Holy crap - this is my parents front yard after the storm last night. They got REALLY lucky - it missed the car and the power lines (and more importantly, FIOS). Took out a bit of the chimney, but it's not exactly a working fireplace this time of year.
Gunn: We open a can of Machiavelli on his ass. Harmony: It's Matchabelli, Einstein, and it doesn't come in a can.
'Soul Purpose'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Jun 30, 2012 5:01:58 am PDT #12178 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
tommyrot - Jun 30, 2012 5:12:24 am PDT #12179 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I can't see the picture, Jessica.
Ginger - Jun 30, 2012 5:14:01 am PDT #12180 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Isn't a teacup-grip, with the body positioned at a diagonal, to provide the least amount of target to shoot at, generally the accepted beginner shooting position, with a handgun at least?
The isosceles two-handed square-to-target stance is the modern standard, but I think a modified weaver is still better for low upper-body strength. The female cop on Person of Interest does look pretty solid, but most of the rest of the people are just filling the air with shot.
We're supposed to set an all-time record high today. Sigh.
le nubian - Jun 30, 2012 5:14:27 am PDT #12181 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
so it will be 200 degrees there, yes?
Jessica - Jun 30, 2012 5:16:10 am PDT #12182 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My mom might have posted it friends-only - does this link work?
It's a giant oak tree branch covering my parents' front yard.
Aims - Jun 30, 2012 5:17:54 am PDT #12183 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
OMGosh, Jess. I'm glad noone was hurt.
Calli - Jun 30, 2012 5:20:12 am PDT #12184 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Wow! That's a lot of tree, Jessica.
JenP - Jun 30, 2012 5:22:07 am PDT #12185 of 30001
Holy crap, Jess - glad no one or thing (besides the smoke tube) was hurt. Yikes.
Jessica - Jun 30, 2012 5:22:43 am PDT #12186 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
They were lucky it wasn't more - I'm pretty sure this came off the giant double-trunk oak in their front yard. If it had been the whole tree, they'd probably be homeless this morning.
[edit - In that picture, I can definitely see it tangled in some wires, but since they didn't lose power I'm guessing those are telephone lines.]
JenP - Jun 30, 2012 5:26:49 am PDT #12187 of 30001
No kidding. Still must have been quite a shock - did they know it when it happened? I'd assume it was loud, but I remember waking up one morning in high school to see big apple tree had split off a huge chunk and fallen parallel to the house. I remember thinking, "How did no one hear that?" (If a tree falls in a storm...)