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[scifan57]

 

[BobbyBoomer]

Not my picture, but I couldn't resist.

BTW, I turned off the TV in the mid 1980s, no cable, no antenna, no digital converter and my life got much more interesting because of that. I've never seen Cheers, Seinfeld, Sopranos, Housewives, Idol, Simsons, and any of the others - not once. Full disclosure: we do have the minimum Netflix CD in the mail subscription and we watch a movie per week.

 

[scifan57]

Not my picture, but I couldn't resist.

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BTW, I turned off the TV in the mid 1980s, no cable, no antenna, no digital converter and my life got much more interesting because of that. I've never seen Cheers, Seinfeld, Sopranos, Housewives, Idol, Simsons, and any of the others - not once. Full disclosure: we do have the minimum Netflix CD in the mail subscription and we watch a movie per week.

So that's where TV content providers get their content from. I always wondered.

 

[BobbyBoomer]

From my recent trip to DC and the "Air & Space". It's tough getting artistic pictures in there because it's so crowded with wonderful exhibits. The Spirit of St. Louis (Registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built, single engine, single-seat monoplane that was flown solo by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927, on the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris for which Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize.

Lindbergh took off in the Spirit from Roosevelt Airfield, Garden City (Long Island), New York and landed 33 hours, 30 minutes later at Aéroport Le Bourget in Paris, France, a distance of approximately 3,600 miles (5,800 km).

That averages a little over 100 mph or a little over 175 kph.

I wonder if his luggage arrived

 

[J. A.]

A few observations from my walk last evening
The small black dots are starlings. I do hope they're visible.

A snail, preparing for winter

(iPhone)
Haws

And the clouds after sunset

 

[J. A.]

Here's the common front stairs frog in his natural habitat

 

[giradman]

Yesterday, Susan & I saw the new movie The Martian w/ Matt Damon, who was excellent in this role - there have been a number of these recent 'solo space' films, like Interstellar & Gravity - we also saw both of the latter in 3D, and enjoyed The Martian the most.

The CGI of the planet Mars was just amazing on the BIG SCREEN in 3D (a couple of images below) - assume based on a lot of the recent images obtain of the planet - if the topic is of interest, then highly recommended - I would do a 4*/5* rating on Amazon. Dave

 

[J. A.]

Yesterday, Susan & I saw the new movie The Martian w/ Matt Damon, who was excellent in this role - there have been a number of these recent 'solo space' films, like Interstellar & Gravity - we also saw both of the latter in 3D, and enjoyed The Martian the most.

The CGI of the planet Mars was just amazing on the BIG SCREEN in 3D (a couple of images below) - assume based on a lot of the recent images obtain of the planet - if the topic is of interest, then highly recommended - I would do a 4*/5* rating on Amazon. Dave

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Interstellar is excellent, I've watched it several times.

I haven't seen The Martian yet, but intend to. I've heard from a few people that it's good.

 

[J. A.]

Apple rose

 

[BobbyBoomer]

Johanna, we have European Starlings here in North America. They were brought over from Europe and have become as 'native' as the Europeans on this continent.

The Haws have me curious. I googled and didn't find. Can you share some info? Thanks.

Bob

 

[J. A.]

Johanna, we have European Starlings here in North America. They were brought over from Europe and have become as 'native' as the Europeans on this continent.

The Haws have me curious. I googled and didn't find. Can you share some info? Thanks.

Bob

Sorry, it looks like I used the wrong translation. Sometimes it's a question of choosing the right expression out of two or even more.

Here's a link to Wikipedia with information:
Rose hip - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Czevski]

Johanna, we have European Starlings here in North America. They were brought over from Europe and have become as 'native' as the Europeans on this continent.

The Haws have me curious. I googled and didn't find. Can you share some info? Thanks.

Bob

And starlings are a "gift" we wish we didn't have! They are pretty but they can empty feeders quickly when they are flocking.

 

[BobbyBoomer]

Rose hips I know. Thanks. I can't grow roses where I live, the soil is to alkaline. If i converted it to be more acidic, I'd be doing the lagoon nearby and injustice.

And I don't mind re-filling the feeders.

Pretty soon we'll have the painted buntings and goldfinches here (although the goldfinches have grey plumage when they arrive), then the indigo buntings will arrive. And those three birds can also empty a feeder pretty fast, but we get a nice show while they are here.

In the summertime, all we get at the feeders are cardinals, blue jays and red-bellied woodpeckers. They are nice birds, but being here all year around they tend to be 'normal' and we get excited when something new shows up.

I planted a lot of trees so we don't get them at the feeders, but we do get warblers, flycatchers and quite a few other interesting birds.

We live next to a nature preserve so we get Sandhill Cranes, Bobcats, Opossums, Foxes, Snakes, Gohper Tortoises, and quite a few other interesting animals passing through.

Love them all.

 

[J. A.]

And starlings are a "gift" we wish we didn't have! They are pretty but they can empty feeders quickly when they are flocking.

We wish we didn't have them either. A flock of starlings can eat the grapes of a whole vineyard within minutes.

 

[BobbyBoomer]

We wish we didn't have them either. A flock of starlings can eat the grapes of a whole vineyard within minutes.

That can be a problem.