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W∴ Balboos, GHB20-Jul-20 3:48

20-Jul-20 3:48

More like blowing in the wind

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ZurdoDev20-Jul-20 3:51

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20-Jul-20 3:51

W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote:
blowing in the wind

Like your offer. $Shucks | :-\$

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Daniel Pfeffer20-Jul-20 3:56

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20-Jul-20 3:56

L4 and L5 are the only stable Lagrange points, in the sense that a particle in one of them given a small perturbation will orbit around the point. L1,2,3 are unstable, in the sense that a particle in one given a small perturbation will keep going. It is therefore unlikely that large amounts of dust have collected in them.

It would be interesting to see if the Earth-Solar Lagrange points (L4,5) have also collected stuff. We already know that Jupiter has collections of asteroids in its Solar L4,5 points.

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OriginalGriff20-Jul-20 4:31

20-Jul-20 4:31

Just don't ask Alan Davies that ... How Many Moons Does Earth Have? | Qi | BBC - YouTube[^]

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W∴ Balboos, GHB20-Jul-20 5:11

20-Jul-20 5:11

Perhaps the OP was mooned a few times too often?

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I have seen some of my cat's hunting strategy...

Daniel Pfeffer20-Jul-20 6:28

Daniel Pfeffer

20-Jul-20 6:28

The Wikipedia article 3753 Cruithne says that Cruithne is not a moon of Earth, that the Beeb was wrong OMG | :OMG:

, and that this was corrected in a later episode of Qi.

The article also mentions that Earth has one known object in the Earth-Sun L4 position (none known in L5), so that answers my other question.

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OriginalGriff20-Jul-20 1:50

Re: I have seen some of my cat's hunting strategy...

20-Jul-20 1:50

... we are talking about a very predatory animal here: few days go by without something dead or alive being dropped in the living room. Dij brings in prey from a shrew the size of your thumbnail up to adult rats and blackbirds.

And yes, I know he stalks the neighbours bird table - it has a sign on it saying "McDijalds"!

But today, while I was hanging out the washing I saw a hunt from beginning to end.

He walks out of the house, onto the back lawn and sits down. And just sits there, looking around at the flowers, the sky. Just an apex predator enjoying the sunshine. Then he drops his head to the ground, picks up a mouse, takes it indoors and lets it go for me to hunt down ... Sigh | :sigh:

How the heck does that work? Confused | :confused:

Peter_in_278020-Jul-20 2:00

Peter_in_2780

20-Jul-20 2:00

from https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2015-12-10/toxoplasma-parasite-hijacks-human-cells-could-alter-behaviour/7014258[^]

Quote:
Dr Tonkin pointed to previous studies that showed when mice were infected with the parasite they adopted behaviours that made them more vulnerable to attack.

This included making them attracted to cat urine and more likely to roam in open spaces, where they were more likely to be caught.

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Re: I have seen some of my cat's hunting strategy...

Mike Hankey20-Jul-20 2:15

Mike Hankey

20-Jul-20 2:15

Sacrificial mouse?

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Re: I have seen some of my cat's hunting strategy...

Greg Utas20-Jul-20 2:18

Greg Utas

20-Jul-20 2:18

Dij has decided that it's time you learned to hunt for yourself so that you can leave home.

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Re: I have seen some of my cat's hunting strategy...

Sandeep Mewara20-Jul-20 2:34

Sandeep Mewara

20-Jul-20 2:34

Role reversal! Poke tongue | ;-P

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Re: I have seen some of my cat's hunting strategy...

Garth J Lancaster20-Jul-20 3:17

Garth J Lancaster

20-Jul-20 3:17

You're part of his pack obviously - start earning your keep

Re: I have seen some of my cat's hunting strategy...

W∴ Balboos, GHB20-Jul-20 3:32

20-Jul-20 3:32

Many (many many) years ago I saw a mother cat catch a bird for her kittens.

The birds landed - maybe 15 feet away. She crouches. Inches forward, then . . . she spring ! The birds all take off in a rush almost instantly. Then she jump and pulls one out of the air - 8-10 feet in the air. I was quite astounded.

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Got the finger

W∴ Balboos, GHB20-Jul-20 1:23

20-Jul-20 1:23

Actually, got two of them as in NY State's Finger Lakes - hey, even curmudgeons need some time off

Gorgeous Gorges.

That area is amazingly beautiful. The water falls, which are quite abundant in the gorges they etched, were not at their peak (it's been rather a dry summer) but a 215' tall falls is always impressive (that's about 66m). Healthy trip, too, as all but one of the falls required a decent trek through absolutely beautiful forests growing on steep hillsides (I did say gorges).

One trek, to the Rainbow Falls, include a trail with an amazing number of steps (832 of them, fortunately, not all at once). The 215' trek to Taughannock falls was much gentler, alongside a large flat glacial stream (much of the bed showing). One of the informational signs points out that the side we were on gets little sun and is mainly coniferous whilst the other side gets a great deal of sun and is composed primarily of deciduous trees.

Ithica, NY, is also the home of Cornell University - and they've quite a nice botanical gardens.

Anyway - it's our replacement for a cancelled trip to Hawaii arranged about a month before the COVID outbreak. With NY States infection rate now extremely low, a driving/walking vacation was in order.

So that's why I wasn't here to entertain and annoy - if anyone noticed.

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OriginalGriff19-Jul-20 23:21

19-Jul-20 23:21

Plain rude - and no different! (9)

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter19-Jul-20 23:54

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

19-Jul-20 23:54

Can I answer and let @petepjksolutionscom to do tomorrow anyway? Sniff | :^)

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OriginalGriff20-Jul-20 0:01

20-Jul-20 0:01

Hmmm. Not sure.

I think that might be a little unfair?

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter20-Jul-20 0:02

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

20-Jul-20 0:02

Probably... Laugh | :laugh:

I do the easy part and left the heavy lifting to others...

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OriginalGriff20-Jul-20 0:03

20-Jul-20 0:03

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Greg Utas20-Jul-20 0:27

Greg Utas

20-Jul-20 0:27

Plain rude - and no different!
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OriginalGriff20-Jul-20 0:30

20-Jul-20 0:30

You are correct, and up tomorrow!

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Greg Utas20-Jul-20 0:35

Greg Utas

20-Jul-20 0:35

I'll let @petepjksolutionscom set it if he'd like. He can just post it before you "Oi!" me. If it's not there, I'll post one after the roosters have crowed where I live. Poke tongue | ;-P

OriginalGriff20-Jul-20 0:36

20-Jul-20 0:36

Fine by me!

pkfox20-Jul-20 0:48

pkfox

20-Jul-20 0:48

No you solved it Greg you set one Big Grin | :-D

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