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  1. J Sigmo

    I hate it when that happens

    Nahh. Cats whizz out the back. If she'd peed, you'd have seen it shooting out behind her. That was likely water running down around her sides and off of her belly as mom petted her, squeezing out some of the water that was in her back fur. Cats are hilarious when they make a graceful move...
  2. J Sigmo

    Cows Wander Behind Our House

    Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up, move 'em on Move 'em on, head 'em up, rawhide Cut 'em out, ride 'em in Ride 'em in, cut 'em out Cut 'em out, ride 'em in, rawhide
  3. J Sigmo

    Neighbor takes out mailboxes

    When I was 15, I had a Honda Mini-Trail 50. (A tiny 50cc mini-bike, but street legal). I put a set of air-horns from good old JC-Whitney on it because you'd be surprised how many people would come to a stop sign at an intersecting street, stop, look both ways (including looking directly at...
  4. J Sigmo

    Possible Hit & Run and Another Burnout

    It's always better when daddy is buying your tires! ;)
  5. J Sigmo

    Phoenix homeowner fires gun at robbery suspects breaking into home

    My son was a paid firefighter for several years, and lost a substantial amount of hearing from operating, among other things, large gasoline powered circular saws. He said the blades they used in them allowed them to cut openings in structures pretty much no matter what the exterior material...
  6. J Sigmo

    Phoenix homeowner fires gun at robbery suspects breaking into home

    Enhanced sentencing for using the wrong pronouns, too, I'd guess.
  7. J Sigmo

    Rat Pulls a Fast One on an Owl!

    We sometimes get big bull snakes where I work, and it's amazing how far they can stretch themselves out over a big gap to reach something that you would never imagine they could get to, and from a very precarious perch, like the trim around and above a doorjamb. They do love bird eggs and babies.
  8. J Sigmo

    How do you not see the approaching train?

    Yeah, it did seem like the crossing arms and signal were "crying wolf" for a long long time. But you'd think folks would look for the train itself, and that might give you a clue.
  9. J Sigmo

    Pizza guy stalked by bandits

    That is pretty cute. But it does look like the raccoons got stiffed. I'll bet they'd like some pizza! A few nights ago I went out back of the plant where I work to put some empty chemical bags in the dumpster. It's dark out there, and I couldn't see inside of the dumpster. As I was taking...
  10. J Sigmo

    intruder in the driveway and carport

    As others have said: You should share the video with the police. They may well recognize him, and he probably had some stolen items in his packs, so maybe someone else will benefit by getting their stuff back. Plus, everyone will benefit if he's no longer on the streets stealing stuff.
  11. J Sigmo

    Thief steals bicycle from neighbor's garage

    Thief abandons one bicycle, and then enters neighbor's garage, and steals one of their bicycles. I gave the videos and a bunch of still captures to the neighbor, and she gave it all to the cops. As I had hoped, they immediately recognized the guy (apparently, they deal with him at least once...
  12. J Sigmo

    Time lapse of recent snowstorm here.

    This is just a time lapse I made using Blue Iris from one of our cams. This is 24 hours shown at 1000X speed. We got 26 inches of heavy wet snow in this one storm. It brought the nearest Snotel station, up on the nearby mountain, up from extremely low with respect to average snow water...
  13. J Sigmo

    1AM Car Does 7 Donuts

    Daddy's tires! ;)
  14. J Sigmo

    Excuse me, no excuse me..er this is awkward

    I wonder if that's the same guy who used to always be on Periscope feeding the neighborhood raccoons. He has to be a photo enthusiast because inside his house he had a number of very large format photo-grade printers. Nope. I just checked, and it's a different guy.
  15. J Sigmo

    Get Off My Lawn 2

    I want a security squirrel! I wonder if he or she has a nest with some babies somewhere nearby. Yeah, that kid is gonna catch or get that squirrel. Right. If a dog or cat has trouble catching a squirrel, a human kid has zero chance. Definitely a grudge match at this point, though! That's...
  16. J Sigmo

    Catalytic Converter Theft on Nextdoor

    I have used what I believe are some of the best image enhancement programs available commercially. They're in the Topaz AI line. And while they're amazing, what we always see in these shows where they "enhance" a crappy image is usually nothing short of miraculous to the point of being absurd...
  17. J Sigmo

    Bicycle Crash & Burn

    I definitely see a pattern here! ;)
  18. J Sigmo

    Man Attempted To Steal From My Trash

    Some people are inconsiderate, self-centered, unthinking slobs. I never have understood littering. Is it really that much trouble to keep your trash in the car and simply take it in, or put it in a trash can? Such minimal effort required. These are the same people who abandon their shopping...
  19. J Sigmo

    I can do this!

    Notice how cats bob their heads back and forth as they're judging the distance for a leap. They always seem to do that. Maybe it gives them better 3-D depth perception sort of information. We had a cat when I was a kid that we played with extensively jumping for objects because she was such a...
  20. J Sigmo

    Bicycle Crash & Burn

    I've seen that effect before when I was a kid back in the '60s or early '70s. We built a big ramp/jump in the alley behind our house. We all jumped it on Stingray type bikes and had fun. Then one of the kids' older brothers came out with a 10-speed, and we all warned him not to try to take it...
  21. J Sigmo

    Minibike kids using the neighborhood as a racetrack

    I sort of felt sorry for the poor mini-bike. It seemed to be a bit overloaded! ;)
  22. J Sigmo

    Man Attempted To Steal From My Trash

    The endless come-ons that one gets for credit cards, etc., and which have personal information and can be used by someone to apply for a credit card in your name, etc., are a royal pain. If one has to shred that stuff, it takes a reasonable amount of time, and you need a decent shredder to eat...
  23. J Sigmo

    Need three more PCs

    I'm looking for three more PCs. One for a Blue Iris installation for my mother's house. This will probably be 8 cameras to start, but could be expanded as needed. Two will be for use as actual desktop PCs for general use. Some Corel Draw, some Photo editing, CAD, things like that. No...
  24. J Sigmo

    Prayers Welcomed

    Good to hear the prayers are working. But we're still praying for you, her, and your whole family. We all need to appreciate our loved ones while we're able.
  25. J Sigmo

    Garbage Truck Doesn't Like My Trash

    That's pretty funny. But had there been a car, camper, boat, etc., parked there, or had a pet or person been in the line of fire, that might have had some consequences! Probably something sticky in the bottom of the trash can made the bag stick well enough not to drop into the truck, but...
  26. J Sigmo

    Pandemic threat? Anyone else concerned?

    Just as another data point, of no statistical value, but perhaps interesting for its anecdotal amusement value: My wife started having a severe headache around the 11th of November. She always has a lot of headaches, but this didn't respond to caffeine or anything. A few days later, a...
  27. J Sigmo

    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    I looked into Brave, but saw that it is based on Chrome code. So my fear is that it may still contain the innate badness of Chrome. Amazon must have incredible contracts with the freight outfits. Where I used to work, we had a contract with UPS. Compared to what I would have to pay to ship...
  28. J Sigmo

    Why is the old term "Footage" used in this day and age.

    The term that bugs me is "bandwidth" when what is meant is "data capacity". Bandwidth has a specific meaning, and it is NOT directly related to data rate or data capacity at all. (More efficient encoding methods and modulation techniques can squeeze more data into the same bandwidth, while...
  29. J Sigmo

    Burglars run after getting fright on their life

    I still think that's a cat skeedattling away.
  30. J Sigmo

    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    If the agencies involved weren't either corrupt or scared, RICO act indictments would be forthcoming.
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