NEW Game

[Tubby]

7501

Python eats family dog

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2008/02/27/1203788423471.html

[deepsand]

7502

They've been known to eat pigs.

[LD]

7503

Isn't snake supposed to taste like chicken?

[deepsand]

7504

Properly prepared, a whole lot of road kill tastes like chicken.

[LD]

7505

Ahh, the Wade Boggs syndrome. The chicken man. I wonder if he still likes chicken.... Aaaeeeeiiiiii!

[Tubby]

Snake tastes like snake. You do not eat snake if you have a kitchen handy with curry and spices or chilli sauce to hand.

[deepsand]

7507

Why is that?

[Tubby]

7507

Why is that?

Choice. . With the kitchen comes the fridge, (toasted ham Sandwich)

[deepsand]

7509

And the snake meat?

[Tubby]

Snake meat is for survival. . It is far too hot here to look for anything more than water. .

The average Queenslander can comfortably survive 23 days with nothing but beer and cigaretes.

[Clicken]

7511

yeah, who needs sanity when outback?!

[Tubby]

Sanity has never been a requirement for anything in Queensland. . One only has to listen to our polititions to make this observation blatantly clear.

Same as USA ( I heard Barack Obama asked Iran for his drone back)

Obama; "Can I have my drone back"
Iran "NO!"
Obama; " I said Sorry. . . . Can I have my drone back"
Iran " Piss OFF!"
Obama; It is My favourite one, can I have my drone back. . Please?
Iran; Finders Keepers, Loosers weepers, We got nukes too. Ha Ha Ha . .

[LD]

Even the crows can't pick at the roadkill here cause they're pancaked and frozen to the pavement.

[chrisJumbo]

30 Deg F here. I know that is sunbathing weather for some folks. My parents hit -10 Deg F. Trivia question: At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit the same?

cd :O)

[LD]

7515

-40. And the snow is crunchy to walk on anywhere from -15to -20C. Never experienced -40 and never want to.

[chrisJumbo]

7516
I haven't either, but I have clients who have. Coldest I have been in is -10. I was around 11. We were skiing. Took one run and said forget it, this is crazy. And well done on the Trivia. :O)

[deepsand]

7517


-40.
Hence the plus 40/minus 40 conversion algorithm.

[LD]

Hey DS, congrats on 10k+!

[deepsand]

7519

Still waiting for my bonus check. :(

[LD]

7520

It's prolly in the mail.

[deepsand]

7521

With my luck it's probably Monopoly money.

[LD]

7522

Funny money.

[deepsand]

7523

Wouldn't mind if only some of the monopolists would accept it.

[edhan]

7524

Time really flies as Christmas is just round the corner.

[deepsand]

7525

http://www.johndavies.org/pic-santabillboard.jpg

[LD]

Warm spell has Santa sweating. Either that, or its hot yoga.

[alphaomega]

38º C and warming up, humidity 85%. What you guys complaining about?

[deepsand]

7528

I'll take 19º C if you're looking to get rid of some.

[alphaomega]

Would you like it in Christmas wrapping or plain

[deepsand]

7530

A plain brown paper bag or box will do nicely, thank you.

[edhan]

7531

Raining season over here in Singapore and temperature is cooling around 24 degrees. Save electricity on air con as we do not need to switch on.

[deepsand]

7532

Assuming that that's 24 C, I'll take that.

[edhan]

7533

Yep! That's the temperature. Well, my brother just bought a home in New Zealand and migrating there. Seems like a good choice!

[deepsand]

7534

I seem to recall my having recommended that you check that out.

[edhan]

7535

Hmmm... can't recall .... memory loss!

[deepsand]

7536

That's why we have computers.

http://www.webproworld.com/webmaster-forum/threads/60607-NEW-Game?p=515007&highlight=Zealand#post515007

http://www.webproworld.com/webmaster-forum/threads/60607-NEW-Game?p=517540&highlight=Zealand#post517540

http://www.webproworld.com/webmaster-forum/threads/60607-NEW-Game?p=530733&highlight=Zealand#post530733

[edhan]

7537

Okay... memory is flowing back into my brain ...

[LD]

The ski resorts wouldn't like it, but I'd evern take 14 C as our winter "low" temp.

[chrisJumbo]

7539

7535
Hmmm... can't recall .... memory loss!


That's why we have computers

And search functions. Search Engines have made us more stupid in one way (recall) but we do have to get creative with our search strings at times to get what we are looking for. So we push our creative side.

[LD]

And what about GPS's for cars? I think they've saved many a marriage. I don't think they vibrate. Or do they... hmmmm :shock:

[Clicken]

7541

hmm, not the ones in our cars!

[deepsand]

7542

Where do you place yours?

[Clicken]

7543

I don't know you well enough to say.

[deepsand]

7544

Do you know me well enough to not say? ;)

[LD]

7545

Hmmm. Shall we leave you two alone?

