Buying forest land, implementing solar
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Granted, I will have everyone know that the woods was really the only practical option for living near a Fry's Electronics. At my price range (Back then), the woods and/or some place far away from civilization were the only real options. That's probably because it typically costs a lot of money for most people to clear the woods (Contractors add on something like $4000-8000, renting the heavy equipment isn't cheap.). Anyway, I'm perfectly happy with the woods, because trees are awesome and I'm looking forward to a SERIOUS WORKOUT. There's tons of research showing they improve health/mood. Parks are pretty much universally rated 5 stars on Yelp, which is a rare rating for anything else.
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And gangs, mass murderers, etc. go together with ciites. It's a lot easier to find you in the city than it is in the woods. But serial killers mostly live in the suburbs.
Oh, I think you were referring to the Teutons ambushing the Romans in the Teutonwald forest. What really happened was some small number would taunt the Legions from above, raining some arrows and shouting things to induce the Romans to run uphill after them and chase them into the forest, where guys kept popping out from behind trees. The Empire had become rather corrupt, not really developing people for their military as they once had and were ranging between Phase 2 and Phase 3, the law of Diminishing Returns and Decline to Negative Results. But they were still very much a force to be reckoned with as they started dashing in between those trees. Not for long.
Christmas orders are starting to flood in, so I've decided to delay leaving until the first flood of orders come in. Then, I'll try to make my escape between that and the second flood, and I'll make an announcement that lets everyone know that due to my overwhelming popularity, it might take a little longer than normal, lol. [Which is absolutely true, but they don't need to know I'm on a trip. The last time I told everyone I was on a trip, my orders pretty much froze up during the length of the trip. Clearly not something I want to happen during the Christmas season.]
Seeing as there seems to be a small amount of Mexicans in this neighborhood, it seems I'll probably have to ramp up security measures. I'd much rather try to leave all the 'valuable' assets in a single location, and protect that particular location, while leaving the rest of my property largely unmolested [The residential core, itself, will definitely be unmolested but also populated by low value property, minimizing loss.]. I'm thinking a small building, surrounded by an impregnable fence with razor wire, a more advanced version of barbed wire. https://www.amazon.com/Razor-Wire-R...TF8&qid=1479135333&sr=8-1&keywords=razor+wire [Or, maybe something more classy, but also somewhat effective. Like, maybe, angled iron security fencing.] And, of course, cheap wireless cameras hooked upto a computer, running software that sends a text message everytime a breech is noticed, and the camera imagery can be accessed online, so timely measures can be taken. I could also wire in the phone, and attach to the loudspeakers, so I could warn any would be intruders in real time. I could possibly put the solar panels in this protected compound, seems logical since this would also be the work site, consuming most of the energy.
Seeing as there seems to be a small amount of Mexicans in this neighborhood, it seems I'll probably have to ramp up security measures. I'd much rather try to leave all the 'valuable' assets in a single location, and protect that particular location, while leaving the rest of my property largely unmolested [The residential core, itself, will definitely be unmolested but also populated by low value property, minimizing loss.]. I'm thinking a small building, surrounded by an impregnable fence with razor wire, a more advanced version of barbed wire. https://www.amazon.com/Razor-Wire-R...TF8&qid=1479135333&sr=8-1&keywords=razor+wire [Or, maybe something more classy, but also somewhat effective. Like, maybe, angled iron security fencing.] And, of course, cheap wireless cameras hooked upto a computer, running software that sends a text message everytime a breech is noticed, and the camera imagery can be accessed online, so timely measures can be taken. I could also wire in the phone, and attach to the loudspeakers, so I could warn any would be intruders in real time. I could possibly put the solar panels in this protected compound, seems logical since this would also be the work site, consuming most of the energy.
I'm starting to see this property as a starting point. As such, I'm thinking I don't want to build any valuable permanent structures on it. This doesn't really seem to be the kind of land that would benefit as much from such, so I think I'll live in portable/temporary structures until I save up enough to buy more/better land, and I'll build a house on that land. There are people who have built houses on their land, but I really don't want to squander resources like that since this isn't exactly my destination.
[My idea of better land is more acres and closer to where-ever the key stores are: Grocery store, Hardware store, Department Store. Being within 100 miles of a Fry's Electronics is a must (I'm currently about 40).]
On the otherhand, if I /did/ build a house on it, would I actually get reasonably compensated for my labor in building it when it came time to sell? (Seems questionable, worth investigating.)
[My idea of better land is more acres and closer to where-ever the key stores are: Grocery store, Hardware store, Department Store. Being within 100 miles of a Fry's Electronics is a must (I'm currently about 40).]
On the otherhand, if I /did/ build a house on it, would I actually get reasonably compensated for my labor in building it when it came time to sell? (Seems questionable, worth investigating.)
I do want to build a fish pond. I'm not so sure if an underground wine cellar is very viable; I checked the soil stats on the government site, and it appears I have a clay layer about 24 inches down and, according to the same site, the water table was at 28 to 42 inches. Does that mean if I dig 28" down, I'll hit water? That could be a problem for an underground wine cellar. That also makes me wonder about this area's tendency for standing bodies of water. I guess if I want a wine cellar, I'll probably have to create an earthen dome. Well, that sounds more intuitive to construct, anyway.
Anyway, the same site said topsoil was sandy loam. I've read loam is ideal for gardening, and sand is great for tropical fruits (drains well), so it appears I have pretty good soil to work with. (I already knew that looking at the vegetation there; however, USGS said it wasn't "Prime farmland". Does that matter? I have a hardtime imagining most people's gardens are designated 'prime farmland', considering it's like 10% of the entire soil in an average area.)
Anyway, the same site said topsoil was sandy loam. I've read loam is ideal for gardening, and sand is great for tropical fruits (drains well), so it appears I have pretty good soil to work with. (I already knew that looking at the vegetation there; however, USGS said it wasn't "Prime farmland". Does that matter? I have a hardtime imagining most people's gardens are designated 'prime farmland', considering it's like 10% of the entire soil in an average area.)
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throw in some cow manure and you have it. A perfect garden soil. Maybe not 'prime farmland' but pretty damn good.swbluto said:
Dan
Oh yeah, cow manure would make sense. I wonder if someone sells that kind of thing? lol
Walmart is eating Amazon's lunch, yay! They have much of the same main items as Amazon on their website, usually $5 cheaper, and they have realistic 3 day shipping for $6 on most things. Walmart is picking up Amazon's slack. Just ordered a Curt trailer hitch receiver for my minivan.
I've installed. Now, I just need a torque wrench to properly torque everything down. I think a torque wrench is particularly desireable in this application.
Ok, I've properly installed (Torqued it down with a torque wrench) the hitch receiver. Just need to install a hitch wiring kit and I'm done.
Walmart is eating Amazon's lunch, yay! They have much of the same main items as Amazon on their website, usually $5 cheaper, and they have realistic 3 day shipping for $6 on most things. Walmart is picking up Amazon's slack. Just ordered a Curt trailer hitch receiver for my minivan.
I've installed. Now, I just need a torque wrench to properly torque everything down. I think a torque wrench is particularly desireable in this application.
Ok, I've properly installed (Torqued it down with a torque wrench) the hitch receiver. Just need to install a hitch wiring kit and I'm done.
Just thought everyone should know. I might be dying soon, but you already knew that, lol.
I've gotten past the idea of dwelling on it and have accepted it for what it is, so I haven't been making a big deal about it. I don't remember the exact order of events, but I do remember the 'big one' was waking up one morning, bending over to clean a mess on the floor and lifting back up, I felt a sharp quick pain deep in my chest. Found that weird, so reattempted; it repeated. Ate some spinach, making sure to extract the juices for quick nitrate absorption, and wasn't able to repeat it, despite trying over and over again. Yep, this was the 'nitrate test', essentially, another person recommended to indicate the underlying issue (Or rule it out). Then I felt sleepy an hour later, so I went to bed, got up about 40 minutes later, and noticed I felt an incredible sense of 'dread'. Not anxiety, per se, as in a panic attack, but dread, as if something was pretty darn wrong. Found myself getting short of breath (hurried, shallow breaths) and this feeling lasted for about 4 hours and the underlying feeling persisted throughout the day. It's been pretty weird since, getting this pretty persistent middle back pain (Between the shoulder blades, pretty much corresponds to the area right above the sternum), occasionally chest burning and pressure sensations that last 30 seconds, woke up to incredible middle back pain and anxiety this morning, found I was a bit confused until I 'ran' the confusion off. I'm just going with it for now, because I think I might have just injured my midback and this morning sequalue is nothing particularly indicative of anything progressively sinister when doing the dead lift. And... ohoh... look, I just found the irony in the name of the exercise. Doing the deadlift, you might just end up dead. God, why didn't anybody warn me?! lol. I'm joking, I've obviously been slacking off on the exercise ever since getting back home and the early northern nights and the sparse hours to the day, typically mean I don't get much exercise in (Especially now the business is running in the exercise room).
