn’t this similar to being hung with a new rope?

I guess whether Obama or Clinton win the nomination and run against McCain and McCain wins the presidency, it will be only a slightly used rope.

I never thought………ever, that there could be a candidate of any kind worse than Hillary Rodham Clinton.

My oh my!

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Just wanted to report that I was up and gone very early this morning, playing taxi service to the Orlando International Airport. All my friends from Maine are now headed back north for the summer and I’ll be another 6 weeks before I head that way by the looks of things.

I just returned and am now trying to sift through emails and see who needs to hear from me first. Hopefully, I’ll have something good to share with you before my next scheduled taxi run.

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What today is?

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In case you wondered if I had flown the coup or maybe even questioned what that loud sucking sound was, I wanted to let you know I’m okay. As soon as that man in the funny striped suit stops putting me upside down and shaking every last penny I got out of me, I’ll be back to business as usual……or unusual depending on how you view things.

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This is great. The photo below was taken by my good friend Gary Inman. Yes, he is the son of chief photographer Milt Inman. I spoke with Gary on the phone the other day and filed a request. I said, “Gary, send me a picture from your assortment of unusual photos that would get readers asking some questions.” So here it is.

Photo by Gary Inman

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If you landed here looking to see what new things I have to offer today, this is all you’ll find. I left very early this morning to go pick up Milt Inman, photographer extraordinaire, and we are headed out today on a wildlife photography safari into the wilds of Florida.

It’s a beautiful day. Go and have yourself a great weekend!

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After giving this some thought, I have decided that for now the only thing that I will change in the comment section is that I will approve all comments before they become public information.

While it is not my intention to censor anyone whose intention is to contribute to discussions, I will reserve the right to disallow any comments I feel are inappropriate, off subject or offer nothing to a discussion. At one time I edited out profanity but I will simply delete any comments containing profanity. I will also delete any and all comments that contain personal attacks, etc.

Having said that, I would like to see the Black Bear Blog continue as an educational and information community with your help. Let’s work to keep it that way.

Thank you for the respect.

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I am on the road today so blogging will be light but I wanted to post this announcement before I go. Do to usual abuse, spamming, etc., I have decided that it was time to restrict access to the comments section. It has gotten to the point where at least half of all comments and pingbacks are spam oriented and has gotten to the point where I believe it is detracting from my work.

Therefore, I have closed all comments to only those who have registered and been approved. If you would like to continue being a part of this community, you will need to register and then wait for me to personally approve your registration. Once that is complete and you have been approved, you will need to log in before you can post comments.

I’m sorry if that creates an inconvenience for some of you. You should also know that I have deleted many users, most of which are registered spammers. I may have inadvertently deleted your user registration. If I did, I apologize and you’ll have to re-register.

It is not my intention to censor anybody from discussions but this will help to filter out the ridiculous and provide me with a better opportunity to control the quality of the site. I knew that this day would come at some point and I guess it has arrived.

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You gotta go see this!

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Some of you may be wondering what is going on with our websites. It appears that there are server issues that are being dealt with and as usual none of this stuff happens in a timely manner. I am able to post here at the Black Bear Blog because this site is on a different server. Those affected are all of those that are a part of Skinny Moose Media and U.S. Hunting Today.

I hope this gets corrected soon. This server issue is also affecting Skinny Moose Radio for those who may have been trying to listen to that. I hope it is corrected before the 3 p.m. scheduling of Open Air With Tom Remington. Right now I am planning on it airing at that time.

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