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xkcd: Astronomer Hotline
https://xkcd.com/2633/

OK, that is funny. And I imagine that the weird bug hotline would need multiple operators due to the call volume.

Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2633:_Astronomer_Hotline

Lynn

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In article <t8deq8$2q9$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

xkcd: Astronomer Hotline
https://xkcd.com/2633/

OK, that is funny. And I imagine that the weird bug hotline would need multiple operators due to the call volume.

About 11 years ago, on a clear fall morning (rare in the Seattle area),
some of my co-workers were wondering what that bright light was in the
pre-dawn sky (about 10-30 minutes before sunrise, IIRC). I told them
that it was Venus (they checked, it was).

--
"We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. —-----------------------------------------------------
Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com

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Lynn McGuire wrote:

xkcd: Astronomer Hotline
https://xkcd.com/2633/

OK, that is funny. And I imagine that the weird bug hotline would
need multiple operators due to the call volume.

Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2633:_Astronomer_Hotline

A gardening forum I belong to has two popular sub-forums: Insect and
Spider Identification and Plant Identification. You upload some photos
of things you want identified, and often you will get an answer.


Brian

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On 16 Jun 2022, Default User wrote
(in article <t8eio3$ehv$1@dont-email.me>):

Lynn McGuire wrote:

xkcd: Astronomer Hotline
https://xkcd.com/2633/

OK, that is funny. And I imagine that the weird bug hotline would
need multiple operators due to the call volume.

Explained at: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2633:_Astronomer_Hotline

A gardening forum I belong to has two popular sub-forums: Insect and
Spider Identification and Plant Identification. You upload some photos
of things you want identified, and often you will get an answer.

Brian

Around here ‘Insect and Spider’ would have to explicitly ‘Invertebrate’, as there are lots of creepy-crawlies which aren’t
insects or spiders. And there’d have to be a Vertebrate section as well;
this morning, while walking the dog, I saw three different species of jay, including one which officially doesn’t have this _state_ in its range, plus two species of ibis, one of which shouldn’t be in _North America_, and
three species of non-jay corvids, one a transplant from Europe. And four species of ducks. Her Imperial Dogness tried to chase the ducks. She always does. The ducks ignore her. They always do, until she gets within about a metre, whereupon they fly off for maybe five metres and go back to ignoring her. There were also multiple lizards, including iguanas, which shouldn’t
be here, and several snakes. And, of course, squirrels. (The snakes, and the red-tailed hawks, mostly keep busy chasing squirrels.) I _know_ that there
are raccoons, possums, coyotes (which shouldn’t be here), foxes, hedgehogs (also shouldn’t be here) and more, they just weren’t visible. At night
the place is overrun with frogs and toads. There are assorted turtles in the canal, including at least one snapping turtle; the ducks are staying far away from the canal, so there’s at least one gator there as well. (If the ducks aren’t on the water, stay well clear, there’s a gator. You won’t see
him, but he’ll see you...)

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On 6/16/22 06:13, Wolffan wrote:

On 16 Jun 2022, Default User wrote
(in article <t8eio3$ehv$1@dont-email.me>):

Lynn McGuire wrote:

xkcd: Astronomer Hotline
https://xkcd.com/2633/

OK, that is funny. And I imagine that the weird bug hotline would
need multiple operators due to the call volume.

Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2633:_Astronomer_Hotline

A gardening forum I belong to has two popular sub-forums: Insect and
Spider Identification and Plant Identification. You upload some photos
of things you want identified, and often you will get an answer.

Brian

Around here... [STUFF DELETED]

Where is "here"? I would assume somewhere in the South since you mention gators. Oh, and coyotes have drastically expanded their range. They even
live in cities now.


--
Dave Scruggs
Captain, Boulder Creek Fire (Retired)
Sr. Software Engineer - Stellar Solutions (Definitely Retired)

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On 16 Jun 2022, BCFD36 wrote
(in article <t8gcba$b9h$2@gioia.aioe.org>):

On 6/16/22 06:13, Wolffan wrote:

On 16 Jun 2022, Default User wrote
(in article <t8eio3$ehv$1@dont-email.me>):

Lynn McGuire wrote:

xkcd: Astronomer Hotline
https://xkcd.com/2633/

OK, that is funny. And I imagine that the weird bug hotline would
need multiple operators due to the call volume.

