OT Things to ponder

[geofflambert]

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[geofflambert]

My House Wren finally got a break. A female came by and he got all excited, jumping up and down on the roof of his house, jumping back and forth from there to the perch, saying up here! Up here! She flew up for a look.

[geofflambert]

She stuck her head in, then flew off. He went back to his lonely song.

[BBfanboy]

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She stuck her head in, then flew off. He went back to his lonely song.

I guess she saw the big panel TV on the wall and the empty beer bottles next to the reclining chair ...

[BBfanboy]

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Many plants start out with a cluster of three leaves before they develop more. Poison Ivy has a woody stem below the leaf cluster while most other small plants have a green stem all the way down.

[MakeeLearn]

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On ASW patrol...

Hunting subs by smell? This could be a game changer - Alert the USN. [:D]

She's chasing minnows, darters, shiners, crawdads ... The bigger creek is behind me. She has caught fish before. This keeps her busy for hours.

[MakeeLearn]

2 Ginseng plants. It's difficult to see the small yellow flowers. The red berries will appear soon and they really make the plant stand out. There is also a bloodroot plant in the pic. And maybe some spicebush(wild allspice).

[MakeeLearn]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

She stuck her head in, then flew off. He went back to his lonely song.

Too many neighbors. Too much sun?

[geofflambert]

I've got some boysenberry and loganberry plants below I've been hoping would grow high enough to give some cover. So far they're not doing so well.

[rustysi]

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She stuck her head in, then flew off. He went back to his lonely song.

Bitch.[:D]

[Will_L]

ORIGINAL: rustysi

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

She stuck her head in, then flew off. He went back to his lonely song.

Bitch.[:D]

Nothing less than a rolex and a penthouse duplex for her.

[geofflambert]

Serious subject for a change. A squadron of F-35s has been grounded at Luke AFB due to hypoxia problems. The F-35 has had lots and lots of problems but this specific problem is not limited to them. I have a little hypoxia hypothesis. High performance aircraft can create conditions similar to centrifuges. Diatomic oxygen is a bit denser than diatomic nitrogen. Therefor we can and should expect during certain maneuvers that the oxygen will be concentrated in certain areas of the cockpit. A couple of solutions come to mind. The simple one and probably the best is to put a couple or a few battery powered fans in strategic spots to remix the air. Another would be to have a monoatomic oxygen generator (if there is such a thing) as this monoatomic oxygen would be pushed by centrifugal force in the opposite direction of the diatomic oxygen and diatomic nitrogen because of it's relative density. I don't happen to know anything about the suitability of monoatomic oxygen for respiration, perhaps it is as bad as ozone. I don't know what its half-life is either.

[geofflambert]

I was reading a CNN article about it and an AF spokesman said that they were grounding the squadron not out of fear or because of danger but out of an abundance of caution. [&:] Fraidy Cat says to Scaredy Cat "You flee precipitously because you are chicken. I retreat rapidly from an abundance of caution."

[geofflambert]

I heard a funny anecdote yesterday about how you know if someone's guilty. If a suspect doesn't ask an investigator any questions about what they're finding out, it's because they don't need to know. The anecdote was there was a murder trial and no body was found. In the defense lawyer's summation he said there was no murder and she (the victim) would be walking through the courtroom door in ten seconds. He paused and after 30 seconds he said "Well, she won't be today, but you looked at the door and that's reasonable doubt. You must acquit." The jury returned with a guilty verdict. The defense lawyer asked the foreman what happened, why didn't his argument work? The foreman replied "You had ten of us but the other two didn't look at the door. They were watching your client and he didn't look either. He was examining his fingernails." [:D]

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I heard a funny anecdote yesterday about how you know if someone's guilty. If a suspect doesn't ask an investigator any questions about what they're finding out, it's because they don't need to know. The anecdote was there was a murder trial and no body was found. In the defense lawyer's summation he said there was no murder and she (the victim) would be walking through the courtroom door in ten seconds. He paused and after 30 seconds he said "Well, she won't be today, but you looked at the door and that's reasonable doubt. You must acquit." The jury returned with a guilty verdict. The defense lawyer asked the foreman what happened, why didn't his argument work? The foreman replied "You had ten of us but the other two didn't look at the door. They were watching your client and he didn't look either. He was examining his fingernails." [:D]

I hope no one who hears that and gets on a jury believes that crap.

[MakeeLearn]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I heard a funny anecdote yesterday about how you know if someone's guilty. If a suspect doesn't ask an investigator any questions about what they're finding out, it's because they don't need to know. The anecdote was there was a murder trial and no body was found. In the defense lawyer's summation he said there was no murder and she (the victim) would be walking through the courtroom door in ten seconds. He paused and after 30 seconds he said "Well, she won't be today, but you looked at the door and that's reasonable doubt. You must acquit." The jury returned with a guilty verdict. The defense lawyer asked the foreman what happened, why didn't his argument work? The foreman replied "You had ten of us but the other two didn't look at the door. They were watching your client and he didn't look either. He was examining his fingernails." [:D]

In other words... In order to convince others, you first have to believe your own BS.

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I heard a funny anecdote yesterday about how you know if someone's guilty. If a suspect doesn't ask an investigator any questions about what they're finding out, it's because they don't need to know. The anecdote was there was a murder trial and no body was found. In the defense lawyer's summation he said there was no murder and she (the victim) would be walking through the courtroom door in ten seconds. He paused and after 30 seconds he said "Well, she won't be today, but you looked at the door and that's reasonable doubt. You must acquit." The jury returned with a guilty verdict. The defense lawyer asked the foreman what happened, why didn't his argument work? The foreman replied "You had ten of us but the other two didn't look at the door. They were watching your client and he didn't look either. He was examining his fingernails." [:D]

I hope no one who hears that and gets on a jury believes that crap.

I believe it was a detective, showing his biases. There's some truth there nonetheless.

Criminals are stupid. Watch for it, they'll hand it to you.

[Zorch]

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I heard a funny anecdote yesterday about how you know if someone's guilty. If a suspect doesn't ask an investigator any questions about what they're finding out, it's because they don't need to know. The anecdote was there was a murder trial and no body was found. In the defense lawyer's summation he said there was no murder and she (the victim) would be walking through the courtroom door in ten seconds. He paused and after 30 seconds he said "Well, she won't be today, but you looked at the door and that's reasonable doubt. You must acquit." The jury returned with a guilty verdict. The defense lawyer asked the foreman what happened, why didn't his argument work? The foreman replied "You had ten of us but the other two didn't look at the door. They were watching your client and he didn't look either. He was examining his fingernails." [:D]

I hope no one who hears that and gets on a jury believes that crap.

I believe it was a detective, showing his biases. There's some truth there nonetheless.

Criminals are stupid. Watch for it, they'll hand it to you.

Such people have to pretend to believe their own lies. They can get in trouble if they really believe.

[JeffroK]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I was reading a CNN article about it and an AF spokesman said that they were grounding the squadron not out of fear or because of danger but out of an abundance of caution. [&:] Fraidy Cat says to Scaredy Cat "You flee precipitously because you are chicken. I retreat rapidly from an abundance of caution."

I work on a site where we handle explosives and other dangerous goods, either do it safely or dont do it at all. An F35 only cost a few billion, how much is a Pilot worth!!

[rsallen64]

Mr. Gorn, I just wanted to say thank you for the suggestion of using bleach to clean the hummingbird feeders. My wife cleaned them regularly, but never thought of using bleach. After reading your post, she tried the bleach and now the little buggers are swarming the feeder again just like they used to.

Not only is this forum excellent for game related issues, but apparently it's good for all things in life![:D]