I wake up at sunrise year-round, even if my sleeping space is still totally dark. Always been a morning person, if I get even half the sleep I need. I'm also a very light sleeper, but with a fairly good stimulus filter -- chaos over yonder won't bother me, but if it touches anything of mnie I'm instantly awake.
Lethargy is a typical reaction for a B-complex overdose (many nutrient overdoses have essentially the same effect as extreme deficiency, due to setting up an imbalance vs other nutrients). Most vitamins out there today are not very balanced. What you want is one that lists somewhere near 100% to no more than 200% of the RDA for each -- NO megadosing.
That sounds like what we used to call "rat shot" in a.22 cartridge. I think it's technically size 12 shot. Not much penetration but good for killing snakes and gophers. I'm all out of 'em and haven't been able to find any more.:(
From your cited site: "Lessons learned: A car door doesn't protect you against shotguns either."
My personal protection weapon is a 20ga. shotgun with #4 birdshot (aka "goose loads"). At close range it blows a hole in flesh that you can put both fists into. It's still lethal at house-or-yard distances (up to maybe 30-40 feet). I've used it to kill large animals with heavy haircoats; humans are, if anything, less well protected by average clothing and flesh. (I don't imagine most burglars put on their kevlars before going out for a night's work. Tho maybe there should be an OSHA regulation about that.;)
Now, light birdshot at 50 yards or so, all that does is sting or at most puncture skin. But point-blank it will still put a serious hole in you. Even a popper or blank can kill at close range. Ask Jon-Erik Hexum if you don't believe me.
A good Rottweiler can seriously outrun a Doberman, and is a lot tougher to discourage once it's decided you're a perp (a Dobe might lose interest; a Rott, never). You might want to revise your burglary plans accordingly.;)
Actually, the very best guard dog is a Chesapeake Bay Retriever. They have a sense of ownership that includes property and boundaries, they never forget anyone (if you once tried to break in the back door, you can forget about coming in the front door a year later even if you knock politely and the owner invites you in), and they won't grow bored waiting 8 hours for the owner to come home, as the dog keeps you pinned against the nearest solid wall.
Mastiff and Catahoula, that's gotta be an awesome cross. Most crosses are a mess psychologically due to conflicting instincts, but that's really two molosser types, far more related than they look. What she does is classic molosser behaviour -- ignore what's not a threat, make a believer out of anything that crosses the invisible line from "out there" into "mine".
BTW the Catahoula type spotting/ticking is merle. Brindle is stripes. Tho it's possible that she's both brindled and merled.
Maintenance costs for an ordinary healthy medium-sized dog is about $300/year, with typically about a $500 to $1000 "setup fee" (purchase price for a common purebred, tho freebies are easy enough to come by). I don't know how that compares to security monitor charges.
But having had both, I can attest that the dog, even with any special training, will be both far more flexible and vastly more accurate at threat assessment. AND it's a lot scarier to perps. Plus the dog can get 'em on the spot; the security monitor involves a considerable response time.
That's not how dogs behave in this sort of case. When doing their notion of how to "treat" a wound, they'll lick and nibble, not gnaw and yank. Trouble is they sometimes don't know when to stop and wind up licking and nibbling whatever down to a nub.
Sorry, this one won't make you look thinner, but it'll give you wide spots where there were none before. I'm not sure what kind of evil magic THAT is.;) As to the gooey drippies, maybe some antihistamine...???
Well, it's got those blackish areas that are no good anymore, so I'll take it as a good guess that it was made as cheaply as possible, and that the black stuff became the gooey drippy stuff.
Who knew a shitty old mirror was such a good discussion topic?;)
Now that makes sense. What is wrong with you, to be posting sense on slashdot?;) The silvering is that cheap shit that separates and turns black in spots. I don't know how it's bonded to the glass but falling off in spots could go right along with deforming in others.
Of course, if it's just a layer of metal without any bonder (I don't know what methods are used to make mirrors, but seems there must be more'n one), now we've got the same problem again!
The frame isn't tight. It would have to warp a great deal to arrive at that point. When the trailer is moved I lock the door in its pocket to keep the glass from rattling out of the frame.
