Good morning/afternoon/ evening(delete inapropiate one) I hope you are all fit and well Its a lovely...

Robecology comments on Feb 26, 2021:

Being retired is a mixed blessing. Plenty of time to do what you want...but you know that the disabilities are waiting around the corner. I retired from teaching in 2012...but by 2014 they found a strange "mass" that had to be removed. Over that hill...doing OK...and then the hip starts "giving out' on me. Got that fixed....now it's the frequent bladder issues. So stay well. Stay healthy.... I like your wishes for hoping we're all fit...soooo important to us retirees! For old SNL fans...here's the meme that we elders can use...

A little more on bird feeding, this one is thoughtful and in depth, with some great video footage ...

Robecology comments on Feb 24, 2021:

Be sure you're feeding birds...

Sometimes when a text comes through and it has anagrams I just make up whatever I think is the ...

Robecology comments on Feb 24, 2021:

A recent one I use is NBD....no big deal. For car parking there's NDD spots...( no door ding)...usually in a corner, not close to the facility you are visiting.

Finally the quote I intended to post when I joined this group, perhaps my favorite political quote ...

Robecology comments on Feb 24, 2021:

My dad had a pin that I had for a while (not sure where it is...some dusty box somewhere) with an image of a sole of a shoe with a hole in it...representing Stevenson's bid against Ike... The silver shoe pin was inspired by a Flint Journal photograph of Stevenson shuffling over some papers while slouching in a leather chair. William Gallagher, the photographer, was about to snap a photo. It would be just a so-so picture until Stevenson crossed his right leg over his left knee. It displayed a hole in the sole of his right shoe. https://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/bill-wundram/a-silver-shoe-with-a-hole-in-its-sole/article_4a3d93b4-6337-53a2-b90b-addb37408eb3.html

I want to talk about intimacy co-ordinators.

Robecology comments on Feb 24, 2021:

This sounds like something one ponders when one is very stoned.

Interesting on how few people show up on the new contributors list anymore.

Robecology comments on Feb 24, 2021:

@Creative51 Scroll down to the bottom. See "promote"? Click on that. On the "promote" page, copy the link. paste it on FB and in email to your friends...then you'll see new names.

Why Texas is afraid of the new green deal

Robecology comments on Feb 23, 2021:

Search "The Final Solution". I think that the GOP wants the poor and socially marginalized in Texas - dead. I haven't "heard" this....This isn't a "conspiracy theory"....it's just that what the Nazi's said nearly 100 years ago still has foundations in the #religulous GOP of today. It's my theory only.

Mars lander touches down

Robecology comments on Feb 21, 2021:

Wait...what?

This motherfucker!

Robecology comments on Feb 21, 2021:

We joke and jest; but it's becoming painfully obvious; The Texas GOP is following The Final Solution 2021 plan...not for jews...but for the poor, the socially marginalized in Texas. It's never been "conspired"....I have no proof....but their behaviors are becoming obvious.

Can big science be sustained: [resilience.org]

Robecology comments on Feb 20, 2021:

The challenges to "Big Science" are looming threateningly on the horizon. If we don't grow to respect the concept of scientific method better and more consistently...we are doomed to an early extinction.

I like this acronym!

Robecology comments on Feb 20, 2021:

Copied and posted on FB...good one!

We can still jail him

Robecology comments on Feb 19, 2021:

Coulda-woulda-shoulda....I'm getting tired of even seeing his face....

Now that's real karma,

Robecology comments on Feb 19, 2021:

And guess who's paying for that box?

Amo, amas, a...oh wtf?

Robecology comments on Feb 19, 2021:

Explain, please? I don't get it.

Watchdog groups outline how to prevent Trump from ever holding office

Robecology comments on Feb 19, 2021:

Yada-yada- so far all talk, no action. I'm thinking that between his advancing age, his hidden ill effects of COVID19 and his lawsuits against him he - nor any of his family - will NOT run for office in the near future.

