In fact, IF gov't is truly "for the People", then one of its functions should be to MINIMIZE taxes, since taxes by definition are a penalty on the People (even those taxes which are used to benefit *some* of those People).
How is it we've totally forgotten that? Everything I see gov't doing now is about "maximizing revenue", as if we're all cows to be milked rather than citizens.
Maybe if they didn't maximize spending, they wouldn't need so much revenue, ya think??
I'm wondering if modern chemical analysis methods might be used to at least reasonably approximate the recipes for these lost brews? Considering that variables such as contaminants or burn residue variances are probably a good deal of the individual character, and are likely to stand out in such an analysis, thus could be identified... Seems to me that the market for "lost" brews might best be the breweries themselves who wish to take a stab at re-creating them.
But are the bottles truly airtight, or just good enough for a few decades? I'm wondering what sort of aging might occur over centuries, through micro-exchanges and within the cork.
Side note: couple years ago my neighbour bought some cheap wine that was... blech. Ugh. Harsh and tasted like underarm juice. Banged the cork back into the bottle and stuck it in the fridge. Forgot about it for close to a year.... One day, lacking other drinkables, we brought it forth in desperation, and were astonished to discover this neglect had turned it into a reasonably good wine!
[blink] Is that why some folks drink "Scotch and water" -- to achieve the same effect??
I don't drink any form of whiskey (don't like the taste, prefer rum myself), but love its subtle odors. So this discussion is interesting, and thanks for the very informative posts.
At an ag-educated guess, the black pigment for "soy-based toner" comes from burnt soybean *hulls*.
As to the phytoestrogens, some interesting reading that is backed by considerable research: http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/04birthdefects.htm (Be aware that flaxseed meal has 3 to 4 TIMES as much phytoestrogen as soy, and is sufficient to be somewhat effective as a contraceptive, and to cause birth defects, when used in dog food.)
Where is that really from? We had the same image painted on the wall of my college dorm's cafeteria back in 1972. (With a hamburger on a plate sitting on the tongue as an added effect:)
One problem is that in folk tales (for this argument including religious documents), multiple similar events tend to get conflated into single archetypal events, even if originally well-separated in time and/or distance. And at this remote, barring a time machine there's no good way to determine which such events got conflated, other than guessing by reason of known proximity.
That sounds about right... a fellow elsewhere related how a larger bird laid for and killed/ate a smaller one (I forget the species but of the parrot and cockatoo types) that thought to come visiting... they're devious critters, all right.
This is true even with my ISP which is ALL fixed wireless. It's a one-man band and the owner loves to talk about his work... one of the problems he mentioned is an ongoing feud with another fixed-wireless company -- in some areas they keep drowning out each other's signals, because it's all grab-as-you-can, rather than owned spectrum.
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You'd be amazed the degree to which dogs will plan, including practical jokes. (Speaking from 40 years as a pro dog trainer...) Anything a bright 5 year old child can conceive of, a dog can think up too. Favourites seem to be dunking the unsuspecting in any handy mud or water. I once had a Chesapeake who figured out that dumping people off rafts was a wonderful joke, resulting in lots of amusing screams... and he always waited until they were well out from shore before doing so!
As to parrots dancing, I doubt this comes as much of a surprise to most long-time owners of such birds. They are very observant and imitative, and it doesn't take much to get them responding to whatever they hear.
They also play nasty tricks... my sister's parrot hated her dog, and developed the following routine:
Parrot: Jaz, COME! Jaz obediently comes to the parrot's cage. Parrot: Jaz, SIT! Jaz obediently sits. Parrot: BAD DOG! Jaz, familiar with his role in this comedy and apparently just indulging the parrot, wags his tail but otherwise ignores this.:)
As to animals' notion of music... I use big plastic barrels for doghouses. They are fairly resonant. Sometimes young dogs dig like madmen in them, but after a while I realised it wasn't just random futile digging -- they'd do various specific rhythms unlike what they'd do if digging a hole. Finally it occurred to me -- they are DRUMMING. They enjoy the noise for its own sake. I've also caught dogs dragging a stick along the fence to make noise, just like small kids will do.
