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It's pretty basic really just dig a trench 50 feet or so long and bury a 4 inch diameter O-pipe in the bottom with 1 end leading into the house and 1 end at ground level. Of course cover the outside end in screen and build a Cupola type shelter above it. On the end inside the house you then use a high velocity fan to pump the cold air into your plenum on your furnace and just set the fan on the furnace to run. Sounds good in theory right? but will the ground around the O-pipe eventually warm? This is why I chose a trench rather than digging a hole and coiling the O-pipe so there would be more surface area and a longer run of cold earth. I was going to do this at my old house but never got around to it. Just looking to improve upon the idea.

Beer and tomato juice, very few cigarettes that day, If you can't stomach the beer opt for a litre of chocolate milk and a second sleep.

I'd settle for smoking hot female robots with off and on switches and never ending libido. Sounds like a reasonable future to me, or mandatory female viagra doses would work too!

Again this is brought about by a social need, not so much our basic instincts, I believe it takes a long time to evolve and so if you look at it from the perspective of say.....animal lust the rest is history........to effect, biblical history, however this is slightly off topic and somewhat irrelevant to the topic at hand. Monogamous relationships are beneficial ........currently, as women regain social status and economic power as equals i believe the humble man will be nothing more than a sperm donor used for his attractive physical properties as well as desired emotional properties and when it becomes too much of a "headache" for the female he'll be free to go impregnate the next young lass. So long as he retains his attractiveness. Currently IMO alot of relationships are "marriages of convenience" wherein financial obligations are the main reason for enduring the loss of freedom that comes from having to compromise with a significant other. But.....I am after all a man out of a long term relationship and am pursuing my career as a gigolo so what do I really know? So far all i get is free drinks and a bed for the night but it's coming!!!!

well i would have to speculate that monogamy is an invention of the church, When women needed a male to support them it would be unacceptable for a woman to be forced into homelessness or whatever because she was past her prime and could not find a new man to take care of her. So divorce and infidelity was shunned as less than honorable even though biologically we want variety, If somthing violates our bodies natural response / instinct I think it is reasonably safe to assume it is an invention of man brought about for some social purpose.

Ethics of gambling.............Only bet on a sure thing, If someone wants to bet against you take there money ..........as much of it as they will wager. So that limits my gambling to factual knowledge based bets. All gambling is really IMO anyway's is "fantasy entertainment" you pay for the "what if" dream, the hope of hitting it big. Is this beneficial? well it is in a Western society where 1) the Government needs the income stream and 2) the majority carries a debt load , the "what if" dream is substantial stress relief, Where people get into trouble is when they lose too much, then they need to continue gambling in the belief they will come out ahead and get their money back, They are compelled to beat the odds with their, Fallacy system, or delusional belief in winning and losing streaks. But all in all for the majority it is a form of entertainment, People get addicted to alcohol too and we don't want beer banned for the sake of a few do we? (If you say ban beer then your no longer my friend!!!!)

just tinkering building a pellet gun we're using a recycled fire extinguisher aluminum canister we drilled and tapped a hole in the bottom and threaded a one way valve from a bicycle inner tube in the back (and glued it) so it's 1/16 wall thickness (maybe 3/32 but don't think so) and just wondering about safety it handles 100 psi well and shoots well with that pressure. Will the aluminum fatigue? Are we holding a shrapnel bomb at that pressure? I haven't the slightest clue about the formula for designing such a contraption we're just rednecks drinking beer and having fun on the weekend. Thanks in advance because it would not be pleasant to be missing my beer drinking hand or worse.

Thanks for the tips everyone I will check the wireless router settings, As per why would I search for a solution? Well it's not like my roommate is going to change , already tried talking about it and nope still downloads 20 or so 700 mb or more files at 1 time. Now it is time for covert action, who cares if the files take longer to download I WANT MY INTERNET SPEED BACK!

