Good Morning Everyone!!!! We have a tropical storm heading for the Northeast with flash flood and ...

Robecology comments on Jul 10, 2020:

Stealing that meme and sharing on FB!

Watch out for that sweet drink.

Robecology comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Unfortunately, I taught health...and I'm so saddened and frustrated by the push to drink sweetened drinks. Sugar is a highly addictive substance...and Obesity is a rampant epidemic in America. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2013/04/obesity_in_america_cdc_releases_gif_of_epidemic_over_time.html

Happy Thursday Everyone! When you think of Independence Day, what does that bring to mind (for ...

Robecology comments on Jul 9, 2020:

It does bring to mind a day that we celebrate our American Revolution; With fireworks, a grilling/cookout style meal, and family gathering. Having said that - I recently retired to an "adult community" and get sad that I haven't hosted a 4th of July party yet. I live a few hundred feet from the beach...and can - from my 3rd story window...see pretty far down the beach. It's a delight that on the 4th - around 9 PM...I can witness at least 3 fireworks displays. I also have a fabulous grill just outside my condo.... But I haven't enticed either of my (adult) kids or their kids to visit and share the day with me. Hopefully soon?

Enjoy your coffee in a mug today

Robecology comments on Jul 9, 2020:

I have a mess of mugs...but I've "graduated" to a thermos. It allows me to do two things that mugs don't.... 1. keep my coffee hot 2. avoid spills. I guess i should just give them away - Goodwill them....

When your boss makes you wear a mask to work.

Robecology comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Here's some Trump stuff that FB has "tolerated". Remember; it's often not FB who complains...but someone in your "friends' group - or even someone who "follows' you...and likes to critique (i.e. report) you. I still have a weird brother who actually signs on as different folk...I've blocked over 60 of folk with the exact same name (as my brother) so I know it's him who keeps "reporting" my anti Trump stuff....so go through your friends and followers list...

B A C O N S

Robecology comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Did you hear WHO says meat is bad for you? Who? That’s right. What’s right? That WHO says meat is bad for you. Who does? Yes. WHO does. Hey, I asked you first. Pun intended....but seriously....there is such a thing as an overdose of Bacon... https://vegasinc.lasvegassun.com/business/2015/nov/09/health-news-shocker-dont-overdose-on-bacon/

Epic battle.

Robecology comments on Jul 9, 2020:

That's what happens when you don't use a fully "tanged" knife... https://bladeadvisor.com/full-tang-vs-half-tang/

For success don't join the march, just go to the pub get drunk and fall on the tracks OK.

Robecology comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Silly argument; "Evolution: That Famous ‘March of Progress’ Image Is Just Wrong" No, it's not. It served a purpose to educate those who believed in a sudden "creationism"... Jordi Paps is just a headline -seeking sensationalist, IMO. - - - - - - It originated as a Time-Life illustration and it worked to explain that we didn't simply "appear" as the Judeo-Christian model implies...we gradually changed. The image shows an increase in height and loss of body hair. It's not "wrong" -True, it's not "linear". There's many stops and starts; there's sudden changes and then no changes. ...but for the common folk....the ones that we now know are still out there, still naively religious, and still believe in the "creation" model....this works. There's no implication that genes get "more complex nor less complex" as the author argues. There is no implication that this happened suddenly....and that's the point of the images. It just suggests that over time we evolved taller, and less body hair. That's all....and that's provably true. Go home, Jori Paps, you're drunk.

It is July and there is cause for concern

Robecology comments on Jul 8, 2020:

And there's "bitch" and there's "Beotch" and "Bitche" - nevermind...the heat is getting to me, too!

Double check and make sure you don't forget your ticket.

Robecology comments on Jul 8, 2020:

I bet whoever assembled those signs had a good laugh...

It's Wild and Wacky Wednesday, Y'all! Gimme yer funnies! Here's mine 😁: Did you know that ...

Robecology comments on Jul 8, 2020:

What we used to call it...

Wow.

Robecology comments on Jul 7, 2020:

And another. Please share - especially if you have a Facebook account. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiDkTOKI7Ro

Wow.

Robecology comments on Jul 7, 2020:

Here's another ad by them; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hitGT3TkP9s=youtu.be

Happy Tuesday! Slowly waking up and just realizing I already started the coffee maker whilst ...

