There is a bit of difference between west China and the modern China on the east coast of China.
The video is old, but in a way it reminds me of my childhood living along the Mississippi River where well water still was common. 
A good movie to watch if you have time.

First, if you want to use a background image with a transparent avatar, you'll have to use a transparent png or gif for an avatar. I've supplied a 1:1 version of that here in 150x150px.

Then you'll want to select Change Avatar in the header menu drop-down.
Current avatar dimension settings are 150x300 with a size limit of 75 KB



Once you've changed your avatar, now it's time to edit our mini profile by again selecting the option from the header drop-down.



From there, you can either enter a hex code for a background color or the url to an image you'd like to use as your background. 
Approximately 200px width. You needn't make them as long as you needed to on ATS as the profile will only extend as far as your avatar height will allow. That should simplify things a lot.



Save and you should be good to go! Any issues or questions, feel free to reply here.

Why not? :)

For those that do not know me, I'm a 60 years old Portuguese guy that likes UFOs, space exploration and science.

And I'm not that good with words, so my introduction ends here. :D

Which way to the bar?
Let the fedposting begin.

Even before I cared about high winds wreaking havoc on on my area, I heard about the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and the Gales of November.


So, when I saw this article, I wanted to see why the Great Lakes have such high winds....often in the Spring and usually in November.  
Oddly enough, so far this November things have been relatively calm on the wind front.

Why the Great Lakes have the Gales of November
and
Why Lake Superior's legendary gales blow especially hard in November


and I never heard of the Witch of November, but hey!
Midwest Windy Season Known as the Witch of November

Probably more than I wanted to know here....
Understanding the Two Main Causes of Sailing Winds on the Great Lakes

Hello folks.
Any of you into cycling. I'm basically a fulltime cyclist that's been cycling Japan. I have a blog if you like to follow me. Just PM me.  I just did a 43 day camping/cycling tour of Ishigaki, Okinawa.
Not sure how to post pictures on the forum yet. 
OK, happy and safe cycling everyone.

Hello folks.
Nice to see you all here. 

How do we post pictures? 

What is "Icon"?



How do I post  a signature?

The Journey

In 2016 I landed on a new ship after I lost something that was important to me. I drifted out to a deep sea of pain and sadness. I started fishing off my ship without a reel. Nothing was caught, just time and hope we’re lost.

I cried everyday knowing that I lost my friends and I tried to take my life by drinking to myself into a coma for many years. 

I finally found new hope and life! My old life in LA had been deleted. My heart was fixed this year. Hope slowly came back. I learned many lessons, lessons in life and lessons on how to quit doing bad things!

I started a new life with a new JJ company. Life can move past sorrows into better times…

Was on the temp beta site. Back for more.

I mean most of it around here is pretty self-explanatory, but what I don't get is how to add pictures? Because the button only say URL? I don't get it?

Or why my post turns black when I click on source?

What is the rating for?

I mean will it influence anything or is it just for me to feel good because I rated someone?

I guess more people will have more questions once things start moving. But it'll be okay.


Going to drive people nuts posting only in comic sans from now on. Some say it is the most irritating font.
I like that.

I'm always the one who gets bitchy when people don't state their main interest in their introduction and just realised that is actually pretty diifficult.

Weird stuff. I like it weird. If there is a way to make it weird I'll do it.
Some might think I am weird but I am really totally ordinary for a FurPerson. Misunderstood often, because people just don't know what it is like to be me.

Is it sad? No such is the life of a FurPerson. It's cool, great fine, everything is fine.

I would add a fun little picture how fine everything is but I got no idea how to embed pictures.

Also:
UFOs
I like Wheeler I don't like Simulation Theory
https://medium.com/the-infinite-universe...21d15ec33a

and often I will disagree with you just because I like it that way:
if two people agree one of them is redundant

oooooh there is a poll option, let's see if I can fuck that up

Might as well start pissing people off over here. . . . .  

In this war, and it is a war in my opinion, I have chosen to stand with Israel.

In life, in the real world as well as online I have chosen to stand with Israel.

Man oh golly (don't know if we can cuss here) that has irritated a huge population of folks.

But I don't care.

Back in the day you could stand for something or be for something and if people disagreed, then mostly they just disagreed and moved on.

But now you can lose your job, be beaten and in some cases killed for having the wrong opinion.

Wow.

Now that is Orwellian.

As this is really my first thread on this new site, please be gentle, I am a delicate little flower simply full of wonder and innocence.  

Hello.

Every new site needs a new name, so I've created another handle I will eventually hate...

In any case, thanks for the invite, and I hope to contribute. 

Love the black/red color scheme.  Getting used to the sites features. And how to do everything on this platform.

I was Degradation33...

I'm not really sure of the correct protocol, after coming here from ATS, but I just felt it was polite to say Hi!

Why the 1913 White Hurricane was one of Michigan’s worst natural disasters


I am more or less a weather nerd.  Even though I am very far from being an expert.  And I live in the MidWest. 
Not a bad place to live, but Michigan has one of the worst track records for power outages.  And  that probably has a LOT to do with my interest in weather....
Imagine if you will if that storm would hit Michigan and the Midwest TODAY!!?!?

Quote:In early November in 1913, Michigan was hit by a massive winter storm that, over the course of several days, killed 250 people. A dozen shipwrecks occurred during the storm, particularly on November 9 from 6 p.m. to midnight. Blizzard conditions and powerful winds lashed the state, and historical information shows us that the unique nature of the storm caught people off-guard.
..
From Nov. 7-10 in 1913, a storm system impacted Michigan and the Great Lakes region. This storm was the result of two different low-pressure systems, one from the Northern Plains and one from near the East Coast, merging over Lake Huron. This caused the new, combined low-pressure center to rapidly intensify, bringing powerful winds and heavy snowfall. Over a foot of snow was recorded in the eastern U.P. and northeastern Lower Peninsula, with other areas in the state receiving 3-6 inches of snow. In Cleveland, Ohio, almost 2 feet of snow fell during the storm, causing power to be knocked out for several days. Heavy snowfall over the lakes caused whiteout conditions.[/color]

This is not my normal type of article to post.  But when I cam across this info, I had to share it.  I am assuming this is not some propaganda put out by the CCP.  But you be the judge.

Quote:In a groundbreaking technological leap, China has revealed the world's fastest internet speed service, reaching a remarkable 1.2 terabits per second. Unveiled at Tsinghua University, this achievement is part of China's Future Internet Technology Infrastructure (FITI) project, showcasing a collaboration between the university, China Mobile, Huawei Technologies, and CERNET.com Corporation.
The "backbone network," operational since July, covers a 3,000-kilometer fiber-optic network connecting Beijing, Wuhan, and Guangzhou. Contrary to expert predictions, this ultra-high-speed network defies expectations, providing speeds faster than the world's existing internet backbone networks at 100 gigabits and surpassing the United States fifth-generation Internet2 with a minimum speed of 400 gigabits per second

No clever title here, just a thread to share songs that entertain, inspire or just to share.

Enjoy!!