tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post7252841396711196190..comments2023-12-23T05:14:34.273-05:00Comments on Wit's End: Nothing but sky, the sound of the water, and the water's replyGail Zawackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-8963631720891022282016-01-28T22:47:34.590-05:002016-01-28T22:47:34.590-05:00Well, it's good to hear you're both coping...Well, it's good to hear you're both coping adequately. However, not knowing how you are doing your snow "removal," I'd like to suggest you search for "snow sleigh shovel." I got mine about 3 yrs ago and can clear as much (if not more) snow than my neighbors can with their noisy snow-blowers, or my full-time drunk, biker moron to my west can with his ATV with snow-blade (usually making a "ridged" mess of the street), in the same amount of time and with little "exertion," i.e. no sore, achy muscles, no labored breathing. Not to mention, no fuel costs, smell or noise. My 30'x30' garage turn-around and 70' more driveway take me just a bit more than an hour regardless of snowfall depth. I wanted to post a link but, when doing a search for the one I have (more manufacturers now), Win-10 informed me that my video driver had crashed which resulted in crashing Win10. Linux, here I come.colinchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16925142870563262957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-11019940133962042622016-01-28T21:11:58.000-05:002016-01-28T21:11:58.000-05:00Gail, thank you very kindly for the "relay&qu...Gail, thank you very kindly for the "relay" of Lidia's response. BTW, Gail, I'd very much like to know/see the difference in the "tracking data" you have available for THIS comment in "relation" to that of any of my previous comments. Thanks in advance if you can let me know.<br /><br />Lidia, thank you, too, very kindly for that response. I'd not expected those "witticisms" were from such an "obscure" source. I did try to view the content on that site but, as you asserted, it's "members only" and I'm disinclined to acquiesce. However, I'm guessing that you and possibly "others" may be "surprised" when I admit that I did <i>more than a little</i> macramé over about 2 years in my "youth." From Aug-'74 thru Apr-'76 I "served" as deckhand/watchman on several "boats" (pejorative intended) in U.S.Steel's Great Lakes Fleet. When not "working/on-watch," there really isn't much to do and macramé along with "knotting" (made my own hammock) and leather-braiding kept idle hands preoccupied until the next port/emergency. Can any of you <i>imagine</i> how big a wave "must" be to literally crumple a 4 ft by 7 ft, heavy-duty (i.e., UN-bendable by human hands), steel "screen" on the backside of the "stack" which is at least 50 ft from the stern and at least 30 ft above water-line? Can you further imagine riding-out several such storms, each lasting several hours or more? I'm guessing you've heard of the Edmund Fitzgerald, how about the Arthur M. Anderson? Now, back to your regular programming.colinchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16925142870563262957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-54726978157989685972016-01-27T15:19:37.612-05:002016-01-27T15:19:37.612-05:00GREAT article, thanks! I myself was surprised whe...GREAT article, thanks! I myself was surprised when I first saw Jack Fishman say that SH ozone is just as bad due to agricultural burns as NH from industry. It lends credence too, to the contention by Richard Mollison and Charles Little, that even the early die-offs of, say, chestnut and elm from fungal pandemics had their beginnings in man made pollution.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-75285267585000442722016-01-27T14:27:32.093-05:002016-01-27T14:27:32.093-05:00beautiful poem!
ozone pollution from non-industri...beautiful poem!<br /><br />ozone pollution from non-industrial (but still human) sources: https://eos.org/articles/human-made-fires-pollute-air-with-ozone-half-a-world-away<br />foglighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448777225281498137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-68902765900521168002016-01-27T12:18:01.718-05:002016-01-27T12:18:01.718-05:00hi gail and all
http://www.theguardian.com/environ...hi gail and all<br />http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/27/world-heritage-forests-burn-as-global-tragedy-unfolds-in-tasmania<br /><br />michele/montrealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-11475699452487684922016-01-27T08:17:58.752-05:002016-01-27T08:17:58.752-05:00This was my driveway in between first and second p...This was my driveway in between first and second plowing:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7869huHL3yQGail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-49807363600349404022016-01-27T08:13:51.867-05:002016-01-27T08:13:51.867-05:00From Lidia:
For Colin C..
