I wouldn't stand there in a Photoshop.
Edit: That is a stupid is as stupid does moment. The epitome of the Forrest Gump philosophy....
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I wouldn't stand there in a Photoshop.
Edit: That is a stupid is as stupid does moment. The epitome of the Forrest Gump philosophy....
Shooting occurred just two streets over from us earlier today. No one shot, but a few folks shaken up. Shooters still at large. I walk through the parking lot, pictured in the video, a few times daily.
www.kxan.com
No known injuries after shots were fired in north Austin, police now searching for gunmen
APD said the original call came in as a “reported active shooter,” but when officers got to the scene near North Lamar Blvd. and Rundberg Lane, those involved had left the scene.
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Shooting occurred just two streets over from us earlier today. No one shot, but a few folks shaken up. Shooters still at large. I walk through the parking lot, pictured in the video, a few times daily.
No known injuries after shots were fired in north Austin, police now searching for gunmen
APD said the original call came in as a “reported active shooter,” but when officers got to the scene near North Lamar Blvd. and Rundberg Lane, those involved had left the scene.
Observe ATX. Bless you and yours...
Louisville preparing for a weekend of protests marking the anniversary of Breanna Taylor's death. Hopefully it will be peaceful this time around.
Speaking of "fear of heights", this one made me queasy.
A Walk On Christ The Redeemer | Repairing the Statue in Rio - YouTube
A Walk On Christ The Redeemer | Repairing the Statue in Rio - YouTube
D, A few days ago the discussion of skin tags came up and someone posted they had used Hempvanna. The question is, when I read the box, it said do not use around the eyes, whoever posted it, did you use it around your eyes? Sounds like a really stupid question!
Not sure you can compare scores. Nine times out of ten, when someone beats Kentucky, they lose their very next game, sometimes next two games.
Thanks. I went for my late-afternoon walk at 3:35 pm today and noticed the parking lot filled with people and police. Wife called roughly 20 minutes later. She said be careful because active shooters may be in the area.
It's rough in our neck of the woods.
Man, all this is making me nervous about my daughter being there. She already had her new car (college graduation present from my wife's mother) broken into. What happened to gentle, dope-smoking, guitar-picking, half-a-hippy Austin I used to visit 20 years ago?
Disney pulls Peter Pan and Dumbo. If this wasn't so disturbing it would be funny.
If she lives down within 3 miles of UTexas campus downtown, she's good. We live in a rough part of ATX, which is 8 miles north up Lamar Blvd. Lookup crime rates for zip code 78753. Chronically high up here.
are you a sailor man?
There's a place in southern Illinois called Little Grand Canyon. There are several state parks in the area. One of them is called Garden of the Gods. There's a rock formations in it that is very precarious, though not as bad as the one pictured. Every year or two, you read about someone dying from a fall there.
‘I’ve had all I can stands, I can’t stands no more.’ So, maybe I am.
When I was a teenager a guy in my high school (of about 130 people) died in a fall on a camping trip to Red River Gorge. There have been roughly 80 deaths documented there since 1960, according to the park’s website.
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My nephew fell nearly thirty feet at the gorge, luckily/miraculously he only broke his arm. dangerous place to be wandering around at night.
Cool but I was not Armor, just a respecter and supporter of "Armor", and the other Warfighters. I was MI, an II to be exact. I DO enjoy your perspective and also the sharing of the intricate work you did/do. Knowing what you did/do nearly confirms that not all in your line are "fake" news. (I knew that anyway but I DO enjoy that I can converse with one such as you. Thanks!)
Another place noted for deaths. Some real, some manufactured.
Thanks BBUK. I enjoy our conversations as well, and all the wise and good folks in the D-League.
I would like to second that this morning. The D League is one of the few that you can have intelligent discussion with all views expressed and no personal attacks. We each bring a variety of subjects from exotic plants and animals to old fashioned horse sense.
And speaking of Armor.
My MOS was Armor and I attended The Armor School at Ft Knox. One of my favorite things at Ft Knox was the Patton Museum. They have the staff car he was injured in, nicely restored
Misery and Agony come to mind. "Hey TRAINEE, you're messing up my formation Son. Get in step and move."
