WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS)

[motojobobo]

Hey @SKT, so glad my random post got some interest from you guys. Cattle breeds originating from India/Pakistan area (Bos indicus, with noticeable humps) are more resistant to heat and drought, hence widely adopted in the tropics of South America. The breeds you are familiar with (Bos taurus) originate from Europe and Britain which adapt better to temperate and colder conditions. The southern bits of South America (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile) have temperate climes too, and you’ll find there the breeds which you grew up familiar with.

Nelore, with white hair, does particularly well minimizing the radiant heat it absorbs from sun rays.
The bulls have that large ‘flap’ of loose hide hanging from the lower part of the neck. It serves as a radiator. Densely populated by thin blood capillaries, it cools off warm blood as the ‘flap’ swings sideways as the animal walks around. Pretty cool evolutionary trait, I think!

Hmmm, I may have misrepresented my usefulness that day. It was a vet doing the AI, I was mostly doing secretarial work jotting down other observations which may help me later find useful statistical trends: which bull semen was more fertile, which cows are more fertile, correlation between cows exhibiting in-heat behaviour vs positive pregnance, etc. But 117 AIs only takes about 4 hours, they average 30/hour.

I could chat endlessly about this…if we continue, we should probably do it privately. Cheers.

[Tago Mago]

On the road again

[Matt]

What a jet setter!

[Matt]

We just got home and are all settled. I got a stark reminder of the differences in people and places when the airport shuttle van driver said he’s turning 47 tomorrow (my age) and has 7 grandkids. Also, markedly less Porsches and more pickup trucks.

[Tago Mago]

Not quite St Tropez, but I’ll take it

[steelworker]

@Matt whats wrong with my F250, boy?

[Matt]

It’s ok Ed. It didn’t see any Subarus over there either. Porsches must fill that particular niche. I’m in the wrong city.

[Giles]

It may be my birthday, but The Boat Show starts tomorrow, and SAKURA will be here for the duration. It was my job to bring her over (the easy part) and then park her in front of dozens of "will he prang it/will he not" lookers on and boy was that nerve-wracking. No room to turn her in the fairway, so had to reverse from out there......

The stern-to park her here....

Fuck, that was hard.....

[Nik]

Pro

[Matt]

I can think of worse ways to spend a birthday. Like how I spend most of mine.

[endo]

We went to see a special place today, the abandoned Haludovo Palace Hotel, the place to be in 70s Yugoslavia for sex, drugs and … well, whatever. Sadam Hussein is supposed to have had pool parties here, bathing in champagne.

The place has change a bid since, but still has some atmosphere.

The bar and pool area:

from the roof top we had a nice sunset

some further reading in case you‘re interested:
https://www.greyscape.com/haludovo-palace-hotel-croatia/

[popvulture]

@endo that looks fantastic! I love a good bit of urban decay. Are you seeing any of those spomenik monuments while you're there?

[endo]

nah, sorry man, I‘m here for partying as usual, just came across this by chance

[flannel slut]

Wicked cool

[popvulture]

: : steps into champagne bath : :

[Anesthetist]

That is amazing @endo I love me some midcentury modern x brutalism architecture!

[Matt]

Reminds me of the pirate hideout in The Life Aquatic.

[Nik]

Beautiful building. Luxury socialism!

[Twistlock]

Amazing pics and place @endo!

[Crease]