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Post by paleo on Apr 26, 2024 10:06:00 GMT -5
What do you use to heat the stone? The local chert that I use is a pretty high quality stone and it can be worked (knapped) just the way it's dug out of the ground. Heating the rock to 400-450 degrees, and holding it at that temp for 72 hrs, makes the stone more glass like (easier to knapp). The chert also changes color, a little, when cooked. The chert is naturally off white to gray. When cooked, it takes on a pinkish hue, caused by the iron oxide in the stone. Many Indian artifacts found locally have this pick coloring, indicating that the native americans heat treated their stone. I use a turkey roaster. The stone is packed in silica sand, in the turkey roaster, and dried. Drying is heating the rocks to below 212 degrees for 24 hrs. This is to get moisture out of the stone, otherwise the stone can break(explode). Once the rock is dried the temp is slowly increased to the cooking temp. Some other types of rock require higher cooking temps, up to 800 degrees. I've not done that.
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Post by Shannon on Apr 26, 2024 10:16:04 GMT -5
Good morning, all.
Sunny and warm today. No news to report, but all is well.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Apr 26, 2024 10:43:47 GMT -5
Good morning. 46F-55F rain & wind INR this morning and then I may take my neighbor Shawn across town to pick up his repaired car if it's ready. I will also turn him on to my repair shop that I've been very pleased with for many years and it's not all that far from home. Bill his repair shop is on east Hennepin and mine is in Maplewood. If you want out of the INR sticks, ask your doc if you are a candidate for oral anticoagulation with Eliquis. No INR needed. Affordability depends on insurance. eg. Which is cheaper Coumadin and INRs, or Eliquis alone. Ask your doc. Last year when I experienced AFib and got a pacemaker I was switched from Plavix (generic clopidogrel) to Eliquis (no generic available) my cost under my Medicare Advantage plan jumped significantly. Generic Plavix cost me $0. My first 90 day Eliquis in 2024 cost me $131. But, because Eliquis is so expensive, it drives me into another Medicare drug stage at some point in the year. Since I have not been on it a whole year I don't know how soon in the year it happens. But, my last refill in 2023 cost me $498. Eliquis is one of the drugs slated for Medicare price negotiation in 2026. Depending upon the election results in 2024 that could be reversed.
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Post by billhammond on Apr 26, 2024 11:37:21 GMT -5
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Apr 26, 2024 11:44:31 GMT -5
I have been to Ecuador twice. I enjoyed the food. The first trip (2000) was more upscale than the second and I got to go to some nice restaurants. I was amazed at how cheap they were. One sea bass dinner was $3.80. I admit to visiting a McDonald's in Ecuador. A double cheeseburger was amazingly the same as at the McDonald's down the street here in Plainfield.
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Post by John B on Apr 26, 2024 12:36:13 GMT -5
Paleo - by any chance is the local chert from the Burlington-Keokuk limestone formation? (Burlington and Keokuk are "type localities" for a heavily chert-laden carbonate formation) While living in Missouri I had several projects in the Burlington-Keokuk. It is brutal on drilling equipment. On one particular large government project, the drillers effectively blamed us for the fact that rock is hard. Huh. While it has nothing to do with limestone, my wife was born in Keokuk (nearest hospital to where they lived in MO) and lived in Burlington for a year. My boss is also from Burlington. I assume the limestone is found primarily between the two metropolises. Where did you live in Missouri?
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Post by james on Apr 26, 2024 12:50:57 GMT -5
Went to a new gym today. First time for a few years. I'd forgotten how to use the different equipment and felt quite a self-conscious, dithering old fool and left without figuring stuff out or doing anything really. I've booked a session with a trainer for next Tuesday to help me reacclimatise to the environment. Sönke Meinen and Will McNicol did a nice duet. Wordle 1,042 2/6*
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Post by Marty on Apr 26, 2024 13:18:53 GMT -5
Good morning. 46F-55F rain & wind INR this morning and then I may take my neighbor Shawn across town to pick up his repaired car if it's ready. I will also turn him on to my repair shop that I've been very pleased with for many years and it's not all that far from home. Bill his repair shop is on east Hennepin and mine is in Maplewood. If you want out of the INR sticks, ask your doc if you are a candidate for oral anticoagulation with Eliquis. No INR needed. Affordability depends on insurance. eg. Which is cheaper Coumadin and INRs, or Eliquis alone. Ask your doc. The Warfarin is cheap and the INRs covered by my Health Care.
