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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by kali
There are some OUTSTANDING pictures on that link! composites of the eclipse and everything! wow! I wish I had a really good camera! |
That's a great site! Spaceweather.com also has a gallery up! |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by Zeke
A turtlette for PIR |
Wow, I had turtles that big! I can't wait till that one is in her teens...sighh
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| kali |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
hehee..do I get a discount? |
if I ever sell any, i'll let you know :jj:
that turtle is really cute!
btw.
awwwwwwww! :love: |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by kali
if I ever sell any, i'll let you know :jj:
that turtle is really cute!
btw.
awwwwwwww! :love: |
Keep me posted! hehee
My turtles were that big when I first got them from my brother. I had a few that size years ago also.
Too bad, I never got pics. |
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| PriceIsRight |
Here's one of 2 trophies i won for my car in NY
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| kandi |
| Thank you for this really cool thread. |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by kandi
Thank you for this really cool thread. |
Thanks, kandi.
Feel free to add to it! |
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| PriceIsRight |
Venus (magnitude –3.9, in Pisces) is the brilliant white "Evening Star" shining in the western twilight. In a telescope it's still small and gibbous
Jupiter (magnitude –2.1, in southern Ophiuchus) dominates the south in early dawn. Look for Antares and the stars of Scorpius to its right and below — and, using binoculars, look too for the fading Nova Scorpii 2007 #1.
Saturn (magnitude 0.0, in Leo) shines invitingly high the southeast at dusk. It's at its highest in the south after about 10 p.m. Regulus, less bright, shines 10° to its lower left. |
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| ROLL OFF JONES |
| hey pir this is a cool thread. I myself know nothing about any of this so i will just say nice thread and bow out! |
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| BTLS_LoneWolf |
| Cool thread. |
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| Siobhans Penis |
Awesome, you people have some truly interesting hobbies, so I thought I would share a mine as well!
I'm a gadgets and gizmos type of guy, to be more specific the last 9 years of my life I have surrounded myself with recording music and samples! Here's a few pics of my studio!
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| mjm |
Well you guys seem a little nerdy to me. Haha So I will share some of my hobbies to make this place cool again..
I am into RC car racing both Electric and nitro, Onraod and off road
My race car as many of you have seen
This years 2 Big Trophies
I also have a large collection of Hockey cards and Mcfarlane Sports figures.
And I picked up a New Quad last month |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by ROLL OFF JONES
hey pir this is a cool thread. I myself know nothing about any of this so i will just say nice thread and bow out! |
Well, it's a hobby thread also! post your hobbies, if you have them! |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by Siobhans Penis
Awesome, you people have some truly interesting hobbies, so I thought I would share a mine as well!
I'm a gadgets and gizmos type of guy, to be more specific the last 9 years of my life I have surrounded myself with recording music and samples! Here's a few pics of my studio!
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That's cool! Do you only deal with recorded music, or do you have instruments also? |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by mjm
Well you guys seem a little nerdy to me. Haha So I will share some of my hobbies to make this place cool again..
I am into RC car racing both Electric and nitro, Onraod and off road
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I love remote controlled cars, especially fuel driven ones. I have a fire boat, with a real working water cannon! it's in storage, no pics. |
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| PriceIsRight |
My big telescope is in storage with the rest of my equipment, but here's what it looks like from the website. It's a 12 1/2" diameter mirror.
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| SpyVsSpy |
Quote: Originally posted by TheEdge
Well after waiting for the eclipse last night I finally managed to get a picture . |
Nice Work. |
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| SpyVsSpy |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Bingo! I'm not sure if I'd go VERY deep into the center of the state, most of that land is owned by farmers. But I'd try to get as far from the coast as possible, that's where most of the population lives.
