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[Icarus]

Thrill of a lifetime perhaps

https://apnews.com/article/chile-kayaking-tourism-whale-b0cafde4b640326f20a9da28003d6c26?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

[billy rubin]

uurrgh.

[billy rubin]

https://i.imgur.com/Bihx4tG.mp4

click on this?

spectacular

[Asmodean]

The one with melted clocks reminded me of American McGee's Alice, which was a really fun horror video game back in the days when they made games fun and The Asmo was all naive and fun-loving.

[Icarus]

Lots of news about Iran and Iraq these days.  Many Americans suppose that Tehran is a small village in the desert. It is a actually a modern city about the size of Chicago. The same Americans do not seem to know that the Mesopotamians dreamed up bible stories three thousand years before Moses and those other dudes in the good book.

The Mesopotamians are believed to have invented money as an exchange medium, developed some service institutions like police departments and a lot of positive social concepts that still work when accepted by the inhabitants.

Here is an account of some of the stuff that they invented.   

https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-history/mesopotamian-civilisation-predicted-bible-story/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

[billy rubin]

my sister got a ride out of tehran back in 79, in a C130. the iranians took the embassy about two weeks later

[Tank]

my sister got a ride out of tehran back in 79, in a C130. the iranians took the embassy about two weeks later

Good timing!

[Icarus]

More odd ball stuff to contemplate. 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-swimmers-are-finishing-the-final-voyage-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald-which-sank-in-lake-superior-50-years-ago-180987095/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Noble nut cases here

[billy rubin]

weird scenes inside the goldmine.

[Icarus]

Norwegian man wakes up to find a container ship in his garden.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8nk279ydyo

[Icarus]

Here is the place where I live.  It is a unique place not at all like most of the other parts of my country. Florida is not all about Disney World and all the other tourist traps.  It is a lot more than that.....and less as well.

[Ecurb Noselrub]

Reasons to run away from Florida: Hurricanes, lightning, crocodiles, alligators, sinkholes, Donald Trump, other Trump family members, Ron DeSantis, Pam Bondi, long lines at Disney World.

But, I spent a little time in Saint Augustine once - thoroughly delightful! Key West ain't half bad, either.     

[billy rubin]

i drove a semi through the south florida keys once. had a load of cast iron sewer grates.

i looked out the window and saw an alligator in the bar ditch.

i said to my self,

self, is that an alligator in the bar ditch?

and my self replied,

indeed it is

[Recusant]

In my opinion Florida is a fairly pleasant place, given air conditioning. Skip the theme parks, there's enough history and scenery to spend time on. Agreed on Saint Augustine and the Keys. The little Anhinga Trail in Everglades National Park generally is worthwhile, etc. Of course my visits there weren't during hurricane season, nor in summer. 

[Icarus]

The biggest swamp with the most alligators is not in Florida.  The Okefenokee swamp in the state of Georgia is the winner in this regard. Bigger swamp, more alligators.

Not to say we don't have plenty of gators. We do   Lake Hancock is about one mile long and half mile wide, It is believed to have as many as 10,000 Gators. That lake is about 12 miles from my house. That particular lake has an exceptional population of the beasts.  Most lakes have perhaps 3 or 4 of them and some lakes have none at all. And No, I have never had a gator invade my yard. Gators are dangerous only during mating season and when the mama gator has new hatchling in early summer.

Gators are not the most intrusive nuisance animals hereabouts. Coyotes are. They are clever, hungry, nocturnal and murderous to small dogs, and cats that live in the fringes of the city.