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QuoteAcer
Let me paraphrase:
QuoteDiana
Let me add:
"and cold!"
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Dig deep enough and you find you have indeed fallen down the rabbit hole. As others have found, much to their chagrin!
And thanks all who read that.
Diana
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QuoteRAMd®d
If you want the details regarding how heat is involved in reactions, let me know. I started to write it out and realized it was probably going to be a bit much.
Yes, please!
Only for you, RAMd®d.
The following discussion touches on various topics of chemistry (and some would rightly say physics); if you find your eyes glazing over at the mention of CHEMISTRY or PHYSICS, p
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As Ombligo says, too cold and too deep.
Rust requires oxygen to react with the iron, as rust is a combination of FeO and Fe2O3. The bacteria and organisms that consume wood require oxygen to survive.
The colder the water, the more oxygen it can carry as compared to warmer water. However, the deeper the water, the less oxygen it contains (the term is "anoxic") and thus the organism
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My brother and I talked about this same topic the last time saw him back in January. Since he travels a lot, and various countries have different electric systems and thus require different adaptors (and in some places electricity is not constant), it makes a lot more sense for him. He had a lot of good things to say about it.
However, the problems he has includes that whenever he has dental w
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Diana
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Quotespace-time
QuoteDiana
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And Space-time: If it was going in south of my house it would be in another town with a higher tax basis and that has a bit of a reputation of "high(er) class" of people, and would be basically next to the medical complex, banks, apartments, etc. In other words, not a lot of room there. By going in north of the house, they are in a town with a lower tax
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Lots of opinions, I see! Thanks all.
Newt: Mayo? Make your own--its stupid simple and quite tasty, if you don't mind the eggs going into it.
Carnos: Better quality food: I get my food at a large "warehouse" type grocery store. They are a chain (don't know how local) but the quality is the best I've seen without going to half a dozen little stores. I say "warehouse" becau
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and we're looking at a membership. So I have a few questions for those of you who are members, since there are only the two of us and we don't purchase a lot of stuff. All values can be ball-parked, and of course, your situation may not be reflective in any way to mine.
1. How much discount do you get on gas (percentage wise, so I can compare from one part of the country to another)?
2. How
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DewGuy,
I’ve a confession to make: I’ve worn glasses since I was three years old; this year I turned 60. I don’t remember when I started wearing bifocals, sometime in late elementary school I think. I have a “lazy eye” and the remains of astigmatism that has largely cleared up. I have cataracts building in both eyes, but as my vision is still correctable to 20/20, my doctor won’t d
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Bears are omnivores with no compunction about eating protein when it’s available. I classify the ones on this continent, no matter the species, as a “top” predator and treat them accordingly. Much like the mountain lion, which is making a comeback. Or in the west where the wolf has been introduced. There is a reason the wolf and the big cat leave the bear alone.
And no, I wasn’t tryin
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I’ve been to the Smokies many times. It’s one of my favorite memories as a child.
We used to put food in whatever container or ice chest we had, until the bears tore up the containers and ice chests. Then we put it in our cars, until the bears started tearing up the cars to get to the food. Today, we now elevate it above the reach of the bears. Bears used to forage in the woods, then tra
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Quotecbelt3
Once you have it set up, look into alternate watch bands. Your personal choices will drive that. And be prepared for the biometric stuff to amaze you.
Pulse tracking... so cool.
Sleep tracking .. so useful !
EKG... very cool.
Pulse Oxygen ... you can breathe easier. (FWIW calibration is a bit questionable with any consumer medical device, and also subject to melanin
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Quotecbelt3
Once you have it set up, look into alternate watch bands. Your personal choices will drive that. And be prepared for the biometric stuff to amaze you.
Apple's is the most expensive; I found lots on Amazon. Bumpers and screen protectors as well. I'm hard on watches and tend to scratch and gouge them, no matter how tough they are.
Quotecbelt3
Pulse tracking... so cool.
Sleep track
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I’m 5’3”, so getting into the back of the pickup is not easy for me. Gonna need a ladder. The spouse is about 6-foot tall, so the height of the tent is not quite tall enough. Yeah, we’re quite the pair
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With tornadoes, death and destruction go hand-in-hand, smashing and rending their way eastward. Texas, Oklahoma and northward tend to generate the storms in the afternoon, and they then march eastward. Warm weather leads to warmer ground, which then feeds energy into the air and thus feeds the storms. It takes time for them to reach the east, feeding on the available energy all the way.
The
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Some things never change.
