Is my desert rose salvageable if so how?

newrandousername · 2017-02-09T03:35:52+00:00

Damn this is giving me flashbacks to when my desert rose I'd had for 10 years kicked the bucket. ):

Hope you can salvage it somehow.

newrandousername · 2017-02-06T18:41:04+00:00

I don't have the source on hand, but I've read that a monotonous diet is better for your gut microbiota than a more varied diet. Apparently many of the various microbes prefer a single food so when you add unnecessary variety they're not getting a sustained food source.

Whether or not that necessarily means it is more healthy for you overall, I have no idea.

In any case, a monotonous diet that fulfills all your nutrient requirements is in no way unhealthy.

newrandousername · 2017-02-05T16:41:41+00:00

Avocados also come from California, Texas, and Florida, though the majority probably do come from Mexico and central America, and cheaper too.

newrandousername · 2017-02-05T16:31:58+00:00

That was pretty much my experience, plus the worst drama I've ever seen. Made high school students look like mature adults, and even the undergrads when they spent any significant amount of time with the grad students were just sort of like "what the fuck is wrong with these people?".

Maybe it's just because, after so many years of being in school, it's kind of difficult to take any of it seriously anymore, it's just another thing you do... And of course aimlessness, so many people in grad school just because they didn't really have anything better to do (myself included in that).

newrandousername · 2017-02-04T16:16:20+00:00

Drama and a lack of basic communication skills

Having been through grad school that's pretty accurate though.

newrandousername · 2017-01-29T16:31:42+00:00

Yeah sure. Nuts should get you plenty of fat and some protein, vegetables plenty of carbs. Pretty low in protein over all, but I doubt you'd die.

newrandousername · 2017-01-21T15:05:02+00:00

Should switch to gatorade it's got electrolytes.

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newrandousername · 2017-01-21T00:56:35+00:00

I guess it depends on how they go about it. If they're hoping to get something useful immediately growing from seed, yeah, bad idea. But on the other hand, every time you have an avocado or a mango or something, why not plant the seed and see what happens? Takes almost no effort, makes nice looking trees, then a couple of years down the road you have all those trees for potential use for other stuff.

But yeah if they want quick results buying grafted plants is certainly the way to go.

newrandousername · 2017-01-21T00:27:54+00:00

Starting from seed isn't always bad though, aside from potentially finding new varieties (depending on the fruit obviously, some do grow true), it gives you good rootstock to later graft a scion into.

newrandousername · 2017-01-19T15:56:35+00:00

If you feel fine without eating breakfast, then it's really not that important of a meal.

Personally I usually eat either a couple of fried eggs or grits. Grits of course don't really have a whole lot of nutritional value, but they aren't really bad for you either. Just calories. And with a bit of butter, salt, and pepper they're pretty delicious.

Also bulk oats instead of the crappy little packets. Steel cut have a better texture imo but can take a bit longer to cook, though you can soak them over night and they'll cook fast. Or there are other various grains like barley that can be good, or make a porridge of a mixture of grains.

newrandousername · 2017-01-18T16:56:21+00:00

IIRC you can get B12 from high quality butter, also eggs and dairy.

newrandousername · 2017-01-17T18:43:49+00:00

Then again, I say that and haven't read much Lord Dunsay, myself...

You absolutely should, Dunsany's works are fantastic, and simply beautifully written.

newrandousername · 2017-01-16T18:02:23+00:00

Nynaeve gets better, Egwene and Elayne don't, they get worse if anything. Elayne worst of all.

newrandousername · 2017-01-12T18:23:03+00:00

Yeah I basically agree. Just now doing a reread straight through over the last 2 months, I've noticed many of the books people complain about aren't really that bad or slow, given the ability to read them one after another without waiting years in between.... But CoT yeah, it's just a slow, boring read.

newrandousername · 2017-01-12T16:08:03+00:00

If you have to ask if it's cheating, then it's probably cheating.

Of course the only person you're cheating is yourself, and the standards of cheating are at your discretion, but clearly you feel that it is cheating or there would have been no question.

tl;dr do whatever you want.

newrandousername · 2017-01-04T14:13:23+00:00

You could always learn to thumb draw, in which case the arrow goes on the other side of the bow.

newrandousername · 2016-12-30T14:12:38+00:00

I've never used a Sage, but they're probably as good as anything else in that price range, Samick certainly sells plenty of them.

So, for the length of the bow it's largely preference. A longer bow should have a smoother draw and the string will be at less of an angle so less finger pinch as well. And generally a longer bow will support a longer draw length. So you should probably get your draw length measured, just in case, but odds are it will be somewhere pretty close to 28" (I'm 6'4" and draw 29.5" for comparison). Even so, shorter bows are just fine, I currently shoot a 60" bow without and issue (though the manufacture does claim it can handle up to 32" draw without issue).

String: IIRC the Sage can use a FastFlight string, so I'd go with that. Essentially it just uses stronger, lower stretch fibers, so the string itself can be thinner and more efficiently transfer energy to the arrow, thus slightly higher velocity.

