tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post6784145175167634446..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Drink Up Your Beer: Solar Flare's Comin'Murr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-58545476049211034132011-06-23T10:14:08.021-07:002011-06-23T10:14:08.021-07:00"Planes were expected to fall out of the sky,..."Planes were expected to fall out of the sky, uninvented." Best. Line. Ever!<br /><br />Thanks for sorting out the scientific stuff (which is Greek to me!).<br /><br />WendyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-61173343770178922892011-06-19T17:38:29.789-07:002011-06-19T17:38:29.789-07:00You are so amusing! I can't even tell you whic...You are so amusing! I can't even tell you which parts are funniest because I'd be cutting and pasting half your post back into the comments. :)Lisa Nowakhttp://lisanowak.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-68868911249188724342011-06-16T18:36:39.680-07:002011-06-16T18:36:39.680-07:00"Our ability to fend for ourselves is now ent..."Our ability to fend for ourselves is now entirely vestigial, like wings on a dodo, or the League of Lobbyists' Code of Ethics."<br /><br />I want to marry you.injaynesworldhttp://injaynesworld.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20978343983325654782011-06-16T17:34:50.054-07:002011-06-16T17:34:50.054-07:00Those hiccups from the sun are just part of the un...Those hiccups from the sun are just part of the universe's life. Nothing to cause much excitement. <br /><br />GPS, whatever. I can still tell where north is by setting a match or twig aside my watch and lining up the shadow. Or by looking for the north star at night. As long as you understand the fundamentals, you'll be OK. If you're not, nobody is, regardless of their box of mac &#Rob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-24579504694550164162011-06-16T16:36:18.961-07:002011-06-16T16:36:18.961-07:00Dont ask me why, but I was hearing Fountains of Wa...Dont ask me why, but I was hearing Fountains of Wayne's song 'Mexican Wine' as a soundtrack in my head while I was reading this post.Shieldmaiden96https://www.blogger.com/profile/04673938377819957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-17210665972346667112011-06-16T12:12:34.801-07:002011-06-16T12:12:34.801-07:00Well, if it does hit the fan, I'll still be ab...Well, if it does hit the fan, I'll still be able to eat pretty well from our yard (what with the garden, the hens, the bees). But, would life even be worth living if I couldn't get my bi-weekly dose of Murr?Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207121540248325766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-53746350211227254722011-06-16T08:11:21.939-07:002011-06-16T08:11:21.939-07:00...you could make Galileo laugh. Of course, he als......you could make Galileo laugh. Of course, he also took some things seriously:<br /><br />I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.<br />Galileo Galilei<br /><br />and <br /><br />It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.<br />Galileo Galilei<br /><br />Thanks, MurrBob Kniselyhttp://www.farmuse.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-32550770867738468262011-06-16T07:00:03.762-07:002011-06-16T07:00:03.762-07:00I awaken from my ignorant slumber to find that my ...I awaken from my ignorant slumber to find that my Facebook account is temporarily nonfunctional, and now I find that solar flares are lurking. An easy game of connect the dots. But I'm not sure what pee has to do with it.cowangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11365881443482166587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-87563170864226242022011-06-16T02:49:08.879-07:002011-06-16T02:49:08.879-07:00Nice article, thanks for the information.Nice article, thanks for the information.sewa mobilhttp://griyamobilkita.webs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-62270015314575949202011-06-15T14:31:15.845-07:002011-06-15T14:31:15.845-07:00Well, actually the solar flares might cheer people...Well, actually the solar flares might cheer people up, now that so many municipalities have canceled their Fourth of July fireworks due to budget cuts.http://howtobecomeacatladywithoutthecats.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888838201074339916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-76452414582808017972011-06-15T14:15:10.138-07:002011-06-15T14:15:10.138-07:00"If we were abruptly deprived of the air cond..."If we were abruptly deprived of the air conditioning we've only had for about fifty years, we would all flop on the pavement in our office sweaters like landed fish."<br /><br />Oh, Murr....you are brilliant. There are so many quotable line in this post they boggle the mind.