Damn, I csn't sleep hehee |
Ya know what man, find'n dark sites is not all that hard, it's only your insistence on Southern Geography that's make'n it seem so. Alaska has dark sites by the score, plus the advantage of a 20 plus hour viewing day in the winter months. *G* Freedom is a mere Parka away man.... |
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| SpyVsSpy |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
I love remote controlled cars, especially fuel driven ones. I have a fire boat, with a real working water cannon! it's in storage, no pics. |
Is it My imagination or is three fourths of you life in storage mano.? Is that like a NY city thing, no one can afford enough living space to keep their shit with 'em, so ya put everything in storage until the day you can hopefully have some Square footage and a yard.? |
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| kali |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
My big telescope is in storage with the rest of my equipment, but here's what it looks like from the website. It's a 12 1/2" diameter mirror.
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WOW! "girthy!" :hump: |
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| FTEnelson |
Quote: Originally posted by kali
WOW! "girthy!" :hump: |
:lol:
buncha science geeks :D :D:
ima a history geek so i can call you that haha |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by SpyVsSpy
Ya know what man, find'n dark sites is not all that hard, it's only your insistence on Southern Geography that's make'n it seem so. Alaska has dark sites by the score, plus the advantage of a 20 plus hour viewing day in the winter months. *G* Freedom is a mere Parka away man.... |
Well, I lived in NY City..there are NO dark skies for 100 miles! hehee..I have satellite images that are sensitive to light pollution, and I'm basing the areas on that. |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by SpyVsSpy
Is it My imagination or is three fourths of you life in storage mano.? Is that like a NY city thing, no one can afford enough living space to keep their shit with 'em, so ya put everything in storage until the day you can hopefully have some Square footage and a yard.? |
Well, in NY, I had a bigger place, and when I moved to Florida, I stayed with my brother for a few weeks. Then, I moved into a closet, basically. So, storage it was, until I could save for a house. Now, I'm in a better position, so we'll see when i move! |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by kali
WOW! "girthy!" :hump: |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by FTEnelson
:lol:
buncha science geeks :D :D:
ima a history geek so i can call you that haha |
let's see some of your collection! |
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| PriceIsRight |
Good thing i checked, the launch has been pulled back a day to Tursday night!
I'll take pics.
The Atlas 5 rocket's first flight for the U.S. Air Force, set for blastoff Thursday night from Florida, will be an unusually complex ascent to deploy a flock of military research satellites.
Liftoff is scheduled for 9:37 p.m. EST (0237 GMT) from Cape Canaveral's Complex 41. The available launch window extends to 11:42 p.m. EST (0442 GMT), a duration of two hours and five minutes.
The weather forecast calls for scattered low- and high-level clouds, good visibility, temperatures in the mid-60s F, northeasterly winds 12 gusting to 18 knots and the chance of isolated showers. Meteorologists say there is a 20 percent chance that cloud cover or showers could violate the launch rules |
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| PriceIsRight |
Testing something:
View My Video
This is a day launch I caught with my binocular-cam. |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Testing something:
View My Video |
OK, it works. Thursday night is a night launch, and hard to see pics. I'll make a video of the launch, you'll see it better. |
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| kali |
I just updated my Opera (9.10, I beleive) and so far the video you've got up there plays (well, I was expecting to)....
anyway, I'm not ignoreing you, just busy with boring stuff. I like the Aurora pics! that's always a treat! |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by kali
I just updated my Opera (9.10, I beleive) and so far the video you've got up there plays (well, I was expecting to)....
anyway, I'm not ignoreing you, just busy with boring stuff. I like the Aurora pics! that's always a treat! |
Thanks, Kali! When I take night launch pics, all you can see is the fire, and it looks strange. But now, I can take a movie of the launch, all the way up, so it'll look better! |
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| rigmover2307 |
thats fukin bullshit, we can spend 4 billion to fuck up Iraq, but our government cant scrape up a measley one billion to help save the whole friggin planet. that pisses me off! |
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| SpyVsSpy |
'Tis always way easier to get money for war and war machines than for things like 'feed'n children', 'saving the environment, 'scientific research'...
...the irony is that if some underfunded researcher happens to stumble upon something that could improve life on this fly spec., and could also, as a side issue, be used to blow shit up, their all over the side issue, but it may take decades to finish the original intent of the work.
*shrugs* |
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| Scales |
For anyone who likes David Suzuki, he was on the Mercer Report a few weeks back, I thought it was quite funny, and found it on google video.
