That picture makes me sad product. I know the bond between farmers and their animals. Not only are they their money makers, they're part of the family. you raise them, feed them. they're practically family. So i can see they're running in the pictures, and i know they're frantic. it pulls on my heart string.
(yes i know they become food…thanksgiving and christmas was always hard on me)
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we found a house listed for 115 with jacuzzi, spacious backyard. we offer 115 closing costs paid. they come back with 118 with half closing costs, and jacuzzi goes. we counter…whut is…i don't even…
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Oy, the baby chickens broke the thing off the thermometer so ya gotta hang it on just right so it don't fall off. [6 black ones and 12 yellow ones in a big brooder box out back.] 
*Not my picture, and sort of outdated because they got feathers on their wings now. That box isn't right either. I just wanted to attach a picture so my post would stand out.
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All military branches have commissioned and non-commissioned officers.Ya, I meant the difference between the Navy and merchant ships.
Thanks for the extra info though! That was pretty interesting :)
Good luck everyone!Heya Carls! You going to San Diego Comic Con this year?
Thankyou mister smartipants professor!So what is "it" that causes those reactions? Sulphur compounds that form strong acids when exposed to moisture in the air? Phosphates doing the same sort of thing?This is what volcanic ash looks like, close up:
But I still remained curious and so had a look on the US government website for this sort of thing, and it turns out my suspicious RE sulphuric acid were right as well;
Freshly fallen ash grains commonly have surface coatings of soluble components (salts) and/or moisture. These components can make ash mildly corrosive and potentially conductive. The soluble coatings are derived from the interactions in an eruption column between ash particles and volcanic-gas aerosols, which may be composed of sulphuric and hydrochloric acid droplets with absorbed halide salts. The amount of available aerosols varies greatly between eruptions of similar size and volume.…so, if you feel burning, you may actually be getting chemical burns O_O
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Volcanic eruptions inject water vapour (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), hydrochloric acid (HCl), hydrofluoric acid (HF) and ash into the atmosphere. HCl and HF will dissolve in water and fall as acid rain whereas most SO2 is slowly converted to sulphuric acid (H2SO4) aerosols. Ash particles may absorb these aerosol droplets onto their surfaces.
It says it's only mild though, but if the sharp shards cut you first, acid in those wounds will make it hurt more.
I can't imagine there's too much HF about though, that stuff will kill you pretty fricken quick, or at least badly injure you, only need teeny amounts.
What happened to her? I hope things turn out okay… :(
I'm very sorely tempted to put a Star Trek fan webcomic on Comic Fury just to see
what would happen…
There have been some very good Star Trek fan webcomics so it's a very steep order. There's even an excellent one done with action figures. But still no facial expressions. So everyone looks like Stallone or Arnold with these blank tough-guy expressions and the women have these slight smiles all the time no matter what is happening or what they are saying.
"He's dead Jim!" And there's this whimsical smile on McCoy's head sculpt.
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Professor Placement, my apologies but in Hawai'i it's tropical so I wasn't wearing underwear or sleeves. Iceland is not exactly a place you normally wear an Aloha shirt, shorts and sandals.
An indication of a.)the fact that I have been so brainwashed by facebook that I can't think in non-facebook format, b.)that I have been away from the forums too long, and c.)my laziness: I keep looking for a "like" button on people's posts. Someone get me into rehab. As long as it's just facebook rehab, and not the kind where they take away my booze, or lock me up in a room until I'm no longer a danger to myself or others…
An indication of a.)the fact that I have been so brainwashed by facebook that I can't think in non-facebook format, b.)that I have been away from the forums too long, and c.)my laziness: I keep looking for a "like" button on people's posts. Someone get me into rehab. As long as it's just facebook rehab, and not the kind where they take away my booze, or lock me up in a room until I'm no longer a danger to myself or others…
I do this too. Mostly because a lot of times i have nothing to contribute, and i hate making an entire post to say "cool" or "that is neat-o"
Also another forum i frequent (non webcomics related) has one. It's cool, except that it gives a heart, so it's like "<3 seventy2 likes this" (except the heart is filled in and right side up)
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mmmmmmm Roast beef from the crockpot. delicious.
