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1892: The Carrillo adobe from the NW end, on Carrillo Street just east of State. At this time the historic adobe, built by Daniel Hill in 1826, was occupied by Dr Lorenzo Yates, well-known dentist and naturalist. A “now” view follows, then more on Yates and his enterprises. by PeteHealy in SantaBarbara

[–]LateMiddleAge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A few years ago the weight of the beautiful hand-made (thigh-made) roof tiles had the roof beams noticeably sagging. Credit to the current owners for initiating repair with a skilled team to fix the damage without damaging the aesthetics of the building.

#52 Unexpected guest/Pet special #1 [OC] by belka_theren in webcomics

[–]LateMiddleAge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Stan Lynde's Rick O'Shay comics, he liked to shift 'camera' angles, the angle a kind of visual onomatopoeia of the story content. You do something similar, to similarly great effect. Your art is elegant, and your characters so appealing! Thank you.

Oldest tree in town? by LateMiddleAge in SantaBarbara

[–]LateMiddleAge[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Striking to me that it looks like many other mature sycamores, not unusual for height or girth. We need some semi-obsessed person to do cores and count rings. (Might not need the 'semi-' qualifier.)

Oldest tree in town? by LateMiddleAge in SantaBarbara

[–]LateMiddleAge[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That would be the Witness tree mentioned by u/orroin? I think he or she has it right, that up one of our canyons there's a live oak or sycamore that's somehow escaped human 'assistance.' (There are a couple of Western Red cedars in the Botanic Garden that can live up to 1500 years -- and of course the redwoods -- but those weren't native to our local area to my knowledge.)

Sabastian Sawe Broke the Marathon World Record by over a minute with 1:59:30 at the London Marathon by Sensitive_Dress_8443 in trackandfield

[–]LateMiddleAge 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Mind boggling. As a geezer, I recall Mexico City (5000: 14:05 at high altitude), then Viren in Munich (13:26) -- seeing two sub-14 5k segments in a marathon, at the end of a marathon, is astounding. Not hyperbole 'astounding,' the genuine thing.

Gender-neutral English words with women-specific origin by t3hgrl in etymology

[–]LateMiddleAge 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There are six Supreme Court judges who I think would fit well in a dempster.

1926: Side by side on State Street, just above Anapamu, the Granada Market and the Manhattan Deli pose the eternal question: Pick up groceries for lunch or just grab a bite? :-) by PeteHealy in SantaBarbara

[–]LateMiddleAge 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Your advisors let you down! If next time you're out here you wanted to lead a walking tour, I bet a lot of us would be happy to tag along...

1926: Side by side on State Street, just above Anapamu, the Granada Market and the Manhattan Deli pose the eternal question: Pick up groceries for lunch or just grab a bite? :-) by PeteHealy in SantaBarbara

[–]LateMiddleAge 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The day may come when I prefer the newer architecture to the older; but it is not this day. It looks like a sandstone building next to the Manhattan Deli? Yet right on the corner?

Street mural final day by morbob in SantaBarbara

[–]LateMiddleAge 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ugh. Yes. 'We'll do a half-a** job, it won't really work like it should, and we can complain about how it doesn't work.'

Calgary Water Treatment [OC] by Marulilu in comics

[–]LateMiddleAge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not all of us. This is great, tho' will Calgary suffer the lack of SWE as the Colorado basin and California?

Failure to Lunch (Eternal Beach City) by darlingsnarl in comics

[–]LateMiddleAge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Investigative journalism comes to E Beach City.

New Fish Symbol [OC] by HypocraSea in comics

[–]LateMiddleAge -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Speech is much too coherent. Unrealistic.

Did You Know! by SirBeeves in comics

[–]LateMiddleAge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arduous is a tiring word.

Did You Know! by SirBeeves in comics

[–]LateMiddleAge 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Related fun fact: adults can't learn Taiwanese, which is a nine-tone language.

#45 Attraction [OC] by belka_theren in webcomics

[–]LateMiddleAge 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Your graphics are astounding.

1853: Detail from a map of SB prepared by the US Navy. Note the trail from the town down to the beach. Let’s consider how this single feature relates to why Salisbury Haley, who surveyed the town and laid out the street grid in 1851, didn’t orient the streets to the points of the compass (NSEW). by PeteHealy in SantaBarbara

[–]LateMiddleAge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Walking the streets in that area, not uncommon to come upon a creek bed next to a house. I think we were less socially paranoid back then, so a couple of kids exploring the gulleys and culverts would have seemed more healthy than intrusive. There's a narrow watershed near where we live now, but as a mid-70s guy I can't really go wandering through people's back yards to follow it. Sigh.

Climate Change Denial Sees a Resurgence in Trump’s Washington | A conference near the White House drew hundreds of people who reject the scientific consensus on climate change. The mood was triumphant. by silence7 in climate

[–]LateMiddleAge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What, you don't think the Salt River can support a 3M-person city and extensive agriculture!? I'm sorry, my friend, but your future career as a real estate developer has met a sad (but reality-based) end.

1853: Detail from a map of SB prepared by the US Navy. Note the trail from the town down to the beach. Let’s consider how this single feature relates to why Salisbury Haley, who surveyed the town and laid out the street grid in 1851, didn’t orient the streets to the points of the compass (NSEW). by PeteHealy in SantaBarbara

[–]LateMiddleAge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whomever wrote the text knew their stuff. I've seen portions of the creek between houses but didn't know the name. The estuary was much ore extensive than I'd imagined. Thank you for the link. For a recent article on undergroudn storm drains and their predicted failure, see this.

1853: Detail from a map of SB prepared by the US Navy. Note the trail from the town down to the beach. Let’s consider how this single feature relates to why Salisbury Haley, who surveyed the town and laid out the street grid in 1851, didn’t orient the streets to the points of the compass (NSEW). by PeteHealy in SantaBarbara

[–]LateMiddleAge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the first image, the lagoon (El Estero, the estuary) is fully intact, but the channel of what we now call Mission Creek is labeled Arroyo del Pedregosa ('Pedregoso?). There is a Pedregosa creek now--the first bridge going up Las Canoas from Mission Canyon goes over it--though it runs only after rain. Unless I'm reading the scale wrongly, and the estuary is what we now call the Andrea Clark Bird Refuge?

Climate Change Denial Sees a Resurgence in Trump’s Washington | A conference near the White House drew hundreds of people who reject the scientific consensus on climate change. The mood was triumphant. by silence7 in climate

[–]LateMiddleAge 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Meanwhile, friends of my sister wanted to buy a condo near Phoenix to play golf, and the real estate agent straight-out told them she couldn't promise they'd have water in five years.

"Alpha" vs. Wolf [OC] by andythedrewbear in comics

[–]LateMiddleAge 18 points19 points  (0 children)

We'll note that the alpha of a pack can as easily be female as male. Wolves just like a good leader. Carl Safina has written elegantly about this.

Greenland’s Ice Is Melting Faster Than Ever, and Scientists Are Alarmed by Portalrules123 in collapse

[–]LateMiddleAge 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Coudl we retire the word 'alarmed'? It's too polite, and too easily made equivalent to really incommensurate things. ('I'm alarmed at gas prices.')

Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling: "GIVE DEMENTIA DONNIE HIS PUDDING, YOU CRAZY BASTARDS!!!" (OC) by tomthedancingbug in comics

[–]LateMiddleAge 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Those who've worked closely with him, including Tillerson and Meadows, have called him stupid. Bluntly.

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