Early Risers - Eastern Time Zone
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I was out walking today and hit 9176 steps + 1 Cent. The temperature is 51 degrees vs 54 degrees yesterday and was not to bad while walking. I started to feel a little warm due to overdressing. I was wearing to much despite dropping another layer from yesterday
I came home and turned off the heat
Have a Great Saturday
Roger
There was a similar item on the Local Cable news Channel yesterday happening here in NJ
Hairdryers used to strike blow against speeders in Hopeman
23 February 2017
From the section NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Villagers dressed in fluorescent jackets are pointing hairdryers at cars to mimic police using speed cameras in a bid to deter fast drivers in Moray.
Residents of Hopeman fear someone could be seriously injured or killed by speeding drivers.
It follows concern about cars reaching speeds of up to 60mph as they travel through the area. There is a long straight leading out of the village.
Residents including children have now resorted to the hairdryers.
'Please slow down'
Moray councillor Dennis Slater, who lives in Hopeman, told BBC Scotland: "It's very dangerous, the speed that the traffic is doing through Hopeman is quite serious, especially when the kids are going to school in the morning - it's quite alarming.
"This is why some of the residents have resorted to taking out hairdryers and putting on hi-vis vests to try to slow the traffic down.
"We don't like to be seen standing with hairdryers and hi-vis vests, we are trying to emphasise to people the desperate situation.
"Please slow down going through our community."
'Aware of complaints'
Police Scotland said in a statement: "Road safety is a priority for Police Scotland, particularly for North East division.
"We are aware of complaints regarding speeding in Hopeman, which we are continuing to address.
"This aligns with one of our divisional priorities and supports Operation Cedar, which concentrates on reducing the number of serious and fatal road traffic incidents within the North East area."
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GardenKatGardens wrote: »Loved the cream colored daffodil! That's sweet! Does it smell? I have some that will bloom in a bit, and they are scented, single blooms, but multi blooms on each stem. AND...wow the Lenten Rose! Mine are either white or a mauveish color. Don't have any that are yellow. I may have to go shopping!
Thanks for sharing. Love seeing our yards!
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In prior years my lenten rose has always looked more greenish than yellow. It was late afternoon when I took the shot, but despite the lighting it DOES seem to me that it's got more yellow in it this year. It's just been surprising me all around this time! And in a very good way.
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Howdy y'all. It's scintillating Sunday! 36 out there now with a high of 60 predicted for the day.
Need to clear the sink, but Lilo has been fed and I am partially fed.
Laundry, perhaps, if G doesn't come to visit and go out for lunch. And maybe even if she does.
She was supposed to go with us to P's house yesterday but then said she wasn't feeling up to it.
We'll see...
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Which restaurant has the best free bread that we aren't going to eat because CARBS!!!!!
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I was out walking today and hit 9319 steps. The temperature was 39 degrees and along the walk I saw it had dropped to 37 degrees vs 51 degrees yesterday and was not that great for walking due wind gusts
I stopped at the Local grocery store and Picked up Gala Apples for $0.79 cents a pound and Bartlett Pears for $1.29. I did not pick up Bananas as my brother will be picking them up at the ShopRite on a coupon for 2 free pounds with a $10 purchase and it is hard to beat that price
Have a Great Sunday
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's scintillating Sunday! 36 out there now with a high of 60 predicted for the day.
Need to clear the sink, but Lilo has been fed and I am partially fed.
Laundry, perhaps, if G doesn't come to visit and go out for lunch. And maybe even if she does.
She was supposed to go with us to P's house yesterday but then said she wasn't feeling up to it.
We'll see...
Someone seems to stolen Your warm overnight temperatures
OTOH Your high will be better than ours here in NJ.
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Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Sunday (lazy) morning!
I'm having a second cup of decaf??? So, I've been up for awhile, yes distracted by the internet and not much else to show for the past several hours....
Sink needs to be cleared...glad to see I'm not the only one on kitchen duty this morning Ed!!!
Have found a couple of recipe's I want to try so that may occupy the rest of the day.
