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  1. What ever happened to second world countries anyway? All I ever hear about is the 1st and 3rd ones.
  2. << when we DO go down we have fun >> Doesn't everybody?
  3. My favorite condensed formation is cumulonimbus, but lenticular (which sometimes gets reported as a UFO) is a close second.
  4. The Cheatriots will probably draft a QB - - they have diva receivers that may want their coaches to find out if Penix has a big head.
  5. I have an actual update ! ! ! Interesting article about potential NASA plans for a new roughly $11 billion telescope that would be parked in orbit near the existing James Webb space telescope more than a decade from now but have superior capabilities: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-planned-nasa-telescope-may-help-us-identify-worlds-like-our-own-180983601/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us Like all articles dealing with the search for extraterrestrial life, it makes some speculative assumptions, but at least it identifies them as such.
  6. Saddest song I ever heard, and tells a very sad truth - - You can't make someone love you if they don't: Turn down the lights Turn down the bed Turn down these voices inside my head Lay down with me Tell me no lies Just hold me close, don't patronize Don't patronize me 'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't You can't make your heart feel something it won't Here in the dark, in these final hours I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power But you won't, no you won't 'Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't I'll close my eyes, then I won't see The love you don't feel when you're holding me Morning will come and I'll do what's right Just give me till then to give up this fight And I will give up this fight 'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't You can't make your heart feel something it won't Here in the dark, in these final hours I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power But you won't, no you won't 'Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't _____________________________________________________________ Similar theme, but not performed in such a heart-wrenching way, and less powerful lyrics: [Verse 1] Girl when I look at you, you look through me Like I'm not even there I try not to give up, to be strong but I'm afraid to say I'm scared I can't find the place, your heart is hidin' I'm no quitter but I'm tired of fightin' [Chorus] Baby I love you, don't want to lose you Don't make me let you go Took such a long time, for me to find you Don't make me let you go Baby I'm beggin' please And I'm down here on my knees I... don't want to have to set you free Don't make me [Verse 2] What if when I'm long gone, it dawns on you You just might want me back Let me make myself clear, if I leave here It's done; I'm gone, that's that You carry my love around Like it's a heavy burden Well I'm about to take it back Are you sure it's worth it [Chorus] Baby I love you, don't want to lose you Don't make me let you go Took such a long time, for me to find you Don't make me let you go Baby I'm beggin' please And I'm down here on my knees I... don't want to have to set you free Don't make me Don't make me (Don't make me) [Bridge] Baby I'm beggin' please And I'm down here on my knees I... don't want to have to set you free Don't make me [Outro] (Baby I love you Don't want to lose you Don't make me let you go) Don't make me Stop lovin' you (Don't make me) Stop needin' you
  7. At first I wasn't convinced, but then you supported your assertion by writing "period," so you must be right, because if there was actually any doubt, you would have been required to write "semicolon" and consider other possibilities (or at least write "comma"). Think much?
  8. As George Carlin famously said: "Think about how stupid the average person is. Half of us are even dumber than that." Technically he should have mentioned the "mean" rather than the "average," but that wouldn't be as funny.
  9. If you're convinced that astronomers would certainly be able to see a dangerous asteroid long before it could hit earth, you might want to read this: https://www.popsci.com/science/asteroid-nt1-earth-planetary-defense/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us An excerpt: "In the summer, astronomers spotted an airplane-sized asteroid—large enough to potentially destroy a city—on an almost-collision course with Earth. But no one saw the space rock until two days after it had zoomed past our planet. This asteroid, named 2023 NT1, passed by us at only one-fourth of the distance from Earth to the moon." * * * It turns out that Earth has what Brin Bailey, UC Santa Barbara astronomer and lead author on the paper, calls a “blindspot.” Any asteroid coming from the direction of the sun gets lost in the glare of our nearest star.”
  10. We're looking for aliens - - what if (assuming they exist, which is highly doubtful), they're looking too? Interesting perspective on what they could see if they had technology similar to current earth technology: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231024-how-aliens-might-detect-our-existence-on-earth
  11. For many years, I had a job out west with frequent last-minute schedule changes, so it was hard to plan vacation travel. The one exception was the week between Christmas and New Year's when I knew I could get away. Used that week to try out new places, usually with my significant other: Snowbird, Breckenridge, Park City, Taos, Northstar, Whistler, Angel Fire, Heavenly Valley, Squaw Valley, Vail, Lake Louise, Sun Valley, Mammoth. Lots of great memories - - loved leaving big city air pollution and getting up into the pristine mountains. Favorite was probably Snowbird - - learned to ski there at the age of 27 while skipping classes for a week with some grad school buddies and was hooked.
  12. https://www.facebook.com/selkirktv/videos/2023-ppa-desert-ridge-womens-doubles-gold-medal-c-parenteaua-waters-vs-a-jonesl-/3495002160771132/
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