Thanks Uncle.@ShowMeTwice . . .
Talk about an "Inspriation" - If Ya' only were a little crazier . . .
However - IMHO - Ya' should fit right in anyway . . . Just Sayin' . . .
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But it is simmering ... 
The eye dr. in basic, who was a captain, told me I wouldn't be able to see a bullet coming at me.I am not kidding. Could anyone? I asked him if he could see a bullet fired at him. And how many bullets get fired at you on a ship out in the middle of an ocean. He got real p*ssed at my questions. That ticked me off, my Dad was in the USN during WWII, as was my Grandpa in WWI, and I wanted to serve dang it. You know, tradition. Oh well, their loss I figured. It was just dumb!
Warning: this is probably very useless information. 
And in all honesty I get off on some of the most useless bits of info. 
Strange ??, not me, I'm right there with ya... believing is seeing, not seeing is believing,
Honestly ... I always appreciate honesty.I'm sure Ya' would want "Me" to be absolutely honest - RIGHT?
AND - Although "We" do not know each other very well yet, I know very well already that Ya' can do better than that . . .
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. Speaking of eye doctors ... a memory came flooding back to the fore!!!
And ... this IS out there!!!
I get into watching the NASA channel ... it's really good when I'm looking to chill out. Many times they're just giving you live shots from the space station looking at Earth with no audio. But those are awesome and I never tire of seeing our Earth from that vantage point. Our home is beautiful and spectacular and I'm always in awe of these shots.
Then there are those times when I'm looking to relax and they have something on that sends my brain cells into max overdrive. BTW that happens a lot to me and it doesn't matter if it's NASA, Smithsonian, NatGEO, Discovery etc. or if I'm out and about in nature watching a bug.
Not long ago I was watching the NASA channel and they did a story about the Hubble space telescope. Ok, that had my brain tingling, big time, and captured my full attention. The NASA scientists explained that when Hubble was launched they were looking out into space and came across a small, 1mm x 1mm, patch of space that was completely black with no visible stars. Hmmm, ok. Ho hum, yawn. Not.
<Pause> ... I'm guessing many know that Hubble needed an eye doctor(s) who prescribed corrective lens as the mirror was not ground correctly. The curvature of the mirror was off by less than one millionth of a meter or a mere 1/50th the width of a human hair. Just enough for Hubble to have rather blurry vision (ha, I'm not alone). They eventually sent a Shuttle up and installed new glasses plus some other very cool gear. <un-pause>
A few years later, after the deep field camera was installed, NASA looked at that same, 1mm x 1mm, patch of black space with 800 exposures taken over the course of 400 Hubble orbits around Earth. The total exposure time was 11.3 days over nearly 4 months. Scientists explained that what emerged were 10,000 dots and those dots were not stars. They were all galaxies. NASA scientists say a typical galaxy has 200 billion stars. They called that image the most consequential and mind blowing image ever taken. Per NASA there are about 125 billion galaxies in the observable universe. That blows my mind! And now I seriously want to know more about the un-observable universe. It's there.
What I found fascinating about this was how they explained, over and over, that the image of this once black "small" patch of space was only 1mm x 1mm through Hubble. Obviously a 1mm x 1mm image through a telescope like Hubble is an immense area of our universe. But still that brings new meaning to what may be contained within a 1mm x 1mm area. I am amused by silly things.
This same image was once a 1mm x 1mm area of black space. Yes, I too can easily see that there doesn't appear to be 10,000 galaxies in this image but this is the image they displayed on the NASA channel. I'll pass on trying to count. I'm certain their hi-res photo displays much more than we can see here.View attachment 851323
If you think about only that area of space, and all the galaxies contained within, how can one not come to the conclusion that highly intelligent life exists in our universe. Let's go one step further ... consider looking at a 360° view of our known observable universe. There has to be many forms of intelligent life "out there" and likely many who are far more advanced than we. @Uncle is that crazy enough for you?
Thoughts???
