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Wife's view of the Pittsburgh/St Louis game last night. Was a loss for the Pirates but she got a chance to see Skenes pitch. Awesome ballpark!

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Raining here tonight at work. Auckland International.
Here's a couple of pics of NZ 2 about to depart for JFK. Non stop 17 and a half hours. I had to stop the car while the plane was on push back as it went in front of me so I put the window down and took a Pic.... But it was raining so was on a hurry.
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Mrs. 2 Sweet's 2018 Nissan wouldn't start this evening when she tried to leave work. She works in downtown Columbus, and I tried to come to the rescue with my 22-year-old Cadillac. Thought it might be a dead battery, but a jump did no good. So I'm guessing it's the starter.....

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We called AAA and we'll let the dealer figure it out.

We made a great night out of it though! Had dinner from one of the food trucks while they had some kind of concert going on....

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This is the site of the old "City Center" mall, which was built in '89 and demolished in '09.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Isn’t that a Rooskie bird? East German leftover, maybe?
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It's the Soviet supersonic plane which is exhibited right next to the Concorde in the Sinsheim technical museum.
It's the only one of those outside of Russia.

I'll post some more pictures in the Vacation stories/pictures thread later in the week.
 
Whizzer said:
How did the new motorhome drive and act towing? Hope you are enjoying your time at the beach.
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RV did well. Towing ended up not happening. The Jeep transfer case cable broke on Memorial Day. Took it in for service Tuesday and they still didn't have it fixed by Friday afternoon. Sucks, but it is what it is. We have towed it numerous times and it's done well.
 
My bride is on in buisness in Asheville NC at the Grove Park Inn. I didn't attend the meeting with her this year and I have no pictures to post but I have attended with her in the past.

It is a beautiful place, the hotel was built around 1910ish and people like Henry Ford and Edison have stayed there along with many of the President's.

It is worth seeing even for a walk through the lobby and to see the view of the mountains.
 
Greg said:
My bride is on in buisness in Asheville NC at the Grove Park Inn. I didn't attend the meeting with her this year and I have no pictures to post but I have attended with her in the past.

It is a beautiful place, the hotel was built around 1910ish and people like Henry Ford and Edison have stayed there along with many of the President's.

It is worth seeing even for a walk through the lobby and to see the view of the mountains.
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Sounds like the Biltmore Estate. I stayed there, really nice.
 
After trying for the past year and a half, I’ve finally been able to attract a couple hummingbirds. Not sure what made them decide to visit though. They were aplenty when I lived in Missouri, but it was a challenge to get them to visit my feeders here in Kansas. Couldn’t get any last Summer or this past Spring. I recently put the feeders back up a couple weeks ago and have started seeing them a few times a day.
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Brentford said:
After trying for the past year and a half, I’ve finally been able to attract a couple hummingbirds. Not sure what made them decide to visit though. They were aplenty when I lived in Missouri, but it was a challenge to get them to visit my feeders here in Kansas. Couldn’t get any last Summer or this past Spring. I recently put the feeders back up a couple weeks ago and have started seeing them a few times a day.
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You may already know this but for the benefit of others, hummingbird nectar goes bad after three or four days, depending on the heat. Initially, don't fill your feeders completely. Put only a couple of ounces in and replace it regularly. Once they start showing up regularly, you can add more. Most hummingbird feeder hold way more nectar than will be consumed before spoiling.

And you may also know that you can make your own nectar instead of buying the expensive stuff from the big box or specialty birding retailers. 1/4 cup sugar to a cup of water and mix; that's it. I mix twice that in a 2-cup squirt bottle. I fill two small feeders with a couple of ounces each and store the rest in the fridge. It's a lot easier to refill regularly when you're not paying for the expensive store-bought mixes.

The ones you're seeing now are probably migrating south for the winter. That's why they're passing through. As you probably noticed in MO, once they learn where the feeders are, they'll come back in the spring and look for them in the exact same spot. Hopefully some of the ones you're seeing now are locals and will be back in late March.

Fun little buggers, aren't they?
 
Charlie Spencer said:
You may already know this but for the benefit of others, hummingbird nectar goes bad after three or four days, depending on the heat. Initially, don't fill your feeders completely. Put only a couple of ounces in and replace it regularly. Once they start showing up regularly, you can add more. Most hummingbird feeder hold way more nectar than will be consumed before spoiling.

And you may also know that you can make your own nectar instead of buying the expensive stuff from the big box or specialty birding retailers. 1/4 cup sugar to a cup of water and mix; that's it. I mix twice that in a 2-cup squirt bottle. I fill two small feeders with a couple of ounces each and store the rest in the fridge. It's a lot easier to refill regularly when you're not paying for the expensive store-bought mixes.

The ones you're seeing now are probably migrating south for the winter. That's why they're passing through. As you probably noticed in MO, once they learn where the feeders are, they'll come back in the spring and look for them in the exact same spot. Hopefully some of the ones you're seeing now are locals and will be back in late March.

Fun little buggers, aren't they?
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I been told that they fly to South America in the winter and then return to the same location the following year.
But I have never seen any travel documents to verify the claims.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
You may already know this but for the benefit of others, hummingbird nectar goes bad after three or four days, depending on the heat. Initially, don't fill your feeders completely. Put only a couple of ounces in and replace it regularly. Once they start showing up regularly, you can add more. Most hummingbird feeder hold way more nectar than will be consumed before spoiling.

And you may also know that you can make your own nectar instead of buying the expensive stuff from the big box or specialty birding retailers. 1/4 cup sugar to a cup of water and mix; that's it. I mix twice that in a 2-cup squirt bottle. I fill two small feeders with a couple of ounces each and store the rest in the fridge. It's a lot easier to refill regularly when you're not paying for the expensive store-bought mixes.

The ones you're seeing now are probably migrating south for the winter. That's why they're passing through. As you probably noticed in MO, once they learn where the feeders are, they'll come back in the spring and look for them in the exact same spot. Hopefully some of the ones you're seeing now are locals and will be back in late March.

Fun little buggers, aren't they?
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They're definitely entertaining, and much cleaner than other bird types and squirrels. I started feeding the squirrels after not attracting any hummingbirds, but I've since stopped doing so as that also attracted large flocks of blackbirds that tried their best to paint my balcony white, which got annoying always having to clean that up. Plus, I've read that squirrels typically carry fleas, which I don't want to attach to my cat since I do also let her out on the balcony.

But anyway...hummingbirds. Yes, I really enjoy them. I've almost always made my own nectar, but I did briefly start buying store bought hoping that'd better attract them. ...It didn't. But I'm not as smart as you, I've always filled the feeder then dumped the rest of the food out. How long will it usually stay fresh in the fridge? After not having the best of luck here in Kansas, I've decided next season, I'm going to to buy some fake plants on Amazon (I can't keep real ones alive) to add a bit more color hoping that works better to attract them. I did always have good luck in MO, but never figured it was because they were back visiting the same feeder.
 
The Northern Lights were visible in my home area, Pittsburgh PA. Well, about an hour and a half north of there. My wife took this pic in our backyard last evening. Because we live deep in a valley, not much of the sky is visible. Had I been home, I definitely would have moved elsewhere to get some pics.

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