Boston Dynamics released a video showing off its collection of robots dancing!
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
We're doomed! We're doomed, I tell 'ya!!!!
Visitors
These two fellas come every morning to eat the bird seed....
They sure are fun to watch! Hubby always runs for the thunder stick, but they know the sound of the click and scamper away!
Kitty-kat is getting big!
Had snow showers AGAIN!
Treats for the gang! Warm oatmeal, raisins, rice and chicken feed all mixed in together - they love it!
And it was all gone in less than five minutes!
:o)
Monday, December 28, 2020
Today's funny :o)
1. The fattest
knight at King
Arthur's round
table was Sir
Cumference.
He
acquired his
size from too
much pi.
2.
I thought I
saw an
eye-doctor on
an Alaskan
island, but it
turned out
to
be an optical
Aleutian.
3.
She was only a
whisky-maker,
but he loved
her still.
4.
A rubber-band
pistol was
confiscated
from an
algebra class,
because
it
was a weapon
of math
disruption.
5.
No matter how
much you push
the envelope,
it'll still be
stationery.
6.
A dog gave
birth to
puppies near
the road and
was cited for
littering.
7.
A grenade
thrown into a
kitchen in
France would
result in
Linoleum
Blownapart.
8.
Two silk worms
had a race.
They ended up
in a tie.
9.
A hole has
been found in
the
nudist-camp
wall. The
police are
looking
into
it.
10.
Time flies
like an
arrow. Fruit
flies like a
banana.
11.
Atheism is a
non-prophet
organization.
12.
Two hats were
hanging on a
hat rack in
the hallway.
One hat said
to
the
other: 'You
stay here;
I'll go on a
head.'
13.
I wondered why
the baseball
kept getting
bigger. Then
it hit me.
14.
A sign on the
lawn at a drug
rehab center
said: 'Keep
off the
Grass.'
15.
The midget
fortune-teller
who escaped
from prison
was a small
medium
at
large.
16.
The soldier
who survived
mustard gas
and pepper
spray is now a
seasoned
veteran.
17.
A backward
poet writes
inverse.
18.
In a democracy
it's your vote
that counts.
In feudalism
it's your
count
that votes.
19.
When cannibals
ate a
missionary,
they got a
taste of
religion.
20.
If you jumped
off the bridge
in Paris,
you'd be in
Seine.
21.
A vulture
carrying two
dead raccoons
boards an
airplane. The
stewardess
looks at him
and says,'I'm
sorry, sir,
only one
carrion
allowed per
passenger.'
22.
Two fish swim
into a
concrete
wall. One
turns to the
other and
says,
'Dam!'
23.
Two Eskimos
sitting in a
kayak were
chilly, so
they lit a
fire in
the
craft.
Unsurprisingly
it sank,
proving once
again that you
can't
have
your kayak and
heat it too.
24.
Two hydrogen
atoms meet.
One says,
'I've lost my
electron.'
The
other
says, 'Are you
sure?' The
first replies,
'Yes, I'm
positive.'
25.
Did you hear
about the
Buddhist who
refused
Novocain
during a
root-canal?
His goal:
transcend
dental
medication.
26.
There was the
person who
sent ten puns
to friends,
with the hope
that
at least one
of the puns
would make
them laugh.
No pun in ten
did.
:o)
What a difference a day makes....
Christmas Eve morning....
Christmas day:
The rain washed away all the snow!
Yesterday's sunrise...
.... and the temperature!
How we protected the tree from the kitty-kat:
A favorite ornament:
The gang is happy all the snow is gone (for now)!
:o)
Friday, December 25, 2020
Merry, Merry Christmas!
The gifts I’d leave beneath your tree,
Aren’t those that you can touch or see,
No toys meant just for pointless play,
But gifts to bless you every day.
The gift of friendship warm and true,
Is one that I would leave for you.
Good health and happiness and cheer
To keep you smiling through the year.
The gift of peace that comes from God,
With prayer to guide each path you trod.
And when your heart has lost its song
The gift of hope to cheer you on.
These are the gifts I’d leave for you!
Author: Kay Hoffman
Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year!
Love from:
Chickenmom, Hubby, Benji, the girls and the kitty-kat
:o)
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Brrrrrr!
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Still cold in Coopville:
Simba watching....
..... this:
The girls and blabber-mouth:
Anyone need some snow?
Neighbor tractor got stuck!
Damn deer (again):
One of them has an injured leg - but it still get around pretty good:
Supposed to warm up a wee bit today - 'hope the sun comes out and melts some of this snow!
