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Thank you Jim and 256. That was interesting to read. I had no idea that bleach would be basically "mildly toxic". But then for that matter, I had never heard of it being used for suicide either. I can be rather naive at times. All I know is how difficult it is to wash off your hands, so it...

Is it at all possible to live after drinking bleach? A friend of a friend of a friend... tried to kill herself with a bag of pills and a bottle of bleach. Medics found her and resuscitated her, she has been in the hospital in critical care for about 12 hours. I am wondering if it is at all...

Thank you everyone! This is really fascinating. HomogenousCow, that is interesting that you were able to come up with the same thing as everyone below you. I had no idea that there were any similarities between Japanese and Chinese. Joris, thank you for the wiki link. This music was...

Pretty please? I know there are people here that can read Japanese, I really would appreciate the help. Sorry it is rotated, I couldn't figure out how to get it changed. Thank you in advance!

I see this thread was actually posted on April 1st, April Fools day, but I just had to respond that I want one of those trees. NOW!

Lisa, have you ever checked the local earthquake network? I check this daily along with the USGS site. http://www.pnsn.org/earthquakes/recent They even have a blog for when we have the local slow slip events in the subduction zone. Fun to follow! What I think is interesting is that we...

Thanks guys! This one is easy. If she doesn't want you to look at her, you get her butt in your face. :) (pat me here!) AlephZ, my dad was a farmer growing up, and all their animals were working animals. ONLY. You didn't have pets. He let it slide for us kids to always have a cat...

Oops, I meant to post after the picture! Her name is Pixie. Fits her rather well, actually. Pointy eared, small statured, mischievous creature.

Obviously the answer was a/. Forgot this thread completely. :grumpy: Here is my arrow head. I had leaned down to pick up a flake that I had spotted, then noticed a piece of glass sticking edgewise out of the dirt. I decided it was best to remove the glass and throw it away in a garbage...

Here is my rescue! We have had her nearly a year, and are still dealing with trust issues. No one is home often enough to really work with her well, but she is a very good girl and fairly well adjusted. She just has some trust issues with men, and prefers to sit by herself instead of in your...

My lovely little Aqua

And even if you try NOT to let them. My cousin took home some black berry canes many years ago, and he is now slightly resented in his community. It is a wealthy community in the hills overlooking the city, and all the hillsides are now covered in blackberry. The birds carried the seed. The...

These are actually 2 year old plants. I planted the seeds in January 2012. My jalapeno I bought at the store in 2010. I overwinter them inside, then place them outside when it gets warm. Which is like last week. :rolleyes:

I finally have 3 ghosts pods growing. The plants are still tiny (only 8 inches high) so I was very surprised to see those mean looking little beasts hiding under the leaves. My daughter insists all three are going to her boyfriend and his best friend, but we shall see. If they were in serious...

Sorry AntiFreeze, does this make you feel any better? http://wpmu.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/trackback-spam.jpg This is my thought also. Is it fair if the company is healthy? Wouldn't it make the company look even better if the employees were paid more than the average joe?

I am jealous! Ever since I was 16 I have wanted to do a photo tour of the ghost towns in the US. Thanks for sharing! Awesome pics!

Become a CEO. Apparently the median wage is now 9.7 million. That is $4645 per HOUR, folks. Must be nice to make more in an hour than most of your employees make in an entire month. http://www.komonews.com/news/business/Median-CEO-pay-rises-to-97-million-in-2012-208492131.html

Ivan, if I can add a tiny thought... Fruits are a good source of vitamins and minerals, and many of your berries seem to have their specific nutrients by color, so make sure the vegetables you eat are extremely varied and in all colors? It seems I read before that purple cabbage has something...

Awww, Rhody! You will have to stop by more often now to update us with pictures! I *LOVE* Siamese. Such adorable little fluff balls, and I hope they give your family many years of happiness. I think you left out a name. Chai on the right, and who is the handsome little devil on the left...

Forget that site. They have pi day, but not tau day. *grumpy face*

I wasn't aware this is awareness awareness day. Thank you for making me aware of awareness awareness day!

How much fun! New borns are so cute! So is the giganto egg in the incubator?

Update to Rhody: I still have three ghost plants going from last year, but they are still only 6 inches high. I don't think anyone that I gave plants to last year overwintered them, so my 3 plants are all that remains of the seeds you sent to my little corner of the world. If I don't get...

You sure you don't have a prankster in the neighborhood? That is more like the size of an emu egg, not a chicken! And it doesn't appear to have any rings on it to show that it was difficult for her to lay. Look into records and get that thing weighed! You should take bets on how many...

Ouch! I can't even watch these clips. Although I will admit they DO make me laugh if I see them, I hate myself for laughing as I know someone was in pain. And for the record, I also laughed at myself when I fell off a horse because it was pure stupidity on my part, but I WAS in pain...

I predict you two will be wildly successful in your new career. However, you will make little to no actual money. But it will be satisfying none the less. Yes, *I* am a real psychic. As described above. :rolleyes:

Hi Ben. Certainly, you learn to like certain music styles because of familiarity. I was going for a more fundamental aspect, but there is nothing wrong with your point. FYI I listened to Rachmaninoff the other day. His music makes me happy. And BTW, I found the article with the mp3...

