---

The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

first back?

---

first back?

Nope :(

---

With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

Anyone want to buy a tank?

My friend Craig might ... http://www.tankland.com/

---

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

---

san antonio valley road which leads to lick observatory is a great drive

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.

The Buzzy Suck Squad..

Yuck! Put 'em in the bug thread.

Nah, just smash 'em, before they can give somebody malaria or West Nile virus....

---

Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

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

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

The Buzzy Suck Squad..

Yuck! Put 'em in the bug thread.

Nah, just smash 'em, before they can give somebody malaria or West Nile virus....

dengue more likely seeing the species

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

I've never seen the northern lights in Kentucky, or even when I was in Ontario and Quebec, back in the 70's.

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

Maybe I can flush Sparky out of hiding with this video:
The Science of BACON!

---

Maybe I can flush Sparky out of hiding with this video:
The Science of BACON!

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

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

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...

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.

---

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

A bad place can get a unit of poo

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.

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

---