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We've kidnapped the president of Colombia and are holding him trial
That's surprising news for him.
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exploration of subculture.
One I'm deep into. Very well done movie. The Big Year is fun too but this captures the essence in more detail and more accurately. I enjoy birding for the same reasons that I loved fishing the coast of Louisiana; and in fact the one probably led to the other. Anything to get me into nature and away from the cities. I've met a couple of those people and have heard stories about others featured. The really serious birder community isn't all that large and are mostly checking out the same places so you get to know people.
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Summarized with ChatGPT
So, because Bill Clinton chose appeasement, the North Koreans obtained a nuke and now are nuisances on the world
ChatGPT started a sentence with so?? Maybe natural stupidity is winning.
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Mentour Pilot on YouTube
I happened to watch it last week. He covers it well. Empty center fuel tank that was hotter than usual due to a truck that broke down behind the plane when it wanted to pull away from the gate. The heat generated by the A/C vents near the center fuel tank. The tank wasn't quite empty and with the heat the vapor in the fuel tank was explosive. It just took a spark. It's a known problem that airlines try to avoid by having no ignition source. But wires do run through the tank. We'll never know the exact ignition source but the wreckage is consistent with an internal tank explosion rather than a missle.
[embed]This isn't a Iran war thread so I'll not get tied up in that but for this one thing. Europe hasn't done jack-shite to help us with Iran.[/embed]
After more than a year of Trump why the hell should they?!?
Being a dick to everyone has consequences.
After more than a year of Trump why the hell should they?!?
Being a dick to everyone has consequences.
To which I'll add a Townes song:
Yeah, I know it's not Blaze or Townes. But it's pretty great to see someone with this much talent keeping it alive.
Yeah, I know it's not Blaze or Townes. But it's pretty great to see someone with this much talent keeping it alive.
Blaze Foley - Cold, Cold World. I love this version by Billy Strings with Corey Henry.
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Sounds like an economy boost
If that were true then Russia and North Korea would be economic powerhouses.
Ad Astra - wow the whole purpose of this movie was to shite on the basic premise of science fiction movies. What a horrible list.
As said - Moon has to be on the list.
2001 anybody?
Silent Running
Solaris
Sunshine
As said - Moon has to be on the list.
2001 anybody?
Silent Running
Solaris
Sunshine
re: Don Williams - Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight
Posted by Tigris on 3/26/26 at 12:16 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight was written by Rodney Crowell. He gets way too little credit as a musician but especially as a song writer.
He talked about writing the song in a video interview I finished a few days ago. Interesting watch if you care about Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Johnny Cash.
He talked about writing the song in a video interview I finished a few days ago. Interesting watch if you care about Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Johnny Cash.
re: Cover Songs most didn’t know were covers.
Posted by Tigris on 3/26/26 at 12:05 pm to rebelrouser
The #1 hit:
Based on Emmylou from Luxury Liner.
Original is Townes Van Zandt of course. Willie Nelson's daughter suggested it to them, neither had heard of the song. It's nice that Willie and Merle put Townes in their music video.
Based on Emmylou from Luxury Liner.
Original is Townes Van Zandt of course. Willie Nelson's daughter suggested it to them, neither had heard of the song. It's nice that Willie and Merle put Townes in their music video.
re: Why don’t the Chinese eat cheese?
Posted by Tigris on 3/23/26 at 12:20 pm to thumperpait
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Why can't Chinese people pronounce the letters L.
Yeah, it makes it tricky to say "ractose intorerent".
One more thing - when you get arrive in Sydney it will be early morning. Drop your bags at your hotel and go out and do something. The worst thing you can do is sleep that morning. What I like to do is take an Uber to the opera house. And then take a nice long walk in the Royal Botanic Garden. It's got a great view of the opera house, bridge, downtown, and bay. I saw my first Kookaburra there and there are always lots of cockatoos. Cool place.
re: has anyone done Australia?
Posted by Tigris on 3/22/26 at 1:45 pm to LuckySo-n-So
Good post. I've been to Australia a few times on nature trips that spent time around Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Cairns, and Tasmania. And I traveled on my own to Darwin, Alice Springs/Uluru, Cairns, and flew up to the Iron Range almost up to New Guinea. It's a place I really love and I'm considering spending 3 months on a camper van trip there in 2028. Aussies love their camper vans and camping in general. My natural bias is against cities but Sydney and Perth are nice ones. Cairns and Darwin are much smaller and more my speed, though I prefer places even more remote.