Hubble Approaches the Final Frontier: The Dawn of Galaxies
Hubble Ultra Deep Field
) . . . Ya' probably don't have anything to worry about, especially if no one reports you because they are so "Phobic" and are insecure about who they are . . . So come on - Jump on in . . .
Good morning
Willie, in Florida veterans have a V on their driver license. Is it the same in IL or do you have to show your DD214 to get the free meal on Veterans Day? And BTW many stores give discounts year-round to vets with proof.
.. semi-trucks are just scary ..
Speaking of eye doctors ... a memory came flooding back to the fore!!!
And ... this IS out there!!!
I get into watching the NASA channel ... it's really good when I'm looking to chill out. Many times they're just giving you live shots from the space station looking at Earth with no audio. But those are awesome and I never tire of seeing our Earth from that vantage point. Our home is beautiful and spectacular and I'm always in awe of these shots.
Then there are those times when I'm looking to relax and they have something on that sends my brain cells into max overdrive. BTW that happens a lot to me and it doesn't matter if it's NASA, Smithsonian, NatGEO, Discovery etc. or if I'm out and about in nature watching a bug.
Not long ago I was watching the NASA channel and they did a story about the Hubble space telescope. Ok, that had my brain tingling, big time, and captured my full attention. The NASA scientists explained that when Hubble was launched they were looking out into space and came across a small, 1mm x 1mm, patch of space that was completely black with no visible stars. Hmmm, ok. Ho hum, yawn. Not.
<Pause> ... I'm guessing many know that Hubble needed an eye doctor(s) who prescribed corrective lens as the mirror was not ground correctly. The curvature of the mirror was off by less than one millionth of a meter or a mere 1/50th the width of a human hair. Just enough for Hubble to have rather blurry vision (ha, I'm not alone). They eventually sent a Shuttle up and installed new glasses plus some other very cool gear. <un-pause>
A few years later, after the deep field camera was installed, NASA looked at that same, 1mm x 1mm, patch of black space with 800 exposures taken over the course of 400 Hubble orbits around Earth. The total exposure time was 11.3 days over nearly 4 months. Scientists explained that what emerged were 10,000 dots and those dots were not stars. They were all galaxies. NASA scientists say a typical galaxy has 200 billion stars. They called that image the most consequential and mind blowing image ever taken. Per NASA there are about 125 billion galaxies in the observable universe. That blows my mind! And now I seriously want to know more about the un-observable universe. It's there.
What I found fascinating about this was how they explained, over and over, that the image of this once black "small" patch of space was only 1mm x 1mm through Hubble. Obviously a 1mm x 1mm image through a telescope like Hubble is an immense area of our universe. But still that brings new meaning to what may be contained within a 1mm x 1mm area. I am amused by silly things.
This same image was once a 1mm x 1mm area of black space. Yes, I too can easily see that there doesn't appear to be 10,000 galaxies in this image but this is the image they displayed on the NASA channel. I'll pass on trying to count. I'm certain their hi-res photo displays much more than we can see here.View attachment 851323
If you think about only that area of space, and all the galaxies contained within, how can one not come to the conclusion that highly intelligent life exists in our universe. Let's go one step further ... consider looking at a 360° view of our known observable universe. There has to be many forms of intelligent life "out there" and likely many who are far more advanced than we. @Uncle is that crazy enough for you?
Thoughts???
Hubble Approaches the Final Frontier: The Dawn of Galaxies
Hubble Ultra Deep Field
32 here, your high today of 22 is my low tonight...Wondering how Sandra's relationship with her heat is doing .. ?? Maybe she's walking around tethered to an electric blanket .. I just checked the temp in Philly and although it's not as low as it is here, it's still pretty durn chilly ..
They sent somebody out... There was a leak in the basement and the radiators didn't have water to circulate. Leak fixed, all radiators in my apartment and the one upstairs bled. People next door not home so there may still be some air in the pipes, but I have my own key to bleed mine again if needed. New batteries installed in thermostat, so barring any further breakdowns, should be good. Borough inspection tomorrow might have something to do with the quick response to fixing it...