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?do...uki+rick+mercer
David Suzuki is an icon in Canada, known for his love of science and environment - and held with as high regard as a politician (probably more so, deservedly). Rick Mercer is a very funny stereotypical Canadian, who has a knack for bringing out the sense of humour in people like Suzuki. |
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| SpyVsSpy |
Quote: Originally posted by Scales
For anyone who likes David Suzuki, he was on the Mercer Report a few weeks back, I thought it was quite funny, and found it on google video.
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?do...uki+rick+mercer
David Suzuki is an icon in Canada, known for his love of science and environment - and held with as high regard as a politician (probably more so, deservedly). Rick Mercer is a very funny stereotypical Canadian, who has a knack for bringing out the sense of humour in people like Suzuki. |
*blinks, takes off His glasses and rubs His eyes, looks again*
Er... Ummm... I'm not entirely sure that 'as high regard as a politician' is a complement!
Personally, I like Suzuki, and hold him in as high of regard as Linus Pauling and Carl Sagan.
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| Scales |
Quote: Originally posted by SpyVsSpy
*blinks, takes off His glasses and rubs His eyes, looks again*
Er... Ummm... I'm not entirely sure that 'as high regard as a politician' is a complement!
Personally, I like Suzuki, and hold him in as high of regard as Linus Pauling and Carl Sagan.
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I wasn't looking to use that to compliment Suzuki, but was trying to convey something (and still not able to come up with the words for what I was trying to say) to the people who don't know about him. |
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| urlocalraiderma |
| I love the science of grewing weed. |
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| SpyVsSpy |
Quote: Originally posted by Scales
I wasn't looking to use that to compliment Suzuki, but was trying to convey something (and still not able to come up with the words for what I was trying to say) to the people who don't know about him. |
*S*Actually Scales, I did understand that, but the chance to play was there, *shrugs*, so, well you know how it is man... Peace. |
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| SpyVsSpy |
Quote: Originally posted by urlocalraiderma
I love the science of grewing weed. |
That... is definitely a truth.
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by Scales
For anyone who likes David Suzuki, he was on the Mercer Report a few weeks back, I thought it was quite funny, and found it on google video.
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?do...uki+rick+mercer
David Suzuki is an icon in Canada, known for his love of science and environment - and held with as high regard as a politician (probably more so, deservedly). Rick Mercer is a very funny stereotypical Canadian, who has a knack for bringing out the sense of humour in people like Suzuki. |
That's pretty funny! |
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| PriceIsRight |
| Good evening from the Kennedy Space Center press site as the countdown enters the final three hours to launch. We are located about four miles northwest of the Atlas 5 rocket's Complex 41 launch pad. Skies remain clear, winds are within limits and the countdown is progressing on schedule for a liftoff at 9:37 p.m. EST tonight. |
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| PriceIsRight |
| T-minus 30 minutes and counting. The countdown clocks are heading to the T-minus 4 minute mark where a planned 10-minute hold will occur. Liftoff of Atlas 5 with the STP 1 mission remains set for 9:37 p.m. EST. |
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| Scales |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
T-minus 30 minutes and counting. The countdown clocks are heading to the T-minus 4 minute mark where a planned 10-minute hold will occur. Liftoff of Atlas 5 with the STP 1 mission remains set for 9:37 p.m. EST. |
Can we get an up to date play by play of the lift off?
Something like, "It's lifting off, it is going up, it is still going up, now it is going higher, oh, higher still" |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by Scales
Can we get an up to date play by play of the lift off?
Something like, "It's lifting off, it is going up, it is still going up, now it is going higher, oh, higher still" |
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av013/status.html
Gives up to the second updates on everything! |
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| you got the camera ready? |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by oug13
you got the camera ready? |
I have my binocular-cam. I'm going to film it, because at night, pics only show the orange flame. I'll post the video in 30 minutes! |
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| PriceIsRight |
The launch was perfect!
It looked 100% better in my binoculars, than it does on the video. The exhaust was BIG and orange, and it doesn't come through in the video, partly from darkness, and partly from the camera part not magnifying to the binocular itself.
