Given recent efforts, I thought we’d revisit an old beach series from 15 years ago, 2002. Arlo and Janis are at the beach without Gene, who is just now old enough to prefer being anywhere his parents aren’t, even if they’re at the shore. Speaking of humidity, this is what it has felt like around here recently, until the atmosphere just can’t hold anymore and it begins to rain. No, it isn’t the heat alone, or the humidity, for that matter. The combination, however, is killer!
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A question for an expert: Growing up I saw the cartoon vultures/buzzards depicted with long, reddish necks. Driving through the Mojave Desert I saw some of them flying along with those long, reddish necks. I go online to look for pictures, and I can only find ones that have shorter necks, much like hawks. What’s going on? I’d like to show my kids/grandkids pictures like the ones I saw in real life? 🙁
Trucker: Don’t know what sources you are watching. If they are UK or Old World in general, they will regard ‘buzzard’ as Buteo hawks, the original use of the common name buzzard. When our UK forbears came here, they mistakenly applied ‘buzzard’ to New World vultures, and it stuck. Peace,
TruckerRon, not a professional, but a liberal user of Wiki-sister websites. Interested because of similar discussion with young Scouts who’d seen Bugs Bunny cartoons. Now with digital help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-necked_buzzard appears to apply specifically to an African variety.
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Shifting to Vulture and widening to media sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Vultures_in_art confirms the difficulty you have. Many drawn examples both cartoonish and scientific, but no good photographic specimen. I can only say that at rest, they stubbornly refuse to display; and when not at rest it may be hard to get the angle without jeopardizing your own facial/neckular regions.
Hope you can find a better example.
I recognize cranial and cervical, I was going for humorous redneck jargon.
I finally found a decent enough photo which makes it obvious the critter has a neck:
http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/extension/4h/wildlife/turkvult.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_vulture#/media/File:Turkey_Vulture_feeding.jpg
And here’s another. The extended neck of the cartoon varieties is probably artistic license to make it look funnier.
Here is Wiki on OWV.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_World_vulture
Perhaps artistic license based on Asian varieties:
http://tokyo.birdlife.org/sites/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/452_whr_vulture_myanmar_2005_1_0-4.jpg
And here on NWV. Peace,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_vulture
Trucker: No, that’s a good photo of a particularly long-necked sp. The longer the unfeathered neck, the deeper the bird can get into the carcass’s guts. Bon appetit.
Peace,
In Louisiana we have a Cajun town called Carencro. It is named for the carrion crow, a large flock of whom roosted in a large dead tree.
If I remember correctly they were feeding on dead livestock dumped outside town in 1800s.
Will Google town and story.
Here is history of Carencro, Louisiana, a small town outside Lafayette, LA. The Cajuns called the red headed vultures the carencro which is Cajun for carrion crow.
Read the account as this may be only town in America named for a vulture or flock of them.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carencro,_Louisiana
Trucker: Apologies for the unwarranted correction. Didn’t realize in time that you were referring back to aforementioned TV cartoons. Peace,
A few years back (and I don’t even remember how it started), there was a meme here in the Village that I could pre-order my dreams before went to sleep. That usually involved me trying to decide if I wanted a dream featuring Mila Kunis or Natalie Portman. Terrie the “Who-Wears-Short-Shorts?” Housekeeper is due tomorrow morning, and I was just idly wondering what she might be wearing when she shows up.
Then I idly wondered if I could order that up, too, like my dreams. Hum. Couldn’t hurt to try, I guess. Anyone remember the car wash scene in “Bad Teacher?”
http://ozonnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/268aacf72d278a0e8572795e787c3830.jpeg
Have noticed that Terrie wears less and less on each day she has come to work. She started rather conservatively and has progressively gotten skimpier and tighter.
Don’t know if she is getting more comfortable around us or she likes working with Ghost? I am betting on a bare midriff top and shorter shorts.
Sorry, I didn’t know Ghost had posted this. I gave her some brand new uplift bras that I had bought too small by mistake to further her career.
Those are not car-washing shoes!
Uplift bras? Tomorrow may be even more interesting than I thought! 🙂
Personally, I’m betting on a something along the line of yesterday’s outfit…with perhaps more “uplift”.
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She needs them to reach middle of car.
Good evening Villagers, and thanks for your prayers and thoughts….
…and yes, Jackie…doctors are now wanting patients to start paying more attention to their health and still want to charge the same amount. Hell, from web.md, one can diagnose their own demise…
We were introduced to a “Doc in a Box” during Dad’s diagnosis. A robot completely mobile with skype and immediate interactive conservations with neurologist from some Louisville hospital. Hate to see what that charge is.
…good night
Borderline inappropriate, but why not?
If you enjoyed Ms. Diaz’s comedic turn in Bad Teacher, hold your hat down for the automotive detailing supplied by a former professional dancer, two years later in The Counselor.
Caution, the film is most decidedly not a comedy overall. But Cameron really enjoys a well built convertible. Although Javier Bardem has a punchline moment when he gives a poor review of the spectacle.
Crossed up. Thanks for the update, Debbe. Continued best wishes.
Good night Old Bear….having difficulties with email now….
You’re welcome Morphy, thank you for your well wishes also.
GE Debbe
Will hold off for a bit – did you get C&O Pic printed?
Adult Truths:
7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I’m pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
8. I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind-of tired.
9. Bad decisions make good stories.
10. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.
🙂