Tuesday, February 7th 2006

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EvilGentleman: Nice pic, good timing with the light, and I see the altocumulus cloud standing lenticular has sparked some interest as a side discussion.

in response to The District

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I've decided NOT to eat any raccoons I might find on I95. I won't corner any, but I will play loud music, but not Public Enemy, because they are cute, clean little buggers who are just trying to get by in the world. Just like Grange's ex girl friend ;)

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

EvilGentleman: Peter: LOL, I stand corrected

in response to Destruction of Lisbon City

anonymous coward: actually i read somewhere they switched to bags to prevent shrapnel if the regular stone garbage bin ever blew up......

in response to Anti-terror Recycling Bin

Selig: mmm bright stars...

in response to Boring Hour, Not Rush Hour

M.G. Michaud: Hello! As a wildlife rehabilitator and someone who has hand-raised many orphaned raccoons over the years, I wanted to contribute a few words to the forum. Raccoons are as "intelligent as any primate" (this from a friend who is a behavioural science prof at the University of Western Ontario). They may...

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

sally: 'MERICA! FUCK YEA!

in response to Patriotic Rocks

grange: oh ya , and her eyes glowed in the dark too ....hows weird is that .

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

Biff: Oblivously, a movie shoot for Da Vinci Law in the City or Parkdale...

in response to Grime

johnny E: I didn't serve a mission, as I was a convert to the church at a later date. I would however like to serve a mission in the future with my wife in some far off exotic location...but I will probably end up in Boise or somewhere.

in response to Religious Architecture

grange: opps, lost the site . So to continue .When racoons attack they often will give a good couple of bites and retreat .If you grab it while its doing so it will contiue till you let go . As for rabies yes racoons can carry it but first have to...

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Where did you go on your mission?

in response to Religious Architecture

humbled hamiltonian: what if he just sat down on a couple of timbits?

in response to The focus in these captures are all in the details

Wendell: Bush will get Saddam's statue, we're working on it right now.

in response to The District

johnny E: my daughter has a little stuffed animal that she loves so much...cant sleep without it. The other day we lost it for 24 hours...good thing nobody scooped him and did that to him.

in response to Like Christ

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: you think I'm Hool? I am soooo flattered. Hey everyone, guys, look! This person thinks I took a picture so well he thinks I'm Hool. I'm so happy. I'm smiling like buddha.

in response to Like Christ

Wendell: That's amazing. Here we just worry about cyclists and SUVs.

in response to Elephants in the Park

grange: Yes Catherine they do .Although not because they are shy .Raccoons are in a word "clean freaks" ( actually two words ) Like cats the groom themselfs .Often raccoon's self groom and the young will groom other kits in the litter,like kittens will . Its a social behaviour common to...

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

adam: hows about not putting links on the photos.. its fine to do it in the text part of the post but in the photo is obnoxious

in response to Elephants in the Park

Vic Lopez: The Lady Bug Club Who runs it ….Nicholas Morado, I believe He Runs The Lady Bug Club in a most professional manner and you must attribute that to the success of the Club. Unfortunately He has a five year old daughter Named Angelique, who is being neglected by him. She...

in response to Infested

johnny E: go ahead, shoot. what would you like to know.....there is a lot of misinformation and things out there from people who know very little about it.

in response to Religious Architecture

humbled hamiltonian: Hebrews 12 :2 says, "it was for joy that Christ endured the cross..." He is the only one who defeated the dilemma of death. I choose Christ over buddha anyday. Nice picture hool. Alms for the poor....

in response to Like Christ

adam: its 83 in la today.. suckers!

in response to African Sunrise

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I think that you should rename this article. I propose: Raccoons Cute, Dangerous or Delicious? And please, if anyone knows about Elaines question whether raccoons cover their eyes with their hands, let us know. I'm desperate to know.

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Hobart: johnny E, tell us about mormonism. I, for one, know very little, but would like to know more from an actual mormon, as opposed to reading it in wiki or whatnot.

in response to Religious Architecture

johnny E: Yes, I am.

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Peter: just for the record: im a new yorker, and im not yawning to death.

in response to Destruction of Lisbon City

EvilGentleman: cool-tsk, it is a shame that you wish to suppress freedom of speech when your chosen art form (and YES, I can see the artistic merit in your work) is all about freedom of speech. I have only made a point that I believe putting your face in a photo...

in response to Destruction of Lisbon City

Squirrel: To carry this discussion along an even more oblique tangent: Do an inventory of all the animals that people consider 'pests': rats, mice, seagulls, raccoons, cockroaches, sparrows, pigeons etc... What do they all have in common, they are US. What I mean by that is that they are generalists: hardy,...

