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"It's a dangerous business, going out of your door, Frodo my boy." He used to say. "You step into the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no telling where you might be swept off to." ~ Frodo Baggins (Quoting Bilbo Baggins)
Got w*** finished up early again and headed out to the far outskirts of town to catch some Perseids time. Doesn't peak until tomorrow morning, but was still some decent early meteors this morning. Several low & bright enough to leave burning debris sparkles in their wake. Still too close to the city to see all the tiny/faint ones, but a good pass every 4-5 minutes made it a worthy hour.
Hoping the clouds stay away for another day like they're supposed to and I can get a little further out of town tomorrow morning.
Lets hope you get some good viewing then.
Granted I think I'll always remember that old 80s... maybe it was 70s? I'll go look it up. Old horror movie that I think they remade at some point.
Ok, I was off. 1958.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051418/
Well, in fairness there was a remake done. Not sure if it was done in the 80's though...
*Goes to check....
Yup! It was done in the 80's!
Released in 1988.
The Blob (1988)
A strange lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094761/
Last edited by Bekki; 08-12-2015 at 01:41 PM.
Official Muskateers Bartender
Proud Officer of Acme Fighting Co.
"It's a dangerous business, going out of your door, Frodo my boy." He used to say. "You step into the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no telling where you might be swept off to." ~ Frodo Baggins (Quoting Bilbo Baggins)
China explosion:
No reports have said the word, but these videos make this seem like a tactical nuke.
http://fox4kc.com/2015/08/12/massive...s-of-injuries/
Official Muskateers Bartender
Proud Officer of Acme Fighting Co.
"It's a dangerous business, going out of your door, Frodo my boy." He used to say. "You step into the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no telling where you might be swept off to." ~ Frodo Baggins (Quoting Bilbo Baggins)
The article states that it was a chemical storage facility...
And Having worked in a refinery... Store the wrong chemicals together... Or roll the wrong 'blind '
(A blank used to seal a pipe under maint.) when the line is not clear.. And cause a spark...
And Kaboom. I wound up in the middle of a nice fireball when a friend accidentally caused a spark at a most in opportune time when a line was not purged properly. Things got pretty scary pretty fast. I was almost a very very crispy Bekki... I changed jobs a few week later....
Official Muskateers Bartender
Proud Officer of Acme Fighting Co.
"It's a dangerous business, going out of your door, Frodo my boy." He used to say. "You step into the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no telling where you might be swept off to." ~ Frodo Baggins (Quoting Bilbo Baggins)
Yeah, it was a long shot. But if it HAD been, I coulda claimed "/FIRST!" rights.
The original article claimed it was a "container port", where shipping containers would be off-loaded - like as if someone had shipped the offending device into the country.
Made sure I finished w*** again last night in time to go find a better dark spot to meteor hunt.
Last night wasn't much better on quantity than the previous night, but there were a lot more 'closer' ones, that were brighter and left debris trails. One very bright one even looked like it exploded at the end of it's entry.
Then there were these two overly curious bats. Biggest ones I've ever seen around here circled just overhead a few times shortly after I found a spot.
...I probably would've seen more, but apparently I dozed off for about a half hour at one point.
Last edited by cdbd3rd; 08-13-2015 at 05:49 PM.
Hi all. Hope everyone is well and enjoying the rest of summer here.
Nothing of note lately. Hubby still on OT. Baby doing baby things (2nd birthday next week.) Tinrae doing Tinrae things.
But today I somehow found myself pledged to a signed copy of a physical book for Vegan Black Metal Chef on Kickstarter. If you haven't seen him on YouTube you totally should watch an episode or two.
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”-J.R.R. Tolkien
Official Muskateers Bartender
Proud Officer of Acme Fighting Co.
"It's a dangerous business, going out of your door, Frodo my boy." He used to say. "You step into the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no telling where you might be swept off to." ~ Frodo Baggins (Quoting Bilbo Baggins)
Last edited by Bekki; 08-14-2015 at 02:36 PM.
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Proud Officer of Acme Fighting Co.
"It's a dangerous business, going out of your door, Frodo my boy." He used to say. "You step into the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no telling where you might be swept off to." ~ Frodo Baggins (Quoting Bilbo Baggins)
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