When you look back on it, the reason why things never change is because of @#$%& like this. The ADULTS in the room should have stood up and said "Not happening!"
My father was in the Navy when I was born, up in Massachusetts. A year later, my brother was born in Virginia. Dad got out of the Navy (this was the early '60s) and then tried to find a job that
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I think. Or, a very healthy mouse. But probably a rat. I've seen them of late since construction was nearby. Not many, but I'll assume there are more where the one or two came from. I've seen them in a nearby field and scurrying into my shed. But today I saw one go under my back porch, into the opening of the lattice.
So, I don't want to poison them, as that's ba
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My dad worked there when I was a kid in the late ‘60s to early ‘70s. I remember the C5As screaming overhead.
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Yes, it is amazing.
The hydrogen peroxide you buy at the store is typically 3%; as kinetic rates of chemical reactions are concentration dependent, the stuff you buy for personal use goes off slower than the 12%, but yes it will spontaneously degrade to water and oxygen (two water molecules to one oxygen). If you want to make sure your hydrogen peroxide does something at the time when needed,
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Quotecbelt3
Distracted driver…
Yep. You have a 2-inch long hard object hit you in the face with some force while you are driving and let’s see what happens.
Cicadas don’t just come out of the ground every 17 years. There are two types: periodic (13-17 years) and annual. The annual emerge every summer and you hear them hum at night and see the empty husk left after molting. They sound
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CaBob, there is only so long that a rational individual can try to convince an irrational individual. It’s been over a year, and the die-hards still are not listening. It appears that they only change their viewpoint when it directly affects them, and not anything else (that would require rational thought, of which they are incapable). Of course, any lightening of measures will feed their “se
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QuoteS. Pupp
Rather than his pants being on backwards, perhaps his head is screwed on backwards.
That would explain a few things ….
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I have a set of Shun knives. They are typically sharpened at an angle of 11-15 degrees, as opposed to 20-25 degrees or so for other types (if I remember correctly). Sharpening them at the wrong angle will change their cutting characteristics. I will say that they are my favorite knives of all that I have tried as they cut cleanly, easily, and dang near effortlessly. Look online to see what your s
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Try this experiment: (Those with manual transmission cars need not apply)
Start the car. Drive to a flat location, safe and free of others and cars. Stop the car. Come to a complete stop. Just do it. Now just take your foot off the brake and DO NOT touch the accelerator. Just rest your foot away from the petals. Observe what happens; give it a few minutes and report back as to what you found,
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I’m looking forward to “Mittens” photo shoot! Seems like she chose you. I have a cat that came to me as a feral kitten. In fact, no one wanted him because he hissed and spat like crazy, and was considered untamable. He would start purring 30 seconds after you picked him up. Quite awkward indeed. I just laughed and didn’t let his display put me off. He now insists on lying on or with me ev
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As with most things involving humans, it’s not straightforward. Different folks have different pain tolerances, and not all pains will respond in a similar manner using the same painkillers. Say I get a headache: if it’s located in one area of my head it may respond to aspirin; if it moves an inch over, aspirin won’t work and something else might such as Tylenol. If it moves to the back of
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Quotemattkime
When my miniature cheetah makes that noise it either means 'feed me' or 'hold me'
Or “pet me” or (with the claws as emphasis) “put the foot part up on the chair so I can lay on it. Or on you. NOW!!” The other kitty says “throw the toy” or “I just want to hear myself” and looks pleased when you say something to him. And it’s always in the bathroom so it echoes lo
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Yesterday I had an appointment at the Apple Store for a battery replacement on my phone. As it was going to take much longer than I had originally thought (unbeknownst to me, the battery was swelling) I went out to the car to get something to occupy me. On the way back in to the mall, I saw something just under a car: someone had lost an iPhone and if the driver of the car didn't see it, it would
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QuoteLemon Drop
"Bigfoot” covers any stinking, hairy hominid of large build but as short as six feet tall, which describes any number of easily identifiable males roaming the North American region."
Ok
Let's clarify: Just about any large stinking hairy person would classify; unfortunately, we have a sizable homeless population. I know of at least three, perhaps four, homeless c
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When I started I was using a jar, but had issues with filtering it and making a huge mess and takes a bit of time. I'm too impatient for that, and the mess and bother was a bit of a turn-off.
I've been doing it using my usual (cheap-ish) coffee in a (cheap) plastic and metal french press, as I don't intend to use heat. Twice the amount of grounds as I would for hot brew, set it in the fridge f
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