Here in #Fukuoka, I have returned to BobTheBuilderLand to be amongst the big yellow toys. Apparently they're building a 'shopping complex' (because a 'shopping simple' is not ambitious enough). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Japan

Art supplies' stores- they're all the same; the arty folk make sure of that. Well, not this one! This one is the art store behind the sheds, in the clearing in the woods. It's SPECIAL (and magical). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt

Bob the Builder would absolutely LOVE #Fukuoka. (I'm just jealous 'cos they won't let me play with their big yellow toys). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Japan

When you're trying to outsmart an idiot, you'd better be alert- they have cunning ways that can easily fool the intelligencia. (Well, that's what the idiots would have us believe). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt

And I have you in front of the Devonian stratigraphy. Seven years ago I think. Old Red Sandstone on the Gower in the west part of Wales. @brianbrachiopod.bsky.social plays the part of geologist while I take the photo. No AI involved.

Things are changing here in #Fukuoka. That's kind of obvious when you think about it, given that the city appears to be a massive building site. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Japan

When you tell someone "Don't do anything reckless" but you know full well that they're the most reckful entity in the known universe ... ... Takes enormous faith, that does (or stupidly wishful thinking). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt

I spent the day at #Fukuoka Airport (a venue I didn't even know existed before my chance discovery yesterday). I still haven't found out why they have a steam train parked in the airport carpark. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Japan

There isn't much worse for company on a long journey than a back seat driver, but one of the few things that is a whole magnitude of scale worse is a BACK SEAT PASSENGER equipped with a working mouth. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt

I've taken to the wide open road today. Just as I was about to head back to the hotel, I discovered #Fukuoka has an airport. Clearly, this needs investigating. (How many other folks know about this secret?) @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Japan

When you're in your car, and you start hearing an angelic choir, blame the rear window heater's polyphonic corona discharge. (Either that, or you crashed and are now in heaven). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt

Today I've decided to explore the silly quarter of #Fukuoka (trust me- they claim the other three quarters are the unsilly part). Giant bottles emerging from concrete, psychedelic bird statues, women hiding behind poles- it's all here. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Japan

Trying to squeeze a giant prehistoric dragonfly into the back of a 1/3 scale Porsche 924, while trying to keep the bugger alive and kicking is no easy task (especially when he objects vociferously). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt

Merry Christmas, happy holidays and happy Hanukkah to all. Especially @brianbrachiopod.bsky.social thanks for the card!! @johnmoffitt.bsky.social Lots of love Jo and Phil

What are the chances that two white-topped red VW campervans exist in the same city? Even more remarkable, I found these two IN THE SAME RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY! (That reminds me- I must remember to buy a lottery ticket). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Fukuoka #Japan #Travel

It seems that, for polyceralupids, eating is a life-threatening exercise. We learn something new every day. (I'm not, however, for one second, suggesting such learning is in the least bit useful). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt

I can now confirm that the fruit stores in #Fukuoka do NOT sell moon melons. (But there is an ample supply of motortricycles here, if anyone needs one). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Japan

Words are important. You need to keep hold of them at all times. Oh, while I think of it- Flight critical electrical fuses should NOT be on the aircraft exterior. (#JustSaying). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt

Today, as I once again wander the streets of #Fukuoka, I am educating myself on how radical some maverick architects can be when left to think outside the box (or think outside the entire galaxy, for that matter). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Japan

When you select the wrong tool for the job, expect spectacular results that nobody could possibly have imagined. Don't just think outside the box; be bold. Think outside the galaxy. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #MondayMayhem #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt

This morning I learned all the bits that make up cows. Great. Next time I take a cow to pieces, I'll know how to put it back together. -probably won't work properly afterwards though. (I went to High Mass during the afternoon) @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Fukuoka #Japan

Don't you just hate it when you go out, and when you get back home, some idiot has 'kindly' tidied up your work area, and now you can't bloody find anything? @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt

Ty Al @atoth99.bsky.social @mlipsitt.bsky.social @schultziepie.bsky.social @ltwlauren.bsky.social @habsmtlcanadiens.bsky.social @dpsl.bsky.social @schfinkes.bsky.social @hopeful66.bsky.social @schfinkes.bsky.social @katarinakriz.bsky.social @annettebeebe.bsky.social @princess-vimentin.bsky.social

