Flyin over Chicago a few days back
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That’s a cool photo. Cities look so different from the air.
Great photos, especially the second one of Soldier Field.
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There's no boats in the marina.
Its 5 degrees out here right now and the water is completely frozen. Boats are pulled usually in November.
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Standard procedure here, too. My friend has a 40’ sailing yacht that is docked near New London for the summer and then in October he sails down to South Carolina and docks it there for the winter. All of our marinas here are pretty much empty. I wonder how marinas are, though, in South Carolina with the cold weather fronts they’ve seen, along with the snow. My wife’s friend lives in South Carolina and she mentioned to my wife this morning that they got 3” of snow last night.
My uncle used to have a sailboat at that marina in the picture too, Burnham Harbor. Cost his ass a fortune every year to park it there and remove, and you only get like a good 3 months of use out of a boat every year in Chicago because of the water temps... End of June till about end of Sept is perfect boating weather though on Lake Michigan.
It just isn't worth it though unless you are super rich. Boating in general in Illinois is a PITA, i sold mine years ago, and my jetskis i used to really be into. Too expensive for only a few months of use.
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I was being a wise ass.
Hard to tell with you Boomers on the net these days, yall think 50% of everything is AI.
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Mount St. Helens before and after its 1980 eruption
This Polish statue looks like Darth Vader after a snowy day
Comparison of the tip of a hypodermic needle, viper’s fang, spider’s fang and the stinger of a scorpion
The Grand Lisboa Hotel towers over the streets of Macau
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Port Jackson Shark
Freeze, thaw and refreeze caused this icicle to look like a hummingbird
Frozen bamboo path in Kyoto
The world’s biggest horse, Brooklyn “Brookie” Supreme
RIP Chuck Negron, Lead Singer Three Dog Night. Passed away at age 83.
You are missed.
Chuck sang Primary/Solo Lead Vocals (Hits and Well-Known Tracks)
You are missed.
Chuck sang Primary/Solo Lead Vocals (Hits and Well-Known Tracks)
- Joy to the World (their biggest hit, #1 in 1971)
- One (Harry Nilsson cover, top-5 hit in 1969)
- Easy to Be Hard (from Hair, top-5 hit in 1969)
- An Old Fashioned Love Song (top-5 hit in 1971)
- Pieces of April (top-20 hit in 1972)
- The Show Must Go On (Leo Sayer cover, top-5 hit in 1975)
- 'Til the World Ends (1975 single)
- Celebrate (shared: Verse 2 with Negron leading that section; Hutton on Verse 1, Wells on Verse 3)
- One Man Band (shared: melody with Hutton on verses/harmony, Negron leading through the end refrain)
- The Family of Man (shared: Verse 2)
"Gonna do a song now, Chucks gonna sing it". I'll never forget that intro to One from their Live at the Forum album. RIP
Oh, wow, that is sad news. Three Dog Night was one of my favorite bands back in the ‘70s.
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