Thursday, February 17, 2022

Moon's Up!

 

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  1. New Alternative to Kardashev Scale Explains Fermi Paradox [Click] Sounds reasonable to me. The other day I saw a theory that plate tectonics is necessary for the development of life on a plant because without that the various cycles like the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles, don’t occur. Next, a massive and nearby moon is necessary to produce plate tectonics. The spot that the earth and moon revolve about is within the mantle of the earth, which of course causes it to move. Just being in the Goldilocks Zone isn’t enough.

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    1. Oops--should read "necessary for the development of life on a planet"

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    1. That Massive Black Hole Explosion is AWESOME!!

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    2. Even better than that star passing through the outer reaches of the solar system.

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  3. Lawrence O’Donnell: No One Testifies Against Trump Better Than Trump [Click] I should prefer a less fervid presentation, along the lines of Walter Cronkite, but that aside this seems pretty effective.

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    1. By all means click through to the complete AP story.

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    2. 🤩 O frabjous day! Callooh Callay! 🤩

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    3. Well, I clicked through.
      Phooey. We know he's just going to invoke the 5th.
      Seems this will just drag on.

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    4. Didn't he once say that is what mobsters do?

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    5. And more to the piont, is Donald Trump going to pass up a chance to talk about himself?

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    6. Yes, and Yes, but...
      his lawyers will be begging him not to speak.
      We'll see if anyone can convince him it's for his own good.

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  5. Personally I have always believed Andrew was *not* sired by Prince Phillip and that explains the Queen's overly-protective treatment of him. He looks nothing at all like any of his siblings. Nothing at all. Does no one remember that in his younger days he was constantly referred to as "Randy Andy"?

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  6. Penny passed away this morning. When we saw her body later she appeared peaceful. As she requested, her body has been donated to science. There will be no memorial service.

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    1. So sorry to read this,Bill. Very sad news indeed.

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    2. Aw, Bill. My heart aches for your loss. It is good she can rest in peace. How many years married were you? Please be gentle with yourself. 🌻

      Thanks for letting us know.

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    3. 🌼P🌼E🌼N🌼N🌼Y🌼

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    4. Bill, so so sorry. No good way to lose those you love. Echoing listener, be tender with yourself. ♥

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    5. Penny and I had been married 56 years last December.

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    6. Wow, Bill. That's quite a lifetime achievement.

      As an old farmer once said, "Your house will be seeming very big the day."

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    7. A very long time indeed--longer married than many people live.

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  7. I've been asked my beloved Town Clerk to help with Absentee Ballots on Town Meeting Day (March 1st). I'd be opening the ballots with a person I know and trust, and we'd be opening ballots in the Library of the high school, adjacent to the polling place.

    I'm waiting to hear if everyone working that day will be wearing masks. Last night our town Selectboard decided to lift the mask mandate as of February 21st. Sigh. So I don't know if the Town Clerk can require workers to be masked. If so, I might help out. If not, I might not. I'm very protective of Wil, given his heart condition. Would my wearing an N95 mask be enough?

    Thoughts?

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