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Luke wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:22 pm Rightly or wrongly, Asian guys were never known for muscle, food issues after the war was mentioned.

Not any more… see Descendants of the Sun (Korean drama)

So, that must mean you're staying in the area. Probably downtown at one of the many hotels. There is plenty of good dining downtown if you want traditional steak and seafood. I'll make a list and post it later. Staying near the Art Museum and PSU. Also looking for suggestions to places that I MUST ...

W2 and I were on vacation in Germany one day when we turned on the TV to see an odd sight: a single white truck-thing going down a multi lane highway. In German. Couldn’t figure out what the heck was going on. Eventually figured it out. Whenever anyone asks about the trip, I have to Google “white br...

bill_g wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:33 am
Are we still a Go for lift off next week?

Definitely!

Not many takers, it seems. How about dinner on Saturday April 20? Some local pick the venue. I’ll be in the PSU area.

View of 2.4% moon over Portland ME, April 9. The reflection from Earth lights up the rest of the moon - Earthshine
Gal Steinberg Photography

11 hour traffic jam leaving eclipse sites in Maine. Plus, special out-of-state visitors to Houlton.

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Cicadas Fall Prey to a Psychedelic-Producing Fungus That Makes Their Butts Fall Off This ‘zombie’ fungus isn’t going after the bugs’ brains—it’s after their genitals Cicadas are a sex-crazed species. Males sing the song of summer at the same volume as a lawnmower to attract mates, as residents of t...

Peter Higgs, physicist who theorised Higgs boson, dies aged 94 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68774195?utm_source=press.coop He was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 2013 for his revolutionary work showing how the boson helps bind the universe together. A statement from Edinburgh...

W. Kevin Vicklund wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:23 pm Finally, the Stonekettle Kitchen plan starts to gain traction.

Stonekettle Kitchen? Do you mean Stonekettle Station? Or Stonewall Kitchen? Does the plan involve Maple Bacon Onion Jam?

Temperature drop in Rangeley, ME during the eclipse.

April 8 in Maine has a 78% chance of clouds. But today was glorious. 62 degrees with perfectly cloudless skies. W2 and I went out to the parking lot of our condo building a few minutes before the maximum totality (96.7%). There were about a dozen people with eclipse glasses. I took the obligatory co...

More pretty pictures.

When we lived in Boston, we had: 1. Boston Police 2. Brookline Police (our condo was across the street from Brookline) 3. Boston School Police (next door to a school) 4. Boston University Police (surrounded by BU, part of the campus was in Brookline) 5. MBTA Transit Police (next to Green Line and Co...

I'm game. I'm busy on the 27th, but I'm free the previous weekend. Can I ask what brings you to Portland? Sure! My sort-of-godchild is starring in the Portland State University Opera production of The Merry Widow. Plus I have a niece I’ve never met in Olympia. And Phoenix520 in La la Land needs a v...

Dr. Ken wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:52 pm

The epicenter was Whitehouse Station, looks like 5 miles from Trump National, Bedminster. I love the smell of conspiracies in the morning!

And this is why some Maine State Senator doesn't know what the Nazis did that was bad... stay in school kids. Context matters. This was in Maine, about Neo-Nazis. She was discussing a bill to ban paramilitary activity. Some groups have been seeking to set up camps for pseudomilitia training in thes...

More amazing photographs in this thread. “Accidental art”

Well, a mini meetup. I’ll be in Portland Oregon (The Other Portland^TM) on Friday April 18 all day, Saturday April 19 to 5:00, and Sunday April 20 all day. Also, Saturday April 27. So a 1-day extravaganza would be awesome.

Any takers?

This was in Maine, about Neo-Nazis. She was discussing a bill to ban paramilitary activity. Some groups have been seeking to set up camps for pseudomilitia training in these here woods. Ban on paramilitary activity passes by 1 vote in Maine House The bill would ban paramilitary activity intended to ...

Notice how few of those Airbnbs are in Maine. Northern Maine is empty. I hear people are changing travel plans to come here. But there’s not much here here. We just had 7” of slush at the coast, inland will end up with almost 2 feet. Plus power outages. Last storm took power companies days to restor...

We have about 7 inches of slushy white stuff. At the height, Maine had 380K customers without power, compared to 580K households. Evening news said half a million without power from the storm. So most were in Maine. It’s all expected to melt by Eclipse Monday. In fact, the clearest skies in the ecli...

Not sure if this is behind a paywall. Interesting history and analysis in the first 4 stages. Plus an update. Trump Media Is Not a Meme Stock. It’s a Cryptocurrency Investors aren’t buying DJT for future cash flows. John Rekenthaler Mar 28, 2024 https://www.morningstar.com/stocks/trump-media-is-not-...

We are supposed to get 96% totality, but 2-3 hours north will be total. Tomorrow will be 8-12” of snow, up to 24” up in the totality band. The governor predicts up to 40K tourists from out of state. The Weather Guy predicts clear skies and 45°. This is Mud Season, the eclipse band is sparsely popula...