Good morning from ATX. Currently 68°F with light drizzle. We'll top out today around 79°F or so. Rain due in later tonight. We need it.
Wife and I watched basketball yesterday. Happy Vols beat Gators. Unhappy Baylor Bears lost to OSU Cowboys.
I've got chores later today. Planning on a few other activities as well.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Wife and I watched basketball yesterday. Happy Vols beat Gators. Unhappy Baylor Bears lost to OSU Cowboys.
I've got chores later today. Planning on a few other activities as well.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Been on both of them!!!Misery and Agony come to mind. "Hey TRAINEE, you're messing up my formation Son. Get in step and move."
Always amazes me how they built something like this, or the old castles on top a peak in Europe, etc.
Especially the old, old ones with no modern tools, cranes, helicopters, etc. Just amazing.
This was built between 1922 and 1931, so some modern techniques....but still.
Man, does that look good. I'll take 2 of each.Good morning from ATX. Currently 68°F with light drizzle. We'll top out today around 79°F or so. Rain due in later tonight. We need it.
Wife and I watched basketball yesterday. Happy Vols beat Gators. Unhappy Baylor Bears lost to OSU Cowboys.
I've got chores later today. Planning on a few other activities as well.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Thanks for sharing that Sawnee. They don’t make them like Patton anymore in the upper ranks of the US Army. Unfortunately.I would like to second that this morning. The D League is one of the few that you can have intelligent discussion with all views expressed and no personal attacks. We each bring a variety of subjects from exotic plants and animals to old fashioned horse sense.
And speaking of Armor.
My MOS was Armor and I attended The Armor School at Ft Knox. One of my favorite things at Ft Knox was the Patton Museum. They have the staff car he was injured in, nicely restored
I hope Saturday is off to a good start for everyone. I was out early to log my longest hike of the week. Nice and quiet and I got to watch the sun come up.
I’ll check in with you guys later.
Couple months ago, I got back in touch with an old Army buddy who later became a helicopter pilot. He asked whatever happened to that "olive oil container" I found while scuba diving the Mediterranean near L'Escala, Spain during an Easter trip back in 1985. Heck, I'd completely forgotten about this centuries-old amphora. Dug the container out of our storage shed the other day. I probably should take it in for appraisal sometime.
My Dad was the kind that never watched TV. Was either working, or working in the yard. And he NEVER went to the theater to watch movies.I would like to second that this morning. The D League is one of the few that you can have intelligent discussion with all views expressed and no personal attacks. We each bring a variety of subjects from exotic plants and animals to old fashioned horse sense.
And speaking of Armor.
My MOS was Armor and I attended The Armor School at Ft Knox. One of my favorite things at Ft Knox was the Patton Museum. They have the staff car he was injured in, nicely restored
The only time that I know of that he went to the theater was to watch the movie 'Patton'. Being in the 3rd Army he absolutely loved Patton, even though my Dad being a conservative Christian man probably didn't like the way Patton talked. When he came back from the theater he said that the movie was spot on. That he felt that he was actually watching Patton himself. And, many of the scenes were true to how they actually happened because my Dad was actually there and observed what happened and what was said.
Patton is one of the very few movies I have actually gone to a theater to watch.
I had a very close family friend who was in Patton's 3rd Army, his name was Bill Mahaffey from Berea, KY.
Since we are left at home without any more basketball and my interest is vanished, I am going to spend the day working outside.
We picked up five Mandevilla plants yesterday, red and yellow that I am going to cultivate on a trellis. These plants love hot weather and full sunshine, I have a spot for them. A sample below. Some people call them Rocktrumpets
We picked up five Mandevilla plants yesterday, red and yellow that I am going to cultivate on a trellis. These plants love hot weather and full sunshine, I have a spot for them. A sample below. Some people call them Rocktrumpets
Very nice piece. Thanks for sharing Austin. Fascinating to imagine who last held that amphora before you -- how he lived, what he thought, what he believed. I feel that emotion every time I find an American Indian artifact in the fields of Kentucky -- what was on the mind of the person who dropped that knife blade or projectile point 2,000 years ago?Couple months ago, I got back in touch with an old Army buddy who later became a helicopter pilot. He asked whatever happened to that "olive oil container" I found while scuba diving the Mediterranean near L'Escala, Spain during an Easter trip back in 1985. Heck, I'd completely forgotten about this centuries-old amphora. Dug the container out of our storage shed the other day. I probably should take it in for appraisal sometime.
