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[rogruth]

Yield signs in Western PA mean "look out here I come".

No different here in Georgia, Marty.

[HONDO74]

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[Rufus T. Firefly]

Break the window - no dog should be tortured by being forced to listen to Steely Dan.

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[MurphOnMillerAve]

Did anybody see the pictures of thehuge fish , a Hoodwinker Sunfish(?) which is what some scientists say is what washed ashore in California?

Really, really, really odd looking.

Now, I am well aware of who on this forum will scoff at this and assert something so odd and so big just can't be real .

So what. I believe the picture and WCBS.

Mock away.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Did not see it but I know of the fish and they are both a wee bit odd and just a bit too big to fit in the frying pan....

[webenda]

You're gonna need a bigger outlet, twenty amps is not gonna toast it.

[webenda]

Did anybody see the pictures of thehuge fish , a Hoodwinker Sunfish(?) which is what some scientists say is what washed ashore in California?

Really, really, really odd looking.

Now, I am well aware of who on this forum will scoff at this and assert something so odd and so big just can't be real .

So what. I believe the picture and WCBS.

Mock away.

Nothing new Murph. Here is a photo of one caught off Catalina Island in 1910 (long before photoshop) during the global warming period of that time.



The ocean sunfish is the largest boney fish on earth. I never have figured out why you don't just look these things up so you can crush the scoffers.

Anyway, they are real.

Twenty-six miles across the sea
Santa Catalina is a-waitin' for me,
Santa Catalina, the island of romance,
romance, romance, romance.
And a lot of odd fish.

Here is the world's longest boney fish, the oarfish, washed up on Catalina Island in 1914 (during the current global warming period.)



The sunfish and oarfish are warm water fishes. Whenever there is global warming, these fish are seen more frequently in the waters off of Southern California. There were global warming periods from 1860 to 1880, 1910 to 1940, 1960 to 1980 and 2010 to ?

[Roy]

Good to see you, Wayne. Watcha been up to?
The postcard says the estimated weight of the sunfish is 3500 lbs. I love the little girl, shading herself under the fish's neck.

As for the oarfish pic, are you sure you don't mean 2014?

Oh yeah - The Four Preps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dPaeUGrmdA

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Sorry (sort of) if my lack of researching such topics disappoints you, Wayne, but I come here with these "discoveries" of "mine" because I trust YOU more than another source to get to the real facts and history very quickly. Also, I enjoy the conversations, which sometimes include varying points-of-view, motivated (notice, I did not say "inspired") by some of my postings. You're fun to talk to (yes, grammar fans, that is a Dangling Preposition. )

And Thank You, Rufus, for your reply on this subject, too.

P.S. Here's another critter in the News, lately, which was called a "worm" on one News report. Now, ya'll tell me, if ya wanna, doesn't this creature look "other-worldly" in origin? WORM? What the?

Whenever we finally visit Europa, would it surprise anybody to see a whole host of these roaming around the below-surface ocean

[HONDO74]

Speaking of Global warming and California......

Los Angeles did not reach 70 degrees in February for first time in at least 132 years: report

The temperature did not reach 70 degrees in downtown Los Angeles for all of February -- the first time in at least 132 years when forecasters began recording data, according to a report.

The average high for the month was 61 degrees, which makes it the eighth-coldest February on record for the city, Ryan Kittell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service told the Los Angeles Times. The historical average for February is 68 degrees.

“Most of the time we’ll get one or two Santa Ana wind events in between the rain that would give us temperatures above 70 degrees,” he said. “But it’s just been back-to-back storms and no offshore flows.”

[NJPiney]

Speaking of Global warming and California......

Los Angeles did not reach 70 degrees in February for first time in at least 132 years: report

The temperature did not reach 70 degrees in downtown Los Angeles for all of February -- the first time in at least 132 years when forecasters began recording data, according to a report.

The average high for the month was 61 degrees, which makes it the eighth-coldest February on record for the city, Ryan Kittell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service told the Los Angeles Times. The historical average for February is 68 degrees.

“Most of the time we’ll get one or two Santa Ana wind events in between the rain that would give us temperatures above 70 degrees,” he said. “But it’s just been back-to-back storms and no offshore flows.”

And hence, the difference between weather and climate.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The ocean sunfish is the largest boney fish on earth. I never have figured out why you don't just look these things up so you can crush the scoffers.

Nobody scoffed. I have a sudden interest in some chips, proper chips, and a bit of fish......