Anyway, I found someone else's personal experience with waking with that 'feeling of dread'. He then started pouring out the sweat and later died. Granted, he was in his 60s/70s, but similar experience, just different personal timelines. And, I've seen other people's comments on waking with panic attacks, then two years later, waking up and not being able to breath. Yep, I'm insightful enough to know what's going on there - heart failure. Nocturnal panic attacks were simply the first obvious sign. Anyway, you might think that heart failure is incredibly rare for younger persons; Haha, this isn't true! It's actually pretty darn common.
Oh, that's right. The day before the big one, I was noticing this persisting mid pain and left arm numbness throughout the day. The next day, i figured it was probably because I was anxious throughout the entire day trying to get the huge backlog of orders out in a timely manner, but if that were true (it's merely anxiety and transient), I wouldn't expect the symptoms to be persistently prominent as they are now.
Anyway, just thought everyone should know, the midback is actually a pretty common initial site for cardiac pain to manifest, and that's because the heart is attached to the spine via ligaments. When the pain becomes more pronounced, it then normally starts appearing in the chest. The reason why midback pain is not normally associated with cardiac causes is likely because back pain is usually assumed to be normal and quite common and dismissed as such. No one ever suspects nearby organs might be causing it, until it later makes itself obvious as it progresses.
Anyway, I know the midback backpain is of cardiac origin because in certain positions, the pain pulses in sync with the heartbeat. In other positions, it's pretty constant (Until it fades after 10 seconds as your mind gets 'used' to the pain signal, and tunes it out). Normally, as least at the moment and most of today, it's not really noticeable.
And, how do I /really/ know the big one was heart related? I checked my EKG. Under normal circumstances, I'd suspect hypoglycemia, but with the constellation of symptoms, I'm suspecting something cardiac. Probably not a heart attack, per se, (Didn't see any of the classic indicative waveforms -> ST elevation, R wave really diminished, hyper acute T wave, inverted U wave, etc.), but definitely not a normal healthy trace. Anyway, I knew hypoglycemia was likely happening that day as that sugary greek yogurt tasted especially satisfying. I ran out of grains the day before, and coincidently ran out of fruit, and I was pretty darn busy, so I most likely didn't eat enough the day before.
I think I should really have a glucose meter on hand to complement the ECG. Coincidentally, it's what the emergency personnel use. If only the strips weren't so prohibitively expensive as they are in the USA.
Well, actually, R wave was half the usual height. Impaired left ventricular contraction and reduced cardiac output seems to match the symptoms, so I guess it was confirming something that wasn't looking good. I don't understand how exactly that would stop one from being able to hold their breath for more than 3 seconds? That morning, I just could not hold my breath for more than 3 seconds; even though my breathing appeared 'normal' by that time, I definitely could not hold it without gasping for air as if I was desperate for it. Any other time, any other day, I can easily hold it for more than 30 seconds.
If I had a CO2 meter, I could probably confirm if serum CO2 levels were too high. This would be suggestive of panicky hyperventilation. More medical devices I need; a blood glucose meter, and a CO2 meter.
- See, .5%. 1 out of 200. (Or, wait, is that actually .3%? 1 out of 300.)
I'm still speculating on the inability to hold my breath. Perhaps serum O2 levels were low (Didn't seem low earlier on the oximeter). Perhaps serum CO2 were high (Unconfirmed). Is there any other reason why one would be unable to hold your breath? The reason why one feels compelled to breath after so many seconds of holding your breath, is because O2 gets used up in the ATP process in the mitocondria of the many cells that metabolise (serum o2 and serum glucose), and serum CO2 is the cellular byproduct, and after 30 seconds or so, the O2 starts to decline and CO2 starts to build up (CO2 displaces the O2, so once CO2 becomes high enough, it compels the body to exhale the serum CO2 and inhale more O2). You can see the decline in O2 with an oximeter. You could also probably see the increase in serum CO2 with a CO2 meter.
Interesting, if O2 and CHO create CO2, what happens to the H? It must also be producing water. And, hey, it is according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycolysis
Huh, interesting, it seems fructose drives up Triglycerides. Apples are noteworthy for their high fructose content, what's the research on that?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3093779/
Interesting, I wonder if glucose has a similar affect on Triglyceride production as fructose? It seems that glucose would have to be converted into fructose before it could be converted into triglycerides, and that probably doesn't happen that much since glucose is the body's preferred source of energy.
Anyway, seems like now might be a good time to limit apple consumption, lol. (Might as well, it's not a tropical fruit and definitely doesn't have as much magnesium and potassium as tropical fruits, and has disproportionately more sugar)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1972.tb05338.x/abstract
This would sort of make sense, since sucrose is split into glucose and fructose by the body. What about dietary glucose (i.e., corn)?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2682989/
Wait, you're telling me sucrose/fructose consumption (But not glucose, i.e., unadulterated natural corn) is the main culprit behind LDL? (And, not animal consumption like I've seen elsewhere.) Well then, that could then more easily explain the association with excessive sugar and fructose consumption and mortal illness.
Now I'm so curious. How is starch converted into serum glucose? (I wonder if I can find it up there)
healthyeating.sfgate.com/types-carbohydrates-turn-sugar-3322.html
Okay, how is maltose metabolized? [metabolic pathway]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltose
So, really, it just directly breaks down into two glucose molecules with no other byproducts?
What about maltiose metabolism?
Oh, so probably the same thing. It's just broken directly down into three glucose molecules.
Glucose
Maltose
Maltriotiose
Anyway, this is fascinating, because the carb rich starchy plants are largely the root vegetables. Carrots, Green Peas, Sweet Potatoes(Okinawa Staple), Potatos, Cassava(African staple), etc.; the fruits themselves are largely rich with sucrose, with apples and pears leaning towards fructose and corn towards glucose. Anyway, this is fascinating, because the longest living cultures primarily consumed starchy foods. The exception being (most) American and South American tribal cultures, consuming maize/corn [which is comprised of mostly glucose].
What's also interesting about the fact that sucrose/fructose will significantly increase LDL/Triglycerides, but not glucose[nor its double or triple chain form as common when consuming starchy plants: maltose and maltitriose], is that Staphylcoccus Aureus will consume and grow in the presence of sucrose/fructose but not glucose. I assume at least some of this bacteria interfaces with the immune system in the digestive tract, causing inflammation. This suicide mission of phagocytes in engulfing the staph, causes the dead phagocytes to stick to the kidney and vessel walls in calcium cholesterol deposits. I'm not sure if any of the dead phagocytes get pushed out through the urine. The question of how this process is connected to increased LDL/Triglycerides would be interesting to know, if it's connected at all (Seems like it probably is, unless fructose is connected to LDL somehow outside of its association with the dead phagocyte(killed staph aureus)->calcium/cholesterol deposit. Perhaps LDL is created when cholesterol is used to create the calcium/cholesterol deposit to entomb and attach the dead phagocyte to the vessel walls. This would also explain why dirty foods, such as burgers and cow/pig meat, also increases LDL - through the bacteria -> dead phagocyte -> calcium/cholestorol deposit -> LDL cholesterol as byproduct connection.).
