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DaveAuld wrote: I treated myself to an observatory (and another new scope)! It's currently sitting in a temporary location, need to move it about 10m to the right on a new deck that I have not had built yet. Took long enough to get here, shipped it from Canada to Cyprus
..let me read that again, you did what?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I know, if someone had said to me 5 years ago, 'where do you see yourself in 5 years' I don't think, in Cyprus, in an observatory, in the garden, staring at the universe through some 11" telescopes and imaging with subzero camera would have been the answer. 
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A view from my front porch. 4 foot fence in the middle ground and two cars buried to the right. Fun times.
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Just keep it on your side of the lake, please.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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I love snow...
when it is not in my town.
Hope you have enough at home to not need groceries for a while...
take care ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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Time to make a snow ![Green Alien | [Alien]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/alien.gif) !
I feel for you, my back aches just looking at it. We in the midwest have had it pretty easy so far.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Imagine my surprise when I walked into the utility room and saw this. Yikes!
I am not a herpetologist but that looks like a baby Diamondback Rattlesnake to me. It was about a foot long and its head was about an inch across.
I threw it outside. That cat has brought in live Woodpeckers, Blue Jays, mice, and lizards but this was a first and hopefully the last snake it brings in.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
modified 22-Nov-20 15:25pm.
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Hmmm,
Looks like a massasauga to me. The long stripe going down both sides of the head gives it away. There are three subspecies and I can't tell which one it is... (I don't remember where you live) but 2/3 of massasauga are on the endangered/protected species list.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
[Update]
OK, I looked at your area and it would probably be a sistrurus catenatus edwardsii (Desert Massasauga) which is not on the endangered species list. That species is 'borderline' and being considered for protection.
* Please consider releasing wildlife back into their native habitat when they accidentally enter into your space.
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Normally I do. I make an exception where rattlesnakes are concerned around the house. I live in Northern California and I am bordered by BLM land on three sides. We have LOTS of wildlife here. I haven't posted the video of the bear yet. The cat chased it too.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Rick York wrote: The cat chased it too
Is yours a female cat rearing its young ones? We had a female cat protecting is young ones, when a dog came. The cat raised an alarm and tried to chase it away, after which I went and chased away the dog.
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No, he is a Bengal and that's just his way. He is quite a bit different than the average domestic cat.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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My female cat was fearless. Once a german shepherd dog wandered into our front yard. This tiny little cat jumped at him and sunk her claws in his nose. He ran off screeching and never entered our space again. He'd had enough and learned his lesson.
On the other hand, our little miniature schnauzer regularly fought cats and big dogs. They all learned to leave her alone.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr.PhD P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Dr.Walt Fair, PE wrote: CQ de W5ALT
W5ALT KE0MMC listening. Lol
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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I hope no animals were killed in the making of this movie.
modified 24-Jan-21 14:32pm.
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My cat used to regularly bring in copperhead snakes. Unfortunately my buddy wandered off somewhere and never came back home. I guess he got a better offer somewhere that had more snakes to catch.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr.PhD P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Unless a copperhead caught him for a change. 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Rick York wrote: That cat has brought in live Woodpeckers, Blue Jays, mice, and lizards but this was a first and hopefully the last snake it brings in.
Depends on its age.
If it is younger than four years, you have some suprises waiting.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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What did you pick it up with ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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My longest grilling tongs. I was also wearing my grilling gloves which come up to my elbow.
Just the other day that same cat found a rattlesnake in our garage. That was another adventure. We avoid leaving our garage door open now.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Mother Nature had her fog machine out Saturday. Stayed for a half hour and watched it roll into the valley, before driving through it on the way back down the mountain.
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Great picture. I saw something similar in the very north of Scotland some years ago but did not have a camera with me. Nor did I have a 'smart' phone at the time.
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Two more places:
World's End, Sri Lanka - Wikipedia[^]
You have to wake up at really early (first time in my life waking up at 03:15 am) to get there before the clouds, but it is worth every second lack of sleep and every step you do in the national park.
We got there around 08:00 am, looked for a good place and had breakfast seeing how the clouds were covering the mountains, if you wait more you see how they vanish when the sun gets stronger around midday.
And
Ijen - Wikipedia[^]
Again waking up really early (this time was not that difficult, it was the first night of ramadan and there were iman songs every one or two hours so we could not really sleep that much)
The hiking here is way more difficult and tiring. And once at your destiny it stinks due to the sulfure, but the views are just... 
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/pictures-kawah-ijen-volcano-east-java[^]
But again you have to be there really early before the clouds come, which is pretty impressive again.
You can have a break / meal (if your stomach can handle it) at the miners town on your way down.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Wow, that's overwhelming.
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I REALLY need to shave. Is there a code to do so ?!
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