[deepsand]

7546

Nah; we're in a public space.

[SuperMan]

7547

soon to a million

[deepsand]

7548

Just a few keystrokes away.

[chrisJumbo]

7549
Hitting 10,000 will be impressive enough, I think. :O)

[Clicken]

7550

I think we are either easily amused, or suffer coder's brain strain syndrome.

[chrisJumbo]

7551
...Or both. Add lack of sleep, CISS (Client Induced Stress Syndrome).

[deepsand]

7552


I think we are either easily amused, or suffer coder's brain strain syndrome.
I think I may have some torn dendrites. Look bad to you?

http://biology.ucsd.edu/labs/halpain/MNeuron1Alarge.JPG

[Clicken]

Pretty colors!

7553

[deepsand]

7554

Suitable for a 60's DayGlo poster.

[edhan]

7555

Looks like my science experiment! Great colors!

[deepsand]

7556


Looks like my science experiment!
Do tell us about it.

[LD]

7557

Happy Holidays to all!!

[weegillis]

7558

For 100 hundred marks, who first coined the phrase, 'Merry Christmas'?

[LD]

7559

Dickens?

[deepsand]

7560


For 100 hundred marks, ...
What sort of marks?

[weegillis]

7561

That would be 100 'points' to LD. Now for an extra hundred, which Dickens work first included this greeting?

[deepsand]

7562

How/when/where/for what can LD redeem those points.

[LD]

7563
Best Buy gift card would be nice. ;)

[weegillis]

7564

Lo, nothing so material as that. Just game points, is all. But their value is the same as all the other currencies mentioned recently, above, put together!

[deepsand]

7565

Posting for count.

[LD]

7566

My post count didn't go up! :(

[deepsand]

7567

Just keep trying.

[LD]

7568

Too tired.

[deepsand]

7569

In that case, hire a keyboard monkey like the "pros" do. Perhaps someone like Jessica. :D

[LD]

7570

I think she has left the building - strangely enough, again.

[weegillis]

7571

Three days left in 2011. Everybody got their bags packed for December 2012?

[deepsand]

7572


I think she has left the building - strangely enough, again.
And took all of her posts with her. :lol:

[deepsand]

7573


Three days left in 2011. Everybody got their bags packed for December 2012?
Never got unpacked from last year.

[ralph123]

yes 2012 :):-?

[LD]

7575
509

Thought this might be appropriate

[deepsand]

7576

Bites tongue.

[weegillis]

7577

One supposes hasn't read any Mexican history?

[deepsand]

7578

"One supposes" ... place your preferred word/phrase here ... "hasn't read any Mexican history?"

[chandrika]

7579
I guess the countdown to 2012 has begun...so WISHING ALL WPWers A HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!

[AaronFinch]

7580.
hahahaha nice game, i like it.

[LD]

7581


7578

"One supposes" ... place your preferred word/phrase here ... "hasn't read any Mexican history?"

Hmmmmm. Friends are travelling to Mexico - shall I warn them?

[weegillis]

7582


Hmmmmm. Friends are travelling to Mexico - shall I warn them?

If what the astronomers predicted way back when actually comes to pass, it won't matter whether we're in Mexico, Fiji or Timbuktu.

[LD]

7583

So the martini's and JD must flow tonight with reckless abandon!

[deepsand]

7584



If what the astronomers predicted way back when actually comes to pass, ... .
But, they didn't; it's just a misunderstanding, now a popularized misrepresentation, of the cyclical nature of the so-called Mayan calendar.

[grone]

7585

jjuusstt tteessttiinngg mmyy nneeww 33dd bbrroowwsseerr.

No, not working.
I expect this forum has not upgraded to accomodate it.

[deepsand]

7586

More likely a case of PEBKAC.

[grone]

7587
no. I am sitting on my Keyboard. ( I downloaded a complete new one piece "KAC" )

It is definately the forum that requires the upgrade.

[deepsand]

7588

Ah-ha; a case of PIKAC.

[grone]

7589

Now you attempt to distract me; Ignoratio elenchi. I googled "PIKAC" totally irrelevant!

I shall possibly need to depart and seek a forum that has the upgrade and counts my posts.

Wishing you a Prosperous New Year

[deepsand]

7590


Now you attempt to distract me; Ignoratio elenchi. I googled "PIKAC" totally irrelevant!
Try thinking rather than Googling. ;)


I shall possibly need to depart and seek a forum that has the upgrade and counts my posts.
Well, if it's just posting for count that brings you here, then, yes, you are most definitely in the wrong place. Here one has to contribute something of value in forums where posts are counted. The Breakroom isn't one of them.

[Clicken]

postValue = 7591; // counting post because i can!

echo ' am i in the right place?';

am i in the right place?

'am i in the right place?'



'HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!Well, New Year anyway!

Visiting other forums makes me appreciate this place sooOOOOooo much!