Robecology comments on Jul 7, 2020:

I'm tickled by buying and fixing up this second Condo-townhouse -within walking distance of where I live now. It gives me things to do during the day...from washing the linens to painting...putting up the TV to changing light bulbs....I'm anticipating being a landlord to a happy vacationing couple some day...probably not until the cooler months (November). We'll see. Please share if you know any one who wants a week or more time in Florida close to the beach in "Ocean Village", Hutchinson Island.

When you have sexy time, is it : 1. Wildly animalistic?

Robecology comments on Jul 6, 2020:

Variety is the spice of life. If you don't do all 4 - I'm sorry for your suffering!

Why does it seem like history is being repeated for the umpteenth time?

Robecology comments on Jul 6, 2020:

In my junior year of H.S. I read this Scientific American article.. Population Density and Social Pathology.... .and it changed my life. It redirected my career. The reason we talk about "the good old days" has been explained.... It's population Density. The more crowded it gets, the more we struggle to live, be well, be happy. It's been proven. Repeatedly. In many types of populations. And we're growing. 150 more births than deaths per minute. 220,000 more per day. 1.5 million more per week. More and more fighting for less and less. Did you ever notice that drivers in a city are more agressive? As you drive in to "the country" the drivers around you seem more courteous. That's just one example of thousands - of the stress of population density. Malthus...the father of demography....said this over 200 years ago... "As the quantity (within any given area; he was describing London....today it's a world-wide issue) of life increases the quality of life decreases". So to answer your question When is society going to mature? 'When we reach ZPG. When births equal deaths. Until then we will always talk about the "good old days" https://www.worldometers.info https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1501789/pdf/califmed00143-0080.pdf https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/22514/1/2308Ramadams.pdf

Happy Monday! I realized this weekend that I can't remember a smell.

Robecology comments on Jul 6, 2020:

Wait...what? @FlippantLlama - You must have smell memories. The smells of colognes? Rotting things? Foods? I recall many colognes and perfumes...many flowers, many foods... Popcorn? Coffee? Cigarette smoke? Cannabis/pot smoke? Come on...don't give me that... The weirdest smells I can't put a finger on? The smell of rain....or the ocean...or deep inside a forest. I know it once I smell it...but can't "recall" the smell.

Some time ago the electrical company dug up my driveway entrance to bury a cable.

Robecology comments on Jul 6, 2020:

Interesting. The main reason our government is not getting out of Afghanistan has to do with these flowers; Search U.S. military guarding Opium poppies in Afghanistan - images. There's hundreds....but nothing official ever gets done. And dozens of folk are dying, per day, from legal Opioid meds - from Afghanistan. In 2018, 67,367 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States. https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/statedeaths.html

1. is The Simpsons Only say one so everyone can do it!

Robecology comments on Jul 5, 2020:

Can I get a clue?

Seems like a lot of pictures are being posted sideways.

Robecology comments on Jul 5, 2020:

It's July and that's still an issue with me. I sure wish @Admin would fix this - or suggest a way to avoid the rotated image post?

35$ worth of fireworks and an hour supervised pyromania by me.

Robecology comments on Jul 5, 2020:

I know...my step daughter's husband spends hundred on a complex, deluxe private pyro-show....weird that some get off on that...

Happy Sunday! It's post your own question day!

Robecology comments on Jul 5, 2020:

My question for today Being a landlord. Pros? Cons? I just bought a Condo-townhome within biking distance of where I live. I'm fixing it up....ceiling fans, new/better ceiling treatment (removing popcorn). New appliances. It's loaded and furnished...right down to the golf clubs and tennis rackets...and geared toward a vacationing family. I've been recommended to 1. Rent it/clean it on my own 2. Use a local rental agency (they presently want 18%) 3. Use Zillow/AirBnB and make my own rules.... 4. Hire a cleaning person/agency. What's your POV? (post edit - what can I do about those pics that are rotated? They're not like that in my photo file?)

What kind of bird is this? (Pic from FB)

Robecology comments on Jul 5, 2020:

Bear meat is delicious. Bear populations are growing. I'm not sure if there's any controlled bear harvesting right now...but it's an opportunity. They grow quickly and eat anything....and their fur has a value. They might, along with Buffalo, be a future meat/food/harvest item.

