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[Rufus T. Firefly]

...Damn, my secret is out and I'm pigeon holed again. Wait till I tell you what I think "Black Holes are really made of.
BH

Oh man-o-man-o-man, I just gotta hear that one from you, BH. So tell us about Black Holes, from your no-doubt unique perspective. Huh? Huh?

Black Holes are the eyes of God.

And here I was thinking another part of the anatomy of angels.....which might also relate to the Big Bang right after Taco Tuesday,

[MurphOnMillerAve]

But Black Holes suck in, right? Do they also emit?

[up148]

Yes, but, we don't know what's on the other side of the "suck in" side, very possibly it's the "blow out" spew side. KInda nasty when you think about it.

BH

[chuck]

Do they also emit?

The accretion disks that surround black holes are some of the brightest objects observed emitting extremely high/bright bursts of very high frequency radiation. This is one of the ways to detect a back home.

Nothing gets back out once it crosses the event horizon, not matter, not energy.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Do they also emit?

The accretion disks that surround black holes are some of the brightest objects observed emitting extremely high/bright bursts of very high frequency radiation. This is one of the ways to detect a back home.

Nothing gets back out once it crosses the event horizon, not matter, not energy.

Yes. One might also read up on Hawking radiation.

[chuck]

Yes. One might also read up on Hawking radiation.

I tried. I got to about paragraph three or five and started to get a major headache. I'm not sure how the researchers working on this stay sane. The concepts are literally mind bending when they start talking about bending time and folding space back on itself. Is gravity a result of bending time or vice versa, or both?

I THINK I've finally accepted that stuff that falls into a black hole doesn't have to "go" anywhere. It could just stay there. It's not "gone" per se, just not accessible.

Getting home without winding up in a ditch seems to be more pertinent/important

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Yes, but, we don't know what's on the other side of the "suck in" side, very possibly it's the "blow out" spew side. KInda nasty when you think about it.
BH

I would imagine the crushing-compacting part in between the two would be the worst part.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Yes. One might also read up on Hawking radiation.

I tried. I got to about paragraph three or five and started to get a major headache. I'm not sure how the researchers working on this stay sane. The concepts are literally mind bending when they start talking about bending time and folding space back on itself. Is gravity a result of bending time or vice versa, or both?

...:

Agreed! I tried taking notes during one of their presentations. This is what I got:

+We search for and try to discern the origin of Neutrinos (no charge & little mass).
+cold & dark spaces.
+frozen dust clouds forming into "sub-millimeter radiation," different forms of light.
+the story of the Universe is still being written.

Yup. That's some of what I took down, Chuck. Now, the obvious question is, what do I do with it?!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Try one of these. It might move that bear along. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Magrath-Hotsho ... SwzJ5XX2GV
Roy i think murph lives in the country called New Jersey. It's not legal there to carry a 44.mag. They have gun laws that make California's look childish.

Correct-a-mundo, Robert. Alas.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

We are looking into a system for the entire outside perimeter.
Right now, when I go out at night to put the garbage at the curb, twice per week, I carry a crowbar and my trusty wasp spray (cap removed), at-the-ready. What else can one do.

A.) Why put your trash out at night?...

The garbage pick-up guys come at odd hours in the early morning, between 5am and 7am usually. I just can't find the power in me to go jetting out there just before I estimate they may be coming, or hear them a street nearby, and put it all out, though it's usually one lone can.

I'm not particularly fond of putting the can(s) out at night, especially since I am concerned about critters getting into it; thus, at the last mkinute, I spray the whole can and black-bagged contents with bleach or some other cleaner, on the theory that it will discourage the curious which are out for a snack. Nothing has bothered the can since I have been spraying it.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Right now, when I go out at night to put the garbage at the curb, twice per week, I carry a crowbar and my trusty wasp spray (cap removed), at-the-ready. What else can one do.

You carry 2 things ready to use and the garbage - how many arms/hands do you have? I know it's NJ where there's rampant genetic mutation ongoing, but last photo I saw of you did not depict any obvious aberrations. Have you recently sprouted a new appendage?

I nestle my defense system atop the black garbage bag which has been set into the can (no lid.)

[rogruth]

Still don't think I would want to be within 22" of one of Murphs friendly neighbor bears.
Now the bar might be OK.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Ready to use?

Didn't say it was safe or a good idea. You could put the can of Wasp Spray in the holster for drill/screw gun. Those cans usually have an "guard" on the spray trigger to make it harder to spray yourself in the face.

I can see it now in the headline news.... Man falls while taking out trash after spraying himself with wasp spray and hits head with crowbar....

Not impossible to imagine. Yet, I can't go out there with just my Rosary Beads in my hand and hope for the best because I am part of an organized religion, can I.

[Tom Dempsey]

As a teenager in Wallace Idaho, I learned that just yelling at the bear would generally move them away from the garbage can Murph. Unless they are determined, then throw a rock. If that doesn't work, put the garbage on the ground, go back inside, turn on the stereo, and clean the "table" in the morning.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Still don't think I would want to be within 22" of one of Murphs friendly neighbor bears.
Now the bar might be OK.

Yes, after seeing that report and interview of that poor Florida man, suddenly finding the bear so close to him in his driveway, even considering that my spray does shoot 27 feet max (according to the farmers Upstate NY who recommended it to me for my hikes into the Upstate forests), what good would it do if I am not super observant from the moment the garage door opens and up the driveway to the curb.

Oh well, at least I am aware and try to be alert and prepared. I much appreciate the concern (and even the wisecrack or two - you know who you are) and advice given here.

Reports of bears in the area have been on the increase, no doubt due to the plethora of deer, ever increasing, gamboling rampant thru my yard. There were so many footprints this recent snowfall, that in the side yard, where all the trees are, the 6" snowfall blanket was nearly entirely trodden right down to the soil, with little snow remaining around the hoof prints. The prints have been rained away presently, so maybe next time I'll take a photo for you nice, caring guys.

Here is the sideyard on the left of the house where the deer are so fond of frolicking and munching, but they traverse the right side of the house, and around to the rear , too, the sumbichez. Note the deer-denuded shrubs in the foreground.