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teeroy

the secret to the giant pumpkins is estrogen, the dude at the hydroponics store told me that. he had a float table system outside the back of his shop on Whyte avenue in Edmonton, and the pumpkins on hay beds on the ground. the largest one was 4 feet across, and it was in july.

Zeke

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
I'll throw a science question out there, since we'd all be involved in this:

The last 10 years or so, Astronomers have recorded Near-Earth Asteroids passing WAAAY too close to Earth. If one should be in our path of impact, what do you think is the best way to avoid that happening?

I can't say "blow it up" because now you have 150 asteroids hitting us. I think the best thing is, design a probe we can launch, attach itself to the asteroid, and gently 'push' it out of it's current path with jets. It may cost a lot, but it would be well worth it!

Ideas?

Shit, I'll be dead and you all will be on fire.....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by Scales
Have you seen how big Saskatchewan is on a map. We have less than 1,000,000 people living here.
The farmers bitch that any money is spent by the government on "stupid things like dinosaurs"
A small town in Saskatchewan built a museum when the most complete skeleton of a T-Rex was found there, Scotty. I got a behind the scenes tour from one of the interperaters who knew me through my reptile stuff, and she showed me the only skeleton of a pleseosaur ever found in Saskatchewan.
It was found in some old guys attic, many years after he died, they had no information about where he found it or anything. He had put it all back together, almost perfectly, and it sat in his attic. They used this as an example of why amateur guys should report everything, so it can be documented correctly.
A huge coincidence, at a reptile show 300 miles away from the museum, and only 6 months later, an old timer was looking at some of the fossils I took out on display. He told me a story of him and his buddy finding a sea monster skeleton many years ago. This was the friend of the same guy who had it in his attic, I got his name and number and gave it to the museum so he could tell them where and when he found it, and all of the particulars.

That's a cool story. A real Plesiosaur! it must not have been too big, if it fit in an attic. They mold The Loch ness monster after that dinosaur.
So, it seems that Seskatchewan is huge, and is mostly unexplored! is that from cold, or just vast land?

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by Zeke
Shit, I'll be dead and you all will be on fire.....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Not if it hits tonight...
:)

nfrey2

Science hobbies, being pretty invovled in my mechanical engineering program at USF I dabble in a ton of cool scientific stuff. For example for our Formula/Baja motorsports team, we design and build race cars, 3D modeling, FEA, N-D testing, material properties research, carbon/aramid composites, fuel management systems, actively controlled vehicle dynamics.

We also built our own engine dynometer, using an eddy current brake run through a pc controlled power controller.

We are currently developing a shock dynometer to get some real numbers on the performance of suspension dampers we buy. The manufacturers tend to gussy up their figures.

Side project wise we built a turbojet out of an old CAT turbo and am currently retrofitting it to a tool cart to use for promotional stuff for the team.

At my house my roommate has setup a pretty productive home brew system so that we usually can keep one corporate beer and one homebrew on tap in our kegorator at all times.

I drive a classic Range Rover and wheel it pretty extensively. I continually design my own parts to upgrade weak points in the vehicle.

Zeke

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Not if it hits tonight...
:)

But I'm already dead....

onewhip

In case you guys haven't read it...

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond, is an excellent book. Some of you evolutionists may really enjoy it, if you haven't read it already. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999 maybe?

It's pretty tedious in parts, but it brings up some highly simplistic, yet complex points.

Amazing, I found it to be, but I had to read it with a highlighter. :(

MeSelf

Alright, kids...I'm back. The eclipse was in totality when the moon rose. But, I waited it out and took photos from that point until it reached full phase.

I have uploaded a handful of the photos to here March 3 '07 Lunar Eclipse .

I filled up a 1GB memory card, but only uploaded a few. Keep in mind I have just started photography as a hobby. I just got a Canon 30D. Instead of the standard kit lens, I upgraded to a standard zoom that has a decent wide angle view with some zoom capabilities. All these photos were taken at a focal length of 135mm. Hopefully, I can upgrade to a lens with better zoom capabilities...;)

I got to catch up on the previous posts...I'll be reading... :)

Scales

Quote: Originally posted by teeroy
the secret to the giant pumpkins is estrogen, the dude at the hydroponics store told me that. he had a float table system outside the back of his shop on Whyte avenue in Edmonton, and the pumpkins on hay beds on the ground. the largest one was 4 feet across, and it was in july.

Estrogen? Where am I supposed to buy that? The most telling thing might have been the "A dude at a hydroponics store... " who knows what he was smoking when he told you that, know what I mean. I can't find anything on google, but if it is a secret, I didn' expec to find it.

