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The Fast and the Furry-ous Cafe
El Chaltén, Patagonia
by @RamiroTorrents
Jonah Goldberg Jazzercise Event. You can call this guy a slacker, but what a life he's leading. This dog loves horse races. Sound on. Hilarious.
Big, big fan blade. Mama bison and calf cross the road. Looks like they meet dad on the other side. And a moose family crossing the road. Positano, Italy. Jumping into Friday night like... Sundown flight. Guy parodies modern "art" installations. A nice cave. Whoops, sorry, I meant an ice cave. Say, do you all know that the word for umpire was originally "numpire"? And the word got changed over confusion whether people were saying "a numpire" or "an umpire." The word "orange" similarly got changed due to incorrect parsing of the "a" and "n." The Spanish for orange is naranja, and English speakers weren't sure if the word was "a naranja" or "an oranja." We wrongly interpreted it as the latter. A crystal-clear lake in Lofoten, Norway. Jet-skiing on a perfectly smooth and mirror-like lake. Or maybe it's just CGI. I tell you, CGI and AI are the bane of the Cafe. I never know what's real any longer. This is a real king fisher, and boy howdy. Wheeee...! Drone flight over rocky sea cliffs (with some sea stacks peppered in for diversity reasons).
Animals yawning. Bonus: a marmot (?) yawning. The involuntary extension of the jaw to its most open position is called the David French Reflex.
Sound on:
Doggy jumps for joy while watching horse race
— Epoch Life (@LifeEpoch) August 6, 2023
"Bella is my boyfriends parents dog. She is a Wheaton terrier from Kentucky who spends her days just waiting for animals to come on tv, and horse racing is her favorite. She jumps for joy as soon as the gates fly open and watches the… pic.twitter.com/QX6wXyxf0A
Diving into the weekend like....
Via WeRateDogs.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 07:31 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 07:32 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 07:34 PM (fwDg9)
Oh, well. I guess I'll turn in early instead then.
Posted by: Karen Gillan at June 14, 2024 07:35 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Braenyard at June 14, 2024 07:35 PM (Wql2z)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2024 07:36 PM (xjTDL)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 07:34 PM (fwDg9)
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Did it perhaps fall on top of him, leaving him unable to escape?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 14, 2024 07:36 PM (F4bAW)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at June 14, 2024 07:36 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Piper at June 14, 2024 07:37 PM (p4NUW)
R.I.P. — Metro Nashville PD’s veteran bomb-sniffing dog ‘Ruger’ (retired), who swept through hundreds of events over 7 years keeping the public safe, has died.
https://tinyurl.com/ywrmt96k
photo
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at June 14, 2024 07:37 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Mrs Slocumbe at June 14, 2024 07:37 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2024 07:37 PM (i8TOP)
Posted by: Braenyard at June 14, 2024 07:37 PM (Wql2z)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2024 07:36 PM (xjTDL)
Woohoo! Throwing confetti all over! This is great news.
Posted by: Piper at June 14, 2024 07:38 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: gp at June 14, 2024 07:38 PM (MvF+J)
See -- it’s not all bad news out there.
Fox News @FoxNews 13h
Kathy Griffin undergoes 2nd vocal cord surgery, leaving her unable to speak for 2 weeks trib.al/JihPsR6
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at June 14, 2024 07:38 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: gp at June 14, 2024 07:38 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2024 07:38 PM (7iAr4)
Posted by: DaveA at June 14, 2024 07:39 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 07:39 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Skip"
Oh sure. Next you will tell us there really is a Rhode Island.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2024 07:39 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at June 14, 2024 07:39 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2024 07:41 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at June 14, 2024 07:41 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at June 14, 2024 07:42 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 07:32 PM
Possibly not permanently, but many times while reviewing project plans, I've pointed out a section and observed that they're planning on Murphy taking a vacation to Patagonia for the next (12, 1
months there.
For some reason, that was never received favorably.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2024 07:43 PM (wpInm)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 07:44 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2024 07:44 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 07:44 PM (fuTvC)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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Congrats! So happy for you!