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I'd be tempted to leave Melbourne off entirely if you are going to see Sydney. Melbourne was chilly and rainy when we were there in September which was unusual, but that's normal in July, it's pretty far south. Odds are good for poor weather. If you do go, though, be sure to make the drive down along the coast.
An alternative to Melbourne could be Darwin. A bit of a flight but it's due north of Uluru and July is the best time to go there. The monsoon is over and it's pretty warm, but not scorching hot. Nice town but it has a frontier feel and the outback is not far. Be careful of crocs there.
Cairns is nice. Two of my favorite memories are watching a duck-billed platypus for 30 minutes behind the Kingfisher Lodge. Just luck, we'd tried for one the previous day and had an awful view for 5 seconds. And seeing a Cassowary at a beach south of Cairns, those were the two animals I really wanted for that trip. Kangaroos shouldn't be a problem for you though there are many types.
"try a Morton's Bay Bug (google it...it's awesome)." - I'll second this. A friend and I each had it at a waterfront restaurant in Cairns (I think it's a specialty there so look for it when in Cairns). One of the best meals I've ever had.
For lunch look for bakeries. They are easier to find in smaller towns and are not just bakeries. They have meat pies and sandwiches and other things too. I love a good meat pie. Steak and mushroom, but also butter chicken and beef curry are favorites. And the deserts are great because the bakeries have a lot of selections freshly made. You can't go wrong with
anything topped with clotted cream, especially apple tart. Vanilla slice is a very Australian desert that is decent if not great. Also known there as "snot blocks", worth trying anyway.
My beer of choice is a pint of Victoria Bitter but Tuohy's New is a close second.
As mentioned from Cairns it's worth visiting Daintree for a nature boat ride (there will be crocs). And a boat trip or flight out to one of the barrier reef islands is a must. We did that from further south in the Brisbane area, the short flight was very cool.
You could spend a few more days in the Cairns area and do a roadtrip up to the Atherton Tablelands. It's maybe my favorite area of Australia. I guess you could do it as a long day from Cairns but it would be better to drive up and find a hotel at one of the small towns. It's got a little elevation so it's a bit cooler than Cairns, one of the greenest places in Australia with good rain, waterfalls, farms, cute towns, kangaroos and platypus (with luck). I'd certainly recommend it over Melbourne in July (any time, really).
ETA - Uluru is impressive but it's also a big tourist trap that doesn't have much of an Australian feel. When I was there it got brutally hot and they closed the hiking trails in mid morning. So a bunch of whiny tourists from all over the world were stuck in their too expensive rooms and way too expensive restaurants. You should be OK in July. The trail around the rock is good for a few hours. There is another rock outcrop to the west that is also impressive - less than an hour drive west if you can get a rental. There is a sign just past the rock area that says something like "Great Western Road Starts Here" and the pavement ends. Now you feel like you are in the outback, it's worth going to Uluru to be able to get a feel for the outback.
I did Uluru from Alice Springs and it's a pretty fair drive. The outback can be quite beautiful in places, not so much for a lot of it. Alice Springs is a somewhat depressing place. A poor aboriginal town where you have to show an ID to buy beer just to show that you aren't aboriginal. It's a lot like being near a reservation in the US. Not a lot of love between the Aboriginals and the other Australians.
You really should not try to include New Zealand on the trip. New Zealand deserves 2 weeks on it's own. Australia deserves a month or two. New Zealand is the more beautiful of the two and the people there are great. But Australia has good places too and I love the people that live in the small towns and the outback.
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What do you think about 3 nights Sydney-3hr flight to Cairns for 3 nights-3hr flight to Uluru for 3 nights-2 hr flight to Melbourne 3 nights? Then fly home from Melbourne. Thats 12 nights total. I could probably do 15 total…
Thanks so much again
I'd be tempted to leave Melbourne off entirely if you are going to see Sydney. Melbourne was chilly and rainy when we were there in September which was unusual, but that's normal in July, it's pretty far south. Odds are good for poor weather. If you do go, though, be sure to make the drive down along the coast.
An alternative to Melbourne could be Darwin. A bit of a flight but it's due north of Uluru and July is the best time to go there. The monsoon is over and it's pretty warm, but not scorching hot. Nice town but it has a frontier feel and the outback is not far. Be careful of crocs there.