I got this material fro...From Lidia:<br /><br />For Colin C..<br />I got this material from Ravelry, which is a site to do with fiber arts: knitting, crochet, spinning and weaving in more or less that order. It has a lot of useful database power as well as a social media aspect. There are people (mostly women) from all over the English-speaking world and beyond, from all walks of life, so it's an interesting cross-section of humanity.<br /><br />I'm not sure if one can access the thread directly without being a member (it is free to join and there is zero spamming). <br />Maybe Colin would like to take up a soothing and largely biodegradable hobby?<br /><br />Here's the link anyway... I edited out some of the thread, but what I posted was the bulk of the first flush of responses. <br />http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/3356678<br />I see there are 132 new "say what?" comments since I last visited...!Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-70844808205647024342016-01-27T08:11:00.856-05:002016-01-27T08:11:00.856-05:00Hey Gail, Nice artistic touch with the poem.
coli...Hey Gail, Nice artistic touch with the poem.<br /><br />colinc: yeah, after digging out all day Sunday (the roads here are still a mess after 3 days above freezing) I'm still here. Following the Ray Batman nonsense (Hey Ray, what are we talking about if none of this is real?) I just skim through for the gems (like Lidia's) and Guy's latest. No sense wasting our time when it's all going to end soon anyway. Good discovery too (in your above comment).<br /><br />Tom<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-48295216140461023792016-01-26T20:21:55.010-05:002016-01-26T20:21:55.010-05:00Well, NOW I'm going to have to shit and fall b...Well, NOW I'm going to have to shit and fall back in it!! I woulda' swore on a stack of Bibles, my mother's grave (actually, her and my father's "ashes" are less than 8 ft. away as I type) or anything else that I HAD included an "r" in "souce material," in the 2nd paragraph of my 1st comment of this sub-thread!! FUCK ME!!! I [almost] always "note" the squiggly, red underlines in text-boxes and take appropriate steps to eliminate them. HTF did I NOT notice <i>that one</i> at the time, prior to posting?!?!?! Guess I'm left with little other option than running some diagnostic processes on my "mind." (Since I'm still upright and breathing [I think], I'm guessing my "brain" is still somewhat functional.) Of course, being "mostly human," I'll <i>defend</i> my oversight by saying I was on my 4th glass of wine (nope, nowhere near enough to be <i>that</i> inane) and was ruminating on how best to augment the left-over pasta "sauce" for tonight's dinner. Yes, I know, that's both weak AND lame, but "Hey!", I'm on this rock and walk on 2 feet, most of the time, just like any(?!) other "human!" If you don't <i>understand</i> that last correlation, well, that makes at least 2 of us! :)<br /><br />All seriousness aside, can't really chide you in any way for NOT "check[ing] <i>there</i> anymore," I often wonder "Why?" I still do... except for the observations of Lidia, Tom and very few others. Most of the comments I just scroll past without hesitation. I mean, usually, I can "deal with" half-wits, but the dimwits, nitwits and fuckwits that NOW constitute the majority of the commentators "there," I just have absolutely no use for or interest in what they <i>believe</i>. I think Lidia's comment (referenced above) speaks volumes to such <i>beliefs</i>, more than most will take the time [or possess the <i>rationale</i>] to actually consider. I'm genuinely looking forward to the post you're writing. It may come in handy when talking with people who have Velcro-closures on their shoes! :)<br /><br />DAMN, I JUST realized, (more fool me) that AFTER I (or "you") do a [Preview] of my (/your) comment and "go back" to [Edit], all the squiggly, red underlines VANISH!! Now, isn't that "interesting!" Could it be, oh, I don't know, maybe "Google?!" :) As I've regurgitated often, over the past 2.5+ decades working in Info.Tech. (with a plethora of user.dumbshits) (and having acquired and learned how to program my 1st "computer" in 1983... in BASIC AND Assembler), "<i>Computers!!! Bah, humbug!! Who the fuck 'needs' them?</i>" WTF and <i>blow me down</i>, NOW the "squiggly-reds" do NOT vanish!! WTF? I better lay-off the wine and go back to 'shrooms and LSD!! :) AHA!! I'm NOT going fucking nutso', at least not any more than "usual." Clicking on [Edit], after doing a [Preview], the squiggly-reds DO, in fact, VANISH... until you click in the text box to actually, um, "edit," at which time they WILL reappear! So, lest I sound repetitious, FUCK ME. If this is "too much" or "beyond the pale," Gail, please, feel free to "trim" at your discretion. I NEED a cup of tea.colinchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16925142870563262957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-84324170958784784772016-01-26T16:41:40.353-05:002016-01-26T16:41:40.353-05:00Haha ColinC, Lidia and I go way back. Thanks for ...Haha ColinC, Lidia and I go way back. Thanks for posting that, I rarely check there anymore and I'm amazed she has held on through all the incessant woo-woo. This is priceless, I'm writing a post about free will and it will come in handy: "How can you have a “choice” when you can barely even tie your shoes?"Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-56267176855899340852016-01-26T15:42:19.987-05:002016-01-26T15:42:19.987-05:00In conjunction with the first part of my comment a...In conjunction with the first part of my comment above and in case anyone has yet to see it, the latest WunderBlog post, <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/freakish-sleet-snow-and-cold-sting-southeast-asia" rel="nofollow">Freakish Sleet, Snow, and Cold Sting Southeast Asia</a>, is worth the time.colinchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16925142870563262957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-22327069035453758202016-01-26T15:03:06.221-05:002016-01-26T15:03:06.221-05:00Knowing(?) that you, Gail, and Tom live near or in...Knowing(?) that you, Gail, and Tom live near or in the area of maximum impact from Jonas, I hope you both have been and are continuing to <i>weather the conditions</i> "comfortably." (Yeah, weak pun but couldn't help myself!) :) In days gone by, this type of system would have hammered my region (W of CLE) BEFORE getting to you. Here, there was barely a "sugar coating" which has now ALL melted. Not to worry, though, "reliable authorities" say AGW is a hoax, nothing to see here, please, move along! :)<br /><br />I've been, for the past year or so, <i>quite reluctant</i> (to put it mildly) to recommend or link anything from the following site but <a href="http://guymcpherson.com/2016/01/six-paths-to-near-term-human-extinction/#comment-170358" rel="nofollow">this gem</a> from one of the more astute commentators is worth a gander. Too bad there isn't a link supplied for the souce material. Several attempted searches using some combination of [“Say What?” forum recount “wtf?” moments] have proven futile.colinchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16925142870563262957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-40299884975609265092016-01-24T11:50:22.493-05:002016-01-24T11:50:22.493-05:00Thanks for the article. I tried a search engine I ...Thanks for the article. I tried a search engine I have never used before and had similar results. I don't know how the algorithms work, but it strikes me as a dangerous means of reinforcing bad information. We have plenty of screwy ideas being presented as truth. WeBoiled toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06605652809163296992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-13295257898582929072016-01-24T08:26:11.261-05:002016-01-24T08:26:11.261-05:00Well, google has some algorithm based on your view...Well, google has some algorithm based on your viewing history that determines what comes up in a search. So maybe as you are a furniture builder, it slants your results towards wood. There have been a quite a few articles about the pine beetle and a lot of research. Unfortunately nobody has any ideas about what to do about it other than looking for resistant species. This is because they don't want to admit that pollution underlies the problem, because nobody expects people to stop burning fuel. http://e360.yale.edu/feature/how_science_can_help_to_halt_the_western_bark_beetle_plague/2944/Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-42206523381094545882016-01-24T03:43:55.205-05:002016-01-24T03:43:55.205-05:00I am a rustic furniture builder who uses beetle ki...I am a rustic furniture builder who uses beetle killed<br />Pine. I hate seeing our forest die. Out of curiosity I googled Beetle Kill to see what is being done about it. The first two pages were all about what beautiful wood we get from the die off. (Beautiful blue stain pine) Only one usfs page of bureaucratic noise. I'm afraid nobody cares. Just another unit of noise from the TV cramming its way into all the other noise. Sorry it just saddens me. We continue to screw it up.Boiled toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06605652809163296992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-45261978378656901492016-01-22T22:16:52.100-05:002016-01-22T22:16:52.100-05:00Haha, you know you can 'command +' to make...Haha, you know you can 'command +' to make figure 2 nice and big :-)<br />I also found this one interesting:<br />http://bit.ly/1yt3pLW<br /><br />I always had assumed our weapons (all phallic) could only be the work of males, but this report (which provides follow-up evidence from a similar 2007 paper) notes that most weapon-making and weapon-assisted hunting in chimps was carried out by females, and suggests that the reason could be to compensate for the females' inferior physical strength relative males, who did not need weapons to kill!<br /><br />-jbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-37588103398350371252016-01-22T21:35:31.559-05:002016-01-22T21:35:31.559-05:00Ah yes... that discovery is next in the queue!Ah yes... that discovery is next in the queue!Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-78113537309322231302016-01-22T21:26:18.868-05:002016-01-22T21:26:18.868-05:00That is a beautiful poem, Gail.
1935!
And who can...That is a beautiful poem, Gail.<br />1935! <br />And who can imagine 11'000 YBP with giant sloths spreading Joshua Tree seeds?<br />Many mass extinctions played out over tens of thousands of years.<br />The Anthropocene Mass Extinction is no exception I guess...<br />Thought you'd 'like' this:<br />http://bit.ly/1TesEcN<br /><br />-jbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com