Records are being broken every year. Genetics seems to be important, so does hybrid vigor (using polen from another plant). I might try growing giant pumpkins this year, but I park my boats in my garden now, so we'll see.

I do like gardening, especially indoor gardening. I used to grow a lot of food for my tortoises in doors, as well as other things. It is a lot like snake breeding actually, temperature, air, and humidity are all very important. I wonder if anyone has ever set up a big pumpkin grow indoors, using some of the tricks that hydroponic marijuana growers use (C02, aeroponics, etcss)

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by nfrey2
Science hobbies, being pretty invovled in my mechanical engineering program at USF I dabble in a ton of cool scientific stuff. For example for our Formula/Baja motorsports team, we design and build race cars, 3D modeling, FEA, N-D testing, material properties research, carbon/aramid composites, fuel management systems, actively controlled vehicle dynamics.
We also built our own engine dynometer, using an eddy current brake run through a pc controlled power controller.
We are currently developing a shock dynometer to get some real numbers on the performance of suspension dampers we buy. The manufacturers tend to gussy up their figures.
Side project wise we built a turbojet out of an old CAT turbo and am currently retrofitting it to a tool cart to use for promotional stuff for the team.
At my house my roommate has setup a pretty productive home brew system so that we usually can keep one corporate beer and one homebrew on tap in our kegorator at all times.
I drive a classic Range Rover and wheel it pretty extensively. I continually design my own parts to upgrade weak points in the vehicle.

That's pretty cool man! I like the keg invention! hehee

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by Zeke
But I'm already dead....

I still see sparks.

teeroy

Quote: Originally posted by onewhip
In case you guys haven't read it...

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond, is an excellent book. Some of you evolutionists may really enjoy it, if you haven't read it already. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999 maybe?

It's pretty tedious in parts, but it brings up some highly simplistic, yet complex points.

Amazing, I found it to be, but I had to read it with a highlighter. :(

haven't read that, will look it up. another cool book is called The Bell Curve, explains how the farther away from the equator native peoples originated, the more intelligence they posessed. interesting reading....:tu:

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by onewhip
In case you guys haven't read it...
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond, is an excellent book. Some of you evolutionists may really enjoy it, if you haven't read it already. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999 maybe?
It's pretty tedious in parts, but it brings up some highly simplistic, yet complex points.
Amazing, I found it to be, but I had to read it with a highlighter. :(

I haven't seen that one. It deals with evolution as a whole?

teeroy

Quote: Originally posted by Scales
Estrogen? Where am I supposed to buy that?

when one of your mares become pregnant, save her piss. it's loaded with it. that's where the drug companies get it from.

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by MeSelf
Alright, kids...I'm back. The eclipse was in totality when the moon rose. But, I waited it out and took photos from that point until it reached full phase.
I have uploaded a handful of the photos to here March 3 '07 Lunar Eclipse .

YOU ARE THE MANNNNNNNNNNN!
I got clouded out here, sucks. My websites will be loaded with pics from around the world tomorrow morning.

www.spaceweather.com
skytonight.com
www.astronomy.com

These 3 sites will have great pics. especially Spaceweather.

onewhip

Quote: Originally posted by teeroy
haven't read that, will look it up. another cool book is called The Bell Curve, explains how the farther away from the equator native peoples originated, the more intelligence they posessed. interesting reading....:tu:

I'll get the next time I go to Church (Barnes & Noble). Thanks. I'm a bookworm. Or I was... now I'm a Mommy. ;)

rigmover2307

i'v got lots of hobbies, i love to learn new things, i watch all kinds of documentarys on hist and disc channel, working on learning irish gaelic right now. i breed tropical fish and ornamental pond fish. and i have a gardening affinity. right now i have 283 chile plants of 13 different varieties in starter pots, i also pick the plants with the best attributes each year for my seed stock. besides the peppers, i grow four different varieties of corn, 6 of pumpkin on the smaller side though, it eats like squash, and i use them in pies, and single varieties of several other vegetables, oh and four varieties of tobaco. then in my spare time i work 80 hours a week

Scales

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
That's a cool story. A real Plesiosaur! it must not have been too big, if it fit in an attic. They mold The Loch ness monster after that dinosaur.]

Plesiosaurs refer to any aquatic reptile. There are many different species as far as I know. They are reptiles, and not dinosaurs... blah blah blah, I could go on and on.

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
So, it seems that Seskatchewan is huge, and is mostly unexplored! is that from cold, or just vast land?