It runs about 1 minute or more. Stay with it, the rocket disappears for a second at the start of the film, behind a cloud, then it brightens to a clear sky and keeps going! But i hope you enjoy it.
View My Video |
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| Zeke |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
The launch was perfect!
It looked 100% better in my binoculars, than it does on the video. The exhaust was BIG and orange, and it doesn't come through in the video, partly from darkness, and partly from the camera part not magnifying to the binocular itself.
It runs about 1 minute or more. Stay with it, the rocket disappears for a second at the start of the film, behind a cloud, then it brightens to a clear sky and keeps going! But i hope you enjoy it.
View My Video |
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| Scales |
That picture Zeke posted with the rocket on the back, is a leopard tortoise.
I used to keep 3 of them. They are the second largest mainland tortoise in the world. |
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| MeSelf |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
The launch was perfect!
It looked 100% better in my binoculars, than it does on the video. The exhaust was BIG and orange, and it doesn't come through in the video, partly from darkness, and partly from the camera part not magnifying to the binocular itself.
It runs about 1 minute or more. Stay with it, the rocket disappears for a second at the start of the film, behind a cloud, then it brightens to a clear sky and keeps going! But i hope you enjoy it.
View My Video |
Sweet! Thanks for sharing...:cool: |
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| Scales |
Wow, that made me feel like I was inside the space shuttle!
Look out Scorsese! I really like what you did with that blue horizontal line, Magnifico! |
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| Gator_Russ |
Quote: Originally posted by Scales
That picture Zeke posted with the rocket on the back, is a leopard tortoise.
I used to keep 3 of them. They are the second largest mainland tortoise in the world. |
Yeah?
We have Gopher Turtles here in central Florida. Thats about all though. If you go near the rivers and springs there are some others that aren't as big and have alot of red & yellow on their shells. I once stopped and helped a big freaking turtle (Much bigger than a gopher turtle... wasn't a snapping turtle though) across the road. It clawed at me and broke skin but didn't make me bleed... then it got to the other side and hauled ass when I set it down.
Ungrateful fuck. Should've let it get run over. |
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| Scales |
Quote: Originally posted by Gator_Russ
Yeah?
We have Gopher Turtles here in central Florida. |
Those are Tortoises, and they are protected and endangered. A big Wallmart was put up down there somewhere in the last few years that dug up their burrows in the process.
Indigo snakes also live down their holes, also endangered and protected there.
Quote: Originally posted by Gator_Russ
I once stopped and helped a big freaking turtle (Much bigger than a gopher turtle... wasn't a snapping turtle though) across the road. It clawed at me and broke skin but didn't make me bleed... then it got to the other side and hauled ass when I set it down. |
Softshells get big too, and can bite.
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| kali |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
The launch was perfect!
It looked 100% better in my binoculars, than it does on the video. The exhaust was BIG and orange, and it doesn't come through in the video, partly from darkness, and partly from the camera part not magnifying to the binocular itself.
It runs about 1 minute or more. Stay with it, the rocket disappears for a second at the start of the film, behind a cloud, then it brightens to a clear sky and keeps going! But i hope you enjoy it.
View My Video |
Have you been drinkiing the same stuff as Riley drinks???
all I see is a tiny speck flitting around
ok, I know it must have been spectacular in person. I'm just jealous!
I read a description by Asimov when he watched a launch at night and it sounded SO beautiful i could see it in my mind and maybe someday I'll paint a picture.
thanks for (the crappy) vid.
I Keed, I keed!! :hw: |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by Scales
Wow, that made me feel like I was inside the space shuttle!
Look out Scorsese! I really like what you did with that blue horizontal line, Magnifico! |
:lol:
I have to apologize for the video, guys. I know why it got screwed up. The blue line is a lamp post across the way, it's blue-tinted. I should have walked past it, and avoided the washout. Stupid me.
Also, for some reason, my binoculars are 8x, but the camera is a 1:1 ratio! Makes no sense. But it really was great in my eyepieces. I'll have better shots when i get my good optical equipment out of storage very soon!
www.spaceweather.com has an article on the launch.