[deepsand]

7592

What year is it where you are?

[Clicken]

7593

Does anybody reAlly know what year it is?

Does anybody reAllly know where i am?

[deepsand]

7594


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qssWO8NSq0

[Clicken]

7595

Nice lull-a-bye, wish I had thought of it!

:yAwn:

[deepsand]

7596


Dif-tor heh smusma

http://epautos.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/spock-1.jpg

[AaronFinch]

7 5 9 7 . Seven Five Nine Seven. :grin:

[LD]

7594

Does Anybody Really Know what Time It Is? by Chicago

One of my absolute FAVORITE bands of all time.

[deepsand]

7599


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez50hDJ69dA&feature=related

[LD]

Sans Peter Cetera. Who, IMO, was as much was the sound of Chicago as Robert Lamm.

[deepsand]

7601


Sans Peter Cetera. Who, IMO, was as much was the sound of Chicgo as Robert Lamm.
Indubitably.

[LD]

Winters about to arrive here on Friday. Don't know where it was, and wish it would stay away for a while longer. +7C when it should be -3C. Acapulco +32. Sigh...

[deepsand]

7603

You could move to the Eastern shore of South Africa, where the temp. range is rather narrow. Daytime highs are in the low 80s F there right now.

[weegillis]

7604

From unseasonably high (+9 C yesterday) to seasonably normal (-18 tonight) and winter has returned. I wouldn't mind the warm so much except it decimated what little bit of snow cover we had. It looks like April outside.

[deepsand]

7605

Love snow -- just as long as it's not on my driveway or walks.

[AaronFinch]

7 6 0 6
s e v e n s i x z e r o s i x

[deepsand]

7607

sevens ix ze rosix?

[LD]

7608

I think he meant: se vensi x zerosi x

[chrisJumbo]

7609

Our winter hasn't really arrived yet. We need some rain and the Mountains need some snow.

[abhyudaya001]

7610

three ................ok

[deepsand]

7611

Three in what radix?

[LD]

7612

Favorite number?

[LD]

7613

Mine's eleventy-leven

[deepsand]

7614

86

....

[LD]

7615


I change mine to 21,000,000. Friday's Loto max.

[deepsand]

7616

Is that drachma?

[LD]

7617

loonies

[deepsand]

7618


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBzJGckMYO4

[LD]

7619


LOL - good one DS! BTW, I was originally going to reply with loonies & toonies. Which would make the video even more appropriate.

Of note: Did you see the one in Spanish?

[deepsand]

7620

Spanish or any other language - nope.

Dig it/them out and share.

[LD]

7621


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mDr7mTrYthU#t=5s

[deepsand]

7622

Did you look at the one set at an outdoor cafe in Paris, dubbed in Spanish?

[LD]

They at least kept the original barking dog sound in the audio track. I wonder what the cartoon would sound like in Russian?

[deepsand]

7624


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICrOhVGsDgw

[deepsand]

7625


Love snow just as long as it's not on my driveway or walks. :)

Is it your customary practice to copy and paste the posts of others? :rolleyes:

[LD]

7626


7624
re: Russian Looney Tunes - Much better production than the spanish version.

[weegillis]

7627

Finally, nearly a full day later some word is getting into the news...

Train cars fall into river valley (http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120122/EDM_derailment_120122/20120122/?hub=EdmontonHome)

It actually happened sometime after 1600h local time, and since supper time yesterday the trucks have been lining up in and around our hamlet. CN Police have locked down the area, which has only one access point on this side of the river. No pictures are getting taken if they can have their way. Must be quite a heap at the bottom.

[deepsand]

7628

Is that this bridge? More recent color shot at http://www.flickr.com/photos/37842237@N07/3912410874/lightbox/ .

http://wainwrightdistrict.org/urban/cnr-station/assets/stn_3.jpg

[weegillis]

7629


7628

Is that this bridge?
Yes. It comes with various names, Battle River Bridge, B.R. Trestle, Fabyan Trestle, &c. Under any name, the line wouldn't exist without it. There are not many 'good' places for a train to get across the gorge.

[deepsand]

7630

In the Flickr color photo, no sign of a river is visible. Is the flow there seasonal? Or, is it now gone?

[weegillis]

7631

The flow is seasonal, controlled by three damns, two of them on either side of a power station about 80 miles SW of here. In the old days (until sometime in the latter half of the 20th century) it was a seasonal torrent, The graceful meandering of today is only a smidgeon by comparison. Average summer depth, less than 13 feet. Now, less than 6.

[deepsand]

7632

So, pretty much now a river in name only. You should see some of the streams named "rivers" in Ohio; you can literally jump across some of them.

Here in Central PA, the general rule is that, if you can jump over it, it's a stream; if you can't jump over it, but can throw a pebble across it, it's a creek; wider than that, it's a river.