I've gotten past the idea of dwelling on it and have accepted it for what it is, so I haven't been making a big deal about it. I don't remember the exact order of events, but I do remember the 'big one' was waking up one morning, bending over to clean a mess on the floor and lifting back up, I felt a sharp quick pain deep in my chest. Found that weird, so reattempted; it repeated. Ate some spinach, making sure to extract the juices for quick nitrate absorption, and wasn't able to repeat it, despite trying over and over again. Yep, this was the 'nitrate test', essentially, another person recommended to indicate the underlying issue (Or rule it out). Then I felt sleepy an hour later, so I went to bed, got up about 40 minutes later, and noticed I felt an incredible sense of 'dread'. Not anxiety, per se, as in a panic attack, but dread, as if something was pretty darn wrong. Found myself getting short of breath (hurried, shallow breaths) and this feeling lasted for about 4 hours and the underlying feeling persisted throughout the day. It's been pretty weird since, getting this pretty persistent middle back pain (Between the shoulder blades, pretty much corresponds to the area right above the sternum), occasionally chest burning and pressure sensations that last 30 seconds, woke up to incredible middle back pain and anxiety this morning, found I was a bit confused until I 'ran' the confusion off. I'm just going with it for now, because I think I might have just injured my midback and this morning sequalue is nothing particularly indicative of anything progressively sinister when doing the dead lift. And... ohoh... look, I just found the irony in the name of the exercise. Doing the deadlift, you might just end up dead. God, why didn't anybody warn me?! lol. I'm joking, I've obviously been slacking off on the exercise ever since getting back home and the early northern nights and the sparse hours to the day, typically mean I don't get much exercise in (Especially now the business is running in the exercise room).
Anyway, I found someone else's personal experience with waking with that 'feeling of dread'. He then started pouring out the sweat and later died. Granted, he was in his 60s/70s, but similar experience, just different personal timelines. And, I've seen other people's comments on waking with panic attacks, then two years later, waking up and not being able to breath. Yep, I'm insightful enough to know what's going on there - heart failure. Nocturnal panic attacks were simply the first obvious sign. Anyway, you might think that heart failure is incredibly rare for younger persons; Haha, this isn't true! It's actually pretty darn common.
Oh, that's right. The day before the big one, I was noticing this persisting mid pain and left arm numbness throughout the day. The next day, i figured it was probably because I was anxious throughout the entire day trying to get the huge backlog of orders out in a timely manner, but if that were true (it's merely anxiety and transient), I wouldn't expect the symptoms to be persistently prominent as they are now.
Anyway, just thought everyone should know, the midback is actually a pretty common initial site for cardiac pain to manifest, and that's because the heart is attached to the spine via ligaments. When the pain becomes more pronounced, it then normally starts appearing in the chest. The reason why midback pain is not normally associated with cardiac causes is likely because back pain is usually assumed to be normal and quite common and dismissed as such. No one ever suspects nearby organs might be causing it, until it later makes itself obvious as it progresses.
Anyway, I know the midback backpain is of cardiac origin because in certain positions, the pain pulses in sync with the heartbeat. In other positions, it's pretty constant (Until it fades after 10 seconds as your mind gets 'used' to the pain signal, and tunes it out). Normally, as least at the moment and most of today, it's not really noticeable.
And, how do I /really/ know the big one was heart related? I checked my EKG. Under normal circumstances, I'd suspect hypoglycemia, but with the constellation of symptoms, I'm suspecting something cardiac. Probably not a heart attack, per se, (Didn't see any of the classic indicative waveforms -> ST elevation, R wave really diminished, hyper acute T wave, inverted U wave, etc.), but definitely not a normal healthy trace. Anyway, I knew hypoglycemia was likely happening that day as that sugary greek yogurt tasted especially satisfying. I ran out of grains the day before, and coincidently ran out of fruit, and I was pretty darn busy, so I most likely didn't eat enough the day before.
I think I should really have a glucose meter on hand to complement the ECG. Coincidentally, it's what the emergency personnel use. If only the strips weren't so prohibitively expensive as they are in the USA.
Well, actually, R wave was half the usual height. Impaired left ventricular contraction and reduced cardiac output seems to match the symptoms, so I guess it was confirming something that wasn't looking good. I don't understand how exactly that would stop one from being able to hold their breath for more than 3 seconds? That morning, I just could not hold my breath for more than 3 seconds; even though my breathing appeared 'normal' by that time, I definitely could not hold it without gasping for air as if I was desperate for it. Any other time, any other day, I can easily hold it for more than 30 seconds.
If I had a CO2 meter, I could probably confirm if serum CO2 levels were too high. This would be suggestive of panicky hyperventilation. More medical devices I need; a blood glucose meter, and a CO2 meter.
I'm still speculating on the inability to hold my breath. Perhaps serum O2 levels were low (Didn't seem low earlier on the oximeter). Perhaps serum CO2 were high (Unconfirmed). Is there any other reason why one would be unable to hold your breath? The reason why one feels compelled to breath after so many seconds of holding your breath, is because O2 gets used up in the ATP process in the mitocondria of the many cells that metabolise (serum o2 and serum glucose), and serum CO2 is the cellular byproduct, and after 30 seconds or so, the O2 starts to decline and CO2 starts to build up (CO2 displaces the O2, so once CO2 becomes high enough, it compels the body to exhale the serum CO2 and inhale more O2). You can see the decline in O2 with an oximeter. You could also probably see the increase in serum CO2 with a CO2 meter.
Interesting, if O2 and CHO create CO2, what happens to the H? It must also be producing water. And, hey, it is according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycolysis
Huh, interesting, it seems fructose drives up Triglycerides. Apples are noteworthy for their high fructose content, what's the research on that?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3093779/
Interesting, I wonder if glucose has a similar affect on Triglyceride production as fructose? It seems that glucose would have to be converted into fructose before it could be converted into triglycerides, and that probably doesn't happen that much since glucose is the body's preferred source of energy.
Anyway, seems like now might be a good time to limit apple consumption, lol. (Might as well, it's not a tropical fruit and definitely doesn't have as much magnesium and potassium as tropical fruits, and has disproportionately more sugar)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1972.tb05338.x/abstract
This would sort of make sense, since sucrose is split into glucose and fructose by the body. What about dietary glucose (i.e., corn)?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2682989/
Wait, you're telling me sucrose/fructose consumption (But not glucose, i.e., unadulterated natural corn) is the main culprit behind LDL? (And, not animal consumption like I've seen elsewhere.) Well then, that could then more easily explain the association with excessive sugar and fructose consumption and mortal illness.
Now I'm so curious. How is starch converted into serum glucose? (I wonder if I can find it up there)
healthyeating.sfgate.com/types-carbohydrates-turn-sugar-3322.html
Okay, how is maltose metabolized? [metabolic pathway]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltose
So, really, it just directly breaks down into two glucose molecules with no other byproducts?
What about maltiose metabolism?
Oh, so probably the same thing. It's just broken directly down into three glucose molecules.
Glucose
Maltose
Maltriotiose
Anyway, this is fascinating, because the carb rich starchy plants are largely the root vegetables. Carrots, Green Peas, Sweet Potatoes(Okinawa Staple), Potatos, Cassava(African staple), etc.; the fruits themselves are largely rich with sucrose, with apples and pears leaning towards fructose and corn towards glucose. Anyway, this is fascinating, because the longest living cultures primarily consumed starchy foods. The exception being (most) American and South American tribal cultures, consuming maize/corn [which is comprised of mostly glucose].
What's also interesting about the fact that sucrose/fructose will significantly increase LDL/Triglycerides, but not glucose[nor its double or triple chain form as common when consuming starchy plants: maltose and maltitriose], is that Staphylcoccus Aureus will consume and grow in the presence of sucrose/fructose but not glucose. I assume at least some of this bacteria interfaces with the immune system in the digestive tract, causing inflammation. This suicide mission of phagocytes in engulfing the staph, causes the dead phagocytes to stick to the kidney and vessel walls in calcium cholesterol deposits. I'm not sure if any of the dead phagocytes get pushed out through the urine. The question of how this process is connected to increased LDL/Triglycerides would be interesting to know, if it's connected at all (Seems like it probably is, unless fructose is connected to LDL somehow outside of its association with the dead phagocyte(killed staph aureus)->calcium/cholesterol deposit. Perhaps LDL is created when cholesterol is used to create the calcium/cholesterol deposit to entomb and attach the dead phagocyte to the vessel walls. This would also explain why dirty foods, such as burgers and cow/pig meat, also increases LDL - through the bacteria -> dead phagocyte -> calcium/cholestorol deposit -> LDL cholesterol as byproduct connection.).
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I was last discussing clearing your land, but somehow missed we've been talking about a fraction of an acre>?? Yeah, maybe a tractor and chainsaw at most then.