Looking for something to celebrate today in 1930 Pluto was discovered. [daysoftheyear.com]

Robecology comments on Feb 19, 2021:

And since then we've discovered 9 more "planetoids"...Astronomers estimate that there could be as many as 200 dwarf planets in the solar system and the Kuiper Belt. But the differences between planets and dwarf planets may not be obvious at first. https://www.space.com/15216-dwarf-planets-facts-solar-system-sdcmp.html

My local weather report predicts a nasty ice storm tomorrow morning that will affect rush hour ...

Robecology comments on Feb 18, 2021:

I love what Florida calls "cold weather"...down to the (brrrr) 50's!

This is a Texas politician We owe you nothing

Robecology comments on Feb 18, 2021:

It's their way of a "final solution" that the Nazi's persued with the Jews...only now it's the wealthy Republicans that have the "final solution" to getting rid of the socially struggling in Texas...let 'em freeze" (Their way, not mine).

Why are you thanking god for this delicious meal I slaved over?

Robecology comments on Feb 18, 2021:

The meme got it backwards. it would be the Atheists saying "someone made this" it would be the Theists saying "nope...thank god for this food".

Just a friendly warning!

Robecology comments on Feb 18, 2021:

Please; if anyone can arrange this? Perhaps a go-away-fund-me?

NOt a meme but just a reminder that the Russians built huge wind farms in the arctic such as this ...

Robecology comments on Feb 18, 2021:

I heard/read that the greed-based Texas Republicans didn't want to follow federal mandates to "winterize" (add anti-freeze to fluids, add warming wires to liquid flow lines) - so their systems froze. I'd share memes...but the "add photo" feature's not working for me? p.S.their solution was to jump the price of electricity up by thousands of percentage points... Poor? Texan? Suffer. (that's them speaking, not me). Texas operates an independent grid closed off from the rest of the country. On Wednesday, power prices in Dallas and Fort Worth hit $8,800 per megawatt-hour (MWh), compared with the more typical average of roughly $26 per MWh. Over time, the state's grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), could impose higher costs to consumers to prepare for subsequent, similar events. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/texas-power-consumers-pay-price-061234304.html

I haven't been able to post pics recently; and before that many pics I did post were not "oriented" ...

Robecology comments on Feb 18, 2021:

Trying again this AM..nope...still not working..and yes..it works on my FB and email. Help! I miss sharing pics! Post edit....it's WORKING! Thanks, All!!

Why Texas energy grid failed

Robecology comments on Feb 17, 2021:

Yes, indeed! https://www.cnn.com/videos/weather/2021/02/17/texas-winter-weather-power-heat-bernal-newday-vpx.cnn

Question: How do you know if you’ve been chucked out of a group?

Robecology comments on Feb 17, 2021:

When you go to a group and you see a note that "you're not a member of this group" - or just click on "groups" above....if you see a check next to it that means you're "in".

Ever notice that the right wing/GOP (particularly the Texas variety) are always raving about ...

Robecology comments on Feb 16, 2021:

And yet he keeps winning by big margins. What does that say about Texans?

I suppose that laughter might just be the best medicine...

Robecology comments on Feb 16, 2021:

It's said that if that cruise ship with the dozen or so COVID19 victims on it had stayed out to sea a few more days that there would be 400,000 + Americans alive today...and Trump would have won a second term....Hmmm...maybe it was worth it?

FWIW, here's my non-eventful experience with my first shot of the COVID vaccine.

Robecology comments on Feb 15, 2021:

I had almost the exact same reaction to the Phizer shots...an ache in the shot (right) arm for a few days. I'm a total gym user..and I could barely pull myself up for a couple of days. I'm 75. The second shot had a lot less soreness...but it was still there. Happy to be double vaccinated.

It is no secret that i hate winter and prefer the tropics

Robecology comments on Feb 15, 2021:

Except in Florida...

Mars In 4K [youtube.com]

Robecology comments on Feb 15, 2021:

It's bitter cold. There's no Oxygen. The water that probably exists is now deep underground. Since the core is no longer molten and plastic, there's no magnetosphere...so deadly Gamma radiation rains down on the surface. Why we are even considering human trips to Mars is beyond me. It might have been alive and watery eons ago...perhaps our DNA even got started there. But there's clearly no life there now...and no reason to visit there - let alone colonize it.

