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  • in reply to: Mummicide #52368
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    And another thing. Photo Synthesis — If mums and other screaming flowers, eat light, then why doesn’t it get darker and darker as more and more flowers eat more and more light?

    Maybe its a good thing to run over mums. More light for the rest of us.

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    Science tells us that as flowers consume the light the sun gets dimmer and dimmer until there is nothing but darkness. The technical term for this is “night” which is short for “no light”. Having consumed all of the sun’s light the flowers enter a state of dormancy in which their voracious appetite for light is temporarily abated. This allows the sun to recharge unmolested. As the sun grows brighter a phenomenon known as ‘day’ occurs and the cycle repeats itself as it has since the beginning of time 6000 years ago.

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    No big deal but Fisher confirmed that Goff will be inactive against San Francisco…

    http://www.turfshowtimes.com/2016/9/6/12822026/la-rams-qb-jared-goff-inactive-week-1-san-francisco-49ers

    in reply to: Mummicide #52357
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    According to the NCS (National Chrysanthemum Society)- widely regarded as the leading experts on the sunlight requirements of mums and other mum-like plants (mumanoids), those mums you bought only require 3 hours of direct sun per day.

    Your mums were in no immediate danger in the shade. As a matter of fact, they weren’t in any danger at all until you carelessly placed them behind the wheels of your car. Ironic how your desperation to save the mums actually led to their demise. Poetic, huh?

    Oh how they must have screamed in terror and pain as your 2 ton deathwagon slowly backed over them. I’m just glad flowers scream at decibel levels inaudible to the human ear. At least the neighborhood children were spared a lifetime of night terrors from the tortured shrieks you squeezed from the mums as you crushed them with your car.

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    in reply to: news, articles, etc. on Tuesdays #52339
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    Yeah, a lot of heat in that analysis but very little light.

    The jilted reporter syndrome.

    in reply to: that awkward moment stacking firewood #52328
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    It was a wood furnace located in the basement. When the furnace reached a certain temp fans would kick on and blow the hot air through ducts to the rooms upstairs. Eventually I quit burning because it wasn’t saving me any money. I couldn’t buy the wood by the tri-axle load because there was no room for the truck to dump it so I had to buy it by the cord which at the time was $70.00. So heating my house cost about $140.00/month – the same cost as heating with electric as it turned out only I didn’t have to get up at 5 am to stoke the furnace.

    in reply to: that awkward moment stacking firewood #52321
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    You chop your wood better than I do. I rented a splitter with my neighbor, (we split a splitter) and my many of my pieces are too big, I fear.

    Oh, well. I will have time to hand split them later. I have nearly four cords of wood right now, about 1/3 of which is ready to burn, and last winter I burned about 1/2 cord.

    I’ll burn most of 2 cords. That’s partly, of course, Maine v. California.

    But it’s also a luxury I like. We have 2 wood stoves. We don’t need 2 wood stoves (the furnace is fine obviously)…I just really genuinely prefer wood stove heat. To me it’s the very definition of cozy.

    I heated a house I used to own exclusively with wood (except when I was out of wood…my back-up heat was electric). I went through 2 cords a month.

    in reply to: Vikings trade for Bradford #52320
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    Sent to me from a Vikings fan…

    brAD

    in reply to: Should Rams pursue Robbie Gould #52296
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    I used to go to college and work with his mother. I know it’s not relevant but its the closest thing I have to a ‘brush with greatness’ (other than meeting Matt Millen on my flight back from Herdfest and Ron Jaworski at the Rams-Eagles game in 99).

    in reply to: Vikings trade for Bradford #52193
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    So now Bradford has reached the point where he is switching offensive systems…in week 1. Used to be, he had to wait till the off-season to switch systems.

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    So does that mean teams dont think he’s that good, coz they keep trading him…
    or does that mean teams do think he’s good, coz they keep trading For him ??

    He’s an enigma. Or not. I dunno.

    Goff or Bradford — which would yall take. Straight up.

    I’d take Goff. I think he will turn out to be better.

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    One thing Bradford wasn’t that I think (hope) Goff is, is someone who can adlib and turn a busted play into a positive. Bradford wasn’t much of a an improviser – which is ok – he has other skills, but I picture Goff as a QB that can move around well, buy time, throw on the run…be creative when he needs to be.

    in reply to: Rams cuts: Complete Sept 3 #52188
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    Kush really surprised me. I thought for sure he’d make the team. He seemed like he’d be a solid back-up at center.

