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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    #1594

    Horses get trained to stand still when the farrier is working. Sometimes, they're put on cross-ties in the aisle of the barn, and they know that when the cross-ties are on, they're not to move.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      #1595

      @Copper The andromeda galaxy is bright enough to see with the naked eye. You just need to be in very dark skies far away from city lights.

      But, it is not quite bright enough to see the extent of its size or very much detail. It's very "fuzzy" looking.

      A nice telescope will show some detail and dust lanes. but nothing like what you see in that photograph.

      You probably remember this photo. I took a 9 panel mosaic of it about 20 years ago.

      Mosaic-LRGB5-26-X40.jpg

      The center panel was of the core of the galaxy and was the first of the 9 panels. It was at the time, a rather groundbreaking photo. Even earned a spot in the 2004 Sky & Telescope Magazine's calendar. Up until this photograph was taken, nobody had ever imaged the core with such detail.

      M31RGBv1.jpg

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      • CopperC Offline
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        Copper
        wrote on last edited by Copper
        #1596

        Even here in an (almost) rural town, I'm lucky if I can see the moon and a relative handful of stars. Sad.

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        • George KG Offline
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          George K
          wrote on last edited by
          #1597

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • CopperC Copper

            Even here in an (almost) rural town, I'm lucky if I can see the moon and a relative handful of stars. Sad.

            image.png

            Aqua LetiferA Offline
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            Aqua Letifer
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            #1598

            @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

            Even here in an (almost) rural town, I'm lucky if I can see the moon and a relative handful of stars. Sad.

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            Please love yourself.

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            • MikM Offline
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              Mik
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              #1599

              https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/turns-out-earth-s-temperature-timeline-is-wrong/ar-BB1ijQz8?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=c97172f6bac1455f9267fd610ee92d38&ei=20

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              • MikM Offline
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                Mik
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                #1600

                If you ever wondered about all the Manhattan neighborhoods.

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                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                • MikM Mik

                  If you ever wondered about all the Manhattan neighborhoods.

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                  George KG Offline
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                  George K
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                  #1601

                  @Mik

                  Chicago_neighborhoods_map.png

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • LuFins DadL Offline
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                    LuFins Dad
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                    #1602

                    The Brad

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                    • George KG Offline
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                      George K
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                      #1603

                      Screenshot 2024-02-21 at 6.23.26 AM.png

                      https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160908-the-language-rules-we-know-but-dont-know-we-know

                      (and, @Aqua-Letifer that article gets into poetry a bit)

                      Best comment: "And you always have the option to add 'fucking' before the first adjective."

                      Related

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                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                        Aqua Letifer
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                        #1604

                        Some rules we really should know. It’s surprising and dispiriting how many English people don’t know the rules of stress, because that’s how all our poetry works. It’s quite easy really, and we can hear it in other languages. Everyone knows that Italian has rhythm, it goes MAM-a MI-a BUON-a SER-a. But so does our language. And that’s how verse works.

                        Sort of. We've softened up quite a bit. There are a handful of other ways to denote stress. We used to, for example, say the stressed syllable twice as LONG, in addition to twice as loud. And now, the twice as loud thing is going away somewhat, too. Romance language influence.

                        Please love yourself.

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                        • CopperC Offline
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                          Copper
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                          #1605

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                          • HoraceH Offline
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                            Horace
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                            #1606

                            Charlie Watts was Anton Chigurh's real name?

                            Education is extremely important.

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                              Copper
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                              • LuFins DadL Offline
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                                LuFins Dad
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                                #1608

                                Johnny Cash was approaching 30?! Holy Crap, he was like that guy in the Matt Damon movie that was born an old man and got younger!

                                The Brad

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                                • George KG Offline
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                                  George K
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #1609

                                  Cash was born in 1932.

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    Doctor Phibes
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                                    It says he's 37 on the cover. Then again, it says Hendrix is 28 and he's a member of the 27 club.

                                    I was only joking

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                                    • MikM Offline
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                                      Mik
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                                      #1611

                                      Caledonian Forest 120 AD

                                      " Written by Titus Ursus, Primus pilus of Legiō IX Hispana, in the third year of Hadrian's reign (* 120 AD). This will probably be the last papyrus and entry in my diary. Our legion was ambushed in the wild realm called Caledonian Forest and was almost completely annihilated. Half of my first cohort is all that was left of the IX legiō. We were pushed into the marsh and we will probably die here, fighting bravely to the end in the name of Rome and the Emperor. We were attacked by a demonic pack of the barbaric Picts. They looked more like wild beasts than humans. Some of them were dressed in animal furs, painted with strange runic signs... others seemed to be two-legged wild beasts. They tore us apart as if we were made of paper! I saw our legatus and my brothers in arms being eaten alive, I will never forget their screams. The barbarians attacked us unnoticed, quickly and with wild fury, then disappeared in the fog. Mainly at night. Our shields, swords and armor were no use here. The enemy we face seems to be the ancient wrath of some dark gods we have awakened. We should never invade these lands. I hear demonic howls, they're coming! They're coming! "

                                      Scrap of the papyrus written by Centurion Titus Ursus. Found in October 120AD in the Caledonian Forest. Taken to Rome, where it was presented to the emperor and then burned. Two years later, Emperor Hadrian ordered the construction of a wall on the border of the land called Caledonia, in north Britannia.

                                      A story and illustration by Jakub Rozalski

                                      ~Marcius

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                                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      • MikM Mik

                                        Caledonian Forest 120 AD

                                        " Written by Titus Ursus, Primus pilus of Legiō IX Hispana, in the third year of Hadrian's reign (* 120 AD). This will probably be the last papyrus and entry in my diary. Our legion was ambushed in the wild realm called Caledonian Forest and was almost completely annihilated. Half of my first cohort is all that was left of the IX legiō. We were pushed into the marsh and we will probably die here, fighting bravely to the end in the name of Rome and the Emperor. We were attacked by a demonic pack of the barbaric Picts. They looked more like wild beasts than humans. Some of them were dressed in animal furs, painted with strange runic signs... others seemed to be two-legged wild beasts. They tore us apart as if we were made of paper! I saw our legatus and my brothers in arms being eaten alive, I will never forget their screams. The barbarians attacked us unnoticed, quickly and with wild fury, then disappeared in the fog. Mainly at night. Our shields, swords and armor were no use here. The enemy we face seems to be the ancient wrath of some dark gods we have awakened. We should never invade these lands. I hear demonic howls, they're coming! They're coming! "

                                        Scrap of the papyrus written by Centurion Titus Ursus. Found in October 120AD in the Caledonian Forest. Taken to Rome, where it was presented to the emperor and then burned. Two years later, Emperor Hadrian ordered the construction of a wall on the border of the land called Caledonia, in north Britannia.

                                        A story and illustration by Jakub Rozalski

                                        ~Marcius

                                        IMG_4208.jpeg

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                                        Doctor Phibes
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #1612

                                        @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

                                        They looked more like wild beasts than humans. Some of them were dressed in animal furs, painted with strange runic signs... others seemed to be two-legged wild beasts. They tore us apart as if we were made of paper! I saw our legatus and my brothers in arms being eaten alive, I will never forget their screams.

                                        Another Saturday night in Glasgow.

                                        I was only joking

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                                        • MikM Offline
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                                          #1613

                                          Says the Yorkshireman.

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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