Who uses a rice cooker or a magic pot?

Robecology comments on Feb 14, 2021:

I'm a pressure cooker junkie; so basic works for me...and the 15 minutes cooking /10 minutes rest turns in to 3 and 6 minutes, for me. Same amount of H2O...rinsing is more a tradition than a valuable process...but do try the pressure cooker method. Faster. Fluffier.

For those who would like to have a better understanding of bitcoin. [thehustle.co]

Robecology comments on Feb 14, 2021:

Problems with it. Bitcoin is a currency. Not a technology. Not an internet app. Not a tool. Just currency. It's basically a pyramid scheme. An increasing amount of folk on here and fB (I assume twitter, as well) pose a friendly "hi, how are you, I hear you have money"....and then the lure begins. If you want to invest in a growing stock...I recommend TSLA...the stock behind the Tesla electric vehicles (EV's) . Lucid - another E.V. is struggling to get in to a "public offering" and they have an EV with similar, but even more deluxe features than Tesla. But I recommend you stay away from Bitcoin - and there's lots of investors who, like Mitch, want you to get comfy with it...and buy in. Do your research. Search Tsla 1 month, 1 year, and 5 year graphs. Drive one. Then you'll know.

-6 degrees outside. I definitely would rather be on a tropical island today.

Robecology comments on Feb 14, 2021:

Do I have to keep reminding you? It's 79º in the East Coast of Florida!

What do you think scammer or just a misguided individual? [agnostic.com]

Robecology comments on Feb 11, 2021:

Cute, young, cleavage prominent in the pic...yep...scammer.

There is an upcoming lockdown Worldwide 😂😂😂😂 set aside your bitterness ...

Robecology comments on Feb 10, 2021:

LOL...I'll be "nursing" a nurse back to health...she goes for hip surgery tomorrow AM! I'll give her The "Saint Valentine's" sendoff. The myth is charming.. Signing a card "Your Valentine" is mimicking history...but it wasn't always a greeting of love! https://www.history.com/news/real-st-valentine-medieval

Reminders of warmer weather.

Robecology comments on Feb 10, 2021:

I'm an East Coast American....and I've never seen a "Robin" that looked like that...but my "Merlin ID" bird ID app says it is, indeed a European Robin!

Does anyone not secretly hope that there is a god and that we can spend eternity in heaven with our ...

Robecology comments on Feb 9, 2021:

To "secretly hope" is to give in to Religious dogma. If you "secretly hope" for "time travel" If you "secretly hope" for alien contact. If you "secretly hope" for the ability to travel to other solar systems. Then you, @waitingforgodo" are not well, and need some kind of special attention. If you "secretly hope" that you will have a sense of existence in another organism...say, a plant, an insect, a creature, even...in the distant future....another human...then you can have what scientists call "reasonable odds" But the other stuff? You're sad and suffering. Seek help.

I should have retired before I did. Retirement is the best mental relaxation ever!

Robecology comments on Feb 9, 2021:

I concur; if you play your cards right...it truly can be your "golden years". I do get sad when I hear of losses...especially today..Onc of the original voices of the Supremes..**.Mary Wilson**. Here's a video she made just a few days ago. Her death was "sudden and mysterious" ...it's being investigated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGCwWipSEMY

Keep it in the family

Robecology comments on Feb 8, 2021:

She was and is....thanks to the miracle of plastic surgery - still a cutie!

”For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong.

