I should market the stuff I 'mine' out of my swamp cooler as "naturally air-processed salt"... it produces about 5 pounds of salty-tasting crystals every year. Since the ground water is VERY high in calcium (to the point that osteoporosis is almost unknown in the area) presumably it's mostly calcium salts. (And probably a little uranium, and possibly enough selenium to be toxic.)
I've tried that "Himalayan pink salt" and the reddish lump salt sold for horses, and yep, they do taste different; mainly they taste faintly of iron. Might not be a great idea to use in large quantities, depending on the mineral content.
Trouble is, anywhere NaCl salt was likely to accumulate was the same place various other metal salts tended to accumulate.... which of course would vary wildly depending on the local geology and historical waterways, but generally whatever was dissolvable and flowed downhill.
I have some stuff that calls itself "Himalayan pink salt" that's not only pink, it tastes faintly of iron. This analysis is interesting:
I had the same question -- how much is natural leeching? have any of these traces been tracked back to sources?
I'd think lead from bullets (if any) would drain more northward, given where most of the shootin' wars were fought.
Where I used to live, the ground was more-than-average radioactive. Blame got pointed at the air force base, but... no. Truth is, the area is lousy with uranium deposits.
Try TIX solder for electronics. Not sure how much lead is in it (it's partly silver and iridium) but it's easier to manipulate, melts at a lower temp, and becomes very hard but not brittle. (I used to work for the outfit that made it.)
My old (built ca. 1968) Schwinn and I did some serious downhill speed too. Maxed out at about 60mph (knowing the speed of the cars I was passing). No shock absorbers, but very solid (the bike weighed 40 lbs.) Upright and wide handlebars... which in my experience give you a whole lot more control than those narrow curled things at knee level.
And when I was riding 100 miles a week (much on hills or in wind), I found a big well-padded seat, upright or semi-upright position, and higher/wider handlebars the most comfortable.
With that setup I could move around -- lean down on the handlebars, lean up and back, use or avoid the wind, shift my butt to change the contact area, change my hand/arm position multiple ways to avoid shoulder fatigue, change my angle against the pedals to rest my legs.
I can't do any of that on a more 'advanced' bike (which is what I have now, and hate it).
Additionally, that old 'upright' Schwinn bike weighed 40 pounds (no shit, I weighed it) yet felt light as a feather on the road, plus it was much easier to control on rough ground.
Actually, there is a form you can find at the P.O. that turns the weekly junk mail on or off. Where I used to live, the weekly junk mail actually contained a lot of useful stuff (and what wasn't became kindling in the woodstove) and I wasn't getting any... so I asked the P.O., and that's how I learned about this.
As to the junk websites and junk Google results... yeah, it's pretty obvious they pay Google more than we do.:/
When I was in school, it was much the same. Your test and sometimes homework scores were posted or announced for anyone to see. The result? Lots of peer pressure to do better -- if you were used to getting A's, you didn't want to be seen with a B. And guess what, peer pressure is what drives kids, more than anything else... and it mimics the judgments you'll later encounter in Real Life[TM]. -- We also had good teachers and good discipline. I don't think it's any big mystery why our school systems were near or at the top of the performance heap by every measure. Incidentally, my senior class of ~565 students had only TWO dropouts.
Over to the right, a bit behind the "Welcome to Idaho" sign, is a snow depth marker that is 9 feet tall.
Don't see the marker? That's cuz it's completely covered, for the first time in all the years I've been checking these highway cams (I think this one went up around 2001).
We have basically the same problem at dog shows -- anyone with a digital camera can now take your win photo. So how do the pros make money?
The professional photographer brings along a nice setting where you can pose and have an attractive shot, instead of whatever background was available.
I talked to some old timers up in the valley along Hwy 395 south of Bishop, CA. They told me this whole valley was productive farmland before Los Angeles took all their water and turned their valley into desert.
I wonder how much of the rest of former farmland in Calif has the same issue.
