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Post by stepper on Apr 28, 2012 10:02:44 GMT -6
Q darlin! You'll NEVER be "less" with us!
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Post by stepper on Apr 28, 2012 10:23:54 GMT -6
The four Galilean moons discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei were the first objects found to orbit a celestial body that was neither the Earth, nor the Sun.
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Post by Spock on Apr 28, 2012 13:11:18 GMT -6
...it could turn into a long post. Why not start your own topic. You might be surprised at the response.
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Post by quettalee on Apr 28, 2012 20:02:00 GMT -6
Q darlin! You'll NEVER be "less" with us! Thank you, Step. It means a lot that you love & accept me "however". Whom I choose to share my life & passion with have little to do with the person that I am inside--well, in a moral, philosophical kind of way. Glad there are peeps in my life--"you kinda peeps"--that take the time to see that. I don't know Spock...not sure I want to open that can of worms here. Most everyone here has been through so much with me over the last few years & knows me as well or better than anyone in the real world, I think I know where I stand with them. They're my family & love me "just like my mamma did"! I think most of them would come to my gay wedding if it were possible...and wish me nothing but love & happiness!
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Post by Spock on Apr 28, 2012 20:59:04 GMT -6
...not sure I want to open that can of worms here. ... It's only a can of worms if you allow it to become one but I can understand your desire not to chance any possible ill will. From what I've seen here though, I don't think there is any of that ... at least where you are concerned.
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Post by Siren on Apr 29, 2012 15:52:12 GMT -6
Well spoken, Spock! Best wishes to Q and her loved one.
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Scamp mentioned Isadora Duncan, a pioneer in modern dance, in another thread, and it brought this morbid, but interesting, piece of trivia to mind.
Isadora Duncan's free-spirited life ended suddenly in 1927. She was riding in an open car when her long scarf became entangled in the wheels.
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Post by Spock on Apr 29, 2012 16:32:15 GMT -6
... her long scarf became entangled in the wheels. Ouch! Reminds me of the time I almost lost a finger because I forgot to take off my wedding band while working on an aircraft. I swung down to the ground and the ring got caught on an obstruction. Fortunately for me, my feet hit the ground before any damage was done. Made a confirmed believer in not wearing jewelry or ties when working ... as we had all been told several times before!
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Post by quettalee on Apr 29, 2012 20:12:46 GMT -6
...not sure I want to open that can of worms here. ... It's only a can of worms if you allow it to become one but I can understand your desire not to chance any possible ill will. From what I've seen here though, I don't think there is any of that ... at least where you are concerned. Not so much afraid of ill will. The faithful few that have been a part of this forum since before it was Whoosh have seen me--and stuck beside me--at my absolute worst. A couple of them have wanted to wring my neck a time or two, but we made it through in one piece and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't leave me if I married my girlfriend. Sometimes it's just not the most comfortable subject for others to talk about. Thank you, sis.
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Post by Phalon on Apr 30, 2012 4:48:08 GMT -6
Oh, oh! Pick me, pick me! I'd come to your gay wedding, Sista Q, and wish you nothing but loads of love and tons of happiness....and maybe just one more thing: I wish you'd cook for me, just once!
Ouch, Spock. I almost lost an ear once when my earring got caught in the branches of a shrub I was loading into a customer's car. Well, maybe not lost an ear, but I did lose the earring, and have never worn earrings at the nursery since.