Robecology comments on Feb 7, 2021:

Sad that you feel that way, @JackPedigo

How We Grow Food Could Determine Whether 28,000 Species Can Survive: [ecowatch.com]

Robecology comments on Feb 7, 2021:

The root of the issue is our population growth. 150 more births, than deaths, per minute. 216,000 more per day 1,512,000 per week 78 million more per year. COVID19 might have put a dent in that number; I'm guessing it slowed us down to 76 million. More. Births than deaths...Growth in the world human population.In one year. and 10 species becoming extinct per day...to make room for us.; from obscure ants with almost a different species in each section of forest to great whales - I'm lucky to be alive...and thankful to have made it to 75. I don't look forward to the approaching extinction that might happen...rather soon...we can fix this...it's called family planning...or we can avoid the fix and suffer.... https://www.worldometers.info

“Once people get hung up on theology, they're lost to sanity forever.

Robecology comments on Feb 7, 2021:

Population control...

What do you think when you hear an extremely loud car or truck?

Robecology comments on Feb 7, 2021:

They're suffering some ego inadequacies - they need attention as they go down the road. It's one of the strong suits for my almost too quiet Tesla... Oh...and of course there's new markets popping up to make our quiet Teslas noisy; for both ego-centric reasons and for alleged need to "alert pedestrians".. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle_warning_sounds

Black and White

Robecology comments on Feb 7, 2021:

True Sexy -Classyi image!

Doing THIS kind of representation or explanation of Liberalism has to be a form of brain disease, or...

Robecology comments on Feb 7, 2021:

When ever I get in to "what is a"...with anyone...I save these two excellent phrases by these two great folk from the past;

[youtu.

Robecology comments on Feb 7, 2021:

The problem boils down to the reason we're here...religion/the #religulous https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/05/trumps-language-of-hate-has-deep-roots-in-american-religious-bigotry/

Every morning...

Robecology comments on Feb 6, 2021:

Bacon...if there ever was a non-sweet food addiction...that and black, unsweetened coffee are at the top of my list....and the coffee is partially explainable by the caffeine. I have no clue about why bacon is so addictive.

Are some people just not right for marriage?

Robecology comments on Feb 6, 2021:

When I read Alvin Toffler's future shock...what he explained to me (in the book) explains why we fall in and out - and back in - to marriage. It's the growing population, and the root cause of it...our increasing longevity. As he put it; 100 years ago there were far fewer people...and we didn't live as long...so marriages were both shorter and the old fashioned "commitment" was much more real. Today we are doubling in population faster and faster. When I was born there were less than 3 billion on the planet; now we're approaching 8 billion. And longevity - while having leveled off recently...increased for decades during the late 20th century. So we meet more people today than ever before. We either grow similarly or grow differently faster today than ever before. Our tastes - in food, in habits, in friends - change -- faster than ever. So of course we easily marriage...and easily divorce. Of course it's not an easy process....but fewer are changing their names. More are doing prenuptial agreements. And more are finding that living by themselves works best. Not a bad thing...and as Toffler implied...if we hold to traditions then it will be a "future shock" that relationships are changing. (and yes; this was co-written with Alvin's spouse, Adelaide). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock Sad about your grandfather and those #religulous children of hers...

Spread those bananas around

Robecology comments on Feb 5, 2021:

Thus we worship the perfect addiction - greed - and it will lead to our extinction.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity; there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all ...

Robecology comments on Feb 3, 2021:

This - sadly - seems true. Most politicians know - or find out, eventually - that if they reduce scarcity and improve prosperity - a liberal/progressive POV, they invite an increase in the population growth rate. Do the opposite - improve scarcity and reduce prosperity - a Conservative/reactionary POV - and it's the greatest single factor that slows down the population growth. By that I mean the death rate might slow down a bit...people get leaner, eat more carefully, work harder, and are forced to have fewer kids...and coincidentally - they live longer. The birth rate slows down as well (although there's still growth - but at a reduced rate). The reduction of scarcity - improvement of prosperity (the Liberal POV) also reduces the Ecology/ recycling. It also raises the death rate (less focus on personal health), and raises the unhealthy/ obesity of a nation - But if more people are prosperous - they have more kids...and the population growth rate increases. So the Liberal POV...while reducing scarcity and improving prosperity - invites a higher death rate, but a much higher birth rate. Demographers know this. Insurance rate adjusters know this. Not many others do. This is a conundrum of Conservatives (who tend toward the latter relationship) and liberals (the former). Where do you draw the line?