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Peter: hobart... those recipes... ewwww....

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Hobart: johnny E, are you a mormon?

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illwind - Toronto Canada: Squirrel: The most diseases transmitted to humans: Humans (agreed) The most infected mouth to cause the worst infections: from humans Almost all the lethal diseases to humans ARE transmitted are from humas. HOWEVER, almost all the viral diseases ORIGINATED from the animal kingdom; mutation of the viral genome made it possible for viruses to...

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Hobart: For the curious: www.netcooks.com/recipes/Game/Baked.Raccoon.html www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/2 . . . arbecue_Raccoon9749.shtml www.hugs.org/Stuffed_Roast_Racoon.shtml www.backwoodsbound.com/zracoon.html www.recipeland.com/recipe/1696 Don't forget to remove those lymph glands, kids!

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johnny E: a majority of temples do have windows. The washington DC temple, doesn't have "windows" but rather thin marble, which allows the natural light in. Manhattan was gutted and rebuilt as a temple from an existing structure, so that might explain why there are no windows.

in response to Religious Architecture

grange: good recipe illwind , and they come with there own tooth picks too . A nice chilled chardoney goes good as well. Cheers all . PS . BBQ clowns suck however, as all that makeup ruins the gravey .. ( please stop me if I have gone too far no that...

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Peter: i see trolleys!

in response to Religious Architecture

Peter: i loved that schwinn fixed-gear bike... i still have the frame/fork, though most of the components are on another proper track frame. i was considering building that schwinn back up as a singlespeed cross-bike for the spring/summer...

in response to Subway Cycling: NYC

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Nice! Looks like Shangrila with the palm trees. Or maybe an elegant Vegas hotel. I notice it doesn't have windows, nor does the temple in manhattan. I wonder why.

in response to Religious Architecture

Hobart: Actually, Google indicates that many bird species carry more "diseases" than most other species, and that insects, as a whole, are in fact nature's busiest disease carriers. Though this might be considered besides the point ;-D

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

Myke: Heh, nice one Peter.

in response to Subway Cycling: NYC

Squirrel: Geez people, what's the matter with you? Raccoons are cute and harmless. I had a whole family of them living in my backyard. I spent all summer working in the back yard while mom and the 'kids' played right next to me. They were like yard pets. And what's...

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Leon: It's owned by an Italian Family? N.Y.P.D - Is a chain, theres quite a few in Florida.

in response to NYPD Pizza

johnny E: joey...here's oakland's temple there are over 100 temples throughout the world, of various designs, sizes, etc. They are all amazing buildings in their own right, although some more than other. There are some really good resources with pics/videos of the inside provided by the church, but no "freelance" pictures,...

in response to Religious Architecture

illwind - Toronto Canada: I had the pleasure of a family of raccoons living on my third floor outside alcove. The mess they made was incredible. They are pests; they carry disease (such as rabies) and they fear no one! Good luck in getting rid of them. Regards, Illwind P.S. BBQ raccoons with a little of ketchup/tomato sauce/hoisin sauce and...

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Leon: Catherine Penfold-Waxman - That was priceless, and quite funny.

in response to Subway Cycling: NYC

Leon: That has to be a zoning violation ;)

in response to Patriotic Rocks

adam: its been especially warm the past few days.. mid 70s. quite nice :) night time is upper 40s/50s these parts of la arent very classy.. they basically live in hollywoods shadow but theyve been opening up new lofts and trying to get some life downtown.. itd help if there were 24...

in response to Downtown LA, Feb 2006

colin: the warriors kick ass!

in response to Coney Island Low

Peter: nope, but i bet this guy does! www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,,1698632,00.html

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jeeff: you don't??

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Peter: people eat raccoons?

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ricky: it's van gough

in response to Subway Cycling: NYC

grange: Up here in the country ( Owen Sound ) We have two types of racoons . The fast ones ( live) and the slow dim witted ones ( napping on the side of the roads ) The fast ones only come out at night and mess with your heads by...

