January 3, 2025

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happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

Hobs!

Tigressy
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
14 days ago

be

P51Strega
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Reply to  Tigressy
14 days ago

Is that your baby picture?

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

Got a lot on your mind, Bunkie?

Arfside
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

They’re sweet when they’re kittens.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Arfside
15 days ago

That’s what my mom said about human children…. with a sigh….
They’re so sweet when they’re babies.

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

Story was that the flying harnesses in the romantic flying scene were very uncomfortable.

JP Steve
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
15 days ago

Why am I not surprised?

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
15 days ago

As they are in stage productions of Peter Pan.

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

So this would be

SPOILER 1
Margot Kidder
as Lois Lane, and
SPOILER 2
Christopher Reeve
as Superman in the eponymous film.

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
15 days ago

Plus I like the name of the aerialist company: Kamakazi Airways.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
15 days ago

I’m thinking that’s a dummy of Lois.

The hair, the hands, the lifeless position.

If it’s not….

My apologies to Ms. Kidder.

JP Steve
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
14 days ago

Chris looks pretty unnatural too…

Arfside
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

Not all acting is easy!

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

Spoiler
Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” but it sure doesn’t look like her!

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  JP Steve
15 days ago

I thought she totally looked like herself.

More_Cats_Than_Sense
Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
15 days ago

Same here.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  JP Steve
15 days ago

I don’t know what it is, but she looks a wee bit off to me.

If I enlarge it and look at her face, she looks normal, but something about her neck, or her carriage, looks different.

Not enough to stop me from recognizing her immediately, just a little awkwardness.

Arfside
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
14 days ago

Right! I’d recognize that cat anywhere.

JP Steve
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
14 days ago

It’s the unusual angle — her profile is just wrong…

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

The rare Argyle Highland Border Collie…

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  JP Steve
15 days ago

He’s a beauty.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

He was in a contest for most beautiful dog… But it ended in a tie.

P51Strega
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Reply to  nighthawks
14 days ago

His old collie•ge ties

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

I hope she replied something like: “You do that, constable. I am sure the Air Corps will stop sending him aloft to bomb Germany, and I should like to have him home nights.”

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

“One thing about being one of the “few” is how we keep becoming…fewer…”………..Richard Burton, The Longest Day

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

It is a “black mamba.”

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

Sawfish — no relation to the Swordfish…

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

And that’s its happy face. 😠

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

Ooo-kay….

baconboycamper
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Reply to  JP Steve
14 days ago

But it does make sense, from a safety point of view. To keep you from walking the corners-section. Without the handrail, it would be very easy to miss a step if you are transversing the corner-points.
Another observation… Who would put a rain/roof downspout right adjacent to steps? Winter-time there, and you can see the ice building up.
Not a good architect…

P51Strega
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Reply to  baconboycamper
14 days ago

Probably not the architect for the down pipe; it looks like a cobble on. I would guess that the railing originally ran out to the side, allowing access from side & middle. Per your safety observation they likely had to move the railing to meet code. The down spouts were likely worse and were moved as an improvement.

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

In the back bedroom, under the bead or in a closet.

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

Spoiler
You mean the one on the picture frame?

mr_sherman
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

Found it.

More_Cats_Than_Sense
Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

My location for the cat is:
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SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

But…

Um…. guys…..

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mr_sherman
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
14 days ago

That’s the one I found.

P51Strega
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Reply to  nighthawks
14 days ago

I don’t have to find the cat. As I am not particularly fond of cats, the cat will find me.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

Hope she didn’t injure her back!

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

They’re still in the IGA (?) market, but at least she’s removed the sunglasses.

Tigressy
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

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Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  Tigressy
15 days ago

I believe that is

SPOILER
Steve Martin in drag.
I don’t know who the baby on the boxes is.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
15 days ago

Yes….

In a scene

from…

“Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”…. spoofing the grocery store scene above.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 days ago

They look almost like cardboard cutouts instead of live people.

It might be the lighting, and the depth of field…. everything is in focus. Ok, you can’t read all the labels but the ones in back are the same as in front.

Maybe a 4×5 camera like they use to shoot postcards?

Alexikakos
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15 days ago

 
I think the bird has done this before.
 

 

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  Alexikakos
15 days ago

Definitely.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Alexikakos
15 days ago

Pretty amazing!
Crows are very smart.

Tigressy
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Reply to  Alexikakos
15 days ago

(sigh) Our crow used to do that – they were able to open twist-off glasses where I kept the dry cat-food they loved.

Alexikakos
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15 days ago

 
If you can tell me why this photograph by Andreas Gursky of the Rhine River is worth $3,400,000.00 U.S. (it was sold at Christies in New York / its title is “Rhine River II”) I’d like to hear your explanation.
 
https://i.insider.com/4ebaae82eab8ea0811000006?width=500&format=jpeg&auto=webp
 

More_Cats_Than_Sense
Reply to  Alexikakos
15 days ago

Probably because it was sold as a ‘Non-fungible Token’ perhaps?

Tigressy
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Reply to  Alexikakos
15 days ago

Before or after tax?

meadowmary
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Reply to  Alexikakos
14 days ago

Makes more sense than the banana!

happyhappyhappy
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15 days ago

Gigga Goose?

Alexikakos
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
14 days ago

 
I’m really glad to gain the information, but I do wish they’d stop thinking they’re funny.
And it should be “jigga” goose.
Evidence…
 

 

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Alexikakos
12 days ago

They are funny!

At least, I think Hank Green is funny. I watch a lot of his videos, and I find them informative and entertaining.

He’s very bright, very educated, and knows a LOT about a lot of things.

….

As for g’if vs jiff…. You can search it, watch videos, read articles…. Tech geeks and scientists more knowledgeable than you or I can’t come to an agreement.

I use the hard g, some of them use that pronunciation, others, including the inventor of the form, use the j sound.

Some of his colleagues in the field called him out on that, and use the hard g… They say he has no right to impose an unnatural pronunciation, pointing out that we say “gift” and “gig”.

His emulators point out “giraffe” …. But that’s more of an exception to the usual rule.

My point is, please realize that your opinions are opinions, as are mine!

More_Cats_Than_Sense
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15 days ago

Paul Newman at Speedwell Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire, UK – 1971.

More info on the Lead Mine here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedwell_Cavern

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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
15 days ago

Now I might be wrong about these, but the vehicle directly behind Paul is a Ford Thames van, that looks to be fitted with windows as a camper. The van to the far left looks like a Ford Poplar delivery van, and the vehicle to the far right looks like an Austin A40.
Can’t see enough of the vehicle bottom left to work out what it is.

And looking at his coat, Paul has arrived on a motorcycle.

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SusanSunshine
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15 days ago

I love Basset Trek!

I know it’s an old series, and times were different… I detect a bit of anticatism in the dialogue that might not be acceptable in 2025.

But the plots and dialogue are great… “Pointy-eared hobgoblin” indeed!

And the characters are…um… Spot on!

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Reply to  nighthawks
14 days ago

You didn’t have to tell!

Take the credit and run!

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Alexikakos
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14 days ago

 
Three items from today’s London “Daily Mail” On This Day column.
 

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happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  Alexikakos
14 days ago

You are still missed, Sparky.

baconboycamper
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
14 days ago

Yes, Happy³, still very missed.

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