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I would ordinarily vote for a 3rd party candidate as a protest for the system that forces us to choose between two polar extremes. This time around I am voting for Biden just to make damn sure that Trump does not get a second term. I like Vermin Supreme but my vote would be better used elsewhere.

Along the lines of what I was thinking. https://scitechdaily.com/images/Researchers-Find-a-Soft-Spot-in-a-Tectonic-Slab.jpg

You and your furries. Feh!!!

My heart stopped beating due to severe magnesium depletion and I just recall slipping into calm velvety darkness before being zapped back to life. THAT part hurt like a sunofabeach. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2464251/

In my case the long list of medications I was on were responsible for excess excretion of certain minerals, such as magnesium, zinc, chloride, and sodium. The severe depletion of magnesium (Hypomagnesemia) is what killed me twice (convulsions and cardiac arrest). I suggest that your friend not take Spironolactone, Furosemide, and Omeprazole without careful monitoring of electrolyte levels if she is a diabetic. The Furosemide depleted my Magnesium, while the Spironolactone increased my Potassium retention interfering with kidney function. This incident was a result of a fragmented US health care system since my cardiologist and gastroenterologist did not know what each other had prescribed or the potential interactions. The Spironolactone and Furosemide were discontinued, and I have been taking 1200 mg of Magnesium Sulfate since I was discharged from the hospital, which is about 4 times the minimum RDA. https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/endocrine-and-metabolic-disorders/electrolyte-disorders/hypomagnesemia https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002423.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4962887/

Increased mass of the planet should also result in increased gravity, which explains why I weigh more, right???

Is it safe to assume there are hot springs at Aguas Calientes? If there are then that would explain a lot about the geology.

What if some of the cranks are administration?

Your sole remedy is to complain to the senior/chief editor, but do not count on anything positive coming out of the exchange. If you are a regular contributor and routinely have issues with this one editor then consider submitting elsewhere. :hammer:

Did you say Machu Pikachu?

It is refreshing to see someone other than me resurrecting an old thread (13 years old) (post 24).

I don't recall any pain the last two times I died.

I have never been much of a salt user, only adding it to boiling water when preparing pasta or sprinkling on onion rings, but at my last blood work I was low on both sodium and chloride and high on potassium, so now I am adding salt to just about everything.

That would be Morton's Salt. The label lists Salt, Calcium Silicate (anti caking agent), Dextrose, and Potassium Iodide as ingredients. As Exchemist mentioned, Iodine is added to prevent goiters. Iodine is used by the thyroid gland to produce Thyroxine and the lack of Iodine causes the thyroid to swell resulting in the characteristic neck bulge. People who live near the coast get plenty of Iodine from seafood, but people living inland would be susceptible to goiter, which prompted the addition of iodine. People with low Thyroxine levels have depressed metabolic rates and other issues. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyroid_hormones

Titan has been proposed as potentially habitable in the past due to its thick atmosphere, but it is composed almost of totally Nitrogen and Methane. It is also tidal locked as in the same side constantly faces Saturn. The temperature is 94K (-291F), and there is no trace of oxygen or water. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(moon)

I am leaning toward Ganymede. Liquid water under an ice crust and the only moon in the solar system with a magnetic field. The internal ocean is believed to contain more water than all of the oceans of the Earth. The water can be split into oxygen for breathing and hydrogen for fuel and the thick ice crust can protect against radiation from Jupiter while the core is warmed by tidal forces. The temperature on the surface ranges from 70K (-334F) to 110K (-262F) but I can't find any record of interior temperature (mainly because we haven't sent a probe with a drill so far). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganymede_(moon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth

I suppose so. Trolling is no fun without a real whale of a tale. ADD: Plankton and Krill are animals so Humpbacks are already carnivores, so my post wasn't too far from the truth. Cool photo though.

Yes, it is nonsense. I was having a bit of fun with a legitimate news item on a dull day. The article said the whale didn't swallow the Sea Lion, and that Humpbacks have an esophagus the diameter of a grapefruit or small melon.

A Humpback Whale in Monterey Bay, California was caught noshing on a Sea Lion 2 days ago. This paradigm shift in their dietary habits may be an indicator of the overall health of the Ocean. Details in article. https://www.simplemost.com/a-rare-photograph-shows-a-sea-lion-trapped-in-the-mouth-of-a-humpback-whale/

My mind is empty most of the time as many here can attest.

A magnetic field would necessitate a molten core which Mars lost billions of years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars

The world population was 3 billion in 1960, but now stands at 7.7 billion. The rate of population increase has been declining since 1988. I personally favor mandatory sterilization of all men after they sire one child. The limit can be increased to two children after the world population drops below 3 billion. You are welcome to my allotment, but don't expect support payments. https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/world-population-by-year/

I moved on to "Space1999" from 1975 to 1977. 48 episodes most of which I wasn't allowed to watch as a kid. A nuclear waste dump on the far side of the moon explodes ejecting the moon from the solar system with its 311 occupants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_1999 1st episode if anyone is interested in cheesy goodness.

The wifey is watching "Deal or No Deal" and I am going back to watch Dr. Who season 8, episode 12. Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart is about to make a cameo and Rupert Pink is back from the dead.

The human mind cannot accept the fact that life is finite and created the concept of a "soul" that transcends the end of physical existence. Try as it might, science has never been able to prove or disprove the existence of a soul any more than it has proven or disproven the existence of a supreme deity. As I may have mentioned previously, I died twice a few years ago and I remember nothing except slipping into inky black silence until being rudely jolted back to life.