Not enough Whisky for this Tango Foxtrot

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Re: Not enough Whisky for this Tango Foxtrot

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Wow, that sucks!

Yeah, how NOT to market your product!
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:doh:
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Wait. UFOs?

Dafuq is this year?
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Frelga wrote:Wait. UFOs?

Dafuq is this year?
Right?
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2020: now with murder hornets.
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WHAT?

(do i want to know?)
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If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

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Nnnnnnooooooooooooooooo!!!!!! WHY?! whyyyyy? Why does it have to be so close to meeeeeeeeeee :bawl:
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"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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What? What? Do you keep bees??
Is that thing in your area???
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Inanna wrote:What? What? Do you keep bees??
Is that thing in your area???
It is one county north of me!!

I don't keep bees myself but lots of bees are kept in my county and this region in general is heavily agricultural.
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Oh noooo
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Those are horrible! I hope they can be eradicated before they spread.
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2020 apocalypse update - we are entering the aggressive rats phase.

The CDC Have Issued A Warning About "Aggressive" Rats As Lockdown Leads To Hangry Rodents
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The urban ecosystem is collapsing as humans stay home and stop littering. Next the pigeons will be battling the rats. They have the air power but rats have the teeth. I guess it will hinge on who forms an alliance with the raccoons.
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:shock:

thank you for that vision in my head, River.
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=:) You're welcome.
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River wrote:The urban ecosystem is collapsing as humans stay home and stop littering. Next the pigeons will be battling the rats. They have the air power but rats have the teeth. I guess it will hinge on who forms an alliance with the raccoons.
:rotfl: HAHAHAAAA Hilarious!!! Yes, raccoons will be on the winning team.

There have been quite a few articles discussing the habits of animals in response to the change in human activity. Many zoos report less stress/anxiety in their charges and more normal behavior. Whales and dolphins are reclaiming territory & congregating in unusual patterns. Seagulls are attacking https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11218968/ ... -lockdown/ There are reports of wolves and coyotes, bears, civets, monkeys, checking out old territories. https://youtu.be/qCoB0xlkxVs
These wild goats are cute (well, unless they are in your yard I suppose) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcDvM3PdVsc\
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Not so cute. Locusts invade Northwestern India:

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Yikes. Do you know if the locusts are unusual/unexpected?
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It’s not unexpected; apparently this year is a month sooner than usual (so more crops were destroyed) and it’s the “worst in two decades”.
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