Posts by Bob DeWoody
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Science (non-SETI) :
Space Exploration News
(Message 2095232)
Posted 2 Mar 2022 by  Bob DeWoody
Post: I wonder what the tension onboard the ISS is like. I even read somewhere that Putin is considering bringing all the Russian crew down and then attempt to de-orbit the space station. |
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Politics :
The Ukraine Crisis
(Message 2095231)
Posted 2 Mar 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: I still can't help but wonder what it is that the Ukraine has that Putin so desperately wants, or is it just the need to be the big bully on the block. He is ruining Russia's economic condition including his own and all his cronies. |
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Politics :
The Ukraine Crisis
(Message 2095044)
Posted 27 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: Another way to look at it. Say the world is just one big chess board. I don't see a piece left on the board that is worth risking everything for. Except for the extremely irritating natives of the middle east and a certain madman sitting next to China pretty much everyone else around the world is willing to play with the pieces dealt to them. What's the point of having it all if there is no one else left to bully? |
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Politics :
The Ukraine Crisis
(Message 2095043)
Posted 27 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: Isn't Putin one of the richest men in the world? What kind of person would risk all that just for power. He can't really believe that Russia was at risk of being invaded. By whom and for what? I really hope no one believes the USA or any of it's allies desires to conquer Russia. I don't see how he can convince the Russian people or anyone else for that matter that Russia is in danger from anyone except maybe himself. There are a lot of rich politicians in Russia who all risk loosing their fortunes following a bad decision from their leader. |
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Politics :
The Ukraine Crisis
(Message 2094994)
Posted 26 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: I hope I am wrong and the rest of the world outside of Russia has enough backbone to force Putin to back down. It would be a first in world politics and that is why I don't see an outcome that will leave anyone with a warm fuzzy feeling about eastern europe. |
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Politics :
The Joe Biden Thread - Part I
(Message 2094966)
Posted 25 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: FYI gas ain't down here either. Not even a penny! |
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Politics :
The Ukraine Crisis
(Message 2094900)
Posted 25 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: So, I guess that means that all of the YouTube videos that depict everyday life in Russia is pretty much the same as it is anywhere else in europe or at least eastern europe is just well supervised propaganda choreographed to appear like things are better than they really are. I would have hoped that exposure to a freer way of living would have spawned a need for more freedom in everyday life. |
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Politics :
The Ukraine Crisis
(Message 2094869)
Posted 24 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: Is it possible that the Russian people over the last twenty years or so have been exposed to the western world enough to resist a move to put things back the way they were during the cold war? |
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Politics :
The Ukraine Crisis
(Message 2094818)
Posted 23 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: One question. In the long or short run has appeasement ever worked? The best that could be said about Neville Chamberlain's appeasement actions was that they bought some time for England to arm up. |
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Science (non-SETI) :
SpaceX ready to launch again.
(Message 2094623)
Posted 20 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: Unfortunately the down side of putting so many satellites on top of one launch vehicle is if the launch vehicle fails to deliver said satellites to the designed orbit a lot of valuable hardware gets trashed. I haven't done the research so I don't know how many of these launches have failed or partially failed. If this is the only one then I guess it is a minor loss. |
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Message boards :
Science (non-SETI) :
SpaceX ready to launch again.
(Message 2094487)
Posted 19 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: Just heard that forty of the jast forty nine satellites spaceX launched will be deorbiting due to an exceptionally strong solar storm affecting the upper atmosphere |
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Politics :
The Ukraine Crisis
(Message 2094411)
Posted 18 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: All this sabre rattling is really unfortunate. If for no other reason than showing the world that life in Russia is very similar to living in the west "You Tube" has shown me that everyone has a lot to loose if a full on war breaks out in eastern europe. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
I created a new sandwich
(Message 2094409)
Posted 18 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: What got me to try an impossible burger was an interview with a vegan. She said the impossble burger was so much like meat that it made her gag. That was enough of an endorsement for ne to give it a try. Maybe with your endorsement I'll give it a try. You wouldn't be yanking my chain would you. |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
I created a new sandwich
(Message 2094330)
Posted 17 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: i have to admit that I haven't tried the "impossible" whopper since I believe that an all vegetable meat patty is impossible.. Maybe someday food chemists will be able to create substitute meat to be served in FTL spaceships. |
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Cafe SETI :
I created a new sandwich
(Message 2094128)
Posted 14 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: If you believe everything you read on the internet, even some stuff that looks "official" I think maybe you are in for some rude awakenings. |
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Cafe SETI :
I created a new sandwich
(Message 2094118)
Posted 14 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: If and when food chemists can make plant based material look and TASTE like beef, pork, chicken, turkey and etc. I would be willing to give them a try. The last time I tried vegetable based artificial meat I concluded that they have a long way to go before fake meat will fool most people. I would love to see the day when livestock is kept only to show the way we used to live. |
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Cafe SETI :
I created a new sandwich
(Message 2094078)
Posted 14 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: None, unless the chemists could make it taste like pork. ;) |
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Cafe SETI :
I created a new sandwich
(Message 2094022)
Posted 13 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: Bob, Stranger things have happened. I think I would call it the woodburger. But no, at the age of 72, I have no interest in starting a fast food chain. |
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Cafe SETI :
I created a new sandwich
(Message 2093960)
Posted 12 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: Here in Finland, where I live, we have this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porilainen Well it looks like someone beat me to it. I think it would do well here too. |
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Cafe SETI :
I created a new sandwich
(Message 2093950)
Posted 12 Feb 2022 by Bob DeWoody
Post: The other day I was going to fix myself a hamburger but discovered I was out of frozen hamburger patties. But I did have some burger size sausage patties, So I cooked a sausage pattie and fixed what was otherwise a hamburger with all the trimmings. It was delicious. I am surprised that as far as I know, no restaurant offers this type of sandwich. |
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