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04-25-2003, 10:41 AM | #1 |
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4/25/2003: Bird breath
Before this shot, which was sent along by xoxoxoBruce (thanks), it hadn't even occurred to me that birds might exhale water vapor. After Bruce sent it, I found an official caption. This is a red-winged blackbird, and it's steaming in record-breaking weather in Maine last week: 3 degrees F. |
04-25-2003, 11:24 AM | #2 |
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looks more like
he snagged a cigarette butt from a passing motorist.
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04-25-2003, 11:30 AM | #3 |
still says videotape
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*cough* harsh
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04-25-2003, 12:22 PM | #4 |
Umm ... yeah.
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Cigarette? Are you saying that this is actually the red-winged blacklung bird?
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04-25-2003, 01:58 PM | #5 |
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on the upside . . .
he can blow smoke rings then fly through them for practice
at least until he gets winded . . . |
04-25-2003, 03:06 PM | #6 | |
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Re: on the upside . . .
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04-25-2003, 04:06 PM | #7 |
2nd Covenant, yo
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No! It's possesed! See the ectoplasm?!
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04-26-2003, 05:01 AM | #8 | |
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Re: 4/25/2003: Bird breath
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04-26-2003, 12:13 PM | #9 |
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Even though I can make the transition myself between celsius and fairenheit (how however the hell you spell it), I always seem to be able to get more information, or a better picture of the situation, out of a number in Celsius. This is especially valid when it's below the freezing point: I know 3 degrees F is really cold, but -16 degrees C evokes a reaction of "oh wow, that's really cold! that's almost the inverse over the freezing point of 20 degrees, which I tend to respect as comfortable spring weather!".
The reaction is not as strong on the other side, because I grew up respecting degrees F in the 90s or above as "really hot let's go to the beach", 60s-70s as spring weather and ~40 degrees as crisp autumn weather. |
04-26-2003, 03:33 PM | #10 |
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04-30-2003, 10:20 AM | #11 |
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That ain't his breath...
Hey, Bird! Puff, puff, pass, bitch!
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