[weegillis]

7633

The name comes from a time long before Europeans. This is a point at which two distinctly inclined peoples intersected when food was scarce in the northern forests and the great plains, both. It was a bread basket fought over for centuries, with no clear winner. Truth be known, it remains so, as climate goes, not tribal clashes.

The river is a river, and not to be messed with. At high water it cruises along at about 3-4km/hr, with deadly under currents. Everyone knows where the swimming holes are, and aren't.

[weegillis]

7634

One might add, there is nothing like the feel of esker sand between one's toes that is a hundred million years old.

[deepsand]

7635

Unknown to most here other than gravel and sand pit miners, we've eskers in Pennsylvania.

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/ParkGuides/pg4_9/GCEsker.aspx

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/ParkGuides/pg4_9/Images/GCEsker3.jpg

[qdb]

7636
only 990K to go :)

[myname]

7637
i am new member of this forum.

[weegillis]

7638

The difference in our eskers is big time age. Yours would have been ground out of ancient mountain ranges that have over the millenia been more or less flattened by glaciers, and then buried beneath the moraine pushed down from the Laurentians and points north. Ours were washed out of the young Rockies or were earlier buried under sediment of ancient seas.

I cannot get enough of ancient geology. It fascinates me the changes that our piece of earth have been through, and the evidence that persists to this day if we take a moment to notice it.

[deepsand]

7639

I understand that not all eskers are of the same ages, etal.. Was just noting that they're all over the Earth, with most being oblivious to them, as is the case here in the Appalachians. Sort of a case for people not seeing the trees for the forest.

[weegillis]

7640

Sorry, @deepsand. Didn't mean to get pedantic. Like yours, it was a point of interest.

[deepsand]

7641

No problem. Both put up some stuff others may not know, but may be interested in.

Staying in a geological vein, any caves up your way?

[chrisJumbo]

7642

Frankly, pedantic or otherwise keeps the count growing. I never knew what it was so found both of your posts interesting. One of my favorite places is Sedonna, AZ. I enjoy the beautiful red rock scenery, but it also tells quite a geologic story for those that have such interest. I wish I had some photos here, I've taken thousands over the years. I will have to forward some from home and post tomorrow. :O)

[weegillis]

7643


7641

No problem. Both put up some stuff others may not know, but may be interested in.

Staying in a geological vein, any caves up your way?

Caving in Alberta (http://www.google.ca/search?q=caving in alberta)

Out here on the 'third escarpment' (east of the Rocky Mountain foothills) the chief surface formation is composed largely of ancient sandstone, ancient clay (shale) and ancient sea creature skeletons (calcium carbonate, chief ingredient in limestone). Any caves out in these parts would be several hundred feet (or meters) underground. Very likely down where the limestone is there are countless crevices and voids, but only the seismologists and geological engineers would know that for sure.

Now when you get into the Rockies, caves abound. Many of them are even underground rivers, such as the 14 kilometre cave that runs from Medicine Lake down to the Athabasca almost completely underground. The Maligne River, which this cave is the continuation of begins above Maligne Lake and runs into the lake then north and west down to the valley flow.

There are several lookout points for tourists to take in this amazing canyon just minutes from the town of Jasper. Maligne Lake gets its name from early European explorers who found the area extremely inhospitable from early October until late in the spring. Its original name was Chaba Imne (Beaver Lake). Medicine Lake is only a few miles downstream from it, and drains every fall when the water level of the Maligne is lowest, and the flow from the upper basin reduces to a trickle. The First Nations people believed it to be magical and so named it for its healing powers (the river and lake is rich in minerals). Again, this is largely limestone formation, so water has been wearing away at it for centuries. I doubt that anyone have ever ventured into the actual cave. It would be suicide, the flow is not a trickle, either, but a torrent that drops several thousand feet in its short course.

[deepsand]

7644


I enjoy the beautiful red rock scenery, but it also tells quite a geologic story for those that have such interest.
Many places offer such views for the observant and interested. For example, here in the Appalachians many roads have been cut through uplifts, so that the various strata are clearly visible to passersby. Some them them are quite spectacular, and used as field study sites by geology instructors.

[deepsand]

7645


Out here on the 'third escarpment' (east of the Rocky Mountain foothills) the chief surface formation is composed largely of ancient sandstone, ancient clay (shale) and ancient sea creature skeletons (calcium carbonate, chief ingredient in limestone). Any caves out in these parts would be several hundred feet (or meters) underground. Very likely down where the limestone is there are countless crevices and voids, but only the seismologists and geological engineers would know that for sure.
Yup; that's where they are.

Back here, limestone is in very many places just below the soil, so that accessible caves abound; many a sinkhole, if explored, is found to lead to a cave.

Given the relative youth of the Rockies, I'd expected that accessible dry caves would there be smaller in number than compared to the Appalachians. The only wet cave back here is Penn's Cave, the nation's only all water cavern.