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 14, 2024 07:45 PM (iZbyp)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2024 07:45 PM (wpInm)
Posted by: ace at June 14, 2024 07:46 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 07:46 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2024 07:46 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at June 14, 2024 07:46 PM (Fb8rl)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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Congratulations!
Posted by: Braenyard at June 14, 2024 07:46 PM (Wql2z)
Posted by: andycanuck
Are you calling me old?
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2024 07:46 PM (LBj9x)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 14, 2024 07:47 PM (s5XWV)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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Congrats! So happy for you!
Posted by: screaming in digital
Being retired begins when you have calender appointments for your weekly trash day eve and trash day.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 07:47 PM (fuTvC)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 07:48 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2024 07:49 PM (LBj9x)
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That blouse looks great on you!
[quietly slips away to Insty's for the evening]
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at June 14, 2024 07:50 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Skip
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It's on Parador's northern border.
Posted by: Braenyard at June 14, 2024 07:50 PM (Wql2z)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 07:50 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 07:50 PM (fwDg9)
NEW: Police in Huntington, West Virginia say they’re ’investigating’ vandalism to newly installed Pride street mural
https://tinyurl.com/chvs3prz
33 seconds; the vehicle in action -- one huge burnout, man!
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at June 14, 2024 07:51 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 07:52 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2024 07:52 PM (7iAr4)
Posted by: fd
Ixnay, brother. Ixnay~!
Posted by: nitrite farmers at June 14, 2024 07:52 PM (IG4Id)
Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2024 07:53 PM (xcIvR)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2024 07:53 PM (LBj9x)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2024 07:53 PM (OX9vb)
True but I also found the hamster yawn to be weird.
Posted by: Northernlurker at June 14, 2024 07:53 PM (JLq/1)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 14, 2024 07:53 PM (pUmP9)
🌳 🌳 🌳
Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at June 14, 2024 07:54 PM (wpInm)
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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That snake whopping kitty yesterday.
Posted by: Braenyard at June 14, 2024 07:54 PM (Wql2z)
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2024 07:54 PM (vFG9F)
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Mazel tov!
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Notsothoreau, you have a standing offer to join the insomniac overnight crew where San Franpsycho will regal you with tales of Oakland, Skip shares his breakfast choices, Wolfus details his cats acting like cats, and I...we don't discuss that when it is light out.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 07:55 PM (fuTvC)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 07:55 PM (fwDg9)
Etymology and toponomies
The name Patagonia comes from the word patagón.[7] Magellan used this term in 1520 to describe the native tribes of the region, whom his expedition thought to be giants. The people he called the Patagons are now believed to have been the Tehuelche, who tended to be taller than Europeans of the time.[8][9] Argentine researcher Miguel Doura observed that the name Patagonia possibly derives from the ancient Greek region of modern Turkey called Paphlagonia, possible home of the patagon personage in the chivalric romances Primaleon printed in 1512, ten years before Magellan arrived in these southern lands. This hypothesis was published in a 2011 New Review of Spanish Philology report.[10]
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at June 14, 2024 07:55 PM (ZdexC)
Here, I can barely see the Milky Way during dead dark conditions. One of these days I want to go out West in dark sky country 'shore nuff where I can really see it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 07:57 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 07:57 PM (fwDg9)
33 seconds; the vehicle in action -- one huge burnout, man!
Posted by: andycanuck"
Righteous!
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2024 07:57 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2024 07:52 PM
I'm honored! May I hoist one to you?
Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at June 14, 2024 07:57 PM (wpInm)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 14, 2024 07:58 PM (v6JzV)
umpire (n.)
mid-14c., noumper, from Old French nonper "odd number, not even," in reference to a third person to arbitrate between two, from non "not" (see non-) + per "equal," from Latin par "equal" (see par (n.)). Initial -n- lost by mid-15c. due to faulty separation of a noumpere, heard as an oumpere. Originally legal, the gaming sense first recorded 1714 (in wrestling).