ROCKET LAUNCH: Living in Florida has its advantages: nice weather, pretty beaches, and you get to see lots of rockets. Last night, Ronald Netzley photographed this Atlas V-401 soaring over his back yard in Palm Bay, not far from Cape Canaveral:
The rocket delivered six military satellites to Earth orbit. Two of them are of interest to NASA: robo-sats ASTRO and NextSat will circle Earth in tandem, docking, undocking, exchanging components and performing simulated repair procedures--all without human intervention. The goal of the mission, known as "Orbital Express," is to test automated docking and rendevous technologies key to future exploration of the Moon and Mars: full story. |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by Scales
Softshells get big too, and can bite.
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yes, I had one years ago, and it bit me, and bit the head off my baby Slider in my tank. :( My brother found one down here, and I refused to put him in the pond with my other guys.
And GatorRuss, I think the colorful turtles you see are Painted Turtles. I have a family of them near my place here. I'll try to get pics of them sunning on their favorite log.
Here's one of my turtles sunning on his rock today. If you look close, you can see one of my Sliders just below the surface near him!
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by Gator_Russ
I once stopped and helped a big freaking turtle (Much bigger than a gopher turtle... wasn't a snapping turtle though) across the road. It clawed at me and broke skin but didn't make me bleed... then it got to the other side and hauled ass when I set it down.
Ungrateful fuck. Should've let it get run over. |
haha..yeah, they get nervous, and they can kick hard! Pets are less nervous, since they know you. Try to hold them with their head away from you, and each hand on the middle of their sides. it'll be harder to reach your skin like that. |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by kali
Have you been drinkiing the same stuff as Riley drinks???
all I see is a tiny speck flitting around
ok, I know it must have been spectacular in person. I'm just jealous!
read a description by Asimov when he watched a launch at night and it sounded SO beautiful i could see it in my mind and maybe someday I'll paint a picture.
thanks for (the crappy) vid.
I Keed, I keed!! :hw: |
hehee completely my fault. I'm going to locate a better binocular, or buy the hookup for my computer to transfer my video camera to computer. Then, I can zoom in, and get true magnification.
The launch was so nice, i was almost embarrassed by the video!! |
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| Scales |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Here's one of my turtles sunning on his rock today. If you look close, you can see one of my Sliders just below the surface near him!
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That is a great picture! We have painted turtles up here in Saskatchewan (as well as common snappers) - but none close to where I live. |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by Scales
That is a great picture! We have painted turtles up here in Saskatchewan (as well as common snappers) - but none close to where I live. |
Thanks. That's my Peninsula Cooter. it's the most abundant turtle in Florida. Had him since he was an inch long! |
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| Scales |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Thanks. That's my Peninsula Cooter. it's the most abundant turtle in Florida. Had him since he was an inch long! |
In my best Cliff Claven voice....
Do you know why so many turtles are called cooters, and especially in the South?
The africans called their tortoises "Kutah", and when they were brought over for slaves, they would call the turtles the same thing. The white man started calling them the same thing.... "Cooter" |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by Scales
In my best Cliff Claven voice....
Do you know why so many turtles are called cooters, and especially in the South?
The africans called their tortoises "Kutah", and when they were brought over for slaves, they would call the turtles the same thing. The white man started calling them the same thing.... "Cooter" |
Cool, I didn't know about that. I'm surprised they called slaves and turtles the same thing! |
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| PriceIsRight |
SInce we have some musicians here, i thought I'd post this:
http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/40689307
Brad Delp of Boston died Friday. I like the band alot. They used Vox Tone Benders instead of synthesizers, which is rare. And Delp had a great voice! |
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| ASTEROID FLYBY: Tiny asteroid 2007 EH is flying past Earth tonight less than half the distance to the Moon. The 10-meter wide space rock will glow about as brightly as a 16th-magnitude star as it zips through the Big Dipper and Draco around 0100 UT on March 11th. [ephemeris] [3D orbit] |
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| SpyVsSpy |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
hehee completely my fault. I'm going to locate a better binocular, or buy the hookup for my computer to transfer my video camera to computer. Then, I can zoom in, and get true magnification.