A historic landmark centuries ago, the Seneca Indians discovered this natural landmark in the Valley of Karoondinha (Penn’s Valley). The famous legend of the Indian Maiden, Nitanee, from whom the famous Penn State Nittany Lion is named, and her French trapper lover, Malachi Boyer, has been told around campfires for generations. Unable to marry because of Indian custom, they ran away and were captured, and Malachi was thrown into Penn's Cave to die.

[alphaomega]

7646

Hmmm, interesting stuff.

[alphaomega]

7647
Still hot and raining here. No snow. Send few beers my way, any.

[weegillis]

7648

Reading and correcting my facts, I came across this, which describes the basic geology of the western reaches of the interior plains of Canada:

The regional topography is partly determined by flat-lying limestones and shales of marine origin underlying the entire region. Younger, non-marine sediments, largely sands and gravels representing deposits from rivers flowing eastward from the newly developing mountains to the west, covered these marine sediments in the western part of the region. Erosion of the less resistant of these non-marine sediments, in association with uneven uplift that continued with mountain building to the west, resulted in the carving of the western part of the region into a series of isolated uplands.
.
LINK: Physiographic Regions: Interior Plains (http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/physiographic-regions#SEC951106)

[LD]

7649

We live such sheltered lives here in T. Yet, as I look out the window at the snow falling I begin to wish for spring and warmer days. I then get an email from a relative, just landing in Mexico for a two week stay. Sigh...

[deepsand]

7650


Reading and correcting my facts, I came across this, which describes the basic geology of the western reaches of the interior plains of Canada:

LINK: Physiographic Regions: Interior Plains (http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/physiographic-regions#SEC951106)
Am I correct in understanding that you're in the area of the below map labeled "Western Plain?"

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/media/geological-regions-264.jpg

And, in which of the regions shown on this map?

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/media/natural-regions-of-canada-2368.jpg

[deepsand]

7651


[/B]We live such sheltered lives here in T. Yet, as I look out the window at the snow falling I begin to wish for spring and warmer days. I then get an email from a relative, just landing in Mexico for a two week stay. Sigh...
Be thankful that you're not on the other side of the Great Lakes, getting "lake effect" snow storms.

[LD]

7652

True. It's been a really good winter so far - especially appreciated are the hwy driving conditions. But as they say, it ain't over till it's over.

[LD]

7653

Anyone else notice forum performance issues yesterday? Today seems to be at least close to normal.

[weegillis]

7654


7650


Am I correct in understanding that you're in the area of the below map labeled "Western Plain?"

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/media/geological-regions-264.jpg


That would be correct. It is in this region that we find the 'three escarpments' (in Canada, anyway). The same region extends all the way down through west-central Texas to the Rio Grande, and includes most of Montana, eastern Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. Edmonton's sister city is Oklahoma City. It's only fitting that this is where the Oilers' farm team is located (Oklahoma City Barons). I don't know that the escarpments extend all the way down, but it would make sense, owing to the gradual rise toward the mountains in the west.


And, in which of the regions shown on this map?

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/media/natural-regions-of-canada-2368.jpg
We are situated in the east central region of Alberta, close to the Saskatchewan border, within the Prairies. The Boreal Plains (what we refer to in these parts as the Northern Forest Region) begins roughly 100 miles north of here. The upper edge of the prairie trapezoid in the image, crosses roughly where Prince Albert is in Saskatchewan, and roughly where Athabasca (the town) is in Alberta. Our region within the prairies (a narrow band running east and west) is more Aspen Parkland than actual prairies although we don't have a lot of trees, just lots of marginal range land and drought conditions more often than wet. We're on more or less the cusp of the two major regions, neither wet like up north, nor arid, like down south, but semi arid.

[deepsand]

7655

To put the present in geological perspective, Western Interior Seaway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Interior_Seaway)

Western Interior Seaway during the mid-Cretaceous, about 100 million years before the present
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Cretaceous_seaway.png

Western Interior Seaway during the late Campanian Stage, about 75 mya
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Paleogeography_of_North_America_during_the_late_Ca mpanian_Stage_of_the_Late_Cretaceous.png/488px-Paleogeography_of_North_America_during_the_late_Ca mpanian_Stage_of_the_Late_Cretaceous.png

[weegillis]

7656


7655

To put the present in geological perspective, ...

Which that does. It is easy to see how the plains got all their sediment and carbonates, and where all the water came from (besides glaciation) that formed a lot of key waterways and gorges.

To put this time frame in perspective, we have the Geologic Time Scale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geological_epoch), in which we find the Cretaceous in the latter period of the Mesozoic era. This is relatively late in the overall geology of the continent, but glaciation notwithstanding, the remnants of the period are still quite evident today. We need to wrap our head around millions of years at a time, though, and picture the changes at that rate. At least we're only dealing with the last 0.1 billion years. A lot less to chew than the Pre-Cambrian supereon.