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=umpire
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 14, 2024 07:59 PM (klJTj)
July to August is about the best time to see the Milky Way. Directly overhead around midnight or so.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 08:00 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Paco at June 14, 2024 08:00 PM (njExo)
I always try and read the tech report. Of course, now I won't have to support any of it! The dog will probably keep waking me up too early.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2024 08:00 PM (xjTDL)
Posted by: Piper at June 14, 2024 07:37 PM (p4NUW)
You can get there by road. We went by boat from Sorrento.
Posted by: javems at June 14, 2024 08:01 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2024 08:02 PM (xjTDL)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at June 14, 2024 08:02 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Piper at June 14, 2024 07:37 PM (p4NUW)
You can get there by road. We went by boat from Sorrento.
Posted by: javems at June 14, 2024 08:01
J is from Cortona, so most of our time is spent there, but he has taken me to Positano for a few weekends.
Posted by: Piper at June 14, 2024 08:02 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 07:47 PM (fuTvC)
And you have to cross off each day as it passes so you know what day it is.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2024 08:03 PM (OX9vb)
https://tinyurl.com/muu2j2um
Posted by: gp Dundee at June 14, 2024 08:03 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I live, here in New Mexico, amongst some the most excellent dark sky places in North America. They truly are life changing to experience in person which I do frequently. The downside is I now think a lot about ritual human sacrifice. Aztec Rules Forever!
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 08:03 PM (fuTvC)
The people he called the Patagons are now believed to have been the Tehuelche, who tended to be taller than Europeans of the time.
They were immediately drafted into the EU basketball team.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2024 08:05 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2024 08:05 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Don Black- the worldwide phenomenon at June 14, 2024 08:06 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2024 08:06 PM (BRbS9)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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Oh, that's awesome. I missed NoVa this year so I'm ready for October already!
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 14, 2024 08:06 PM (iZbyp)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2024 08:07 PM (7iAr4)
Posted by: Paco at June 14, 2024 08:07 PM (njExo)
Truly we are breathren.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 08:07 PM (fuTvC)
Posted by: Ben Had
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I'm very likely to go senile before I can retire. I guess I can just run for office at that point.
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 14, 2024 08:08 PM (iZbyp)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2024 08:08 PM (7iAr4)
Posted by: gp at June 14, 2024 08:09 PM (MvF+J)
"The word ultimately derives from a Dravidian language – possibly Tamil நாரம் nāram or Telugu నారింజ nāriṃja or Malayalam നാരങ്ങ nāraŋŋa — via Sanskrit नारङ्ग nāraṅgaḥ "orange tree". From there the word entered Persian نارنگ nārang and then Arabic نارنج nāranj.[2] The initial n was lost through rebracketing in Italian and French, though some varieties of Arabic lost the n earlier."
Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2024 08:09 PM (BRbS9)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
I suspect you'll have an excellent time.
Lots of Morons!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 14, 2024 08:09 PM (pUmP9)
Trump’s bizarre rant about sharks is another example of a ludicrous statement that some think can be ignored because they’re so routine, @brianklaas writes. But Trump may soon be president. Imagine the response if Joe Biden had made the same remarks.
Greg Price @greg_price11 Jun 13
I'll keep this in mind the next time Joe Biden tells the story of when he taught constitutional law at UPenn, that cannibals ate his uncle, that he was a civil rights activist, that he was arrested with Nelson Mandela, or that he had secret service protection as a senator in the '70s.
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BTW, PDT was adlibbing a joke about he'd rather be eaten by sharks than be electrocuted to death in an electric boat, having something to do with something Newsom said.
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at June 14, 2024 08:10 PM (ZdexC)
Light pollution map of the world:
https://tinyurl.com/y66gyo88
Out West is where to go. Or the middle of the Ocean.
North Korea is pretty dark, too.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 08:11 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 08:12 PM (fuTvC)
Fantastic movie.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at June 14, 2024 08:12 PM (woPEM)
The Doctor I went to when I was in my youg 20s, and then he had to be 40s is still practicing. I call for appointments and they want to know if I want to see him.