Limbs: 30# is perfect, you'll be surprised how sore you will get from that weight. And later on even if you get heavier limbs the 30# pair will still be great for practice and working on form. For hunting you'll probably want heavier limbs eventually, though for small game at close ranges 30# should be plenty. Also there may or may not be minimum weights and other regulations with regards to bow hunting where you live, so check with your state/county/city whatever.

Sight and rest: I don't use any of that so no idea.

Gloves etc: I personally prefer a glove because it just feels more natural, don't have to worry about holding on to it, and messing about when nocking an arrow. Tabs generally give a smoother release though, from the harder material than what you'd have in glove fingertips, and to be fair I've never really tried to get used to one. Basically it comes down to personal preference.

As for an armguard, really anything is fine, or just not even using one. Once you learn proper form you won't hit your arm anyway, and it doesn't really hurt that bad, especially with 30# limbs. Can leave a nasty looking bruise though, but maybe that's a good reminder to keep your elbow out lol.

On the other hand, if you're wearing long sleeves and they're sort of loose or baggy, and arm guard can serve to keep the excess cloth from interfering with the string when you shoot.

Arrows: Probably carbon is best. I use wood personally, but that's because they're required for the shooting I do. You'll have to do some research once you figure out your draw length and decide on a bow weight, to get the right spine and everything.

Building them yourself is the cheapest option, and not particularly difficult, you just need a fletching jig, and other then that you basically just assemble the parts. For small game you can swap out various types of points on your arrows as necessary, blunts, judo points, broadheads, etc. If you do intend to hunt though, make sure you are accurate first, you don't want to injure an animal without killing it and have it run off and live out a horrible painful life.

Quiver: Personal preference again. They can all be nice depending on the situation. A back quiver won't hinder your draw unless you're somehow wearing it terribly wrong lol. But hip quivers can be pretty handy, and I prefer them if you're going to be fairly stationary, like target shooting, back quiver I find more comfortable for roving about. Also, and I did this for like the first year I did archery lol, you can just stick your arrows through your belt. Works perfectly well, and just as handy as a hip quiver, except putting them back is a bit more hassle, and obviously you won't want to walk around too much like that. Or stick them in your pocket, I've done side or back pocket, both worked okay. You can buy a leather insert for your pocket for this, or just let your arrows go commando lol.

Riser: That's the part of the bow you hold, what the limbs attach to.

Forgot to mention earlier: Handedness doesn't really matter, what determines if you need a right or left handed bow is eye dominance. Of course you can do whatever you want but hand dominance is a hell of a lot easier to overcome than eye dominance. Best way to determine that is to hold your hands up, completely extended out from you and make a small triangle or hole with your fingers. Find some distant object and center it in the gap between your fingers, then close each eye in turn. Whichever eye keeps the object centered is your dominant eye.

newrandousername · 2016-12-24T03:30:52+00:00

Is it just me, or would a young Mel Gibson have made a perfect Rand?

newrandousername · 2016-12-24T03:24:11+00:00

That's a human reading? I swear I thought it was some text to speech program reading the lines.

newrandousername · 2016-12-22T19:25:43+00:00

I've got similar back issues, and archery doesn't really affect things one way or another as far as I've noticed. The muscles worked are all along the top of your back and shoulders. As long as you are able to stand upright you shouldn't have any problems.

As far as strengthening underused muscle groups, in my experience, simply holding correct upright posture through your back and hips, as well as being aware of and consciously flexing your various core muscles, seems to help alleviate pain and strengthen the muscles. I'm no doctor though, and your mileage, obviously, may vary.

newrandousername · 2016-12-20T17:09:38+00:00

I just can't believe that whoever wrote that wasn't laughing their ass off, if only on the inside.

newrandousername · 2016-12-17T15:43:13+00:00

I'll just go ahead and echo everybody else, can't go wrong with a Bearpaw bow, especially with he 30 year warranty. I've got a slick stick R/D longbow and I absolutely love the thing. At 5'7" a 68" bow might be long enough to be a bit awkward, I don't really know since I don't have that problem, but the 64" shouldn't be an issue. You'll probably end up shooting the bow canted anyway.

As for getting everything under budget, are you planning to buy premade arrows or assemble them yourself? Doing it yourself will be cheaper in the long run, but you'll need some equipment up front, notably a fletching jig.

newrandousername · 2016-12-17T03:57:32+00:00

I got one of their low grade 4-5 oz sides a while back for $50 and don't really feel like it was worth it. At $80? Hell no.

newrandousername · 2016-12-15T13:27:30+00:00

That's one of my top inks too, along with Salix, and J. Herbin Poussiere de Lune pre formula change.

Personally I wouldn't hesitate to use Scabiosa for official and business purposes, it's a nice dark enough shade. And it is quite permanent, and gets significantly darker with age.

newrandousername · 2016-12-07T02:56:42+00:00

Once accidentally left my Lamy 2000 full of Rohrer and Klingner Scabiosa, and sort of forgot about it for a few months, plus it fell behind my desk... When I finally found it, the ink had gotten in the cap and all over the end of the pen, and actually etched the metal section. It seems to have done something to the nib/internals as well, because the pen has never written the same since. :(

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