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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65745 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
a roadrunner Out west We have the real McCoy. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20259 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
Got'em in Oklahoma too. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Got'em in Oklahoma too. Really? I kind of always thought they were imaginary like reindeer. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20259 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
Got'em in Oklahoma too. Look back a number of posts on this page. There is a picture of one the feathered birds. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Got'em in Oklahoma too. Ah yes! Handsome fellow he is. (Or lovely lady bird) The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Sir Rodney Ffing Send message Joined: 17 Oct 15 Posts: 92 Credit: 209,637 RAC: 0 |
You may know them as caribou, sir. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer https://firsttoknow.com/history-santas-flying-reindeer-traced-back-shamans-magic-mushrooms/ “Santa is a modern counterpart of a shaman, who consumed mind-altering plants and fungi to commune with the spirit world,†said John Rush, an anthropologist and instructor at Sierra College in Rocklin, California. “As the story goes, up until a few hundred years ago these practicing shamans or priests connected to the older traditions would collect Amanita muscaria (the Holy Mushroom), dry them, and then give them as gifts on the winter solstice. Because snow is usually blocking doors, there was an opening in the roof through which people entered and exited, thus the chimney story,†Rush told LiveScience. Hallucinatory perhaps, but not imaginary. ;-) |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
Raccoons v Toronto: how 'trash pandas' conquered the city May all your raccoons be calmly curious - but not too curious. |
Dimly Lit Lightbulb 😀 Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 15399 Credit: 7,423,413 RAC: 1 |
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Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Caribou (or reindeer) also happen to be fans of Amanita muscaria and they seek out the mushrooms and eat them for the high. Interesting little factoid. Thank you, Sir. :~) The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
These reindeer have been fed a mushroom that makes their urine hallucinogenic. Or have they? Sam Williams visits Carsten Höller's new 'scientific experiment' https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/dec/21/carsten-holler-soma What could be more festive than spending a night locked in an art gallery with a dozen reindeer and a fridge full of psychedelic drugs? Soma, Carsten Höller's current installation in a former railway station in Berlin, purports to be offering exactly that. A pen running the length of the Hamburger Bahnhof, now the city's contemparary art museum, contains 12 reindeer, 24 canaries, eight mice and two flies. Giant toadstool sculptures are planted on a mushroom clock that the reindeer can turn with their antlers, and at the centre is a mushroom-shaped "floating hotel" – a bed on a platform complete with minibar, yours for €1,000 a night.Carsten Höller is a German artist. He lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. LOL:) |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Another seasonal find at Walmart. This is described as a candy jar. It's smaller than a cookie jar. Only about six inches (15cm) tall. They have a cookie jar version as well, but I already have a raccoon cookie jar from last year. ~Sue~ |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65745 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Nice find Suzie-Q, Me I just have a cookie jar like this one, but no cookies for weevils to eat, mine has Atlantic Richfield CO on the bottom and these jars might be a bit older than I am. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
You might be able to it sell for enough to finance your furnace repair job. |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3327 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
You might be able to it sell for enough to finance your furnace repair job. I agree! I'll bet it's worth a few dollars. Have you ever checked on its value? ~Sue~ |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22199 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Nice looking piece, far from my style, but if it is porcelain then read on: ebay is not the best place to get a proper valuation on this sort of item - I know someone in the UK who has access to the pottery marks catalogue, who, if he saw a picture of the mark might be able to trace the actual pottery, and thus give a pretty good idea of its value. Please be aware that it might be worth a few cents, or could be worth a "decent slice". A couple of questions, how tall is it, and which part is the lid - neither of which are obvious in your photo. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65745 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I have not put up a pic of the one I have, just a sample from the web. I'm still not interested. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Dimly Lit Lightbulb 😀 Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 15399 Credit: 7,423,413 RAC: 1 |
Parrot Vibrates Frantically While Holding Plastic Cup - 989688 Musical version :) Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club. |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20259 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
Where is the twisty thing that winds up the spring? Lol. |
SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6652 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
Last week, on my way home from work, I got off an Exit, and was on the ramp to another road. To my left was a triangle of trees, surrounded by roads. Right next to the ramp I was on, was a little baby black bear. I didn't see the mother, and there was no way he could get back to the woods without crossing a road. He was the cutest little thing. I didn't want him to get hurt, so when I got home, I called the state police, and they said the bear had already been reported. I hope the little fellow is OK. Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
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