Geologists 'resurrect' missing tectonic plate

Phys.org ^ | 10/20/2020 | Sara Tubbs, University of Houston

[Tax-chick]

That’s a well-known jest.

[Monkey Face]

I’ll go to Wallmart in the morning, because by the time I got to the bank, I was worn out. Only two stops before that, and I’m done.

[ArGee]

To anyone in armadillo country, it probably is.

[Covenantor]

Everybody, sing!

Armadillo, Armadillo,
Softer than a rock,
Harder than a pillow.

Earliest sighting of cardinal...atop my snow covered stockade...beautiful contrast of the brilliant scarlet against the all w...hite background. (not easy getting innocuous common words into a thread without getting death threats from various alphabet groups)...gone before I reached the phone.

[Tax-chick]

Congratulations! We have them year-round, but they starting singing early this year.

[moose07]

"Würzburg Germany "

Three hours by Lancaster.
So about an hour and a half east.

[Monkey Face]

Breathtaking! That looks like All Saints Bridge, though the figures are so small it’s hard to tell. No cars allowed on it.

Thanks, Moosie! (Homesick, now...)

[Covenantor]

Only occasionally see cardinals in the neighborhood of the house...most are in the pond area down the road...too many feral cats around here...there's a fugitive Siamese that hides in the storm drain catch basin across the road...probably ate the little black Angora bunny yard guest.

[ArGee]

I used to see Cardinals when I walked by St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC. None up here (so far).

[Covenantor]

Doubt I’ll ever see a NYC Cardinal sitting on my fence, the top rail is only a two by four...then again they’ve been known to straddle fences frequently.
;>)

[Covenantor]

Yep, zooming in one can see the projecting niches for the Saint’s statues even though the figures are too tiny to recognize.

The Bishop’s castle on the hilltop overlooking the plantation is a spectacular display of Baroque interior architecture. End of summer was a fine time to visit.

[Monkey Face]

I loved that area so much. We lived in a town called Remligen, and it was so much fun to shop in. All of the best stuff with none of the tourist prices.

I’d love to go back, but my passport expired six years ago and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to save up enough gelt for a plane ticket!

[Covenantor]

It was quite a buclic idyll back in 1968...wonder what it’s like now.

Though in the town itself they were still reparing war damage.

[Monkey Face]

Yes, I recall the scenes of war damage. We were there in 1970. We stayed in a beautiful old gässthaus on the side of a hill going out of town to Remlingen.

I never knew jet lag was such a hideous thing.

[Covenantor]

Nicest gässthaus I stayed in was at the foot of the towering Heidelburg Schloss...ancient inn within a walled cobblestone courtyard. First ever experience with a full goose down bed and coverlet...like sinking into a cloud...about a foot and half thick.

[Monkey Face]

Ditto, that! My first ever taste of Mosel had me hooked, as well. I haven’t tasted anything so delicious since I left Germany.

[Tax-chick]

Very scenic! I bet it’s haunted.

[Monkey Face]

I dunno, but it had more than its share of castles to explore!

[Covenantor]

Smiled at the RAF Bomber Command
unit of distance measure...

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