Not a bad idea

Robecology comments on Feb 3, 2021:

It's happening. There's more and more inter-racial relationships occurring. More kids of mixed race parents coming to the fore...look at Kamala Harris...(images below) from an Eastern Indian mother and a mixed African-American father.

Qookoo for cocoa puffs..

Robecology comments on Feb 3, 2021:

Another one I heard/read; "What's it called when your I.Q. is cut in half? Answer; Q.

My last visit to US was in November 2011.

Robecology comments on Feb 3, 2021:

Stanford Mass, or Stanford California?

Hi, I am a teacher of a few years probably more than I care to mention.

Robecology comments on Feb 3, 2021:

First of all...I"m a retired teacher in Florida /USA. Secondly; you said "parents must opt in for the chaplain to work with their child" - this can't be a public school...is it a private religious/Christian school? Assuming you're an agnostic/atheist in a religious school....that's a tough one. Can you teach at any other schools? Do you have to teach at a school with a "chaplain" in it?

About a week or so ago, I joined the "conservative atheist group to post a legitimate question on ...

Robecology comments on Feb 2, 2021:

Whenever I get "attacked" for asking a question like that I offer to share the rules I learned in a college debate class. They really "opened my eyes" and make sense. I'll share them in a minute...but I want you to not feel badly. I've been blocked from that group as well. It's sort of an oxymoron - Conservatives in America are generally also religious (I call them the Bill Maher term "#Religulous" - click on the word..).It's more appropriate. But my point is - don't feel badly about being rejected by them...they're just a bunch of "Oxy-moronic" folk.

Surprise (not) Today another tRumpster tested positive for covid at my school.

Robecology comments on Feb 2, 2021:

@NoMagicCookie These last few years have been a revelation regarding your last comment; asking us if we "noticed a difference in the intellectual and logical degradation". It's not so much, I'm afraid, to admit, a degredation as a revelation - that there really are a large number of profoundly ignorant folk out there. It's like they didn't degrade to profound ignorance; it's just that some of us became more aware of it (many call it becoming "woke" or "awakened"). When I saw this video, it helped explain a lot about them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW9R6jgE7SQ

This is an actual photo of the exact time lightning hits the water.

Robecology comments on Feb 2, 2021:

Jewish lasers (tongue in cheek).

This is an actual photo of the exact time lightning hits the water.

Robecology comments on Feb 2, 2021:

@TheoryNumber3 And yet still there seems to be many "trails" of super-heated atmospheric molecutes...and a cloud of steam. This does appear to be a bit of a time-lapse (I'm guessing 2-3 seconds)....but..still.....truly amazing. Is this your camera work or did you get it from another source?

So very hard...

Robecology comments on Feb 1, 2021:

Good one. Here's a few more - related.

"Be happy for no reason, like a child.

Robecology comments on Feb 1, 2021:

Easier said than done. It takes a lot of energy to "smile though your heart is breaking"...but "life is more worthwhile if you just smile". Tony Bennett's song comes to mind... Smile though your heart is aching Smile even though it's breaking When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by If you smile ...through your fears and sorrow Smile and maybe tomorrow You'll see the sun come shining through for you Light up your face with gladness Hide every trace of sadness Although a tear may be ever so near That's the time you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you just smile That's the time you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you just smile Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Phillips

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers.

Robecology comments on Feb 1, 2021:

Love Jesse; I found this meme by him;

Time to do YOUR PART!!!

Robecology comments on Feb 1, 2021:

How's your "footprint"? It's called an "Eco-footprint" or "Carbon footprint". Some ask for your email, sone don't. If you don't want to get on email lists, change one letter - https://www.footprintcalculator.org

Federal Agencies Have Lost Hundreds of Scientists Since 2017. What Comes Next?: [ecowatch.com]

Robecology comments on Feb 1, 2021:

Good article. Shared on FB.

