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RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 5:46 pm
by RangerJoe
ORIGINAL: Orm
ORIGINAL: RangerJoe
"A Marine should be sworn to the patient endurance of hardships, like the ancient knights;
and it is not the least of these necessary hardships to have to serve with sailors."
- Field Marshal Montgomery
I wonder what situation led the honourable Montgomery to make that pondering. [&:] [:)]
The number of bars of soap that they bought
before they sailed?
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 4:03 pm
by Orm
Any new bird sightings?
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 8:12 pm
by RangerJoe
ORIGINAL: Orm
Any new bird sightings?
Yes, some very phat grey squirrels . . .
I want to live trap some for my kitties to play with . . .
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2021 7:29 pm
by RangerJoe
Just think if the man would have read the entire document . . .
The mistake that toppled the Berlin Wall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn4VDwaV-oo
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2021 8:53 pm
by geofflambert
ORIGINAL: Orm
Any new bird sightings?
Yes, a red tailed hawk in my backyard eating a squirrel. Red tails are the largest kind of hawk you'll see around here. You may also have heard of the fighter squadron named for them that operated in Europe.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2021 8:54 pm
by geofflambert
Here's my cat Lilly watching.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2021 9:26 pm
by RangerJoe
I think that the largest bird that I have seen flying around here is the Golden Eagle. [:'(] They make the Bald Eagles look small . . . [X(]
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 1:17 am
by geofflambert
Even though it's taken 40 years I don't believe this is their magnum opus. My understanding is that will be titled ABBA DABBA DOO.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 2:31 am
by Nomad
I think Lilly is pondering why she is not out there feasting.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 5:25 am
by Orm
ORIGINAL: geofflambert
ORIGINAL: Orm
Any new bird sightings?
Yes, a red tailed hawk in my backyard eating a squirrel. Red tails are the largest kind of hawk you'll see around here. You may also have heard of the fighter squadron named for them that operated in Europe.
Thank you for sharing. [&o]
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 5:27 am
by Orm
ORIGINAL: geofflambert
Here's my cat Lilly watching.
Nice cat. [:)]
I would be as mesmerized as she is. [:)]
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:48 pm
by geofflambert
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RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 12:58 am
by geofflambert
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 1:02 am
by geofflambert
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 9:07 pm
by BBfanboy
Interesting to see the lightning flashes all over the surface. Given the size of Jupiter, some of those bolts would be 1000 times bigger than anything seen on earth!
Saw a documentary about Auroras a couple of days ago. It showed Aurora crowns on both poles of Jupiter and Saturn. Surprised they were not in that animation fly-past.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 1:34 pm
by Maallon
The famous "Great Red Spot" on Jupiter, that can be seen in the first video at around 2:28, has actually roughly the same diameter as Earth.
The thing is basically a giant storm that rages on Jupiter since hundreds of years, if not even longer.
Always amazing to see how small we are in the great scheme of things. [:D]
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 5:58 pm
by geofflambert
ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Interesting to see the lightning flashes all over the surface. Given the size of Jupiter, some of those bolts would be 1000 times bigger than anything seen on earth!
Saw a documentary about Auroras a couple of days ago. It showed Aurora crowns on both poles of Jupiter and Saturn. Surprised they were not in that animation fly-past.
Even the ones on Earth are too ethereal to capture on regular video from orbit. The camera settings would have to be pretty particular.
And it would have been most visible over the dark side of Jupiter, which they didn't show much.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 6:01 pm
by geofflambert
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 6:02 pm
by geofflambert
That's a B-2 in flight.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 8:55 pm
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: geofflambert
That's a B-2 in flight.
Making a crop circle?