Hey I'm also not sure if you've actually bought yet, but check this out for perspective if nothing else:
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/20401-March_Lebanon_MO_65536_M76460-36788
I kicked around this town and looked at property in MO and surrounding. It's really beautiful around this part of the ozarks and people are nice. St louis and springfld are pretty big cities too.
Although my business turns a product to those in a close geographic radius VS what I assume yours to be, even mine would work well in this part of the country, and it comes with the benefit of alot of space for a little $, very low regulation and taxes etc.
5 wooded acres for 15k. No restrictions. On much area of east coast near me, you'd have to be an hour from nowhere just to get that for a min 3-5k /acre. . . .
Checking on rentals in lebanon- it's kind of a renters' market. No surprise there and I'm sure there'd still be game in renting or flipping real estate, esp as economy improves, if you're into that too. From what I imagine of your case though, you could grab a chunk of land and additionally rent a nice little homepad for 300-400$ until you are set to 'live off the land'.
Ah, the other stipulation. No idea why you want to be within 100m of fry's when cities like st louis and springfield or ks city (for MO particularly) must have some comparable chain store presence???
My material is and will always be largely imported, (south america mostly), so I'll take a bit of a shipping hit in mid-country, but it's worth it imo. Also, doesn't the idea of self-sufficiency go hand-in-hand with less reliance and need on 'income'??
Likely I'm just not as picky on seasonal temps and any big particulars of nearby city life, while being more picky w/ beneficial price, regulations, taxes?? I'd be making a trip out there before winter if I didn't have a single fam vacancy to freshen up and rent presently. Maybe jan/feb, and maybe I'll also have to dip south to see what all the fuss is about lol. But I think I'll leave those west coaster's to their own devices though, :lol:
https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USTX0811:1:US
https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USMO0505:1:US
Comparing forecasts and historical avg cold month temps
Hey I'm also not sure if you've actually bought yet, but check this out for perspective if nothing else:
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/20401-March_Lebanon_MO_65536_M76460-36788
I kicked around this town and looked at property in MO and surrounding. It's really beautiful around this part of the ozarks and people are nice. St louis and springfld are pretty big cities too.
Although my business turns a product to those in a close geographic radius VS what I assume yours to be, even mine would work well in this part of the country, and it comes with the benefit of alot of space for a little $, very low regulation and taxes etc.
5 wooded acres for 15k. No restrictions. On much area of east coast near me, you'd have to be an hour from nowhere just to get that for a min 3-5k /acre. . . .
Checking on rentals in lebanon- it's kind of a renters' market. No surprise there and I'm sure there'd still be game in renting or flipping real estate, esp as economy improves, if you're into that too. From what I imagine of your case though, you could grab a chunk of land and additionally rent a nice little homepad for 300-400$ until you are set to 'live off the land'.
Ah, the other stipulation. No idea why you want to be within 100m of fry's when cities like st louis and springfield or ks city (for MO particularly) must have some comparable chain store presence???
My material is and will always be largely imported, (south america mostly), so I'll take a bit of a shipping hit in mid-country, but it's worth it imo. Also, doesn't the idea of self-sufficiency go hand-in-hand with less reliance and need on 'income'??
Likely I'm just not as picky on seasonal temps and any big particulars of nearby city life, while being more picky w/ beneficial price, regulations, taxes?? I'd be making a trip out there before winter if I didn't have a single fam vacancy to freshen up and rent presently. Maybe jan/feb, and maybe I'll also have to dip south to see what all the fuss is about lol. But I think I'll leave those west coaster's to their own devices though, :lol:
https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USTX0811:1:US
https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USMO0505:1:US
Comparing forecasts and historical avg cold month temps
DAND214
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Holy Shit Bluto MD! Do you think you will finish this post before you leave? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Last time I checked the internet for my symptoms it said, I was already dead. sure hope that's not your case DR.
Dan
Last time I checked the internet for my symptoms it said, I was already dead. sure hope that's not your case DR.
Dan
nutspecial said:
I have cousins/aunts who live in Missouri, and they live near Kansas City (Looking back at all the relatives on my mom's side that are from Missouri, they're all essentially tied to the Kansas City area despite their native 'town' being small. It's what I consider a satellite town, which are kind of nice, especially if you're not bound to the big city like most people with jobs are. [the business owner can choose wherever he/she wants to operate, but the employees can't. Another good reason to be on the owner side. However, 'local' businesses certainly have their own intrinsic geographic limits depending on their sources of customer traffic.]) Satellite towns -> More affordable real estate, less traffic, less likely to be right next to airports/rail-lines/other-noisy-places,etc., while still having all the benefits of the big city for that one store you just can't get away from. And, anyway, Fry's electronics has /no/ direct competitor in America. Radio shack is a sort-of-close competitor, but not in the same class in terms of inventory. You can't buy circuit board manufacturing equipment at Radio Shack; You can at Fry's. You can't really buy particular RAM sticks anywhere, but you can at Fry's.
Yeah, it's a pretty nice area. But, my main concern is snow. And, I was looking at the winter time lows. It didn't take long to figure out where in the USA the winter time lows never got below 40, lol. And my preference is a small beach town with a coterie of boutique shops within walking distance, but I realized that's not happening at my price range, lol. Seadrift, TX was the closest I could get to realizing that preference, but there wasn't any department/grocery/hardware stores in town. And certainly no Fry's within 100 miles.
In talking about the association between sugars[fructose/sucrose] and the 'dirty foods' in connection with bacteria, phagocytes and their calcification to the vessel wall in the form of calcium-cholesterol deposits (The very creation of which I suspect creates LDL particles), an implication of this is that cholesterol containing non-dirty foods (Fermented foods, like cheese/yogurt), wouldn't increase LDL levels. So *Cue the gameshow host voice*, what does the research say?
http://www.foodandnutritionresearch.net/index.php/fnr/article/view/27651
Aha, directly supports the notion that dietary cholesterol itself DOES NOT cause serum LDL levels to increase. If you look at the cholesterol containing foods that are 'dirty' (Like, dark meats for example), however, I bet you will see this connection as it promotes dietary bacterial populations and the creation of LDL during the cholesterol/calification of phagocytes in the holy war against evil bacteria in the digestive tract. And, I suspect they're dirty not necessarily because the meats are dirty (They are usually cooked, you see), but because they promote bacterial populations in the digestive tract [meat rots pretty quickly and nastily, you see], unlike fermented foods.
Btw, not that I really feel compelled to prove my scientific intuition, but I got first place in the state wide science Olympiad back [In particular, the quiz event.] in middle school. And, I always scored in the 99% percentile on the state science comprehension standardized tests.
Anyway, in terms of the cultures that long "got it", it seems the French and Jews have long figured this out (In terms of meal/food cleanliness). They just didn't know the mechanics.... I guess... Maybe they did...
So, in short, LDL cholesterol is created during the creation of arthersclerotic(calcium/cholesterol) deposits in the vessel walls after phagocytes die after consuming staphylcoccus aureus and other evil bacteria. It most likely does this when grabbing the cholesterol to form the deposit, with "LDL cholesterol" as the byproduct of the process (LDL, low-diameter-lipid, literally, 'small cholesterol'). This implies that LDL cholesterol doesn't necessarily increase MI risks, it's more of a signal indicating the immune system activity in the holy war against digestive bacteria (And other sources of bacteria, infections, etc.), and the holy war itself, and the littered dead bodies on the battlefields known as your vessels, is causing the MI risks.
Anyway, LDL is created with -
-The consumption of 'excessive' sucrose/fructose [grows existing bacterial colonies]. [But NOT glucose, maltose and maltiTriose or regular plant starches.]
-The consumption of 'dirty foods' [existing bacterial colonies grow on them, and, bacteria is also sometimes directly added to the digestive tract if the food is rotten.].
-The consumption of foods that expand the digestive lining [gluten containing foods], opening the flood gates to the body allowing the bacterial hordes to invade the castle.
With this new insight, it'd be appear donuts would be particularly evil and other sweet wheat based products. [Like cake; especially bacon cake, if there was such a thing]
Actually, I suppose hamburgers with sweetened BBQ sauces on them would be pretty evil, too. Especially if consumed with a soda with HFCS [Basically, every American soda out there as of 2016]. Sucrose wouldn't be any better, a glucose/maltose/maltiTriose drink would, however, not be that bad if it exists. I swear I've seen maltose before in sweetened foods. Perhaps I'm conflating it with a memory of malodextrin.