I've always been intrested in archeology and paleontology. I'm reading a book right now called Dragon Hunter about Roy Chapman Andrews -- the real life model for Indiana Jones. Those 'naturalists' back in the 1920s and 1930s had remarkable lives.
My mother had a box full of arrowheads she found in the citrus groves at my grandfather's place. The tribe that inhabited the area was the Timucua. It is extinct now.
Timucua is an extinct Amerindian language of Florida whose origins are uncertain. The language shows some similarities to the Arawakan languages, and linguist Julian Granberry has suggested the Timucua people may have migrated to Florida from an original Amazonian homeland. After being decimated by European disease and warfare between the Spanish and British, the surviving Timucua Indians were sent to Cuba, where their language rapidly disappeared. The last known Timucua Indian died in 1767, making the Timucuans (along with the Beothuk) one of only a few truly extinct American Indian tribes.
They preserved meat by smoking it over a fire.
Very interesting Sawnee. I collected quite a few points in Bracken and Campbell counties, most of which I still have. I'd researched the cultures I figured they were from a bit, the Hopewell and Adena people who built settlements in the Ohio River valley between 2,500-1,200 years ago. Then I found an archeology community on FB and posted some of my finds. They were actually from three distinct periods as far back as 8,000 years ago. So much history on this continent before the first European arrived...My mother had a box full of arrowheads she found in the citrus groves at my grandfather's place. The tribe that inhabited the area was the Timucua. It is extinct now.
Timucua is an extinct Amerindian language of Florida whose origins are uncertain. The language shows some similarities to the Arawakan languages, and linguist Julian Granberry has suggested the Timucua people may have migrated to Florida from an original Amazonian homeland. After being decimated by European disease and warfare between the Spanish and British, the surviving Timucua Indians were sent to Cuba, where their language rapidly disappeared. The last known Timucua Indian died in 1767, making the Timucuans (along with the Beothuk) one of only a few truly extinct American Indian tribes.
They preserved meat by smoking it over a fire.
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Some of my finds, from American Indian cultures in Northern Kentucky, as I'm told between 8,000 and about 1,000 years ago...
Couple months ago, I got back in touch with an old Army buddy who later became a helicopter pilot. He asked whatever happened to that "olive oil container" I found while scuba diving the Mediterranean near L'Escala, Spain during an Easter trip back in 1985. Heck, I'd completely forgotten about this centuries-old amphora. Dug the container out of our storage shed the other day. I probably should take it in for appraisal sometime.
I bet if you took it to one of the "roadshow" appraisers, it would be worth thousands.
No Mandevilla's but back in the 20s there was a flower business on the our property. The Mrs' G-Grandparents had about an acre in Dahlias, Glads, and Irises. Sold them by the roadside. They had a couple other businesses on the property as well. When the Mrs and I first met, she had their old cart sitting in the backyard that they used to display the flowers with. Best I could tell it was from the late 1800s. Before I could get to restoring it the wood all rotted and the metal for the wheels had rusted to dust.Since we are left at home without any more basketball and my interest is vanished, I am going to spend the day working outside.
We picked up five Mandevilla plants yesterday, red and yellow that I am going to cultivate on a trellis. These plants love hot weather and full sunshine, I have a spot for them. A sample below. Some people call them Rocktrumpets
Here's a price list from 1928. Can't get these prices now.....
I love archaeology. Here is a good read that covers a lot of ground.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_archaeological_anthropology/2/
A mile from my house is a cave with some of the oldest "mud glyphs" in the eastern U.S.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_archaeological_anthropology/2/
A mile from my house is a cave with some of the oldest "mud glyphs" in the eastern U.S.
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