For all older singles ...[agnostic.com]

Robecology comments on Jul 4, 2020:

...and for too many of us...that swamp hasn't had enough rain...and is drying up....

I haven't been here for a long time but it feels the same .

Robecology comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Decaf has evolved to a good flavor...or maybe it's me adapting. I'm a half decaf, half Hazelnut full bodied coffee lover myself...

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. - John Lennon

Robecology comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Here's a Karoake video of Lennon's "Imagine" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6svOHFSAH8

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. - John Lennon

Robecology comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Love and dear John...

Good description

Robecology comments on Jul 4, 2020:

I wonder how the world lived without it....

It has classically throughout history been like that.

Robecology comments on Jul 3, 2020:

True;.... But men who want to achieve this "older man-younger woman" thing - you typically have to work harder and wiser to get those resources. If you want to appeal to the younger woman you have to have several attributes; -fitness -vitality -success (income stability, at least) Simple as that. If you're lethargic, out of shape, with an irregular/deficient income... -then you're here for wishful thinking... -or because you have charisma, and/or you "swayed" a younger woman to "be" with you. Decide now; dedicate yourself to "getting those resources' - to getting fitter. To become more "vital" more active, more alive, and more successful. Do it. Just do it.

Good morning and Happy Friday! What's your favorite flavor of ice cream? Mine is Butter Pecan.

Robecology comments on Jul 3, 2020:

The more chocolatey the better.

Good Afternoon Everyone! Happy Holiday Weekend! Whats everyone doing?

Robecology comments on Jul 3, 2020:

Visiting my son about an hour south...he finally bought a pool home...and. he knows i love swimming in pools...I'll pack my goggles and suit...stop along the way to get some fresh fruit for a salad....should be a nice day; here's a pic of my boys and me!! Ooops...came out rotated...hey @Admin....can we fix this?

Chainsaw broke and it is just about the same amount of cost to repair the older one then it is to ...

Robecology comments on Jul 1, 2020:

That's a sign that you want to get away from whoever made that chainsaw. That's called "planned obsolescence". GM did it or a while in the mid 20'th century - and it got them too close to bankruptcy. Stay away from that company's products.

Dear July...

Robecology comments on Jul 1, 2020:

This one says it for me;

[theatlantic.

Robecology comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Susan Rice seems more prepared for the role. Kamala will make a great Attorney General. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn5qCrIEn5Y

Hello! New member here.

Robecology comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Welcome...you'll find 1. Much more friendlier people 2. More rational, reasoning, logical people 3. No ads. 4. Perks for participation ...here. Glad you joined. Kudos on the awakening!

Saint Carolus Borromeus Church and a lovely sky in Antwerp - 2019

Robecology comments on Jun 30, 2020:

The monuments to the #Religulous are profoundly amazing.

Do you agree with this statement?

Robecology comments on Jun 30, 2020:

That's the key to becoming religious...fear of being "mortal". We agnostics have accepted it. The Religious haven't. We have no proof. We don't "know" We're Agnostic (hence we are **a** - not....**gnostic** ....knowing... knowledgeable about the existence of a superpower, or afterlife, or god) It doesn't mean we're right....it just means we "don't know". We tend to think scientifically, rationally, logically. If you "know for sure" (have proof) there's no "afterlife" then you are an official **Atheist.**

Working on it

Robecology comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Nice thought; but as we grow in population, and more and more have to fight for less and less, love will spread less and less, hate and hostility will spread faster and faster. Until we reach ZPG. Call me an idealist. A Utopian. But it's been proven - over and over again - with rats, with fruit flies...with any population; if you crowd them they will fight harder to survive - and will eventually kll each other off. We are thinking, rational beings. We know how to plan..no other organism does. So if we don't plan to reduce our population...nature will do it for us. Malthus said, over 200 years ago.."as the quantity of life increases, the quality of life decreases" Proven...over...and over...again. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1501789/pdf/califmed00143-0080.pdf

What’s your geographic range for dating?