Anyway, you might be wondering "Why do they add fructose to glucose corn syrup if it's so evil?". The reason, it's sweeter. It takes less of it to achieve the same level of sweetness, so it's cheaper to use than pure glucose corn syrup.
Oh god.
Anyway, you're wondering, how is this news special? DUDE, NO ONE KNOWS. If they do, no one is telling us! Researchers are clueless. Wikipedia doesn't really mention this entire process /anywhere/ on the site. It has bits and fragments here and there, hints if you will, but no unifying theory of the entire process. NO ONE REALLY UNDERSTANDS IT. Honestly, though, I've been researching this for about 3 years now, and I feel like I've finally figured the complete process out. I'm like that, if I take one of those 'short term' IQ tests and I take it with fervor, I typically score in the 140s. But, if I take one of those 'long term' IQ tests where you can spend days coming up with techniques/strategies to solve the problem, I usually score in the low 150s. The significance of that is that it corresponds to the 99.97% percentile. I definitely knew I was 'special' when I was the only one who figured out the plumbing/wiring/house problem was impossible, in literally like 5 seconds, in my nuke school class of 30 'whiz kids', and everybody else was /still/ trying to attempt a solution believing it was possible.
[Anyway, the implication of that is if 10,000 random people were trying to solve this particular problem, only 3 people would come up with the same kind of insight given roughly the same amount of time researched. I'd gander that there are probably less than 10,000 researchers studying this particular problem, so I'm the very first person to come up with the unifying theory of dietary causes of arthesclerosis and LDL. There might be immunological reasons for arthersclerosis/LDL that aren't dietary in nature, would have to research. That's also a bit harder to research, since emotions don't really leave their footprints like bacteria does.]
http://www.foodandnutritionresearch.net/index.php/fnr/article/view/27651
Aha, directly supports the notion that dietary cholesterol itself DOES NOT cause serum LDL levels to increase. If you look at the cholesterol containing foods that are 'dirty' (Like, dark meats for example), however, I bet you will see this connection as it promotes dietary bacterial populations and the creation of LDL during the cholesterol/calification of phagocytes in the holy war against evil bacteria in the digestive tract. And, I suspect they're dirty not necessarily because the meats are dirty (They are usually cooked, you see), but because they promote bacterial populations in the digestive tract [meat rots pretty quickly and nastily, you see], unlike fermented foods.
Btw, not that I really feel compelled to prove my scientific intuition, but I got first place in the state wide science Olympiad back [In particular, the quiz event.] in middle school. And, I always scored in the 99% percentile on the state science comprehension standardized tests.
Anyway, in terms of the cultures that long "got it", it seems the French and Jews have long figured this out (In terms of meal/food cleanliness). They just didn't know the mechanics.... I guess... Maybe they did...
So, in short, LDL cholesterol is created during the creation of arthersclerotic(calcium/cholesterol) deposits in the vessel walls after phagocytes die after consuming staphylcoccus aureus and other evil bacteria. It most likely does this when grabbing the cholesterol to form the deposit, with "LDL cholesterol" as the byproduct of the process (LDL, low-diameter-lipid, literally, 'small cholesterol'). This implies that LDL cholesterol doesn't necessarily increase MI risks, it's more of a signal indicating the immune system activity in the holy war against digestive bacteria (And other sources of bacteria, infections, etc.), and the holy war itself, and the littered dead bodies on the battlefields known as your vessels, is causing the MI risks.
Anyway, LDL is created with -
-The consumption of 'excessive' sucrose/fructose [grows existing bacterial colonies]. [But NOT glucose, maltose and maltiTriose or regular plant starches.]
-The consumption of 'dirty foods' [existing bacterial colonies grow on them, and, bacteria is also sometimes directly added to the digestive tract if the food is rotten.].
-The consumption of foods that expand the digestive lining [gluten containing foods], opening the flood gates to the body allowing the bacterial hordes to invade the castle.
With this new insight, it'd be appear donuts would be particularly evil and other sweet wheat based products. [Like cake; especially bacon cake, if there was such a thing]
Actually, I suppose hamburgers with sweetened BBQ sauces on them would be pretty evil, too. Especially if consumed with a soda with HFCS [Basically, every American soda out there as of 2016]. Sucrose wouldn't be any better, a glucose/maltose/maltiTriose drink would, however, not be that bad if it exists. I swear I've seen maltose before in sweetened foods. Perhaps I'm conflating it with a memory of malodextrin.
Anyway, you might be wondering "Why do they add fructose to glucose corn syrup if it's so evil?". The reason, it's sweeter. It takes less of it to achieve the same level of sweetness, so it's cheaper to use than pure glucose corn syrup.
Oh god.
Anyway, you're wondering, how is this news special? DUDE, NO ONE KNOWS. If they do, no one is telling us! Researchers are clueless. Wikipedia doesn't really mention this entire process /anywhere/ on the site. It has bits and fragments here and there, hints if you will, but no unifying theory of the entire process. NO ONE REALLY UNDERSTANDS IT. Honestly, though, I've been researching this for about 3 years now, and I feel like I've finally figured the complete process out. I'm like that, if I take one of those 'short term' IQ tests and I take it with fervor, I typically score in the 140s. But, if I take one of those 'long term' IQ tests where you can spend days coming up with techniques/strategies to solve the problem, I usually score in the low 150s. The significance of that is that it corresponds to the 99.97% percentile. I definitely knew I was 'special' when I was the only one who figured out the plumbing/wiring/house problem was impossible, in literally like 5 seconds, in my nuke school class of 30 'whiz kids', and everybody else was /still/ trying to attempt a solution believing it was possible.
[Anyway, the implication of that is if 10,000 random people were trying to solve this particular problem, only 3 people would come up with the same kind of insight given roughly the same amount of time researched. I'd gander that there are probably less than 10,000 researchers studying this particular problem, so I'm the very first person to come up with the unifying theory of dietary causes of arthesclerosis and LDL. There might be immunological reasons for arthersclerosis/LDL that aren't dietary in nature, would have to research. That's also a bit harder to research, since emotions don't really leave their footprints like bacteria does.]
Anyway, I forgot to mention, there appears to be a Mexican stronghold in 'this area'. I can tell because the structure they built is unlike anything you would ever see from a white person, but seems to be common across the border [A cheap structure adapted to the mexican desert.], and they have the stereotypical 10 vehicles they've stolen in the front yard (Rest assured, the area is mostly white people. But a few mexicans, of the wrong persuasion, can easily spoil a white neighborhood. Especially if they make their livelihood off the white neighborhood...). The idea of a 'mexican gang' in this area seems somewhat laughable, but mexican thieves wouldn't surprise me. That's why I need an intelligent security plan (I already need one for the mere fact it's rural; obscurity emboldens thieves.).
Anyway, I'm going to do this dietary plan [don't consume /those/ foods] and I'm going to test my cholesterol sometime in a month or so to see if it's working like I might expect. Would be additional confirmation of my theory. So far, I feel rather dandy cutting out the sucrose/fructose, and primarily going for starches.
Anyway, I'm going to do this dietary plan [don't consume /those/ foods] and I'm going to test my cholesterol sometime in a month or so to see if it's working like I might expect. Would be additional confirmation of my theory. So far, I feel rather dandy cutting out the sucrose/fructose, and primarily going for starches.
Found possible conflicting evidence. Statins inhibit the production of Cholesterol. it slows down how fast they're produced, thus lowering the convergent value (TC). This purportedly decreases the risk of MI. This might not necessarily be conflicting if lower cholesterol levels tend to correspond to less cholesterol being pulled from the bloodstream during the creation of the cholesterol/calcium deposits during the death of a phagocyte in defeating a bacterial invader and its subsequent bonding to the vessel wall. But, it does support the notion that in addition to taming the bacterial colonies, additional benefits could be had by lowering the source materials for the arthersclerotic deposits, namely serum cholesterol and calcium [not the same as dietary cholesterol/calcium. We've already determined dietary cholesterol doesn't cause higher serum cholesterol levels. Bacteria does. I would venture that serum calcium probably has some relationship to dietary calcium, but it might not be as straightforward as one might think since dietary calcium typically comes in compound form and can be surrounded by other plant/animal/whatever tissue/substance which may/may-not absorb and assimilate into the body as easily as one might think. Additional research necessary to determine calcium absorption rates for individual foods/supplements.]. BTW, naturally occurring calcium tends to be rare (Leafy greens and fish are relatively high compared to other plants, but not as high as dairy). In traditional American dietary staples, it's usually only abundant in dairy, where extra calcium in the milk is intended for the growth of bones in the growing calf, not necessarily human consumption (Especially not for consumption by fully grown adults whose bones are no longer growing.). If people want to increase their bone strength, I would advise them to make sure they get in their Vitamin K through plant sources and lift weights. The body will naturally strengthen the bones if it sees a need for stronger bones. Hill climbing might also be effective for bone strengthening in certain bones(Legs, maybe) but that's hypothetical.