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Bah! Juliet is doing well today, and managed to give her her medicine, but now Baby has an eye infection. Which means another trip to the vet, which means we won't be able to afford a new couch for a while.
Any ideas for some kind of cheap couch-less living room sitting arrangement?
Bah! Juliet is doing well today, and managed to give her her medicine, but now Baby has an eye infection. Which means another trip to the vet, which means we won't be able to afford a new couch for a while.I'm really glad they'll be OK - and I know You know that's priority one.
Any ideas for some kind of cheap couch-less living room sitting arrangement?
But do They know it? probably not. cute, fluffy, and clueless.
So if you don't like the idea of stacks of cushions and pillows, how comfy a footrest would Juliet make?
*SO kidding*
Thankyou mister smartipants professor!Now, now. You asked me directly and I gave you an answer. My answers were also mostly based on experience, as I can vouch that this stuff isn't exactly smooth to the touch.
It's true that hydrofluoric acid is one of the byproducts of volcanic eruptions but we normally worry about it after it's gotten into the nearby soil, cause it's bad for our livestocks to eat the grass that's been coated with that stuff. Before then, it's mostly in gaseous form, making it very dangerous to be near volcanoes but further away it's floating up high into the sky until it bonds with a cloud and rains on us.
Although I suppose that few particles of it coating the ash flakes, isn't exactly making them more comfortable.
On the plus side, volcanic ash has very positive long term effects on the area where it falls over. It's a natural fertilizer, in addition to darkening the soil, thus increasing it's ability to absorb heat from the sun, which also benefits cold climate plants. It also boosts plankton growth in the seas where ash clouds falls, which has positive long term benefits for marine life.
Bah! Juliet is doing well today, and managed to give her her medicine, but now Baby has an eye infection. Which means another trip to the vet, which means we won't be able to afford a new couch for a while.
Any ideas for some kind of cheap couch-less living room sitting arrangement?
bean bags! lawn chairs. Futon.
I used to have some comfortable arm chairs we used until we could afford a couch.
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BTW, I can't believe your dad ate an echidna
I know, I can't believe he sent me pictures of him doing so either. But he works with traditional Aboriginal groups as a Native Title Barrister handling land claims, and apparently echidna was a traditional dish for the "elders" of the clan so they gave it to him. I think they were having a laugh.
I heard magnum PI's chest hair could be used as steel wool, should the need arise.
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I am tempted to crack a Sonic joke, but I will not.
I will, "He just wasn't fast enough to escape the grill, apparently."
Couple of yahoos went to see the volcano today. Apparently it's been dying down quite rapidly and has almost stopped. Pictures here.
P.S. Would just like to point out that they're on a glacier. The biggest one in Europe. Ash does a great job at transforming a landscape. Picture 15 shows how deep you had to dig in order to reach the snow at some places.
That looks like a lot of ash. I bet if I walked barefoot in that stuff I'll bleed to death before even moving 2 feet through it… Makes me hope the volcano north of where I'm at doesn't explode or anything… Strato volcanoes have a bad habit of doing that…
Finally figured out how to organize my Darkbasic code. Keep track of all the variables can be a headache if I made their names short (Player.Xpos, Enemy.Ypos, etc…) but at the same time typing the full word in can be a pain. I'd show off what I've done so far, but I'll have to search around for something that works the way FRAPS does (software that records video game footage as you play your game on your computer).
Eating an echidna? Well… at least it's better than eating something I find even more gross than that… Balot. Basically a boiled egg, but with an embryo inside. My family even has contests with that… whoever ends up with the beak in their mouth loses.
Okay… I'll go vomit on a… *urp!* *HHHKKK!!!*
*spews vomit on random Drunkduck forum posters…*
I've been leaving the chickies coop door open so they can run around in the yard. When I'm outside they start gravitating towards me. Not outright following like a dog but their "pecking path" always changes course until they're right next to me.
I've also been playing the grasshoper game to get some exercise. I basically walk around the yard until a juicy grasshopper jumps away from my feet. Then I swoop down and pinch it up, and let whichever chickie is nearest peck it from my fingers. Head honcho caught on to this fast and comes charging towards me whenever I bend over to steal the grasshopper with her beak. -_- I once started chasing her around the yard as revenge, and everybody else also chased while she ran and clucked in fear. It was so fucking funny…ah but I need a life.
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