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DrHuk&Duck said:
Do volcanic craters like this usually fill in with dirt and grass? I’ve seen pictures and it always seems amazingly level and smooth for a former volcano.
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the ground inside a volcanic caldera.... especially a big one.... is almost always smooth and flat - but also perfectly level... ... just like the surface of a lake or pond.... because that;s basically what it is... ... but instead of being lake that filled with water it was filled woth molten lava - which levelled out as it rose and then hardened as the lava cooled when the eruptions stopped....... .

one of our favorite places to hunt in past years was an ancient volcanic crater high up in the mountains.... if you look at it from the air or from atop the crater rim, it actually looks like a lake covered over with green algae.. but it;s not... it;s a solid floor of lava rock that is perfectly flat and level - with grasses and small to midsized shrubs growing on it.... .back in the day it would have been a glowing lake of molten lava.... but as a volcano it has been extinct well over a thousand years.... . as is both punchbowl and diamond head.... ..

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aleshanee said:
the ground inside a volcanic caldera.... especially a big one.... is almost always smooth and flat - but also perfectly level... ... just like the surface of a lake or pond.... because that;s basically what it is... ... but instead of being lake that filled with water it was filled woth molten lava - which levelled out as it rose and then hardened as the lava cooled when the eruptions stopped....... .

one of our favorite places to hunt in past years was an ancient volcanic crater high up in the mountains.... if you look at it from the air or from atop the crater rim, it actually looks like a lake covered over with green algae.. but it;s not... it;s a solid floor of lava rock that is perfectly flat and level - with grasses and small to midsized shrubs growing on it.... .back in the day it would have been a glowing lake of molten lava.... but as a volcano it has been extinct well over a thousand years.... . as is both punchbowl and diamond head.... ..

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Thanks for the explanation. I’ve never seen a volcanic caldera.
 
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The Covid Kids (Rawpixel.com / Fon/Rawpixel.com/Stock.adobe.com)
 
DrHuk&Duck said:
Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker
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I have just the "non-counting picture" for the occasion.

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and here are 2 of those cannons from the painting circa 1870 i posted - where they have been ever since they were taken down from the crater rim of punchbowl..... ... ..these 2 were "planted" and set breach down into the ground to serve as traffic barriers/markers in front of the old territorial post office ..(the white stone building on the corner)... .... one of these cannons could actually be the cannon from the 1910 photograph... but there is no way of knowing now....... .. stationed half below ground and half above then filled with concrete - many people walk past these 19th century naval guns every day and have no idea what they are.... all they see is a strangely shaped cylinder of iron filled with concrete..... ..it;s actually kinda sad..... another one of the cannons ended up at fort derussy where it is on permanent display outside the military museum..... and another one is on display at fort shafter.... .those 2 are better maintained and preserved than these are....

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aleshanee said:
stationed half below ground and half above then filled with concrete - many people walk past these 19th century naval guns every day and have no idea what they are.... all they see is a strangely shaped cylinder of iron filled with concrete..... ..it;s actually kinda sad...
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That’s really sad and kind of bizarre!
 
Our inside ankle-biter dog of 15+ years, Frisky, who we lost suddenly and unexpectedly last Thursday evening.
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ALAYMAN said:
Our inside ankle-biter dog of 15+ years, Frisky, who we lost suddenly and unexpectedly last Thursday evening.
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I know the pain. We had a stubborn little shih tzu for 15 years. He and I butted heads constantly. When he passed I wept. I'm not saying that you and Frisky were like that... But if losing someone that got on my nerves as much as Monte did can leave me grieving, I can only imagine the emptiness you are feeling right now.
 
abcaines said:
I know the pain. We had a stubborn little shih tzu for 15 years. He and I butted heads constantly. When he passed I wept. I'm not saying that you and Frisky were like that... But if losing someone that got on my nerves as much as Monte did can leave me grieving, I can only imagine the emptiness you are feeling right now.
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Losing a dog sucks. I’ve lost several over the years. My newest is not even two years old yet, so hopefully she’ll live a long life. When I lost my last dog at about ten years old (cancer), we got a new puppy a couple days later. People were shocked at how soon I got a new dog, but I figured the grief wouldn’t be any different whether I waited days or months. Also, dogs are a better crime deterrent than any alarm or camera. I have both, but my boxer/pitbull mix makes people think twice.
 
abcaines said:
I know the pain. We had a stubborn little shih tzu for 15 years. He and I butted heads constantly. When he passed I wept. I'm not saying that you and Frisky were like that... But if losing someone that got on my nerves as much as Monte did can leave me grieving, I can only imagine the emptiness you are feeling right now.
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Frisky was a mix of some kind of terrier. I never could stand little dogs, and never had an inside dog in my life. That was until Thanksgiving 2010 when he showed up at the back patio door and ALAYWIFE felt sorry for him and fed the mutt. He wasn't going anywhere after that. I never ever had a dog of any kind that didn't know who the alpha of the house was, until this curmudgeonly and crusty little Napolean growler came along. I struggled for 2 years to get him to figure it out, but he eventually let me know, lol. During the pandemic I was home on fulltime telework for almost a year and a half. He had been with us for 11 years at that point, but suddenly that relationship that had been love-hate, and one of toleration, became a "me and my shadow" variety. He was losing his eyesight and hearing pretty bad the last year or so, but was otherwise as Frisky as ever, a real joy to look forward to coming home to. I know what you mean about Monte. That emptiness, the void, it's tough. I'll be in the kitchen cooking supper and expect to look over and see him lying in the dining room watching every move I make, hoping I drop some grub accidentally on the floor, lol. My sentimental side allows me to believe that a good God will allow us to see him again. In the meantime, I have an 8 year old copper-nose beagle, which also just happened out of the woods of our remote holler, and he is the most lovey-dovey dog I've ever owned, and maybe the dumbest to boot, lol, which will get a little more attention now.
 
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World’s tallest man, Sultan Kösen, and new wife Merve Dibo. Sultan stands at 8’ 3” tall.
 
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The world’s most expensive shoes - the “Moon Star Shoes” valued at $20 million.
 
DrHuk&Duck said:
That’s really sad and kind of bizarre!
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here;s one of those cannons that suffered a kinder fate.... .. it;s mounted on concrete at the entrance of the fort derussy military museum in waikiki.... .. there is another one on a similar mount at fort shafter.... at the time they were taken down from punchbowl they were only worth the value of their weight in scrap iron.... but today historic cannons like these are extremely valuable and highly sought after by collectors and museums around the world...... .


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aleshanee said:
here;s one of those cannons that suffered a kinder fate.... .. it;s mounted on concrete at the entrance of the fort derussy military museum in waikiki.
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I have no issue with this. I find it much more appropriate. I’m really against the mistreatment of historical items, including the tearing down of statues and so forth.
 
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The “Virgin Mary Toast” - bought by the Golden Palace online casino for $28,000.
 
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