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I particularly like M33, but not sure if it's in the picture....

And M31. M31 is just awesome.

 

Nope M31 or M33 not in that picture that is one of the famous Hubble Deep Fields... Boggling to think each one of those are an entire Galaxy...

Correction that is a new Deep Field NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

We are not alone... Well we most likely are because of distance and time.

But we are not "The one and Only".....

 

Imagine what this does to our Strava ranks!

 

wow that sound stage looks so much better than when they made Capricorn 1

 

from the NPS today: The sequoias are adapted to fire — and rely on it to survive. But more than a century of aggressive fire suppression has left forests choked with dense vegetation and downed timber that has provided fuel for massive wildfires that have grown more intense during an ongoing drought and exacerbated by climate change.
So I must ask what is "climate change". How do I recognize this statement of fact?
Many giants are over 3000 years old, but the biggest and best specimens are rather young.
So is this "climate change" a new thing in the last 3000 years?

 

Be cautious when googling old acquaintances. 2 for 2, they're gone. I'm not gonna do more.

 

We're at that age.

 

I lost a client/friend last week.

 

I looked up old aquaintances and not one showed up on my search. Like ghosts... Did they really exist, or a figment of my imagination.

 

Imaginary friends are not going to show up on your goggle searches.......

 

Well it was the '70s, so entirely possible....

 

my chemical romance

 

Speaking of...

 

I got really worried when the Countries CEO said he had Oil Cancer. That was bad news. The old goat kicked cancers butt in one day but now he has BA 1 or 2 or some other mutant strain of Corona Virus. Hopefully he will pull through, lucky for him it is a mild strain and does not kill many except the very old. He is a skilled cyclist so I think his chances are good. When the initial engineered virus ran amok, they elderly were not so lucky. The newest strain infects the mostly vaccinated population, about 70% of the cases were fully vaxed over the last 2 weeks in my county.
G*D bless the USA, we did not need another tragedy.

 

Do people tooling along hitting their doobie while driving actually not realize tha everyone in the vicinity can smell their skunk weed?

I mean, yeah, I did my share as a teenager but not driving.

 

Simply put, they do not care.

 

You gotta try it while on a Bikeride!

 

45 years ago, maybe.

 

I was out watering my garden this morning and heard two shots ring out.
Gave me flashbacks to living in LA.
Did we just have a drive by ?
Text the neighbors..........snake problems this morning??
Yep, the rattlers like to hang out at thier back door and they almost stepped on it.
Knock on my wooden leg, we haven't seen or heard a rattler in a few years. I know they are out there.

 

Speaking of rattlers, my mom nearly tripped over this behemoth a couple days ago while taking her trash out. She's had about a half dozen of them this year.

 

Are there any pets or small children missing from the neighborhood?
If I see something that big, I'd call a professional and not even mess with that, not even with my 44mag.

 

Yeah that was the professional she called in the picture(crazy as the day is long). I told her she should sell the house or shoot it, skin it and throw it on the grill.

 

I was hoping/didn’t think that was your mom in that picture. Looks like an aged Kevin from Home Alone crossed with Duckie from NCIS.

 

That'll be a rodeo queen in some counties .........

 

Here's a fun little news story for you. Something you won't see on the West Coast!

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/...endys-drive-thru-window-police-say/985469007/

 

I really miss Florida some times...

 

My favorite quote "charged with illegally possessing an alligator". LOL!

 

No more Choco Taco

 

probably true but not in July, August and September.

 

Just going to say, I cut my ride short yesterday - for the first time ever - due to a combination of heat and humidity. It was only 92 or so... but with the humidity I could not stay cool. My jersey and shorts were literally dripping wet - but no evaporation = no cooling.

However there's always tomorrow!