7/8/2006: Turtle at Discovery launch

Undertoad · 07-08-2006, 03:50 PM

Cellarites enjoyed a few images of the Discovery launch this week, but here's one from the wires that's a little different. Are these beasts pretty common to Florida?

Not to be saved for a Friday because... well, it's Saturday!

Nothing But Net · 07-08-2006, 04:01 PM

Undertoad, are you developing a reptile fetish?

Trilby · 07-08-2006, 04:22 PM

That tortoise has a mighty sprite-ly jaunt, doesn't he? So cute! Lumbering away, inch by asphalt inch, making his dent in the world, while the silly rocketmen (the Hare in this analogy if you WILL) rush to the moon. My money has always been on the tortoise. Plus, slow and steady is a far better sex strategy than quick and all-over-the-place.

And, i like his toes.

Ibby · 07-08-2006, 04:31 PM

Isn't he rather dangerously close?

astrodex · 07-08-2006, 06:18 PM

I grew up in Florida. We called these Gopher Turtles and they were quite plentiful when I was a kid. At summer camp we would hold Gopher Turtle races; give them names like "Seatle Slow" and paint their shells. Jetty Park is as close as I ever got to a launch (saw the first moon launch from a highway that looked like a parking lot when I was 4), but I don't think I would want to be that close.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-08-2006, 07:28 PM

The press gets closer, don't they?
The turtle is a trotter not a pacer.

Trilby · 07-08-2006, 08:02 PM

Anybody ever read Alice Hoffman's TURTLE MOON?

07-08-2006, 09:00 PM

They are threatened now... some places they are plentiful but most they are rare. Very sad. When I was a kid they were everywhere. We have lots on our ranch and take care of them.

axlrosen · 07-08-2006, 10:13 PM

If you combine these last 2 images, it reminds me of a joke:

What did the snail on the turtle's back say?

Wheeeeee!

axlrosen · 07-08-2006, 10:15 PM

You know, I can't tell which way he's facing, but the 2 feet on the far end don't look like they're touching the ground. Holy cow, I think he's galloping!

Elspode · 07-08-2006, 10:32 PM

You'd be galloping too if you heard, "5-4-3-2..."

mitheral · 07-08-2006, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by axlrosen

You know, I can't tell which way he's facing, but the 2 feet on the far end don't look like they're touching the ground. Holy cow, I think he's galloping!

He appears to be boogieing all right.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-08-2006, 11:07 PM

The right rear is down and the left front is on the toenails/claws. The right front and left rear are mid-step. He's trotting.

Griff · 07-09-2006, 07:40 AM

Well Bruce if it is harness racing you want Tioga Downs finally reopened as a harness track.

Trilby · 07-09-2006, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

He's trotting.

Holy crap. i already told you he was 'sprite-ly jaunting'--be honest, you guys don't read my posts, do you?

07-08-2006, 03:50 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/8/2006: Turtle at Discovery launch Cellarites enjoyed a few images of the Discovery launch this week, but here's one from the wires that's a little different. Are these beasts pretty common to Florida? Not to be saved for a Friday because... well, it's Saturday!

07-08-2006, 04:22 PM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	That tortoise has a mighty sprite-ly jaunt, doesn't he? So cute! Lumbering away, inch by asphalt inch, making his dent in the world, while the silly rocketmen (the Hare in this analogy if you WILL) rush to the moon. My money has always been on the tortoise. Plus, slow and steady is a far better sex strategy than quick and all-over-the-place. And, i like his toes. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-08-2006, 04:31 PM	#4
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Isn't he rather dangerously close? __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

07-08-2006, 07:28 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The press gets closer, don't they? The turtle is a trotter not a pacer. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-08-2006, 08:02 PM	#7
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Anybody ever read Alice Hoffman's TURTLE MOON? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-08-2006, 04:01 PM	#2
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Undertoad, are you developing a reptile fetish?

07-08-2006, 06:18 PM	#5
astrodex May Ter Dee Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 26	I grew up in Florida. We called these Gopher Turtles and they were quite plentiful when I was a kid. At summer camp we would hold Gopher Turtle races; give them names like "Seatle Slow" and paint their shells. Jetty Park is as close as I ever got to a launch (saw the first moon launch from a highway that looked like a parking lot when I was 4), but I don't think I would want to be that close.

07-08-2006, 09:00 PM	#8
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	They are threatened now... some places they are plentiful but most they are rare. Very sad. When I was a kid they were everywhere. We have lots on our ranch and take care of them.

07-08-2006, 10:13 PM	#9
axlrosen Major Inhabitant Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 125	If you combine these last 2 images, it reminds me of a joke: What did the snail on the turtle's back say? Wheeeeee! __________________ Warp Bill Gates

07-08-2006, 10:15 PM	#10
axlrosen Major Inhabitant Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 125	You know, I can't tell which way he's facing, but the 2 feet on the far end don't look like they're touching the ground. Holy cow, I think he's galloping! __________________ Warp Bill Gates

07-08-2006, 10:32 PM	#11
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	You'd be galloping too if you heard, "5-4-3-2..." __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-08-2006, 11:07 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The right rear is down and the left front is on the toenails/claws. The right front and left rear are mid-step. He's trotting. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-09-2006, 07:40 AM	#14
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Well Bruce if it is harness racing you want Tioga Downs finally reopened as a harness track. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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