[deepsand]

7657

Also instructive to look at the times re. the bio-sphere, noting how very long the passage of time between the first elemental life forms and the dawn of man.

This clock representation shows some of the major units of geological time and definitive events of Earth history. The Hadean eon represents the time before fossil record of life on Earth; its upper boundary is now regarded as 4.0 Ga.[1] Other subdivisions reflect the evolution of life; the Archean and Proterozoic are both eons, the Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic are eras of the Phanerozoic eon. The two million year Quaternary period, the time of recognizable humans, is too small to be visible at this scale.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Geologic_Clock_with_events_and_periods.svg/625px-Geologic_Clock_with_events_and_periods.svg.png

[deepsand]

7658

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/17c279d04ac17ea83066b1af4659f334.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/d26ccddaf1bbe4aff55b6289e536d7fb.png

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/263385ce973a359c46b4469487d99145.png

[deepsand]

7659

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/72/Geological_Time_Scale.png

[weegillis]

7660

Posting for count and going OT, for the moment, I'm listening to Yellow Fields right now, and thought I'd see if it was on YouTube, and lo and behold, here is one of the best tunes ever written, in two parts,

Addendum: CRANK IT!

[weegillis]

7661

Sand Glass (Part 1)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8u4GDq5R0U

[weegillis]

7662

Sand Glass (part 2)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXxtyxyCwJM

[chrisJumbo]

7663
A picture of a lighthouse in Mendocino, CA and a rock formation in Sedona, AZ (with a rainbow).

[deepsand]

7664


A picture of a lighthouse in Mendocino, CA ... .
Odd that there's so much said about lighthouses on the Atlantic coast, and so little of those on the Gulf and Pacific coasts.

[weegillis]

7665


7664


Odd that there's so much said about lighthouses on the Atlantic coast, and so little of those on the Gulf and Pacific coasts.

It's not for any lack of them either: List of lighthouses in Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lighthouses_in_Canada)

[weegillis]

7666

More on the west coast: Lighthouses of British Columbia (http://www.fogwhistle.ca/bclights/)

[weegillis]

7667

Still more: California Lights (http://lighthousegetaway.com/lights/calif.html)

All got from this search: west coast lighthouses (http://www.google.ca/search?q=west+coast+lighthouses)

[chrisJumbo]

7668
We have visited a few here in California. I have a couple of good photos. One has the lighthouse shrouded in fog with the light shining bright. How do you actually embed a photo in a post? The last time I attached them and it created thumbnails.

cd :O)

[weegillis]

7669


7668
... How do you actually embed a photo in a post? The last time I attached them and it created thumbnails.

Switch to advanced mode and use the IMG tools.

[weegillis]

7670

This attempt failed. The image should be 512x384. Guess I'll wait until someone pipes in with the correct answer.

537

[deepsand]

7671


Odd that there's so much said about lighthouses on the Atlantic coast, and so little of those on the Gulf and Pacific coasts.


It's not for any lack of them either
May owe to the great concentration of population and tourist destinations on the Eastern Seaboard, along with its proximity to the populations of the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor, many of whom flock to the beaches here in Summer, such that the lighthouses here receive more publicity from the tourist and hospitality industries.

[weegillis]

7672

And as we see from the BC page, to see most of the ones on that coast, you almost need to fly to all of them, as the coast is very rugged and not very accessible. Few people can afford that kind of holiday, and if they can, they're taking it in foreign climes.

[deepsand]

7673

I noticed that they we're exactly well suited for tourism.

[weegillis]

7674

As beautiful as it is along the west coast, it is not without its tempests. The Gulf of Alaska is the mother of all low pressure systems from the NW. The coastline is mostly unfriendly and the weather can change completely over the course of an hour. One is not very inclined to take a day's boat ride in just any small craft. Even larger vessels get tossed around alot.

Tourists who take on the west coast are likely avid boat people, or passionate nature lovers with a taste for adventure. There are very few activities that do not include the word 'adventure.' Survival of the fittest is practically the maxim. Whole families are less likely to engage in such, as are most 'regular' folk. Them that do, never regret it, but they all say the same thing... it was rough, it was scary, we are glad to be on solid ground again.

[deepsand]

7675

Having stood watch on the bowsprit of the USNA's 68' cutter rigged sloop Highland Light, sailing but a few points off the wind in a hurricane, heeled over so hard that the leeward deck was awash, I'm pretty much inured to, while still being appreciative and respectful of, the forces of wind and waves.

http://www.corbisimages.com/images/Corbis-US002491.jpg?size=67&uid=bc104995-718e-4dc7-b599-6c4045af6a72

[edhan]

7676

I love this. One day I will be sailing in the high seas.

[deepsand]

7677

Works a lot better if you sail on it. ;)

[briguy]

#7678....been a long time!

[deepsand]

7679


#7678....been a long time!
And, after all that time, you brought but one number back with you? :lol:

[edhan]

7677

Works a lot better if you sail on it. ;)

7680

Yes. I love that. Working on it now ...