I would like to throw my two cents in the hat for the topic, although I have only read the first page so I have no idea if someone else has stated this yet. I see music as no different than color. We have settled on specific color frequencies, and have color wheels that show what colors go...

*total envy!* I love Kona, it is the best part of the island. Did you get to drive around the whole island? I was blown away to find out they had a desert region with cactus and ranches. Hilo is a nice sleepy town, but the water is too cold for me to snorkel. I have even looked at buying...

I bought myself some of Dan Akroyd's Crystal Head vodka, so I will be around next month. http://www.maya12-21-2012.com/crystal-skulls.html "The ancient Maya from Central America passed on a legend that tells of the 13 crystal sculls able to save the world from a terrible catastrophe."...

I know those were two of my agrees, there might have been another. I really want to take this test again and analyze the questions and my answers. I don't think getting a positive score is anything bad, to those of you with the sad faces. Actually, I am wondering if getting a zero is...

I am still wondering what all this truly means. I have plenty of self confidence, but why did I get a zero? I did answer a few agrees... Maybe I will take it again and pay more attention. Anyway... Here is an article from Scientific American that talks about the book...

The link still works for me, I am not sure why it is asking you for passwords? If I scroll down just a teeny bit (just below the "torn paper" section) there is a red button that says "Take the psychopath challenge". When I click that, a flash type box opens within the window with the first...

Passwords? Did I post the wrong link? All I did was scroll down, click the button that said to take the test, and it popped up within the web page... I will check it out. Sorry!

This is a quiz put out on the internet to promote Kevin Dutton's new book "The Wisdom of Psychopaths." A bit of fun, similar to the personality quizzes. :smile: http://www.wisdomofpsychopaths.com/ And for the record, mine came up as 0 out of 33... hhrrmmmmmm... I can't wait to read...

The thought of boiled makes me cringe, but I know you well enough to trust you so I know it MUST be delicious. But I think I need to prove it to myself. Post your favorite recipe? Please? I am all for easy.

I am thinking I won't get any peppers until they are 2 years old, also. My ghosts are still only 6 inches tall... *sigh* I hope they survive the winter indoors. Maybe I will take one to work so it can get sun shine.

Lucky! I have 4 days off work, (Thurs - Sun) so I will either a/ forget this thread completely, or b/ remember and post some pictures. Is it okay to post pictures of collections in this thread even though it is called "fossil and rock IDENTIFICATION"? Or should I use the old thread? Evo...

OldFart, I hope you guys haven't started yet! I have made a huge mistake. I used the same pickles and brine in the horseradish pickles as my daughters pickles. Her jar is nicely turning transparent, barely any white left, and almost perfectly pickled after one week. The horse radish...

I love rocks and minerals! A few weeks ago I bought a lovely small chunk of serpentine, and next week I will be down in the area and have decided to get a chunk of hemimorphite. They both are found locally in the eastern part of the state. I am hoping next year I will be there finding my...

Just found an interesting website. I think they are trying to sell their own jars, but I think the information there is very good regarding fermented pickles. For instance, they claim that dill and garlic are antimicrobial and should be added at the end of the pickling process. I knew you...

Just going through my post history I noticed I never gave an update on the flavors I tried. Jimmy's soy sauce pickles were super good! A little on the salty side, even with low salt soy sauce, but still were VERY good. I didn't put in any wasabi, but next time I have a party, I might try...

I attempted the horseradish pickles this weekend, plus another jar of regular dill for my daughter. Her dills are on the left, horseradish are on the right. Yes, I put a few green beans from the garden to fill space. The mound of towels in the foreground is the first batch of dills...

The recipe I posted is considered a basic dill, but you are welcome to eliminate any and all spices that you can't easily acquire, or don't want. Dill florets and garlic are the biggest flavors that are in your standard pickle, but maybe when you said after the horseradish you just tasted...

Thanks for the tip! I intend to start dill next year, and thought it reseeded on its own. I will save seed to stagger my harvest. We just got some horseradish, so hopefully (weather depending) I will have my own pickles, my own dill, and my own horseradish next year. This year's crop was...

Om- if you grow your own veggies, definitely pickle them! And don't stop at just cukes. You will have fun playing with flavor combinations and new vegetables. Refrigerator pickles can be eaten a day or two later, fermented takes a while. My daughter is getting impatient waiting for hers to...

Oh... MY... WORD! *giggling fit starts* So true!

So glad to know your wife knows canning! Basic sterilization processes must be followed to avoid contamination of bad bacteria, which will ruin a batch. But don't fret, if she isn't used to fermentation (like I was) it isn't difficult. This...

It is a sausage dog, not a wine dog. Did your friends really mean wine when they said it? Maybe they are confused?

I did a quick google search, and all I found was you asking about them in other forums. So... I will take a stab and post my thoughts based on the description that I gathered from the other forum. A fermented pickle is more sour than vinegary, so the flavor of the horse radish should shine...