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

des: i used to have this girlfriend she was jewish,anyway once this aunt of her's in israel was going to get married,so on the wedding day she was putting on her shoes and there was a poisoness spider inside of one of the shoes that bit her,she died ,this is a...

in response to Killer Spiders, and Giant Turtles

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Luckily, Jack, you're mostly safe from spiders in New York. I think the cockroaches eat them all. Rose bushes are another story...watch out for those damn rose bushes.

in response to Killer Spiders, and Giant Turtles

tex: what did the rangers do to you jack?

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I was enjoying the story until you got to the end, Jack. Then it turned a bit creepy.

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

seth: jack...you...actualy...support...b...b...bu...BUSH!BUSH!...now another war on iran!isn;t iraq enough?what's with you people and this terrorist paranoia?!...i thought you were cool jack, i thought you were cool...

in response to The Pope\'s Tomb

jack: catherine and elaine go check out my fears in the spider post.

in response to Boring Hour, Not Rush Hour

jack: i have to tell you that i am particularly frightened by spiders. i don't like lions or big cats or wild boor. snakes make me scream (quietly of course)and mosquitos, oh yes mosquitos, those blood sucking varmints and ants, and cockroaches and water bugs and girls yelling at...

in response to Killer Spiders, and Giant Turtles

jack: racoons wear masks over their eyes so you won't recognize them in a line up. they are somewhat harmless at night but don't go near them in the day. i believe racoons are really aliens from the planet racanat in the silianic galaxy. they came here millions...

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

jack: some lovely, slender girls outside ramona's. the native american doll looks like a date of mine from 1954. the man walking looks like he has a weapon in his hand. must be nice to walk around in short sleeve shirts. my family lives in ca. and...

in response to Downtown LA, Feb 2006

des: show me a picture of your ticket to see if you actualy been to prague...lol,just kiding!

in response to Looking Up in Prauge

Lawrence: nice story there

in response to A Few More Bits & Pieces

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Harry and Benjamin, recently Hool was accused of faking a fight between a motorist and a courier, much to the amusement of those who know (and love) his work.

in response to Col1402 Vs Col1403

jack: you know its true, you get dizzy looking at it. i'd like to have it as my front door.

in response to Looking Up in Prauge

jack: its a guy. with lipstick on, oh well i dont know what gender the person is, im too old for this. but then again that person should be my age. now im really confused.

in response to Melbourne X3

Jamie: if you're going to be fussy then it's actually called praha

in response to Looking Up in Prauge

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Great story, thanks Jack.

in response to A Few More Bits & Pieces

des: it's so virgin

in response to German Wheat

jack: i want to see a police officer give them a ticket for road hogging. it would have worked if it had been a photo of pigs on the road. another pic of a guy taking his girl out for a walk.

in response to Elephants in the Park

jack: meine deutscheland. ya ya du bist meine leiber. frauleine, sie bist su feil scherne.

in response to German Wheat

jack: harry you got a chuckle out of me. well i looked at the two photos and tried to make a silly story about the two people. actually it was a good study of people, the photo that is.

in response to Col1402 Vs Col1403

groovehouse: I went to NYC late last year. I so wanted a picture of the mosaic without all the flower offerings. I wanted to remove all the flowers, take my pictures, then put the flowers back, but I didn't want to piss off any of the aging hippies sitting around there....

in response to Imagine if this wasn\'t here

jack: not entirely they run parrallel to each other but are connected at new utrecht ave and then again at ave x.

in response to Urban Decay

jack: ken nice photo. just think it's 70 degrees in the desert and even hotter in some areas but unfortunately you live in an area where it snows quite often. we in NY expect the same but we have been lucky so far this winter. oh oh there...

in response to Boring Hour, Not Rush Hour

jack: the village, little italy. my family lived on mulberry and also broome streets in the early 1900's. i remember many summer days sitting on a stoop on broome street looking at the asphalt and wrought iron railings around me, wishing i was back in brooklyn playing softball in...

in response to A Few More Bits & Pieces

jack: african women have an extremely beautiful and regal look about them. they have suffered, even till today. yes, africa , take more photos.

in response to African Sunrise

Helen: definitely more, please!

in response to African Sunrise

Helen: jeeff - in warmer weather, that frozen river is a waterfall and there is a beautiful park right beside it.

in response to Ice Climbing Near Banff

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Nice! I like the woman in the second picture. I want to hear her life story.

in response to Melbourne X3

elaine: to make you stop and take this lovely photo, obviously!

in response to Boring Hour, Not Rush Hour

elaine: is it raccoons that sit in trees and if you shine a flashlight up at them they cover their faces with their little hands? maybe it is something else less killer, like bushbabies or something. someone from minnesota told me about the flashlight thing and it has been haunting me ever...