[deepsand]

7678

How long is the swim to New Zealand?

[edhan]

7682

Based on my swimming speed and the current in the ocean, I do believe it will take at least a year to reach New Zealand.

[deepsand]

7683

This should help cut down the travel time.

http://www.gtp.com.au/broadwaysurf/images/freeridepic1.jpg

[edhan]

7684

Great! I have tried wind surfing at sea ... but wondering how it will be like in the ocean crossing South China Sea ??

[deepsand]

7685

... the world distance record in windsurfing after sailing 520.8 kilometres in one single day ... (http://www.surfertoday.com/windsurfing/5591-jacques-van-der-hout-breaks-world-distance-record)

[edhan]

7686

I wish to be the one .... but in real life, I am not so it will definitely take more than a day to reach New Zealand ...not forgetting all the patrol boat I will face as I cross each country ...

[deepsand]

7687

Why would you need to sail so close, inside territorial waters, and in a manner so peculiar as to draw the attention of maritime patrols?

[edhan]

7688

Coastal area tends to be safer from the giant waves that I fear I would likely be covered by the storm. So I have no choice but to sail through the coast line ....

[deepsand]

7689

But, that would not automatically result in interception.

[briguy]

7679


And, after all that time, you brought but one number back with you? :lol:
Well trying to make it up...just brought this one 7690!

[dtj2011]

7691......I am also in the count

[deepsand]

7692


Well trying to make it up...just brought this one 7690!

Look under the chair and sofa cushions; never know what you might find there.

[weegillis]

7693

anybody notice our shrinking ratio, of late... a mere 3.75% of readers on this thread are bothering to post. Hey folks! Would it break one's arm to lift a cushion or two?

[LD]

7694
7693

anybody notice our shrinking ratio, of late... a mere 3.75% of readers on this thread are bothering to post. Hey folks! Would it break one's arm to lift a cushion or two?

I found some cheetos and an apple core under one cushion. Darn kids!!

[deepsand]

7695


anybody notice our shrinking ratio, of late... a mere 3.75% of readers on this thread are bothering to post. Hey folks! Would it break one's arm to lift a cushion or two?
They're tied up elsewhere trying to run up their post counts with drivel, fluff and tripe.

[deepsand]

7696


I found some cheetos and an apple core under one cushion. Darn kids!!
That's your Super Bowl snack. :lol:

[LD]

7697
7696


That's your Super Bowl snack. :lol:

Mmmmmmmmmm! With a little dijon ketchup and pre-wrapped bacon perhaps?

[deepsand]

7698

Sorry; thought the bacon was for me. :oops:

[briguy]

7692



Look under the chair and sofa cushions; never know what you might find there. Thanks for the advice...found a lost pen!
In my defense, (about occasionally popping in) I basically lurk this forum and occasionally come here for answer..well what got me back here..was to post a question http://www.webproworld.com/webmaster-forum/threads/115197-Tag-Cloud-and-SEO?p=602579#post602579
and when I get a email subscribed response, I replied and came here!

7699

[deepsand]

7700

I've heard that that's one of the places that pens prefer as breeding sites.

[LD]

7701

They're hiding from the sock puppets.

[deepsand]

7702

Indeed; sock puppets, being of little substance and no will of their own, find it hard to get into such places without a good bit of help.

[Sweetness2362]

7703....

Why dont sock puppets ever get anything done? They always have a hand up their.....

[chrisJumbo]

7704
So politicians are like sock puppets?!?

cd :O)

[weegillis]

7705


7704
So politicians are like sock puppets?!?

cd :O)

'super' sock puppets with multiport hand injection.

[deepsand]

7706


'super' sock puppets with multiport hand injection.
Parallel or serial?

[LD]

7706


Parallel or serial?

Read somewhere they like the new choco Cheerios serial. ;^))

[weegillis]

7708


7706


Parallel or serial?

I think it would be serial, as in 'four stroke' or 'two stroke'.

[LD]

7709

With the sugar content in choco Cheerios, they'll power-up a child like a Bugatti's 16.4 liter W-16!

[LD]

7710
Toronto vs Edmonton puck drops in 1 minute!

[deepsand]

7711

Feeling a bit puckish?

[LD]

7712

Better puckish that than a sock-pucket? :mrgreen:

[weegillis]

[7712] oops... 7713

Wasn't that game last night? They're (Oilers) in Detroit for tomorrow. Oops... I see the Jets took away any winning streak the Leafs might have had. Must have been a good game.

[LD]

7713

Just got back to the Future - It's against Winterpeg.

[deepsand]

7714

We were hoping that you'd bring news from the future. :(

[LD]

7715

Some Loto numbers perhaps?

[deepsand]

7716

Splendid idea.