Robecology comments on Jun 29, 2020:

You of all people should know that this is just an "excuse" for them...their story is far more complicated/they're not ready/you're "too hot/not hot enough" for them, and etc.

It was said that coffee was discovered by a goat herder named Kaldi in Ethiopia in the 9th century.

Robecology comments on Jun 29, 2020:

What's interesting to me is the relative recent discovery of coffee...less than 500 years ago?

"I apologize because of the terrible mess the planet is in.

Robecology comments on Jun 29, 2020:

I don't agree with K.V.; it hasn't "always been a mess"....we humans and our unbridled growth...have made it so...look at the chart.

The 25 greatest Java apps ever written From space exploration to genomics, from reverse compilers...

Robecology comments on Jun 29, 2020:

Meh...even as a Tesla owner I had to search hard to find why I should even bother downloading "Visible Tesla...I found it "does a few things that the regular phone app does not"...but it -wont roll up/down the windows. won't turn on the seat heaters. ...lots of things it WON'T do... Meh....

"Think of yourself as dead.

Robecology comments on Jun 28, 2020:

Ahhh...but what is "properly"?

[theatlantic.com] Radio pulses from another galaxy.

Robecology comments on Jun 28, 2020:

We need to stop getting excited about radio signals that are more than 100 light years away. This one is 500 million LY away. That means that signal...if it came from an intelligent life form...was sent out 1/2 billion - 500 million - years ago. "The FRB, known by the bar-code-esque designation 180916.J0158+65, is the first to show this kind of regular cadence. Astronomers traced the source to a spiral galaxy about 500 million light-years away, where it’s still going strong." Even radio signals in our local area - say within 100 LY of us...are a joke. it would take the same amount of time to reply. And there's only three or four possible earth-like planets within 100 LY of us. So let's stop being concerned about communicating with E.T.; it's just not going to happen.

Happy Sunday! It's pose your own question day - have at it!

Robecology comments on Jun 28, 2020:

I avoid the news - but I can't help it. I need some sense of what's going on in the world. Can anyone play "devil's advocate" and tell me why Donald J. Trump thinks and talks as he does? Is he really that clever to get elected president - and at the same time be so profoundly dumb? Has he just figured out how to manipulate the public? Does he know he's ignorant but just knows the "tricks" to impress people? Did he honestly think the COVID infection wouldn't evolve to the level it has? Does he honestly respect Kim Jung Un and Vladimir Putin? Please; defend him...even if it's just playing "devil's advocate"....I am still so curious about whether he's a real traitor or just a clever huckster?

Lovely walk with my camera in one of Brisbanes botanical gardens.

Robecology comments on Jun 28, 2020:

Excellent photography!

Good Idea or Bad Idea?

Robecology comments on Jun 27, 2020:

First relationships are different than second ones...which are, in turn - different from additional ones. I'm a "marrying man"...so I proposed quickly...and as hindsight is 20-20...far too quickly. Now I'm happily single...and and finally growing in love with....me.

U.

Robecology comments on Jun 27, 2020:

Saw this...what do you think?

[smithsonianmag.

Robecology comments on Jun 27, 2020:

Slowly we are recognizing the struggle for normalcy and recognition that the African - American has been struggling with for centuries. Thanks for this. Shared on my FB home page.

[newyorker.com] Humorous date ideas for a post quarantine world-Some really offbeat things to do.

Robecology comments on Jun 27, 2020:

Single - pick-up lines in the days of pandemics...

Hello everyone again, I've been gone....thanks for keeping the quotes going.....

Robecology comments on Jun 27, 2020:

LOL...I'm a Thoreau fan, for sure! It's called living an "ecological" lifestyle....

Bras... So true

Robecology comments on Jun 27, 2020:

Ahhh...but the face mask is to contain disease...the other's to contain - and prevent the aging of - a bodily treasure! Quite a different function, IMO! (and yes...I welcome the wearing of both!!).

Two prayers.

Robecology comments on Jun 25, 2020:

Bill Maher coined the perfect word for it...#Religulous;

John Bolton.

Robecology comments on Jun 25, 2020:

Bolton's sharp. He even called out Colbert for calling him "naive"....I was impressed...

The Lincoln project; mastermind of KellyAnn Conway's Republican husband; Brilliant advertising.

