Re: Senseless Banter...

Marc Iverson Mon 16 Nov 2015, 5:52 am

kauairosina wrote:
I have read that folks in cities have so much ambient light that they cannot see the stars. Also, those with high buildings don't even see sunsets and sunrises. What a shame.

Completely true. This may be very hard to believe, but I missed dark starry nights enormously when I lived in Los Angeles for a couple decades, because they were almost impossible to see. The light pollution made the stars invisible. As far as you knew there was no point staring up at the stars and letting all your dreams out like a breath held too long because there were no stars to see and in that half-lit smothering sky you might as well keep your dreams to yourself.

You could live year after year with virtually no input from nature. No rain, no stars in the sky. Just ... in stasis. The outside reflects the inside. Change is healthy and good. You can be frozen in time in Los Angeles for your entire life.

**kauairosina** Mon 16 Nov 2015, 1:39 pm

Well put Marc. Those of us who can still see the stars must thank our "lucky stars."

We take everything for granted, don't we.

**sanderson** Mon 16 Nov 2015, 3:12 pm

+1

Yesterday was rainy. Today is sunny and crisp. I know i complain about the heat in the summer, but having different seasons is really good.

**trolleydriver** Mon 16 Nov 2015, 3:36 pm

sanderson ... did you get my email about that real world flight from Auburn to South Lake Tahoe and back?

**sanderson** Mon 16 Nov 2015, 3:47 pm

Yes. Thanks. I started watching and then realized I needed more time to view it. I'll get back to it soon.

plantoid Mon 16 Nov 2015, 4:04 pm

i love living here, now if only the local authorities would turn off the street lights after 23.00 and keep them off till 06.45 it would be even better..

I mean no one drives a car without lights these days and as we are rural not many folk venture out after 22.00 hrs

Last year we had 12 hrs of darkness due to a major power failure .. Te stars were sufficiently visible to give enough light to walk about outside without having to worry about tripping up .

The meteor showers have been great viewing . This last few years I've taken Munchkin out at 01.00 hrs to the edge of the Black Mountains , parked up in a hollow ( Dry Ex Quarry ) with the car run up a five foot earth bank and turned off the lights .
After putting a thick blanket over the dashboard to hide any light , we then sat there with all windows open , heater on full blast & CD playing the Planets suite by Gustaff Holtz .....rather loud , whilst wrapped in our own blankets watching the meteors coming in by the dozen as we drank mugs of flask made drinking chocolate.

She still got up at 0630 the next morning .......bright as a button too.

has55 Mon 16 Nov 2015, 4:50 pm

has55 wrote:I found this link. I found it has an interesting topic, Study Shows Fast Results with Vision Training

did this get bump or did I accidentally post in the wrong topic in my state of slumber?

**sanderson** Tue 17 Nov 2015, 1:21 am

heh heh

Since it had nothing to do with gardening, I put it in Senseless Banter, which is appropriate for unusual subjects.

has55 Tue 17 Nov 2015, 6:12 am

sanderson wrote: heh heh

Since it had nothing to do with gardening, I put it in Senseless Banter, which is appropriate for unusual subjects.

**Kelejan** Tue 01 Dec 2015, 2:37 pm

I had a heartwarming happening this morning.

Caught the bus to return home, and at the next stop a neighbour I knew chatted to me. She then notice a little black wallet on the seat beside me and that was when I realized I had not put it, containing bus pass, Care Card and MasterCard, properly back into my top pocket and it had slipped out on to the seat and I doubt if I would have noticed. I think that is one of the results of not taking off one's gloves.

It certainly saved me a lot of anxiety the next time I went to look for it. pale

**Scorpio Rising** Wed 02 Dec 2015, 9:04 am

Kelejan wrote:I had a heartwarming happening this morning.

Caught the bus to return home, and at the next stop a neighbour I knew chatted to me. She then notice a little black wallet on the seat beside me and that was when I realized I had not put it, containing bus pass, Care Card and MasterCard, properly back into my top pocket and it had slipped out on to the seat and I doubt if I would have noticed. I think that is one of the results of not taking off one's gloves.