Cairns is nice. Two of my favorite memories are watching a duck-billed platypus for 30 minutes behind the Kingfisher Lodge. Just luck, we'd tried for one the previous day and had an awful view for 5 seconds. And seeing a Cassowary at a beach south of Cairns, those were the two animals I really wanted for that trip. Kangaroos shouldn't be a problem for you though there are many types.
"try a Morton's Bay Bug (google it...it's awesome)." - I'll second this. A friend and I each had it at a waterfront restaurant in Cairns (I think it's a specialty there so look for it when in Cairns). One of the best meals I've ever had.
For lunch look for bakeries. They are easier to find in smaller towns and are not just bakeries. They have meat pies and sandwiches and other things too. I love a good meat pie. Steak and mushroom, but also butter chicken and beef curry are favorites. And the deserts are great because the bakeries have a lot of selections freshly made. You can't go wrong with
anything topped with clotted cream, especially apple tart. Vanilla slice is a very Australian desert that is decent if not great. Also known there as "snot blocks", worth trying anyway.
My beer of choice is a pint of Victoria Bitter but Tuohy's New is a close second.
As mentioned from Cairns it's worth visiting Daintree for a nature boat ride (there will be crocs). And a boat trip or flight out to one of the barrier reef islands is a must. We did that from further south in the Brisbane area, the short flight was very cool.
You could spend a few more days in the Cairns area and do a roadtrip up to the Atherton Tablelands. It's maybe my favorite area of Australia. I guess you could do it as a long day from Cairns but it would be better to drive up and find a hotel at one of the small towns. It's got a little elevation so it's a bit cooler than Cairns, one of the greenest places in Australia with good rain, waterfalls, farms, cute towns, kangaroos and platypus (with luck). I'd certainly recommend it over Melbourne in July (any time, really).
ETA - Uluru is impressive but it's also a big tourist trap that doesn't have much of an Australian feel. When I was there it got brutally hot and they closed the hiking trails in mid morning. So a bunch of whiny tourists from all over the world were stuck in their too expensive rooms and way too expensive restaurants. You should be OK in July. The trail around the rock is good for a few hours. There is another rock outcrop to the west that is also impressive - less than an hour drive west if you can get a rental. There is a sign just past the rock area that says something like "Great Western Road Starts Here" and the pavement ends. Now you feel like you are in the outback, it's worth going to Uluru to be able to get a feel for the outback.
I did Uluru from Alice Springs and it's a pretty fair drive. The outback can be quite beautiful in places, not so much for a lot of it. Alice Springs is a somewhat depressing place. A poor aboriginal town where you have to show an ID to buy beer just to show that you aren't aboriginal. It's a lot like being near a reservation in the US. Not a lot of love between the Aboriginals and the other Australians.
You really should not try to include New Zealand on the trip. New Zealand deserves 2 weeks on it's own. Australia deserves a month or two. New Zealand is the more beautiful of the two and the people there are great. But Australia has good places too and I love the people that live in the small towns and the outback.
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This is both false and incredibly stupid.
Glancing at the mirror, perhaps??
Engineering is full of Calculus in engineering classes, on top of 4 semesters of straight Calculus. I never used it once in my career. My boss got excited once because he thought calculus might apply to a plant problem. He was wrong.
re: Molly Tuttle 5/9 at tipitina’s
Posted by Tigris on 3/17/26 at 2:20 pm to tigeroarz1
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Saw her play with Billy Strings a couple of years ago.
I've been deep diving into Billy Strings for a while and I love everything he's done with Molly Tuttle. Both are damn good.
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Billy strings covers a few of blaze foley’s songs and does a really good job with them.
This is one I've been enjoying:
re: Deepwater Horizon first watch….
Posted by Tigris on 3/10/26 at 11:21 pm to LemmyLives
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a movie that was about an event that wrecked the economy of an entire metro area in your state for an extended period of time
What "metro area" economy was wrecked by an offshore oil rig explosion??????? If anything the people on the coast made good money by being part of the clean up.
The idea that people responsible for the red flags at plants are "the guys in a double wide in Geismar with 2 Jetskis and a $70k truck out front." is idiotic. They have nice houses to go along with the Jetskis and $90k trucks.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Tigris on 3/3/26 at 7:40 pm to VolSquatch
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Per a call I'm on with a security org that deals mostly with governmental agencies
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