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Post by stepper on Apr 30, 2012 16:14:53 GMT -6
..not sure I want to open that can of worms here.. We going fishin?? Huh?? And you're gonna cook for Phalon? Tell ya what, I'll take them worms and feed 'em to the fishes - keeping only enough of the tasty fishes for us to have a really nice fishy bake - put on by Q 'cause she be da chief chef. 'Cept she might be slightly distracted - but that's okay. We'll wait. Patiently. (Knock knock knock. Hey Q! It's been ten minutes! Is it time to fire up the grill yet? )
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Post by scamp on May 10, 2012 9:55:18 GMT -6
Scamp mentioned Isadora Duncan, a pioneer in modern dance, in another thread, and it brought this morbid, but interesting, piece of trivia to mind. Isadora Duncan's free-spirited life ended suddenly in 1927. She was riding in an open car when her long scarf became entangled in the wheels. Holy Cow!!! Siren, that's ghastly. I have a copy of a photo of Isadora Duncan dancing on some ruins on the Acropolis. She's wearing a scarf. Yikes! Still, thanks for the interesting fact. scamp oh, to sort of stay vaguely on topic: the newest Merriam-Webster Dictionary contains 315 misspelled words and they ( whoever "they" may be) are still checking. And to stay morbid and on topic, Roland Barthes, the literary critic who proposed that the theory known as authorial intent was dead, was run over and killed after a luncheon hosted by the French president to celebrate all the kudos Barthes received for his destruction of the old theory. In his case, sadly, the author was certainly dead, although there is no evidence that he intended to die.
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Post by scamp on May 10, 2012 10:38:15 GMT -6
...not sure I want to open that can of worms here. ... It's only a can of worms if you allow it to become one but I can understand your desire not to chance any possible ill will. From what I've seen here though, I don't think there is any of that ... at least where you are concerned. Hi Spock, please tell me that you aren't suggesting that there might be a negative response here towards gays or lesbians even if we are newbies. I'm not even hinting that *you* would have any ill will, but that bit about "at least where you (Quettalee) are concerned" is a tad unnerving. And sorry about your jewelry accident; that must have hurt like the devil. I had a car door slammed on my finger (thankfully with no jewelry involved) and dang it hurt. I can't imagine how bad a crush injury would be with the addition of jewelry. I hope you're okay. scamp
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Post by Spock on May 10, 2012 11:23:27 GMT -6
Hi Spock, please tell me that you aren't suggesting that there might be a negative response here towards gays or lesbians even if we are newbies. ... None whatsoever. I would imagine that if any post received any negative response it would not be due to the gender preferences of the poster or the responder. And sorry about your jewelry accident; ... I had a car door slammed on my finger ... If you are referring to me, my ring got caught but no damage was done as my feet hit the deck before any real pressure was applied to the finger. I also have had my fingers caught in a door. I was sitting in the back seat and had my fingers wrapped around the window post, not realizing quite how far they were wrapped. When the passenger closed the door, my three middle fingers were caught in the door. It must have taken forever (or at least 45 seconds whichever seems shorter) before I was able to convey to the passenger that my fingers were caught and would he please do me the favor of opening his door again ... of course, some of my language as he failed to comprehend isn't really suitable for a polite forum discussion ...
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Post by scamp on May 10, 2012 12:18:12 GMT -6
And sorry about your jewelry accident; ... I had a car door slammed on my finger ... If you are referring to me, my ring got caught but no damage was done as my feet hit the deck before any real pressure was applied to the finger. I also have had my fingers caught in a door. I was sitting in the back seat and had my fingers wrapped around the window post, not realizing quite how far they were wrapped. When the passenger closed the door, my three middle fingers were caught in the door. It must have taken forever (or at least 45 seconds whichever seems shorter) before I was able to convey to the passenger that my fingers were caught and would he please do me the favor of opening his door again ... of course, some of my language as he failed to comprehend isn't really suitable for a polite forum discussion ... Ouch!!! I bet it felt like forever, but time is such a weird notion. I mean if you consider that 10 nanoseconds equals 1 shake of a lamb’s tail and it only takes 3 shakes of a lamb’s tail for a nuclear weapon to reach critical mass, 45 seconds (the speed of cussing notwithstanding) does, indeed, possibly encompasses a shorter time span than does forever. And thanks for the reassurance.
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Post by stepper on Jun 11, 2012 17:42:23 GMT -6
Ever hear of of the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT)? It's a composite temperature used to estimate the effect of temperature, humidity, wind speed (wind chill) and solar radiation on humans, and is used by athletes and the military to determine appropriate exposure levels to high temperatures. Because high wet bulb temperatures can interfere with evaporative cooling (meaning you don't sweat properly) many agencies use the measurement to serve as the basis for heat stress prevention guidelines.