Yes, it is a frozen hostile wasteland. There is much work to be done if we were to survive the elements. After boring a hole through the ice to find food, my good friend Nantuk and I would build an igloo to protect ourselves from polar bears and flying hockey pucks. Then wewould drink a lot of beer. And when Nantuk was ready, he would tell me the story of the great moose, who said to the little squirrel, 'Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat.

Just kidding. I live in a desert area, very hot in the summer. One of the sunniest places in North America. We have rattlesnakes, black widows and scorpions living here.

It is very vast land, a lot of rarely travelled areas, and very few people doing much exploring.

PriceIsRight

Genetic engineering is used all the time for produce. Anyone ever see a seedless watermelon? Know how it became seedless?
;)

rigmover2307

oh and i love the astronomy thing too. had to leave my telescope in tx when i moved and its long gone now.

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
. then in my spare time i work 80 hours a week

:lol:

teeroy

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Genetic engineering is used all the time for produce. Anyone ever see a seedless watermelon? Know how it became seedless?
;)

ummmmm, condoms? :D

Scales

Quote: Originally posted by teeroy
when one of your mares become pregnant, save her piss. it's loaded with it. that's where the drug companies get it from.

Don't own any horses any more... Got rid of them the same day I got rid of the wife :)

And now they are making synthetic estrogen, that is why so many of the PMU (pregnant mare urine) barns have shut down in the last few years.

MeSelf

Speaking of pumpkins...I bought my house in Sep 04 from the estate of a older gentleman that had died in the early Spring of 2004. He had already planted his garden, but didn't live long enough to enjoy it. Anyway he had planted pumpkins sometime during the spring. By the time I bought the house, there were 3-4 pumpkins about 6 months old.

I'm 6'1" with a wing span of about 6'. I could get my arms around only about 1/2 of the largest pumpkin and it took two of us to get it in the wheelbarrow to move it. It had to weigh 125lbs or so...

Not thinking, I didn't save any of the seeds. They were about the size of a quarter. Luckily, the next year, we had a volunteer vine come up and bare fruit. I saved the seeds this time... :D

purelithium

I'm an amateur photographer, that's my passion.

I have a Canon Digital Rebel(300D) Digital SLR with a Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 Lens and a Canon 50mm f/1.8 Mk2 Lens. other miscellaneous photography stuff too. I don't have many of my shots on my website yet, but some are there.

http://www.thethirdelement.org

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by Scales

Just kidding. I live in a desert area, very hot in the summer. One of the sunniest places in North America. We have rattlesnakes, black widows and scorpions living here.

It is very vast land, a lot of rarely travelled areas, and very few people doing much exploring.

hehee..yes, in summer, it MUST be hot there. The sun is nearly overhead at that latitude in summer, and stays up for many hours. I'm surprised they haven't surveyed the land with sonar and infra-red on planes. It would give an idea of the terrain, and explorers could branch out a little more safely, than just going out there blind.

onewhip

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
I haven't seen that one. It deals with evolution as a whole?

It expounds on the emergence of Western Civilization, but it poses the question of WHY did Western Civilization flourish instead of say... African Civilization. Why did Europeans go forth and pilfer/prosper and spawn modern civilizations instead of maybe South Americans?

It all pretty much comes down to Guns (whether a civilization can fashion weapons of war), Germs (immune responses and resistance), and Steel (geography/geology and again, the ability to harness this resource).

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
oh and i love the astronomy thing too. had to leave my telescope in tx when i moved and its long gone now.

That bites!
If you're thinking of buying another, look at www.oriontelescopes.com they really have a nice selection of optical equipment. When they started, they weren't that good. But now, they make great equipment!

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by teeroy
ummmmm, condoms? :D

hehee you sicko.

Scales

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Genetic engineering is used all the time for produce. Anyone ever see a seedless watermelon? Know how it became seedless?
;)

The big tomatoes that we get in the grocery stores actually have dna spliced in from a large strain of salmon.

That is similar to what was mentioned on Bubba or Howard the other day, the Canadian goats that have some Spider DNA so that they can spin spider webs instead of produce milk.

All that kind of stuff scares me, I think humans should keep their noses out of mother nature.

Back to the Chupacabra thing, a lot of people think it might be a man made creature, that escaped.

MeSelf

Quote: Originally posted by teeroy
ummmmm, condoms? :D

:lol:

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by purelithium
I'm an amateur photographer, that's my passion.

I have a Canon Digital Rebel(300D) Digital SLR with a Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 Lens and a Canon 50mm f/1.8 Mk2 Lens. other miscellaneous photography stuff too. I don't have many of my shots on my website yet, but some are there.

http://www.thethirdelement.org

I like the train shot, with the cloudy background. Makes the dark cars stand out!

