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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Congrats again, Dana; I haven't heard the word graduand since I was one!
I have never worn a mortar board either. My bachelor's involved a hood, and the D was a giant floppy hat. Walk proud across that stage, and don't rush it. Savour the moment. Wear a handshake buzzer. Or wheelies. Flint, yeah, nice one. Re Clod's drains: I agree with Glatt - condensate cannot be mineralised. It is literally distilled water. And if your A/C is a refrigerative unit - most are - it doesn't take tap water. Yet Clod reliably describes beige chunks of calcified crap blown out of the pipes. So, WTF is it and where is it coming from? Here's a theory. Regular condensation is trickling down the pipes. This allows slime and algae to thrive. The conditions in Texas add a steady supply of wind-blow dust which collects in the pan and is washed down into the pipe by the flowing condensate. It is trapped by the algae and incorporated into the make-up of the algae. This mix of dust and slime is your beige crap. Technically, this might even be a stromatolite. If this is correct, then you may even be able to see layers of dust/algae/dust/algae in a cross section of the chunks, but maybe not. Suggestions: Examine the beige crap to see if this theory might be right. Look for slime and dust layers. A modest optical microscope might reveal the layers, or algal cell structures, and might also show up obviously wind-blown debris: pollen, feather fragments, leaf fragments, etc etc. You said calcified - one test for calcite is that it bubbles vigorously when Hydrochloric Acid is dropped on it. If you don't have HCl ready to hand, try the CLR and see. Ultimately, I suggest taking some samples into a university geology lab and asking around. Someone will be willing to help. If it is this mix of dust and water-nurtured slime, I suggest seeing if it is possible to reduce the entry of dust into the system. Regardless of the cause, regular flushing maintenance sounds wise. I would also suggest getting a camera-on-a-hose-thingie to have a look at your other drain pipes before you commit to pouring strong chemicals (yes, Flint, and money) down your drains on a regular basis. It may well be that only the AC drain is affected this way.
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Enjoy, Dana! You've worked hard for this.
PS Mortar boards are all in fun until someone throws theirs and someone loses an eye.
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Slattern of the Swail
Join Date: Jul 2004
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What's making me happy? That Dana has empathy for cockroaches.
for some reason, this is unsurprising and delightful at the same time.
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“Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo”
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Savannah, Georgia
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Congrats Dana. From what I have been reading on here over the last few, you have completely deserved it. Enjoy.
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Since the salad bar at work now sucks, I've brought in my own sunflower seeds and chinese noodles. Today, they didn't even bother re-filling the cottage cheese. So I wandered around the cafe for what seemed like days trying to find something to eat that wasn't fat-stuffed carbs or carb-stuffed fats. I noticed, amidst the Vegetarian Hummus Grand Wrap With Bacon and Feta and Alfalfa Sprouts and someone's Special Sauce that you can actually buy a (drumroll please) Turkey and Cheese on Wheat sandwich. Just a regular old sandwich. No, I don't want mayo. No, I don't want whatever Flossie Mae dug out of her backyard sprinkled with peppercorns and a hint of garlic paste and sun-dried tomatoes and organic dirt. Just a sandwich.
Really, there's way too much going on in food these days.
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We have to go back, Kate!
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:P The next degree is a Mastership by Research
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Larger than life and twice as ugly.
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Then you can decide if you want to go Scottish Rite or York Rite...
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We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. ![]() ![]() Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years |
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My husband surprised me with a longhorn cow with a 3 month old calf, and a 1 year old donkey. Been busy teaching the calf & donkey halter manners and grooming the donkey - who really needs it. I haven't worked with an equine for years.
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Got my snit in perspective.
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We have to go back, Kate!
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Good lass
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“Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo”
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SG is back.
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Blatantly Homosapien
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Me happy.
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SG maketh me happy.
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