Sports scores would be equally useful; I've got a Vegas connection. ;)

[briguy]

7713

Just got back to the Future - It's against Winterpeg.
Hoping to know my grandchildren's name

7717

[deepsand]

7718

7719

[weegillis]

7720

... my bad.

[deepsand]

7721

Didn't you hear? Bad is good. ;)

[dtj2011]

7723 when will we reach one million?

[deepsand]

The real 7723.

[LD]

7724

My name is 7724....No, my name is 7724...Uh-Uh, my name is 7724

[LD]

7725

Will the real 7724 please stand up!

[deepsand]

He decided to change his handle to 7726, go take a walk in the snow and have a smoke.

[deepsand]

7727


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fgiGHmQlKC8

[edhan]

7728

Well control and posture. I will give a 10 ....

[deepsand]

7729

The Friesian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesian_horse) was widely used in the Middle Ages by armored knights, owing to their height, powerful legs, and agility.

At one point they very nearly became extinct, so that there are today but 3 purebred blood lines.

What makes this dancing one so rare is that virtually all Friesians are black.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Friesian-stallion.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Friese.jpg/640px-Friese.jpg

[briguy]

7730 Quite the beautiful horse pictured above

[deepsand]

7731

Big, beautiful, and strong.

[briguy]

7732 ^ I second that!

[deepsand]

7733


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuHKz7Jh6ho&feature=related7733

[weegillis]

7734

Lot of horsing around going on here... Makes me think of 'Night Vision (http://cockburnproject.net/albums/nightvision.html)' by Bruce Cockburn. The horse running along the railroad track on the cover.

[Kate_Oranum]

7735 - woop woop come one people!

[deepsand]

7736


Makes me think of 'Night Vision (http://cockburnproject.net/albums/nightvision.html)' by Bruce Cockburn. The horse running along the railroad track on the cover.

For those who don't know, that's pronounced COE-burn.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4FEn-ZKdDg&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AVGxdCwVVULXdJ_e0JklQk1Wnzh8v_mbI3

[LD]

7737

7736
For those who don't know, that's pronounced COE-burn.


"Rocket Launcher", "Going to the Country" - so many good songs.

[deepsand]

7738

First saw Bruce ages ago at the annual Philadelphia Folk Festival, when both of us were quite a bit younger.

He still gets air time, particularly on folk oriented web streams from the likes of WXPN and WKSU.

[weegillis]

7739

Can still remember peeling the cellophane wrap off Bruce's first album, self titled, in 1969. Was hooked right off the bat. His concerts were always very intimate, in Edmonton, anyway, held in the theatre in the Students' Union Building (SUB) with audiences numbering well below 1000. He had a loyal following that I am sure are just as loyal today as they were in his early years. We saw him a couple years ago in Winspear Centre, a gorgeous hall with awesome acoustics, and when he was polling the audience for a favorite my missus shouted from our seats way back on the third balcony, "Going to the Country!" and he heard her above the crowd. "Whoa, lady, you're really dating yourself!" was his reply, whereupon he played it. The whole concert was incredible, but that moment really made our night. Worth the five hour return trip.

[deepsand]

7740

I really miss the days of the folk circuit and coffee houses, places like the Second Fret, the Gilded Cage, Duck Soup, the Main Point, the Jaw Bone, etc.., places that were really small, so small that the performers could see each and every one in the audience.

[mikmik]

7741

7721

Didn't you hear? Bad is good. ;)

Sick!

[mikmik]

7742

In saw Cockburn at the Jube in Edmonton, warming up for Red Rider, in 1984, I think....

Thx .... I finally got hosting .... gonna go computer science soon .... make sick websites .... some sick links .... html5please (http://html5please.us/) ... wanna be a cowboy ... found this in my backyard yesterday ...552
canIuse (http://caniuse.com/#cats=HTML5)

[LD]

7743
So when is "sick" really sick (as in not well)? ;^))

[deepsand]

7744

When you're ill.

[weegillis]

7745

What we need is a lexicon categorized by generation... estimate one's age, and jump to that age group section. It would require appendices, as well, for all the 'what was cool then is sick now' sort of stuff that won't fit squarely in the lexicon's thesaurus out front.

[weegillis]

7746

No sooner said, than done [search: slang ordered by generation (http://www.google.ca/search?q=slang+ordered+by+generation)]...

"Slinging Slang from the Flappers to the Rappers (http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/generation_test.html)"

[deepsand]

7747

Far out, man.

[deepsand]

7748


No sooner said, than done [search: slang ordered by generation (http://www.google.ca/search?q=slang+ordered+by+generation)]...

"Slinging Slang from the Flappers to the Rappers (http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/generation_test.html)"
According to that, I'm from the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 90s.

Guess I was in a coma during the 70s and 80s; which, as it turns out, is while I was married.

[LD]

7749

Thats phat.

[deepsand]

7750

http://drx.typepad.com/psychotherapyblog/images/2007/06/28/phat_2.gif