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Elementary My Dear Watson BuckGalaxy November 7, 2025 9:39 pm (Space/Science)

Removing 50 objects from orbit would cut danger from space junk in half BuckGalaxy November 6, 2025 9:35 pm (Space/Science)

Posting just a title line sometimes links to an empty body. RobVG November 5, 2025 1:02 pm (GeekSpeak)

Trump nominates a NASA chief — again BuckGalaxy November 4, 2025 10:28 pm (Space/Science)

Muskfinger - and other evil space billionaires BuckGalaxy November 4, 2025 10:19 pm (Space/Science)

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Spanberger projected to win VA BuckGalaxy November 4, 2025 5:10 pm (CurrentEvents)

The destruction of Goddard is illegal RL October 31, 2025 9:41 am (Space/Science)

Weighing the scales on Elon Musk BuckGalaxy October 30, 2025 9:28 pm (Flame)

Bunker Envy ? podrock October 30, 2025 6:18 pm (CurrentEvents)

Message in a bottle BuckGalaxy October 29, 2025 10:55 am (Off-Topic)

Disappearance of Childhood II by ER July 1, 2012 6:40 am

:) by Jody 2012-07-01 20:56:32
- A GIRL playing with a top? by ER 2012-07-02 08:39:14
  - Hah! I remember standing face to face with a friend and we would take turns throwing down an open pocket ... by Jody 2012-07-02 10:09:35
    - There is a name for that game!!!Well I'll be. by Jody 2012-07-02 15:12:35
Playing with a top required several things which are missing today, and provided at least one benefit which is also ... by bowser 2012-07-01 17:15:15
- Adult-organized sports teach the corporate virtues, by ER 2012-07-01 18:02:19
  - I think parents today are in fear of having to spend alone time with their kids. by Jody 2012-07-01 21:03:08
  - Sports by TB 2012-07-01 20:23:41
    - Leave it to you, TB, by ER 2012-07-02 08:36:42
      - Actually, sports preferences don't have anything to do with politics for most people. by TB 2012-07-02 09:30:36
        
        I tracked it down. by ER 2012-07-02 10:02:24
        
        The link I was thinking of had charts for favorite TV shows and a bunch of other stuff. by TB 2012-07-02 10:38:29
        
        Hey, we never claimed The Donald. by ER 2012-07-02 12:18:43
Maybe this is cultural. by TB 2012-07-01 14:14:15
- Our ages aren't that much different. by ER 2012-07-01 14:58:57
  - That could poke your eye out... by ER 2012-07-01 17:12:16

Watching Colorado's Fires by podrock June 26, 2012 4:58 pm

Time Lapse view by podrock 2012-07-01 17:43:23
- Tricky. by TB 2012-07-01 19:49:27
  - Ya know, I recently saw that there was some sort of contest doing just this sort of geo-locatiopn. Wish I ... by podrock 2012-07-01 20:28:08
    - One of the problems I have: by TB 2012-07-01 21:13:56
      - Also...the old navigation tools for GEarth were better than they are now. by podrock 2012-07-01 21:42:20
      - Rarely use street view for these sorts of things. I triangulate in Google Earth using the ruler tool, lining up ... by podrock 2012-07-01 21:37:04
        
        Street view by TB 2012-07-02 08:28:44
        
        There are radio towers on the mountain directly under Pikes Peak that make a good bearing. The distinctive red light ... by podrock 2012-07-02 09:18:47
        
        Using the tower is a good idea. by TB 2012-07-02 09:39:40
        
        And, of course, every now and then you get a lucky break. by TB 2012-07-02 09:00:26
        
        Excellent work, TB. by podrock 2012-07-02 09:16:26
Please be safe...no heroics. by Jody 2012-06-27 16:39:16
My brother lives in Colorado Springs, although not in any danger. Yet. by TB 2012-06-26 23:24:46
- Keep us posted about your brother Tom. I am so frightened of fires...they take on a life of their own. by Jody 2012-06-27 16:40:17

Department of "Well I'll be damned." by bowser July 1, 2012 5:28 pm

That's one of the things you play with, after swimming hundreds of laps, after you've given thought to every other ... by podrock 2012-07-01 18:41:11
Sailors have long known, by ER 2012-07-01 17:44:54