I'm wondering if very poor grades of glass might have more "flow" than better stuff (this mirror is pretty low-quality). The window glass (which HAS been under pressure when the trailer isn't level) doesn't show any deformation.
The mirror isn't bonded to the door, just held in place by a sort of frame that's part of the door's veneer. It's a pocket door, wouldn't go into its slot if it warped.
It is a mighty cheap mirror, tho (poor quality silvering).
If it show how demented this has become, not long ago I saw where some American business official was talking about "outsourcing to American plants" for some sort of sweatshop-level manufacturing. I forget the context but it sure does point up where the jobs went.:(
Probably because the startup costs on glass manufacturing are pretty high, same as with any high-temperature processing. Ever notice that most ceramic toilets only come from very few sources? Same reason. It's not like no one else knows how to make toilets or ceramics, or like there's no market. It's just not a great place to jump into and make instant profits, or even reasonably quick profits. Corning already has the facility, so it's practical for them.
The trailer was made in 1961. Presumably all its glass was of about the same vintage.
There is a large mirror in the bathroom door. Due to where one of the main windows is placed and how the trailer was set up, for some years the afternoon sun hit on the bottom half of that mirror.
When I got the trailer in 1974, the mirror was still accurate. No distortion. By the time the trailer was retired from service in 1997, the mirror was almost as bad as a funhouse mirror -- the entire lower half, where the sun hit it every day, was distorted. The top half of the mirror, which had never seen the sun, was still flat.
Slashdot Mirror
Better low wages than NO wages, that being the current situation in our Rust Belt.
The law doesn't, but your local covenants might.
That said, I now feel an urge to paint my roof to make my house appear to be bombed-out rubble, or perhaps a pit to hell.
I wake up at sunrise year-round, even if my sleeping space is still totally dark. Always been a morning person, if I get even half the sleep I need. I'm also a very light sleeper, but with a fairly good stimulus filter -- chaos over yonder won't bother me, but if it touches anything of mnie I'm instantly awake.
Lethargy is a typical reaction for a B-complex overdose (many nutrient overdoses have essentially the same effect as extreme deficiency, due to setting up an imbalance vs other nutrients). Most vitamins out there today are not very balanced. What you want is one that lists somewhere near 100% to no more than 200% of the RDA for each -- NO megadosing.
....you're about to emulate the American Rust Belt in record time!
American manufacturers, note the voice of opportunity clamouring in your ear.
That sounds like what we used to call "rat shot" in a .22 cartridge. I think it's technically size 12 shot. Not much penetration but good for killing snakes and gophers. I'm all out of 'em and haven't been able to find any more. :(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratshot
From your cited site: "Lessons learned: A car door doesn't protect you against shotguns either."
My personal protection weapon is a 20ga. shotgun with #4 birdshot (aka "goose loads"). At close range it blows a hole in flesh that you can put both fists into. It's still lethal at house-or-yard distances (up to maybe 30-40 feet). I've used it to kill large animals with heavy haircoats; humans are, if anything, less well protected by average clothing and flesh. (I don't imagine most burglars put on their kevlars before going out for a night's work. Tho maybe there should be an OSHA regulation about that. ;)
Now, light birdshot at 50 yards or so, all that does is sting or at most puncture skin. But point-blank it will still put a serious hole in you. Even a popper or blank can kill at close range. Ask Jon-Erik Hexum if you don't believe me.
A good Rottweiler can seriously outrun a Doberman, and is a lot tougher to discourage once it's decided you're a perp (a Dobe might lose interest; a Rott, never). You might want to revise your burglary plans accordingly. ;)
Actually, the very best guard dog is a Chesapeake Bay Retriever. They have a sense of ownership that includes property and boundaries, they never forget anyone (if you once tried to break in the back door, you can forget about coming in the front door a year later even if you knock politely and the owner invites you in), and they won't grow bored waiting 8 hours for the owner to come home, as the dog keeps you pinned against the nearest solid wall.
Old-type fieldbred Labradors are almost as good.
Mastiff and Catahoula, that's gotta be an awesome cross. Most crosses are a mess psychologically due to conflicting instincts, but that's really two molosser types, far more related than they look. What she does is classic molosser behaviour -- ignore what's not a threat, make a believer out of anything that crosses the invisible line from "out there" into "mine".