For instance, I'm from a cool climate state and have a preference for cooler states. But here I am in TX and trust me, it's not all that cool here. After being here for many years I am acclimated to local conditions. But if someone like Phalon were to come calling, I'd have to be careful - and not just because it's Phalon, but because Phalon isn't used to the heat and humidity here. Literally, I could over work her doing the touristy thing and if left unchecked, she could become hyperthermic which is potentially fatal.
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Post by Phalon on Jun 25, 2012 6:19:44 GMT -6
Sowbugs, pillbugs, or what we've always called them - rolly-pollies - aren't insects. And although they look like them, they aren't tiny armadillos either. They're related to lobsters.
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Post by Spock on Jun 25, 2012 11:03:02 GMT -6
... They're related to lobsters. Fascinating. I wonder what they would taste like with a butter sauce.
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Post by Phalon on Jun 26, 2012 4:48:26 GMT -6
Let me know how that works out for you, Spock!
Bluck and shudder.
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Post by Spock on Jun 26, 2012 13:11:33 GMT -6
Hmm, not bad. Just the right amount of crunch and still fairly tender if sauteed long enough.
Reminds me of when I went through SERE training with the Navy. Between having just gotten out of the hospital after a weeks stay and the week in "training", I lost 30 pounds!
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Post by Phalon on Jun 27, 2012 4:38:34 GMT -6
Eeeew, Spock, did you have to eat bugs and other icky creepy-crawlies to survive?
The closest comparison I can make, which is probably not close at all except for it involved a week in the field, is when I went through the Army's EFMB training. This was when MREs had been recently introduced to replace MCIs, but there was still a stockpile of MCIs, so that's what we ate.
Bugs might have been better.
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Post by stepper on Jun 27, 2012 15:57:53 GMT -6
My next door neighbor was a SERE instructor for the AF. When he retired he was the AFSC manager for the SERE career field.
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Post by Spock on Jun 27, 2012 20:28:24 GMT -6
... did you have to eat bugs and other icky creepy-crawlies to survive? ... No, the area they let us loose in was where all the classes were processed. We couldn't find so much as a roach to eat!
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Post by stepper on Sept 8, 2012 14:08:10 GMT -6
Iwao Takamoto, the now deceased creator of the cartoon character Scooby-Doo, learned some of his illustration techniques while at a WRA camp. As a Japanese American in California, he was one of many moved to a War Relocation Authority camp during WW-II.
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Post by katina2nd on Jan 25, 2013 20:44:51 GMT -6
This is a pretty useless fact if ever I saw one, but kinda interesting, and a certain regular poster here sprang to mind when I heard it. Some tests were apparently carried out on Spiders (don't ask me why) to see which had the most detrimental effect, LSD or Caffine. Their already excellent web building actually improved under the effect of one substance, while under the other turned into a complete dogs breakfast (mess) Guess which was which?
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 25, 2013 22:39:19 GMT -6
LSD = Improved
Caffine = Mess
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Post by katina2nd on Jan 26, 2013 6:31:06 GMT -6
Spot on Jox. And that makes me worry about that regular on here, seeing the effect Caffine has.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 26, 2013 8:29:40 GMT -6
Well, That explains a lot.
No need to worry, Dear Katina; I can handle my caffeine. (Addicts always say that, don't they?)
If you see my web-building improve, though.....well, then you can start worrying.
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Post by stepper on Jan 26, 2013 12:23:32 GMT -6
You've got a spinneret??
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Post by Phalon on Jan 27, 2013 7:47:15 GMT -6
No. Although The Spinners are still touring after all these years, their female backup singers moved on decades ago.
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Post by stepper on Jan 27, 2013 10:59:13 GMT -6
I remember them. One moved on to movies and starred in Disney's Bug's Life - she played the black widow spider Rosie. But it wasn't a singing role - she just shot out webs as safety nets.
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