Two more things of which I had no idea. by bowser July 1, 2012 6:25 pm

Obamacare and Romneycare are not the same by BuckGalaxy July 1, 2012 2:45 pm

There are other differences... by ER 2012-07-01 16:38:42

To be, or not to be, that is the question. by bowser June 30, 2012 2:52 pm

Good Science channel material by FrankC 2012-07-01 13:53:01

A thought on anger. by bowser June 29, 2012 10:08 pm

Believe me (or not) I see what you are saying. I have all along. It is the way you condemn ... by Jody 2012-06-30 09:35:16
- Don't blame me. by bowser 2012-06-30 13:52:20
  - Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at ... by Jody 2012-06-30 15:31:06
  - Not to put too fine a point on it... by TB 2012-06-30 13:55:10
As long as that's all you can see, I don't blame you for being angry. by RobVG 2012-06-30 08:22:05
- Health care costs are rising rapidly in Canada, too. by TB 2012-06-30 12:34:59
"Eat all your vegetables." by ER 2012-06-30 05:33:36
- False dilemma by TB 2012-06-30 12:14:25
  - And how much of my money was taken at gunpoint to fight YOUR war in Iraq? by bowser 2012-06-30 14:13:27
    - P.S. by TB 2012-06-30 14:44:16
    - That has absolutely nothing to do with what I said. by TB 2012-06-30 14:25:43

Pretty soon we won't be able to do anything for ourselves. by RobVG June 29, 2012 8:59 pm

I like the low pressure warning... by FrankC 2012-06-30 11:47:04
One legged drivers... by ER 2012-06-30 05:08:15
- I can't recall when that changed... by FrankC 2012-06-30 11:13:45
- Spin recovery. by RobVG 2012-06-30 07:48:43
  - Spin nostalgia by ER 2012-06-30 10:00:47
I cannot "eyeball" my tire pressures. by bowser 2012-06-29 22:16:22
I'll take all the help I can get. by TB 2012-06-29 21:27:14

The Disappearance of Childhood. by Jody June 29, 2012 6:59 am

Adults exist only in the minds of little children. by bowser 2012-06-29 19:29:48
- Wow...I like that. by Jody 2012-06-30 05:48:40
Kiddie culture. by ER 2012-06-29 13:53:08
- I am jointly raising my granddaughter with her Momma. At times...very precariously defining my stance through action. My daughter does ... by Jody 2012-06-29 14:13:37
Childhood's End by ER 2012-06-29 07:45:26
- :) Very nice ER! Have you seen the movie Pleasantville? As a result of your post, and looking up a few ... by Jody 2012-06-29 08:17:38
  - I'm not familiar with the book or the movie. by ER 2012-06-29 09:07:41
    - They didn't have the book, so I picked up the Fear of Falling..The Inner Life of the middle class...by Barbara ... by Jody 2012-06-29 13:01:21
      - I read Fear of Falling in the when it first came out. by ER 2012-06-29 13:23:19
        
        I never realized there was a fear of being affluent. The *consume consume consume* of being affluent. But speaking ... by Jody 2012-06-29 21:28:58
        
        Money is good. by ER 2012-06-30 06:33:03

What would prevent life from existing on Mars or even our Moon? by johannes June 21, 2012 9:20 am

H2O is necessary, but not sufficient. by bowser 2012-06-21 10:23:55
- Age of the universe by johannes 2012-06-23 12:54:38
  - Mars by johannes 2012-06-23 12:56:14
    - All in good time m'dear...all in good time. by Jody 2012-06-23 19:44:23
Nothing. by ER 2012-06-21 10:11:18
- How do you interpret “force” and “energy”? by johannes 2012-06-23 12:58:40
  - Force and energy by ER 2012-06-29 15:27:59
  - Force: When your parents made you take out the trash. Energy: What the dog has at eleven at night and wants ... by Jody 2012-06-23 19:47:52
    - :-) by johannes 2012-06-25 15:09:30

Remarkably little interest here. by bowser June 28, 2012 11:27 pm

SCOTUS for POTUS by ER June 28, 2012 8:19 am

HOW DID YOU KNOW TODAY WAS NATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY???? by Jody 2012-06-28 22:02:39
The dissents were nakedly ideological by Robert 2012-06-28 11:06:16
- The GOP will not make that mistake again. by ER 2012-06-28 12:29:22
  - Roberts? by Robert 2012-06-28 13:00:19
    - Is it possible, by ER 2012-06-28 15:00:54
      - Careful, man, watch out for the cliff! by Robert 2012-06-28 15:10:25
- Interesting how Democrats and their supporters are never "partisan." by TB 2012-06-28 11:29:24
  - We do remember 2000, when Scalia said voting in the US was an impediment to Republican politics. by bowser 2012-06-28 13:05:58
That is amazing. I will be interesting to read analyses of the decision. by bowser 2012-06-28 10:18:57
- The reason Conservatives are so opposed to any form of sociaized medicine or government assisted health insurance (or any ... by ER 2012-06-28 12:49:04
  - Power by TB 2012-06-28 13:12:46
    - Your little graph is very colorful. by ER 2012-06-28 13:53:42
      - I'm glad you thought it was pretty. by TB 2012-06-28 15:16:59
  - Now, now. Read some of the threads below and learn what Conservative compassion is. by bowser 2012-06-28 13:09:46

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