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by onewhip
It expounds on the emergence of Western Civilization, but it poses the question of WHY did Western Civilization flourish instead of say... African Civilization. Why did Europeans go forth and pilfer/prosper and spawn modern civilizations instead of maybe South Americans?

It all pretty much comes down to Guns (whether a civilization can fashion weapons of war), Germs (immune responses and resistance), and Steel (geography/geology and again, the ability to harness this resource).

That sounds pretty cool! That's a good question, why one part of the world prospers, and another dies.

Scales

Both those books sound really interesting.

But I urge all of you to get a copy of Daniel Qunn's "story of B" . It is amazing, and a real eye opener. It is nothing new, but once you see it in writing it really makes things clear.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_B Get it!!!!

Another interesting read, is "The 12th planet" by Zacharia Sitchen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zecharia_Sitchin

It gives an alternate view to evolution, basically saying that aliens come to earth every so many years (12000 I think) and cross with "humans" to make them more like themselves. A lot of people do beleive in this (I am not one of them) but I have to admit, it makes more sense to me than the bible does.

It is odd, that humans have lived on the earth so long, but advancements in technology have only really started happening a short while ago.

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by Scales

Back to the Chupacabra thing, a lot of people think it might be a man made creature, that escaped.

Could be. A genetic experiment. I've heard of that. A science teacher of mine told me about an animal that was engineered, and locked away. it screams all day, jumps around, bangs into walls, will rip anything apart that comes near it. And I can't remember what the details were.
Possibly this animal?

MeSelf

I haven't read it, but am curious...Was it due to the difference in the wealth of the two continents? ;)

Scales

Not sure if you caught some of the discussion earlier about cameras and things.

I like your pictures, I'm going to spend more time on that site looking around.

I would like to get a Digital SLR, probably Canon... but even though prices have come down, good lenses are so expensive, and I'd be wanting to buy the best lenses, and lots of them.

I don't have a lot of extra cash to spend on things (o.k, no extra cash) so I think I will probably go with one of the newer hybrid type fujifilms - I sure liked my last one, and save up for a good DSLR.

If you missed the link I posted to a few of my pictures (now I'm really itching to put the rest of my good ones up there) http://www.flickr.com/photos/longhaired_countryboy

rigmover2307

took me a month to read it, but i loved hawking's a brief history of time

Scales

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Could be. A genetic experiment. I've heard of that. A science teacher of mine told me about an animal that was engineered, and locked away. it screams all day, jumps around, bangs into walls, will rip anything apart that comes near it. And I can't remember what the details were.Possibly this animal?

Could be. I used to think the Chupacabra was the stupidest cryptology animal ever, and just lore. But the more new information I read, the more I think there is something actually out there.

Whatever the animal is that has been found, does seem like something new, not a coyote with mange. I have to find that live picture of the animal that looks a lot like the dead ones I posted, to me it looks like kind of feline like.

There are also a lot of people who think it is an alien animal. There are also reports of U.S government vehicles and enclosed NASA vehicles driving around the areas of recent mass sightings.

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
took me a month to read it, but i loved hawking's a brief history of time

Would you believe he's going to be on a 0-G flight next month?

http://www.space.com/news/ap_070301_hawking_zerog.html

rigmover2307

Quote: Originally posted by Scales
Could be. I used to think the Chupacabra was the stupidest cryptology animal ever, and just lore. But the more new information I read, the more I think there is something actually out there.

Whatever the animal is that has been found, does seem like something new, not a coyote with mange. I have to find that live picture of the animal that looks a lot like the dead ones I posted, to me it looks like kind of feline like.

There are also a lot of people who think it is an alien animal. There are also reports of U.S government vehicles and enclosed NASA vehicles driving around the areas of recent mass sightings.

like the infamous Jackalope?

PriceIsRight

I saw a pic of an animal about 2 months ago, in the news. it kinda looked like adog, but it's completely unknown. Did you see that?

Chupacabra has been a topic for too long to be nothing. Somehow, it stays secret enough to avoid any research.

rigmover2307

perhaps a skinwalker?

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
perhaps a skinwalker?

You know, I'm working on researching that. I don't know what it is, but I've heard about it. And it's on my list of things to research.

Scales

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
I saw a pic of an animal about 2 months ago, in the news. it kinda looked like adog, but it's completely unknown. Did you see that?

I don't have television. Was it live or dead? Was it really skinny, grey, and almost hairless? you saw those pictures of a dead unknown creature earlier, right?

The other interesting thing I've read lately, was showing how the Loch Ness and other big lakes that are supposed to have sea monsters, are at about the same latitude (or longitude) as each other, and all could have underwater passage to the sea.

