Wear a helmet or a Tilley

Advice
#1

if you are outdoors in the eastern panhandle of WV for the next month. DNR is going to be dropping fish-scented bait blocks containing a rabies vaccein for the raccoons to nibble.



Why a Tilley? Foam padded crown.



Jim

just looking out for everyon’s welfare

#2

To This Day…
I still have not a clue what a Tilly hat looks like, despite endless heated threads…



sing

#3

tilley.com
There are even pictures on the website!!

#4

Dropping
When you say “Dropping” do you mean from an air craft?



News flash - In an attepmt to prevent humans and other animals from contracting rabbies, the WV DNR killed a few humans and other animals by bludgeoning them with rabbies vacaination.



Sounds like a Monty Python skit.

#5

Go here
http://www.tilley.com/thumbnail.asp?catId=13&gender=m&extractBy=CategoryId&id=1

#6

And here I thought I was…
…the only ignorant paddler on P-net !





Cheers,

JackL

#7

Air-drop. No kidding!
I have seen a video of the actual operation, and the blocks appear to be similar to the wax and grain-based blocks used in rodent control. Apparently these contain fish protein as well. They are fed through an apparatus that dispenses them on a controlled basis.



Could be called Raccoon Bombing



Jim

#8

Um

– Last Updated: Aug-05-05 1:18 PM EST –

It looks kind of but not really like this:

http://www.mises.org/images3/TH3.gif

Hey i think gilligan IS whearing a Tilly..

#9

More info
Heres a link to the DNR site. I was in error regarding the eastern panhandle - looks like teh New River drainage is the target, with the upper Ohio as well.



Strangely, the FAQ does not mention getting hit by a bait block…



Jim





http://www.wvdhhr.org/IDEP/rabies_orv.htm

#10

No, Gilligan wore a
"bucket" hat.



Honestly Swedge, would you call a Tilley a “boonie”?



Jim

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#11

Helmet… no kidding.
I’ve been bumped, banged, poked, prodded, cluncked, and stabbed in the mangroves and very glad I had my Tilley on my head.

Never had anthing fall out of the sky except bird poop though…

#12

Hee Hee Hee (OT)
For some reason I had a visual of WC Fields doing some of his hat tricks. I wonder what he could have done with a Tilley…



Jim

#13

Reminds me WKRP’s
radio promotion where they threw turkeys out of a helicopter…


#14

“As God is my witness…
I thought turkeys could fly!”



Someone on the board mentioned that this was inspired by an actual promotion. Anyone remember where?



jIM

#15

Just to stir the pot …
I have something called the “Ultimate Hat”. It looks exactly like the Tilley.

http://www.ultimatehat.com/hats/

Don’t know who copied whom but neither is much protection against falling food bricks.