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Chris Nelson

@chrisnelsonsdog@mstdn.social

1,013 Followers

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464 Posts

Socially awkward penguin, rollin' hard in the land of fediverse chicks and reply guys.

Chris Nelson 3m ago

Posted without comment, because I have no clue what to say.
#NoHashtag

Chris Nelson 11m ago

Chris Nelson 17m ago

Jer 🚵🏼29m ago

Late afternoon Friday dog walk and spotted what looked like the yellow of dying moss on a log deep in the woods. “Wonder what's killing it?” I thought, walking by. Curiosity won out, I scrabbled through the brush and found the truth.
#Mushtodon #FungiFriday

Chris Nelson 17m ago

Haus-Feldwespe und Weißer Senf
#nature

Chris Nelson 19m ago

Slime mould! I think this one is Craterium leucocephalum. Slime moulds aren't plants, or animals, or fungi - they split off at some point after plants, but before fungi and animals.

I hope to get better at photographing these - this one was super-tiny, with each "stalk" around 1mm high. I stacked 24 exposures to get this end result.

#macro #nature #slimemould #slimemold #craterium

Chris Nelson 20m ago

Met a new friend tonight. His name is Blue. He’s four months old and very happy to see you.

#DogsOfMastodon #GoldenRetriever

Chris Nelson 4h ago

New instance, new #introduction !

Hi #fediverse ! We’re the European Southern Observatory, and we design, build and operate ground-based telescopes.

One of them is our Extremely Large Telescope, currently under construction in #Chile. It will have a 39 m mirror, and its rotating enclosure will weigh 6100 tonnes, or about 700 mastodons!

We’re looking forward to chatting with all of you about #astronomy

And many thanks to @sebinthestars for running our former instance!

📷 ESO/G. Vecchia

Chris Nelson 4h ago

PixlLotta 4h ago

#insektensamstag 🦋

#photography #insects #nature #flowers

Chris Nelson 4h ago

•*¨*•.¸¸🕊️8h ago

Guten Morgen und einen entspannten Samstag! ☕🌿

Heute darfst du den Tag ganz langsam angehen. Kein Stress, kein Muss — nur Zeit zum Erholen, Durchatmen und die Seele baumeln lassen.

Gönn dir Ruhe, genieße die kleinen Dinge und lass den Alltag mal Pause machen, ganz in deinem Tempo.

Ich wünsche dir einen ruhigen, erholsamen Samstag! 🫶☀️

Chris Nelson 4h ago

Élo Vaxx Helsing 22h ago

we're leaving the metal and (not at all) violent world of the birb for the most anarchist birb you've ever seen : 1) he does not respect safety distances 2) he behaves like a hooman. we have been defeated as hooman.

why fly when you can take the tram, mind you ???

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I like an event where you get a good mix of makes and models

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

The world needs more purple cars

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

This Buckler was an interesting sight

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

The Karmann Ghia was a US car, recently imported.

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

Damnn those LTDs are long

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

I love to see an eighties Datto turning up, someone loves their Stanza.

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

Always people staring at Harry

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

This Karmann was lovely. Also this splitty Beetle.

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

This rare as unicorn shit 4 Cylinder Holden Commodore arrived. We saw this at a petrol station last year or so, my eyes popped out of my head. Completely original, when Holden tried to sell a more efficient model. Didn't sell well.

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

This hot rodded Morris van was so cute

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

This gorgeous 61(?) Chrysler was stunning inside and out. Would have been a car for someone rich, with all the mod cons at the time. And those fins are spectacular.

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

For a crisp Spring morning, it was a big turnout! Cars just kept on rolling in.

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

Hey I thought Austins were meant be teeny and cute?

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

This gorgeous Bristol arrived, a rarity here.

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

Onto the mature motors that arrived. This Chev

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

And this Morris

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

Rovers come in many shapes and sizes

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

I think that Holden was a rebadged Isuzu?

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

Nice to see some Daihatsus, there's a brand rarely seen at shows.

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

We saw that pink Caddy at the Good Friday cars & coffee across town.

That blue on the Falcon was utterly glorious in the sunshine.

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

They just kept on coming in! And such excellent makes and models. Great mix.

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

Chris @ FXWorks 2d ago

@vwdasher SJ-413K FTW!

Nathan Avots-Smith 2d ago

@vwdasher Suzuki Jimny! Though there were also Holden-badged Isuzus in the early ’90s.

@autonerdery I know, they did so much wacky stuff, I am honestly not sure if it's a Suzuki or Isuzu! or even something else?

Scooter8647 🇺🇦 🇳🇿4d ago

@vwdasher Looks like a '61. Nice car!

@Doppelganger75 I honestly can't remember, the owner told me but that was weeks ago 😆 Possibly one of two in Australia? Just gorgeous.

Scooter8647 🇺🇦 🇳🇿4d ago

@vwdasher Last year of the fins in Chryslers.

@Doppelganger75 definitely sticks out from all the later sixties and seventies Chryslers here.

Eobard Toyotathon 4d ago

@vwdasher Virgil Exner's work is always 🤌🤌🤌

thefathippy 4d ago

Fins are completely ridiculous, but so cool! 😎 I love 'em!

Michael Carroll 4d ago

@vwdasher Starfire engine wasn't it? I6 chopped down but presumably not much in the way of balancing.

@vwdasher love that looooooong fan shroud.

And the whole concept of someone lovingly maintaining this car because it's rare, because no-one wanted it, because it was crap.

@nickzoic exactly. Luckily his daughter loves it so it will live on, completely stock. Anyone can have a V8 one, meh, that's easy. But one of these? I bet there's less than a handful left.

mcSlibinas 4d ago

@vwdasher it's opel rekord! It feels nice to ride. One of the best seats, you don't get tired, almost good as opel senator mk1.

@mcSlibinas no it's a Holden Commodore. Australian built version.

mcSlibinas 4d ago

@vwdasher i know. What i doesn't know - is there any bigger differencies between Opel Rekord and Holden Commodore? I guess there only driver position is different.

@mcSlibinas I would imagine there's a lot to do with cooling the engine for one thing. Much hotter climate here. The V6 and V8 were big sellers here for decades, this one is a very weird and unloved model, being so under powered. I imagine there's probably suspension changes too, to deal with our road surfaces.

mcSlibinas 4d ago

@vwdasher oh, now i have unsolved mystery 🤔

Your words sounds very reasonably; i just never compared EU and AUS cars. Their part numbers should be different.
In some cases, at least.
I never ever saw any part like "this radiator is bigger because Australia (or Africa)".

@mcSlibinas some people have discussed the differences in old forums

https://forums.justcommodores.com.au/threads/opel-senator-vs-holden-commodore.138743/

This article has more details too

https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/when-commodore-started-life-as-an-opel

mcSlibinas 4d ago

@vwdasher thank you!

thefathippy 4d ago

We rented a green 4 cylinder Commodore for a few days in Adelaide, when my moto was getting repaired on the way back from Perth. I remember a bright green, but it was a loooong time ago.

I also remember it being particularly *underwhelming* to drive. It handled ok, but had no get up and go. My wife's Gemini was more fun. 🤷‍♂️ Later, while they were away, our neighbours lent us their similar vintage six in that exact brown - it was much better.

@thefathippy Oh they were renowned for being gutless. I just love that this chap has kept it bone stock and adores it. And his daughter does too. It's such a rare one now.

Basmitharts 4d ago

@vwdasher How common are Vettes over there?

@Basmitharts not very, all imports basically. So they're an odd one out here.

Arapalla 5d ago

Rally legend, right there.