Subdeacon Joe
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22 minutes ago, John Kloehr said:
But on a serious note if putting up feeders for hummingbirds (not the topic of this thread), please put up more than one feeder in places where hummingbirds can not see the other feeder (such as opposite sides of the house). Done this way, they will figure out a pattern to avoid each other, otherwise they will fight too much if it is the only nectar source in the area.
Several of our neighbors have them, but we're not in a big hummingbird area. Even so, there are at least 3 species.
After a 3 year haiatus we have Acorn Woodpeckers showing up again. The last few years the oaks along Ducker Creek a couple of hundred yards from here have produced bumper crops. I've missed watching them and the Scrub Jays engaging in aerial combat. Weird thing is, they are using the finch feeders and not the seed and suet blocks.
More Band Tailed Pigeons:
Just now caught the Woodpecker
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Sometimes on a feeder that's right outside the window 5 or 6 will get into it. Chest bumps, punching will wings, really hard pecking.
Great entertainment.
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📌Fort Gadsden, FL
📍29°56′19.80″N, 85°00′42.03″W
Fort Gadsden, also known as the Negro Fort, is a historic site on the Apalachicola River in Florida. It was originally built by the British in 1814 during the War of 1812 as a fortified post roughly 300 by 150 feet, with earthen walls, a surrounding ditch, and artillery commanding the river. After the war, it became occupied by formerly enslaved people, Seminole, and Red Stick Creek allies, forming one of the largest free Black communities in the Southeast.
In July 1816, U.S. forces attacked the fort, and a heated cannon shot struck the powder magazine—triggering a massive explosion that destroyed the fort and killed most of its occupants. In 1818, during Andrew Jackson’s First Seminole War campaign, U.S. troops constructed a smaller fort within and overlapping the remains of the original, creating the layered “fort within a fort” footprint still visible today.
LiDAR imagery reveals these overlapping earthworks, along with remnants of ditches and terrain disturbances from the explosion—preserving a site where British strategy, early U.S. expansion, and the struggle of free Black and Native communities all intersected.
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1 hour ago, Pat Riot said:
Then the next question was usually “Do you live near… (fill in the blank)” which would usually include:
…near the beach?”
…near Hollywood?”
…near any good skiing?”
Which brings up the question, "How do you define near?"
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I usually say either "Northern California" or "Sonoma County, California."
8 minutes ago, Alpo said:I wonder if Mexicans refer to their capital city as Mexico City or as Mexico DF? Or maybe, as we do, simply DF?
The ones I've known usually say "Mexico City." I've also heard "El Defe"
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Both his and President Trump's comments at the state dinner were good.
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4 hours ago, Texas Jack Black said:
We are ALL on the National Code with state Amendments
Yep. NEC is the minimum. Some states and counties have stricter codes. So check what your local codes are.
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What does your local building code say?
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1 hour ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:
Funny thing: He lives in Phoenix Arizona, and is active in Republican Politics.
23 minutes ago, Tooky Slim said:"She asked me why the singers name was Alice...I said listen baby, you really wouldn't understand..."
I was 12 in 1972 and loved it too...I saw Alice Cooper in concert several times, and thought they put on a great show every time
Oh, and in case anyone was confused, I wasn't calling Pat, baby, that quote is from an Alice Cooper tune called Be My Lover
Yep. As a person, he's great, but I've never liked that style of music.
Around that time I listening to Beatles, Billb Monroe, Lovin' Spoonful, Kingston Trio and other "folk rock,' Strauss waltzes and polkas, Borscht Belt hunkie accordion bands, and Russian Orthodox music (what few albums I could find).
You know, just normal music that every teenager likes.
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37 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
I was thirty years old and still don't know who Alice Cooper is, nor do I much care.
I was 15, and feel the same. I looked it up on YouTube, turned it off after about 15 seconds.
Never cared for that kind of music.
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43 minutes ago, Alpo said:
225°F, cherry wood chips, 4 hours.
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Didn't it run off to a commune in Olema a few years?
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Didn't you ask this, or a similar question, just a few months ago?
Until it hits the ground, ir is touched by a fan, it's in play.
If he catches it, falls over the fence and maintains control, it's a catch.
https://www.umpirebible.com/index.php/rules-fielding/the-catch
- Reaching into out-of-play territory. A fielder may reach (but not step) over a fence, railing, rope, or other demarcation of out-of-play to make a catch. However, when reaching into out-of-play territory, there can be no interference called if a spectator impedes the fielder's opportunity to make the catch. (Contrast this with the situation where a spectator reaches into the field of play causing specator interference.)
- Reaching into the dugout. A fielder may reach into (but not step into) a dugout to make a catch. To be a legal catch, the fielder "must have one or both feet on or over the playing surface (including the lip of the dugout) and neither foot on the ground inside the dugout or in any other out-of-play area."
- Third strike legally caught by catcher. "Leagally caught by catcher" means the pitched or tipped ball first strikes the catcher's glove or hand and then is caught by the catcher. A pitched or tipped ball that touches any other part of the catcher (or umpire) cannot then be a legal catch.
- Intentionally dropped fly ball. If a fielder intentionally drops a fly ball or a line drive (after touching it) when runners are on base such that there is a force out at any base, the batter is out and other runners return. This rule does not apply if the ball drops untouched (unless an infield fly is in play).
- Fielder falls into dead ball territory. If, after making a legal catch, a fielder falls into dead ball territory (over a railing or fence. into the stands, or any other dead ball area), the catch is legal and the out stands, but the ball is dead. Award all runners one base.
21 minutes ago, Alpo said:The foul ball is a line drive. It is headed right for the girl's face. The catcher is running after it desperately. The ball clears the fence, the girl sticks her hands up, the ball hits her hands and bounces back onto the field onto the ground dead. The catcher is mad.
See above- if he had caught it, it would have been an out. BUT....
Once it is "over the fence" fans have a right to get a souvenir. Fans may not reach over the fence into the field of play, but once it crosses that fence, it's fair game.
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1913 Théophile Schneider 10 Litre Aero, built in the 1990s.
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Soviet Train
in SASS Wire Saloon
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Carrying WWII era vehicles. Couldn't find on YouTube.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXi0Z_vTCe1/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==