I'm suprised there hasn't been more hard proof for the sasktwatch, something I am sure exists. A lot of people wonder why we never find a dead one, but did you know that people never find bears that die of natural causes... and there are lots of bears.

Scales

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
You know, I'm working on researching that. I don't know what it is, but I've heard about it. And it's on my list of things to research.

I get interested in something, and research the hell out of it.... as you might be able to tell :D

I love google, youtube and wikipedia. Researching stuff on the internet is definitely one of my favorite passtimes, I've spent thousands of hours doing it.

Even in highschool, before the internet, people called me "Cliff Claven". There are very few topics I don't know atleast something about to be able to interject with a comment or a fact about it, much like Cliffy did on Cheers.

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by Scales
I don't have television. Was it live or dead? Was it really skinny, grey, and almost hairless? you saw those pictures of a dead unknown creature earlier, right?

The other interesting thing I've read lately, was showing how the Loch Ness and other big lakes that are supposed to have sea monsters, are at about the same latitude (or longitude) as each other, and all could have underwater passage to the sea.

I'm suprised there hasn't been more hard proof for the sasktwatch, something I am sure exists. A lot of people wonder why we never find a dead one, but did you know that people never find bears that die of natural causes... and there are lots of bears.

No, this "dog" was black. I wish I knew where to search for it. I forget what they called it. But it's an unknown animal that was attacking local pets. And I think a car hit it, and it died.

Yes, all of the water "monsters" exist along the same latitude on Earth. Probably the best conditions to survive, i would think.

And I did hear of a "bigfoot" type body being found, I think late last year. When they die, others probably take the body, so they're never found. hair, feces, etc are always found, and have been analyzed. No known species.

onewhip

Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
took me a month to read it, but i loved hawking's a brief history of time

Very good. That was the first thing I read that opened up the physical concepts of space and time to me as "plotted points," as I am a visual learner. I kind of struggled in Physics until I read that book.

Funny enough, I have learned a lot about the workings of the brain on an evolutionary level since becoming a mother, reinforcing many concepts I read about in Guns, Germs, and Steel. There are just things that happen or don't happen to your body, essentially to protect your and your child's (and your tribe's) survival, assuming you are in a hunter/gatherer or a nomadic society.

That probably doesn't make sense to you guys, but sometimes the simplest things can really be eye-opening.

rigmover2307

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
You know, I'm working on researching that. I don't know what it is, but I've heard about it. And it's on my list of things to research.

gimmie five miniutes i will explain the skinwalker legend. just leave colin powell out of it

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by Scales
I get interested in something, and research the hell out of it.... as you might be able to tell :D

I love google, youtube and wikipedia. Researching stuff on the internet is definitely one of my favorite passtimes, I've spent thousands of hours doing it.

I never had a computer when everyone else did. I bought my first in Dec 1995. I always read about 'info online' in my astronomy magazines. So, I bought one. And I have hundreds of sites for each of my hobbies. I can't function until I go through my sites in the morning!

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by onewhip

That probably doesn't make sense to you guys, but sometimes the simplest things can really be eye-opening.

I hear what you're saying!

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
gimmie five miniutes i will explain the skinwalker legend. just leave colin powell out of it

I think i hear his car pulling up..
:D

Scales

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
No, this "dog" was black. I wish I knew where to search for it. I forget what they called it. But it's an unknown animal that was attacking local pets. And I think a car hit it, and it died.

Yeah, that sounds like the the story I was thinking about I think. I"m sure that one was grey too though.

The farmer shot one, and when someone was on their way over to check it out, they hit one. They figure it must have been its mate.

They also call it the Elmendorf Creature, but it looks like other pictures of animals that some people think are chupacabra's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmendorf_Creature

This isn't the footage you saw, is it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6vRdy4SO4Y

This live footage of a dog thing looks like a dog or coyote with mange
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyLessPHDWE

onewhip

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
I think i hear his car pulling up..
:D

i know. sorry. i think he was walking up to my door.

PriceIsRight

Scales,
I found the animal I was talking about. it's not the one in your link.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14383883

rigmover2307

ok, i live in farmington nm, right next to the Navajo reservation. the Navajo story of the skinwalker goes something like this, a skinwalker is a powerful shaman, he kills an animal such as a wolf, butchers it, then stretches the skin on a rack over a fire. after the correct magic is worked, the shaman runs and jumps into the animal skin stretched over the fire, thus taking on the form of that animal. then the shaman is free to roam around and do whatever he wants in the form of an animal.
i am a man of science and am not one to believe in such creatures, but i swear i'v seen one. three years ago as a swamper on a rig up truck going to a rig move at around daybreak, going 65 mph down the highway. i looked out the window and saw a coyote running on its hind legs as a man would looking sideways at me through the glass. i commented, that was wierd, and explained what i saw to my driver who then told me the above story.

