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Shamar's latest activity

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    It is not that we don't have empathy, but that we have trouble (or inability) expressing it. Did anyone consider that distress over a...
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    Shamar replied to the thread Just joined.
    You will meet many here who were diagnosed late in life (I was 60). Stick around and you will get an understanding why your life was...
  • Shamar
    The whole Doomsday Clock thing was always political, never about science, even though it is published by The Bulletin of the Atomic...
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    Shamar replied to the thread Common Australian Birds.
    I remember Australian birds. Whenever we had an equipment failure or unexpected problem, we could almost always count on a kookaburra...
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    Shamar replied to the thread remembering my grandmother.
    A wonderful eulogy, she would be proud of you. That says it all, not much more I can say.
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    Shamar replied to the thread When is a pet, more?.
    I'm surprised nobody has said this yet, so I will. I suspect most of us here love our animals more than other humans.
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    Shamar replied to the thread Which Is It?.
    Actually, it was in Texas.
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    Shamar replied to the thread When is a pet, more?.
    Our dog, Dingo (you can understand the name), seems psychic sometimes. When we are out and leave him with our son, he always wants out...
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    Shamar posted the thread Which Is It? in Off Topic.
    I saw this and at first I couldn't decide if it was a warning for winter storm road treatment or an ICE protest.
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    Shamar replied to the thread Koalas.
    Read about the Kaibab Deer experiment, an attempt to create a safe paradise for deer over here. Same situation, same failure. There...
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    Shamar replied to the thread I don't know what to do anymore..
    You have probably read what I have written in the past about this, but I have no friends who could serve as a wingman or let me know...
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    Shamar replied to the thread I don't know what to do anymore..
    It was a spontaneous one night only thing. I was coming from a project in the far north of Canada, and we stopped overnight in the only...
  • Shamar
    Shamar replied to the thread I don't know what to do anymore..
    Keep your senses open. One time a young lady (can't quite call her a girl) spent more than twenty minutes coming on to me. I was...
  • Shamar
    Treat them fairly and give them some latitude to be themselves, and you will be repaid many times over.
  • Shamar
    I have spent years writing a book about my career in exploration, called Life in the Field. I work on it in bits and pieces. I have...
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