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happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Not flooffy
Lots of points. .

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
1 year ago

I like the points in his feathers… Almost a harlequin design.

Alexikakos
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

 
Credit in the attachment.
 

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meadowmary
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Your namesake!

P51Strega
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1 year ago

https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.3-cTN-uOtIau8DVQORaT4gEsDX&pid=Api&P=0&h=220
or
https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.3-cTN-uOtIau8DVQORaT4gEsDX&pid=Api&P=0&h=220
Nighthawks aren’t related to other hawks or falcons. I’ve seen a flock of them once swooping and turning to catch insects. They fly like swallows, it’s amazing to see.

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  P51Strega
1 year ago

Yes they are!

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
1 year ago

Amazing, i mean… 😀

JP Steve
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Reply to  P51Strega
1 year ago

I was always struck by the poetic common name for the group: “Goatsuckers and Oilbirds…”

MontanaLady
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

DZOIB!
(beak!)

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happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  MontanaLady
1 year ago

And a pointy one at that.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Cool birds.

In this case, though, I think our Nighthawks was named after a painting…

“Nighthawks”, by Edward Hopper.

And the nighthawks after which the painting was named were not birds, but the human denizens of an all-night cafe.

happyhappyhappy
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1 year ago

There were hundreds of squirrels out there and he was running all over and i couldn’t get to him and then he just sat there in front of me just chewing on that stupid nut and…
What were we talking about?

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
1 year ago

I’m not sure which one of my beasts is the most excitable.

P51Strega
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
1 year ago

LOL, hundreds…and he…

MontanaLady
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

NOSE!

Alexikakos
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

 
Close friends get to call him “T.C.”.
 

 

MontanaLady
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Reply to  Alexikakos
1 year ago

how polite!

More_Cats_Than_Sense
Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

For some reason only known to themselves, ‘Top Cat’ was renamed ‘Boss Cat’ here in the UK, though the theme tune still said ‘Top Cat’ in the lyrics……

Top Cat was based on ‘Sgt. Bilko’ if I recall correctly.

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1 year ago

‘Top Cat’ was the name of a brand of cat food and the BBC, who broadcast the show, could not appear to be endorsing a product. Things like that were taken very seriously back then!

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More_Cats_Than_Sense
Reply to  John
1 year ago

That would do it. Can’t recall that brand, but I was young and our cat was fed on food my father used to get from the market.

A lot of shows nowadays are dominated by product placement whether they’re on the BBC or not 🙁

MontanaLady
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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 year ago

bilko! the things we learn by reading the comics!

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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

I was always a TC fan. My favorite character was Bennie (the little blue guy).

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
1 year ago

I think everyone liked Bennie.

MontanaLady
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

7 NOSES

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Alexikakos
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1 year ago

 
Thomas Sciacca
Kansas City, United States
Not my cup of tea.
 

MontanaLady
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

3 BEAKS!

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Look out when they get that big.
They have acquired their target.

MontanaLady
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

NOSE!

Alexikakos
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

 
I used to spend my allowance on these ! !
 

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Oh yeah… you always thought the next one would fly straight, or fast, or on target…

Never mind that the last one had quickly become a broken dream of balsa fragments.

Fresh winged hope used to only cost a dime.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

☺️ gawrsh

Greyhame
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

I would tune them for the task at hand. Distance, stunts, power launch . . .

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Greyhame
1 year ago

Showoff!

I would (apparently) tune them for a short flight, ending in a nosedive and a broken wing.

Greyhame
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Well, I was a STEM student, and me Pa was an engineer/farmer. So, it was kind of built-in that we would spend quality time together.

Alexikakos
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1 year ago
happyhappyhappy
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1 year ago

Dang.

P51Strega
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Shoot, I would have enlisted to take part in that one.

