OT Things to ponder

[geofflambert]

No, I know what you're thinking. This old gorn had the rest of the carcass for breakfast. No, I did not. I had some chicken noodle soup with a chicken egg dropped in it. I have standards after all.

[Lecivius]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

So I grant that you might be an old fart (like me), but how do we know if you're cool or not?

I think I am, so I am. Anyone who thinks otherwise is free to take it up with me [;)] What, you like crows?

Anyways...

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

No, I know what you're thinking. This old gorn had the rest of the carcass for breakfast. No, I did not. I had some chicken noodle soup with a chicken egg dropped in it. I have standards after all.

I thought my dad was the only one who fortified his soup with an egg! I have tried it though, and it is good.

Change of topic - how do you go about cropping your video and making the GIF? I had a falcon wander around my balcony a couple of weeks ago and took about three minutes of video from quite close up ( as close as four feet). I wanted to post it but the forum would never take such a large file.

[geofflambert]

Well, when she was dismembering the rabbit, I called up one of my nosy old fart neighbors to alert him to the fact, and he came out and got within I'd guess, 40 feet of her and she gave him no never mind.

I take that expression from Festus Hagen from Gunsmoke (that don't make no never mind). If you never saw him he pronounced his last name with the "a" sounding like a long i, with an Ozark accent, which is where his character was supposedly from. An Ozark accent is thicker than any you've ever heard, whether it be Cockney or Australian. I've known some folks who grew up in the Ozarks and he (the actor) did a pretty good imitation. That actor's name was Ken Curtis and you may have seen him in "The Horse Soldiers" with John Wayne and he had no accent at all (from the perspective of a regular Mid-Westerner like myself, or a gorn for that matter).

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

No, I know what you're thinking. This old gorn had the rest of the carcass for breakfast. No, I did not. I had some chicken noodle soup with a chicken egg dropped in it. I have standards after all.

I thought my dad was the only one who fortified his soup with an egg! I have tried it though, and it is good.

Change of topic - how do you go about cropping your video and making the GIF? I had a falcon wander around my balcony a couple of weeks ago and took about three minutes of video from quite close up ( as close as four feet). I wanted to post it but the forum would never take such a large file.

First, I use a continuous screenshot app, I've been using Screencast-o-matic but there are many others, just take the part I want and publish it as an animated GIF. Next, I open that file with GIMP and with that you can remove frames as needed to get the size of the file down to something in the range of what you could post to this forum.
I first eliminate frames from the beginning and end that are not part of what I want to end up with. Then, if needed, I can remove every other frame, or two of every three to reduce the size further. Next, you can go into the Image menu and resize the whole thing smaller to save more space. Now the initial GIF will have instructions built into each frame as to duration.
If you have eliminated intermediate frames that will necessarily speed up the animation. If you don't like the semifinal result you have to go into each frame and edit that instruction, increasing the duration time (in milliseconds). I can usually produce an animated GIF containing 40 frames or so that will come under the 500kb limit of this forum that is decent.

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

I thought my dad was the only one who fortified his soup with an egg! I have tried it though, and it is good.

Was your dad green with a long snout?

[BBfanboy]

Well acquainted with Gunsmoke, and both Festus and Chester. The Ozark accent is used by movie and TV show makers to indicate someone who grew up in the back country without an education, but thankfully Festus' character was pretty smart about some things to keep the stereotype from being too unkind.

In my neck of the woods there were Native Indians (now called Aboriginals) who were similarly isolated and without much education, but they were definitely smart about staying alive in harsh conditions - especially the coldest winter days. Once you get the notion that manner of speaking does not denote intelligence, you see people a bit differently.

[geofflambert]

One of the Ozarkers I've known is at least half Cherokee, he's not sure about his dad but he likely was substantially Cherokee as well.

[geofflambert]

Here's an example of an animated GIF of my hawk picking at his food. You needn't worry about copyright if you use this when scolding your kids about picking at their food.

[geofflambert]

Now, here's the first clip of the interaction between the hawk and a squirrel. Remember, the hawk just devoured a rabbit at least two or three times the size of the squirrel.
You don't see it here, but the squirrel thought about climbing back onto the garage roof, but changed it's mind and approached the hawk on the fence. That squirrel is definitely qualified to be president of a large country.

[geofflambert]

Here's a clip of the hawk on the other fence. She tilts her head to look up into the maple tree trying to figure out what those crazy squirrels are up to.

[rustysi]

Or maybe she's wondering if its time for her next meal.[;)]

[geofflambert]

I have a business idea. I think I could be the next Jeff Bezos. It just so happens that my left foot is a size 13 and my right foot is a size 12 and one half. My right foot often complains to me that his shoe is too large. Why can't you buy shoes wherein the right is a different size from the left? This almost seems to me to be a Civil Rights issue. But what the hey? If we can make money selling shoes where the pairs consist of shoes of different sizes, who is to stop us? If you agree, send money to "come fund me at blah blah blah".

When I'm watching "the news" on TV these days I keep seeing "the news anchors" saying 'if you'd like to comment text to blah blah blah'. What the f is texting to blah blah blah even mean? Am I just too old to understand these things? If you have an answer for me please text to blah blah blah.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I have a business idea. I think I could be the next Jeff Bezos. It just so happens that my left foot is a size 13 and my right foot is a size 12 and one half. My right foot often complains to me that his shoe is too large. Why can't you buy shoes wherein the right is a different size from the left? This almost seems to me to be a Civil Rights issue. But what the hey? If we can make money selling shoes where the pairs consist of shoes of different sizes, who is to stop us? If you agree, send money to "come fund me at blah blah blah".

When I'm watching "the news" on TV these days I keep seeing "the news anchors" saying 'if you'd like to comment text to blah blah blah'. What the f is texting to blah blah blah even mean? Am I just too old to understand these things? If you have an answer for me please text to blah blah blah.

You have just invented a superior mousetrap. Why don't you go on Kickstarter? [8D]

[witpqs]

A better solution to get money would be a foot stretcher. Much more likely to attract investors.

[pws1225]

Or let his toe nails grow out.

[geofflambert]

Here's something that annoys the heck out of me about Windows. The "Pictures" folder, the "Documents" folder and the "Downloads" folder. I figured out how to make the default download location to be the Desktop. I work with whatever there and when I'm done I either put it in a folder of my own creation or put it in the Recycle Bin. Now when I save pictures Windows sometimes but not always figures out I want that to go to the Desktop. Other things, regardless of whether they are documents or not get sent to the "Documents" folder. I don't want anything ever, ever, ever to get sent there. I hate that. If I eliminate the "Documents" folder and the "Pictures" folder what will happen? Anybody know? Is there some other way I can get the default on saves to be the Desktop?

And don't say let my toenails grow, I already tried that. [:D]

[geofflambert]

The cicadas here are in full throat. Don't know what brood they belong to, but I never ask too many questions about that sort of thing.

[Lecivius]

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[Orm]

ORIGINAL: Lecivius

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