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

elaine: make way for peter

in response to German Wheat

Steeker: YAY it was great to have the snow :D I had no problems driving my bike it and laughed at the cars

in response to Boring Hour, Not Rush Hour

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: He sings 'Putting on the Ritz" to the fish to lure them in.

in response to Live Bait Vending Machine

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: More, please.

in response to African Sunrise

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Yep, that's the temple I went to. Where did you find the pics? Are they online? Joey, that would be great if you could get those pics. It's nice to see a wide range of faiths (however bizarre I personally find them).

in response to Religious Architecture

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Looks like a toupee taking a stroll. Clive James (an Australian writer, famous in Britain) once described a particualrly nasty spider as looking like a clenched fist wearing a toupee.

in response to Killer Spiders, and Giant Turtles

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Thanks for the raccoon pics. I've been living in America for 13 years and I've yet to see a live raccoon. I've been to about 15 of the contiguous states and seen (look away, Elaine) plenty squished on the road. I apparently slept as one raided the campsite I was...

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

Jamie: make way for summer

in response to German Wheat

Jamie: Birds ate my face

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Peter: wow, id love to run though that field for hours.

in response to German Wheat

Peter: pretty... its been so gray here latey because of the wintery weather... it sure is nice to see photos like this though- i cant wait for spring and summer!

in response to African Sunrise

Peter: nice robot building in that second shot!

in response to A Few More Bits & Pieces

grange: Yikes , I had another thought ...Racoon mimes !!!!!!!!!! argggggggggggg.

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

grange: Racoons , yep there scary , but not as scary as clowns .Dont get me started on mimes ...geshhhhhhhhhhhhh ! whats that about ?

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Harry?: That's home

in response to Urban Decay

Harry?: raccoons ate my sister

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Harry?: So did they catch the street car or not? You can't just leave me hanging like that dammit!

in response to Jan 23 2006 Toronto

Harry?: Can someone tell me what the hell is going on?

in response to Col1402 Vs Col1403

Chris G: > One has to share the space with urban scavengers. Also with the raccoons!

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

Jamie: Interesting photos. I'd like to see more of South Africa. And by all means big up your website on your posts but it's generally considered bad practice here to post heavily watermarked pics like these.

in response to Elephants in the Park

des: those racoons!and they are allways in gangs or tag teaming,never alone,and theese days they hardly run away from people

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

Lawrence: yep, I like that.

in response to African Sunrise

Lawrence: ah reet!

in response to A Sunday Walk in Eastend London...

Guy McLaren: All wild animals are dangerous. Especially African ones.

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

elaine: not at all! it is great to have a nice juicy posting which gives a flavour of a whole neighbourhood, probably better than single snaps really, all i meant was about the order you posted in not being the order you took the photos, which is entirely up to you,...

in response to A Sunday Walk in Eastend London...

elaine: hahahahaha no

in response to The Pope\'s Tomb

JWT: Does 86th Street cross McDonald Ave?

in response to Urban Decay

Lawrence: yea, I get ya, post few pictures, more often... single subjects as it were. it was my 1st post though, so I just thought ram 'em all up there.

in response to A Sunday Walk in Eastend London...

martin : you must stop smelling the glue it not that good for you. Your comments made me feel quite sad...for you. Liverpool is is jusy like any other city. You need to get out more !

in response to rapid hardware

roland: hey sis, you'd have my vote for pope but sadly i've already commited my share of the vote in the curia to Steve Diggle. If you can't be pope or president maybe you should raise your sights & try being Elvis or George Galloway?

in response to The Pope\'s Tomb

elaine: if only, jack, if only. meanwhile, i have been directed to this link on female popes www.rotten.com/library/bio/relig . . . religion/popes/john-viii/ but do bear in mind i am not a catholic before you start petitioning the vatican on my behalf.

in response to The Pope\'s Tomb

elaine: not all, jeeff, but quite a few. hardly anything in london is completely uniform due to it being old and big. i like this post a lot, it's exciting to see someone else's take. the underground station is bethnal green, which i have pics of here but a fresh eye...

in response to A Sunday Walk in Eastend London...

elaine: *i* want to play that game! damn birds on my windowledge just fly off even if i think about looking at them, touchy buggers.

