Lucas are in the automotive aftermarket.

Yes and in the day they were known as The "lord of Darkness"

My mechanic works on a lot of imports....
He has a number of old sayings about a car 'pulling a Lucas' or having a Lucas switch....meaning intermittent.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Panda-monium at the National Zoo in Washington.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqzAfWROH5E&feature=youtu.be

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"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

Rare White Giraffe Spotted in West Africa



http://www.philly.com/philly/news/science/Rare_white_giraffe_spotted_in_West_Africa.html

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~Sue~

Wow! That giraffe is like our blonde raccoon, Snowball.

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Whoever took that picture and advertised it has ensured that animals death. The poachers will have it in months if not weeks. The skin is valuable.

Unfortunately I had the same thought. But maybe it will be safe because
of the many eyes that will be on it. I pray it's so.

I plan to start donating to at least the ASPCA once I get my finances
under control. Also to, probably, the Wounded Warrior Project.
https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

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~Sue~

There are a couple of "charities" that I support, and I do so for free.
The first is The Ecology fund, which is "a way to get new funds for
critical habitat and wilderness preservation using the power of the
internet." All you have to do is visit the site every day and click
on three buttons.

http://www.ecologyfund.com/ecology/_ecology.html

The next site is actually ten charities that you can support, again, for
free just by clicking on the buttons.

https://greatergood.com/

Nine of these are pre-set for animals, veterans, cancer, etc., but one,
The Greater Good, changes every few days.

It's the advertising that brings in the income for these sites/charities.
That's why it doesn't cost me/you anything to help.

They also have a lot of really nice items for sale that also bring in
money for the charities. But I'm not trying to sell you anything! Just
making you aware. I've purchased items from them.

Please check both of these sites out and help support their causes. And
please share with your friends and family if you don't mind.

I have no personal connections with these sites. I'm just mentioning them
here because they're doing a lot of good, and at no cost to us.

Thanks,

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P L S D said:

I think that lots of trees are thirsty.
The bigger they get the thirstier they are.

GKC said:

They say that the hermit St. Securis, living there among trees, grew to love them like companions; since, though great giants with many arms like Briareus, they were the mildest and most blameless of the creatures; they did not devour like the lions, but rather opened their arms to all the little birds. And he prayed that they might be loosened from time to time to walk like other things. And the trees were moved upon the prayers of Securis, as they were at the songs of Orpheus. The men of the desert were stricken from afar with fear, seeing the saint walking with a walking grove, like a schoolmaster with his boys. For the trees were thus freed under strict conditions of discipline. They were to return at the sound of the hermit's bell, and, above all, to copy the wild beasts in walking only to destroy and devour nothing. Well, it is said that one of the trees heard a voice that was not the saint's; that in the warm green twilight of one summer evening it became conscious of some thing sitting and speaking in its branches in the guise of a great bird, and it was that which once spoke from a tree in the guise of a great serpent. As the voice grew louder among its murmuring leaves the tree was torn with a great desire to stretch out and snatch at the birds that flew harmlessly about their nests, and pluck them to pieces. Finally, the tempter filled the tree-top with his own birds of pride, the starry pageant of the peacocks. And the spirit of the brute overcame the spirit of the tree, and it rent and consumed the blue-green birds till not a plume was left, and returned to the quiet tribe of trees. But they say that when spring came all the other trees put forth leaves, but this put forth feathers of a strange hue and pattern. And by that monstrous assimilation the saint knew of the sin, and he rooted that one tree to the earth with a judgment, so that evil should fall on any who removed it again. That, Squire, is the beginning in the deserts of the tale that ended here, almost in this garden."

G. K. Chesterton. The Trees of Pride

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May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!!

I have three two trees growing in my computer room. They're very, very tiny.

(I had three but the f%$#&^# cat ate one.)

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~Sue~

You mean Bonsai?

No, they're actually just tiny. Sprouts. Maybe seedlings. Too small to
plant. They're cheaper to buy that way. I was, however, thinking about
trying to make one into a bonsai. They are tiny jacaranda trees. I bought
them on amazon.com (of course).

http://amzn.to/1KIEOUk

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~Sue~

I like the Rock Maples.

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There are zillions of pecan trees in my area. It may actually be the state
tree of Texas. Maybe I'll pick one of the pecans up and see if I can grow
that as a bonsai.

Edit: Just looked it up and, yes, they are the state tree of Texas.

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~Sue~

Sounds like Texas alright, they're nuts for nuts... ;)

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Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club.

Texas

My Dad now lives in Texas.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Texas.....the real feeling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMk208Op1Jc

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"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

Texas.....the real feeling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMk208Op1Jc

Yeah, it's all gone crazy.........world too politically correct to wipe it'e ass.

I, sadly, have no place other to turn.
I have a cab coming today to bring me Tigger's meds, because the car won't start and I don't wish to wait another day for the weather to warm up....Tigger needs her meds and although this is sinking me, another 2 fifty for a cab rid on the med is not gonna kill me.

Were the Dixie Chicks from TX as well?

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Can't put a price on an animals welfare.

Chris, you are posturing now. And ticking my trigger just a bit.
You are not going to tag along with me for the purposes of trying to be more kid friendly.
Not on my watch.

We know each other, and I love you very much.
But you have to stand on your own.............don't tag on.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Texas.....the real feeling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMk208Op1Jc

Yeah, it's all gone crazy.........world too politically correct to wipe it'e ass.

I, sadly, have no place other to turn.
I have a cab coming today to bring me Tigger's meds, because the car won't start and I don't wish to wait another day for the weather to warm up....Tigger needs her meds and although this is sinking me, another 2 fifty for a cab rid on the med is not gonna kill me.

Were the Dixie Chicks from TX as well?

What a coincidence, they're back in the News and they slammed fellow a Texan, but He probably deserved it. But then the Dixie Chicks after 10 years are back...

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

Texas.....the real feeling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMk208Op1Jc

Yeah, it's all gone crazy.........world too politically correct to wipe it'e ass.

I, sadly, have no place other to turn.
I have a cab coming today to bring me Tigger's meds, because the car won't start and I don't wish to wait another day for the weather to warm up....Tigger needs her meds and although this is sinking me, another 2 fifty for a cab rid on the med is not gonna kill me.

Were the Dixie Chicks from TX as well?

What a coincidence, they're back in the News and they slammed fellow a Texan, but He probably deserved it. But then the Dixie Chicks after 10 years are back...

Not sure about their latest, but the observation that I used to quote still rings true.
Give me evidence that they are Not ready to make nice.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Texas.....the real feeling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMk208Op1Jc

Yeah, it's all gone crazy.........world too politically correct to wipe it'e ass.

I, sadly, have no place other to turn.
I have a cab coming today to bring me Tigger's meds, because the car won't start and I don't wish to wait another day for the weather to warm up....Tigger needs her meds and although this is sinking me, another 2 fifty for a cab rid on the med is not gonna kill me.

Were the Dixie Chicks from TX as well?

What a coincidence, they're back in the News and they slammed fellow a Texan, but He probably deserved it. But then the Dixie Chicks after 10 years are back...

Not sure about their latest, but the observation that I used to quote still rings true.
Give me evidence that they are Not ready to make nice.

Make nice? Nah, cross them and find out, least that's what it seems like, I wouldn't want to be in their crosshairs...

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