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by Whatever4
Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:14 pm
Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
Topic: Long-awaited PNW Meetup!!
Replies: 39
Views: 921

Long-awaited PNW Meetup!!

No, I’m looking for cherry blossoms in big numbers if the aren’t gone yet. Like waterfront park?
by Whatever4
Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:50 am
Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
Topic: Long-awaited PNW Meetup!!
Replies: 39
Views: 921

Long-awaited PNW Meetup!!

Landed in Portlandia, chasing the sunset from around the Midwest. The sun won. The pilots must have had a spectacular view.

Where are the cherry blossoms? Specific instructions for the cab driver, please. Look forward to meeting folks!
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by Whatever4
Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:58 pm
Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
Topic: Long-awaited PNW Meetup!!
Replies: 39
Views: 921

Long-awaited PNW Meetup!!

I’m just me. After 43 years married, W2 doesn’t travel with me much. I like to suck the culture out of wherever I go. :towel: Back-to-back museums, galleries, neighborhoods, tours, etc. He likes to rest. And hates the process of getting there. So no scenic sleeper train rides, for example. (Portland...
by Whatever4
Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:55 pm
Forum: Arts, Music, Photography, and stuff like that
Topic: Photography
Replies: 177
Views: 22233

Photography

More awesome photography.

by Whatever4
Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:48 pm
Forum: U.S. Culture and Media
Topic: What are you watching?
Replies: 1683
Views: 170654

What are you watching?

Luke wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:22 pm :snippity: Rightly or wrongly, Asian guys were never known for muscle, food issues after the war was mentioned. :snippity:
Not any more… see Descendants of the Sun (Korean drama)
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by Whatever4
Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
Topic: Long-awaited PNW Meetup!!
Replies: 39
Views: 921

Long-awaited PNW Meetup!!

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 ...
by Whatever4
Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:28 am
Forum: U.S. Culture and Media
Topic: Orenthal James Simpson 1947 - 2024. Was he a murderer?
Replies: 50
Views: 1190

Orenthal James Simpson 1947 - 2024. Was he a murderer?

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...
by Whatever4
Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:39 am
Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
Topic: Long-awaited PNW Meetup!!
Replies: 39
Views: 921

Long-awaited PNW Meetup!!

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.
by Whatever4
Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: Arts, Music, Photography, and stuff like that
Topic: Photography
Replies: 177
Views: 22233

Photography

View of 2.4% moon over Portland ME, April 9. The reflection from Earth lights up the rest of the moon - Earthshine
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Gal Steinberg Photography
by Whatever4
Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:06 am
Forum: Science
Topic: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
Replies: 142
Views: 3347

2024 Total Solar Eclipse

11 hour traffic jam leaving eclipse sites in Maine. Plus, special out-of-state visitors to Houlton.
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https://fb.watch/rmlmlTMRiI/?
by Whatever4
Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: The Funny
Topic: Weird Headlines
Replies: 540
Views: 81705

Weird Headlines

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...
by Whatever4
Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:10 pm
Forum: General Stuff
Topic: Rest In Peace
Replies: 1517
Views: 182545

Rest In Peace

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...
by Whatever4
Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:05 pm
Forum: U.S. Culture and Media
Topic: Oxford, Michigan, School Shooting
Replies: 160
Views: 11903

Oxford, Michigan, School Shooting

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?
by Whatever4
Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:25 am
Forum: Science
Topic: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
Replies: 142
Views: 3347

2024 Total Solar Eclipse

Temperature drop in Rangeley, ME during the eclipse.

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by Whatever4
Mon Apr 08, 2024 4:36 pm
Forum: Science
Topic: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
Replies: 142
Views: 3347

2024 Total Solar 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...
by Whatever4
Mon Apr 08, 2024 4:47 am
Forum: Arts, Music, Photography, and stuff like that
Topic: Photography
Replies: 177
Views: 22233

Photography

More pretty pictures.

by Whatever4
Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:42 pm
Forum: Earthlings Behaving
Topic: Rightwing (and other) Judges Behaving Badly
Replies: 123
Views: 10677

Rightwing (and other) Judges Behaving Badly

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...
by Whatever4
Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:16 pm
Forum: Science
Topic: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
Replies: 142
Views: 3347

2024 Total Solar Eclipse

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by Whatever4
Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:46 pm
Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
Topic: Long-awaited PNW Meetup!!
Replies: 39
Views: 921

Long-awaited PNW Meetup!!

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...
by Whatever4
Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:04 pm
Forum: Science
Topic: Earthquakes and/or Volcanoes
Replies: 466
Views: 161810

Earthquakes and/or Volcanoes

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! :biggrin:
by Whatever4
Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:27 am
Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
Topic: The Stupid Thread
Replies: 683
Views: 343037

The Stupid Thread

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...
by Whatever4
Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:17 am
Forum: General Stuff
Topic: Hijack This Thread
Replies: 7053
Views: 664093

Hijack This Thread

More amazing photographs in this thread. “Accidental art”

by Whatever4
Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:06 pm
Forum: Whatever Doesn't Fit Elsewhere
Topic: Long-awaited PNW Meetup!!
Replies: 39
Views: 921

Long-awaited PNW Meetup!!

Well, a mini meetup. I’ll be in Portland Oregon (The Other PortlandTM) 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?
by Whatever4
Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:03 pm
Forum: Earthlings Behaving
Topic: Republicans behaving badly
Replies: 1854
Views: 215252

Republicans behaving badly

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 ...
by Whatever4
Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:41 pm
Forum: Science
Topic: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
Replies: 142
Views: 3347

2024 Total Solar Eclipse

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...

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