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
ok, i live in farmington nm, right next to the Navajo reservation. the Navajo story of the skinwalker goes something like this, a skinwalker is a powerful shaman, he kills an animal such as a wolf, butchers it, then stretches the skin on a rack over a fire. after the correct magic is worked, the shaman runs and jumps into the animal skin stretched over the fire, thus taking on the form of that animal. then the shaman is free to roam around and do whatever he wants in the form of an animal.
i am a man of science and am not one to believe in such creatures, but i swear i'v seen one. three years ago as a swamper on a rig up truck going to a rig move at around daybreak, going 65 mph down the highway. i looked out the window and saw a coyote running on its hind legs as a man would looking sideways at me through the glass. i commented, that was wierd, and explained what i saw to my driver who then told me the above story.

Wow, that's weird! Did he run into the road, or on the side of the road? And your driver wasn't surprised?

rigmover2307

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Scales,
I found the animal I was talking about. it's not the one in your link.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14383883

looks like a dog with too much inbreeding or other similar birth defects or random mutation. not really all that strange

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
looks like a dod with too much inbreeding or other similar birth defects or random mutation. not really all that strange

There were other pics, but this site doesn't show them. It doesn't look like a dog, and didn't act like one. Experts couldn't identify it.

PriceIsRight

Gonna lay down, let's keep it going!
:hw:

rigmover2307

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Wow, that's weird! Did he run into the road, or on the side of the road? And your driver wasn't surprised?

it ran parallel to the truck for about a 4 second look then turned right and off into the trees. i assumed i was hallucinating. my driver said "it was probably a skinwalker" all calm and normal, i asked what that was and he told me that explanation. lots of people here of all ethnic backgrounds are terrified of being out in the patch after dark cause of them.

mcbutton1970

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Thanks, man. All hobbies can be discussed here, not only science. Cross-stitching..is that lanyard? or hook-rugging?

Simple needlecraft, easier than embroidery. I do counted, which takes patience but looks so much better than the printed patterns. I prefer the bigger projects. I'll take pictures sometime just to show off some of my work.

onewhip

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Scales,
I found the animal I was talking about. it's not the one in your link.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14383883

i'm so glad you found that. i was driving myself nuts trying to remember where that picture was.

interesting that it was killed in Maine. near Stephen King, i'm sure.

MeSelf

One of my former favorite activities was white water kayaking. From that, I gained an appreciation for rivers and water in general, in particular the power of rivers at flood stage.

Here are some pictures from a water fall in the middle of Greenville, SC. It is Reedy River Falls and is about one block from my office.

http://picasaweb.google.com/skennix...key=aCGcj9YXhJA

The river is monitored by a USGS stream gauge and typically reads 1 foot with a discharge of 50 cubic feet per second. Last Thursday, we got 3 inches of rain. At the peak of flow, the river level was about 7 feet with a discharge of 3,000 cubic feet per second. Those pictures were taken Friday morning...

mcbutton1970

Quote: Originally posted by TheEdge
Mcbutton quick I think your wife logged in on your PC. :D

Yeah, it does surprise people that a male does that sort of thing. I've received compliments aplenty concerning my work.

Scales

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Scales,
I found the animal I was talking about. it's not the one in your link.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14383883

Hey, thanks a lot. I had seen that picture somewhere, and when you said black, I was looking for that picture. I had never seen the article to go with it.

I wonder if some of those weird things could be hybrids, natural or man made.

Hybrid animals, or Chimera's, also always make me fascinated. A few of my favorite examples of successful matings are.

Ligers - Can get way bigger than Lions or Tigers

And "borneo bateaters"

A cross between a burmese python and a reticulated python, 2 of the largest snakes on the planet. They have been found in the wild, and have been done in captivity (I tried). They can get larger than either of the pythons I mentioned it seems, but their pattern kind of resembles an anaconda (which is a boa, not a python)

onewhip

i remember my mom always telling me that Rosie Greer did counted crossstitch.

onewhip

Quote: Originally posted by Scales

Ligers - Can get way bigger than Lions or Tigers

"It's a Liger. Bred for its skills and magic."

Deathshead

Quote: Originally posted by onewhip
"It's a Liger. Bred for its skills and magic."

:D :D :D

mcbutton1970

Quote: Originally posted by onewhip
i remember my mom always telling me that Rosie Greer did counted crossstitch.

