Random Thoughts or Whatever

[spicer]

How do you operate the keys on those instruments?

With your fingers, AKA "Digits".....

Hence, James' joke about them being "Digital" instruments

Yes but which came first, the digits or the instruments...? In the mean time the music plays on.

 

[Quadman2]

This is starting to be like the "egg-chicken puzzle", which apparently has been finally "put-to-bed" with the egg coming first

And the solution was found by some bio-scientists (Geneva) who claim the ancient microbes (C perkinsil) found in the shallow seabed, being over a billion years in existence, provided the egg-like material way before animals came into the picture.

And, I guess the chickens live on,


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[spicer]

This is starting to be like the "egg-chicken puzzle", which apparently has been finally "put-to-bed" with the egg coming first

And the solution was found by some bio-scientists (Geneva) who claim the ancient microbes (C perkinsil) found in the shallow seabed, being over a billion years in existence, provided the egg-like material way before animals came into the picture.

And, I guess the chickens live on,


Q

Yeah, and no matter how far away it is pushed the question lives on and is the source of many good songs.

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

Except for a piano, harpsichord, organ, clavicord, or an accordion.

So, when you saw this, you weren't operating at your full voltage?

How do you operate the keys on those instruments?

With your fingers, AKA "Digits".....

Hence, James' joke about them being "Digital" instruments

Exactly!

 

[nailer]

This is starting to be like the "egg-chicken puzzle", which apparently has been finally "put-to-bed" with the egg coming first

And the solution was found by some bio-scientists (Geneva) who claim the ancient microbes (C perkinsil) found in the shallow seabed, being over a billion years in existence, provided the egg-like material way before animals came into the picture.

And, I guess the chickens live on,


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Per Wiki:
Chromosphaera perkinsii is a species of Ichthyosporea from the order Dermocystida. Named after Professor Frank Perkins, it was isolated in shallow marine sediments in Hawaii by Stuart Donachie and collaborators. It is a rare case of a putatively free-living ichthyosporean, and possibly the only free-living dermocystid.[1] in 2024, a team from the University of Geneva observed that this species forms multicellular structures that bear striking similarities to animal embryos.

 

[usedto]

This is starting to be like the "egg-chicken puzzle", which apparently has been finally "put-to-bed" with the egg coming first
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The rooster came first.

 

[init4fun]

Well, I figured ONE of us was gonna have to go there.......

 

[highvoltage_]

So, when you saw this, you weren't operating at your full voltage?

I took it literally, as in digital vs. analog.

 

[init4fun]

I took it literally, as in digital vs. analog.

Totally understandable, given our audio focus here at AK, James was just having fun with the whole digits/fingers thing

 

[old_tv_nut]

Something odd happened here, I can't quite put my digit on it.

 

[Mr Boochie]

 

[Quadman2]

The rooster came first.

Not supposed to bring "sex" into the fray as per AK rules!


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[geezin']

The egg only has the potential to become a chicken. The chicken came first.

 

[Quadman2]

The egg only has the potential to become a chicken. The chicken came first.

Ah, was just referring to ii4f's post alluding to and playing-on-words with the third word of usedto's post and your third word of your second sentence...is all.

Personally, I think the "Coming of Age" is far more important than the "chicken/egg enigma".


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[usedto]

Not supposed to bring "sex" into the fray as per AK rules!


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The rooster came "to be" first.

Get your mind out of the gutter.

 

[Quadman2]

The rooster came "to be" first.

Get your mind out of the gutter.

All meant to be in good fun, my friend.

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[usedto]

All meant to be in good fun, my friend.

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[bruno80918]

Yes, a full grown rabbit would be too big for most house cats. One of my former neighbors had a cat that used to get bunnies a lot.

Back in the 80s, I had a cat who used hunt all the time. He was constantly getting squirrels, chipmunks, birds and anything else around. He was one strong cat. You could actually see his muscles through his fur! Total character when interacting with humans.

Domestic cats kill over 1 billion birds in the US annually.
we had a cat that was killing birds . Ou neighbors asked if we would put a bell on it’s collar.
it worked. That cat joined the circle of life, went out and didn’t return.
do you see as many birds in your area as you used to ?

 

[Quadman2]

Domestic cats kill over 1 billion birds in the US annually.
we had a cat that was killing birds . Ou neighbors asked if we would put a bell on it’s collar.
it worked. That cat joined the circle of life, went out and didn’t return.
do you see as many birds in your area as you used to ?

Started a poll a while back that addressed this very topic/issue, and lots joined in on this touchy subject on the choice of "how animals are treated in the way of their environment"...whether to let out or to keep in. It was interesting to see what different takes/POV's surfaced in the members of how they treated their pets and if they let them outside.

It can be an irritant for some (esp with more than one cat) to deal with, if there are owners who do allow them free range.

Personally, I think in the past, cats in general had a position/task in life to rid farms of mice/rats/squirls...but the times have changed, as some pointed out.

Coyotes in my area were the culling-types, but advancing suburbs have pretty much terminated these predators.

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[SuperjazzyJa]

Domestic cats kill over 1 billion birds in the US annually.
we had a cat that was killing birds . Ou neighbors asked if we would put a bell on it’s collar.
it worked. That cat joined the circle of life, went out and didn’t return.
do you see as many birds in your area as you used to ?

My take is that cats keep the population of birds and their other prey in check.

Again, it was the 80s and NJ.* I seriously doubt that the cat I had over 40 years ago had a huge impact all by himself. How many free range cats were in the area I couldn't say, probably a lot since it was a very rural area. The birds certainly weren't slouches when came to reproducing. So, seems like a pretty good system to me.

I currently live in Massachusetts and there aren't very many cats allowed outdoors due to the coyotes.