• Re: naughty Pascal

    From Scott Lurndal@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 16, 2026 21:40:24
    rbowman <bowman@montana.com> writes:
    On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:41:07 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:

    I still visit a Sardine factory occasionally.

    <https://www.sardinefactory.com/>

    Trust me, the one I went to didn't look like that.

    Unfortunately, the west coast actual sardine stocks were rather famously
    exhausted in the late 1950's. As documented in _Cannery Row_.

    50 years later, they had mostly returned, but even absent commercial
    fishing, the numbers started to decrease in 2019.

    I liked Steinbeck's novels. When I finally made it to Monterey I wasn't
    all that impressed.

    That all depends on your expectations. We often drive
    down on a Sunday morning just to walk the old rail line from the
    antique mall to Lover's point or the John Denver memorial.


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  • From Daniel@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, January 18, 2026 12:30:20
    scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:

    rbowman <bowman@montana.com> writes:
    On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:41:07 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:

    I still visit a Sardine factory occasionally.

    <https://www.sardinefactory.com/>

    Trust me, the one I went to didn't look like that.

    Unfortunately, the west coast actual sardine stocks were rather famously >>> exhausted in the late 1950's. As documented in _Cannery Row_.

    50 years later, they had mostly returned, but even absent commercial
    fishing, the numbers started to decrease in 2019.

    I liked Steinbeck's novels. When I finally made it to Monterey I wasn't >>all that impressed.

    That all depends on your expectations. We often drive
    down on a Sunday morning just to walk the old rail line from the
    antique mall to Lover's point or the John Denver memorial.

    I proposed to my wife at lover's point. Ahh memories.

    D

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  • From c186282@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, January 18, 2026 21:08:41
    On 1/18/26 15:30, Daniel wrote:
    scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:

    rbowman <bowman@montana.com> writes:
    On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:41:07 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:

    I still visit a Sardine factory occasionally.

    <https://www.sardinefactory.com/>

    Trust me, the one I went to didn't look like that.

    Unfortunately, the west coast actual sardine stocks were rather famously >>>> exhausted in the late 1950's. As documented in _Cannery Row_.

    50 years later, they had mostly returned, but even absent commercial
    fishing, the numbers started to decrease in 2019.

    I liked Steinbeck's novels. When I finally made it to Monterey I wasn't
    all that impressed.

    That all depends on your expectations. We often drive
    down on a Sunday morning just to walk the old rail line from the
    antique mall to Lover's point or the John Denver memorial.

    I proposed to my wife at lover's point. Ahh memories.


    There's a "John Denver Memorial" ???


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  • From Scott Lurndal@3:633/10 to All on Monday, January 19, 2026 16:22:12
    c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> writes:
    On 1/18/26 15:30, Daniel wrote:
    scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:

    rbowman <bowman@montana.com> writes:
    On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:41:07 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:

    I still visit a Sardine factory occasionally.

    <https://www.sardinefactory.com/>

    Trust me, the one I went to didn't look like that.

    Unfortunately, the west coast actual sardine stocks were rather famously >>>>> exhausted in the late 1950's. As documented in _Cannery Row_.

    50 years later, they had mostly returned, but even absent commercial >>>>> fishing, the numbers started to decrease in 2019.

    I liked Steinbeck's novels. When I finally made it to Monterey I wasn't >>>> all that impressed.

    That all depends on your expectations. We often drive
    down on a Sunday morning just to walk the old rail line from the
    antique mall to Lover's point or the John Denver memorial.

    I proposed to my wife at lover's point. Ahh memories.


    There's a "John Denver Memorial" ???


    He crashed his plane just off the Pacific Grove coast.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Denver#Death

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  • From Carlos E.R.@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 14:26:03
    On 2026-01-11 12:05, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    On 10/01/2026 23:39, Bobbie Sellers wrote:


    On 1/10/26 11:44, rbowman wrote:
    On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 07:42:47 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:


    It did if you lived in Doggerland, or used to walk from Australia
    to Indonesia.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Spring

    The rest of the trilogy, 'Bronze Summer' and 'Iron Winter', are
    okay but the focus moves from Doggerland.

    When Doggerland is submerged and the people have to leave it it
    seems totally logical that the focus would change to ancientry.
    Remember Doggerland was prehistoric so I cannot even say ancienty
    history but whatever the author according to his education can
    imagine of those times.

    Depends on your definition of prehistoric. Or ancient history.

    Archaelogy has brought mots of human 'prehistory' into the class of
    'fairly well known history'

    History is defined by being written.


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    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES??, EU??;

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  • From The Natural Philosopher@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 13:29:34
    On 20/01/2026 13:26, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    History is defined by being written.


    Not in English.

    --
    "Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They
    always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them"

    Margaret Thatcher


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  • From Carlos E.R.@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 15:38:13
    On 2026-01-13 11:35, Harold Stevens wrote:
    In <jEf9R.2212580$Pf33.1251031@fx18.iad> Charlie Gibbs:

    [Snip...}

    Perhaps, but it's so much _fun_ (if you're into that sort of thing).

    There's always at least one lunatic who insists the war partying
    fun go on indefinitely ...

    The Smell of Napalm In the Morning (Apocalypse Now) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k26hmRbDQFw

    Video unavailable
    The uploader has not made this video available in your country


    It's an Egg (Catch-22)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0UV6ug96c0


    :-)

    --
    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES??, EU??;

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