Official Off Topic Discussion Thread #1
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Chevette passed the neighborhood drive. Car is down to a 1/4 tank. I want to run it down a little bit more before getting gas in it. So, I'll run a few more neighborhood tests.
Please excuse my ignorance, but what is "women's" day? When is "Men's" day? Is there a "Men's" day? Ten bucks says men's day isn't a thing...
"I want gender equality, but you have to treat treat me like a snowflake at my convenience! Because I'm a woman!" They're idiots, absolute idiots...
My cousin has polycystic ovaries and has a bit of trouble keeping weight off. She's 6'2 and at her biggest weighed almost 140kgs when she was 17-18ish, then she started getting all depressed because of her size, so she got off her ath and went for a walk... Then a jog... Then a run... Then ate a healthy meal.. Then another jog... It took while but she now weighs somewhere around 95kgs and looks great. She works really hard to keep herself at a "normal" weight because she wants to live to be 50 lol
The whole "its a medical condition" thing bugs me, I know people with spinal injuries, lung problems etc and they still get off their butts and go for walks - granted a spinal injury doesn't affect your bodies ability to burn fat, but it damn sure makes excersize harder than it needs to be! My mother is lucky not to be in a wheelchair because of an incident that took place when she was a young teen. At times (mainly when its cold) she can barely get out of a chair, but she walks to the shop instead of driving when she needs milk, she cooks meals at home with an oven and not a deep fryer... If people with spinal injuries and breathing difficulties can manage small amounts of excersize to keep them healthy then why can't everyone else?
I'll stop now, the "weight debate" is something I could rant about for a week so I'll shut up before I get myself in trouble lol
On another topic, my power was out for ages last night between 12:30am and 2:00am, I'm about to ring them to find out what the hell happened and if they planned to tell people it had happened because if I wasn't awake at a ridiculous hour I wouldn't of known it had happened and would of been very upset/confused when my fish started dying and my tanks showed a mini cycle... Over an hour and a half with no bloody power!!! Fish seemed fine when it came back on but still...
I'll be testing the tanks like there's no tomorrow so I can catch the spike before it get to 'spikey', its safe to assume I'll get a mini cycle right?
Hello; Sounds like you are using a good plan. That is the way I try to get a car going that has been sitting a while. Several small steps with lots of checking in between before getting to far from home base.
Good luck
Hello; No I do not think so. Should not have a mini cycle. First thing it was a short power outage.
I have had power outages up to four days with no cycle issues. The bb are stuck on many surfaces in a tank. back a few decades we ran tanks with no filtration at all.
If the power is out for days then an external filter might get loaded with decay toxins which might get flushed into a tank at a restart.
Biggest concern I ever have had with power outages is oxygen depletion in crowded tanks during hot weather. I went to low stocking densities a couple of decades ago and al my fish have done well during outages.
I guess if the tanks are stocked so dense and close to the edge that the only way they can keep going is with constant power filter agitation and flow across the bb in the filter media, then after several hours problems may start.
Good luck
Thank you. When the power came back on all the fish were fine (no abnormal breathing, swimming etc) and the temperature only dropped by one or two °c while it was out. I think I'll still cling to my test kit though, I get a "bit" paranoid about my BB when I think its in danger... Those little guys are one of if not the most essential part to keeping my fish alive so when they're in danger, I panic - not the best course of action but oh well...
COMPLETE IDIOCY!!! I heard women's day was supposed to be Monday, but no woman was actually ready till today.
Funny, some said they wanted equal pay but yet they skipped work...I guess they don't want equal work or responsibility.
It's funny how the lights are still on, the water still runs, there was a little less traffic (not to mention the fact I saw zero accidents), and I actually had a good sandwich that was made by a man. Maybe we don't actually need them.
You are correct. No men's day. We have woman's health centers, but no men's health centers as well. Also there is "Bring your daughter to work day" yet sons are left out.
