Random Thought Thread

Damn...how many of those things do you have? Or are you reusing them?

 

It was a 1500 piece assortment

 

Dead on 3/16"!

 

In my world, AA comes after Z. 5-axis machine (XYZ45)?

 

Shiv folder

 

I'm in Washington (Olympia), but the photo was taken in Eagle's Cove on the southern point of San Juan Island.

I asked a "Marine Biologist" on the island what type of barnacle they are, as I'd never seen them before. She told me they are Goose Barnacles, or Gooseneck Barnacles, and they are not native to our region - but I failed to ask what made her assume they are not native. She's the expert, so I just took her word for it.

There are 2 common species:
Pollicipes Pollicipes (most common in Northern Spain and neighboring coastal countries)
Pollicipes Polymerus (NE Pacific Ocean native, from California to southern Alaska)

I did a bit more research last night and learned the Pollicipes Pollicipes are historically popular in Spain as a delicacy, and commonly sourced from the Galician region. There was a company that was importing them from Spain to the US and they had an interesting excerpt on their website:

"While fresh percebes are not available in the U.S. from Galician sources, we recently discovered a source sustainably harvested in Oregon. The wave-battered rocky coast of Oregon is strikingly similar to the coast of Galicia – it is even the nearly the same latitude. Waves from the Pacific smash into the rocks of the area, bathing the percebes in cool, fresh, nutrient rich sea water - creating a habitat much like the one found in Galicia."

I guess our Pollicipes Polymerus species is not considered as palatable, or as delicious as their European cousins for whatever reason.

Here's another link that has some good info. about them:
https://web.archive.org/web/2012021...illopoda/Cirripedia/Pollicipes_polymerus.html

 

Can an orthopedic surgeon be a carpenter? Can a carpenter be an ortho surgeon in a pinch?

 

Well... there is this chiropractor who works on wood using sharp tools...

 

I sh*t you not, but instead of malt I read something else at first!

 

That's all on you

 

^ I see that Evil Genius descriptive up there so apply it to a screeching rubber chicken

 

Lol. Reminds me of the first time I encountered someone doing this in the Import Tuner scene a couple decades ago

 

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