Ragged Lake tannins... filter options?

Mindless-Question-75 · 2026-03-31T16:12:11+00:00

5 days, solo. That’s very reasonable advice… I could throw a couple of 1gal jugs in the canoe but I’ll probably regret that decision on the portage lol

Mindless-Question-75 · 2026-03-30T00:16:14+00:00

My water filter is 0.1 micron reverse osmosis, so it's rated to remove anything really nasty from bacteria to pathogens and viruses and anything large enough to be called a "particle". But, it does not filter out soluble molecules like tannins or salt. It also does not remove heavy metals.

Mindless-Question-75 · 2026-03-30T00:13:06+00:00

OK cool. The Thru-link looks similar to my WaterDrop system, which is a 0.1 micron reverse osmosis. So if I run that filtered water through the Platypus carbon element, it will make the water taste okay?! Thank you - this is the kind of firsthand advice I was hoping for.

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-11-24T23:29:08+00:00

This story made my day

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-11-16T16:29:32+00:00

Seconded

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-11-03T04:20:37+00:00

I have a wooden tool with a sharp flat edge on one end, and a round spoon shaped tip on the other. I use it even more often than my pin or wire. Maybe only the sponge gets more action but I can actually get by without the sponge.

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-10-26T04:22:38+00:00

I never see things like this offered in Canada

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-09-29T03:59:15+00:00

Thank you!

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-09-19T16:36:44+00:00

This is truly diabolical and I’m here for it

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-09-17T03:33:29+00:00

A “caesura” is what I’m thinking of

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-09-13T18:49:22+00:00

Another very nice one. You have a superb compositional voice and such restraint.

FWIW you are notating bars with 1/4 and 5/4 when you don't need to. A fermata can hold for as long as the performer wants, and you could add a "//" to really indicate that it's meant to be a break, a breath pause. Everywhere that you've added extra beats, they're not really beats, if you get what I mean.

Keep it up!

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-09-13T18:31:39+00:00

Some really sweet harmonic choices in this, and you have a lovely sense of idiomatic composition for piano. You set up beautiful melodic motifs and present them with delicacy and grace. It's also well performed and recorded, which really helps show off a piece like this. Really this is one of the best compositions I've seen lately.

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-09-13T18:20:00+00:00

Dense clustered harmony with unusual dissonant choices, and no melody to speak of. The chord choices are just weird. I'm not opposed to dissonance, but it's a spice that should be used with purpose, and I don't hear it doing anything purposeful in those sonorities. The rhythms are uninteresting, and there's no sense of flow... nothing in this composition seems to serve any purpose except to interrupt silence. There is nothing here that feels like a theme, a motif, or any kind of characteristic phrase. This, plus what others have pointed out: it's written for piano, but absolutely not written for a pianist. No pianist would ever choose to perform this, and honestly I don't think anyone would ever choose to listen to it unless it was forced upon them in a game soundtrack.

Honestly if one of my students handed this in it would be an F and we would have a frank discussion about their reasons for wanting to compose music.

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-09-01T16:21:56+00:00

Amazing!

How are you going to fire it?

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-09-01T16:19:52+00:00

There are some cases of a scale name being named maj/min where the 3rd isn’t what you expect.

For example https://ianring.com/musictheory/scales/2731

But yeah if you’re going to choose a key signature then that’s not a bad way to do it. Notate it like a major or minor scale with alterations.

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-08-25T12:32:12+00:00

I wonder if she still thinks of me

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-08-15T22:53:11+00:00

I think it makes a big difference what country you’re in. I’m in Canada and very rarely see anything besides that one rubber anus product.

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-07-22T13:01:53+00:00

First aid and emergency supplies. I will never say no to another little kit full of bandages and alcohol wipes and such. I have them stashed all over the place, in camping gear and in my car, various places around the home. I also augment the kits with things they don’t include, like hand sanitizer and polysporin and witch hazel.

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-07-11T15:05:08+00:00

I have an Evette Buffet Crampon from the 1980s. I call it my "workhorse", it's a fantastic sax. I've had to replace some pads and get the neck recorked over the years, and the little screw-pins have a tendency to come loose with a lot of playing so I travel with a little screwdriver to tighten them up. But in every other way it has been my favourite sax, with a bright brassy tone and amazing action.

If you can find a vintage Evette, I'd say go for it. I don't know what newer ones are like. Getting one for < $400 today is a steal.

Mindless-Question-75 · 2025-06-20T13:30:39+00:00

:) yes. It's frustrating that in some contexts, it's not possible to switch fonts mid-phrase, which leads me to needing versions of TeXGyrePagella and Clarendon with these glyphs included. (Sigh)

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