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Friday, January 17, 2025

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[No Taco Filling] You can buy jars and jars of salsa, piles and piles of tortillas, canned chilies, jalapenos, taco seasoning, and everything else that goes in a taco, but you can’t buy the filling. You can buy the whole kit, but you still have to provide the hamburg or chicken and cook it.
They sell Manwich meat filling in a can, why not taco filling in a can? Just add cumin.
[Movies] Horror movie famous last words, “Let’s split up…”
[Texas Cold] You transplants that are new to Texas, are about to experience “Texas Winter”. This is 6 or 7 days of cold, maybe some ice and snow. The weatherman will threaten snow. It may snow, it may not and if the weatherman says 2 inches it could be 10 or it could be 1/2”. It doesn’t matter how much snow it is, we’ll all freak out because we don’t see snow often… Link
[Friday Joke] I visited a café one day with my friends. The waiter recommended that we try their special coffee. We agreed and soon the coffee arrived. As we drank the coffee, we realized that it tastes like dirt and mud. Disgusted by the fact, all of us complained immediately. The alarmed server rushed over and said, “Well sir, it was freshly ground coffee!”
Mysterious silver poisoning turned an 84-year-old gray for good. Argyria causes hair, skin, fingernails, and even eyes to turn silver. Link
[Big Pine Book Club] Meeting at the library this Saturday, January 18 at 10am when we will discuss The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley.
[Cautionary Tale For EV Owners] We arrived at Philadelphia International Airport on Tuesday morning and parked where we normally do. No issues. We get back at 3:30 this afternoon and the car is gone! There were barricades, construction equipment and signs put up where we were and we were very confused because none of that was there on Tuesday morning. None.
Luckily, we located the car on the app and found it on the other end of the parking lot. They towed it and relocated.
EVs have to be put in a specific mode to be towed. Clearly that didn’t happen here. We get back to the car and every sensor was going off, power steering wouldn’t work and we couldn’t move the car. After researching all the issues and coming across folks who had the same issues we found that there could be thousands in damage and could potentially be totaled. We are now having the car towed to the Ford dealership near our house for diagnosis tomorrow morning.
When we called the Philadelphia Parking Authority they told us we moved the barricades and ignored the signs… excuse me? None of that existed in the first place! We used the charging station that is now covered in signs and tape. There were 3 other cars that were relocated too. So multiple people just happened to move and ignore these non-existent barriers? Don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining.
[Peruvian Marching Powder] “When I Was A Kid…” The first bottle of Coco-Cola from 1894 contained around 3.5 gram of cocaine which explains why our parents and grandparents could walk to and from school uphill, both ways, in the snow, barefoot.
 [Friday Joke] After Sunday church, the priest would hand us each an orange and a big cookie. A little girl once lied and took two oranges, but the priest told her she mustn’t lie because God is watching. Then, the girl took two cookies and lied about it. When asked why she had done that, she said that she thought that God was only watching oranges.
[Idiot] California Highway Patrol officers in Madera County shared a photo on Facebook of a Honda Ridgeline truck they had pulled over. With an unintentional nod to “The Grapes of Wrath,” the truck was piled to at least twice its height with random items, some of which were flying off into traffic.
Forever Chemicals are known for their persistence in water, soil, and even the human brain. New Study Exposes Silent Invasion. Link  
[Florida Conquistadors 1542] Saw palmettos, found throughout Florida, bear clusters of edible blue-black berries in autumn. In May, the hearts can be eaten raw and have a color and texture not unlike a potato.
A Miami Lakes man is accused of killing an alligator (out of season) in mainland Monroe County over the weekend and driving off with its severed tail. Link
These are the voyages of the space shuttle Enterprise, boldly renamed by former President Gerald Ford after a massive letter-writing campaign from Star Trek fans. Link
[Starship’s Seventh Flight Test] The first Starship flight test of 2025 flew with ambitious goals: seeking to repeat our previous success of launching and catching the world’s most powerful launch vehicle while putting a redesigned and upgraded Starship through a rigorous set of flight demonstrations. Video  
The actor Joan Plowright, who was celebrated for her long career in theatre and film, has died at the age of 95. She was married to Sir Laurence Olivier. You’ll recognize her because any time English TV producers needed an old lady they’d use her. She was in every movie that didn’t use Maggie Smith as an old lady.
The FAA is finally looking into sweltering airplane cabins. There is no explicit cap on temperatures during boarding. Link
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A super rare comet could appear in the night sky later this week. It’s thought that Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas) could be seen across the globe for the first time in 160,000 years. Nasa says it’s hard to predict how bright the comet will be, but it’s thought it might be powerful enough to be seen without a telescope. While the exact location where it will appear is still unknown, experts think it may be best observed from the southern hemisphere. Link
[Friday Joke] As a group of robbers entered the bank, their leader went to the manager and asked him to open the vault. He threatened the manager by saying, “If you try to do anything smart, you are fiction.” The manager was confused and asked him, “Don’t you mean ‘You are history’?” The robber angrily replied, “Do not change the subject, okay?”  
[Is the World Becoming Uninsurable?] I ask this as a homeowner who can no longer obtain hurricane insurance, and as an observer of long-term trends keenly interested in the way global risks pile up either unseen, denied or misinterpreted until it’s too late to mitigate them. Link  
[These Homes Withstood the LA Fires] Architects explain why. In Pacific Palisades and Malibu, some houses with fire-resistant designs remained standing amid neighborhoods of destruction. Link
The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 1/17/25 at 9:00 am.

 

Barber Shop business for sale. Marathon area. Well established with good following. 11K.  $2800/mo rent. Water and electric included. Serious inquiries only. Email:  CSGIMBinPARADISE@bellsouth.net
[Adult Tricycle] Three-wheel trike bike. (Gray, 26″) Single speed. Hybrid cargo cruiser with removable wheeled basket for shopping or dogs. Exercise bike for men or women. Bicycle bell. Cable bike lock. (New $299.99 +tx = $320.99 Oct 2021). For sale now on Big Pine Key $150. Excellent condition, low milage. Only driven on Sundays.  b33043@outlook.com
[Steel Jack Stands] NEW. 6,000 lb or 3 Ton Capacity, 1 Pair, Black and Red. New $35.88. For sale $20 for both. Never used. Link  contact:b33043@outlook.com
[Floor Jack] NEW. BIG RED T82002-BR Torin Hydraulic Trolley Service/Floor Jack, 2 Ton (4,000 lb) Capacity, Red $46.79. For sale price $25. (Big Pine Key) New, never used. Link   Contact: b33043@outlook.com