The launch was so nice, i was almost embarrassed by the video!! |
Oh, I hate that, when you're really ripp'd and end up look'n the wrong way through the binoculars, and think'n everything is really tiny and sooooo far away.... then the next day, when reality returns... *G* |
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| PriceIsRight |
Here's something some of you might be interested in. It's a dark sky survey, to see how dark certain areas are.
http://www.globe.gov/GaN/ |
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| Scales |
Quote: Originally posted by urlocalraiderma
I love the science of grewing weed. |
That is both a science and a fun hobby... that I miss. It's been almost a year since I've done it last.
One of my favorite things to do, was to bonsai some of my plants. More than just topping them when young, but pruning, removing excess growth, and tieing and guiding the parts of the plant you want to keep for the best light absorption, with maximum yeild and potency as the final goal.
Curing them to connoisseur quality is also a bit of a science. I'd only keep the best and biggest buds for smoking, and the rest I'd turn into kif, pressed hash and oil. Those things are also a science and a hobby that I really enjoy.
I also did a bit of breeding for a while, crossing some great strains and picking the best candidates to cross back to other generations.
Grow yer own stone! |
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| SpyVsSpy |
Quote: Originally posted by Scales
That is both a science and a fun hobby... that I miss. It's been almost a year since I've done it last.
One of my favorite things to do, was to bonsai some of my plants. More than just topping them when young, but pruning, removing excess growth, and tieing and guiding the parts of the plant you want to keep for the best light absorption, with maximum yeild and potency as the final goal.
Curing them to connoisseur quality is also a bit of a science. I'd only keep the best and biggest buds for smoking, and the rest I'd turn into kif, pressed hash and oil. Those things are also a science and a hobby that I really enjoy.
I also did a bit of breeding for a while, crossing some great strains and picking the best candidates to cross back to other generations.
Grow yer own stone! |
The plant is an amazing little science lab all by itself. I've done other gardening, but nothing else I've ever cultivated had the range of adaptability that weed has. You can grow giant trees 20ft high, (that used to be a common way in Hawaii), I've trained it to trellis, the now very common 'Field of Green' methods make it look like a grass crop. I've harvested ripe bud and left the plant getting continuous harvest for up to four months.
You phuck around with a tomato plant like that, it just dies... borrring.
Yes indeed thirty three cheers for the science and hobby of cultivating premo-bud.
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| Scales |
Quote: Originally posted by SpyVsSpy
The plant is an amazing little science lab all by itself. I've done other gardening, but nothing else I've ever cultivated had the range of adaptability that weed has. You can grow giant trees 20ft high, (that used to be a common way in Hawaii), I've trained it to trellis, the now very common 'Field of Green' methods make it look like a grass crop. I've harvested ripe bud and left the plant getting continuous harvest for up to four months.
You phuck around with a tomato plant like that, it just dies... borrring.
Yes indeed thirty three cheers for the science and hobby of cultivating premo-bud.
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I had some stiff 2x2 square wire, that I used as a mini trelli and used to fashion some Indica plants to grow behind it like they were climbing like a vine. When I'd put them under 12 hours, they would stretch enough and start migrating towards the light. I'd put those plants around the perimiter of the smaller plants that were directly under the light, keeping their buds where the light was the best.
Those perimeter plants would have up to 20 "cola type buds" each, and I often ended up with 2 ounces of 'popcorn fart dry' buds off of each of those trained plants. |
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| Scales |
Quote: Originally posted by SpyVsSpy
You can grow giant trees 20ft high, (that used to be a common way in Hawaii), |
I think this year, I'm going to try some remote outdoor grows. Lots of good islands along a large river where I live, where nobody goes.
The first time I planted seed, was in my back yard, in a greenhouse I had built. 13 plants, all grew nice, all ended up female!
I have a 7' privacy fence around my backyard (kept the danes in). The plants grew and grew, and this was before I realized I could tie them down or top them.