So true! No Debbie Downer's! Lol

Robecology comments on Feb 1, 2021:

Debbie Downer meets Bobby Bummer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZF6EK7x4Dk

Cholla Cactus Skeleton.

Robecology comments on Feb 1, 2021:

They're the one's that Abo-Aussies make - they seal the outer shell with plaster, insert cacti spines, then insert beads, then create "Rain sticks"....I've owned a few over the decades. And there's Chilean models, as well...but both use that Cactus skeleton!

I don't see the thrill in posting dick pics

Robecology comments on Jan 31, 2021:

On behalf of men who never share (let alone take pictures of) their "dick" I'm offended. He's awful, he's a liar, he's corrupt, but please, don't call him a male sex organ?

It is taboo in our society to criticize a persons religious faith.

Robecology comments on Jan 31, 2021:

Here's some "criticisms" of Faith - in copyable and shareable memes;. Enjoy...and please share if you have FB.

By golly, that Marjorie Greene was right [google.com]

Robecology comments on Jan 31, 2021:

And I heard he was sitting in a Tesla...wait...I have proof!

The New Tesla S "refresh".

Robecology comments on Jan 31, 2021:

Here's a view inside the cabin. Notice the New steering wheel option. You can't get a sunroof anymore, sadly. Notice the new main screen. oh...and there won't be any gear-shift- or nob -or stick. It'll all be on screen controls. Here's an American magazine review. https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-model-s-x-steering-wheel-redesign-reactions-elon-musk-2021-1

Must have wound it up a couple of turns too far.

Robecology comments on Jan 31, 2021:

If the top speed is 80 mph then that little machine can break most speeding laws. Unfortunately, they're just not safe. If you wait and get an Electric small car....you'll be a lot safer...

Schrodinger's cat

Robecology comments on Jan 31, 2021:

LOL...here's Schrodinger's dumpster;

Well the lock down prevents me from doing a lot of things Long walks with my camera meeting friends ...

Robecology comments on Jan 31, 2021:

I don't feel restricted with the long walks and/or bicycle rides....In fact I've been takng more lately; it's the only time I'm out of the house except to shop!

My Sunday Sermon...

Robecology comments on Jan 31, 2021:

Good one. Here's a few I've collected; Feel free to share!

Kinder Scout, taken from the Hayfield side.

Robecology comments on Jan 30, 2021:

I see you're from the UK...can you post a map showing us where this is?

"I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself...

Robecology comments on Jan 28, 2021:

I got on this very topic on FB on "Faith is a Mental Illness". here's the image I shared (click on it and expand it to see it better). I also shared this; lots of clear evidence that Hitler really considered himself Christian. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Adolf_Hitler?fbclid=IwAR24jvMO37WupT5pjpOfVxtXtKm1pKAae9bZt1Ecgf3dof0p8GGXTuJFG9w

My star wars peeps will get it.

Robecology comments on Jan 28, 2021:

My latest ones...

I know I've posted this song before, but because today is Humphrey Bogart's birthday b.

Robecology comments on Jan 28, 2021:

Died at 68 years young. Nat King Cole, another smoker...died in his 50's. Rod Serling...another chain smoker....died in his 50's. So sad for these rugged men who let a bad habit take decades from their lives.

We need to go back!

Robecology comments on Jan 28, 2021:

Wars and diseases controlled our growth....but then health care started winning. The results are clear....we're growing by 150 more births, than deaths, per minute, 216,000 more per day, 1,512,000 per week. You joke about cell phones while we all sit home and rarely go out....and if we do we wear masks...and now we're being suggested to wear better masks. If wars didn't do us in...the next plague might. COVID19 was just the tip of the iceberg...a warning shot. https://www.worldometers.info

Reverse psychology? Lol

Robecology comments on Jan 28, 2021:

That appears to me to be one too well-fed horse.

I live in Nashville and I feel pretty alone in my views as an atheist; I feel like I'm in the ...

Robecology comments on Jan 28, 2021:

You came to the right place. There's no need to share your views - in public or with your family. They probably know your views anyway....and if they're religious they know there's not one shred of validation for them...so like we did when we believed in Santa....we slowly gave up on the myth.. They will, too...but it will take time. Come here....chat here...make friends here.