My room mate downloads alot of movies at the same time and chokes off all the band width. I am wondering if there is anything i can do? somtimes web pages won't even load I would appreciate any help on this please.

Yes 99 times out of 100 a shotgun blast of either buckshot or slug is gonna do the job possibly your thinking bird shot? I take great offence to the claim about schizophrenics being fanatically determined to die............Sounds like an uninformed misconception based on irrational fear. Or just plain ignorance about schizophrenics in general. I look forward to seeing some documentation to back your statements up please.

We had solar panels at our old place, The best way to set it up is to actually take your power from the grid and feed ALL your solar power into the grid. R.E we pay 4.5 cents per kwh consumed the power company pays us 42 cents per kwh generated and fed into the grid. I have since heard they have increased this rate to 63 cents (or was it more?) and they agree to pay this rate to you for 20 years. This is how they are trying to get us Canadians interested in micro solar energy farms. Solar beats wind hands down in a day to day analysis of kwh generated (we had both) however it is exciting to watch the energy peaks generated by a wind mill during a wind storm. If you buy the panels wholesale it is actually possible to turn a profit fairly quickly. Interesting note : we also installed a water source heat pump absolutely wonderful and comfortable system that will easily keep your home at 74 all winter, and you get a central air system for summer too!

I think there is alot of talk here about anger but not enough on how one deals with that anger. If a person takes 2 deep breaths and counts to 10 or leaves the situation to re approach later is that considered repressing it? I don't believe so it is not being angry that is the problem it is how you deal with that anger, The person leaving the situation is still very much angry but chooses to deal with it in a non aggressive way. This could quite possibly be running an aggressive thought scenario (I.E. a fantasy of beating the hell out of the offending party) or thinking of different ASSERTIVE ways of talking to the person, Not a real repression of anger in my opinion.

We are oil dependent , it takes oil to move the sand, it takes oil to refine the oil, it takes oil to transport the oil for refining, it takes oil to transport the oil for sale etc, etc, etc, oil is a neccessarry evil and as it becomes more difficult to access it as the "easy oil" stores run out the more energy it is going to take to keep this planet humming. As it stands now without oil we would not be able to feed ourselves, people in western countries would starve to death and virtually everything would shut down, We may not like it but if you look around even the most earth conscious among us are responsible for the consumption of a significant amount of oil.

Actually it's very simple, by acknowledging that Jesus died for your sins you get a free pass. The trick is actually believing it. Most people don't and are consumed with guilt, shame, humiliation etc. Or they try to redeem themselves through good deeds (buying favor) etc. And then theirs the preacher who breathes fire and brimstone which adds to helpless and hopeless despairity.etc. etc. etc. all God wants is for you to be happy and have a relationship with him the rest is unimportant.

I enjoy theory, particularily pertaining to psychology and the human brain. I think alot of very intelligent and highly creative people produce logical arguments and theories around this subject that in my honest opinion are as sound as those from experienced medical practitioners in the field but because the individual doesn't have the respect and "clout" the "expert" does it is rejected immediately instead of discussed with an open mind. In reality gently disecting the theory with the poster rationally and intelligently will in the end lead to a smarter individual much moreso than..........."nope it's not true here's 5 links from around the web to prove it" where as that evidence comes from a respected psychiatrist and even though that is so it is still ........best guess. Psychiatry and psychology is in my opinion best guess nothing is concrete human minds are so different from 1 to another with so many variables that I find it unfair and unreasonable that these individuals have the power to label individuals with whatever diagnosis they feel is fitting and I can tell you first hand that diagnosis can be next to impossible to rid from your medical file. It leads to stigmatism, discrimination, illogical fear from unknowledgeable persons etc. An over worked psychiatrist who didn't have a good breakfast or poor sleep last night can create a wealth of problems for the individual they are diagnosing. That diagnosis can be and often is wrong!!!! the outcome is even worse for some people I know who are ordered by the courts to take medication that leaves them lethargic and incoherrent, The person is only themselves for 1/2 hour early in the morning then it's zombie land, and that is from a brief reactive psychosis (the prescription and diagnosis) but their psychiatrist will simply say they have had no more episodes because the medication is working. What a crock it stands to reason if it is an acute attack and no history of being a chronic condition then the possibility should be entertained that it is nothing more than a "stress melt down" not a permanent debillitating mental illness. Anyway that's enough rant today

