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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Started conversation Nov 10, 2020
Dmitri, I admire you for giving the local animals such a prominent place in your story. 
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Nov 10, 2020
Thanks, Paul! 
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Nov 10, 2020
Do you find the 1840s intriguing enough that you'd want to go back and live in them for a week or two?
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Nov 10, 2020
Good question. 
I don't think so.
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FWR Posted Nov 10, 2020
Wow! Sure they aren't living in the Twilight Zone, that'd freak me out!
Snow in June, fending off snakes and big cats
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Nov 10, 2020
Just part of life back then. And yes, I read, 'In 1844, it snowed in June.' 
The latest I've seen it in my lifetime is May. But wouldn't you have hated 1816?
The panther and snake stories? Also true in the sense that they happened to somebody. (The rattler-killing five-year-old was a male cousin of mine. His mother fainted when he showed her the snake.)
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Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. Posted Nov 10, 2020
I can see why.
Snow in June, fending off snakes and big cats
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Nov 10, 2020
Yep.
Snow in June, fending off snakes and big cats
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Nov 10, 2020
Krakatoa blew up in 1816. I'm glad I wasn't living then, too.
An even worse eruption may have happened in 535 -- Ilopango in central America?
The world can be a dangerous place, for sure.
Snakes are probably among the least of our worries.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Nov 10, 2020
Mount Tambora. (Not Krakatoa, that was 1883.)
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Nov 11, 2020
Thanks for straightening that out, Dmitri. My eyes made a mistake.
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