they need to find a way to get that kind of stuff back in front of kids eyes. the wonder of adventure. I think gen Xers got all nervous about letting kids watch adventure in any kind of unfiltered capacity after the challenger
On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 3:56 PM <ch...@go-mtc.com> wrote: > I remember being sensitized to the danger of tetraethyl lead by watching > some kind of scuba diving show when I was a kid. They were diving on a > site > where there were barrels of the stuff either on a ship wreck or on the > ocean > floor. One of the barrels had a leak and one of the divers got a drop on > him and it killed him. > > That was pretty impactful for a 6 year old. I loved Jacque Cousteau and > Sea > Hunt. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Andrews > Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 2:37 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Weather > > My Dad owned gas stations. Used to bring a little bottle of Hi-test > home because my mom loved the smell... I like your mom over mine... > > On 10/9/24 13:33, ch...@go-mtc.com wrote: > > My mom would not let us eat blackberrys that came from bushes along the > > side of the highways for this reason. She was probably right. > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Robert Andrews > > Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 2:27 PM > > To: af@af.afmug.com > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Weather > > > > This would have had a much much bigger effect on Boomers than any other > > generation... ( this is actually true !) > > > > On 10/9/24 12:21, Ken Hohhof wrote: > >> I saw someone the other day saying Gen X votes a certain way because > >> breathing lead from leaded gasoline cost them X many IQ points. I am > >> pretty sure this was sarcasm, but you can’t tell anymore. > >> > >> *From:*AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *ch...@go-mtc.com > >> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 9, 2024 1:54 PM > >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Weather > >> > >> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature_record_of_the_last_2,000_years#/media/File:2000+_year_global_temperature_including_Medieval_Warm_Period_and_Little_Ice_Age_-_Ed_Hawkins.svg > >> < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature_record_of_the_last_2,000_years#/media/File:2000+_year_global_temperature_including_Medieval_Warm_Period_and_Little_Ice_Age_-_Ed_Hawkins.svg > > > >> > >> I have no reason to doubt this data. > >> > >> *From:*dmmoff...@gmail.com <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com> > >> > >> *Sent:*Wednesday, October 9, 2024 12:18 PM > >> > >> *To:*'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > >> > >> *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT Weather > >> > >> Come explain this to my whole family, please. I’ll invite you to > >> Thanksgiving dinner. > >> > >> “Here is another fact: All the records indicate a non linear increase > in > >> temperatures. > >> > >> So circle back to the beginning, warmer air == more moisture in the > air. > >> More moisture in the air makes clouds which make storms and rain. > >> > >> Occam's Razor. > >> > >> “ > >> > >> *From:*AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> > *On > >> Behalf Of *ch...@go-mtc.com <mailto:ch...@go-mtc.com> > >> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 09, 2024 11:20 AM > >> *To:* af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> > >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT Weather > >> > >> I have many friends and acquaintances that love them a good conspiracy > >> theory. I am not given to any conspiracies. > >> > >> Today the subject was HAARP. (Defunct research project to attempt > >> ionospheric heating). I was actually tangentially associated with > HAARP > >> for a while. > >> > >> Being a life long ham the prospect of creating a patch of ionosphere > that > >> could reflect HF signals any time of the day or night was very > exciting. > >> The problem is, it never worked. They learned a whole bunch about the > >> upper atmosphere but the initial promise never worked out. But wow, is > >> there a group believing that the guvmnt can control the weather. Yes, > >> they can with cloud seeding etc but not with HAARP. And control is not > >> really a good word, more like influence. > >> > >> I try to speak reason, share some facts, always falls on deaf ears. > >> > >> HAARP was heating the ionosphere. There ain’t no weather up there. > >> > >> Weather is in the troposphere. > >> > >> Troposcatter can inject a bit of energy in the troposphere but it is > 100 > >> times higher frequencies and produces no noticeable increase in > >> temperature. > >> > >> Here is a fact: Warmer air can hold more moisture. Something like 7% > per > >> degree. Don’t recall if that was F or C. > >> > >> If you could selectively and effectively heat the atmosphere with > >> something like radiowaves interesting things could happen. Even > >> nefarious things. So far, no system has been demonstrated. Inverse > >> square law governs. If you calculate the specific heat of a large > enough > >> volume of air (Like a sphere 20 miles in diameter) the amount of energy > >> needed for the transmitters would be on the scale of several nuclear > >> powered aircraft carriers to power the transmitter. Better just to > >> launch small nukes with cloud seeding fall out. > >> > >> Here is another fact: For as long as there have been thermometers, > >> humans have been keeping a record of temperatures. Some of those old > >> thermometers actually survived so that their inaccuracies could be > >> characterized and their records could be adjusted to modern standards. > >> > >> Here is another fact: All the records indicate a non linear increase > in > >> temperatures. > >> > >> So circle back to the beginning, warmer air == more moisture in the > air. > >> More moisture in the air makes clouds which make storms and rain. > >> > >> Occam's Razor. > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> -- > >> AF mailing list > >> AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >> <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > >> > >> > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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