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 08:13 PM (fwDg9)
Fantastic movie.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at June 14, 2024 08:12 PM (woPEM)
Thank you.
Posted by: Bryan Singer, balls deep in a 15 year old black kid at June 14, 2024 08:13 PM (BRbS9)
But the government said it provided the information in a follow-up summons.
Justice Alito said that complied with the letter of the law.
Get the fuck out!
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 14, 2024 08:13 PM (ENQN6)
Posted by: Ben Had
I always thought they'd just find me stuck in the traces too.
I do know of a guy that was found sitting on his running motorcycle leaning up against a guardrail. He
expired while riding.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 14, 2024 08:14 PM (pUmP9)
"The word ultimately derives from a Dravidian language – possibly Tamil நாரம் nāram or Telugu నారింజ nāriṃja or Malayalam നാരങ്ങ nāraŋŋa — via Sanskrit नारङ्ग nāraṅgaḥ "orange tree". From there the word entered Persian نارنگ nārang and then Arabic نارنج nāranj.[2] The initial n was lost through rebracketing in Italian and French, though some varieties of Arabic lost the n earlier."
Posted by: Robert
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Interesting. Orange in Spanish is naranja but my girlfriend said she was la toronja.
Posted by: Braenyard at June 14, 2024 08:14 PM (Wql2z)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2024 08:14 PM (tQtDb)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 08:15 PM (fwDg9)
Probably something like, "Look! A squirrel!"
Posted by: Paco at June 14, 2024 08:15 PM (njExo)
expired while riding. Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
The paths to Valhalla are many.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 08:16 PM (fuTvC)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2024 08:16 PM (7iAr4)
Out West is where to go. Or the middle of the Ocean.
North Korea is pretty dark, too.
Posted by: publius
Wait a bit and Newsom will have California looking just like N. Korea.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 14, 2024 08:16 PM (pUmP9)
Posted by: Rabid Fan at June 14, 2024 08:17 PM (V5BDR)
ZERO new connections.
Starlink
STANDARD
Best for households
$120/MO
Unlimited data
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 14, 2024 08:17 PM (ENQN6)
Posted by: gp at June 14, 2024 08:17 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: Ben Had
Terry was found in the cab of his huge tractor in the soybean fields he owned south of Chicago.
That guy could really ride his motorcycle too.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 14, 2024 08:18 PM (pUmP9)
Posted by: andycanuck
Are you calling me old?
Posted by: nurse ratched
I'm sure he's just saying you're a dedicated employee in a difficult, high-turnover field.
Posted by: mikeski, wingman at June 14, 2024 08:18 PM (DgGvY)
CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan explores why many MAGA Republicans are claiming that America is a republic, not a democracy.
alexandriabrown @alexthechick 10h
Because they passed fourth grade? What, and I cannot stress this enough, the fuck.
alexandriabrown @alexthechick 10h
Tweet is deleted. Still live on the CNN site - cnn.com/2024/06/13/politics/…
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at June 14, 2024 08:18 PM (ZdexC)
I wanted to work for another 10 years, but the MBAs thought not. I hoped I'd retire with a small ice cream and cake social but instead I was escorted off the site. Now I can no longer imagine going into an office and dealing with people, especially people nowadays.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2024 08:18 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Their loss, our gain.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 14, 2024 08:21 PM (pUmP9)
Posted by: Reddy Kilowatt at June 14, 2024 08:21 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 14, 2024 08:22 PM (xjTDL)
https://tinyurl.com/2v7pvnrb
Posted by: gp at June 14, 2024 08:22 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: Reddy Kilowatt
It is also for those that wish to recharge their life batteries.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 14, 2024 08:22 PM (pUmP9)
This won't last long. I can afford about a month then I have to unretire.
Also screwed up many a plans for the future. Guess they were futuristic plans.
I shouldn't have done that.
I'm stupid but now I'm am happy. Like a ill-compensated load has been taken off my back.
Bastards should have paid me what I was worth.
Suffer the consequences MF'ers.