It's an amazing outlet for me whenever I need to regain focus. I'll take pictures tomorrow of my various works and post them here tomorrow. You might be rather surprised.

rigmover2307

Quote: Originally posted by mcbutton1970
It's an amazing outlet for me whenever I need to regain focus. I'll take pictures tomorrow of my various works and post them here tomorrow. You might be rather surprised.

i used to crochet when i was 12 it was a lot of fun. i even uset to make my own shorts and stuff with my moms sewing machine. i can still sew, but i forgot how to crochet long ago

Scales

Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
i used to crochet when i was 12 it was a lot of fun. i even uset to make my own shorts and stuff with my moms sewing machine. i can still sew, but i forgot how to crochet long ago

Well, since you guys are talking about things like that, I don't feel ashamed to admit the following.

I have a huge addiction to making ukranian easter eggs. I am not even ukranian, but I just can't help it. The process of covering the egg in wax, and cutting off the part you want the various colors of ink to stick is so fun.

Currently, I have 1763 eggs that I have painted in my collection. I have built seperate glass covered shelves for each one, on every wall of my house. I am installing little lights behind them, so far I am up to 337 lights installed.

O.k, I was joking about all of that :D :D :D :D I didn't want to make you crochet dorks feel bad :p

mcbutton1970

Quote: Originally posted by Scales
Well, since you guys are talking about things like that, I don't feel ashamed to admit the following.

I have a huge addiction to making ukranian easter eggs. I am not even ukranian, but I just can't help it. The process of covering the egg in wax, and cutting off the part you want the various colors of ink to stick is so fun.

Currently, I have 1763 eggs that I have painted in my collection. I have built seperate glass covered shelves for each one, on every wall of my house. I am installing little lights behind them, so far I am up to 337 lights installed.

O.k, I was joking about all of that :D :D :D :D I didn't want to make you crochet dorks feel bad :p

I don't feel bad at all about doing needlepoint. I always pictured you as an egghead anyway ... :D

rigmover2307

ok, like i said, i usetacould crochet. i was showing a little diversification in interests and trying not to leave mc b out there on that ledge alone.

thanks for the reshove there buddy! :D

rigmover2307

i have this insatiable appetite to learn things. regardlesss of anyone elses oinion on the matter

Scales

Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
ok, like i said, i usetacould crochet. i was showing a little diversification in interests and trying not to leave mc b out there on that ledge alone.

thanks for the reshove there buddy! :D

Hey, I was just trying to interject some laughs to take the heat off of you guys.

Truth be told, I have croche'd, and knitted, and could probably make myself some clothes and "doilies" right now if there was a gun to my head.

I hope Bubba gets to read about his "crocheting and knitting fans". Maybe he can dedicate 1/2 an hour per week to a crochet expert or something :D :D

It couldn't be worse than Dr. Mark :p

mcbutton1970

What ledge would that be?! I wouldn't have mentioned that as a hobby if I was insecure about it in any way. Believe it or not, it scores a few points with many of the ladies I've met in my life (that's not why I do it though). I genuinely enjoy working with my hands.

rigmover2307

Quote: Originally posted by mcbutton1970
What ledge would that be?! I wouldn't have mentioned that as a hobby if I was insecure about it in any way. Believe it or not, it scores a few points with many of the ladies I've met in my life (that's not why I do it though). I genuinely enjoy working with my hands.

I wasn't trying to imply any insecurity, merely saying that youre not the only man that is into such things around here, and attempting to toss in a little humor in the process. :)

Scales

Quote: Originally posted by mcbutton1970
I wouldn't have mentioned that as a hobby if I was insecure about it in any way.

I salute you. Same as all of my mentions about sucking cock, I am secure about my sexuality, I am totally straight, the odd blow job here and there don't change a thing. :p

Quote: Originally posted by mcbutton1970
Believe it or not, it scores a few points with many of the ladies

That made me laugh, that was cute. I wish I could say the same thing about sucking cock :p

At least, if I did suck cock, I'd get a few more points on that test Zeke posted a while back in the bar - I didn't see needle point on there :D :D :D

mcbutton1970

Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
I wasn't trying to imply any insecurity, merely saying that youre not the only man that is into such things around here, and attempting to toss in a little humor in the process. :)

Just doin' a little heat reversal on the backside with ya ... :D

mcbutton1970

Quote: Originally posted by Scales
I salute you. Same as all of my mentions about sucking cock, I am secure about my sexuality, I am totally straight, the odd blow job here and there don't change a thing. :p

That made me laugh, that was cute. I wish I could say the same thing about sucking cock :p

At least, if I did suck cock, I'd get a few more points on that test Zeke posted a while back in the bar - I didn't see needle point on there :D :D :D

Do you always have to involve your shared chicken fetish with Ned?!?! :D

rigmover2307

Quote: Originally posted by Scales
I salute you. I suck cock, I'd get a few more points on that test Zeke posted a while back in the bar - I didn't see needle point on there :D :D :D

nuthin wrong with that :D :D

Scales

Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
nuthin wrong with that :D :D

Anyone else like making fine hashish and hash oil in there spare time?