BTW the Catahoula type spotting/ticking is merle. Brindle is stripes. Tho it's possible that she's both brindled and merled.
[hat disclosure: I am a pro dog trainer]
Maintenance costs for an ordinary healthy medium-sized dog is about $300/year, with typically about a $500 to $1000 "setup fee" (purchase price for a common purebred, tho freebies are easy enough to come by). I don't know how that compares to security monitor charges.
But having had both, I can attest that the dog, even with any special training, will be both far more flexible and vastly more accurate at threat assessment. AND it's a lot scarier to perps. Plus the dog can get 'em on the spot; the security monitor involves a considerable response time.
"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him."
-- attrib. Cardinal Richelieu
Now that Kagan has been confirmed, I think that protection is likely to fade in to history. :(
"It's becoming more and more about exploitation of the user."
I think this is a more general principle than that. Once accountability to the average user is lost, it becomes about exploiting the user.
As I see it, this applies to business, government, and even to individuals.
That's not how dogs behave in this sort of case. When doing their notion of how to "treat" a wound, they'll lick and nibble, not gnaw and yank. Trouble is they sometimes don't know when to stop and wind up licking and nibbling whatever down to a nub.
[disclosure: I am a pro dog trainer]
Sorry, this one won't make you look thinner, but it'll give you wide spots where there were none before. I'm not sure what kind of evil magic THAT is. ;) As to the gooey drippies, maybe some antihistamine...???
Well, it's got those blackish areas that are no good anymore, so I'll take it as a good guess that it was made as cheaply as possible, and that the black stuff became the gooey drippy stuff.
Who knew a shitty old mirror was such a good discussion topic? ;)
Someone else suggests that it may actually be the cheapshit backing that warped. No idea how mirrors are made, but seems almost reasonable. {g}
Yeah, glass can be quite flexible -- I remember once seeing a glazier bend a big sheet quite a ways, to the horror of everyone watching.
Now that makes sense. What is wrong with you, to be posting sense on slashdot? ;) The silvering is that cheap shit that separates and turns black in spots. I don't know how it's bonded to the glass but falling off in spots could go right along with deforming in others.
Of course, if it's just a layer of metal without any bonder (I don't know what methods are used to make mirrors, but seems there must be more'n one), now we've got the same problem again!
True enough, but I was a lot younger when I first observed the newly-funhoused mirror.... BTW it did get worse over time.
Now get off my lawn!! ;)
The frame isn't tight. It would have to warp a great deal to arrive at that point. When the trailer is moved I lock the door in its pocket to keep the glass from rattling out of the frame.
I'm wondering if very poor grades of glass might have more "flow" than better stuff (this mirror is pretty low-quality). The window glass (which HAS been under pressure when the trailer isn't level) doesn't show any deformation.
Nope. No points for you! ;)
The mirror isn't bonded to the door, just held in place by a sort of frame that's part of the door's veneer. It's a pocket door, wouldn't go into its slot if it warped.
It is a mighty cheap mirror, tho (poor quality silvering).
Give D.C. another year or two, and it'll be thusly adjusted. :(
If it show how demented this has become, not long ago I saw where some American business official was talking about "outsourcing to American plants" for some sort of sweatshop-level manufacturing. I forget the context but it sure does point up where the jobs went. :(
Probably because the startup costs on glass manufacturing are pretty high, same as with any high-temperature processing. Ever notice that most ceramic toilets only come from very few sources? Same reason. It's not like no one else knows how to make toilets or ceramics, or like there's no market. It's just not a great place to jump into and make instant profits, or even reasonably quick profits. Corning already has the facility, so it's practical for them.
Explain the mirror in my old trailer, then:
The trailer was made in 1961. Presumably all its glass was of about the same vintage.
There is a large mirror in the bathroom door. Due to where one of the main windows is placed and how the trailer was set up, for some years the afternoon sun hit on the bottom half of that mirror.
When I got the trailer in 1974, the mirror was still accurate. No distortion. By the time the trailer was retired from service in 1997, the mirror was almost as bad as a funhouse mirror -- the entire lower half, where the sun hit it every day, was distorted. The top half of the mirror, which had never seen the sun, was still flat.