<br /><br />A great piece.Lohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398370059689865989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-40812448681165581232011-06-15T10:26:05.475-07:002011-06-15T10:26:05.475-07:00Why is it that at a certain age to pee or not to p...Why is it that at a certain age to pee or not to pee becomes a momentous decision-making event?...As for the possibility of cataclysmic events, I believe that ignorance is bliss. I have enough things to worry about. I have to go...pee.Meryl Baerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482532818278685217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-28103581936834052402011-06-15T09:58:16.852-07:002011-06-15T09:58:16.852-07:00Hell, Dale and laytonwoman, I've gotten to the...Hell, Dale and laytonwoman, I've gotten to the age when I sometimes pee before I pee.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-87243812032125324052011-06-15T09:45:10.388-07:002011-06-15T09:45:10.388-07:00I too take the ordinary precaution of peeing *befo...I too take the ordinary precaution of peeing *before* reading your posts, Murr. You don't get to my age by taking unnecessary risks.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-89700569939729575412011-06-15T09:31:42.363-07:002011-06-15T09:31:42.363-07:00What I worry about is they say the sun will burn o...What I worry about is they say the sun will burn out in a scant 5 billion years. But how do they know? Did someone dip a stick in the Hydrogen tank to see how much there is left? For all we know the sun is running on fumes, it could wink out in two weeks. I hope it stays lit long enough for me to get my first social security check.Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-31596559600917720652011-06-15T09:05:14.490-07:002011-06-15T09:05:14.490-07:00"Sunfart"! *snickers*
Lucky thing beer..."Sunfart"! *snickers*<br /><br />Lucky thing beer is impervious to solar flares. There's a thought. If all the electricity got knocked out, I'd have nothing to do but empty my beer fridge as quickly as possible before the beer got warm.<br /><br />Bring on the sunfarts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71833288230773190882011-06-15T08:36:36.665-07:002011-06-15T08:36:36.665-07:00It all those electromagnetic particles that get sp...It all those electromagnetic particles that get spewed that wreaks havoc on my nervous system. Great post.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-10024851303386555442011-06-15T08:15:32.131-07:002011-06-15T08:15:32.131-07:00Now that we have all this monitoring technology, w...Now that we have all this monitoring technology, we know about and are frightened of everything. Nurses kids are always sick because nurses have thermometers. <br />Just don't light one of your flares or more than dogs could explode in the street.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-31329358051701935232011-06-15T07:52:41.191-07:002011-06-15T07:52:41.191-07:00You make me miss Oregon and its obviously brillian...You make me miss Oregon and its obviously brilliant population... my mom dragged me down to her native California when I was three and a little part of me is still up in Eugene.Steph(anie)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01345590378662641435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-91713343360086451822011-06-15T05:03:25.297-07:002011-06-15T05:03:25.297-07:00I started to read this post, and then told myself-...I started to read this post, and then told myself--"No, go pee FIRST, or you'll be sorry." Whew. Disaster averted.Linda Koonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05614162024708881395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-91882446923896475252011-06-15T04:57:23.355-07:002011-06-15T04:57:23.355-07:00Apparently, NOAA has quite a wonderful site for ke...Apparently, NOAA has quite a wonderful site for keeping track of such things. I have enough mass ejection (or lack thereof) to keep me busy already, although there are few times I have been as happy to be on a very teeny ball of dirt.unmitigated mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901264130484454602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-73177224314411600412011-06-15T03:14:25.801-07:002011-06-15T03:14:25.801-07:00I'll probably miss it due to rain...or my neig...I'll probably miss it due to rain...or my neighbours might have their spotlights turned on...dinahmowhttp://moreidlethoughts.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-42001564493659678842011-06-15T03:10:44.308-07:002011-06-15T03:10:44.308-07:00I would like to comment about this *&^$&*(...I would like to comment about this *&^$&*(*... but I keep getting these >:"}*%$#* interruptions that &^%@@!%&^( turn everything to gibberish. Or is it too early for a Bloody Mary?Mr. Charlestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497415823443875308noreply@blogger.com