Robecology comments on Jun 24, 2020:

Here's yet another; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JWYSkwpWaY

Two prayers.

Robecology comments on Jun 24, 2020:

excellent. Too bad we agnostics know there's no superpower...and the evidence repeatedly proves that prayers don't work.

I'm still hand-pollinating vanilla every morning for the next few weeks, but I've just found my ...

Robecology comments on Jun 24, 2020:

Wonderful that you can grow Vanilla bean Orchids there. That can be a real money maker... I noticed the prices on line were $9 a pod!! Wow! https://www.beanilla.com/organic-vanilla-beans?utm_source=google_shopping=CjwKCAjw88v3BRBFEiwApwLevezDCyx0H0F6_kE-5wvmUhfWXfxZrvZ9NUpjcnsBGU7__HLUjUgZohoCe_AQAvD_BwE

It's uncanny how ...[agnostic.com]

Robecology comments on Jun 24, 2020:

What's more uncanny is how quickly the exaggerated claims of 'love at first sight" and "wanting to spend forever" with someone disappears....

I had to borrow this from fbuk:

Robecology comments on Jun 23, 2020:

Shared on FB! Hilarious!

Happy Tuesday! What's your favorite kind of humor?

Robecology comments on Jun 23, 2020:

No particular "favorite"...good humor - good joke-telling, good puns and good memes are based on truths. Here's memes of some of my favorite funny people; Don Martin (MAD cartoonist) George Carlin and Steven Wright...

The Lincoln project; mastermind of KellyAnn Conway's Republican husband; Brilliant advertising.

Robecology comments on Jun 23, 2020:

Here's the more shareable YouTube version; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEzfHfLaLG4

Ha, ha, found this very funny.

Robecology comments on Jun 22, 2020:

Awww...did the faithful one get his faith shat upon?

King himself once said of the Trump administration that he himself couldn't dream up something this ...

Robecology comments on Jun 22, 2020:

Some recent favorites that King would parlay....

8:00 AM.

Robecology comments on Jun 22, 2020:

Nice garden....stunning color on that flower!!

Though I rarely see a sunrise (please don't judge), a sunset can always stop me in my tracks!

Robecology comments on Jun 22, 2020:

Friends and family don't 'get" that I just sit in the LR overlooking the panoramic view almost every day...with little else but the computer, FB, WWF, and you folk here. But I feel that the sky's colors are one of the highlights of my day! (Judging....sorry....not sorry).

Curious - Can probiotics help in reducing weight?

Robecology comments on Jun 22, 2020:

There's no way around it; if you want to lose weight, you have to get comfortable with being hungry part of your day. Best, toward the evenings. I've found that even If I've been "bad"....eating junk food, no probiotics (greek yogurt's my favorite) - but stopping eating early in the evening.....say by 5 PM....and then letting hunger creep in....that the next morning I weigh less. It's about controlling, and tolerating hunger. Simple;

I wanted to buy a model 3, but I ended up leasing a Hyundai Kona EV because it was less expensive ...

Robecology comments on Jun 22, 2020:

Oh...and about those "moving parts" I mentioned....here's a good video that explains this; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Jg1IJ68_g

I wanted to buy a model 3, but I ended up leasing a Hyundai Kona EV because it was less expensive ...

Robecology comments on Jun 22, 2020:

Point taken about the "sparse" service centers...but remember the Kia has thousands more moving parts; pistons, valves, transmissions, etc that the simple Tesla doesn't have.....thus it needs far less servicing! I've had Teslas since 2013 and have NEVER taken it in for any fluids, checks, tests, etc. A few times I had to call them..and they came to me for a problem headlight, problems with the trim, etc....but that's it. I hope you get to test drive the Y....Elon said it should "outsell the S, 3 and X combined" https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-predicts-tesla-model-y-outsell-s-3-x-2019-10

I've recently had someone question my handle.

Robecology comments on Jun 22, 2020:

When a friend and I went to D.R. a few years ago we noticed that stone for sale all over...but none set in gold! All silver. Sad.

PDA: a guide.

Robecology comments on Jun 22, 2020:

LOL! Shared on FB!!

Today is the solstice. Anybody doing anything special. I don’t have any plans.

