We always have mourning doves (basically suburban pigeons, in my opinion) nesting around our house and sitting almost every evening on our roof, but not all that many geese do the same. This year it is not only on the roof, but on the chimney cap.
An apology is required as I may have been premature and somewhat defensive in voicing my frustration last week over my unrequested commentary submission to TheHustings. The editors instead decided to request a left-counter and add their center-column two cents in order to make it a weekend subject — well done.
So if you’re into a place for “civil media” discussion, perhaps give their website a look … or better yet … submit a comment?
Gimme Shelter is the opening track from The Rolling Stones’ 1969 album Let It Bleed, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The song, known for its intense, apocalyptic tone, reflects the turbulent era of the late 1960s—marked by war, social unrest, and political violence. Its iconic guitar riff was inspired by Keith Richards seeing people scrambling for shelter during a sudden London storm. The track features powerful, haunting vocals by session singer Merry Clayton, whose performance—recorded in a single take while she was pregnant—became legendary. She famously screams, “Rape, murder! It’s just a shot away!” before the song’s chilling conclusion.
Although I’ve done some dirty jobs in my lifetime (collecting the dead carp around ponds at a commercial fishery comes to mind) … the recycling of deep cycle batteries as is demonstrated in this video in Pakistan would not be a favorite. Do you think there are there any particular health concerns???
“Curiosity may have killed the cat”(see Oxford Language Club), but now I know just how slow a 20A – 110-120 VAC circuit is in charging an Electric Vehicle (our 2019 Tesla Model 3) vs a 50A – 220-240 VAC welding circuit. Yes .. there is a big difference.
Left – 110VAC 10 hr 20 min VS Right – 220VAC 1 hr 45 min
While tinkering in the garage and deciding what to do with the “old” part after upgrading our older Tesla to “CSS ready” so that we could charge as places other than Tesla’s SuperCharger network; I decided to look “inside the box” before throwing it away. Very complex.
As great computers get older, it’s a challenge to know when they need to be replaced – as it was when I replaced my G4. For me, on my tweaked Late2012 Intel-chipped 27” iMac, it was not being able to move beyond MacOS Catalina(2019) that was an issue. No longer could I run certain apps, upgrade software or access cloud services … and besides a couple web apps, it was no longer helpful in my day to day office life now that I have a MacBook Air M5.
So instead of giving up the HUGE amount of screen real estate on the 27” display AND the matching 27” Apple Cinema Display sitting next to it ($$$) … I opted to give Dortania’s OpenCore “boot loader” a try. It is a little more complex that just clicking install, but well worthwhile in order to be able to seamlessly run MacOS Sequoia 15.7.5 – 2024(it on enables software upgrades as well as cloud software — and it even seems faster to me)?
Do you think there are there any particular health concerns??? 