What do you get if you offer a kindergarten a variety of "instruments"?? A wide variety of percussion and not much else. Dogs, having about the same congnitive facility as a 5 year old child, do much the same.
At a guess, parrots probably are about equivalent to a 2 year old... and what do most toddlers do as soon as they're steady on their feet? attempt SOME form of "dancing" whenever they hear music.
If Microsoft is going to sell NN-many Windows licenses anyway, why does it matter whether they're for XP or some future version? Why not make your customers happy by selling them what they want, rather than what you want them to want?
And people who use older OSs know support ain't forever, and guess what, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
In that case (and I'm sure you're right about just who the lobbying forces are here) the state should require that ISPs block access to *in-state* gambling facilities as well.
Methinks if they get hit in the profits the same as everyone else, the Indian casinos would see the light real quick.
I notice our Slashdottic Overlords have been messing with the CSS again... maybe related, maybe not. But what's with all the truncated posts?? I tried another browser, same thing.
I think what he was snarking at was the fact that HMOs are essentially a privatized form of socialized medicine, and that as the system shifts toward state-run socialized medicine, the problems we already see thanks to HMOs (where billing and CYA and HIPAA rule, while patient care takes a back seat) will magnify. Take my experience and expand it -- that's what Obama's programs will do.
I remember back before HMOs, when it was easy to find a doctor when you needed one, and when one doctor or set of doctors stayed with you for the duration. Now, it's all broken out into billable hours for the insurance companies, and appointments in the distant future even for urgent problems.
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In fact, IF gov't is truly "for the People", then one of its functions should be to MINIMIZE taxes, since taxes by definition are a penalty on the People (even those taxes which are used to benefit *some* of those People).
How is it we've totally forgotten that? Everything I see gov't doing now is about "maximizing revenue", as if we're all cows to be milked rather than citizens.
Maybe if they didn't maximize spending, they wouldn't need so much revenue, ya think??
You seem to assume that *the workers* is also exactly synonymous with *the union*.
I'd put it rather that the union of the past 50 years is its own little sub-government that principally uses the workers to line its own coffers.
[eyeing prices]
Good gods... antique whiskey is CHEAP!
I'm wondering if modern chemical analysis methods might be used to at least reasonably approximate the recipes for these lost brews? Considering that variables such as contaminants or burn residue variances are probably a good deal of the individual character, and are likely to stand out in such an analysis, thus could be identified... Seems to me that the market for "lost" brews might best be the breweries themselves who wish to take a stab at re-creating them.
If it has never passed your lips, how do you know it's crap? ;)
But are the bottles truly airtight, or just good enough for a few decades? I'm wondering what sort of aging might occur over centuries, through micro-exchanges and within the cork.
Side note: couple years ago my neighbour bought some cheap wine that was... blech. Ugh. Harsh and tasted like underarm juice. Banged the cork back into the bottle and stuck it in the fridge. Forgot about it for close to a year.... One day, lacking other drinkables, we brought it forth in desperation, and were astonished to discover this neglect had turned it into a reasonably good wine!
"14C is, in fact, the reason it's called carbon
dating."
Crap, and here I thought it was the opposite of silicon dating!!
(You should begin to wonder when your post garners not one but two utterly skewed thoughts :)
[blink] Is that why some folks drink "Scotch and water" -- to achieve the same effect??
I don't drink any form of whiskey (don't like the taste, prefer rum myself), but love its subtle odors. So this discussion is interesting, and thanks for the very informative posts.
At an ag-educated guess, the black pigment for "soy-based toner" comes from burnt soybean *hulls*.
As to the phytoestrogens, some interesting reading that is backed by considerable research:
http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/04birthdefects.htm
(Be aware that flaxseed meal has 3 to 4 TIMES as much phytoestrogen as soy, and is sufficient to be somewhat effective as a contraceptive, and to cause birth defects, when used in dog food.)
Where is that really from? We had the same image painted on the wall of my college dorm's cafeteria back in 1972. (With a hamburger on a plate sitting on the tongue as an added effect :)
One problem is that in folk tales (for this argument including religious documents), multiple similar events tend to get conflated into single archetypal events, even if originally well-separated in time and/or distance. And at this remote, barring a time machine there's no good way to determine which such events got conflated, other than guessing by reason of known proximity.
