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And nature can destroy man-made stuff with far greater efficiency than then humans.

The trees did not do so well. Those still standing will eventually recover but looking at some before shots, there were a great deal more trees. Same thing happened a few weeks back to the former woods nearby where I grew up on Portage, MI. They thing is, nature will rebuild though it may end up a b...

A festival like that in the US would have the right-wingers up in arms and screaming, along with being first in line to participate.

When the storm got to Greenfield.

I don't think I have been to a Red Lobster since the late 70s or early 80s. I don't recall what I ate but a guess would be, something fried and clams were involved.

It was not something on my list to go to when I was in college and after that, I was far away from all chains but A&W.

neonzx wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 4:35 pm Lol.

No red hats nor Trump flags. Yeah, Eric, you are the weakest link.

No love for Junior? He lost the weakest link ranking?

They don't care about the health of the company. They want to wrong every bit of cash possible. The cash can the be tossed into stock buybacks or to payoff the debt from the firm buying the company (as happened in Red Lobster's case). For the debt payoff, the company may spiral in value but if the f...

Eric went to Georgetown and Ivanka started there but ended up finishing at Wharton. Tiffany went to Penn but not the Wharton part, as best as I can tell. The unknown question is: Does he qualify academically to go to any of those schools? Oh wait, grandaddy showed daddy how to grease those chutes. ...

Eric went to Georgetown and Ivanka started there but ended up finishing at Wharton. Tiffany went to Penn but not the Wharton part, as best as I can tell.

Not that there will be many at my funeral, I'll be the only guaranteed attendee! My father's parents skipped out on theirs. They donated themselves to the Mayo Clinic for their education and research programs. We had a memorial service at their church but, obviously, no burial. In a year or two, we...

Of course, when the new firm gets in there, they may discover the financials are enough of a shit show that they don't want to be associated with it, even if they are somewhat sketchy overall. Scummy accounting firms are probably the only ones he can get because they will tell him what he wants to ...

"Let's put a huge kettle drum of dubious value on a tank of even more dubious value and restrict the field of view and arc of fire" said nobody sane ever. A metamorphosis with a kettle drum. https://youtu.be/O7aeWQCF1jM?si=aVIlZ9Yy2qSwzgeI?t=142 But seeing what you shoot at is not necessa...

We built our current house in 2010 (well, really 2009-10). I have always loved the look of dry stacked stone, so that's what I went for. We used natural stone. The masons were amazing - they just found all the right pieces to stack. They did use mortar, but then used a small stick to scrape out the...

We had three tornadoes this afternoon, one of them where one of them hit last Saturday near me. Another one was very close to my daughter's house, and they went into the basement. We normally have 4–8 tornadoes here in a year, mostly not really bad. We have had 9 in the last two weeks. There are no...

Barron will always be talked about because that is what happens with younger children of presidents and past presidents. However, I have no opinion of him as a person, and I do not need one. Until he says or does anything, it will stay that way. His becoming an adult and finishing high school does n...

The brown-headed cowbirds are especially yappy the last couple of days.

At least one is also not easily frightened. I was only 4 feet away or so and he was happy to continue grazing away with little interest in me standing right there.

Protonotary Warbler Proth6.jpeg Where did you or the kid take this one? I have seen or heard more warblers this season than in past years. Your son takes wonderful shots. He must have loads of patience. I feel like such a hack against his work. This is not unexpected, as I am a birding hack with a ...

So, she's Catholic now. :Spockeyebrow: Or Episocopalian Could be. She doesn't look very Greek. Orthodox are the opposite of Western church style. They go right to left, not left to right. Both traditions go head to breast, then the shoulders, thus making sign, not triangle. If she sat next to a guy...

"In my law"

Dude needs to remember that's the quiet part.

Foggy wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 8:53 am Yeah, but how long is the blue tie?

His dad's ties would probably fit him just fine. Daddy buys his own ties based on his aspirational height. The kid is not aspirational. He succeeds.

bill_g wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 8:02 am So, she's Catholic now. :Spockeyebrow:

Or Episocopalian

While I lived in SW Michigan at the time, I was traveling with a group to a conference in Colorado. We spent the night at a house in Chicago the night of the first night game. Damn, that was some rain.

Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 10:18 am I can't stop watching it.

Glad it's not just me.

Earlier I posted the CDK group doing the Somebody I Used To Know piece. Here is a version of them doing it live on stage.

I walked out of the church tonight and a few chimney swifts were having a party. They live in the chimney of the Masonic Temple. Some years ago, I saw a red-tailed hawk sitting on the edge of the chimney looking down into the chimney. The few swifts that were flying around were none too pleased. htt...