Checking in after being away for the last two weeks due to family things.

Robecology comments on Jan 28, 2021:

Welcome back. I participate an hour or so nearly every day. Perhaps you can offer this ($25 a post for the 36 question forum) or open it up here....and come up with your own questions? I like your "middle-ground" approach ("the progressive left and Trumpy-types both have mostly-valid") but I think you're just being apolitical...which might be wise for an owner-administrator. The fact is, if you're agnostic you're already a progressive thinker - and while you know that many agnostics support Trump - a scientific minded agnostic knows better - but also knows not to step on toes. Anyway; welcome back. Hoping that the family issues went smoothly. Here's a quote from a quasi-religious leader that I keep handy...

Turning over a new leaf

Robecology comments on Jan 28, 2021:

Good for you. Save these memes. You're growing. It's a good thing.

I hope that I am not the only one that feels like this bata test vaccination is being forced and ...

Robecology comments on Jan 28, 2021:

I suffered shoulder pain for about a week. When I researched it, i found it even had an acronym, and was popular banter among ambulance chasers... Shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)...but I read enough to know it was probably caused by an inexperienced vaccinator shooting too high on the arm or too close to the shoulder joint. So - solution - if/when you go for that vaccine, mention that you are concerned about SIRVA (Shoulder injury related to vaccine administration) and would they please aim their vaccine carefully. That should help. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6347325/

Sounds like a good plan But timers already take care of that

Robecology comments on Jan 27, 2021:

A.M. Coffee- indispensable. Coffee maker - indispensable. Coffee made automatically, by timer - indispensable.

I will let this book speak for itself [amazon.co.uk]

Robecology comments on Jan 27, 2021:

A whole bunch on that page. Which did you refer to?

Can 4 billion people be wrong? Wildly.

Robecology comments on Jan 26, 2021:

Fortunately your numbers are wrong; 2.382 billion Adherents in 2020 Religion Adherents Percentage Christianity 2.382 billion 31.11% Islam 1.907 billion 24.9% Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist 1.193 billion 15.58% Hinduism 1.161 billion 15.16%

I couldn’t help myself 😁

Robecology comments on Jan 26, 2021:

My latest crop of "Bernie-in-the-cold" memes;

One word.... Why.

Robecology comments on Jan 26, 2021:

You forgot the word he's probably thinking..."why not"...it's for folk with an identity crisis. it makes them "unique". Can you imagine this guy -how he'd look in a funeral? I shouldn't laugh...sorry.

Bernie Sanders hit the world 😅😊 what a cutie Sanders doll.😂

Robecology comments on Jan 26, 2021:

Those mittens are for sale! https://www.kohls.com/product/prd-1914715/muk-luks-fairisle-convertible-mittens-men.jsp?prdPV=4=shopping34=ci=connexity-shopzilla=cse=connexity=16116751411448142457610080302008005=1=CKe2quP1ue4CFa_IxQodoDoAOw=ds

Beam me up Scotty!

Robecology comments on Jan 26, 2021:

It's my understanding that those words "Beam me up, Scotty" were never actually uttered on any episode of Star trek. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/50607/origins-11-famous-star-trek-lines

[agnostic.

Robecology comments on Jan 26, 2021:

Don't fear the challengers. Challenge them. Make his research appear as it is...unscientific. Don't run from a debate or try to ban the challenger. Face them. Here's some useful guidelines.