Seriously considering doing what's popularly being called "batch cooking"...Except for the actual day of spending 3-4 hours cooking having already cooked meals for the WEEK would be quite nice! (they say 2-3, I just know I'm slow in the kitchen and, and, and will probably have to stop and wash a few items as I go along for re-use. Thinking, thinking, thinking...hmmmm!
Hmm..
Not to muck on my agenda either, I just squirted Toilet Bowl Cleaner in the Main Bathroon and need to go take of that shortly, Then I need to do The basement Bathroom too
Hmmm... Vacuuming? MananaNo need today for laundry or running the sweeper so that's a plus. Need to check the TV schedule and see if there is a hockey game on that I'd like to watch...
A very smart old lady would also plan a trip to the gym....ugh...maybe..30% chance it will happen! LOL!!
How is your day going Roger? I'm expecting any minute now to see the little pop-up box telling me you've posted!
44 degrees right now, and sunny! May have to make an effort to be outdoors for at least half an hour today....
I"ve been watching a giraffe named April in a Zoo in NY someplace they're doing a 'live birth' streaming 24 hour. So far not much going on. Some of the chat comments are either maddening, or funny as all get out. I turn chat off when I 'get over the comments'.
I haven't looked this morning yet, could be a new reticulated giraffe in the world today, could be more waiting.... Just like 'regular' babies..the arrive on their own schedule!
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If that is the Giraffe I saw mentioned on the Internet, I had heard that YouTube pulled the feed for a while.
Ah,here it with the help of Google
April the pregnant giraffe: live stream attracts millions – and YouTube censors
The Guardian - 17 hours ago
Giraffe in New York became an online celebrity as millions tuned in to ... her birth,
but zoo ran into hiccups after alleged violation of YouTube's ...
YouTube Suspends Live Stream of Giraffe Birth Due to 'Nudity and Sexual Content'
TIME - 2 days ago
Activists force YouTube to suspend live stream of giraffe giving birth – zoo owner
The Guardian - 3 days ago
All I have to say about that is the world has gone crazy, Nudity & Sexual Content ????
Really! With all that is going on in the world that is what they focused on?
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These sound fantastic! I may have to try this with vegetable stock...
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Nekkid giraffes on Youtube are not one of my major worries...I've seen doggie porn, up close and personal and was the midwife for the birth of the resultant litter too!
Not that I would have filmed either event...
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Well, I got these items at the Buford Highway farmers market despite them being out of stock. I wonder how much they are when they are in stock?
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Please Hurry Up Spring
Lots of truth there 
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I was out walking today and hit 6,707 steps so far. The temperature was 31 degrees vs 39 degrees yesterday and was tolerable for walking. I will be going back out later which is why the step count looks low.
Have a Great Monday
Roger
From Here
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/bees-can-learn-play-soccer-score-one-insect-intelligence-180962292/
Bees Can Learn to Play “Soccer.” Score One for Insect Intelligence
Bees, despite their sesame seed-sized brains, are smarter than we think.
Related Content in the article
“Often people view insects as unthinking machines,” says Clint Perry, a biologist who studies the evolution of cognition in insects at Queen Mary University of London. Science has recently challenged that human-centric assumption, by revealing that the busy buzzers can use tools, count to four, learn “foreign languages" and even experience some semblance of sugar-derived happiness—traits usually associated with larger-brained animals.
Now, Perry and his colleagues have released the results of a creative new experiment in which they essentially taught bumblebees how to play "bee soccer." The insects’ ability to grasp this novel task is a big score for insect intelligence, demonstrating that they’re even more complex thinkers than we thought. Moreover, they did it all not just in spite of their tiny brains—but because of them.
For the study, published in the February 23 issue of Science, researchers gave a group of bees a novel goal (literally): to move a ball about half their size into a designated target area. The idea was to present them with a task that they would never have encountered in nature. Not only did the bees succeed at this challenge—earning them a sugary treat—but they astonished researchers by figuring out how to meet their new goal in several different ways.