I sure do, and the rewards of doing something fun, are so good. Soooo gooood.

If I ever meet any of Bubba's crew, I have made some little chocolates, kind of like pot brownies, but stronger with a much clearer high.

1 will make your day, 2 will make your day more fun, 3 will keep you from leaving the house.

Cannabis alchemy, say it!!!

Scales

Quote: Originally posted by azkellie
My marine stuff is totally my pride however, its illegal. Thats a whole nother story. Stil tryin to upload....stupid t-mobile! :mad:

Looking forward to seeing that stuff when you get pics up.

If there are any pictures you would like to share but don't want the forum to see, my email is ryanwunsch@gmail.com :cm: :D

Scales

Keeping Croc's is more manly than knitting fucking plant hangers, let me just say that!

Even when they are babies

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
it ran parallel to the truck for about a 4 second look then turned right and off into the trees. i assumed i was hallucinating. my driver said "it was probably a skinwalker" all calm and normal, i asked what that was and he told me that explanation. lots of people here of all ethnic backgrounds are terrified of being out in the patch after dark cause of them.

Now I'm dying to look into this.
I heard a story about the Skinwalker Ranch, and I thought it was the owner's name! Geroge Noory did a story on it last month
www.coasttocoastam.com

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by mcbutton1970
Simple needlecraft, easier than embroidery. I do counted, which takes patience but looks so much better than the printed patterns. I prefer the bigger projects. I'll take pictures sometime just to show off some of my work.

Definitely post some pics! I'd like to see that.
When I was young, I did some lanyard, and made some key chains hehee..but I wanted to do more with it. I've graduated to studying Airbrushing. I've done all the studying, now i just have to buy the equipment, and start. yeah, someday..

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by MeSelf
One of my former favorite activities was white water kayaking. From that, I gained an appreciation for rivers and water in general, in particular the power of rivers at flood stage.
Here are some pictures from a water fall in the middle of Greenville, SC. It is Reedy River Falls and is about one block from my office.

I was reading a lot of info about North Carolina, and it's waterfalls, history, just overall living. So nice. When I lived in NY City, I had a small place Upstate Ulster County. Esopus Creek, had a boat on The Ashokan Reservoir (NYC's water supply), fly fishing for trout and bass.
I always said when I was moving away: The only 2 things I'll miss are my friends, and the Catskill Mountains! Those pics just brought me back!

PriceIsRight

Well, the Eclipse gallery has started!

http://www.spaceweather.com/eclipse...ery_03mar07.htm

MeSelf

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Well, the Eclipse gallery has started!

http://www.spaceweather.com/eclipse...ery_03mar07.htm

Here you go, man. This photo was taken at 8:16 last night. I cropped out the moon a little from the original...

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by MeSelf
Here you go, man. This photo was taken at 8:16 last night. I cropped out the moon a little from the original...

That's a fairly clear shot. I can see detail on the surface. And the Umbra shadow is evident also.
Nice!

MeSelf

Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
That's a fairly clear shot. I can see detail on the surface. And the Umbra shadow is evident also.
Nice!

I didn't think it was that bad given my level lack of mad skills. I'm just learning how to Photoshop to edit photos. I work on a couple of others and post them later. :)

Pendulus Frenulum

I play with all kinds of science toys... see if you can name any of these:

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by Pendulus Frenulum
I play with all kinds of science toys... see if you can name any of these:
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The top one looks like a pressurized brine of some sort, the middle looks like a distillation network...the third is either a centrifugal machine, or a drill press hehehee

Garlic Knot

nice pics. I wanted to get a nic telescope for my wife but I do not know enough about them to make an educated buying decision.

I play guitar I have a woodgrain gibson explorer. I black esp Jaymz Hetfield style mcgillicutty.

Most of my Star Wars stuff has made it out of my house and into my office...Fucking wives suck

Kengro

I build model ships... Been doing that for over 20 years, was a little kid when i started...
I'm now building HMS Prince, got no pics of it. But i'll get some...
Next in line is this one
http://www.model-dockyard.com/amati/titanic.asp

PriceIsRight

Quote: Originally posted by Garlic Knot
nice pics. I wanted to get a nic telescope for my wife but I do not know enough about them to make an educ