Robecology comments on Jun 20, 2020:

I've been sharing greetings with a fellow science teacher every few months...on the Solstices and Equinoxes...just to keep in touch...great old friend! Sorry about the rotated images...not sure why?

Happy Saturday everyone! Can you drive a stick?

Robecology comments on Jun 20, 2020:

Standard, or "stick" shift was common in the 50's....but with the growth of "automatic" transmissions...then "stick shift" went away. It's challenging to learn....and requires special skills. It will fade away as automatic transmissions become simpler. The Electric Vehicle that I drive....a Tesla...doesn't even have a "transmission" nor "differential"....so "automatics" will also soon fade away. In fact, Tesla has 95% fewer moving parts than a I.C.E. car. https://www.tesla.com/drive

Hi all. If you think you are open-minded, how open-mined are you - honestly?

Robecology comments on Jun 20, 2020:

Flexibility, tolerance, courtesy, empathy...they are rare and not common traits. You have to be raised with them to "feel" them or "live" them. If it's "your ideal" then there's that seed planted in your mind....that maybe it's the way to be...so I would say "of course" it's possible.

Nice dream!

Robecology comments on Jun 20, 2020:

A similar story/joke...It's a bit small...but blow it up...it's good...

Happy Friday Everyone! What is something that you are trying to get better at?

Robecology comments on Jun 19, 2020:

I'm approaching 75...and I'm told that I'm becoming "curmudgeon-y"...so I'm trying to work on that...

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE!!!!!!! Happy Friday!!!!! Happy Juneteenth Day!!!!! Summer is here!!!!!!...

Robecology comments on Jun 19, 2020:

Actually summer doesn't begin until tomorrow; the "official" date of Summer Solstice - https://www.newsweek.com/summer-solstice-2020-when-why-longest-day-year-1511519 I send "Happy Solstice" day to all my scientific friends...Today's not quite it...

Who can argue?

Robecology comments on Jun 19, 2020:

LOL...stolen and shared on FB!

Who can argue?

Robecology comments on Jun 18, 2020:

Funny....but let's remember...viruses reproduce new generations every 8 hours...they evolve comparatively fast...they will get stronger, tougher, and more resilient. This was light. The next pandemic will be much tougher.

Deacon Brodie's Tavern in Edinburgh.

Robecology comments on Jun 18, 2020:

Great architecture!

Happy Thursday Everyone.

Robecology comments on Jun 18, 2020:

Yellowstone National Park. Nature at it's wildest. Not sure why the pics were "rotated"? @Admin....help?

Old-fashioned anti-theft device .... [agnostic.com]

Robecology comments on Jun 17, 2020:

The instructions are right there...just sayin'....

A very thorough explanation of the topic ... What’s antifa?

Robecology comments on Jun 17, 2020:

Except I disagree with one comment Roger Sollenberger made; "I think first there’s this misconception or common misunderstanding of equating antifa with American soldiers fighting fascist regimes in World War II. You can’t be an anti-fascist if you’re fighting for the U.S. military. " His reasoning is logical...and the U.S. military wasn't nor is now "anti-faxcist" per se....but they were fighting fascism...and that makes them...fhe folks in so many memes posted showing WW II vets fighting - anti-fascist. He is right in calling it a "non-group"...sort of like "veganism" or "bird watches"....very loosely organized...no "membership" no "leaders"...but again...the U.S.military, despite them not being officially anti-fascist...("AntiFa") were, indeed, anti-fascist.

Out in the garden picking some berrys.

Robecology comments on Jun 17, 2020:

Nice oven. I love the controls in front like that. Brand? Cost?

Research study shows that men are having less sex because they have so many other entertainment ...

Robecology comments on Jun 16, 2020:

ANY population that gets overcrowded becomes "asexual". Proven in scientific studies decades ago; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1501789/pdf/califmed00143-0080.pdf Malthus gave us a hint in 1812; "As the quantity of life increases, the quality of life decreases".

Well, maybe there IS a god after all.

Robecology comments on Jun 16, 2020:

@Charlie (mtnhome) Please...there is not one trace of evidence for any "god" or superpower. You're agnostic, remember? And it is fair...it's called "population density pressure"...every organism - from fruit flies to rats to us - has a limit of population - beyond which they become hostile, asexual, hoarding, and aggressive. Proven repeatedly. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1501789/pdf/califmed00143-0080.pdf

Do all churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, gurdwaras and shrines exist to deceive, to control ...