A few areas now have ag-protective laws (ie. if you move in next door to an ag operation, you have no right to complain about it) but they are unfortunately in the minority.
About 25 years ago there was a study that found about half the best cropland had already been eaten up by suburban sprawl. And people complain about the price of food??
It still is. You need only look around the American west, where millions of acres lack either water or soil or terrain suitable for crops, but nonetheless support cattle quite well.
I predict an increase in neurological disorders and certain cancers as a result of widespread use of statins. See, much of the protective mechanism of your body, including the 'insulation' on nerves and the barrier structure of cell walls, are formed largely of cholesterol...
Turns out high cholesterol is actually protective in the elderly. Hmm...
Lots and lots of cites in the blog entries at \http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/
all of which is just basic biochemistry.
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Do they also not realise that gestures you have to think about are liable to be 'repeated' in your other hand? Kinda like how if new drivers look to the side, they drive off the road, because their hands follow their eyes.
Half the state of Montana. Almost everyone in rural areas. It's either that, or pay $4/gallon for propane, or a similarly high rate for electric heat. Natural gas is usually not an available option; solar/wind are both very expensive up front, and rather seasonal in the areas that most need a heat source. If you can afford to do alt energy without a subsidy, you can afford propane.
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I should market the stuff I 'mine' out of my swamp cooler as "naturally air-processed salt" ... it produces about 5 pounds of salty-tasting crystals every year. Since the ground water is VERY high in calcium (to the point that osteoporosis is almost unknown in the area) presumably it's mostly calcium salts. (And probably a little uranium, and possibly enough selenium to be toxic.)
I've tried that "Himalayan pink salt" and the reddish lump salt sold for horses, and yep, they do taste different; mainly they taste faintly of iron. Might not be a great idea to use in large quantities, depending on the mineral content.
Trouble is, anywhere NaCl salt was likely to accumulate was the same place various other metal salts tended to accumulate.... which of course would vary wildly depending on the local geology and historical waterways, but generally whatever was dissolvable and flowed downhill.
I have some stuff that calls itself "Himalayan pink salt" that's not only pink, it tastes faintly of iron. This analysis is interesting:
http://www.atthemeadow.com/sho...
I had the same question -- how much is natural leeching? have any of these traces been tracked back to sources?
I'd think lead from bullets (if any) would drain more northward, given where most of the shootin' wars were fought.
Where I used to live, the ground was more-than-average radioactive. Blame got pointed at the air force base, but... no. Truth is, the area is lousy with uranium deposits.
Try TIX solder for electronics. Not sure how much lead is in it (it's partly silver and iridium) but it's easier to manipulate, melts at a lower temp, and becomes very hard but not brittle. (I used to work for the outfit that made it.)
Imagine the surprise when they tried to smelt graphite by mistake.
My philosophy: If you can SEE the neighbors -- they're too close!
BTW I looked at your photos. The landscapes are fuckin' AWESOME.
My old (built ca. 1968) Schwinn and I did some serious downhill speed too. Maxed out at about 60mph (knowing the speed of the cars I was passing). No shock absorbers, but very solid (the bike weighed 40 lbs.) Upright and wide handlebars... which in my experience give you a whole lot more control than those narrow curled things at knee level.
Going back up the hill was not so fun. ;)
And when I was riding 100 miles a week (much on hills or in wind), I found a big well-padded seat, upright or semi-upright position, and higher/wider handlebars the most comfortable.
With that setup I could move around -- lean down on the handlebars, lean up and back, use or avoid the wind, shift my butt to change the contact area, change my hand/arm position multiple ways to avoid shoulder fatigue, change my angle against the pedals to rest my legs.
I can't do any of that on a more 'advanced' bike (which is what I have now, and hate it).
Additionally, that old 'upright' Schwinn bike weighed 40 pounds (no shit, I weighed it) yet felt light as a feather on the road, plus it was much easier to control on rough ground.
