It is nice to see a sign (pun intended) that interest in Star Trek is still strong. I'm not sure how much fandom the new movie(s) generate(s) for the tv series, which are the core of Star Trek content (but if it's a gateway into those series, great). Do they beam up the garbage or what?
I plan from now on to imagine that that's exactly what they do. Hey, I have a 45-minute commute - a gal's gotta have some fun.
DeepSpaceWine said:
And this is a general question, but what is up with yellow or orange beaked cardinals? Every cardinal I've ever seen in person or in actual photos has a reddish beak, not yellow, not orange either, yet every print depiction of cardinals have yellow to orange beaks, including the St. Louis Cardinals and the Arizona Cardinals, and bags of bird seed too.
If that's the state bird, I suspect they used an imbecilic changeling that couldn't get the cardinal quite right as the model.
After seeing this reply, I googled "cardinal bird images," and while most of the photos showed red or at least reddish beaks, some were orange. I will, thanks to you, notice this every time I see a cardinal for the next year at least, so if I see any non-red beaks first hand, I'll let you know.
Of course, if I do, maybe those will be changelings, too? I plan from now on to imagine that that's exactly what they are. Thanks for enriching my commute even more!
Nerding aside, its great to see that there are some fun and interesting ways of keeping the DS9 flame alive. Mind you, if I had been there and had the money for it, I would have adopted a part of that highway for the Second Order of the Central Command. (Dukat picking up litter, priceless
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And now, thanks to you, Thor, for enriching my commute even further.
It's not too late. I'm sure there're lots of unadopted stretches of Indiana highway...
Actually, I don't think you have to pay any money. I am pretty sure you just have to provide the labor to keep your particular stretch of road tidy. So it would cost you nothing, Thor, except the minor matter of transporting yourself from England to Indiana. Piece of cake, right?
When are we going to have transporter technology anyway?
This is super heartening
I know. Isn't it adorable?
I wonder what the 630-D references.
I do NOT know. I've been thinking and thinking. A three-digit number automatically makes me think of an area code, but "630" isn't the area code for Lapel, nor for anywhere even sort of close to Lapel. It's the area code for NE Illinois (Chicago area), which is a good 2.5-3 hours away at least. So I don't know. Birthday (June 30)? Street address? (Though there's no "D" street in Lapel - I checked that, too, and besides, it's not the kind of town that would have a "D" street.) Part of a formula for faster-than-light travel? Yet another mystery.
Wait a minute...so you're merely cleaning the roads rather than making money through them? You're supposed to be a nation of crazed capitalists! Stop picking up litter and start crafting localized business empires!
We are capitalists, but we're not actually "crazed." Most of us, anyway. Well, most of the time. Besides, some of us like tidy streets.
Deranged Nasat said:
Make it the Obsidian Order; have it implied that something sinister is going on. What is that litter being collected for anyway?
" The trash is being cleared up for your own good citizen, just look the other way."
-The Obsidian Order. Keeping everything clean for longer than you care to think about.
...now move along citizen.
You guys - all of you - crack me up!
(though evidently quite efficient when it comes to roadside de-littering), I was able to work that out at least 