Now I suffer under gaze of Mrs. R's constant "Ya know I've watched so many murderporn shows.... quitting yer job isn't retirement."
I don't see the connection but whatever.
Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2024 08:23 PM (xcIvR)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2024 08:23 PM (7iAr4)
Posted by: gp at June 14, 2024 08:23 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2024 08:18 PM
***
Going out on your own terms - in any context - is highly underrated.
Posted by: TRex at June 14, 2024 08:23 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2024 08:23 PM (tQtDb)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 08:23 PM (fwDg9)
I wanted to work for another 10 years, but the MBAs thought not. I hoped I'd retire with a small ice cream and cake social but instead I was escorted off the site. Now I can no longer imagine going into an office and dealing with people, especially people nowadays.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June
What ugly people! By the way I saw your gainz. So good! You should be very proud.
Posted by: Piper at June 14, 2024 08:24 PM (/sySz)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 14, 2024 08:25 PM (ayRl+)
1) Since he's bald, why is he so hair-on-fire about this?
2) Since he's going on talk shows crying about how the Dems are gonna lose, why is he so insistent that only my $7 stands between prosperity and the doom that awaits us if the Dems lose?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2024 08:26 PM (wpInm)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 08:23 PM (fwDg9)
Somalia for me. Weren't a lightbulb within 600 miles.
Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2024 08:26 PM (xcIvR)
I give it another year and you will be called as a consultant.
Posted by: Ben Had
_________
I do about 20-30 hours a month of contract work searching patents for an IP firm that handles all the dealings with the clients. And that's all the work I have the energy for.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2024 08:27 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Puddleglum in Pennsytucky at June 14, 2024 08:28 PM (/Djer)
Posted by: Reforger
I live here. Minnesota has more light bulbs than that.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2024 08:29 PM (DgGvY)
Our cocktails were made with ice chipped off the glaciers!
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2024 08:29 PM (HXGNm)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 14, 2024 08:30 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 07:55 PM (fuTvC)
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Daywalkers be cray.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2024 08:31 PM (RIvkX)
𝔻𝕠𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣 𝔽𝕒𝕥𝕖 @georg3 Jun 13
Replying to @richardrahl1086 @alexthechick
Soon™
https://tinyurl.com/2rubp3ec
IMAGE
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at June 14, 2024 08:31 PM (ZdexC)
I got a request for money from Larry Hogan today.
1) I don't live in MD
2) I wouldn't give him money even if I did.
3) I give no politicians money. I have no desire to spend eternity on their mailing list.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2024 08:32 PM (xCA6C)
Angular momentum 10^67 J s. Be sure to order the extra heavy duty brake pads for that sucker.
Posted by: gp at June 14, 2024 08:33 PM (MvF+J)
What ugly people!
___________
My co-workers were all right. Too bad I only learned some important truths about work life when it was too late.
- Your co-workers are not your friends.
- If you're not talking about business, you have no business talking.
- Nobody likes a witty person.
- Never pass up a chance to keep quiet.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2024 08:33 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at June 14, 2024 08:34 PM (ZdexC)
Our cocktails were made with ice chipped off the glaciers!
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2024 08:29 PM (HXGNm)
Faaaancy!
Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2024 08:34 PM (FUfOF)
Posted by: nurse ratched
And people wonder why seas are rising and polar bears can't find a decent ice floe.
Posted by: Green Greta at June 14, 2024 08:35 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 08:23 PM (fwDg9)
Somalia for me. Weren't a lightbulb within 600 miles.
Posted by: Reforger
Pohakulua Training Area has pretty good views.
Even better if to go all the way to the top of Mona Kea.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 14, 2024 08:35 PM (cOq4q)
For me, on fishing trips to northern Canada.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 14, 2024 08:36 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at June 14, 2024 08:37 PM (ZdexC)
Blame the Greek homos. The legend was the goddess Hera just spewed breast milk all over the sky. Lactation bukakke.
