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zeroturbulence

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melita916 said:
my sister lives outside the city. i can see the stars clearly out there. it's so beautiful.

at the same time, kinda scary cuz it's so quiet over there. and dark. and they've told me there are coyotes out there, so i don't last long outside lol!
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We get a lot of coyotes here. I used to be afraid because I'd never seen one, but once I saw one it was just like seeing a medium-sized dog. It was even at night and it didn't scare me. It was snooping around a mostly empty parking lot. Someone I know used to get them in her backyard a lot and she said she just shoos them away and they take off running. They're not the snarling, vicious animals that they portray in movies and stuff. They're more like stray pets..

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zeroturbulence said:
We get a lot of coyotes here. I used to be afraid because I'd never seen one, but once I saw one it was just like seeing a medium-sized dog. It was even at night and it didn't scare me. It was snooping around a mostly empty parking lot. Someone I know used to get them in her backyard a lot and she said she just shoos them away and they take off running. They're not the snarling, vicious animals that they portray in movies and stuff. They're more like stray pets..

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Yeah, pretty much. There have been only 2 reported cases of fatal coyote attacks in North America, to my knowledge. One was a toddler, and the other was a 19 year old singer from Canada on a trail who seems to have been ambushed in her sleep.

Most coyote attacks seem to happen in areas that have a combination of high human population and high coyote population, because the animals become jaded to human presence and there are enough other coyotes to give them more confidence in attacking larger prey.

You're much more likely to be attacked by a stray dog than a coyote, IMO.
 
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wisebeardman said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859

On September 1–2, 1859, one of the largest recorded geomagnetic storms (as recorded by ground-based magnetometers) occurred. Aurorae were seen around the world, those in the northern hemisphere as far south as the Caribbean; those over the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. were so bright that their glow awoke gold miners, who began preparing breakfast because they thought it was morning. People in the northeastern United States could read a newspaper by the aurora's light. The aurora was visible as far from the poles as Sub-Saharan Africa (Senegal, Mauritania, perhaps Monrovia, Liberia), Monterrey and Tampico in Mexico, Queensland, Cuba, Hawaii, and even at lower latitudes very close to the equator, such as in Colombia.
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I still think that's super cool. :)
 
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crosstweed said:
Most coyote attacks seem to happen in areas that have a combination of high human population and high coyote population, because the animals become jaded to human presence and there are enough other coyotes to give them more confidence in attacking larger prey.

You're much more likely to be attacked by a stray dog than a coyote, IMO.
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The greater danger with coyotes in more populated areas would be what is commonly known as a Coy dog (basically a Coyote / Feral dog mix). Coyotes by nature are rather shy when it comes to humans, but a coydog usually ends up missing the innate fear of humans.
 
zeroturbulence

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I just saw Miracles From Heaven on DVD. Great movie!! And I'm usually meh on christian movies...

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Oncefallen said:
The greater danger with coyotes in more populated areas would be what is commonly known as a Coy dog (basically a Coyote / Feral dog mix). Coyotes by nature are rather shy when it comes to humans, but a coydog usually ends up missing the innate fear of humans.
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Yes, coydogs (someone really should have come up with a better name for them... even dogyote would have been better) present much more of a threat than pure coyotes do.

Although, in some areas where they have reintroduced wolves, there have been coyote-wolf crosses happening, which is also a dangerous combination. Those crosses breed back into the coyote population (since they would be low-status in a wolf population, but high status in the coyote population), resulting in a physically larger, more dangerous coyote population.
 
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wisebeardman said:
happens pretty much once per cycle, just most of the time it is not directed at Earth. however a 1859 event that is directed at Earth today would be devastating, imagine being without power for weeks if not a year.
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Go figure, something so beautiful... Is devastating to us...

But that doesn't mean I don't want to catch a slight glimpse of those lights... Too bad I wouldn't be able to catch it on my camera... But still. Something to have on my bucket list. Whether I accomplish it or not.. Still would be awesome to see it.
 
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If that spectacular 1859 light show happened today there would be many, many fried computers.

I... don't want to think about it.
 
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Time for another night crying alone *aHAAHA*
And by cry I mean silently whimpering to myself as it turns to muffled laughter and joy.
Why does God allow my life to be so pathetically lonely, and everyone leaves me and they WON'T DELIVER ME FRENCH ELAN TO MY DOOR EVERY NIGHT.

Shut up Blueorchidjd.

*Quietness.*

Um. carry on?
 
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Lynx said:
Actually there is very little Wasabi that is real Wasabi, and the real stuff is very, very expensive. If it is served in a restaurant or comes out of a squeeze tube, it is horseradish.
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In Japan, real wasabi isn't expensive. But yes, most places around the world use a horseradish mix. I honestly didn't notice a huge difference between the two.
 
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Tintin said:
In Japan, real wasabi isn't expensive. But yes, most places around the world use a horseradish mix. I honestly didn't notice a huge difference between the two.
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Well, both plants use the same chemical for the "spice" aspect.
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I do, from what I've had of it. It's weird eating a food that requires its own breathing technique, though xD
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Yeah, I noticed that first time I tried it. I eat with my mouth closed... usually. I learned real quick not to breathe through my nose when I'm eating wasabi. That stuff lit my world up...

Kinda reminded me of when I was trying to do a quiet soda burp. Just ain't worth it.
 
Lynx

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In local news, I read something funny:
"Hey honey, what did you put in this casserole?"
"Well, I put beef, broccoli, rice, sour cream..."
"Eyeglasses?"
"Oh I was wondering where those were!"
 
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People travel to wonder
at the height of the mountains,
at the huge waves of the seas,
at the long course of the rivers,
at the vast compass of the ocean,
at the circular motion of the stars,
and yet they pass by themselves
without wondering.

- St. Augustine
 
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AbigailZeke said:
People travel to wonder
at the height of the mountains,
at the huge waves of the seas,
at the long course of the rivers,
at the vast compass of the ocean,
at the circular motion of the stars,
and yet they pass by themselves
without wondering.

- St. Augustine
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#TrueStory
 
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