    He made too many mistakes. You saw it in games and you heard about it in camp reports. Errant snaps of various kinds and types.

    Yeah, but Boudreau liked him at guard too. Anyhow, like I said in another thread I think this was just a case where there was no room for him. The O-line sorta got set last year from a personnel standpoint and someone was really going to have to impress to take a spot.

    in reply to: Rams cuts: Complete Sept 3 #52181
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    Sheesh.

    Mike Quick must have photos of Jeff Fisher cheating on his wife or dismembering a body or something. Photos that will automatically be forwarded to the authorities should any harm befall him.

    How else does he continue to make this roster when potentially good players get cut? Roberson, Kush, Fox, Bryant…

    in reply to: Nazi tattoo or just an eagle ? #52155
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    Well but what if he is being interviewed for a Job as a cop. Can the fact he ‘believes’ in Nazi-like ideas, be a deal-breaker?

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    Yes. There’s no way anyone spouting Nazi ideals should be considered fit for police work.

    Recruits at police academies go through a battery of psychological testing that’s supposed to identify people with these attitudes. But the system has major flaws.

    http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29191-evaluating-police-psychology-who-passes-the-test

    http://articles.latimes.com/1995-10-08/news/mn-54823_1_bad-cop

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    14 – 2 with Ray Agnew.

    in reply to: Vikings trade for Bradford #52151
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    Makes what we got for Sam look pretty weak.

    I honesty wish Sam the best. The Vikes just might have become a dark horse SB player.

    Yeah. It all depends on how fast Bradford can get comfortable in Norv Turner’s offense. But that could be a big upgrade going from Bridgewater to Bradford. It certainly makes the Vikings a threat in the NFC.

    It’s almost unfair how tough the NFC is. Look at all the great and potentially great teams in that conference.

    Seattle
    Arizona
    Green Bay
    Minnesota
    Carolina


    Los Angeles?

    That’s a lot of obstacles to overcome if you’re a young but talented team on the rise like the Rams.

    In the AFC there’s who?

    New England, Pittsburgh…maybe Denver…Cincy?

    That’s it. The Pats could cruise to yet another Super Bowl but I don’t think they are as good as any of the top three teams in the NFC.

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    I wonder how much coming from a spread offense is holding him back? I’m no expert on spread offenses but from what I hear they are as different from a pro-style offense (as far as what’s expected of the QB) as apples are from bowling balls.

    My understanding is spread QB’s don’t have to read defenses. They don’t know anything about different defensive alignments and they don’t even know standard terminology like “over” vs “under” defensive alignments. So when an NFL team drafts a spread QB they are starting from scratch. They have to learn all the basics before they can begin to understand the complexities of the NFL system. I think on Hard Knocks one of the coaches mentioned Goff never even called a play in the huddle.

    Anyway, it’s no wonder Goff hasn’t quite progressed as far as we hoped.

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    in reply to: Humpback whale and dolphin play together #52129
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    So if I follow this thread right, humpback whales were hunted nearly to extinction. And if that weren’t bad enough, they also get harassed by needy dolphins.

    Well, they knew the risks going in. If you can’t take the heat, stay out of the ocean.

    in reply to: Humpback whale and dolphin play together #52113
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    Recently watched a so so movie, In the Heart of the Sea, and it spurred a lot of thoughts. From wiki:

    In the Heart of the Sea is a 2015 historical drama film based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s 2000 non-fiction book of the same name, about the sinking of the American whaling ship Essex in 1820, an event that inspired the novel Moby-Dick. An international co-production between the United States and Spain, it was directed and produced by Ron Howard and written by Charles Leavitt; the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Ben Whishaw, and Brendan Gleeson . . . [3]

    Anyway, it was one of those “duh” things for me. They hunted the whales almost to extinction for oil. We used to slaughter these beautiful, incredibly intelligent animals for oil.

    (Now we slaughter our fellow humans for it. But that’s another story, one not taken up by Melville — but hinted at toward the very end of the film.)

    It’s a good thing we humans also make art, or we’d forget about the beauty that was once on this earth, or all too rare, because of what we do when we’re not making art.

    I read the book “Heart of the Sea” and really liked it. I don’t know anything about the movie but the book wasn’t a dramatic effort. It was simply a description of the events that occurred based on the accounts of the survivors and what was known about that time period.

    This part of the linked paper bothered me…

    “Slijper (1962) reported succorant behavior when a humpback whale supported an injured humpback for 40 min before being harpooned by whalers.”