Even the term "galaxy" comes from that: "galaktose", meaning milk.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 08:37 PM (w6EFb)
I camped out in the Apostle Islands last year and the night-time view was amazing! I was glad I had one of those mesh-top tents ... until midnight or so, when the cold woke me up with shivering and I applied the tent fly and put on every piece of clothing I had ... which got me through until dawn and coffee ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2024 08:38 PM (tQtDb)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2024 08:40 PM (tQtDb)
Posted by: Eromero at June 14, 2024 08:40 PM (Ix/eG)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2024 08:41 PM (SHMXB)
Even the term "galaxy" comes from that: "galaktose", meaning milk.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 08:37 PM (w6EFb)
Hercules bit Hera's tit while she was nursing him.
Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2024 08:43 PM (kj9Ip)
Posted by: publius
I live in a Dark Sky designated area (in TN) and you can see it sometimes - but the conditions have to be just right.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2024 08:43 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Eeyore at June 14, 2024 08:46 PM (1bNHn)
Posted by: Son of Dad at June 14, 2024 08:46 PM (8JB5s)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2024 08:48 PM (SHMXB)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 14, 2024 08:48 PM (YRsIm)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
My leaving was very anti-climatic. Tried to walk around and say tata to my old workmates but there were damn few around. Walked out to the main gate, gave my badge to the guard, shook his hand and walked to the car.
I had processed it all by the time I arrived home.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2024 08:49 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 14, 2024 08:49 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2024 08:49 PM (wpInm)
I camped out in the Apostle Islands last year and the night-time view was amazing!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2024 08:38 PM (tQtDb)
Big Bay, or Stockton?
Posted by: davidt at June 14, 2024 08:49 PM (SYTee)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 14, 2024 08:49 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 14, 2024 08:49 PM
More than the fleas of a thousand camels infesting your nether region?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2024 08:50 PM (wpInm)
which all goes to show that we really just need to be grateful (and cherish the memory) when the awesomeness of the world reveals itself in any way
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2024 08:51 PM (tQtDb)
Posted by: Eeyore at June 14, 2024 08:46 PM (1bNHn)
As if Kristol could get anymore cringe.
Posted by: Reforger at June 14, 2024 08:51 PM (xcIvR)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2024 08:51 PM (SHMXB)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2024 08:51 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2024 08:50 PM (wpInm)
——————
Worse than rhinestones.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 14, 2024 08:51 PM (u73oe)
I had a hammock slung under the tail boom of my ship and still had the heebijeebies about those things.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 14, 2024 08:52 PM (YRsIm)
'Police in Huntington, West Virginia say they’re ’investigating’ vandalism to newly installed Pride street mural'
Want to know how you can tell you have too many police in your city?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 14, 2024 08:52 PM (roH4R)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 14, 2024 08:52 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2024 08:53 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 14, 2024 08:53 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
.........................................
Yep.
Posted by: Puddleglum in Pennsytucky at June 14, 2024 08:54 PM (/Djer)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2024 08:54 PM (SHMXB)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 14, 2024 08:51 PM
Did you get Prince Harry's self-care package yet?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2024 08:54 PM (wpInm)
For me, on fishing trips to northern Canada.
For me, 0300 on a sailboat crossing the Gulf Stream from Miami to the Bahamas. The sky was glorious, and the bioluminescent wake only added to it.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 14, 2024 08:54 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 14, 2024 08:55 PM (u73oe)
------
Do they both know CPR??
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at June 14, 2024 08:55 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2024 08:54 PM (wpInm)
———————
Yes, I yelled God save the Queen at her and slammed the door in her face.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 14, 2024 08:57 PM (u73oe)
Apostle Islands, Wildcat Mountain, and one on the shore of Lake Michigan that I cannot remember at the moment ...
a couple minutes @ dnr website - Newport state park
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2024 08:58 PM (tQtDb)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 14, 2024 08:25 PM (ayRl+)
No disagreement on the OIL RULES. Because, it does.
Those "sawtooth" edges though? They're on the trailing edge of the blade, and are there to help reduce the deep bass "thump" that the +/- 200 mph blade tip makes as it passes near to the ground.
