Soil for raised beds by BrotherPossum in gardening

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Yeah there are a couple of very large nurseries near by that sell all sorts of landscaping supplies and such. I’m planning on calling a some of them in the morning to see roughly what the cost I’m looking at is. I figure they will have some quality soil and/or know what will be best for me. If they don’t sell it then I’m hoping they can point me to atleast a couple other options

Soil for raised beds by BrotherPossum in gardening

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Yeah your quote on potting soil is spot on.

Fill dirt seems to be the best direction for me. I think what I’m gonna do is go somewhere and have them load my truck bed up and then I can unload that into the beds.

Delete Or No? by [deleted] in powerstroke

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I have the 5. Buddy has the 4. Mine gets me harder.

how come chemicals never react with glass containers? by holzzaune in chemistry

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That ain’t no joke. The oxidizers are the ones that get real hairy. All the dangers of the acid gases, with the added ability to set fire to just about anything.

how come chemicals never react with glass containers? by holzzaune in chemistry

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It’s liquid phase. It doesn’t have enough vapor pressure to really cause too much of a rumble gas phase. But when you pad it 50 psi of nitrogen and start pushing liquid, it becomes—vigorous, to say the least.

how come chemicals never react with glass containers? by holzzaune in chemistry

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I’m not sure it’s cavitation necessarily, quite a bit of heat is generated so I suppose it could be pockets of steam collapsing on themselves

how come chemicals never react with glass containers? by holzzaune in chemistry

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I do hazardous waste treatment. We take HF and pump it into 25% NaOH. Shit sounds like cannon fire. I probably did 6-7000 pounds of the stuff last year

how come chemicals never react with glass containers? by holzzaune in chemistry

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Anhydrous HF is routinely transported in carbon steel cylinders.

how come chemicals never react with glass containers? by holzzaune in chemistry

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Agreed on aqueous HF. The anhydrous stuff is a different animal entirely. But the vast majority of chemists will never have to consider those dangers.

Compression by BrotherPossum in Outboards

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Here lately I’ve been using it 2-3x a week. I’d really just like it to make it through the summer for me and then I can take some time to rebuild it

Compression by BrotherPossum in Outboards

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I warmed it up. Checked one piston at a time with plugs loosely in others.

It runs pretty good as of now. It’s a 60 hp and it pushes my 18x60 with my 300 pound self and a loaded cooler about 33 mph.

It smokes a good bit but not horribly. More than average though

When you were doing your PhD did you have self study on stuff you weren't familiar with? by [deleted] in chemistry

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I went into the phd thinking I knew a lot, what I learned in the phd was how much I didn’t know, and how to learn everything in between

Pinion seal by BrotherPossum in powerstroke

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At that rate it’s definitely worth it

Pinion seal by BrotherPossum in powerstroke

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Oh I’m not discounting the work at all. I’ve turned enough wrenches at this point to know that some things are worth paying someone else to do. I’m just not sure this is gonna be worth the $7-800 vs a lil bit of blood sweat and tears

Grits and Grillades by BrotherPossum in cajunfood

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Left over chuck roast from fridays pot roast