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As an actual chemist who never worked professionally in a "wet lab" I can still understand the fascination. I was actually an "instruments" guy and went straight into a non-lab industrial environment. (The details are too long a story for here.) But food chemistry can be fun. If you get the...

Well, regarding your tooth, I hope everything comes out OK.

When the tooth splits off like that, it usually means you have been neglecting your enamel OR you have a liking for unusually hard candies. Do you grind your teeth at night? The last time that happened to me, I ended up getting a crown. Other than getting a mouth injection for anesthesia to...

But Uncle G, the issue of "properly brought up" is the issue of rigid thinking. Once a person is uncomfortable in his/her skin, he/she ALSO becomes uncomfortable with rigid gender identification standards. You and I, who don't have gender dysphoria, can't imagine the feelings of a person with...

As a member of the other forum, I have not noticed that much spam - but you have more people who are some level of admin on that forum. Plus, it is a different base bulletin board type of software, so maybe the spammers are targeting the newer sites. It's a known tactic. We used to see it all...

Despite our claim to be an intellectually advanced civilization, there are still those of us who become so troubled by people who are somehow "different" that they cannot be near them. In essence, they can't "let it be" because they are so bothered by those differences even though they would...

I've been thinking about getting back into it because the local ACBL (American Contract Bridge League) is only about 3 miles from my house. But these days I've got other priorities and so far, nothing has moved me to go back. But I've had a lot of fun at bridge tables, just as I'm sure you've...

Good work, Jon! Glad you got the trophy back. I was never a good enough bridge player to win national tournaments, but I once taught a bridge class at my alma mater, Univ. of New Orleans, and later was director for the uni's bridge club. When the number of people attending a session was...

Nothing yet. Our autumn won't get here until October. However, when it arrives, it will be cooler and will get darker earlier. It will be time for me to switch to my morning-walk habit. And I will enjoy that change. I suppose I should try to wax philosophically on changing of seasons, but...

I understand that tensions are running quite high now. Perhaps it will help you understand that USA politics has become polarized to the point of many outright yelling and screaming matches. Not limited to Congress - but they can get quite heated.

It would appear that Boris Johnson's attempt to side-step Parliament has failed and he will probably face a "no-confidence" vote, though the article I saw in the local news rag wasn't clear on whether by losing a particular vote he hadn't already been given such a vote. You guys over the pond...

"Don't care about what other people think and you will always be their target." - Doc

I am seeing in the USA news rags that some people have been circulating petitions and that they have as many as a million signatures to prevent the closure of Parliament. What is that old Chinese curse? May you live in interesting times.

Understood. I am not sure that we could ever legally suspend Congress. Sometimes I want to suspend some of them with a single rope from a tree branch, but only sometimes.

We have today (8/28/19) seen a news report that your new Prime Minister is asking Queen Elizabeth to temporarily suspend Parliament to prevent the opposition from scuttling Brexit. I know if someone over here tried to suspend Congress we might actually have an armed conflict in a responsive...

If you have not read it yet, may I suggest Asimov's "The Last Question" as a really good read involving the end of the universe? It is not a time travel story, but it is a computer story and an end-of-the-universe story.

Newton's Laws actually are quite sound. It is just that we found that they have a limit... which is also a play on the nature on the limit. In physic and chemistry, it frequently happens that we find there are macro effects and micro effects. If we do the math, we invariably find that the...

You help by offering advice on how you managed to get past the grief. We all do eventually get past the worst of the grief, at least to some degree. I'll give you the answer I found for myself when I lost my parents (about 5 years apart, back in the 1980s). And if it helps any other readers...

Been there, done that. For me? Mom died in 1987; Dad passed in 1982. I can completely understand your loss and sympathize. I have had time to get past it. (Note: Did NOT say "get over it.") I know you had mentioned her health issues before in this forum. I hope it was at least a...

My activity profile was that I did my best work after dark. When I started my hobbyist writing, I was able to churn out a couple of chapters in one night when the ideas were there. Then I would spend a few days polishing up what I wrote, having put the basic ideas in print. (Well, in digital...