Look at the engine nacelles of a Boeing 787 or a 737 Max, and you'll see a similar "sawtooth" pattern cut into the trailing edge of the main fan enclosures.
They really do work on breaking up the "coherency" of the sound waves as those waves "depart" those particular surfaces.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 14, 2024 08:58 PM (e6UQI)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 14, 2024 08:59 PM (YRsIm)
Posted by: runner at June 14, 2024 09:03 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: runner at June 14, 2024 09:03 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Leaving room for the firefighters.
Posted by: mikeski at June 14, 2024 09:03 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 14, 2024 09:10 PM (wpInm)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2024 09:10 PM (tQtDb)
Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2024 09:11 PM (ijYz5)
I was just zooming in on that map. There is a spot around Coleman Georgia that is getting almost into Class 2 darkness range.
South Alabama has a class 2 spot west of Greenville, I see.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 09:11 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 14, 2024 09:16 PM (HXGNm)
https://tinyurl.com/y66gyo88
Out West is where to go. Or the middle of the Ocean.
North Korea is pretty dark, too.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 08:11 PM (w6EFb)
I spotted the zodiacal light once driving between Roswell and Vaughn, NM. *Damned* dark out that way.
And at the time, cell phone coverage was just about zero as well.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 14, 2024 09:17 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 14, 2024 09:17 PM (u73oe)
You need Class 2 (Bortle scale) to see the zodical light well. You can see it somewhat in a class 3.
I am class 5 here, now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 09:20 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Nightwatch at June 14, 2024 09:21 PM (TDvv2)
Posted by: gp at June 14, 2024 09:22 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: Nightwatch at June 14, 2024 09:23 PM (TDvv2)
Posted by: Megthered at June 14, 2024 09:23 PM (8hKPY)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 09:20 PM (w6EFb)
I'm in a Class 5 now as well. That stretch in the middle between Roswell and Vaughn is Class 2.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 14, 2024 09:23 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Nightwatch at June 14, 2024 09:24 PM (TDvv2)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at June 14, 2024 09:24 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: gp at June 14, 2024 09:25 PM (MvF+J)
"Moon Pies."
Posted by: Nightwatch at June 14, 2024 09:25 PM (TDvv2)
>>> 88 The Wikidingdong entry on Orange, however, does have this...
"The word ultimately derives from a Dravidian language – possibly Tamil நாரம் nāram or Telugu నారింజ nāriṃja or Malayalam നാരങ്ങ nāraŋŋa — via Sanskrit नारङ्ग nāraṅgaḥ "orange tree". From there the word entered Persian نارنگ nārang and then Arabic نارنج nāranj.[2] The initial n was lost through rebracketing in Italian and French, though some varieties of Arabic lost the n earlier."
Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2024 08:09 PM (BRbS9)
But can you rhyme anything with it in any of those other languages?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 14, 2024 09:26 PM (llON8)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2024 09:28 PM (tQtDb)
https://tinyurl.com/ywwp46n3
Strangely it keeps babbling about, "The Creator."
Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2024 09:28 PM (J0OI+)
Posted by: Nightwatch
Yes, only 2 ways to eat it; stick it in the freezer for an hour, then shatter it on a sturdy countertop. Or, open the package and let it go stale and soft for a day or 2.
Posted by: nitrite farmers at June 14, 2024 09:28 PM (IG4Id)
Posted by: gp at June 14, 2024 09:29 PM (MvF+J)
Posted by: gp at June 14, 2024 09:25 PM (MvF+J)
The fun sized Butterfingers are the best version of Butterfingers.
Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2024 09:30 PM (J0OI+)
Posted by: runner at June 14, 2024 09:33 PM (V13WU)
“My uncle Mick” replies Paddy.
“What’s so special about him?” asks Mary.
“He’s got a boat,” says Paddy
Posted by: runner at June 14, 2024 09:33 PM (V13WU)
https://tinyurl.com/2dbmkzwd
Having to sell personal assets.