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

allforcarrie: That is a cool shot!

in response to Glow in the Dark

Selig: the germans make good fields.

in response to German Wheat

Jamie: i like these kinds of photos. it's what citynoise is all about

in response to The Other Day

Jamie: it looks like a real classy place

in response to Downtown LA, Feb 2006

Lawrence: cor blimey, wicked stuff.

in response to airplanes

allforcarrie: I would asume that if this is a big deal that you have never been to Europe.

in response to Nice Parking Job

allforcarrie: The modernization of beer making has sacrificed the taste of the of quality beer. As an American I think we should adopt the German beer purity laws for our beer.

in response to PBR Me, ASAP

Leon: Looks like New York's China Town ;)

in response to Downtown LA, Feb 2006

Leon: Oh the all so famous C-Town. I grew up on Newkirk ... I was the only white child in the building we lived in. I have countless memories of C-Town, it was always an experience shopping there.

in response to Empty Grocery

Leon: Only in Brooklyn, lol.

in response to Brooklyn

Leon: Interesting you'd bring up Moscow ... I was actually born there, moved to NY ... and ended up in horrible Florida - I'm actually attempting to relocate myself back to Brooklyn ... If all goes well I shall be back in Brooklyn within a month - Also purchasing a DSC-P200 soon, so I shall...

in response to Winter in Brooklyn reminds me of spring in Moscow

allforcarrie: This is the age of machinery, A mechanical nightmare, The wonderful world of technology, Napalm hydrogen bombs biological warfare, -Ray Davies

in response to Time Is Out of Joint

goovie: winchester .22

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

adam: 3 generations? damn.. i guess that makes sense since it was closed for so long.. if you have any old pics from inside.. post em in this thread :)

in response to paterson factory - may 2002

adam: ha.. no

in response to Apocalypse over Los Angeles

DK GFK: JA is still around in manhattan and brooklyn i see new ups of his almost daily now

in response to JA: A True NYC King

Laura : Nice pix :)

in response to Downtown LA, Feb 2006

adam: cool shot

in response to Hongik University 2005

Cyberia: (ran out of room ;-;) A crime rate of less than 6% in country of over 4 million is quite low, with over 2/3 being non-violent petty crimes (theft, vandalism). If you beleive that distributing Drugs and Driving drunk are less destructive than damage done to this gentleman that is too...

in response to Injustice CASE...

Cyberia: Sorry just have to add my two cents. Being born in Trondheim Norway, Raised in Jakarta Indonesia and now a resident of Canada (Go Expats!), Id like to put forward my perspective. - Firstly Norway is not a "functional socialist" Nation. It has less govt involvement than Canada. - Suicide rates, however irrelevant...

in response to Injustice CASE...

mercury: hey ne 1 who wants to help a newbie to the art of parkour would be greatly appreciated. i just saw a video of david belle and i would love to start. ive been working on rollin and small jumps but i dont know of ne thing else i should...

in response to Le Parkour: An Introduction

anon (c-24-19-37-239.hsd1.wa.comcast.net): this guy is talked about even in seattle washington...doing shit on a freeway sign is crazy..but day time u must be nuts.. -alto..dff

in response to Dr. Sex Graffiti

sally: i'm TERRIFIED of raccoons. their glowing, evil little eyes haunt me. thanks a lot, elicar.

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

Jono Cono: Nice pictures! Spiders are fascinating and yet intimidating at times. I'd feel a bit creepy knowing I was that close to a black widow. This is a tarantula which was just sitting in the middle of a floor of a store I walked into. The lady inside was...

in response to Killer Spiders, and Giant Turtles

jeeff: him and mister peanut would make a serious pair of mini-wedding crashers.

in response to Live Bait Vending Machine

jeeff: man, that looks breathtaking. my 2 requirements for paradise: mountains and rivers. frozen rivers? yeah, i guess that'll do.

in response to Ice Climbing Near Banff

jeeff: it's great when they really want some garbage in your backyard and you have a hose with a spraygun handy. they creep up, you spray 'em, they run away. 2 minutes later they try again. repeat ad nauseum. it's like a video game.

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

Tails: i lived right here in ptown all my life and i used to always watch the trains roll by. i loved to see all tha graff and wonder how it was posible for people to do that. taging is a big part of my life. so i live up...

in response to PDX graffiti like ummm...

ahimsa: those is some crazy animals seen!