Anyways, I had been bitching to the wife that we needed to do something, because they were getting harder to hide by the day. One day I got home from work, and could see them poking over the fence from the road, and really felt I should do something abot them.
2 days later, I got home from work, to meet my wife at the door. She said we did need to move the plants, and showed me what she found in our driveway. It was a binder insert, and on it, it said "surveilance reports". The local cops must have been coming into my driveway to look over my fence the bastards.
Transplanted them ot a remote location, but they did not live. 13, 7 foot and really healthy and bushy plants would have provided us with smoke for years... I really liked those plants, it was a real shame to have to move them and watch them die from the shock of it all. |
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| Scales |
The real funny thing about those plants in our greenhouse....
That was in 2000, we went to Toronto for the tattoo expo, and her parents looked after our flowerbeds and garden. They also watered those plants.
Her mother said to her dad, while watering them " these are really nice plants, we should ask to get some from them"
her dad said "you want to grow pot????"
I only heard that story 2 years after we had them at christmas, it was pretty funny. Guess you would have to be there. |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by Scales
her dad said "you want to grow pot????"
I only heard that story 2 years after we had them at christmas, it was pretty funny. Guess you would have to be there. |
You'd have to ask how he knew.
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| rigmover2307 |
| the first time i grew pot, it was inbetween the corn and the fence. i had 76 plants and onlt 7 turned out female. shitty. then i gave all the buds away for christmas. i love to grow it , but i dont like to smoke it. |
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| gvish544 |
I play bass but real hobby is NY Highpower shooting competitions with the guard and private.
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by gvish544
I play bass but real hobby is NY Highpower shooting competitions with the guard and private.
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Nice! Plenty of gun guys here, I'm sure they will see this! |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
the first time i grew pot, it was inbetween the corn and the fence. i had 76 plants and onlt 7 turned out female. shitty. then i gave all the buds away for christmas. i love to grow it , but i dont like to smoke it. |
My friend loves to grow plants, and buy bongs. And he's never smoked in his life! |
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| SpyVsSpy |
Quote: Originally posted by Scales
I think this year, I'm going to try some remote outdoor grows. Lots of good islands along a large river where I live, where nobody goes.
The first time I planted seed, was in my back yard, in a greenhouse I had built. 13 plants, all grew nice, all ended up female!
I have a 7' privacy fence around my backyard (kept the danes in). The plants grew and grew, and this was before I realized I could tie them down or top them.
Anyways, I had been bitching to the wife that we needed to do something, because they were getting harder to hide by the day. One day I got home from work, and could see them poking over the fence from the road, and really felt I should do something abot them.
2 days later, I got home from work, to meet my wife at the door. She said we did need to move the plants, and showed me what she found in our driveway. It was a binder insert, and on it, it said "surveilance reports". The local cops must have been coming into my driveway to look over my fence the bastards.
Transplanted them ot a remote location, but they did not live. 13, 7 foot and really healthy and bushy plants would have provided us with smoke for years... I really liked those plants, it was a real shame to have to move them and watch them die from the shock of it all. |
There is an excellent variety for outdoor growing in shorter seasons and cooler climates developed by the boyz of Texada Island. Mark Emerit use to sell that seed. Not sure of the best way for you to get it all the way out in Saskabush, and I've forgotten the market name, but a little research should turn it up. The Texada product isn't world class power weed, but it is respectable and the yield is good.
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| onewhip |
wow. lots of gardeners here.
i grew pot one summer. i had a nice crop. pretty industrious for someone who doesn't smoke.
i'm going to plant some heirloom tomato seeds. i got some great Black Cherokee tomatoes at the local green market last week. i went back yesterday and bought another one to sacrifice for the seeds.
i found some dude online who instructs you on how to grow tomatoes by removing almost all the leaves from the plant, allowing it to focus its resources on the fruit rather than the "excess" foliage. we'll see... |
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| PriceIsRight |
Random pond shots.
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You've all heard me talk about "dark skies." What that means is, there's no nearby artificial light pollution around, giving you more night sky to see, since the artificial light doesn't haze the atmosphere out in those areas.
