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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65924 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
first back? |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34293 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
first back? Nope :( With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 30073 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30793 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
I know I am not supposed to post aurora stuff but, even if you live in Texas or California you had northern lights last night, and you may get them again to-night... from San Jose on the way to Mount Hamilton |
woohoo Send message Joined: 30 Oct 13 Posts: 973 Credit: 165,671,404 RAC: 5 |
san antonio valley road which leads to lick observatory is a great drive |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
The Buzzy Suck Squad.. Yuck! Put 'em in the bug thread. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
The Buzzy Suck Squad.. Nah, just smash 'em, before they can give somebody malaria or West Nile virus.... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I know I am not supposed to post aurora stuff but, I've never seen the northern lights in Kentucky, or even when I was in Ontario and Quebec, back in the 70's. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30793 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
The Buzzy Suck Squad.. dengue more likely seeing the species |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
I know I am not supposed to post aurora stuff but, I've seen them from Adak, Alaska; Gander, Newfoundland, and Dunoon, Scotland. And through the periscope in both the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Much prefer them from land - periscope video leaves much to be desired..... or at least, it did in the 1970s and '80s.... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3258 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65924 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Maybe I can flush Sparky out of hiding with this video: Sparky may not even be lurking here. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Graham Middleton Send message Joined: 1 Sep 00 Posts: 1520 Credit: 86,815,638 RAC: 0 |
Just a thought. As hotels have the "Star" rating (one to seven stars), and when stars die, they can collapse to black holes. Should the bad to REALLY bad ones be rated by one to seven black holes??? Happy Crunching, Graham |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14658 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
Well Graham, dunno where you got the 7 stars rating from? The Michelin guides only use three stars. And the old AA/RAC system (now usually operated by tourist boards) only went up to five... |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
Several Middle Eastern hotels have decided they need to be differentiated from mere 5 star hotels, and are assigning themselves 6 or even 7 stars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_rating In North America most automobile club travel guide star ratings are simply for sale. The more you pay the club, the more stars you get in their next travel guide. I personally know several nice family owned hotels in Canada that don't even show up in any of the guides, because they don't pay anything. I much prefer things like Travelocity these days. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65924 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Just a thought. As hotels have the "Star" rating (one to seven stars), and when stars die, they can collapse to black holes. Should the bad to REALLY bad ones be rated by one to seven black holes??? Only massive stars become a black hole today, less than that stars go either Neutron or a White Dwarf, Stars like our Sun will never become a black hole and will never go Nova either, which is how a black hole is created, this is all from what I've read. A white dwarf will eventually run out of fuel and become a dark star that's made out of carbon, instead of burning oxygen, but that's it. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/what-is-a-black-hole-58.html#.VY6goEW0Jp8 http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/encyc_mod3_q12.html The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
woohoo Send message Joined: 30 Oct 13 Posts: 973 Credit: 165,671,404 RAC: 5 |
A bad place can get a unit of poo |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30793 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Several Middle Eastern hotels have decided they need to be differentiated from mere 5 star hotels, and are assigning themselves 6 or even 7 stars. Humph. It is true to be rated you have to pay for the inspection, but I don't think anything but an outright bribe to the inspector gets you more stars and you couldn't bribe your way above three stars. Four/Five star properties are visited a dozen times a year anonymously, meaning the property has no idea who the inspector is to bribe them. Some of the five star properties don't have an ad in their books because they really don't want riffraff CAA/AAA members at their property, they want the rating for their more exclusive clientele, but the huge three star ones buy multiple page fold out ads in color. Somehow I doubt it is how much you spend that determines the number of stars. http://newsroom.aaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/diamondguidelinesDec08.pdf |
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