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

ahimsa: i is what i is, juice. y step? big up sine yo n ur amerikan stylz

in response to The District

Elicar: Okay folks, you are scaring me! So far, I have been able to scare them away. But they do make a mess of my garbage when I am not looking. The joys of living in the city I guess. One has to share the space with urban scavengers.

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

on the juice : do you think so jack.

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

Cyberia: Ha no he's just running. The tracks he is on are the industrial tracks heading south. The tracks next to him are the furthest south end of the c-train. And the bridge is the end of the city.

in response to Calgary 01

on the juice : hey ahimsa you have been watching to much ali g............but serious sine what is that up in the sky? incredible colours dude or dudette,give me some kind of sine.

in response to The District

jeeff: put down the thesaurus and back away slowly...

in response to The District

on the juice : don't feed them.........they don't make good nature pets........they will trash your kitchen if givin the chance.........they will defend thier young to the death.....i have seen them in action and it's not a pretty picture.......all said they sure are cool creatures,from a far

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

joey: dangerous. beware. raccoons killed our cat. right in our backyard. those pesky critters live up in the palm tree. they make really strange whiny-type sounds at night.

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

joey: we have amormon temple here in oakland, ca. i'll try to post some pics of the place soon.

in response to Religious Architecture

on the juice : dear 43 we are a little concerned that you have stopped taking your meds again.remember what happened last time. buck up little beaver and do the rite thing.i no you think your all better, but the ranting and raving is a sign that you are crashing or god forbid have...

in response to Religious Architecture

joey: the worm could only be classier if he was carrying a cane.

in response to Live Bait Vending Machine

mtb4ever: Raccoons are both cute and dangerous. Don't let them get comfortable in your yard. They will become cute little pests very quickly. If you wonder how much damage one can do, take a good look at their claws the next time you see them.

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mtb4ever: Nice photo of the widow. I have a good-sized one living in my irrigation meter in the backyard. Always comes out at night. It doesn't bother us so I don't bother it. They eat nasty bugs that eat my plants, so Ms. Widow can stay as...

in response to Killer Spiders, and Giant Turtles

Elicar: Thanks GGP. But it's not great when they are in your backyard! So far, they are harmless, but still spooky!

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

43: sometimes. though your combination of religious rhetoric and girlcrazy oggling strike me as contradictory and irritating. perhaps you might consider the risk of misrepresenting your faith by tossing it out agressively amongst unarmed strangers. context makes all the difference in receptivity after all. this should be...

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

GGP: hilarious!

in response to Live Bait Vending Machine

GGP: nice black widow. when i stayed in Taos awhile back, I had a brown recluse (also poisonous) in the water meter outside my cabin, so this brings back happy memories.

in response to Killer Spiders, and Giant Turtles

GGP: these are great!! eyeshine-a-go-go!

in response to Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous?

jeeff: the subway photos are my faves. i like the canned light and the retro-futurist subway cars. are they all like that in london? ps. from the gherkin directly to a graf truck - you've been studying the citynoise memes well.

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GB: I beg pardon from kroko, the queen sits on her arse all day. I don't think that is quite true. Although her preorgative powers have been eroded over a few centuries, the queen in fact remains powers to be exercised with or without the PM's advice. Powers to dissolve parliament,...

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jeeff: not just live, it's classy bait.

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jack: water

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jack: that car ran into the wall and splat its blue blood squirted all over it.

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johnny E: Spider terrified me. Those things move FAST! First time seeing one, so needed the pic. Those ginormous turtles are all over that section of the I; anyone know what they represent, if anything?

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johnny E: Catherine, Those are pics from the open house of the Manhattan New York, Temple.

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jack: catherine you are correct. i agree with you on the blind faith thing. remember that faith is a gift from God. He will give you this gift when you ask Him. i think i have seen too many guys get killed in training for viet nam,...

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Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Kudos on getting that close to a black widow(?). Do you think the turtle is a comment of the speed of construction?

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Catherine Penfold-Waxman: More like the second one, but it could be the lighting. It was very inspirational. Is the top photo of the New York temple? If not, it was exactly the same. Really pretty. An blissfully elegant. Actually, it reminded me of a spa.

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Catherine Penfold-Waxman: You are one lucky guy/gal. This is what I look at every day.

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johnny E: Is this the carpet? Or this

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