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Cheers

Damon Runyon's short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas" is a fun read if you have the time. Right from the start it extols the virtues of the hot Tom and Jerry

This hot Tom and Jerry is an old-time drink that is once used by one and all in this country to celebrate Christmas with, and in fact it is once so popular that many people think Christmas is invented only to furnish an excuse for hot Tom and Jerry, although of course this is by no means true.

No matter what concoction is your favorite to imbibe during this festive season I would like to toast you with it and to thank you for all your work here at the 'pedia this past year. Best wishes for your 2020 as well FM. MarnetteD|Talk 20:11, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Labrador Retriever

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The Best Dog Breeds For Children

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Peninsula images

Hi @Finlay McWalter: How are you? I noticed you made an image of the Ardnamurchan peninsula using NASA WorldWind. I wonder if you would be up for uploading another two images, one for Rhu Peninsula, which I'm working on at the moment, and one for Ardnish Peninsula which I plan to do next? scope_creep^Talk 09:59, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think NASA World Wind works any more (they changed it into being a library for others to use, and I never got the new thing to work). So I haven't had a working means of doing that for a long time. I'm sure the images will still be available somewhere (the Landsat images are US-Gov-PD) but I don't know how to get them now. Perhaps the folks at Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps will know? -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 10:36, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

For example, there's https://worldwind.earth/explorer/, which (like the old desktop WorldWind program) has a "blue marble and landsat" layer. But when I view that, the landsat images are only of a very low resolution - no use for what you're wanting. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 10:47, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've kept looking, with still little luck. Some of the websites for worldwind are now taken over by spam sites, and the java version on github is uncomfortably old - all suggesting the project isn't really maintained any more. I'm sorry I can't be of more help (I really enjoyed WorldWind, and it was a great source of the kind of images you're asking about). -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 10:55, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Finlay McWalter, thanks for getting back to me. scope_creep^Talk 12:51, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]