Friday, April 08, 2022

Spinnaker & Mizzen



Do you remember when we got our litter sisters, who were so sick that only
these two and their Mama Cat survived out of the litter of nine kittens? 

Can you believe they were born TEN YEARS ago today!?!

Posted by listener at 1:00:00 AM

17 comments:

  1. Alan in CA4/08/2022 01:49:00 AM

    It doesn't seem that long--but then, it doesn't seem very long since I was in high school. . .

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    1. Catreona4/08/2022 06:56:00 PM

      What Alan said. Such cute kitties!

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    2. W. A.Thomasson4/08/2022 06:58:00 PM

      Hi, Cat! Great to see you back! And yes, the felines are cute, too.

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    3. Alan in CA4/08/2022 10:40:00 PM

      Hi, Cat!

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  2. listener4/08/2022 12:45:00 PM

    Retirement means your daily rhythm is completely upended. LOL. I don't have the new rhythm yet, but I'll get there. Meanwhile, my popping by may be more random than ever, but it will get easier. At least we're having more fun!

    I'm tickled that KBJ is in as a Supreme~!!

    I'm heartbroken, devastated and furious moment by moment by what hell Russia is wreaking in Ukraine. 🌻🇺🇦

    I'm hugely relieved that grandson is faring well with Covid. Yesterday we were sent a little video of him boinging through the livingroom, so apparently it hasn't slowed him down at all. 🤣

    The Crocuses are in their glory and the Daffodils are budding and I have hopes that the deer and rabbits won't find ALL the Tulips before they blossom. 🌷

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    1. Alan in CA4/08/2022 12:54:00 PM

      Yes indeed--one's daily rhythm goes all to Hades.

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    2. Susan4/08/2022 01:25:00 PM

      The thing that amazed me about retirement is how your perception of passing time changes. When I was working Monday through Friday took FOREVER and the weekend went by in a quick flash. Now it ALL goes in a quick flash and I have to consult my pill calendar to know what day it is.

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    3. W. A.Thomasson4/08/2022 06:00:00 PM

      I had been freelancing from home and essentially setting my own schedule for a quarter century before retirement. Not that much change. The biggest change was when I first went freelance ratther than working for an employer.

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  3. Alan in CA4/08/2022 12:57:00 PM

    Nabbing a billionaire’s large boat is more complicated than you might think. [Click]

    Why Ukraine Is Winning [Click] “Ukraine’s success illuminates a strategy that has allowed a smaller state to—so far—outlast a larger and much more powerful one.” Their tactics and strategy were since 2014 purposely designed to exploit Russian military weaknesses.

    I yesterday found myself thinking of a Ukrainian Victory Column inspired by the German Victory Column [Click] in Berlin—decorated with cannons captured during successive wars. The Ukrainian version could be built of gun barrels from Russian tanks; maybe Victory could carry a Javelin missile. Roads coming from Russia could be blocked with the remains of exploded Russian tanks.

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  4. Hannah4/08/2022 05:03:00 PM

    While there is general agreement that Russia's powers were overrated, the response of a wounded predator gives pause.
    There is one theory that focuses on a Russian need to close off routes of aggression. This raises, in my mind, the question why anyone would bother. They've got a shrinking, alcoholic, drug addled population for good reasons. If Putin has wasted a half century of progress in a month, it was not worth much.

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  5. Catreona4/08/2022 07:16:00 PM

    Hi guys. Can’t believe it’s been so long since my last visit. I promise not to stay away so long again. Thanks very much, Listener, for shooting me an e-mail.

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    1. Susan4/08/2022 09:55:00 PM

      Missed you, Cat. Glad to see you again.

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  6. W. A.Thomasson4/08/2022 09:05:00 PM

    An upset to the standard model. Summary: The standard model sets strict limits to possible values of W boson mass, based on measured values of the masses of other particles including the top quark and Higgs boson. This value, if confirmed, will mean that a new theory is required.

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    1. Alan in CA4/08/2022 11:24:00 PM

      That's all pretty deep for me, but if they can figure it out better, that's all to the good. But that report of sighting a galaxy farther back in time than the Big Bang looks like a typographical error to me.

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    2. Alan in CA4/09/2022 12:53:00 AM

      To clarify without making an additional video.
      Light that traveled to us for 13.5 billion years came from a distance of around 33.5 bln light years because when it left the galaxy, the size of the universe was much smaller.
      As it started to approach the milky way the universe kept expanding and stretching (red shifting) the UV light until it finally arrived at our destination. By that time the galaxy that produced the light would be roughly 33.5 billion light years away instead of just 13.5.

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    3. Alan in CA4/09/2022 12:55:00 AM

      OOOOH-kay. . . Have to sepend a bit of time bending my mind around that one. . .

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  7. Alan in CA4/09/2022 12:49:00 AM

    The Mystery of the Red Deer Cave People [Click]

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