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alfredo

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42. Thank you.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #39)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 01:30 PM

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Lichen my Fungi TKS L_E_1 for Tennis [View all] alfredo Apr 2015 OP

I'm lichen it that you're such a fungi... N_E_1 for Tennis Apr 2015 #1

Thanks. I see that overcast days are the best times for Lichen and Fungi. alfredo Apr 2015 #2

A nod to my screen name in the title.... N_E_1 for Tennis Apr 2015 #8

I'm more fun after coffee. alfredo Apr 2015 #9

That certainly makes something that is so ordinary look incredible. Curmudgeoness Apr 2015 #3

It looked like a fractal to me. alfredo Apr 2015 #4

Wonderful. I love the close-up photos of the little stuff. NCarolinawoman Apr 2015 #5

All I need is a good quality microscope and and petri dishes. Next I can alfredo Apr 2015 #6

My experience with lichen was a little different... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #7

A mushroom farm? alfredo Apr 2015 #10

It's a classic scenery material in model railroading. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #11

Ok now I see it was a model railroad scene. alfredo Apr 2015 #12

Either that or monster sized lichen is attacking.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #13

There was a house on my mail route that had the same roofline. That's the first time alfredo Apr 2015 #14

Model railroading allows one to create an entire world in miniature.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #17

Railroad nerds do have a sense of humor. alfredo Apr 2015 #18

For some, it's puns.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #19

I'm watching the video alfredo Apr 2015 #20

Keep in mind that all track was hand laid one tie at a time and he used scale sized spikes.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #21

So I guess he never married. ;) alfredo Apr 2015 #22

Actually, this is what retirement looks like. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #23

You can see some of my retirement in the photography group alfredo Apr 2015 #24

Great shots on Flickr too... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #25

Thanks. It's beautiful country. Nearby where I was today is an Adena culture alfredo Apr 2015 #26

And to think that I feel tired after doing some yard work. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #27

I am totally beat from the two hours I spent taking photos. alfredo Apr 2015 #28

Imagine all the digging and hauling dirt those guys did.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #29

They probably used baskets to move the soil. alfredo Apr 2015 #30

Exactly. If you have 5000 people in it, it wouldn't take that long. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #31

Was it a tribal project, or ordered from the top? alfredo Apr 2015 #32

The real question is if this was the chief or the medicine man. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #33

Maybe church and state combined alfredo Apr 2015 #34

It would be a hell of a note if it turned out to be a hospital. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #35

With a moat. alfredo Apr 2015 #36

Maybe it was a mosquito ranch. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #37

This whole frigging state is a mosquito ranch. alfredo Apr 2015 #38

Must have been where they raced them. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #40

The Limestone water makes their exoskeletons strong. alfredo Apr 2015 #41

Does the opposite for endoskeletons..... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #43

Pick them up with their mandibles? alfredo Apr 2015 #44

Actually, the mention of "lime" gave me a Mafia body disposal flashback... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #45

I don't think they found any bodies. Destroying all trace with quicklime doesn't seem like alfredo Apr 2015 #46

Like I said, they need to search for teeth. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #47

I lichen the contrast juxtaposed Apr 2015 #15

Ha! alfredo Apr 2015 #16

Neat! Love the shot. Solly Mack Apr 2015 #39

Thank you. alfredo Apr 2015 #42