Tuesday, June 18, 2019
It’s a beautiful summerish Saturday in the city.
Until I realize that anybody who’s anybody is out of town.
Cape Cod. Martha’s Vineyard. Nantucket. Block Island.
That’s a downer.
Until…
_________________________________________________________________
Commentary
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
It’s a beautiful summerish Saturday in the city.
Until I realize that anybody who’s anybody is out of town.
Cape Cod. Martha’s Vineyard. Nantucket. Block Island.
That’s a downer.
Until I reach the Boston Common, crowded with people.
Nobodies, like me.
Until I realize that many of these people are out of their town.
in their town they are the somebodies who get to leave to travel to exotic places.
Boston such a one.
It’s a beautiful summerish Saturday in the city.
And I am mixed in with nobodies and somebodies.
Pretty nice.
Springtime in Boston.
Lots of rain this week but always with mild temperatures.
The hours are ticking away and if we don’t make the most of our time another day will soon click past.
Unnoticed.
Unappreciated.
Tick Tock.
In clock language:
Enjoy today.
Enjoy the week.
____________________________________________
Postings Count, Weather Brief, and Dinner
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Our 438th consecutive posting, committed to 5,000.
After 438 posts we’re at the 8.76 percentile of our commitment, the commitment a different way of marking the passage of time.
Time is 4.01am.
On Tuesday, Boston will be back at seasonal mild temperatures, a high of 66* with a feels-like of 68* with clouds and showers.
Dinner Sunday was at Fleming’s as guest of my cousins and aunt. It was excellent with excellent service. The conversation wasn’t too shabby either.
___________________________________________
Chuckle of the Day:
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Three bulls heard the rancher was bringing another bull onto the ranch.
First Bull: "I've been here five years. I'm not giving this new bull any of my 100 cows."
Second Bull: "I've been here three years and have earned my right to 50 cows. I'm keeping all my cows."
Third Bull: "I've only been here a year, and so far, you guys have only let me have 10 cows. I may not be as big as you fellows, but I'm keeping all 10 of my cows."
Just then an 18-wheeler pulls up in the pasture carrying the biggest bull they've ever seen.
At 4,700 pounds, each step he takes strains the steel ramp.
First Bull: "I think I can spare a few cows for our new friend."
Second Bull: "I actually have too many cows to take care of. I can spare a few. I'm certainly not looking for an argument."
They look over at the third bull and find him pawing the dirt, shaking his horns and snorting.
First Bull: "Son, don't be foolish, let him have some of your cows and live to tell about it."
Third Bull: "Hell, he can have all my cows. I'm just making sure he knows I'm a bull."
Dude looks like a lady!
_____________________________________________________
We love getting mail.
Contact me at domcapossela@hotmail.com
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
This from Sally C:
A Message to Kali,
Thank you for a lovely piece on what life always boil down to (if we let it, if we soften our hearts): Love. You are absolutely right. And I can hear the poetry in your prose.
Sally
____________________________________________
Today’s Topic
These usually reworked from Wikipedia
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Bulls.
A bull is an intact (i.e., not castrated) adult male of the species Bos taurus (cattle).
More muscular and aggressive than the female of the species, the cow, the bull has long been an important symbol in many cultures, and plays a significant role in both beef ranching and dairy farming, and in a variety of other cultural activities.
It is traditional in many areas to place rings in bulls' noses to help control them.
The ring is usually made of copper, and is inserted through a small hole cut in the septum of the nose.
It is used by attaching a lead rope either directly to it or running through it from a head collar, or for more difficult bulls, a bull pole (or bull staff) may be used.
This is a rigid pole about 3 ft long with a clip at one end; this attaches to the ring and allows the bull both to be led and to be held away from his handler.
A bull with a nose ring, tethered to a picket
Fernando Hartwig - Own work
Full Blood Wagyū Bull in Chile
Bulls become fertile at about seven months of age.
Their fertility is closely related to the size of their testicles, and one simple test of fertility is to measure the circumference of the scrotum: a young bull is likely to be fertile once this reaches 11 in; that of a fully adult bull may be over 16 in.
Bulls have a fibro-elastic penis.
Given the small amount of erectile tissue, there is little enlargement after erection.
The penis is quite rigid when non-erect, and becomes even more rigid during erection.
Protrusion is not affected much by erection, but more by relaxation of the retractor penis muscle and straightening of the sigmoid flexure.
The penis of a mature bull is about 1.2in in diameter, and 35in in length.
The bull's glans penis has a rounded and elongated shape.
The reproductive system of a bull
A common misconception widely repeated in depictions of bull behavior is that the color red angers bulls, inciting them to charge.
In fact, like most mammals, cattle are red-green color blind.
In bullfighting, it is the movement of the matador's cape, and not the color, which provokes a reaction in the bull.
BullfightingTomas Castelazo - Own work
Aside from their reproductive duties, bulls are also used in certain sports, including bullfighting and bull riding.
They are also incorporated into festivals and folk events such as the Running of the Bulls and were seen in ancient sports such as bull-leaping.
Though less common than castrated males, bulls are used as draught oxen in some areas.
The once-popular sport of bull-baiting, in which a bull is attacked by specially bred and trained dogs (which came to be known as bulldogs), was banned in England by the Cruelty to Animals Act 1835.
Bulls have held a place of significance in human culture since before the beginning of recorded history.
They appear in cave paintings estimated to be up to 17,000 years old.
An aurochs bull in a cave painting in Lascaux, France.
Prof saxx - Own work
Got a list of New England towns I’m going to drive to this summer.
____________________________________________
Good Morning on this Tuesday, the eighteenth day of June, 2019
We posted a comment on where the in-crowd is on a weekend in the summer in the city. And a message from Sally C to Kali L. And a joke.
We posted the Boston weather report, the ticking calendar, and the growing number of posts as a time marker.
We posted a piece on bulls.
And now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your love.