Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@qoto.org

@ai6yr Is it bulletproof at least?

@DemocracyMattersALot He's not the sharpest pencil in the box, is he?

@randahl Pretty, Mine look dull with a slightly brownish cast to the black. Maybe they're very old and "turning gray". hahaha. I've had the impression they're old.

@lovelylovely Agreed. West Virginia makes it difficult to vote except in person. In 2018 it was easy because I was 2,000 miles away for months. Now it seems I have to move Heaven and Earth to evade all the restrictions. Of course, you'd expect this in a red state where they want the idlers and jobless to vote and the hard-workers to not vote.

@Bronwyn A year ago I did both at once and had no effects. But everyone is different, of course.

@wdlindsy I do have patience but none was required. I was the one who stepped out of bounds. I thank you for your understanding.

@randahl Yes, I remember the first time I saw them in a setting of familiar objects so I could get a sense of scale. They're big!

Mine here have a dull brownish black color. Not very shiny. The crows here are jet black and shiny.

@MiBaWi Not good. Explosive vapors/gases in sewer lines can cause massive explosions.

@randahl Yup, raven. I'm fortunate to have a pack of three that have lived in my neighborhood for years. I've never gotten closer than about 75 feet but they must know me. Whenever I see them I stop and observe, sometimes with binoculars. I try to call back and it seems like they sometimes respond. I have no doubt they have a conversational language.

@Strandjunker This is one of my favorite quips to toss into a face to face dicussion.

@wdlindsy I feel the same way. I was focused on making my point in my own way and failed to take the sensibilities of others into account. In doing so I violated one of my own rules: never insult someone by accident. ;-)

@wdlindsy It was not my specific intention to mock anyone's religion. I apologize.

@rms Yes. This didn't happene under the U.S. Tax Code in force in the 1950s and 60s. Hmm. I wonder why. ;-)

@Free_Press Yes, very nice to see U.S. engineering being used on the Russians -- not in simulations but for real.

An ATACMS loaded with clusters does a nice job. Nice to see it operating here and not just testing at China Lake. It's the missile version of a shotgun.