:o)
Monday, December 21, 2020
Not much....
.... going on in Coopville!
It's been very cold and Benji and the girls only come out of the coop to eat and then they go back inside. They will NOT walk on the snow!
Only the wild birds come out to eat and play:
The kitty-kat loves to sit and watch them!
:o)
Friday, December 18, 2020
Friday Night Steam
Tonight, we're going 'across the Pond'!
Put your feet up, grab a cold one (or a cuppa) and enjoy!
| Flying Scotsman | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Flying Scotsman on the West Somerset Railway on 11 September 2017 in BR green livery with prominent German-style smoke deflectors and double chimney. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Operators | London and North Eastern Railway, British Railways | ||||||||||||||||||
| Class | A3 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Official name | Flying Scotsman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 15 January 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Restored | 1968, 1996, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current owner | National Railway Museum | ||||||||||||||||||
:o)
The storm
Wednesday night:
Yesterday morning - Hubby was kind enough to let the gang out while I stayed in my PJ's:
Got plenty of the white stuff!
The snow really piled up in back of the pen:
Snow blowing the front driveway:
And a beautiful sunset:
:o)
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Yesterday morning.....
..... crunch, crunch, crunch:
It WAS a beautiful morning!
Tracks in the snow:
Oops! Something got this little bunny!
The crunchy snow:
Treats for the gang!
Getting ready for the big snow storm today!!!!
:o)
Monday, December 14, 2020
The weekend
Fog....
.... lot and lots of fog
!
and some rain:
The neighbor's reindeer:
Local weather guru said we will get two snow storms this week, so we put the plastic 'shades' up on the pen. It looks horrible, but they will keep the pen dry:
The gang getting their oatmeal treat yesterday afternoon:
Supposed to be getting a major snowfall on Wednesday - hope our krappy internet
service doesn't go down again!
:o)
Friday, December 11, 2020
Friday Night Steam
A different view of Big Boy!
Big Boy No. 4014
Twenty-five Big Boys were built exclusively for Union Pacific Railroad, the first of which was delivered in 1941. The locomotives were 132 feet long and weighed 1.2 million pounds. Because of their great length, the frames of the Big Boys were "hinged," or articulated, to allow them to negotiate curves. They had a 4-8-8-4 wheel arrangement, which meant they had four wheels on the leading set of "pilot" wheels which guided the engine, eight drivers, another set of eight drivers, and four wheels following which supported the rear of the locomotive. The massive engines normally operated between Ogden, Utah, and Cheyenne, Wyo.
There are seven Big Boys on public display in various cities around the country. They can be found in St. Louis, Missouri; Dallas, Texas; Omaha, Nebraska; Denver, Colorado; Scranton, Pennsylvania; Green Bay, Wisconsin; and Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in December 1941. The locomotive was retired in December 1961, having traveled 1,031,205 miles in its 20 years in service. Union Pacific reacquired No. 4014 from the RailGiants Museum in Pomona, California, in 2013, and relocated it back to Cheyenne to begin a multi-year restoration process. It returned to service in May 2019 to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad's Completion.
Vital Statistics
| Tender Type: | 14-wheeled |
| Water Capacity: | 25,000 gallons |
| Fuel: | Coal** 56,000 lbs. |
| Gauge of Track: | 4 ft. 8-1/2 in. |
| Cylinder: | Diameter: 23 3/4 in. Stroke: 32 in. |
| Driving Wheel Diameter: | 68 in. |
| Boiler: | Outside Diameter: 106 9/16 in. Pressure: 300 lbs. |
| Fire Box: | Length: 235 1/32 in. Width: 96 3/16 in. |
| Tubes: | 2-1/4 in. Diameter: 75 x 22 ft. 0 in. 4 in. Diameter: 184 |
| Wheel Base: | Driving: 47 ft. 3 in. Engine: 72 ft. 5 1/2 in. Engine & Tender: 132 ft. 9 7/8 in. |
| Weight in Working Order, Pounds: | Leading: 97,000 Driving: 540,000 Trailing: 125,000 Engine: 762,000 Tender: 427,500 |
| Evaporating Surfaces, Square Feet: | Tubes: 967 Flues: 4,218 Fire Box: 593 Circulators: 111 Total: 5,889 |
| Superheating Surface, Square Feet: | 2,466 |
| Grate Area: | 150 |
| Maximum Tractive Power: | 135,375 lbs. |
| Factor of Adhesion: | 4.00 |
Dare to compare ...
How does No. 4014 compare to a diesel locomotive ... or a Boeing 747? Take a look!
:o)