north of barrie

[bigpoppa]

for anyone going north of barrie ,be careful, doors dont stop them:

https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/q5t7ff

 

[jc100]

Forgot his key

 

[Mad Mike]

I saw one of those dead on the 400 just north of Orillia today. Only the second time I’ve ever seen bear roadkill, first time was 20 years ago in the same section of highway.

 

[raginduck]

What kind of bear is that?
Looks like a brown!?

 

[sburns]

Phew good thing I never go past Barrie, why the heck would you anyway, nothing up there

 

[jdmsteR]

I saw one of those dead on the 400 just north of Orillia today. Only the second time I’ve ever seen bear roadkill, first time was 20 years ago in the same section of highway.

That was pretty wild today, my first ever "encounter" of a black bear in southern ON

 

[Amazon]

I saw one a few months ago while out riding near Kirkfield. Poor thing had been hit but was just pacing back and fourth.

 

[jc100]

Maybe it was just a reflex but did you see the way the bear stopped the door from swinging back at him? Almost like he’d done it before!

 

[raginduck]

Phew good thing I never go past Barrie, why the heck would you anyway, nothing up there

Pretty sure that's a brown... You'd have to go a long way past Barrie.. and then a long way to the left.. to encounter a brown.

 

[voyageur]

That was pretty wild today, my first ever "encounter" of a black bear in southern ON

Mine as well...It was sad sight tbh

 

[nobbie48]

I once talked to a guy that took out a bear with his Goldwing. Double ouch, to save on insurance he used his home line of credit to buy the bike and skipped on collision coverage. I assume the bear was running dirty so no help from it.

 

[Baggsy]

"North of Barrie"

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/02/19/25D3A47F00000578-0-image-a-72_1424353548514.jpg

 

[Maniac]

"North of Barrie"

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/02/19/25D3A47F00000578-0-image-a-72_1424353548514.jpg

 

[justride]

google search black bear in ontario
Males usually weigh 115–270 kg, females 92–140 kg
The door just exploded. Holy crow!

 

[Scuba Steve]

google search black bear in ontario
Males usually weigh 115–270 kg, females 92–140 kg
The door just exploded. Holy crow!

That is a brown or grizzly much bigger and more aggressive than anything in Ontario.

Sent using a thumb maybe 2

 

[raginduck]

google search black bear in ontario
Males usually weigh 115–270 kg, females 92–140 kg
The door just exploded. Holy crow!

Browns hunt and eat blacks.

A few years ago... A work associates brother was dragged out of his house, just north of Algonquin and mauled by a black bear... First it killed and partially consumed his GSD before busting into the place to get him. A couple of hikers scared it off him with their car.

 

[PrivatePilot]

The door just exploded.

If you've ever experienced kicking in or shouldering in a door before you'd probably be very surprised (flabbergasted even) at how easy it actually is.

People think that the locks on their doors are actually far more secure than they actually are. Next time you're going in and out of your house take a look at the lock strike and what's actually holding it into the frame (usually pretty short screws) and where those screws are actually going into - typically a vertical stud with the grain facing the door, IE easily split.

One simple thing you can do to make your house more secure is to remove the standard strikeplate screws and replace them with the longest replacements you can find - if you're lucky you'll hit another stud somewhere and add some actual strength that way.

 

[Wingboy]

 

[GreyGhost]

If you've ever experienced kicking in or shouldering in a door before you'd probably be very surprised (flabbergasted even) at how easy it actually is.

People think that the locks on their doors are actually far more secure than they actually are. Next time you're going in and out of your house take a look at the lock strike and what's actually holding it into the frame (usually pretty short screws) and where those screws are actually going into - typically a vertical stud with the grain facing the door, IE easily split.

One simple thing you can do to make your house more secure is to remove the standard strikeplate screws and replace them with the longest replacements you can find - if you're lucky you'll hit another stud somewhere and add some actual strength that way.

As a start, there should be at least two and often three studs there that you can run a big screw through. 3 1/2" screws should be good enough (#10 or #12 IIRC). Even if there was more wood to catch, it will pop sequentially so you aren't gaining much. If you want more strength, systems are available that set pins into the top and bottom plates. It's all a game though. I haven't seen a residential house in Ontario with protected windows (and very few offices, not all stores).

 

[klr_guy]

One simple thing you can do to make your house more secure is to remove the standard strikeplate screws and replace them with the longest replacements you can find - if you're lucky you'll hit another stud somewhere and add some actual strength that way.

This is what we did, replaced the dinky little strike plate with one that is the height of the door secured with 10-20 longass screws.