If you live in, or near, a major city, chances are you can only see the brightest stars in the sky. here's a satellite photo of North America. You can see the bright lights in this light sensitive photo.
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| kali |
| oh, SNAP!!! that's stunning! I just saved it |
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| MeSelf |
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Noticed the first azalea blooms yesterday...In another two weeks, 2/3 of my yard will be covered with flowering azaleas, probably 1,000 or so plants...Pretty :cool: I will be posting pics as soon as they are in full bloom... |
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| PIR...What type of climate/habitat do you need to raise turtles? The reason I ask is that I have a 1,200 gallons teardrop -shaped 'cement' pond. (Yeah, Elley Mae, a cement pond.) My fiancee and I spent all weekend cleaning out 50 years of muck, cleaning the surface, filling the bottom with river pebbles, filling it and conditioning the water. Right now there are ~30 goldfish, 2 frogs and a tadpole that call it home. I thought a turtle would be an interesting addition if the habitat was compatible. We plan to install a skimmer/pump/filter and a falling water feature. :dontknow: |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by MeSelf
PIR...What type of climate/habitat do you need to raise turtles? The reason I ask is that I have a 1,200 gallons teardrop -shaped 'cement' pond. (Yeah, Elley Mae, a cement pond.) My fiancee and I spent all weekend cleaning out 50 years of muck, cleaning the surface, filling the bottom with river pebbles, filling it and conditioning the water. Right now there are ~30 goldfish, 2 frogs and a tadpole that call it home. I thought a turtle would be an interesting addition if the habitat was compatible. We plan to install a skimmer/pump/filter and a falling water feature. :dontknow: |
Ok, the pond is a great start. First, make sure the treatment isn't dangerous to the fish or animals. The filter is a great idea. Most important- if the pond gets sunlight, it's perfect. Turtles need lots of UV light to live.
Next, make room to let them go on land. They need to lay in the sun certain times of the day.
Next- depending on the size turtles, they might eat the fish. be careful of in-pond fighting. Next, make a border where the frogs and turtle can't get away when you're not around. Give them lotsa room.
Most important- Bees, and other animals can be deadly to turtles. if you can somehow have it all screened in, you're fine. If not, it's real risky!
They love waterfalls also!
I hope i covered a lot..let me know! more questions? |
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| PriceIsRight |
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http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts117/070312repairs/
STS-117 VIDEO COVERAGE:
http://spaceflightnowplus.com/index...=STS-117&s=date |
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| PriceIsRight |
Here are Sandhill Cranes that I feed near my house. They are protected in Florida. if they cross the street, you have to stop until they cross hehee...They stand about 4 feet off the ground!
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| rigmover2307 |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Ok, the pond is a great start. First, make sure the treatment isn't dangerous to the fish or animals. The filter is a great idea. Most important- if the pond gets sunlight, it's perfect. Turtles need lots of UV light to live.
Next, make room to let them go on land. They need to lay in the sun certain times of the day.
Next- depending on the size turtles, they might eat the fish. be careful of in-pond fighting. Next, make a border where the frogs and turtle can't get away when you're not around. Give them lotsa room.
Most important- Bees, and other animals can be deadly to turtles. if you can somehow have it all screened in, you're fine. If not, it's real risky!
They love waterfalls also!
I hope i covered a lot..let me know! more questions? |
iits hard to get good pond advice these days. i started my first pond three years ago, liquid cap of 1488 gal waterfall and all that good shit. took me four months to build it and had to reline it three times before i gave up and lined it with sandstone and mortar.
the first year everyone said to leave it alone all winter and the fish would be ok. i didnt believe them and brought them inside. good thing cause it froze 18 inches thick. the next winter i left them out, and chopped ice with an axe everyday. i lost two 14 inch koi and a 12 inch butterfly goldfish thart winter. there were 84 fishin the fall and 24 in the spring. this year they went in a heated stock tank in my shed. and all survived. just refilled the pond and moved the fish last weekend. now i have two frogs, countless toads, several crawfish, one waterdog, one crappie, and an assload of goldfish which will be spawning in the next month or two. cant wait! |
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