At some point one of us is going to have to let him crash on a couch.
Posted by: Robert at June 14, 2024 09:33 PM (J0OI+)
“Sure, I rather have Parkinson’s”, replied Sean
“‘Tis better to spill a couple of ounces of Jameson whiskey than to forget where you keep the bottle!”
Posted by: runner at June 14, 2024 09:34 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Robert
I got yer fun sized butterfinger right here!
-- Zombie Marlon Brando
Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2024 09:36 PM (WXNFJ)
HAH!! did you get suckered into driving up for the sunrise?
Only to met by 40 and below temps and a screaming wind at the top?
I fell for that.
Posted by: Nightwatch at June 14, 2024 09:37 PM (TDvv2)
The desk clerk says, “Sir, that’s absurd. Have you looked for the door?” Paddy Irishman replies “Well, there’s one door that leads to the bathroom. There’s a second door that goes into the closet. And there’s a door I haven’t tried, but it has a ‘do not disturb sign on it.”
Posted by: runner at June 14, 2024 09:37 PM (V13WU)
Sir Brian May, author of both "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud".
That's quite a range.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 09:38 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: sir brian may at June 14, 2024 09:40 PM (gKWVE)
Holy smokes! It didn't even help if I moved my lips when I read.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 14, 2024 09:42 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: sir brian may at June 14, 2024 09:42 PM (gKWVE)
Is there some secret way to see the length of the Insta video while it's playing, like you do on twitter? Frustrating.
Posted by: PJ at June 14, 2024 09:43 PM (G1dq6)
Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2024 09:43 PM (oaGWv)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2024 09:44 PM (tQtDb)
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2024 09:45 PM (SHMXB)
Light travel time to Voyager 1 is now 22 hours and 35 minutes.
It takes nearly 2 days for a round trip signal.
Voyager 2 is at 18 hours 51 minutes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 09:46 PM (w6EFb)
It takes nearly 2 days for a round trip signal.
Voyager 2 is at 18 hours 51 minutes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 09:46 PM (w6EFb)
I like the part of Passengers when he sent a message back to earth that would take 19 years.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2024 09:48 PM (SHMXB)
Indeed, theory is, he used his preliminary Velocity chartings to define the desired tangents of ROUNDNESS and overlaid those findings to the elements of Spherical prime points and was from there able to musically allocate just what was a FAT BOTTOM GIRL!!
Posted by: Nightwatch at June 14, 2024 09:49 PM (TDvv2)
The night sky from a Class 1 location:
https://tinyurl.com/22qmuaka
Andromeda is bright in the sky.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 09:50 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
My leaving was very anti-climatic. Tried to walk around and say tata to my old workmates but there were damn few around. Walked out to the main gate, gave my badge to the guard, shook his hand and walked to the car.
I had processed it all by the time I arrived home.
Posted by: Tonypete
Since I was working from home when I retired it was all emails back and forth to various departments. Easy peasy. I did get a $300 Amazon gift certificate though. That was unexpected and nice.
Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2024 09:50 PM (oaGWv)
Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at June 14, 2024 09:52 PM (J8OCH)
Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2024 09:43 PM (oaGWv)"
Shades of Blade II and the vampires with the articulating bottom jaws.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 14, 2024 09:59 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: mnw at June 14, 2024 10:29 PM (NLIak)
Oh contraire! He started his love affair with me before mice. And I look nothing like an owl.
Posted by: Piper at June 14, 2024 10:32 PM (p4NUW)
You reminded me of the new Gen Z ‘fad’ I read about today . Though the horde has been talking about it for years. We call it soi bois but Gen Z call it rat boys and Gen Z girls are going after them and follow the movie stars that fit that description. They define it as unconventional attractiveness.
Posted by: polynikes at June 14, 2024 10:41 PM (SHMXB)
As a fan of all things astronomical, I can say the middle of the Pacific Ocean is the place you wanna be to observe anything.
My big thrill was seeing the astronomical things from the southern hemisphere.
Everything is different down there!
Even the water in the toilet flushes in a different direction.
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