Alexikakos
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1 year ago

 

Today’s Songs:
‘Hippy Hippy Shake,’ ‘Hollywood Nights,’ ‘Hooked on a Feeling,’ and ‘Hot For Teacher,’ and the ‘Cheap Thrills Cuisine’ recipe ‘Arugula Endive Salad.’
@ —comment image, (belated congratulations to you and Dorene) were you in Seattle when J.P. Patches used to call ‘Blue Swede’ the ‘ooga – chucka’ singers?
I’ve also posted an extra today; the original ‘George of the Jungle’ cartoon theme song (J.P. Patches’ show is where I first saw them). Those early 2,000’s cartoons are a misuse of the character’s name (the movie wasn’t bad though).
Edward Van Halen, Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth are credited with ‘Hot for Teacher.’

 

 

 

 

 
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1 year ago

 
As a P.S. .
If you have never seen Van Halen’s “Hot For Teacher” video, believe me, it’s fun ! ! !
 

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P51Strega
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Reply to  Alexikakos
1 year ago

I love both popular versions of Hooked on a Feeling, but, by virtue of being rarer I like the Blue Swede version more.

dennisinseattle
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1 year ago

Unfortunately, I grew up with Captain Kangaroo and Officer Joe Bolton. I came to Seattle for grad school in 1974, and don’t think I had a TV. Over time I have learned about JP Patches through osmosis, but not having grown up with JP and Gertrude still differentiates me from the natives.

SusanSunshine
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1 year ago

Don’t feel bad… I’ve never even heard of JP Patches….

And I’m mostly, though not totally, allowed in polite society.

Well, make that partially, but not under 60%.

I think.

SusanSunshine
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1 year ago

Howdy Cleo Pals and Puzzle People (you can be either, or hopefully, both)….

Saturday night again, and after a short hiatus, we once again have a new New Yorker puzzle from StelBel!

I’m wandering through, at the moment… my Internet is being pokey, and the videos above are refusing to show up, so I’ll be back..

But while I’m here, I’ll leave you with the solution.

I’m going to confess that I didn’t find this one easy!
But you can do it!

Try your best and when you just have to peek… try for a little longer.

THEN you can feel free to check the solution…

Right HERE!

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More_Cats_Than_Sense
Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

A poor four on the first run through, I’ll look again later :-/

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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

I have found seven, and consider myself lucky.

Tigressy
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Eight so far.

Alexikakos
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1 year ago

 
I got six, and then my eyes crossed.
 

Alexikakos
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

 
A picture link to Wikipedia on the game, shuffleboard.
 
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SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Alexikakos
1 year ago

It’s already drawn right there on the street, in the puzzle.

What I don’t know is how they can play shuffleboard on asphalt.

It’s been years since I tried it, but as I recall, it needs a really smooth surface so the pucks(?) can slide.

More_Cats_Than_Sense
Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Where’s the tenth one Susan? As far as I can see you’ve marked nine differences, but the caption says ten!

I ended up with five, can kick myself on three that I missed.

Alexikakos
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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 year ago

 

It took me a while to see what is probably the same difference you’re missing.
I copied all of the six I didn’t get from Susan’s solution and circled the one I think you may be missing in yellow instead of green.

 
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SusanSunshine
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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 year ago

I marked ten differences….

I’d guess the same as Alexi, as to which one you missed… It’s rather small and it wasn’t easy for me to distinguish from another one.

But if that’s not it, I can’t tell which ones you saw or didn’t.

So if that didn’t answer the question, let me know and I’ll type out a list of all ten.

More_Cats_Than_Sense
Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

You’re right, sorry, I did miss that there were two nearly on top of each other 🙁

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 year ago

No problem at all!

MontanaLady
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

didn’t even try it this a.m.

dennisinseattle
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1 year ago

Too much work!

P51Strega
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

OK, after seeing everyone else’s results I’m feeling good about getting 9. And then the music ended. Thank you for 3 fairly long songs.
I had to get out early because they were coming to seal the driveway today and the cars needed to be moved.

happyhappyhappy
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1 year ago

dennisinseattle
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1 year ago

I love Centerfield, but I usually roll it out at Spring Training, not the end of the season.