Explained at: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2633:_Astronomer_Hotline

A gardening forum I belong to has two popular sub-forums: Insect and Spider Identification and Plant Identification. You upload some photos
of things you want identified, and often you will get an answer.

Brian

Around here... [STUFF DELETED]

Where is "here"? I would assume somewhere in the South since you mention gators. Oh, and coyotes have drastically expanded their range. They even
live in cities now.

Florida. Coyotes aren’t supposed to be south of Georgia; at one point they weren’t found east of the Mississippi. They’re into Mexico now, as far as Yucatan. In the past, wolves and pumas kept them out. Very few wolves and
fewer pumas around here now. Coyotes now cover effectively the entire North American continent, except for the very cold and snowy parts, and they’re working on those, give them time, they’re persistent and a lot smarter than ol’ Wile E. It used to be that gators were the #1 cause of death for
domestic cats and small dogs, but coyotes have taken over. (Do NOT walk
Fluffy near the canal if you don’t see ducks on the water, a gator WILL
take the chance to have a little snack. Ducks around here are smart enough to get out of the water if there’s a gator.)

Gators can be found as far north as North Carolina, Virginia, and maybe Delaware and as far west as Texas and most of the wetter parts of northern Mexico.

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On 6/16/22 11:54 PM, Wolffan wrote:

On 16 Jun 2022, BCFD36 wrote
(in article <t8gcba$b9h$2@gioia.aioe.org>):

On 6/16/22 06:13, Wolffan wrote:

On 16 Jun 2022, Default User wrote
(in article <t8eio3$ehv$1@dont-email.me>):

Lynn McGuire wrote:

xkcd: Astronomer Hotline
https://xkcd.com/2633/

OK, that is funny. And I imagine that the weird bug hotline would
need multiple operators due to the call volume.

Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2633:_Astronomer_Hotline

A gardening forum I belong to has two popular sub-forums: Insect and
Spider Identification and Plant Identification. You upload some photos >>>> of things you want identified, and often you will get an answer.

Brian

Around here... [STUFF DELETED]

Where is "here"? I would assume somewhere in the South since you mention
gators. Oh, and coyotes have drastically expanded their range. They even
live in cities now.

Florida. Coyotes aren’t supposed to be south of Georgia; at one point they weren’t found east of the Mississippi. They’re into Mexico now, as far as Yucatan. In the past, wolves and pumas kept them out. Very few wolves and fewer pumas around here now. Coyotes now cover effectively the entire North American continent, except for the very cold and snowy parts, and they’re working on those, give them time, they’re persistent and a lot smarter than ol’ Wile E. It used to be that gators were the #1 cause of death for domestic cats and small dogs, but coyotes have taken over. (Do NOT walk Fluffy near the canal if you don’t see ducks on the water, a gator WILL take the chance to have a little snack. Ducks around here are smart enough to get out of the water if there’s a gator.)

Gators can be found as far north as North Carolina, Virginia, and maybe Delaware and as far west as Texas and most of the wetter parts of northern Mexico.

Throw a marshmallow into the water and see if a gator rises to snarf it
up. (Or so I was taught in Sarasota in the 70s.) And carry a shotgun
loaded with solid-slug ammo.

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John W. Kennedy
Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!

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Wolffan wrote:

On 16 Jun 2022, Default User wrote

A gardening forum I belong to has two popular sub-forums: Insect
and Spider Identification and Plant Identification. You upload
some photos of things you want identified, and often you will get
an answer.

Around here ‘Insect and Spider’ would have to explicitly >‘Invertebrate’, as there are lots of creepy-crawlies which aren’t >insects or spiders.

I suspect that if you uploaded images of centipedes, roly-polys, or
scorpions the participants probably wouldn't chastise you.

And there’d have to be a Vertebrate section as
well; this morning, while walking the dog,

That I don't know.


Brian

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