Some bees succeeded at getting their ball into the goal with no demonstration at all, or by first watching the ball move on its own. But the ones that watched other bees successfully complete the game learned to play more quickly and easily. Most impressively, the insects didn't simply copy each other—they watched their companions do it, then figured out on their own how to accomplish the task even more efficiently using their own techniques.
The results show that bees can master complex, social behaviors without any prior experience—which could be a boon in a world where they face vast ecological changes and pressures.
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Well, I got these items at the Buford Highway farmers market despite them being out of stock. I wonder how much they are when they are in stock?
Those are pretty funny, Cheaper price when in stock ?
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Howdy y'all. It's marvelous Monday! 49 out there now. High of 60 predicted with 70% chance of rain. My joints agree with that forecast.
I've been up since about 8:00. Thanks, Lilo, for letting me sleep in a bit!
Didn't sleep through though, was up several times for bathroom. That's what I get for drinking so much fluid shortly before bed...
I don't think I'll do anything much today except finish the laundry I started yesterday. And nap.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
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I also got a small, personal, seedless watermelon at the farmers market.
I think it's a little overly personal. It told me I'm ugly...0 -
Tsk. Tsk. Just what we need, Coca Cola and candy on the same truck! Talk about a sugar blast!
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Valerie, you'd be interested to know that after my lenten rose opened fully up, it became its usual color of pinkish green or greenish pink, whichever way you want to call it.
Still lovely, and still doing the best it's ever done.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
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I was out walking today and hit 6,893 steps so far. The temperature was 46 degrees vs 31 degrees yesterday and was tolerable for walking. I went back out yesterday and ended the day with 11.5K steps.
Have a Great Tuesday
Roger
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Tsk. Tsk. Just what we need, Coca Cola and candy on the same truck! Talk about a sugar blast!
Well....parityanimal wrote: »I also got a small, personal, seedless watermelon at the farmers market.
I think it's a little overly personal. It told me I'm ugly...
Just Curious, was it nice and ripe inside? I see them and they are not all that cheap either. I do get tempted however.
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GardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning...its Monday!
I hadn't checked our weather either current or forecast...so Ed did it for me!! LOL! Thanks, as I've been quite busy watching silly people and food, and then laughing over cartoons! Great way to start the week!
Trying something I saw on the web last night..not even sure which vegan web site I was looking at..but somebody had peeled and sliced sweet potato, cut them into rounds, put on a baking sheet and sprinkled them with cinnamon, ginger, cardamon, and white pepper....so guess what's in my toaster oven right now? They smell delicious, so I'm thinking I should check on them, right???
Will let you know how this works. There weren't any instructions, like spice portions, and no oven temp given either...so I'm 'winging it'! Using best guess technology! LOL!
Yes, checked on mama giraffe about an hour ago, she's still preggers...no baby in site. And yes some total A-holes did get the original web site shut down...there always has to be a stick in the mud with virgin eyes I guess. Hint...if you don't like it then for Gods sakes watch something else!!!! There are now several web sites showing the live feed. Interesting. Shut down one, 2-3 pop up! Like a 'chinese fire drill' (no slur intended)
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Hi Valerie
See that, You get Your own personal Weatherman
I'm not sure with the others past the Cinnamon if I would like them. I tend not to use the other three toppings
I was think more like that old standby Jersey Shore Game, Whack-A-Mole.GardenKatGardens wrote: »Ed, thats interesting. Mine open white, and the 'red' (mauve) ones open that color. I have a Knockout Yellow Rose...that opens yellow, fully open is pretty much white.
I'll try to remember to take a pix or two of my Lenten Roses...they, like yours have just out done themselves this year...
Having another serving of Ed's Shipwreck Casserole for dinner tonite. Made it yesterday, and ate it for late lunch, and then I nibbled on it the rest of the afternoon and evening! Sooo good! (and did I mention easy)?
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Hmmm... No mention of the Sweet Potatoes, Did they turn out OK?
Curious Minds what to know.
Have a Good Day
Roger0
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