I dunno, I did read an article in readers digest about a person trying to produce dinosaurs from chickens. It seems that for a brief window (less than 24 hours) the embryo has a tail and short arms (like a raptor or t-rex) before losing these appendages and continuing on to become a chicken, Now the relevance is who is to say that on occasion, in the wild with other birds where selective breeding for consistent traits hasn't taken place that the embryo does not lose that genetic sequence and a dinosaur pops out? albeit rarely. So some dinosaurs evolved to be birds, Crocodiles or alligators maybe both are said to be evolved from dinosaurs, The elephant evolved from the wooly mammoth etc. etc. I think as science progresses and more is learned we will find alot of other animals evolved from dinosaurs, It doesn't seem too far fetched considering somehow a cold blooded reptile evolved to become a warm blooded mammal. or that Many species possibly all , evolved from fish etc. So perhaps every once in awhile there is a genetic "throw back" that survives. that would explain why a large breeding population is not needed for 1 to show up every now and again.

as per my previous post perhaps I was incorrect as to which sun's light took over 1000 years to reach us. Since we have never seen the edge of the universe we do not know if it is infite or not, I thought I read somwhere though about a high powered telescope that took a picture of itself suggesting the universe is curved but I have no way to locate that article. Maybe someone with a better memory will know what I am talking about. But even then the knowledge gained from that is limited because we know strong gravity (black holes) can bend light.

Yes and the moon is made of cheese too! If you put 2 of the same flashlight together the light does not travel further! and there is also the light year theory (possibly proven I dunno) that the actual sunlight hitting the earth on a given day is like 1000 years old or somthing it left the sun 1000 years ago! thats our closest star right? So for a real paradox perhaps the stars newly created or far far away haven't been around long enough for their light to travel here yet.

The trouble with science is if somthing cannot be proved or disproved it is rejected, ignored or labelled impossible. Then someone comes along and proves and everyone jumps on board as having known it all along. Scientists are the most egotistical self centered and IGNORANT!!!! people I know. Many tend to spend too much time proving their intellectual superiority and broadcasting firm scientific beliefs which stifles creativity In my opinion many scientists and scientific beliefs do more harm than good. We have perpetual motion, we have free energy, we have many things that are supposedly impossible but some loud mouth scientist comes along and say's NAY and it's dead in the water. There is so much we don't understand about life, death, everything !!!! but it is a constant up hill battle to convey theories and have them accepted or tested because of the ignorance of the scientific community. It's everywhere!!!! herbal remedies that work,,,,,get rejected, Multiple sclerosis cures, cancer treatment's / cures even HIV preventative medicines all get shot down because science considers it impossible. Even though they have been used successfully for thousands of years. That's just the hippie coming out in me so suck it up anyone who has had a near death experience oor communication with deceased or precognition knows somthing bigger than us exists but science will say NAY I think we all are reincarnated over and over which helps explain instinctual intelligence but ain't no scientist gonna agree to somthing they can't explain.

Nope I haven't seen it All I saw was a fellow climb into close quarters with 2 sticks of dynamite and walk away from it like nothing happened. I am just debating if the explosive would need to be tamped so the force did not take the path of least resistance, As per the grenade the explosive force is contained and the explosion produces shrapnel, correct? So it is not the concussive force that kills you it's the projectiles at high velocity. I think the explosion, if unconfined, would result in some burning, deafness, etc. but not neccessarily death. I saw on a website a fellow take a shotgun barrel of buckshot to the head and survive (rotten.com) all that remained was a pulpy mass but he still lived through it. (don't look at it if you have a weak stomach the image is not for the faint of heart)

I find alot of similarities within your first post and my theory, however I speculated considerably more, I guess you must have changed your mind about it's plausibility.

