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Melting Steps: Temple of Hathor
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My Facebook is filled with these, "mysteries" that upon the slightest examination prove to be no mystery at all.
For example, the melted steps within the Temple of Hathor in Egypt. According to the link on Facebook, and (briefly) on Reddit - "it would take 4k degrees fahrenheit (2204 celsius)to melt stone. That's a little less than the surface temperature of the sun."
Wow! That's proof of Ancient Aliens, or a Meteorite, or Nuclear War, or Atlantis, or something.
Only a single Google search reveals the steps are carved from Limestone - specifically travertine, which as the rain washed into the temple over thousands of years ran down the steps, both removing the limestone and redepositing it, in a process very similar to what you find in Caves.
So no mystery at all, the mystery being how people are too lazy to do the most remedial of research and come to an intelligent and informed conclusion, preferring to spread disinformation.
..That said, you heard the latest regarding 5G and the activation of the Covid shots?
Greenwashing: Disposable Plastic Bags
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Of course, working in a thrift shop you realize pretty quick how we all bought into an even worse nightmare than originally was created by cheap disposable plastic bags.
By which I mean those "reusable" fabric bags, branded Wal-Mart or Save-On or Safeway or any of a thousand companies, yours for only a dollar, you really don't want to harm the earth any further by using one of those cheap disposable plastic bags, do you?
Only, working in a thrift shop you see how many of those purchased reusable bags come in, having seen perhaps half a dozen, at most a dozen uses, and you realize that they need to be used in the thousands of times to offset their bigger (and worse) environmental footprint, and - no, we've actually made things worse, far, far worse with reusable bags and - best of all - they're making us pay to do so!!!
So, I brazenly demand cheap plastic bags, I have no shame having forgotten my reusable bag, the plastic, it'll see it's next use as a garbage bag - food in, garbage out - and I'll be damned if I'm paying to further lay waste to the environment...
Kelowna, Penticton
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The long dreaded dental appointment.
Monday the drive, Tuesday morning - a few thrift shops. I'm replenishing my wardrobe for fall, some good finds, scarves, vests, dress shirts, pants.
Then the dentist.
Now I've been holding a back tooth in with my tongue these last few days, a sore spot where I took to overbrushing to no avail, and the tooth eventually had enough and just plumb fell out. And so I optimistically popped it back in and held it there with my tongue the next few days.
To no avail. The cleaning progresses, an hour and a half of misery, less misery than I'm used to, true, but misery nonetheless. Measurements are taken, there's some progress, the gum therapy has shown some success, overall, next appointment in a few months.
Free, and more than a little miserable, tooth in my pocket I'm off.
Furniture, furniture aplenty. Loveseats, chairs, sofa tables, everywhere I check. The re-store, Kelowna Share, treasures abound. And no real way of strapping them to my vehicle and so that's that.
It's a bit annoying this, nothing to be found in Nelson by ways of livable furniture, but if I had a half-ton I'd be done furnishing my place in an hour, and for well under $200.
Back to Nelson, my apartment still needs an abundance of sorting out, things to be sorted and moved into the closet, clothing closet to be organized and sorted, I've got a few hours of work ahead but I'm a championship avoider and so it will be time to gather my resources and get onto it - before my son arrives with my furniture to begin filling it up.
On that note, no sooner than I arrive back in Nelson, 5:25, pop into Share and I discover a fine armchair. Good enough, comfy (enough), and so I now have 2 chairs for family to sit upon during visits. Still in need of a Sofa Table and Loveseat...
Nicholas Cage - Dream Scenario
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This looks sublime...
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