And Peace Train is great in any season.

mr_sherman
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1 year ago

I found nine. I’ll try again tomorrow.

More_Cats_Than_Sense
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1 year ago

I’ve built a new cat bed for my cat Ivy. I’m going to line the bottom with cardboard and put one of her blankets on the top. The long open side will face the storage heater in the hallway, and be positioned a couple of inches away. The bed area is 2′ x 15″, so a bit too small for Cleo….. 😉

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She has a cardboard box positioned in front of the storage heater at the moment, but this will be better for her.

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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 year ago

I hope Ivy knows how lucky she is.

More_Cats_Than_Sense
Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
1 year ago

At present she is asleep in the conservatory in her heated cat igloo, so she might do 😉

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 year ago

Being a cat, she probably assumes it’s all the result of her innate superiority, rather than luck….

and that you are only there to provide such things as are due her.😁

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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 year ago

 
I had to look up      “STORAGE HEATER.”     You have skills in carpentry.
I’m sure Ivy will be very comfortable.
 

meadowmary
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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 year ago

Beautiful!

dennisinseattle
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1 year ago

Talk about spoiled cats. Motley is thrilled with the leftover sashimi from our anniversary dinner last night.

SusanSunshine
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1 year ago

Lucky cat!

I’ve never had “leftover” sashimi, certainly not long enough for a cat to get it.

If by some rare chance it makes it out of the restaurant, and then home…

It disappears before it’s safely in the fridge…

Maybe I’ve kept a few bites long enough to become a midnight snack, but I’m not sure.

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Tigressy
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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 year ago

Despite all the hard work you’d put into that magnificent bed:
She’ll prefer the box.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Tigressy
1 year ago

True.

My dog slept on a tiny hooked rug on my bed, by my feet.

When she couldn’t jump onto the bed at nine years old, I put the rug on the floor, and she slept on it.

So I bought a cuddly dog bed for her, and put her rug in it.

She slept on the bare floor beside it.

Last edited 1 year ago by SusanSunshine
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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 year ago

Yo, MCTS, here I am! Cool bed!!!

More_Cats_Than_Sense
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1 year ago

Welcome to Cleo & Co. It’s a fun place to be and the native are friendly! 😉

Saucy1121
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1 year ago

Had to go to a memorial today. Forgot to close (or didn’t fully close) the door to the spare room. When I got home, Cookie had helped herself to 5 tomatoes. There goes dinner for a couple of nights next week. So far, no ill effects, but I did have to clean juice off the carpet in the living room.

Last edited 1 year ago by Saucy1121
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1 year ago

Hope this is a video of how she reacts if I’m not moving fast enough for her.

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1 year ago

I geta 404 error message.

I thought my browser wouldn’t recognise that it was a link, because there’s no http:// or .com

But it did try… except for saying”the requested URL can not be found.”

More_Cats_Than_Sense
Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

In the browser on my PC, the whole link appears as a popup in the lower left corner of the screen (M$ Edge). The whole link appeared there.

It’s handy to just glance at that before clicking on any link, just to make sure they match and the printed one isn’t spoofed or hijacked.

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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 year ago

Thanks, yes, that’s a handy thing.
On my PC I use Firefox, and it does the same thing.

But my computer is down, and I’m currently doing everything on an android tablet, using the Samsung browser.

I actually like it better than mobile Firefox, but neither provides that marginal information about links (and paths, as well) that you see on a PC.

I’ve had to figure out how to do several things in ways that are different from what I’m used to.

But at least I can accomplish some online tasks I once didn’t think I could without Windows.

More_Cats_Than_Sense
Reply to  Saucy1121
1 year ago

That just takes me to the Google Sign In page on the browser I’m not signed into Google on, and a 404 (Like Susan) on the browser that I am signed in on 🙁

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