It certainly saved me a lot of anxiety the next time I went to look for it.

Faith in Humanity restored! Good people are out there, they just don't make the news.

has55 Mon 07 Dec 2015, 3:38 am

**sanderson** Mon 07 Dec 2015, 3:51 am

**Kelejan** Mon 07 Dec 2015, 6:34 am

I am the sort of person who is always mislaying stuff. e.g. I sorted out my sock trove for some extra thick ones and found I have seven unmatched socks.

As I was in a hurry yesterday and had to walk in my boots that are a little too large, I looked for a matched pair and had to do with the nearest lookalikes. No one could see them so that was OK. I only hoped that I did not have an accident and was carted off to hospital. Shades of my mom telling me to dress properly just in case. Very Happy

**Scorpio Rising** Mon 07 Dec 2015, 8:06 am

Take it from an ED nurse, nobody cares about your undies! Lol! We were all told that though, and even I think it sometimes too thinking

**AtlantaMarie** Mon 07 Dec 2015, 11:17 am

LOL! Glad I'm not the only one...

CapeCoddess Mon 07 Dec 2015, 12:07 pm

I even wear unmatched earrings. As long as both colors are in the outfit, of course.
Razz

CC

**Kelejan** Mon 07 Dec 2015, 1:07 pm

CapeCoddess wrote:I even wear unmatched earrings. As long as both colors are in the outfit, of course.

CC

Has any body ever remarked on it? I think most of the time we see what we expect to see. A bit like the wallpaper that is not quite matched up but you see it for evermore.

CapeCoddess Tue 08 Dec 2015, 10:32 am

Kelejan wrote:
CapeCoddess wrote:I even wear unmatched earrings. As long as both colors are in the outfit, of course.

CC
Has any body ever remarked on it? I think most of the time we see what we expect to see. A bit like the wallpaper that is not quite matched up but you see it for evermore.

Nope, no one ever notices. Not even if one is a dangle and one is a stud. Or if they do, maybe they think I'm just a crazy ol' lady and they are too polite to point out the 'mistake'. I doubt that though because my bff's once told me I looked like I had a skunk on my head when I wore a lovely (I thought) black and white fur hat one winter.
darn funny

CC

**Kelejan** Tue 08 Dec 2015, 7:19 pm

Skunk on head. rofl

Maybe the stripes wen in the wrong direction.

plantoid Fri 11 Dec 2015, 4:05 pm

CapeCoddess wrote:
Kelejan wrote:
CapeCoddess wrote:I even wear unmatched earrings. As long as both colors are in the outfit, of course.

CC
Has any body ever remarked on it? I think most of the time we see what we expect to see. A bit like the wallpaper that is not quite matched up but you see it for evermore.

Nope, no one ever notices. Not even if one is a dangle and one is a stud. Or if they do, maybe they think I'm just a crazy ol' lady and they are too polite to point out the 'mistake'. I doubt that though because my bff's once told me I looked like I had a skunk on my head when I wore a lovely (I thought) black and white fur hat one winter.

CC

I remarked about a similar sort of skunk's stripe to my ex wife and managed to duck as the pressure cooker lid passed over my head and exited the kitchen via the window .

Her hair appointment was two days in the future , the ill temperament lasted several years more .

**Scorpio Rising** Fri 11 Dec 2015, 4:24 pm

Quick reflexes save lives...... funny post

**AtlantaMarie** Fri 11 Dec 2015, 6:01 pm

Y'all are too much!!!

**sanderson** Sun 17 Jan 2016, 4:29 pm

Found this on my FB from one of our members. rofl

https://www.facebook.com/chuck.a.ness/videos/10206200856953239/?fref=nf

**trolleydriver** Sun 17 Jan 2016, 5:50 pm

sanderson ... that was absolutely hilarious ... love it. Very Happy

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