    It bothered me mostly because of what happened…a whale was harpooned while trying to help another previously injured whale (probably also harpooned). I picture a grieving, frightened animal, frantically trying to help a pod member (probably a sibling, parent, etc) only to receive a horrible and painful death for its efforts.

    But what also is unsettling is the detached, clinical way in which it is written. Of course, it’s a scientific paper. To word it any other way would be inappropriate, but still…reading that after looking at pictures of a dolphin and whale playing was a little unsettling.

    in reply to: the Gurley fight in camp (vid) #52095
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    Did you see any attractions.while you were there, Zooey?

    I believe the Drummond Museum of Fine Art and Bait Shop is just down the street from your motel.

    in reply to: Clinton Told FBI She Couldn’t Recall Key Details 26 Times #52080
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    26 times? Wow. Not bad.

    Of course it doesn’t come close to the astounding 88 times Reagan uttered “I don’t recall” or “I can’t remember” during the Iran-Contra hearings but all in all, not a bad effort.

    in reply to: Nazi tattoo or just an eagle ? #52078
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    Looks like it to me….

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    in reply to: Breitbart vs the Normies #52065
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    Yeah, I agree with you. I think the Green Party ought to represent the far right in this country.

    We should be laughing at the crazy ravings of fascists like Sanders and Stein.

    in reply to: Rams cuts: Complete Sept 3 #52063
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    I think the Rams really like Kush. From what little I’ve seen he looks like he could be a dominant player. Simply a case of no room for him.

    I see the Browns cut Austin Davis and the Eagles cut Chris Givens.

    in reply to: Rams cuts: Complete Sept 3 #52048
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    I liked Seau as a pass rusher. Hope they can sign him to the practice squad.

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    He threw some nice balls and some shitty ones and he had a few that were dropped.

    On that 30 yd pass and run down to the 2 yard line…wasn’t Goff like WAY past the LOS when he threw it? How was that play allowed to stand? I assume it stood because soon after he threw a 2 yd TD to Brit.

    in reply to: Bridgewater hurt? #51916
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    in reply to: Why would modern humans mate with Neanderthals? #51914
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    “Why would modern humans mate with Neanderthals?”

    Well, gee, 49’er fans come from SOMEWHERE, you know!

    Now why would you go and say that?

    Haven’t the Neanderthals suffered enough?

    in reply to: JT on Bradford in Phil #51908
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    yes, Sam was always an accurate QB….. I was very sad and surprised when the trade was announced for Nick F.

    Me too. Given the injury history I could see why they were doing it but it felt like a mistake. Bradford was really starting to play well.

    in reply to: the Kaepernick controversy #51903
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    Well I dont think it will help much at all. But i think every little iota of leaning-toward-the-light helps. You didn’t just write it wouldnt help, but you wrote it would hurt. “divisive” etc.

    Yeah, it’ll cause divisiveness, but it’ll cause other things too. All in all, I think its a ‘positive’ thing, despite the divisiveness.

    Do you think the Carlos/Smith act was meaningless or divisive?

    I like the fact it was aimed at Grid-iron fans. Gridiron fans get HEAVY dose after dose after dose of the usual pro-authority, pro-system crap. I am in favor of them seeing another point of view on that.

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    Yeah, me too.

    Sometimes shaking things up a little is all you can do.

    Well, I can see your point and I agree with Kaepernick’s sentiment but I think if it does anything it will turn more people against BLM. What would have been an appropriate action by Kaepernick? I’m not sure but I don’t think this was it.

    He has good intentions but that isn’t enough. The way you stage your protest matters and can ultimately hurt your cause – like when Greenpeace destroyed the ancient Nazca Lines in Peru during a publicity stunt a coupla years ago.

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    Sean Hannity’s predictably stupid reaction to Kaepernick…

    Hannity’s Predictably Stupid Reaction to Kaepernick

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    Yeah, I don’t know.

    Me neither.

    But none of that has any chance of happening without provocation of some kind. Had CK stood last weekend, this thread would not exist.

    True, but this thread is comprised of people who I assume stand on the side of BLM. We’re talking about it. But I don’t see Kaepernick’s stance (or lack of it 😉 ) causing much discussion among the people who aren’t sure or who are against BLM out in the real world. Not the discussion that should happen anyway. But, who knows, you could be right.

    Ultimately nothing’s gonna change though.

    Our attitudes about law enforcement (and incarceration) are midieval. You’re right about Norway. Their models of policing the public and rehabilitating prisoners are far superior to ours. They have a 20% recidivism rate compared to our 76%.

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