The Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread XLII

[Gori the Grey]

I'll shtand by what I shaid. (But keep in mind, I've already had two Scoshes)

 

[H4run]

So scotch is basically deep fried whiskey?

Dammit, this is just too good, too good

 

[Takhisis]

So scotch is basically deep fried whiskey?

Not exactly. It is what you use to fuel the fryer.

 

[Synobun]

Anyone here ever use these SweatBlock wipes? For various reasons, I sweat a lot outdoors. I also have sensitive skin where most antiperspirants irritate me and cause an unbearable itch when I start to sweat. (Arm & Hammer is the worst; it causes outright chemical burns.)

Usually what happens is that I find an antiperspirant that doesn't irritate me and then use it until it stops working, then find another. That is currently failing me and I am enticed by the idea of a wipe that works for a week and can be used over a larger area than simply the armpit.

 

[H4run]

antiperspirants

TIL. I use deodorant but I never know there is something called antiperspirants that function to reduce sweat.

Just a week ago I think I interviewed someone who has a sweating problem, the room was icy cold and my officer trembled and I need to turn off the AC for her from time to time, yet he was sweating as if he had just washed his face.

Having said that hope you can find the solution Synobun-san.

 

[Farm Boy]

I had an older relative that was allergic to antiperspirants. She wasn't allergic to the active ingredient, however, so she would just buy and apply powdered aluminum salts. Not sure exactly how. I should probably ask dad, that.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Aluminum Salts Handle with care?

 

[Farm Boy]

It's the active ingredient in the antiperspirants you're buying already in vast likelihood. It's a weird fetish we have, with not smelling like we do.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Is anyone here a believer in those copper compression sleeves? Or really, what I want to know is if there's a brand that really does have a significant amount of copper in it. If I'm going to give it a try, I want to really be testing if the copper has any effect.

 

[Birdjaguar]

copper compression sleeves

What are they supposed to do?

 

[Gori the Grey]

Help with stiff/sore joints.

 

[Synobun]

I reckon the "compression" is doing all the lifting in that arrangement. There's really no way for copper to affect your body unless it were leaching into your skin, and then you'd have bigger problems.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Thanks. Funny, in the commercials, they try to get you to believe that it's the copper that's doing the work. But those, of course, are commercials. And I've always had my skepticism in place. But I'm to the point of thinking "what the hell; give it a try." And if even only the compression helps, then maybe I'll be happy I did.

 

[Cutlass]

I read this article once about planting a woodlands in a cleared area where they were talking about the advantages of planting a mixed type of vegetation. And it had a specific name. But can't recall. Anyone know it?

 

[Birdjaguar]

Woodlands tend to grow naturally as a mixed forest (given enough water) that include grasses, shrubs, understory trees and canopy trees. When fully matured, such woodlands may well have a single dominant species with little or no understory growth, but that takes time and being left alone. The key question about purposely growing a forest is the goal of the project. restoration, lumber, recreation, wildlife habitat, etc.

 

[Cutlass]

Woodlands tend to grow naturally as a mixed forest (given enough water) that include grasses, shrubs, understory trees and canopy trees. When fully matured, such woodlands may well have a single dominant species with little or no understory growth, but that takes time and being left alone. The key question about purposely growing a forest is the goal of the project. restoration, lumber, recreation, wildlife habitat, etc.

Right. But there's a word or phrase for planting that in a currently cleared space. That's what I'm trying to remember.

 

[Birdjaguar]

@Cutlass Reforestation?

 

[really]

Agroforestry would be mixing agriculture of some form with forestry - planting crops or fruit in the space between the trees maybe or say keeping pigs there.

Permaculture would be a similar concept, perhaps more focused on the productive plants than the trees.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I reckon the "compression" is doing all the lifting in that arrangement. There's really no way for copper to affect your body unless it were leaching into your skin, and then you'd have bigger problems.

Including green skin. Unless you want parts of you to look Vulcan...

 

[tjs282]

What does a passport cost in the UK?

According to the PDF downloadable here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-fees-and-refunds

...a passport for an adult (age 16+) UK citizen resident in the UK, costs anything between 75.50 GBP for a basic online application (postal costs 10 GBP more), to 177.00 GBP for the "Digital premium service", whatever that means (overnight delivery?).

UK citizens living outside the UK (such as myself) pay about 10 GBP extra for both postal and digital applications; but the really expensive options *hollow laugh* aren't available to us.