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Discussion in 'Environmental Discussion' started by tochatihu, Oct 22, 2015.

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    we had a great week at pebble beach and the monterey peninsula. i suppose it is similar to appreciating a less than full airplane.
     
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    In late August Pebble Beach hosts a vintage auto show annually. Vehicles that combine great elegance with low-efficiency conversion of fuel to motion. Fits in here, in an other-side-of-the-coin way.
     
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    yes, definitely a bucket lister. have watched it on tv many times.
     
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    we have friends that let us stay at their condo maybe a dozen miles north (Moss Beach). Didn't know they had any antique car show so close by. Might be a good jumping-off point to go check it out this summer. Thanks for the heads up @tochatihu
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    When I passed through Pebble Beach a very long time ago, a major draw was a local eccentric wearing WWI German helmet with the spike on top. What was that even for?

    Can't imagine Herr Pickelhaube persists.
     
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    Don't thank me @hill, PM me a photo of key to Moss Beach condo :D

    And the address - no Jason Bourne here.
     
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    It's gated - RFid key coded ... so if you don't mind jumping a fence, or swimming down from Moss bay, you'll be good to go.
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    For taller fences one needs to know where IR cameras are, and bring a couple of ...

    No, for all the fun residing in this can along with worms, I'd better shut this down. My enormous local credibility is far too valuable to squander.

    Let's just talk about how groovy Moss Beach is.
     
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    Or how groovy some of these antiques are that show up at car shows. Take this beauty called a y job from 1932.
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    Weird twist of fate put me at a show just a few weeks ago & I got to see this unbelievable piece of History. There's only a couple still in existence;

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    I believe there is only one Astra Gnome, and it does not get to go outside and play:

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    Longest Antarctic ice core yet recovered bottoms out at 800,000 years. A new site could push that back to one million:

    A promising target in the quest for a 1-million-year-old Antarctic ice core

    Stepping further back, Antarctica has been accumulating ice for 15 million. Earth having been hotter earlier. Ultimately that is the 'veil' for this type of paleo-viewing. No older ice on Earth; only older sediments.
     
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