Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Bongo]

Thank you for the "Blue Planet" Link Byron, it was lovely, & please excuse me for my little rant on space-exploration costs. It genuinely upsets me to see so many dying needlessly in Africa because wealthy Nations just don't care, & prefer to waste money on space exploration, & the pictures bought it to the forefront of my mind at just the wrong moment.

Rather coincidentally I took a look at Paul Phillips blog yesterday and he'd posted this link about how foreign aid was bad for Africa:
http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Printable.aspx?GUID=D1ED8113-B52B-4674-9959-AD7902604D8B

[littlemissC]

What a lovely picture. Maureen looking so well, everyone smiling. People who smile a lot  - proper, genuine smiles, not sneery smiles - get Bonus Points from me, every time.

I just love this 'photo.

i love this photo too...it was a really nice night on friday(even though i was out in level 2)
it was great to see maureen and darren and its always nice to see tom and tikay,they do put a smile on my face even when im not feeling the greatest.

[Dingdell]

DTD Weekend at Bernie's.

Andrew - you are seriously funny. Classic line!

[Rod Paradise]

"Birds of The Netherlands & Belgium" is hardly a heading likely to inspire too many of you to click this Link. I genuinely think this is one of the finest collection of birdlife photographs I have ever seen. Birdlovers will adore the exquisite photography, colour, & detail. Non Birdlovers, best to avoid it, probably.

The first pic most of you have seen, the rest are all "new". Use the "Next Picture" clicker thing, top right above the picture.

http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=62646&recent=0&db=0

Some great pictures Tikay - although I noticed there wasn't one picture of a ptarmigan.

[The_nun]

DTD Weekend at Bernie's.

Andrew - you are seriously funny. Classic line!

LOL Andrew.

It was great to see so many friendly faces again.

One of the scenes I witnessed will stay in my mind forever, It was of Tony and Tom being sat right next to each other but on seperate tables, it was a closeness that you had to actually be there to see for yourself, they

were having a ball and thier faces said it all, beaming from ear to ear.

[Dingdell]

DTD Weekend at Bernie's.

Andrew - you are seriously funny. Classic line!

LOL Andrew.

It was great to see so many friendly faces again.

One of the scenes I witnessed will stay in my mind forever, It was of Tony and Tom being sat right next to each other but on seperate tables, it was a closeness that you had to actually be there to see for yourself, they

were having a ball and thier faces said it all, beaming from ear to ear.

Were their hands above the table? Just asking...

[RED-DOG]

"Birds of The Netherlands & Belgium" is hardly a heading likely to inspire too many of you to click this Link. I genuinely think this is one of the finest collection of birdlife photographs I have ever seen. Birdlovers will adore the exquisite photography, colour, & detail. Non Birdlovers, best to avoid it, probably.

The first pic most of you have seen, the rest are all "new". Use the "Next Picture" clicker thing, top right above the picture.

http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=62646&recent=0&db=0

Oh they're just stunning!

I understand that things evolve in such a way as to make best use of their surroundings, but why do they need to get so damn beautiful in the process?

[tikay]

Can someone explain the "DTD Weekend at Bernies" comment, please?

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[Dingdell]

Can someone explain the "DTD Weekend at Bernies" comment, please?

You would find the film pointless - 2 guys use a mans beach house at the weekend only to find he is dead. They don't want to end the weekend so they dress him up and keep moving him around. V funny. You would hate it.

[RED-DOG]

Can someone explain the "DTD Weekend at Bernies" comment, please?

You would find the film pointless - 2 guys use a mans beach house at the weekend only to find he is dead. They don't want to end the weekend so they dress him up and keep moving him around. V funny. You would hate it.

That's just how Ding saw it. It's really about something completely different.

[Dingdell]

Can someone explain the "DTD Weekend at Bernies" comment, please?

You would find the film pointless - 2 guys use a mans beach house at the weekend only to find he is dead. They don't want to end the weekend so they dress him up and keep moving him around. V funny. You would hate it.

That's just how Ding saw it. It's really about something completely different imo.

FYP   

[tikay]

"Birds of The Netherlands & Belgium" is hardly a heading likely to inspire too many of you to click this Link. I genuinely think this is one of the finest collection of birdlife photographs I have ever seen. Birdlovers will adore the exquisite photography, colour, & detail. Non Birdlovers, best to avoid it, probably.

The first pic most of you have seen, the rest are all "new". Use the "Next Picture" clicker thing, top right above the picture.

http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=62646&recent=0&db=0

Some great pictures Tikay - although I noticed there wasn't one picture of a ptarmigan.

Perhaps they do not reside in Belguim & The Netherlands, Rob? Some cursory googling & wikipedia-ing suggests as much.

I had a little bone up on ptarmigan's this morning, & it seems they have different plumage for summer & winter, to disguise  themselves better. In winter, even their legs have white fur, to blend in with the snow. Apparently, they make a niose like a bullfrog. "You can't see me, but I'm here" sorta thing.

[tikay]

Can someone explain the "DTD Weekend at Bernies" comment, please?

You would find the film pointless - 2 guys use a mans beach house at the weekend only to find he is dead. They don't want to end the weekend so they dress him up and keep moving him around. V funny. You would hate it.

Oh, I see, it's a film. Presumably, intended to be funny? Odd how we all find comedy & wonder in such different things. 

Now I get it - Tom is the "dead" bloke, yes?

[tikay]

"Birds of The Netherlands & Belgium" is hardly a heading likely to inspire too many of you to click this Link. I genuinely think this is one of the finest collection of birdlife photographs I have ever seen. Birdlovers will adore the exquisite photography, colour, & detail. Non Birdlovers, best to avoid it, probably.

The first pic most of you have seen, the rest are all "new". Use the "Next Picture" clicker thing, top right above the picture.

http://www.birdpix.nl/album_page.php?pic_id=62646&recent=0&db=0

Oh they're just stunning!

I understand that things evolve in such a way as to make best use of their surroundings, but why do they need to get so damn beautiful in the process?

I just knew - KNEW - that those pictures would only interest Tom & Rod, but if you have even a passing interest in wildlife, please take a look at them. Even the humble House Sparrow & Tree Sparrow look beautifiul when properly photographed. The owls are stunning too, ditto the meadow pipit's, blue tits, kingfishers, wood pigeon, finches, so many.

A big thank you to Steve "Punchbag" Kirk, for alerting me to them.

I spent 3 hours perusing those photograph last night, & have still not finished. To think, I could have been playing poker, tsk, tsk.