If you won the lottery, would you visit all of your AM friends? I would take a world tour.

  I thought you only used Shrimp cards, NJ?



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I can be a prawn in your side if you upset me again,, grrrrrrrr.  :(D

I live here. 

My humble thanks.

Element 99, you seem to me like a decent, intelligent, witty person,
with a strong interest in science which always makes for interesting conversations,
and I suspect probably values and beliefs that I would tend to agree with.
From your recent mention of robins flying south and colorful leaves, I'm guessing you live in some beautiful area in the far north of the States. Would be lovely to visit.

But don't worry, I'm far too poor to afford a long trip anywhere, and my chances of winning lotto are less than a trip with Elon Musk to Alpha Centauri. This post was edited by inky at September 27, 2018 7:46 PM MDT

Toledo, Ohio. Tip of Lake Erie.

A mid-westerner on the edge of that magnificent lake and so close to the Canadian border! Now wonder! :)
That would be a divine place to visit.
If I won lotto, I'd hire a car and a chauffeur and ask you to be our tour guide(paid if you preferred), show us the sights, and explain the  animals, plants and ecosystems to us - what a wonderful trip that would be! :)



This post was edited by inky at September 27, 2018 7:46 PM MDT

Wow...I am flattered. We have a park here, "Oak Openings" that has species unique to the world. Look it up. I have a car and a spare room. And of course, I would love to visit your part of the world. I have only been to Sydney.(1972). I'll bet you could show me great things. This post was edited by Element 99 at September 27, 2018 11:04 PM MDT

Wiki - "The Oak Openings Region is a globally rare ecosystem composed of over 130 square miles (340 km²) in Northwest Ohio. The land consists largely of oak savannah and grassland prairie."

Looked at loads of images - glorious forests, lakes, deer, wildflowers - exquisite in every season - what a wonderful place to live in! :)

Yes, it would be lovely to show you around. Sydney has changed a lot since you were a seaman. Much more sophisticated now and totally multicultural.
Apart from the geography, cultural events are the main attraction.
As a scientist you might enjoy visiting Australia's CSIRO research sites - choose your discipline and we go there.


In my area...

Lillypilly and Turpentine wriggle their limbs and roots down the long ridge.

Shadows creep towards our tin shack. 

The sun silhouettes Antarctic Beech and Cedar trees to crown the crater’s edge —

sears sky with memories of magma.

 

As air cools and dusk birdsong begins, a Swamp Wallaby,

rare, thick-bodied, dark-furred and alone,

thumps great leaps 

into forest 

gone.

 

Moon rises with kookaburra’s last call. 

Mopoke hoot-hoots. 

I turn my mare home, feed her, rug her, turn her out to her friends.

Warm by my hearth-fire, 

out there, marsupials wake to reclaim the night.

 

This post was edited by inky at September 30, 2018 9:00 PM MDT

Sounds lovely. I'll start packing.

Looks like you have a truly fantastic park system up there! Which is your favorite trail at Oak Openings? 

It has been many years since I have been there. The trails aren't named, but I like the one that encircles Lake Evergreen. I would walk it and stop to fish at various places. I used to take the Scout troop camping there.

Metroparkstoledo.com includes names/colors of trails. Ferns and Lakes(blue)and Sand Dunes(red) both look incredible! The entire metropark system looks amazing. I may have to plan a trip to Toledo for real! :)

Assumes a degree of personal intimacy which really does not exist on the net. 

That might be so these days.
But back in EP days some people did have parties where they met in real life - mostly management and some site users.

She doesn't seem to like wealthy people.