Anyway, that's one theory. It could also be that fructose itself causes cholesterol and LDL to increase through liver action (And both fructose and sucrose have fructose in them; sucrose = glucose+fructose). The liver does produce cholesterol, and the liver metabolizes fructose and creates triglycerides, and triglycerides and LDL seem to go hand in hand, so that would seem pretty sensible and straightforward. Fructose and sucrose also coincidentally increases the bacterial colony sizes and increases subsequent immune activity, so I'm thinking there could be a double whammy here in terms of arterschlerotic deposition. And, actually, it seems possible that perhaps fructose causes an increase in cholesterol through the liver(But not LDL directly), but perhaps the bacteria itself causes a conversion of HDL into LDL during the higher immune activity? Occam's razor would seem to apply here. It's very possible that fructose tends to produce LDL directly from the liver, with no bacteria action involved. Regardless of how LDL is created exactly, it still doesn't invalidate my theory of how immune system activity happens in the first place that creates the deposits. I wouldn't think that higher cholesterol levels would directly increase phagocyte death rates and thus cell wall bonding events. However, maybe cholesterol affects the immune system, in particular how it affects its response to the dead-phagocyte-vessel-wall bonding events.
Anyway, that's one theory. It could also be that fructose itself causes cholesterol and LDL to increase through liver action (And both fructose and sucrose have fructose in them; sucrose = glucose+fructose). The liver does produce cholesterol, and the liver metabolizes fructose and creates triglycerides, and triglycerides and LDL seem to go hand in hand, so that would seem pretty sensible and straightforward. Fructose and sucrose also coincidentally increases the bacterial colony sizes and increases subsequent immune activity, so I'm thinking there could be a double whammy here in terms of arterschlerotic deposition. And, actually, it seems possible that perhaps fructose causes an increase in cholesterol through the liver(But not LDL directly), but perhaps the bacteria itself causes a conversion of HDL into LDL during the higher immune activity? Occam's razor would seem to apply here. It's very possible that fructose tends to produce LDL directly from the liver, with no bacteria action involved. Regardless of how LDL is created exactly, it still doesn't invalidate my theory of how immune system activity happens in the first place that creates the deposits. I wouldn't think that higher cholesterol levels would directly increase phagocyte death rates and thus cell wall bonding events. However, maybe cholesterol affects the immune system, in particular how it affects its response to the dead-phagocyte-vessel-wall bonding events.
Now, it's interesting to think about dead phagocytes. Why would they bond to the wall like that if it was detrimental to the longevity of the host?
My theory, to permanently entomb the 'toxic' bacteria in an impenetrable wall of cholesterol/calcium so that it cannot escape and potentially risk sepsis. But, maybe there's another more benign reason, it really has no other way 'out'. Finding information on what happens to dead phagocytes is darn near possible. It's almost like researchers never wondered what happens when internal cells die. I mean, they do know, phagocytes eat them up, but what happens when phagocytes die? They haven't answered this all important question yet! [I mean, /I have/, but I would like to think I'm not the /only one/ who knows.] What I can find on google seems to suggest that people believe phagocytes live forever, unlike other cells, and they just never really have thought about it.
Okay, I'm literally googling (In quotes), "dead phagocytes", and I'm seeing entries about how pus is primarily comprised of dead phagocytes. Still not seeing what happens to non-dermal dead phagocytes (It's not like all the dead phagocytes go find a pimple to die in... right? Hmmm. Now that's a theory. I've noticed pimples start to form after eating a bunch of sugary substances, suggesting this might be a manifestation of dead white blood cells dying in the holy war against bacteria in the digestive system. Coincidentally, pus and arthersclerotic deposits are the same color.
Now doesn't that color look familiar?
My theory, to permanently entomb the 'toxic' bacteria in an impenetrable wall of cholesterol/calcium so that it cannot escape and potentially risk sepsis. But, maybe there's another more benign reason, it really has no other way 'out'. Finding information on what happens to dead phagocytes is darn near possible. It's almost like researchers never wondered what happens when internal cells die. I mean, they do know, phagocytes eat them up, but what happens when phagocytes die? They haven't answered this all important question yet! [I mean, /I have/, but I would like to think I'm not the /only one/ who knows.] What I can find on google seems to suggest that people believe phagocytes live forever, unlike other cells, and they just never really have thought about it.
Okay, I'm literally googling (In quotes), "dead phagocytes", and I'm seeing entries about how pus is primarily comprised of dead phagocytes. Still not seeing what happens to non-dermal dead phagocytes (It's not like all the dead phagocytes go find a pimple to die in... right? Hmmm. Now that's a theory. I've noticed pimples start to form after eating a bunch of sugary substances, suggesting this might be a manifestation of dead white blood cells dying in the holy war against bacteria in the digestive system. Coincidentally, pus and arthersclerotic deposits are the same color.
Now doesn't that color look familiar?
More evidence for wheat's role in LDL. Appears to /significantly/ increase it, lending credence to the bacterial roles in LDL. [Since wheat itself is just like any normal starch, glucose at the heart of it. Suggesting it's role in LDL must be something else, like how it helps out bacteria invade by opening up the gates[Wheat's gliadin triggers Zonulin, expanding the gut lining and increasing 'intestinal permeability'. I.e., how easily food nutrients can absorb into the bloodstream, and bacteria as well.].
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12145006
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12145006
Since both pus and atherosclerotic lesions are caused by dead phagocytes, that also implies that pus and arthersclerotic lesions should be similar. Does pus contain cholesterol and calcium?
Interesting, http://www.acne.org/messageboard/topic/145839-biological-purpose-of-acne-is-to-lower-blood-cholesterol/?page=1, seems like someone here notes that pimples contain cholesterol. Granted, I don't agree with their conclusions, but they imply pimples do indeed have cholesterol.
Interesting, http://www.acne.org/messageboard/topic/145839-biological-purpose-of-acne-is-to-lower-blood-cholesterol/?page=1, seems like someone here notes that pimples contain cholesterol. Granted, I don't agree with their conclusions, but they imply pimples do indeed have cholesterol.
Dauntless
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Well, one more reason to not eat your pimples, they're fattening.
Okay, this is bound to be the same mistake people talk about with 'Muslim' architecture. Any ancient direction they'd been taking was lost with they caught sight of the more advanced European designs. So if you really got a good look at what the Europeans were building when they showed up, you'll see how German these Texas structures really are. My Great Grandfather was one of those Germans. The Mexicans liked them so built plenty of their own, but what you see might be from German settlers and their descendants. If only you could have seen Fredricksburg maybe 10 years ago before so many of the old buildings were suddenly torn down.
Yeah why not wait until you know there's some actual truth to that before you insist on saying that? You might be discovering some of those homes are not Mexicans afterall. As Jeff Foxworthy says, "You MIGHT be a Redneck if less than half the vehicles registered in your name are in running condition."
My understanding is that South Texas in general has it's problems with burglaries and miscellaneous theft, you'll discover the MEXICANS blame the Mexicans.
swbluto said:
Okay, this is bound to be the same mistake people talk about with 'Muslim' architecture. Any ancient direction they'd been taking was lost with they caught sight of the more advanced European designs. So if you really got a good look at what the Europeans were building when they showed up, you'll see how German these Texas structures really are. My Great Grandfather was one of those Germans. The Mexicans liked them so built plenty of their own, but what you see might be from German settlers and their descendants. If only you could have seen Fredricksburg maybe 10 years ago before so many of the old buildings were suddenly torn down.
swbluto said:
Yeah why not wait until you know there's some actual truth to that before you insist on saying that? You might be discovering some of those homes are not Mexicans afterall. As Jeff Foxworthy says, "You MIGHT be a Redneck if less than half the vehicles registered in your name are in running condition."