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Post by paleo on Apr 26, 2024 14:21:08 GMT -5
Paleo - by any chance is the local chert from the Burlington-Keokuk limestone formation? (Burlington and Keokuk are "type localities" for a heavily chert-laden carbonate formation) While living in Missouri I had several projects in the Burlington-Keokuk. It is brutal on drilling equipment. On one particular large government project, the drillers effectively blamed us for the fact that rock is hard. I'm familiar with the Burlington chert, I believe it's a little softer than what I use. I believe what I'm using is primarily Hopkinton chert, named for a small town between Delhi and Monticello, Iowa. That's what I've been told by the University of Iowa archeologists. It might be a subset, I've found some that is quite unique, white with gray stripes. It's very high quality. University archeologists were aware of the stone but didn't know the source until I told them.
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Post by Russell Letson on Apr 26, 2024 14:38:17 GMT -5
Just last night one of the Monday Night Jazz (on Thursday) guys was enthusing about Chimborazo. He particularly liked what he described as a plate full of veggies, which I take to be the Ecuatoriano Vegetariano.
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Post by billhammond on Apr 26, 2024 15:28:32 GMT -5
Just last night one of the Monday Night Jazz (on Thursday) guys was enthusing about Chimborazo. He particularly liked what he described as a plate full of veggies, which I take to be the Ecuatoriano Vegetariano. Well, I'm back from a late lunch, and I loved the food (the ambience could use a little warming up, and it was odd that there was no music whatsoever). I had the below dish, which I was pleased to see was in the form of a thigh/leg and a breast, stewed being the cooking method, not served as a stew. The chicken pieces were very tasty and moist, there was a mound of curtido (diced tomatoes/onions) and a big scoop of white rice with aji criollo "hot" sauce on the side that was terrific but not all that spicy (nor did it need to be for this dish). Next time there, I'll try the spicy pollo sopas. SECO DE POLLO ...................................................................................................18 Chicken stewed with peppers, tomatoes, onions, garlic, passion fruit and beer. Served with rice, sweet plantain and curtido.
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Post by kenlarsson on Apr 26, 2024 15:51:49 GMT -5
Back from my morning birding. It was a day for woodpeckers, we saw downy, hairy, red-headed and piliated woodpeckers. Went first to the Chinsegut WEA with the Audubon folks and on the way home stopped I stopped at the Fickett Hammock Preserve for a solo hike. Got the picture of the pileated woodpecker there as well as some pictures of some impressive old growth live oaks. One of my favorite trees. They have extremely hard wood that was used to build the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides). Live oak as well as some innovative double hull bracing made the ship as unsinkable as it was. The Brits during the war of 1812 had an undercover mission to Florida to acquire live oak saplings that they planned to use eventually on their ships. Ironclads put an end to that long term operation...... Pictures in the photo section if you're interested.
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Post by t-bob on Apr 26, 2024 17:02:57 GMT -5
Good morning or afternoon 😎 Seems to be a beautiful day in California But it does seems to be windy - no worries I have a different device. Not toilet with small tiny people ...... a pacemaker Here’s a picture. My old 10 year - now I have a new one and they say I have 10 more years - it (death) could be a day or 10 years or even more. Here’s a new one, but you can’t see the pacemaker It’s part of my skin and bandage
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Post by t-bob on Apr 26, 2024 18:34:46 GMT -5
If you want out of the INR sticks, ask your doc if you are a candidate for oral anticoagulation with Eliquis. No INR needed. Affordability depends on insurance. eg. Which is cheaper Coumadin and INRs, or Eliquis alone. Ask your doc. Last year when I experienced AFib and got a pacemaker I was switched from Plavix (generic clopidogrel) to Eliquis (no generic available) my cost under my Medicare Advantage plan jumped significantly. Generic Plavix cost me $0. My first 90 day Eliquis in 2024 cost me $131. But, because Eliquis is so expensive, it drives me into another Medicare drug stage at some point in the year. Since I have not been on it a whole year I don't know how soon in the year it happens. But, my last refill in 2023 cost me $498. Eliquis is one of the drugs slated for Medicare price negotiation in 2026. Depending upon the election results in 2024 that could be reversed. I have drugs for "warfarin" "Xarelto" in Canada/Africa - incredibly cheap Xeralto - $33/month - for 3 years. Every time 33$ ----Canada Drugs in the website---
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Post by coachdoc on Apr 27, 2024 22:16:21 GMT -5
Went to a new gym today. First time for a few years. I'd forgotten how to use the different equipment and felt quite a self-conscious, dithering old fool and left without figuring stuff out or doing anything really. I've booked a session with a trainer for next Tuesday to help me reacclimatise to the environment. Sönke Meinen and Will McNicol did a nice duet. Wordle 1,042 2/6*
⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Well… That is lovely. Thanks for pointing it out.
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