Actually, I object to both, since both are taking away my freedom of choice (money is a form of having choices).
Ha, ain't nuthing compared to what folks in Wyoming do with sheep. ;)
Oh man, that's a good one!! Took some planning on the parrot's part, for sure :D
My sister's bird? I think it's an ordinary African Grey.
That sounds about right... a fellow elsewhere related how a larger bird laid for and killed/ate a smaller one (I forget the species but of the parrot and cockatoo types) that thought to come visiting... they're devious critters, all right.
This is true even with my ISP which is ALL fixed wireless. It's a one-man band and the owner loves to talk about his work... one of the problems he mentioned is an ongoing feud with another fixed-wireless company -- in some areas they keep drowning out each other's signals, because it's all grab-as-you-can, rather than owned spectrum.
You'd be amazed the degree to which dogs will plan, including practical jokes. (Speaking from 40 years as a pro dog trainer...) Anything a bright 5 year old child can conceive of, a dog can think up too. Favourites seem to be dunking the unsuspecting in any handy mud or water. I once had a Chesapeake who figured out that dumping people off rafts was a wonderful joke, resulting in lots of amusing screams... and he always waited until they were well out from shore before doing so!
As to parrots dancing, I doubt this comes as much of a surprise to most long-time owners of such birds. They are very observant and imitative, and it doesn't take much to get them responding to whatever they hear.
They also play nasty tricks... my sister's parrot hated her dog, and developed the following routine:
Parrot: Jaz, COME! :)
Jaz obediently comes to the parrot's cage.
Parrot: Jaz, SIT!
Jaz obediently sits.
Parrot: BAD DOG!
Jaz, familiar with his role in this comedy and apparently just indulging the parrot, wags his tail but otherwise ignores this.
As to animals' notion of music... I use big plastic barrels for doghouses. They are fairly resonant. Sometimes young dogs dig like madmen in them, but after a while I realised it wasn't just random futile digging -- they'd do various specific rhythms unlike what they'd do if digging a hole. Finally it occurred to me -- they are DRUMMING. They enjoy the noise for its own sake. I've also caught dogs dragging a stick along the fence to make noise, just like small kids will do.
What do you get if you offer a kindergarten a variety of "instruments"?? A wide variety of percussion and not much else. Dogs, having about the same congnitive facility as a 5 year old child, do much the same.
At a guess, parrots probably are about equivalent to a 2 year old... and what do most toddlers do as soon as they're steady on their feet? attempt SOME form of "dancing" whenever they hear music.
If Microsoft is going to sell NN-many Windows licenses anyway, why does it matter whether they're for XP or some future version? Why not make your customers happy by selling them what they want, rather than what you want them to want?
And people who use older OSs know support ain't forever, and guess what, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
In that case (and I'm sure you're right about just who the lobbying forces are here) the state should require that ISPs block access to *in-state* gambling facilities as well.
Methinks if they get hit in the profits the same as everyone else, the Indian casinos would see the light real quick.
I notice our Slashdottic Overlords have been messing with the CSS again... maybe related, maybe not. But what's with all the truncated posts?? I tried another browser, same thing.
Extinction of words?? Oh dear.
How does this relate to some dinosaurs possibly being warm-blooded??
Differences in adaptability -- some advantages either way -- am wondering how this might have affected the die-off event.
Bah, young'uns these days, no sense of history... I remember when it was Tandy Leather Company!!
I think what he was snarking at was the fact that HMOs are essentially a privatized form of socialized medicine, and that as the system shifts toward state-run socialized medicine, the problems we already see thanks to HMOs (where billing and CYA and HIPAA rule, while patient care takes a back seat) will magnify. Take my experience and expand it -- that's what Obama's programs will do.
I remember back before HMOs, when it was easy to find a doctor when you needed one, and when one doctor or set of doctors stayed with you for the duration. Now, it's all broken out into billable hours for the insurance companies, and appointments in the distant future even for urgent problems.