My understanding is that South Texas in general has it's problems with burglaries and miscellaneous theft, you'll discover the MEXICANS blame the Mexicans.
Dauntless said:
Oh, yes, I know what you're talking about. It was a design created by the germans in use in the deserts of Africa during early diamond mining operations in the late 1800s. Saw pretty interesting ghost towns they have over there.
Okay, nevermind, I just looked. Clearly germanic looking, unlike this particular structure. How about this? I'll grab a picture and show you. [Btw, he's not really "close to me", he's about a mile away]
And south Texas you say... wouldn't have any association with this map would it?
Oh, well, it doesn't look like the surrounding areas around Houston are nearly as mexican as Corpus Christi and /those/ areas.
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Is she inciting a revolution against the Patriarchy, and she's really just complaining about her frustrated ambitions against the patriarchy suppressing her? Whatever, lovely music. (Understandable sentiment, early 90s after all)
Even more expressions of life dissatisfaction! I wonder what exactly she's dissatisfied about, I'm suspecting she feels 'left out', and not necessarily because she's a woman or the local unemployment rate, lol. (Though, 1991 was a bad year for employment, wasn't it? The savings crisis, whatever that was about?)
And an old flame of mine had a left nose ring just like her. They were similar in other ways as well, culturally.
And, hey, look, I feel so appropriate in saying "HOT DRUMMER!", lol. I've always wanted to be like the average groupie exclaiming such common sentiments, but never felt of the right gender.
She's feeling a little peculiar... hmmm... a little lonely, I suspect.
And it looks like she's gay. I wonder what's with all these gay women I'm attracted to? lol. [Are they gay for the same reason so many gay guys become gay, they're so commonly rejected by the opposite sex? Is that why I'm attracted to gay women? Rejects. No way! I totally loved my pug, and she was anything but a reject.]
What, Wanda Day, the oh so hot drummer, died from a drug overdose? No way, not wanda day! {Hey, look, a repeatable rhymable chant.]
That's the last time I'll ever see her smile.
Is she inciting a revolution against the Patriarchy, and she's really just complaining about her frustrated ambitions against the patriarchy suppressing her? Whatever, lovely music. (Understandable sentiment, early 90s after all)
Even more expressions of life dissatisfaction! I wonder what exactly she's dissatisfied about, I'm suspecting she feels 'left out', and not necessarily because she's a woman or the local unemployment rate, lol. (Though, 1991 was a bad year for employment, wasn't it? The savings crisis, whatever that was about?)
And an old flame of mine had a left nose ring just like her. They were similar in other ways as well, culturally.
And, hey, look, I feel so appropriate in saying "HOT DRUMMER!", lol. I've always wanted to be like the average groupie exclaiming such common sentiments, but never felt of the right gender.
She's feeling a little peculiar... hmmm... a little lonely, I suspect.
And it looks like she's gay. I wonder what's with all these gay women I'm attracted to? lol. [Are they gay for the same reason so many gay guys become gay, they're so commonly rejected by the opposite sex? Is that why I'm attracted to gay women? Rejects. No way! I totally loved my pug, and she was anything but a reject.]
What, Wanda Day, the oh so hot drummer, died from a drug overdose? No way, not wanda day! {Hey, look, a repeatable rhymable chant.]
That's the last time I'll ever see her smile.
Went to see my cousins for probably the last time in probably some time. After the get-to-together, there was that nagging sense of suicidal desires coalescing in my mind, a sensation that I long remembered back in highschool and haven't had too many times ever since graduating from college. His girlfriend was there, I could tell she was mirroring my discontent that even I really wasn't aware of. Anyway, yeah, those particular sentiments. Oh boy, fun stuff, lol. Especially when you're a health researcher like myself and read things like "Teenagers who attempt suicide have high rates of heart disease in early adulthood."; I personally never was /that/ suicidal, but the underlying dynamic concerns me a bit when it seems that I'm developing said issues despite my attempts to prevent it otherwise, and no doubt desire often precedes action, so those teenagers and I might have more in common than I want to accept. Anyway, I will not worry, I just want to experiment with this dietary insight of mine and test my LDL in a month or so. I'm highly suspecting it should be rather low, which would be additional evidence. So, what is that? Test on December 20.
Anyway, I can tell /others/ create this sense. I've long noted this, comparing my preschool pictures to the pictures before I started school. A marked difference in satisfaction, and 'school' was the obvious explanation. So, it's clear to me this particular dynamic probably goes a loooong way back.
I'm finding my insights aren't exactly gaining widespread notoriety. And, I thought they might, lol. Oh well, it's not like my life depends on it, lol. On the plus side, no one is really challenging my logic, suggesting they didn't find anything particularly obviously flawed about it. It's just that it's fading away into oblivion...(And seems like it shouldn't. But, granted, I did note that dynamic long ago. Cruising the library aisles, seeing the many fervent hours academics/writers/etc. put into their writings, only to sit dusty on the shelves, unread and untouched. Fading away into oblivion... [I did grab a book from the early 1900s which I read with interest. By Leta Hollingworth, a social researcher. Her pages were too largely untouched, but I found them and I touched them all over, lol. And, in those particular pages, I discovered that people do die early deaths much more often than one might expect, which shocked me at the time, and later dismayed when the symptoms started to crudesce. Yes, it's not a word, but think of the word 'recrudesce' and use your imagination people, lol. I like it merely because I like that word. Reminds me of the word 'cruet', a word I learned ago that aptly described that Drink Me bottle in Alice in Wonderland, which automatically endears me to it by way of sentimental association. I had a much greater appreciation for Alice in Wonderland as a young adult than I did a child,
perhaps the shiny foil picture I bought as freshman has something to do with it, lol. I see the writer was an English mathematician, yes, that clearly explains it, lol.]
Cousin claimed I had a lazy eye, but it's random and jumps from eye to eye. Yeah, interesting, no one has ever told me that before. I asked him what eye he observed it in, because that might be signifying Horner's Syndrome, which would be of interest to be aware of.
Anyway, I can tell /others/ create this sense. I've long noted this, comparing my preschool pictures to the pictures before I started school. A marked difference in satisfaction, and 'school' was the obvious explanation. So, it's clear to me this particular dynamic probably goes a loooong way back.
I'm finding my insights aren't exactly gaining widespread notoriety. And, I thought they might, lol. Oh well, it's not like my life depends on it, lol. On the plus side, no one is really challenging my logic, suggesting they didn't find anything particularly obviously flawed about it. It's just that it's fading away into oblivion...(And seems like it shouldn't. But, granted, I did note that dynamic long ago. Cruising the library aisles, seeing the many fervent hours academics/writers/etc. put into their writings, only to sit dusty on the shelves, unread and untouched. Fading away into oblivion... [I did grab a book from the early 1900s which I read with interest. By Leta Hollingworth, a social researcher. Her pages were too largely untouched, but I found them and I touched them all over, lol. And, in those particular pages, I discovered that people do die early deaths much more often than one might expect, which shocked me at the time, and later dismayed when the symptoms started to crudesce. Yes, it's not a word, but think of the word 'recrudesce' and use your imagination people, lol. I like it merely because I like that word. Reminds me of the word 'cruet', a word I learned ago that aptly described that Drink Me bottle in Alice in Wonderland, which automatically endears me to it by way of sentimental association. I had a much greater appreciation for Alice in Wonderland as a young adult than I did a child,
perhaps the shiny foil picture I bought as freshman has something to do with it, lol. I see the writer was an English mathematician, yes, that clearly explains it, lol.]
Cousin claimed I had a lazy eye, but it's random and jumps from eye to eye. Yeah, interesting, no one has ever told me that before. I asked him what eye he observed it in, because that might be signifying Horner's Syndrome, which would be of interest to be aware of.
Okay, to recap what I've accomplished: What causes arthersclerosis and LDL cholesterol. (And, somewhat by serendipity, what /really/ causes pimples.)
Check out the wikipedia article on this. You'll notice there's no mention of diet or bacteria on there, only the hint that it's an "immunological response" with no known cause. That's the part I figured: The cause. If you know the cause and you understand the nature of the cause, it can then be prevented/minimized. Possessing this kind of knowledge is like finding the "fountain of youth", if you will, in the context of Western society. (Although, it's more like longevity more than youth. Even then, of course, there's no guarantees.)
