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Pretty good, but not for the person wearing it. Its main benefit is for slowing the spread of COVID when an infected person wears it.
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A short while after starting the fire there is a bed of hot coals that will ignite the wood when turned over. I could remove all the sticks and logs then just place one fresh piece on top of the coals and it will be in flames within a minute or so.
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In my experience as a fire sits undisturbed, the flames slowly reduce and the heat level goes down. Given enough time the majority of logs will be consumed. If I want more flame and thus more heat I turn the logs over. Perhaps we are talking about different aspects of the burning process, but I see people 'instinctively' picking up a long stick to poke at the fire and expose more of the unburned fuel to the coals.
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I'm a bit confused by this. If you turn a log over, instead of one side of the log burning you now have two sides of the log burning. Even if the originally burning side slows combustion, the newly burning side will soon be burning at the rate of the originally burning side (even faster for a while).
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Then it shouldn't matter much whether you flip or not. Just make sure you maintain plenty of air flow to allow for complete combustion. As long as you have good airflow the only thing flipping the wood does is change how quickly the heat is generated.
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Simply procreating as your sole purpose would be horribly boring. But why would you assume that to be the case? Is that all you do now? Did the men flying to the moon simply sit back and wait for the ride to end? Were the men aboard the Victoria simply on a ride for three years as the ship circumnavigated the globe? Presumably if you are going to be aboard a ship your entire life with others you are going to have a job to do, socialize, eat, read, study, and play. Just like you do today.
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With an outdoor fire, once the fire is established the wood is setting on a bed of coals. Turning the wood over puts fresh fuel in contact with the hot coals. Absolutely. Burns hotter and cleaner, and if burning in an indoor fireplace unseasoned wood leads to creosote buildup and a potential fire hazard in the flue. But even seasoned wood might have 20% water content.
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I'm not familiar with 'heat driving moisture'. I suppose as moisture turns to steam it expands in all possible directions so you "may" get more moisture in the top of the log, but the heat should be boiling that off too. Bottom line is that all of the water in the log has to boil off, whether you do it by turning the log or not. I think you need to define what you mean by "harming" how well the log burns. Do you mean how fast? (if so, is fast good or bad?) Average temperature? Kind of vague. From many years of experience I'd say a turned log burns faster than one that is not turned.
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Well if that isn't rock-solid proof I don't know what is!!!
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Har! A couple of years ago I was on a business trip to Amsterdam and a colleague and I went to have a drink in a bar. She's quite attractive and guys are always trying to pick her up, even when she is standing there with me. Very emasculating! She was joking that someone would be after me before long and it turns out she was right. For the first time in about 20 years I got hit on in a bar. Unfortunately for me it was a guy! My colleague was standing off to the side, laughing and taking pictures, which she sent to my wife. They both had a good laugh. I seem to have lost my touch with women but am now sweet as honey for guys and venomous snakes. If my wife ever divorces me at least I'll have options!!! 😃
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Well, that's just GREAT!!!!**%!*@#@ Now I have to worry about amorous spiders!!! 😩
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Maybe not. Our sun could be the last star, with all the other stars long since extinguished.
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Consumer law: responsibility for goods lost in transit
zapatos replied to StringJunky's topic in The Lounge
How is that different than: -
Consumer law: responsibility for goods lost in transit
zapatos replied to StringJunky's topic in The Lounge
I'm having a hard time finding info on this but I suspect that Amazon is simply moving the risk (via contract) from Amazon and you, to the carrier and you. Contracts are generally used to determine who carries the risk of loss. -
Because it is unlikely to taste good without substantial exposure to it. Many people who like the taste of coffee, whiskey, raw oysters, anchovies and Vegemite didn't appreciate the flavor at first.
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No, it mean that we like it.
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Segregation in sports (Split from Transgender athletes)
zapatos replied to ScienceNostalgia101's topic in Politics
I fail to see where I am guilty of misogyny ("dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women"). As that is a charge I don't take too kindly too, I'd appreciate it if you would cite specific comments I've made to support your charge. I also believe trans women need a place to compete. I think I've been advocating for that all along. I also don't want to be unfair to cis-women. I think I've been advocating for that all along. Physiology will always be a determining factor, in all sports, whether transgendered people compete or not. Training, effort and better physiology will always win out over training, effort and worse physiology. Good line to use for effect, but unless you can explain how transgender women competing in sports will result in a situation we had 100 years ago you are just playing to people's emotions. https://www.ncpedia.org/sports/golden-age-sports -
Segregation in sports (Split from Transgender athletes)
zapatos replied to ScienceNostalgia101's topic in Politics
LOL! That's pretty funny coming from you. 😂 -
Segregation in sports (Split from Transgender athletes)
zapatos replied to ScienceNostalgia101's topic in Politics
Pull facts out of your ass much? -
Segregation in sports (Split from Transgender athletes)
zapatos replied to ScienceNostalgia101's topic in Politics
So where is the revenue information? You completely failed to support your assertion that the NCAA mens teams that generate lesser revenues were't at that tournament. Care to try again? -
Segregation in sports (Split from Transgender athletes)
zapatos replied to ScienceNostalgia101's topic in Politics
I imagine that at some level profit will always be a factor. And while the primary reason men and women are segregated today is due to physical differences, there are some women who are making inroads into traditional men-only sports. I watched a woman compete in men's NCAA football for the first time this past season. That was surprisingly exciting even though she didn't do much.