Actually, there is a form you can find at the P.O. that turns the weekly junk mail on or off. Where I used to live, the weekly junk mail actually contained a lot of useful stuff (and what wasn't became kindling in the woodstove) and I wasn't getting any... so I asked the P.O., and that's how I learned about this.
As to the junk websites and junk Google results... yeah, it's pretty obvious they pay Google more than we do. :/
When I was in school, it was much the same. Your test and sometimes homework scores were posted or announced for anyone to see. The result? Lots of peer pressure to do better -- if you were used to getting A's, you didn't want to be seen with a B. And guess what, peer pressure is what drives kids, more than anything else... and it mimics the judgments you'll later encounter in Real Life[TM]. -- We also had good teachers and good discipline. I don't think it's any big mystery why our school systems were near or at the top of the performance heap by every measure. Incidentally, my senior class of ~565 students had only TWO dropouts.
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âoeWhat the hell are these idiots up in D.C. talking about?â he asked. âoeWhy would anyone need a solar powered bomb indoors, on a plane?â
http://rwis.mdt.mt.gov/scanweb...
Over to the right, a bit behind the "Welcome to Idaho" sign, is a snow depth marker that is 9 feet tall.
Don't see the marker? That's cuz it's completely covered, for the first time in all the years I've been checking these highway cams (I think this one went up around 2001).
And how does CO2 compare to water vapor, which is so vastly more plentiful and is also a 'greenhouse gas' ??
My fear is that the warmists will actually gain the power to "do something about it" and manage to plunge us into another ice age.
We have basically the same problem at dog shows -- anyone with a digital camera can now take your win photo. So how do the pros make money?
The professional photographer brings along a nice setting where you can pose and have an attractive shot, instead of whatever background was available.
I talked to some old timers up in the valley along Hwy 395 south of Bishop, CA. They told me this whole valley was productive farmland before Los Angeles took all their water and turned their valley into desert.
I wonder how much of the rest of former farmland in Calif has the same issue.
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Totally with ya there.
A few areas now have ag-protective laws (ie. if you move in next door to an ag operation, you have no right to complain about it) but they are unfortunately in the minority.
About 25 years ago there was a study that found about half the best cropland had already been eaten up by suburban sprawl. And people complain about the price of food??
It still is. You need only look around the American west, where millions of acres lack either water or soil or terrain suitable for crops, but nonetheless support cattle quite well.
http://rawfoodsos.com/2010/07/...
Go down a ways to where rapeseed oil is mentioned.
I predict an increase in neurological disorders and certain cancers as a result of widespread use of statins. See, much of the protective mechanism of your body, including the 'insulation' on nerves and the barrier structure of cell walls, are formed largely of cholesterol...
Turns out high cholesterol is actually protective in the elderly. Hmm...
Lots and lots of cites in the blog entries at \http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/
all of which is just basic biochemistry.
Do they also not realise that gestures you have to think about are liable to be 'repeated' in your other hand? Kinda like how if new drivers look to the side, they drive off the road, because their hands follow their eyes.
Since you asked...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
It probably qualifies as "released on own recognisance" which is indeed a judgment call.
I'm wondering... how much did that display of trust figure in your going to rehab?
(And congrats on getting clean.)
Half the state of Montana. Almost everyone in rural areas. It's either that, or pay $4/gallon for propane, or a similarly high rate for electric heat. Natural gas is usually not an available option; solar/wind are both very expensive up front, and rather seasonal in the areas that most need a heat source. If you can afford to do alt energy without a subsidy, you can afford propane.
That's actually a problem. Where are the Constitution's teeth, in the event that those charged with upholding it decide to do the opposite??
I think the Founders' assumption was that all three branches of gov't wouldn't go bad at once, because, checks and balances. Optimists, they were. :(
You may have hit on something... if China doesn't care about greenhouse emissions, how can Al Gore sell them expensive solutions??