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  1. Here we go with fire season already.  It isn’t even May!   :veryangry:

  2. This is how old my house is..

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    1. Ohayotaku

      Ohayotaku

      I remember the house I lived in up to 5 years ago had an old rotary phone & didn’t have a jack that you could unplug it from 😂

  3. This video of the first helicopter flight on Mars was taken from a Mars rover.
     
    Meta-awesome.
     
     
    1. leinwandname

      leinwandname

      Disappointed that this didn't happen:

      https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/703349991632273478/834015701173534720/image0.jpg?width=639&height=639

  4. Crap.  Where did my weekend go?

  5. So L.A. county is dropping a step to orange-tier restrictions on Monday.  It will be interesting to see if the idiots out there can be responsible and not cause another spike in COVID cases.  I have my doubts.  I’ve already heard at least one person say she’s “glad the pandemic is finally over”.  🙄

  6. Moving furniture around today.  Ouch.

  7. I think I found the original...  :D 

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    1. LonelyPoet

      LonelyPoet

      I'm no historian but I'm pretty sure that wasn't on the original.

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    2. efaardvark

      efaardvark

      @LonelyPoet I don’t think so either.  :) 

      Still something of an ancient document tho.. the last time I was there was on a class field trip in 5th or 6th grade.  :o 

  8. 3rd time's the charm.  But then it exploded 8 minutes after landing due to a pad fire.  💢
     

     

  9. Closest I’m going to get to Mars for a while.. 

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    ( it is actually bigger than you might expect. )

  10. Not just some words encoded on a supersonic parachute.. this is literally underfoot in my "office".  (It is in a shadowbox built into the floor of the SFOF.)

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  11. For anyone wanting to follow the Mars 2020 (aka Perseverance) landing tonight here’s all the links.

     

    In related news, Krispy Kreme has a limited-time offer.  🍩

  12. Is it wrong that I've had the 18th of Feb. 👾 marked on my calendar for 6 months now but didn't realize that tomorrow is 💘 day until about 20 minutes ago?  :D

     

  13. UAE, US, and China all have spacecraft coming up on Mars in the next couple weeks.  I gotta go to work a 2am local tonight for Al-Amal because the DSN is handling their downlink, then again for M20's "7 minutes of terror" next week.  China's doing their own thing on the 10th.  Lots of activity at Duna, er, Mars this week!  When all the dust settles there will (hopefully) be two more orbiters around and another lander and two more rovers on Mars.  And a helicopter.

  14. So much this...

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  15. There is no such thing as too many books!

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    1. Ohayotaku

      Ohayotaku

      Yomiko agrees

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      :P 

    2. kamomesan

      kamomesan

      Recently came across the Japanse concept of 積ん読 (tsundoku) that perfectly describes the pile of reading material I've acquired. One can never have enough books...

  16. Got to go on my yearly trip to Ft. Irwin next week.  5 hr round trip drive to the middle of nowhere halfway to Vegas to spend 5 minutes getting my work badge renewed.  Was this trip really necessary?  :veryangry::veryangry::veryangry::veryangry:
     

    Hope at least the weather clears by Monday.  💨 and 🌧 and maybe even ❄️ and 🧊 in the desert would make the trip “perfect”.

  17. Feeling very entertained at the moment..
     

     

  18. One of my co-workers just tested positive for C19.  😨   Fortunately he's on night shift and I haven't even seen him in almost a month, but our workspaces do somewhat overlap.  So far I've managed to stay healthy even in LA and even having to continue going to work several days a week.  If I get sick after all this I'm going to be quite annoyed.

    Not that I have any time for that with the m20 landing coming up in about a month.  I haven't even seen a data flow diagram for EDL or post-landing ops yet, never mind done any training on it.

    On top of that my tax person sent me a "friendly reminder" yesterday that taxes are coming up and I should make an appointment early this year, just in case.

    No pressure. 😱

    OTOH I have to admit a week or 2 in bed sounds quite attractive at this point.  Except for that you-could-die part.  That would suck.

  19. 2021 just told 2020, “here, hold my beer”.

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  20. Yep.. that's me  :D

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    1. Ohayotaku

      Ohayotaku

      I can relate. The way I’m wired definitely ain’t “up to code”. :P 

  21. Mmmmmm donuts...

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  22. Getting ready for the midnight toast.  Didn't have any champaign so I'm having to make do with what I have.   GTF out 2020!  🥃👍🥳🎉

    And of course, Happy New Year to all...

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