Happy Solstice to all my friends. Especially those who find it difficult to understand my passions for extinct arthropods and surrealism. @brianbrachiopod.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social @nancypope.bsky.social @mcpozz.bsky.social @drivingforbush.bsky.social @drstevenhobbs.bsky.social

Many young kids, when starting to learn about hardness, will ask dumb questions like "Can a rubber-bladed saw cut diamond?" Not many of those kids would expect to see a SCIENTIFIC PAPER proving that this can be done. HERE IT IS @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @keithmehl.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social

I thought I saw a jigsaw with a piece missing. Maybe I was drunk. Maybe I just need a drink. To the builders of the structure I saw later in the day: "I'll have a pint of what you were drinking." @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social @foreignsubstance.bsky.social #Travel #Fukuoka #Japan

Some aircraft are born to fly. Others are born to fly just ONCE. This is the peril of travelling in a heavier than air vessel- Folk do not understand the gravity of the situation. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social @foreignsubstance.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel

Nishitetsu Grand Hotel At first glance, it looks like the very smallest grand hotel in the galaxy, but then, when I put the average Japanese delivery van in the picture as a scale, suddenly the hotel seems MASSIVE! @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Fukuota #Japan Orange car?

@johnmoffitt.bsky.social Thinking of moving to a new apartment. Can't decide.

Return flight, and there's something about to go CATASTROPHICALLY wrong. (Just a feeling- call it 'something in the air' sort of sense). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social @foreignsubstance.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt #FossilFriday.

Oversight corrected. The @gutsickgibbon.bsky.social is now being followed by a brachiopod and a trilobite nerd. Sometimes we all need to listen to the brachiopods. Perhaps the gibbon will check out: #MarrellaMonday #TrilobiteTuesday #WiwaxiaWednesday

Fuck you RFK! I got flu, pneumonia, AND Covid vaxx yesterday and I did NOT wake up with autism! @demladyalways.bsky.social @jen-notjenny.bsky.social @sassy0210.bsky.social @moberzan.bsky.social @putawomanincharge.bsky.social @bluesnowflake.bsky.social @abbarsha.bsky.social @chaserbaybe.bsky.social

Facts

@johnmoffitt.bsky.social John, I notice you're not following @gutsickgibbon.bsky.social. Is this an oversight? Even Brian follows Gutsick Gibbon, and he's just a Brachiopod.

No one in this vast metropolis was willing to tell me what a 'P Box' is. So, I decided to use my imagination and initiative.... ... That worked. Nanoseconds later, I was politely told! @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Fukuoka #Japan

The islanders don't much care for the new visitors. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt

Amish folk like nothing better than a plane lifestyle. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social @foreignsubstance.bsky.social

Still getting to know my way around #Fukuoka city centre, I spent the day window shopping (largely because I don't have enough cash to do proper shopping). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Japan

Now the cannon has been mounted onto the aircraft, LET BATTLE COMMENCE. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social @foreignsubstance.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt

Back in the city centre. I spent two weeks here last month. How did I manage to fail to locate the main shopping area? Well, I found it now! (Shame I've no money left). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Fukuoka #Japan #Travel

Test firing a new high velocity weapon is one thing. Designing and attaching a semi-automatic barbette and gyro system to it is quite another. Pigeon pie anyone? @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt

Sometimes after I take a photo & review it later, I think "What the hell did I photograph that for?" Left the island, I'm now back in #Fukuoka. Here're the pictures to prove it (& another random picture that crept into the collection). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Japan #Travel

Stealing an anti-theft device: Is that irony, or has the term for it not yet been invented? Anyway, now we have our Superglue Launcher, we can visit the bank and say "Stick 'em up!" And, if they don't, we will. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel

This island has some memorable vehicles. Today I saw one that was clearly unfinished before it escaped the production line. This afternoon I had a meeting with a cat. (No; I'm not saying). @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #Travel #Japan

When you need a supply of nitrogen urgently, having someone say "I don't see your problem; the air is mostly nitrogen," IS NOT HELPFUL. @johnmoffitt.bsky.social @flojohorman.bsky.social #PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.