Robecology comments on Jun 14, 2020:

It's just as wrong to generalize that all churches are corrupt ...it's a kind of prejudice or "pre-judgement" based on generalizations and isolated incidents. We who are agnostic simply are non-believers because we "don't know" for sure that a "god" or superpower" or any or all of the myths of religion are real...but that doesn't mean they're not.

Happy Saturday! I'm out shopping with my daughter because she's almost out of bras.

Robecology comments on Jun 14, 2020:

This "COVID" thing has taught me a lesson about waiting to shop...building a list...waiting until I'm low/actually out of stuff before i venture out and in to the "store". Not a bad lesson....

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. - Bret Harte

Robecology comments on Jun 14, 2020:

My luck for 2020...

I protest each time I step on it.

Robecology comments on Jun 14, 2020:

So you're offended by an item that reveals the truth about you...yet you're making a parallel to those taking offense to the statues that lie about and exaggerate the past? I don't follow the logic.

I absolutely support the right to peacefully protest.

Robecology comments on Jun 14, 2020:

The looting is by a severely socially paralyzed minority. They're out of work. They are used to stealing to get what they want. Their family are mostly in prison. They are suffering hardships you and I will never know. And the stores that are looted aren't set up to prevent it very well. Empathize with the looters. They are suffering, and struggling.

Grooming is essential these days ... [facebook.com]

Robecology comments on Jun 14, 2020:

Suggestion; if/when you find something you like to share on FB...go to Youtube and search for the same thing...then click on the link, copy it, and paste it here. Many of us don't use Facebook...or stopped using it. No password. Here it is....complete with cute music! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYrs6KADeME

Actually, minus 0 stars...

Robecology comments on Jun 13, 2020:

Yea....

Hi guys! New member to this app and to this group here ^_^ nice to meet you all ...

Robecology comments on Jun 12, 2020:

From India...and a woman. Brave soul. Thank you for joining us!

Tonight's viewing enjoyment. Love ladybugs & roses

Robecology comments on Jun 12, 2020:

I love ladybugs...interesting facts about them; 1. They are THE main control of some of plants biggest pests...Aphids. 2. They are technically NOt bugs...but in the "Beetle" insect group. 3. Did you know you can buy them to release in your gardens? 4. Their flight is nothing short of amazing. They unfold their wings from under that shell to fly; watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbFtqdezMqg

Happy Friday! Would you live in a tiny home?

Robecology comments on Jun 12, 2020:

As a life-long Ecologist - I've been saving and conserving the dumbest stuff. I'm a fairly regular dumpster diver. I'm borderline obsessive with the 5 R's..(renewing, reusing recycling, restoring, re-purposing....there's more...I bet you can come up with a few)? But... Having said that...would I live in a "small" place? I guess so...I'm guessing most would say I'm in a "small" home now. I recently (2015) downsized from a 3-2 to a 2-2 condo. Would I live "large" if i had more $$$? Don't think so. I love my AC bills under $100 most months (in Florida...that's the main Electricity bill generator). And I'm glad I moved from a high-ceiling place to a normal height one.

Tree bark after the rain.

Robecology comments on Jun 11, 2020:

Nice capture of the contrasting colors and textures!

Know The Signs: How to tell if your grandparent has become an antifa agent [washingtonpost.com]

Robecology comments on Jun 11, 2020:

If you google Anti- Fascism - images....you get these;

Freestyle bead picture made by me.

Robecology comments on Jun 11, 2020:

That has to be many hours, many days of work. Impressive!

Happy Thursday! Two more work days until my vacation! I'm not going anywhere, but it won't be to ...

Robecology comments on Jun 11, 2020:

Energetic, mellow, Concerned.

I'm not sure what a free thinker is, as I don't know anyone who doesn't consider themselves a free ...

Robecology comments on Jun 11, 2020:

It was a polite and socially correct term for Atheist....It was created over a century ago, when "atheists" were branded as demons and witches...."free thinker" has a more socially acceptable connotation.