September 8, 2024

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Arfside
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

Uh, OK Dad…if you insist….

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

Now THAT’S a housefly!

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  JP Steve
2 months ago

Well, that one may zip right over a few heads…..

But you couldn’t just let an opportunity like that go to waist.

Arfside
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

That top right window gets a lot of shade, but I’m not sure I’d like to live in that much dark all the time.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Arfside
2 months ago

That’s the 2nd floor window, in the shade…. It’s actually facing the top right window, at the moment.

Might even get a little sun through it, at certain times.

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

Wheeee!

Arfside
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

Hey Nighthawks, that right shelf looks a little crooked. It’s messing with my OCD sensibilities. Could you fix it for me?

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

Where have I heard that expression before?

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

There are a few strange things about this picture.

I don’t know why someone would use AI to create it….

But if it’s a real painting, I don’t understand the precise plume (?) of smoke from the chimney… Or the strange kind of layered texture in front between this logs.

P51Strega
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
2 months ago

I’m pretty sure it’s AI. There’s a mix of sharp focus and blur that’s not fully explained by focal length. None of the leaves or plants are clear enough to identify.

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
2 months ago

It looks more like a photo to me.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
2 months ago

Can’t say for certain when the resolution is so poor…

But look at the trees in the background, especially at upper right… and the bark on the big one, left foreground.

And whatever the heck is going on to our left on the porch, along with its log framing, and the rocks of the foundation.

Your impression may be different, but none of that looks at all real to me. It looks like a style of painting used for jigsaw puzzles.

Tigressy
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
2 months ago

Why the thumbs down to my post of William Shatner?

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

Now you’re makin’ me feel old!

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  JP Steve
2 months ago

Welcome to the club.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

Oh my…

They played…
Elly Mae Clampett and cousin Jethro Bodine

on…
The Beverly Hillbillies

They are….
Donna Douglas and Max Baer, Jr.

Not in that order.

And if you’re surprised at how old they look … consider that this picture was taken at least 8 years ago, and probably more.

Google says Donna Douglas passed away in 2015, and Max Baer Jr. is now 87.

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P51Strega
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
2 months ago

He looks stuck in the ’70s; GAH.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  P51Strega
2 months ago

And she’s still rocking her 1960s blonde curls.

Sorry to say, probably a wig by that point, cos she was already in her 30s while playing teen age Elly Mae … and 83 when she passed.

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

Shoulda let me stuff it. I guarantee no turkey would have gone near it!

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

Typical male. Thinking without using his head.

Arfside
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

Kind of like Popeye and Olive Oyl.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

I think I knew that guy.

P51Strega
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

Oh c’mon, be fair. Aren’t females always saying “my eyes are up here”? Clearly that is where these polite male birds are looking.

Arfside
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

You thought you had fur all over the house before you adopted them…. You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!

Arfside
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

Dogs are incredible companions.

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

I feel as though I could both like and unlike this photo. The closeness of man and dog, the loyalty shown by each, is a like. The obvious destitution of the old (?) man is inexpressibly sad. I do not know which of these creatures is more in need of help right now.

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

McHale? Is that you?

Alexikakos
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Reply to  JP Steve
2 months ago

 
The story of the boat used in the show is interesting in and of itself.
LINK
 

P51Strega
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

Elco 80′ in Battleship Cove, MA (impossible to get a good angle for photography, but the scaffold gives a good view inside):

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Alexikakos
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

.
 

I count…

 
…14.
 

 

JP Steve
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Reply to  Alexikakos
2 months ago

I got one less than you so recounted. I agree!

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Alexikakos
2 months ago

Me too.

baconboycamper
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Reply to  Alexikakos
2 months ago

My take…
I count 14 plus the “8” in the descriptor, and as a stretch, plus the “8” formed by the happy face…

mr_sherman
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

Do you include the one in the question?

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 months ago

A pushmepullyou in it’s native habitat!

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  JP Steve
2 months ago

I didn’t know they came in a giraffe variety!

The llamas are not very cooperative.

Arfside
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2 months ago

Come on Claude, give her a match. You might be amazed at how many of your problems will disappear in a flash.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Arfside
2 months ago

And Cleo will have a blast!

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2 months ago

Tigressy
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Reply to  Tigressy
2 months ago

And here’s the “WTF?” version…

P51Strega
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Reply to  Tigressy
2 months ago

Ugh!! I can’t watch this.

baconboycamper
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Reply to  P51Strega
2 months ago

I must be strange.
I kinda liked it…

P51Strega
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2 months ago

I love the song “I’m Gonna Make You Mine” but the setting in the video makes no sense at all.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  P51Strega
2 months ago

Before I even saw your comment, I’d gone to the YouTube link, cos I like to see the comments.

I thought maybe the description would explain that it was part of a movie or TV show… But no.

Half the comments seemed to be asking why a love song would be sung in a scrap yard, or mocking whoever chose that venue… but no answer was forthcoming.

Just some producer’s attempt to be hip or different, I guess… dirt, refuse and all.

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