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Re: 50 State Birds: What they are vs What they oughta be - Today
Quotevision63 QuotergG Hey, looks like we finally did something right. :) 10. Georgia. Official state bird: brown thrasher I’ve always liked this. Way to go, Georgia. What it should be: brown thrasher Great story. I remember when Ted Turner decided that the name of the Hockey team was going to be the Thrashers. When people debated him, he singlehandedly decided that since it was the statby DP - Tips and Deals
Re: Voluntary MacResource Birthday Extravaganza : maco !!!! - Today
Late to the party... Happy B-day and God bless!by DP - Tips and Deals
Re: Apple CEO Cook to testify before Senate panel after report says it avoids billions in taxes - Yesterday
davester-there's a difference between "loopholes" and legal deductions and exemptions. Apple is not using loopholes. This government is doing everything it can to get the Americans who earn more to "share" their wealth.by DP - Tips and Deals
Re: OT: interesting observation regarding the current storms in the Midwest - Yesterday
Bottom line is that both are bad news. Everyone stay safe! The United States and southern central Canada are unique in the world as far as weather patterns go. No where else do severe storms and tornados occur with such frequency and strength.by DP - Tips and Deals
Re: Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee - Yesterday
The committee said there was no indication it had done anything illegal. Then why waste even more taxpayers money? If Apple is using legal methods allowed by law (yes, I used a redundancy) then what's the problem? If any company chooses to avoid the highest business tax in the world by legal methods than why are they wasting our time and money? Well, we know why...by DP - Tips and Deals
Re: A shout out to Rudie (and all!) from a bit north - Yesterday
RE:up-clever!by DP - Tips and Deals
Re: A macro lens and some flowers. (BW) - Yesterday
Beautiful! Nice macro work. What image processing program are you using?by DP - Tips and Deals
Re: Garden pix from weekend - 2 days ago
Quotefreeradical It looks like Summer there now. Not quite-although it's 90º today with storms coming. Not all the trees are leaved out yet and there are still flowers and flowering shrubs that haven't opened yet.by DP - Tips and Deals
Re: I can do river pix as well now! Bandwidth warning. - 2 days ago
Very nice! Well done. Stay calm and carry on...by DP - Tips and Deals
Re: Garden pix from weekend - 2 days ago
Quotevoodoopenguin QuoteDP We heard about leaving parsnips in the ground throughout winter which we did and we pulled them out as my wife was going to put new plants in. We had the "old" parsnips for dinner and wow! They were very sweet-no trace of bitterness at all. It'll be our SOP with parsnips now. Anyone else heard of this? Standard practice over here for growing parsnips, alwaysby DP - Tips and Deals
Re: Garden pix from weekend - 2 days ago
Quotecbelt3 Very nice. Our lavender is blooming like wild, it's perfume spread throughout the house on this weekend's balmy evenings. I just finished planting some tomatoes and peppers in my garden, which was suitably amended with manure and some more soil and a bit of peat moss. Tonight's project will involve planting some peas along the fence in the back, and some lettuces. I expect to be doingby DP - Tips and Deals
Garden pix from weekend - 2 days ago
Well, just a few pix. I ended up doing nothing more than trimming branches, climbing up on the roof to clean branches and needles from the valleys, removing rampant ivy from the chimney and shingles, mowing the lawn-in other words, nothing to take pictures of. Wife got the veggie garden planted, tho, and some other shrubs are blooming. The lilacs are loaded with blooms this year. Here's one buby DP - Tips and Deals
Re: I for one welcome our new ant overlords - 2 days ago
Another reason to live in the North! No crazy ants, fire ants, rattlesnakes (sort of), scorpions, tarantulas, alligators, boas, etc....by DP - Tips and Deals
Re: For all you foodies-especially funghi lovers-totally amazing discovery - 3 days ago
QuoteAllGold QuoteDP I thought they grew only in forested areas. Wasn't that area previously "forested"? :) I'll bet without the exceptionally high rainfall we got this spring, they wouldn't be there. Everything I'm reading and hearing is that you basically never know when and where they'll pop up. You're right though, Al, we sure have had a lot of rain this Spring.by DP - Tips and Deals
Re: For all you foodies-especially funghi lovers-totally amazing discovery - 4 days ago
I thought they grew only in forested areas. In Michigan, people make trips to hunt morels. My neighbor says they don't grow in the same spot year to year as they spread by spores but the weather conditions have to just right.by DP - Tips and Deals
For all you foodies-especially funghi lovers-totally amazing discovery - 4 days ago
Out in the yard today, of course. Pushing 80º and I will have more pix after the weekend... But. This is a pic of our driveway and the next door neighbors' house. The gravel patch is an area that was enclosed by the fence you see. We always had an issue with how narrow it was as the fence ended where the brick ends on the house. If we parked between the fence and our house you couldn't opeby DP - Tips and Deals
Re: Voluntary MacResource Birthday Extravaganza : Robert M !!! - 4 days ago
Happy Bday!by DP - Tips and Deals
Re: I just bought 2000 shares of AAPL - 4 days ago
Oh, c'mon! Where's your cajones?by DP - Tips and Deals
Re: Does pyrex really explode? - 4 days ago
There have been issues since they went from a borate glass to tempered. My neighbor was in Consumer Reports and local news as hers shattered. She had taken it from the oven to a cork trivet on her table (it was Thanksgiving) and it sat for a full five minutes and then it shattered with her family there to witness it. It was not set on a cold surface beforehand. It has occurred since World Kitcheby DP - Tips and Deals
Re: Flowers in Bloom and one bee - 4 days ago
Wow! Gorgeous... Our azaleas are just now opening and the rhodo's... not yet.by DP - Tips and Deals
Re: Apple CEO Wants Drastic Changes in Tax Laws - 5 days ago
>loopholes Not loopholes; legal deductions. Eliminate the deductions and lower all tax rates. Get the money back here at a fair rate. Or a VAT in place of all taxes.by DP - Tips and Deals
Re: Cool! "Blackbird hitches a ride atop a red-tailed hawk" - 5 days ago
Hah! But I don't think the shuttle landed on the 747...by DP - Tips and Deals
Apple CEO Wants Drastic Changes in Tax Laws - 5 days ago
Apple currently keeps approximately $100 billion of its cash reserves overseas and out of the reach of America’s tax collectors. Apple could face a corporate tax rate of 35 percent under current U.S. tax laws if it tries to bring its cash into the U.S. Apple is definitely not alone in using this type of tax-avoidance strategy. JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) estimates that over 1,000 U.S. companies hold aby DP - Tips and Deals
Cool! "Blackbird hitches a ride atop a red-tailed hawk" - 5 days ago
Dugan stated via email that the photos “are 100 percent legit” and that his only edits were exposure- and shadow-related since lighting was harsh at certain points because of the bright sunshine. “I went back to the same spot a few days later hoping lightning would strike twice,” Dugan said. “But the red-tailed hawks were hunting way off in the distance.” His final remark: “Reby DP - Tips and Deals
Re: OT: Derpette.... 'adult' daughter busted for misdemeanor posession - 5 days ago
Gotta ask: "Derpette". Is that her name?by DP - Tips and Deals
Re: Earthquake felt in Detroit! - 5 days ago
Just heard it's been downgraded to a 4.4.by DP - Tips and Deals
Re: Earthquake felt in Detroit! - 5 days ago
Me either but I am in my home office which is in my basement.by DP - Tips and Deals