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Thanks for the local algal information from lakes in Minn..

My mother came from a family of 10 farm children. I think at least three had parkinsons when they got older. They usually live long, but also come down with Alzheimer's. Live stock/wild animals drink and do other things in some of those ponds which promote algal growth. Also there are a number of shallow wells. One wonders. This is partially the reason for my interest in neurodegenerative diseases and there are clusters around some rural communities. But there is also a lot of herbicide and pesticide use. It is often difficult to separate cause-effect along with synergism. FYI. Activated charcoal adsorbs most of the toxic compounds from blue green algae/cyanobacteria. They really are not true algae and certainly not all are bad. It really depends on species, strain, and growing conditions.

ive noticed that the algae blooms are prolific in dry years here , thats when we see them and the news picks up the stories [not that the news is really news anymore] i see it show up in a local story sometimes - particularly when on a lake that has high end homes on it , that always drives the news - money ,

there are a few areas that have been plagued by things caused by pesticides and runoff as there were once farms around all of our local lakes till the development value caught up , there was a chain of lakes - created by daming a rive a few miles from here that had a number of resorts and actually had a cabin/chalet built back in the 60s that was a sweepstakes prize ,
then it had farms all around it and was remote so-to-speak yet close to civilization , it had a mink farm and numerous cattle farms close to or on its shores , i thought to buy or build there in the 80s ,
now it is totally built up and the farms are all but gone , but the side affects of them are evident in these lakes , the environmental wackos attacked the mink farm a bit back and caused the death of nearly 10,000 animals when they let them loose not understanding the minks "culture" , good intentions went astray big time ,

anyway - i no longer visit that chain of lake - used to fish them regularly , there is a second north of us that was always overbuilt with cabins since ive been here , the straight pipe sewers that fed to the lake 20-30 feet offshore took a toll back in the late 80s and they are now fighting to save that one , it also gets drainage from farms ,

one of the big problems is the invasive species - between the millfoil and zebra mussels we are loosing a lot of pristine northern waters very rapidly

Your 1st clue the place doesn't serve fresh sushi

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"Customs inspection"

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The CIA finally got a spy into the Russian submarine base

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Kissing cute little baby turts is a bad idea. Very bad.

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"Hold still - I'll get that nasty booger so you won't be embarrassed later."

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In gymnastics, the dismount is very important

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The rare and endangered Arctic snow turt

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Wichita Falls - Wichita also Faceplants

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Giving your horse a mullet is animal abuse

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"I tot I taw a puddy tat!"

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That last one sure nailed the original Warner bros caricatures.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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"Oh Yeah!.....All Right!" -Paul Simon

"It's Russia, kids!"

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"His territory, hers and the cat's"

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Teaching the girlfriend to drive - back to square one.

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Okay - that's creepy!

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ooooooooooh , that is creepy ,

just remember that cats paws just left the litter box , you can find a new girlfriend and turtles seldom turn into princes with only one kiss - but then the gene pool is really contaminated these days

Pockets... don't leave home without them!

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Some of these hats make Mexican sombreros look like berets!

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What a remarkable likeness! (easiest money the guy made all month!)

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"The bears had a party last night"

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Art... this is one of my fave paintings. Not an especially famous artist

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i could see mario setting up shop on the sidewalk , but , im not sure he would find the subject of interest as he likes details of features and is good at capturing them ,

I think I've posted this one before, but it still cracks me up.

"Loss of your teeth in 3... 2... 1... Life's lesson"

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"Me at work"

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"My life in one photograph"

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"Today for lunch I'm having alphabet soup"

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I'm calling BS on this one - there just ain't no way!

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Australian tea party

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gives new meaning to "itsy bitsy spidy"

Flamethrower and 12Ga. time at that tea party.

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"Like a tank with it's tracks blown off, my turret still swivels and my cannon fires, so whenever the fight kicks off, I'll likely live or die right there, where the fight begins and ends"
John Connor

"Watch and learn, kids!"

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Amish girls can skateboard but no skater tunes allowed

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When dogs become bored... ( caption sez, "pickup guru")

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"Well if you're out of pop tarts, can your cat come out to play?"

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just goes to show - even amish "girls just wanna to have fun"

"Champion hunter"

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Let your new gf borrow the Porsche? That ended well, didn't it?

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Warm hoods are a great place to nap on a chilly morning

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"Synchronized swimming champions of the pond"

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"Flavored" lip balm??? Flavored like what???

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"Curing a headache"

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Vodka spaghetti sauce with cheese - only in Russia! ("Vodka was never like this")

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"Coconut crabs taste like coconut, right?"

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The reason for skipping a few days with misc. pics relates to the soccer championship in Russia right now. /the majority of posts in the sites I cruise are about it. Stuff like... "realistic foosball table"

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And, "I don't always stub my toe, but when I do I really put on an act for the referee"

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ok - the dog stands a small chance against one but two - dog sized crabs - really , do you want to pick that fight ?

i would think long and hard on that confrontation even if well armed - without the dog so i didnt accidently shoot him ....just sayin ,

foosball - soccer , very similar and yes ive seen the theatrics , im not swayed , i think you pick what you do and enjoy it or walk away , real soccer players get back in the game like most of our football players , but some of the soccer players get an "A: for the effort - might do well in hollywood when their careers are over ....again just sayin ,

Those crabs eat coconuts, so yeah, they're bad news. Pretty tasty though, I hear. SW

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Man if I seen those crabs running around we'd have to bring out the BIG guns and load AP. Nope a pup has no chance against those claws, probably take off a leg.

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"Like a tank with it's tracks blown off, my turret still swivels and my cannon fires, so whenever the fight kicks off, I'll likely live or die right there, where the fight begins and ends"
John Connor

World cup soccer is still going on in Russia. They lay it on kinda thick heckling other teams. In this pic cat on top is Russia - bottom cat is Spain. To the side is Croatia... "Dang, I'm next!"

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Buy a poster of Putin - get a free cat!

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Retirement accounts - some people still don't trust banks.

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"Eskimo pies for men"

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"Shut up and hold it, dog - I told you to pee before you got in the truck!

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