Customary on weekends, I take a little time to write a short story, about our adventures.
As a background, in case you are new, here's who we are: 2 seniors, my wife is disabled (I'm crippling up too), defying difficult trails to show that it can be done.
Hashtag shown is relative to places in #NovaScotia, that others might never have seen, but will want to visit.
"When Are You Coming To Visit?"
► #WAYCTV ◄
There's an interesting bypass road, that mostly only the local know about. It skips the loop around leading into the center of Marie-Joseph, and saves a little distance or congestion.
Shown here is Short Cut Road, which re-enters #7 highway, ~ across from "Fancy Point Rd" If you're driving a nice car or truck, PARK near Bakers Cove Rd and hike in. It's a rough ride.
In the 1960s, Highways NS maintained the road, you could drive a Fiero car to the beach. I've broken brake and power steering lines on my truck on this road. At the beach end, the tide crosses the road, fills the lake, and spills back into the ocean when the tide drops> The current nearly pushed my truck off the road. CHECK TIDE TIMES! https://www.tide-forecast.com/locations/Marie-Joseph-Nova-Scotia/tides/latest
THIS IS 3KMS FROM HIGHWAY 7! #Hiking
YOU ARE HERE! You've made it. Whatever method you used, Truck, ATV, Hiking.. you got here.
The view is spectacular, rock berms into the ocean, back into Smith Cove, and to the (now right) the lake called "Fancy's Pond".
Rock berm beach is piled high, and from the ocean, it peaks, and falls back sharply into the Pond, behind the beach.
THIS IS NOT A SANDY BEACH.
Banked Rocks are Melon-sized
It's hard walking on these rocks. Locals use 4x4s or ATVs to ride the peak of the berm.
YES that is my Van nearly buried in the rocks. Long story (we're locals), we've done it many times, but strongly recommend you stop before here, perhaps at one of the two cemeteries you pass, coming in Fancy's Road.
Marie-Joseph community was founded in 1749, and built a church on this road, about same time.
#WARNING: Ticks are plentiful in this area, particularly in the long overgrown old cemetery.
Tuck socks in, use Deet, do detailed tick checks. Deer are the only keepers of the graves now.
Back to the beach
The powerful sea here, full of strong undertow, is always noisy with breakers, and rolling back surf with undertow. It's hard to believe we once swam here in the 1960s as kids? We knew the danger, and found a safe spot.
The massive storm waves, have pushed driftwood and bits of everything to the very top of the rock mountain of beach. (locals use the wood for bonfires)
We continued along the beach to the end, fully exploring side-trails, deer trails, and possible other routes to get here. This is the only way. I've gone to the end, and I've come back from Liscomb area and you can't get here any other way but the road we came in on.
Half-way down, we found a burning area, where beer cans indicate Weekend bonfires and partying by locals. We took their cans with us
I never showed you the Surf yet? It's pretty calm today, you could get sprayed with surf, on a windy day. How do you think all that wood and rock got piled so high? The power of the ocean.
I recommend you PAUSE HERE, for some time.
Seals often come right up to the shore, to watch you, and you can watch them. I'll find you a video later. They don't always like my camera in their face 😉
The most common person you see riding a bike is a man with a backpack*
And that's just sad! Mostly b/c our cities should be safe for everyone to ride bikes! But also because a backpack is the worst way to carry things on a bike!
If someone in your life bikes to work or anything like that, and you don't know what to give them for Christmas, now you do: Give them a pannier!
I promise you they will enjoy their ride so much more! Maybe they'll even ride more often
But if they often ride with a backpack I would definitely go with the pannier first. If a new one is too expensive look for a used one! Seriously, it's allowed to give used gifts, they are just as useful!
This is 7/7, I guess? I was way off in my estimation of how long this #thread would be! :ludvig:
ceux qui font le filtrage titanesque des sources (texte images) #ia generative
Traumatisent à vie actuellement des centaines de milliers de travailleur. Et pour ne pas avoir de procès (texas 21/11/2020) ils externalisent via des sous traitants vers les pays pauvres.
Of course, as larger an instance as more moderation work for that instance.
What I mean is that moderators of a small instance don't have to moderate the full #threads content, but only the tiny fraction of what is coming to their server due to their users interacting with #thread users.
I think conversations about trends in the visual design of the interface often make the mistake of assuming an oppositional relationship between "flat"ness and "skeuomorphism," and we see that coloring the emergence of new language for visual styles, too.
Darmanin rappelé à la loi après l'expulsion d'un citoyen ouzbek menacé de torture.
Il y a quelques semaines, le 14 novembre 2023, les autorités françaises expulsaient du territoire M.A., citoyen ouzbek de 39 ans, exilé cherchant à obtenir l’asile en Europe.
Power or No Power? 🤔 That is the question?
One house had it, next one didn't. . Wind was brutal.
A lot of Emergency Vehicles in my hood. #LowerSackville#Firetrucks#Halifax#WX #NSStorm
It warm enough that I walked around taking photos.
I saw some damage; I had some damage
10 mins from home, I was caught in a downpour.
PC shut down all day; I'm finally to my video editing.
And I have some videos to show in this #thread. Some #Wind moving around.
STAY TUNED. Still at risk of power loss.
Speaking from experience. .This person (so far) has $800 in siding damage. (if it comes off completely) #Siding has come loose, and will be ripped off or damaged by further wind. $15 per piece, $50 labour. .Not worth insurance claim.
♪ Flapping around, the Christmas tree
in a warm Windy Storm.. ♪
In this new #JWST NIRCam image of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), we see the remains of a star that first imploded and then exploded about 340 years ago (from our point of view), leaving behind a tangle of gas, dust, and magnetic fields.
A #thread with some details of what we are seeing in the image.
1/
Just had a Monday morning electronics LOL. I have had this 4 port usb hub on my desk for a few weeks. I found it knocking around at work and thought it would be useful. Well plugged it in and none of the ports appeared to work. #thread#electronics#teardown#hardware#hardwarehacking#hardwarehacks