Sadly, two people have passed and 4 injured, although looking at this damage it is a miracle so many survived ..read more

I just saw that the Red Sea is essentially closed to U.S. and European shipping. China and Russia are still shipping through the Suez Canal while Western shipping is being diverted around Africa but the U.S. Navy and the British navy are still in the Red Sea. While there is a Chinese squadron down there, it is doing nothing. Amazingly, the Brits and the Americans are attempting to protect Chinese and Russian shipping. Does anyone else find this funny in a sick way ..read more

I've noticed that there's a discussion here about blogging. But I'm opening this topic because a blog would only partially help me. Over the past few weeks, I needed to find documents from my university days. Now I've found them, but during the long search — two and a half dozen years passed — I found a manuscript I'd written. I hadn't remembered that I had started to write a novel. I guess that I got excited about it and left it lying around. Now I find the whole thing more interesting... Writing Your Own First Book, Do You Have Experiences ..read more

I went to nearby Francis Slocum State Park to see how I'd do with early season panfish. The middle of May is usually the peak time, but weather was too nice to wait till then so I gave it a shot. Walk toward lake. View attachment 64194 Growing Skunk Cabbage along the way. View attachment 64195 A reluctant participant. View attachment 64196 ..read more

It seems that we are experiencing a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack, which is explained on this Wikipedia page. I doubt we are the target, in that someone is trying to put this forum down. More likely, the attack is against the network that we're on, or, if no one else is having troubles, anywhere between where I am and where the forum is. It should clear up soon ..read more

I couldn't find any movies to watch on Roku or Prime or Netflix, you get the picture so I browsed through my own movie library. I have some that I've never watched and Pride and Glory was my choice with Colin Powell and Edward Norton, a cop movie better a dirty cop movie. I like both of these actors and wanted to see how they fared in this movie and to my surprise I didn't like Colin Farrell playing the bad cop. His character was so ruthless that it reminded me of Denzel Washington's... Actors Portraying Characters You Didn't Like ..read more

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This is shocking, my sister had her first episode in 20's and lived with in and out MS symptoms, but I never knew how her body felt. She gave up the fight when she was 68, about 10 yrs ago. 15 People Describe What It Feels Like to Have Multiple Sclerosis Melissa McGlensey •... 15 People Describe How Their Ms Feels ..read more

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Advice From the Wise Sea Turtle: Swim with the current Be a good navigator Stay calm under pressure Be well traveled Think long term Age gracefully Spend time at the beach...... Good Advice for Life Personally, I've accomplished all these Goals.....I thought I wanted more travel, but I'm very OK with all that I had and all I didn't get ..read more