Yes, I found this place.
Anyway, I'm thinking I need to kickstart the week with an antibacterial diet regimen to effectively reset my currently-fruit-programmed (intestinal) biome. I'm thinking garlic, wine, vinegar, lemons/limes, onions, etc. [Hot peppers are probably antibacterial. Maybe... ]
It's interesting to think that a good portion of Americans don't succumb to 'old age', per se, but ultimately to bacteria. It's interesting to think Humans have long vanquished their largest predators, but the smallest ones still kill them off in far greater numbers than car accidents.
Ok, well, anyway... talking about those suicidal sentiments. The last time I had that kind of feeling was actually back in the Navy, when I was trying to get on base and the rent-a-cop manning the front guard station at the base's entrance asked me for license and registration. One problem: I had the license but registration was in the room (I /just/ bought this car, you see, and paying attention to little details like that wasn't at the forefront of my mind with the sheer busy-ness of Nuke School in addition to exercises; I just threw it in my drawer with the rest of the important documents I had. I was trying to find any opportunity to sleep I could, lol.). Anyway, this rent-a-cop didn't take too kindly to that and chewed me out ("What do you think would've happened if a cop stopped you? Huh!"), and normally I would brush off people from affecting me like that, but this guy.... just had a talent of making me feel so guilty and suicidal. It was a bit unreal how unexpectedly suicidal he made me feel; I normally wouldn't feel bad for tiny meaningless oversights like that. Anyway, that was about 2 years ago. It's weird, how nuke school in general made me feel the opposite of suicidal (What would that be? Vivacidal? Oh. wait.. maybe it's... vivacious! lol), and I fell in love with like every girl in class and they did as well, and this rent-a-cop made me feel the exact opposite to an absurd degree for that hour or so. I'm dreaming of california girls, lol. Something about that sunny disposition that sunny LA seems to give them. It's funny looking back and imagining that 'ideal girl' I had imagined long ago, and realizing that girl from LA happened to be her. No wonder she was so lovely.
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Okay, now we've discovered the cause of Arthersclerosis. Does this cover all cardiovascular disease pathologies? Hardly, but it's an important one, one of the most common. The other major one is microvascular disease. I can definitely tell that a good percentage of the previous episodes that were definitely cardiac in nature could be traced back to diet, suggesting bacteria/artheroma is probably responsible here.
-The consumption of 150 grams of sugar worth of grapes in one sitting (Some unrelenting midback pain, about 5 minutes later).
-The consumption of two sweet BBQ sauce hamburgers from Carls Jr.(?), and they were seriously beefy hamburgers (About 2 hours later - a sudden clammy sensation in my chest, radiating down my left arm, with a general feeling of not feeling so well at all.)
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In other news, I've saved my mom's life. Which is weird, because it almost feels like I was killing her to begin with. Well, except I really wasn't, she was particularly vulnerable today to an episode since she didn't sleep well last night at all, and she was already experiencing chest pain doing the treadmill earlier. She described her pain to me, and I immediately recognized it as cardiac in nature (Anything radiating from the chest to the back, especially if it's not pain but something like pressure, is deeply concerning.), and she was about to take tums. I HALTED HER immediately, because if it was what I thought it was, TUMs was only going to make it worse and not only that, it'd prevent the use of other effective medicines. I told her to immediately eat some spinach and suck down the juices to inject nitrates as quickly as possible into the system (I also told her it was good for acid reflux which she then agreed to try spinach, but I don't seriously think she was having that.), she did, and it went away after about 20 seconds. Phewww, I don't want to witness my mom dying right before I leave, if you know what I mean.
I don't think she was having acid reflux because she's only capable of 3mph at 3% incline without symptoms. That implies she has some serious cardiovascular issues, more than likely. I can do 4.5mph at 12% incline without symptoms, and that's 13 MEPS, 3mph at 3% incline must be...
[(3*3)/(4.5*12)]*13MEPS = 2.166 MEPS. I'm pretty sure that's the "You're on your last legs" category, if my memory serves me correctly.
Check out the wikipedia article on this. You'll notice there's no mention of diet or bacteria on there, only the hint that it's an "immunological response" with no known cause. That's the part I figured: The cause. If you know the cause and you understand the nature of the cause, it can then be prevented/minimized. Possessing this kind of knowledge is like finding the "fountain of youth", if you will, in the context of Western society. (Although, it's more like longevity more than youth. Even then, of course, there's no guarantees.)
Yes, I found this place.
Anyway, I'm thinking I need to kickstart the week with an antibacterial diet regimen to effectively reset my currently-fruit-programmed (intestinal) biome. I'm thinking garlic, wine, vinegar, lemons/limes, onions, etc. [Hot peppers are probably antibacterial. Maybe... ]
It's interesting to think that a good portion of Americans don't succumb to 'old age', per se, but ultimately to bacteria. It's interesting to think Humans have long vanquished their largest predators, but the smallest ones still kill them off in far greater numbers than car accidents.
Ok, well, anyway... talking about those suicidal sentiments. The last time I had that kind of feeling was actually back in the Navy, when I was trying to get on base and the rent-a-cop manning the front guard station at the base's entrance asked me for license and registration. One problem: I had the license but registration was in the room (I /just/ bought this car, you see, and paying attention to little details like that wasn't at the forefront of my mind with the sheer busy-ness of Nuke School in addition to exercises; I just threw it in my drawer with the rest of the important documents I had. I was trying to find any opportunity to sleep I could, lol.). Anyway, this rent-a-cop didn't take too kindly to that and chewed me out ("What do you think would've happened if a cop stopped you? Huh!"), and normally I would brush off people from affecting me like that, but this guy.... just had a talent of making me feel so guilty and suicidal. It was a bit unreal how unexpectedly suicidal he made me feel; I normally wouldn't feel bad for tiny meaningless oversights like that. Anyway, that was about 2 years ago. It's weird, how nuke school in general made me feel the opposite of suicidal (What would that be? Vivacidal? Oh. wait.. maybe it's... vivacious! lol), and I fell in love with like every girl in class and they did as well, and this rent-a-cop made me feel the exact opposite to an absurd degree for that hour or so. I'm dreaming of california girls, lol. Something about that sunny disposition that sunny LA seems to give them. It's funny looking back and imagining that 'ideal girl' I had imagined long ago, and realizing that girl from LA happened to be her. No wonder she was so lovely.
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Okay, now we've discovered the cause of Arthersclerosis. Does this cover all cardiovascular disease pathologies? Hardly, but it's an important one, one of the most common. The other major one is microvascular disease. I can definitely tell that a good percentage of the previous episodes that were definitely cardiac in nature could be traced back to diet, suggesting bacteria/artheroma is probably responsible here.
-The consumption of 150 grams of sugar worth of grapes in one sitting (Some unrelenting midback pain, about 5 minutes later).
-The consumption of two sweet BBQ sauce hamburgers from Carls Jr.(?), and they were seriously beefy hamburgers (About 2 hours later - a sudden clammy sensation in my chest, radiating down my left arm, with a general feeling of not feeling so well at all.)
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In other news, I've saved my mom's life. Which is weird, because it almost feels like I was killing her to begin with. Well, except I really wasn't, she was particularly vulnerable today to an episode since she didn't sleep well last night at all, and she was already experiencing chest pain doing the treadmill earlier. She described her pain to me, and I immediately recognized it as cardiac in nature (Anything radiating from the chest to the back, especially if it's not pain but something like pressure, is deeply concerning.), and she was about to take tums. I HALTED HER immediately, because if it was what I thought it was, TUMs was only going to make it worse and not only that, it'd prevent the use of other effective medicines. I told her to immediately eat some spinach and suck down the juices to inject nitrates as quickly as possible into the system (I also told her it was good for acid reflux which she then agreed to try spinach, but I don't seriously think she was having that.), she did, and it went away after about 20 seconds. Phewww, I don't want to witness my mom dying right before I leave, if you know what I mean.
I don't think she was having acid reflux because she's only capable of 3mph at 3% incline without symptoms. That implies she has some serious cardiovascular issues, more than likely. I can do 4.5mph at 12% incline without symptoms, and that's 13 MEPS, 3mph at 3% incline must be...
[(3*3)/(4.5*12)]*13MEPS = 2.166 MEPS. I'm pretty sure that's the "You're on your last legs" category, if my memory serves me correctly.
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