@ drmdoc it's not that I don't find the science relevant to my theory important it is simply that I don't think there is any, It is a very unorthodox and theoretical perspective brought about by my own personal reflection. The average medical professional would dismiss it as ridiculous. Espescially if they found out I suffer from a recurrent psychotic illness..........then it is just the ravings of a mad man. However..........the upside...........I'm psychotic, I can reject their reality and substitute my own any time I wish.

Just to clarify, the creative center I refer to is the same as accessed while dreaming, I believe those involved in deep meditation, use of hallucinogenics for spiritual purposes, shaman etc, all train themselves to enter this area of the brain at will where as a psychotic individual just "stumbles" upon it and cannot return to normal functioning like the others. So dreams, psychosis, meditative states spiritual awakenings are all the same mental state. The dream importance you desire drmdoc is the same state. Just my hypothesis.

I wonder about the effectiveness of this Marat, I have seen up close and personal a stuntman place himself in a box with 2 sticks of dynamite and emerge unscathed. granted the box was styrofoam and he of course wore hearing protection. The organization this man worked for is called the hell drivers so you may be able to find a video online somewhere. I think it is kind of like lighting a firecracker in your hand, if your hand is open you only burn the palm if you close your hand around it well now you only have 1 hand. Granted the percussion from dynamite is what? 1000 fold stronger?

Perfect we agree on somthing, I take great interest in this subject as a discussion of theory and hypothetical reasoning. Mostly because I feel dreams and imagination (MY THEORY SO RELAX!!!) are closely related to psychosis and delusional mental illness. It is my belief that these forms of mental illness are produced by a "short circuit" of the brain that allows a person to maintain a somewhat constant connection to the area's of the brain associated with creativity, The same area's accessed through deep meditation and/or hypnosis. I believe that the sufferer is not "ready" for this type of heightened or increased connection to these parts of the brain and they are therefore subject to sensory overload. The brain blurs the boundary between what is actual perception or logical perception of the environment and surroundings and so the sufferer interprets sensory input as alway's relative to the" fantasy" or delusion they are engaged in. The fantasy or delusion comes about from the personal life experiences of the individual, so theoretically speaking an individual who has suffered emmotional trauma and/or increased isolation from the outside world will adapt and create persona's (voices) to compensate for lonliness. As they are left alone with their thoughts the fantasy world increases in complexity and detail due to prolonged attachment to the creative center of the brain which produces connections enabling this (much how you can train your brain to better access memories or increase problem solving ability the brain creates connections to allow faster access) The brain is also associating this state with pleasure similarily how a fond memory can invoke feelings of well being. and releasing pleasure hormones So the individual is mentally and physically addicted to this delusional fantasy world because it makes them feel good. (which to an extent explains how anti-psychotics which suppress these feel good hormones work THEORETICALLY)) so in essence the mentally ill individual is constantly connected to the creative and pleasure centers of the brain much moreso than the average person , outside stimuli / sensory input is integrated and interpreted as always relative to the current delusion or fantasy which reinforces the belief the imagined world is real. so the best way to describe it is dreaming while awake. Now it is just a theory so don't waste time asking for scientific evidence because there may not be anyand i have no desire to go look for it anyway. It is just a different perspective on the functions of the human brain and dreaming, and how it relates to conscious thought. Somewhat similar to how Buddhists / martial arts masters etc. are able to achieve insight and heightened awareness through meditation. The mentally ill/ psychotic individual is simply cast into the same state without the mental preparation needed to differentiate between real life and the imagined/ day dreamed one whatever you choose to call it, a heightened level of awareness perhaps.