"Don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Get the hell out of the race car if you've got feathers on your legs or butt. Put a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up there and eat that candy ass."
Dale Earnhardt
9/11 Memorial
Irish blessings to the return of the Monk. (And chuckle at this thread!)
Jules, sweet darling! You are lovely and luscious and libidinous and louche, consummate carnality! Kisses from your Monk ... all over.
Monk
Живи и жить давай другим
“Live and let live”
Gents (and Fancy, and Jules), thanks for your welcoming words. Gneiss Guy, you know I'm indestructible -- it comes from eating borscht and other ... delicacies. Mokoa (never can remember if that rhymes with aloha or cocoa), you may be spot on with Chernobyl. I'm going to look for a pic to post.
Monk
Живи и жить давай другим
“Live and let live”
Well, I know the wildlife in that area survived and still thrives there but it is not the same as it was. So, it stands to reason.
Again, glad to have you back!
"Don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Get the hell out of the race car if you've got feathers on your legs or butt. Put a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up there and eat that candy ass."
Dale Earnhardt
9/11 Memorial
Personally, I was hoping for 100 foot tall radioactive hedgehogs.
The wildlife died off in some areas. Heck, the TREES died in some areas. The most radioactive isotopes tend to have short half lives, so it became much less dangerous pretty quickly. Still enough to cause increased rates of cancer and birth defects, but not enough to deplete the population that much. Animals other than humans won't "notice" the difference.
The fact that there aren't as many humans has benefited a lot of animals.
Be Gneiss Gnow...
Welcome back bro!