A random thread of absolute randomness...

[dljbsp]

10 minutes ago, kejedo said:

Crickets are said to have an after mating song.

 

• According to the Wikipedia entry on crickets, in at least some species there is a “triumphal song” produced for a brief period after a successful mating, which may serve to reinforce the mating bond or discourage the female from leaving for another male.

[dljbsp]

11 minutes ago, kejedo said:

Crickets are said to have an after mating song. I had a cricket as a lab animal once, but not for this observation. We used the cricket's chirp to track classroom temperature. 

 

• Studies of specific species (for example the sandy beach-dwelling ground cricket Dianemobius csikii) have documented multiple types of mating-related songs: a calling song, a courtship song, and a post-mating song.

[dljbsp]

Qapla’s Monday Night Special — 9:00 PM ET

“Behind the Scenes with John” — A Deep Dive You Didn’t Know You Needed

 

You think you know the Monday Zoom Chat? You don’t. This week, the man behind the curtain — John (aka Qapla)— finally steps out from the control panel (which may or may not be a folding table balanced on two buckets).

 

Meet John — the human Swiss Army knife.

He’s been a pizza maker, irrigation designer, wood miller, carpet layer, wallpaper hanger, floor installer, plumber, electrician — and just for kicks, he’s walked on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. He once worked with mopane, the African wood so dense it could make a submarine nervous. That’s right — he’s literally used lumber that could sink a boat.

 

Expect the unexpected:

 

• A “shop tour” of his production secrets.

  (Excerpt: “Well, I just log into Zoom… and they show up.”)

• Stories from around the world — New Zealand, Brazil, the Philippines, Canada, and a few time zones that technically shouldn’t exist.

• Cameos, crack-ups, and the occasional mystery hum that everyone pretends not to hear.

• And maybe — just maybe — an explanation for why the best part of Monday happens at 9:00 p.m. Eastern.

 

 

So grab your coffee, silence your notifications, and prepare for 60 minutes of finely milled fellowship and industrial-grade humor.

 

Because when John starts talking shop…

the world listens —

and that’s just in the first minute!

[Qapla]

[jps]

one of the longest swedish words is:

nordvästersjökustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranläggningsmaterielunderhållsuuppfölningssystemdiskussionsinläggsförberedelsearbeten

[dljbsp]

7 hours ago, jps said:

nordvästersjökustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranläggningsmaterielunderhållsuuppfölningssystemdiskussionsinläggsförberedelsearbeten

“Preparatory work for a discussion post about the maintenance follow-up system for equipment at the northwest-sea coastal artillery air-reconnaissance simulator facility.”

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1 hour ago, dljbsp said:

“Preparatory work for a discussion post about the maintenance follow-up system for equipment at the northwest-sea coastal artillery air-reconnaissance simulator facility.”

yep👍😅