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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 4:44pm

Hey all. Taken by a Tulsi signature collector.

Early start.
Wanted to get this in before the good stuff rolls out
from your instafilm units.

This is our weekly peace vigil.
I'm the clown of the right trying
to unfurl my flags.

This vigil has been going on since the
war drums of Iraq v.2 with junior bush
Not so silent witness...

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 4:58pm

just a bunch of old hippies

getting out on a sunday
to change the world
or something...

[video:https://youtu.be/ariVZgYU4HU]

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-- August Hare

Submitted by laurel on Sat, 02/15/2020 - 7:01pm

Thanks for keeping it real

@QMS in your neck of the woods.

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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 6:07pm

Thanks for hosting QMS

Unknown lifeform found on the planet Quaalude, within the Zog Quadrant.

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 6:24pm

that is a....

@Bollox Ref Great pic BR! Beautiful! I love that purple color, and detail/resolution. Reminds me of an existential poppy I once met.

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 6:44pm

Thanks dystopian

@dystopian

It took several light years to get the shot.

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

Submitted by QMS on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 6:56pm

expecting a purple bee

@Bollox Ref
to flitter into the picture
polynesian pollination

been goofin' with the bees Oblio?

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Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.
-- August Hare

Submitted by QMS on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 7:06pm

And the Rock Man said, "Say - what's happening with you boys

@QMS
it looks like you're pretty shook up, been goofing with the bees"?

Say there's nothing pointless about this gig ...
the thing is . . .
you see what you want to see and you hear what you want to hear - dig.

[video:https://youtu.be/svAgPeD52wM]

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Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.
-- August Hare

Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 8:40pm

great bumble!

@QMS wow that one cool bumble qms. That white distal couple segments on the abdomen are awesome looking compared to the more standard black and yellow. Very neat beast and pic.

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 6:58pm

Beautiful shot, BR

@Bollox Ref
Orange and purple. I guess that makes it a FedEx flower.

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We come from dust. We will return to dust.
That's why I don't dust. It my be someone I know.

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 7:10pm

Thanks SP

@Socialprogressive

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

Submitted by QMS on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 6:17pm

Got the quaalude

not sure of the zog quadrant
embraces a purple haze

Thanks for opening the mind
Mr. Bollox

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Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.
-- August Hare

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 7:11pm

The Zog Quadrant

@QMS

Is located in the Alb Ania galaxy.

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

Submitted by QMS on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 7:16pm

No wonder

@Bollox Ref
my oscilloscope was pointed in the other direction

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Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.
-- August Hare

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 7:21pm

Thanks for Friday Photos tonight, QMS

Some shots from my visit to the Miniature Engineering Craftsmanship Museum last Tuesday morning. The museum is devoted to craftsmen that make working miniature replicas.

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We come from dust. We will return to dust.
That's why I don't dust. It my be someone I know.

Submitted by QMS on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 7:35pm

Wow, especially like the radial engine

@Socialprogressive
used extensively in early aircraft.
The Harley engine is a cut-off of the original 5 cylinder.

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Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.
-- August Hare

Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 8:31pm

Cool steam engine

@QMS

My grandpa made one from scratch or a kit. We had little fuel capsules that looked like sugar cubes to run it. Seeing your pictures brought back the smell of the steam.

He worked on big steam engines too. Did some work on trains. Guess that's where I got my love for them from. I was bummed when they took the clickety clack out the rails.

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Submitted by travelerxxx on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 10:07pm

Live steam

@snoopydawg

Still have my steam engine that I've had since I was a little boy. Amazes me to think I still have it after all these years – living all over the place, divorces, other disasters, etc.

Mine originally used the "...little fuel capsules that looked like sugar cubes..." to fire the boiler. I converted it to alcohol; much cheaper to run. I fire it up every now and again to amaze the grandkids. It always makes them jump when the whistle (DAMN loud!) lets loose to keep the boiler pressure at a safe level. The whistle works under the same principle as the weight on a pressure cooker. Did I mention that it's DAMN loud?

Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 10:41pm

It sounds like the same one we had

@travelerxxx

I bet your grandkids are having as much fun with it as we did. You are making memories for them that they will cherish their whole lives. My poppa has been gone since 1988, but here I was tonight back in time.

There is a little tray where we placed 4 0f the cubes to put in the oven. Is that like yours? Last I saw it was at my brother's house and his son was very young. My poppa also collected tube radios and I have two of them as well as the grandfathers clock radio he built when I was in kindergarten. The damn thing used to be so tall back then. I haven't checked to see if it still works. It has the vacuum tubes.

Fun trip done memory lane tonight.

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If ICE were hunting down Trump’s critics, that would be bad but would make sense.
But ICE is hunting down Israel’s critics.

Submitted by travelerxxx on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 11:36pm

Antiquities and electrons

@snoopydawg

Yes, the steam engine burner tray sounds the same to me. After a few times buying the fuel pellets, I decided my pennies could find better uses and came up with the idea of packing cotton into the tray thingy. Then I soaked the cotton with rubbing alcohol, which took care of the expense. The alcohol was even hotter than the pellets and lasted as long, too. Win, win. I use the same cotton in it today.

Tubes! LOL! All my ham radios are tube units from the mid 1960s. My main guitar amps are tube units of the same mid 60s vintage. My dad, a trained radio man (among other things) always urged me to never throw away a tube, even if it "tested" bad, so I have quite a few of them. If the screens/grids haven't melted, or the heater failed, I keep them. Funny that many of them work fine after sitting in a box for a few years. Who knows what the deal is with them. Tube voodoo.

Submitted by lotlizard on Sat, 02/15/2020 - 5:15am

My dad had one of those Hickok tube testers

@travelerxxx
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22Hickok+tube+tester%22&iax=images&ia=images

“Shorts” … “Bias” … “English” … “Mutual conductance in micromhos” …

Submitted by travelerxxx on Sat, 02/15/2020 - 4:04pm

Zap!

@lotlizard

Tube testers used to be practically everywhere. Drug stores, the local hardware store, the grocery ... everyone had one. I think they were mostly there to sell tubes, as I found them to be pretty much unreliable. Dad never used one, although he had one for customers in his store. Of course, he sold tubes, too.

They are somewhat akin to buggy whips today, even though tubes are still in use (and there are even new developments with them). Still, you'd better know what you are doing when you mess around inside tube equipment – there are lethal voltages coursing around in them and it's all looking for some place to go.

Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 9:16pm

very cool stuff SP

@Socialprogressive great pics SP! Neat stuff man!

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein

Submitted by laurel on Sat, 02/15/2020 - 2:03pm

Do they actually run?

@Socialprogressive It would be fun to watch the whole room of them chugga-chugging in unison.

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Lurking in the wings is Hillary, like some terrifying bat hanging by her feet in a cavern below the DNC. A bat with theropod instincts. -- Fred Reed https://tinyurl.com/vgvuhcl

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 02/15/2020 - 5:26pm

Yes, Laurel, they do actually run.

@laurel
They even have demonstrations three times a day.
Here's a link to their website. https://craftsmanshipmuseum.com/

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We come from dust. We will return to dust.
That's why I don't dust. It my be someone I know.

Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 9:20pm

this is bats

Well actually just bat. Methinks a Red Bat, that has been hanging out (since that is what they do) under the eaves the last week.

Have good ones all!

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein

Submitted by Daenerys on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 9:45pm

Evening QMS, everyone

Here is the aftermath from a Cooper's hawk that got a couple of collared doves in our yard:

My husband saw the hawk on the ground with a dove, called me into the room and we both watched as it flew off with it. There were two spots like this. I often hear about this happening in people's yards and see photos but didn't think I'd get to witness it myself. Pretty cool!

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This shit is bananas.

Submitted by orlbucfan on Sat, 02/15/2020 - 7:25am

The gritty side of Nature. Great photos!

@Daenerys Rec'd!!

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