Talk About Tennis 2.0

I find it intriguing that the main river systems appear to run from east to west, as opposed to from south near the mountains north to the Baltic Sea.

I still find it hard to get my head around rivers flowing from South to North! Have to keep reminding myself the earth is round ...

I have always puzzled over how rivers know their way to the sea. Of course, the answer is they don't .those sho do not, simply disappear over time .but it is almost mystical relationship!

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 1:08 am I still find it hard to get my head around rivers flowing from South to North! Have to keep reminding myself the earth is round ...

Longest river in Africa runs south_north.
Longest river in S. America runs mostly west_east.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 1:15 am I have always puzzled over how rivers know their way to the sea. Of course, the answer is they don't .those sho do not, simply disappear over time .but it is almost mystical relationship!

Gravity?

I was listening to a podcast yesterday where they talked about how orca's are matrilineal and that the females actually go into menopause. When that happens she is then put in charge of training the young males. They are also capable of learning behaviors and building on what they've already mastered. If one pod knows about attacking the boats that maim them the information, like the songs of the whales, gets transmitted group to group.

Fascinating mammals.

Remember that in a lot of mammal populations, the females run the "day to day operation". Lions are the same, several ape species. Males are there only for reproductive purposes and protection.
Which, come to think about it...
(I am joking!!)

That machine produces amazing images.

Google is beginning to give me an outrageous number of pop-up add/cards.
1. Is anyone else having this problem?
2. Does anyone know how to turn them off?
3. If they can not be turned off, does anyone have a recommendation for a different browser?

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 3:03 pm Remember that in a lot of mammal populations, the females run the "day to day operation". Lions are the same, several ape species. Males are there only for reproductive purposes and protection.
Which, come to think about it...
(I am joking!!)

I have this theory..as the human race evolves, hand to hand fighting is no longer the norm..men will disappear. Women will find they don't actually men for anything.. even for reproduction...evolution!

dave g wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 2:52 am Google is beginning to give me an outrageous number of pop-up add/cards.
1. Is anyone else having this problem?
2. Does anyone know how to turn them off?
3. If they can not be turned off, does anyone have a recommendation for a different browser?

I don't have Chrome in my laptop. Too invasive.
I actually use EDGE for the forum. Give it a shot, it is good.

And, although I do have a gmail account, I go in, read my stuff, go out, and REMOVE my account from google workspace. I know, I pain, and I am paranoid, but google is looking at you all the time.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 6:33 am

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 3:03 pm Remember that in a lot of mammal populations, the females run the "day to day operation". Lions are the same, several ape species. Males are there only for reproductive purposes and protection.
Which, come to think about it...
(I am joking!!)

I have this theory..as the human race evolves, hand to hand fighting is no longer the norm..men will disappear. Women will find they don't actually men for anything.. even for reproduction...evolution!

The only way that would happen would be if women start cloning themselves. Two eggs cannot fuse to produce a viable zygote (in the same way that two sperm cells cannot fuse to produce anything viable).
And, as bad as men can be, I don't think the majority of women want a world without us. We are good for screwing.
(Lightbulbs, nuts and bolts, screws, etc )

Sperm banks...