IVF seems key to saving species: [theguardian.com]

Robecology comments on Jan 22, 2021:

What's cool is this; He is the progeny of an egg from a captive mother and sperm from a wild father – a hybrid from parents who were both dead. Olaf is not the first amphibian to be born via IVF – (in-vitro fertilization) that has been happening for years – but he is the first of his species to be born from sperm that was frozen and thawed. What's not cool, IMO, is that he's "named" (Olaf) and described as "cute" etc. This is serious business, trying to rescue an almost extinct species. I don't feel that seriousness in this article. As the authors themselves note; "One reason that conservationists want to boost the numbers of amphibian populations is because diseases are devastating them in the wild. Kouba says cryo-preservation has a place as a last-ditch effort to bank the remaining genetic material from a dying species. Let me add a caveat that was in the article; • This article was amended on 13 May 2020. An earlier version incorrectly stated that Olaf the toad was the first amphibian to be born using frozen sperm. He was in fact the first of his species to be born via that method. Thanks, @Theresa_N for sharing this.

Opening theme music to Hitchcock's 1954 suspense thriller Rear Window. [youtu.be]

Robecology comments on Jan 21, 2021:

Great jazzy, big-band music.

Who`s going to don their mask and go and social distance in the line to buy lottery tickets for a ...

Robecology comments on Jan 21, 2021:

Don't buy in to that silly gamble. If you want to gamble with a good chance of winning - try stocks. Poor chance? Try horse-racing. Very poor chance? Gambling casinos, on-line gambling. Horrible choice? Lotteries.

🤔No one needs to know.

Robecology comments on Jan 21, 2021:

I'm not out to talk to or even persuade "fuckers"...but folk who count are fun to chat with, and share with...and they're definitely not "fuckers"...

So, all jokes aside, what with the shooting of the San Diego woman in that Capitol building.

Robecology comments on Jan 20, 2021:

So all jokes aside...what's your point?

Does anyone think there is truly one superior coffee maker, or process?

Robecology comments on Jan 20, 2021:

The "French Press" maker is a bit messy - but can make a very satisfying cuppa Joe. If you're a drip person, consider going to the fine-mesh re-useable gold plated filters..they leave your coffee a little cloudy (like the French press does) and they're re-useable....which I prefer. Then you can wake up to a fresh brewed pot that you set up the night before (assuming you have a timer on your coffee-maker). They're available in both the cone and basket shapes. The cone shape has less plastic and more gold mesh for us "purists". Filtered water seems to make a better cup. Keep your machine clean. Cuisinarts come with a filter. Scuz, and bacterial film will form after a few weeks/months of using without cleaning..... Experiment with different mixes of Decaf, regular, and flavored . My present favored combo is half decaf half hazelnut. Sometimes I use the grinder and enjoy fresh ground; but don't notice a significant difference... I found a vacuum container for my coffees, and keep them in the fridge.

For those of you who like graphs.

Robecology comments on Jan 20, 2021:

More graphs on religion;

I refuse to believe in a god who is the primary cause of conflict in the world, preaches racism, ...

Robecology comments on Jan 20, 2021:

My favorite meme-quotes about god and religion;

Damned Girl Scouts...

Robecology comments on Jan 20, 2021:

Watch out for Samoa's

Math, logic, and other magic...

Robecology comments on Jan 20, 2021:

First thing to look at is our population density; it's been proven to create many stress diseases; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1501789/pdf/califmed00143-0080.pdf Population density and Social pathology; "the more crowded it gets, the crazier we become" And we're growing at the rate of 150 more births, than deaths, per minute. 216,000 more per day, 1,512,000 per week. It's not quite the pace it was when it peaked in the 1980's - we're gradually getting our "family planning" act together....but I predict it's too little, too late. Next thing to look at is the Per capita (latin for per person, average) rate. Per capita, the highest cancer rate is in Australia; https://www.wcrf.org/dietandcancer/cancer-trends/data-cancer-frequency-country Per capita, the highest. autism. rate is in Hong Kong; https://www.statista.com/statistics/676354/autism-rate-among-children-select-countries-worldwide/ Be aware; it's our overall growth rate that's not only causing our lifetime limit to level off (the U.S. is presently leveling off at age 81) - it's our proximity to each other. All of us are closer - so we share more diseases faster, and the diseases we share evolve more quickly. This social distancing thing is working, as are masks and vaccines...but the next pandemic will make this one look like a "walk in the park". We will go extinct -it's not a matter of "if" it's a matter of when. https://www.worldometers.info