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[2LaneCruzer]

Must have been the same place a college friend went to work unless Trona has several chem employers?

Lost touch but he said the isolation can take a toll...

This was 50 years ago, and I'm sure it's changed, but I believe there were several different company plants there. I worked for the Kerr McGee company (formerly American Potash). I think that the 20 Mule Borax plant was there also. Isolation, yes. Tight knit company town? Yes. Management/labor cultural division. This was during a strike, and since I was considered management, I was elected to fill in.
It was a bit hostile; the strikers had access to a mountain of bulk glass in the form of marbles that had been cleaned from the incoming rail cars. There wasn't an unbroken window in the facility that faced the perimeter of the property; I guess the town sold out of wrist rockets.

 

[MossRoad]

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Oooo, I don't like changing the sheets on the bed for that very reason... I always pick the wrong edge.

 

[ponytug]

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ROTFLOL! Thanks!

 

[turnkey4099]

I hope to see the Northern Lights in person some day! The pics are stunning!

Oddly I spent two winters in Alaska on St. Lawrence and Shemya Islands. I cannot remember even once stepping out to see them but I must have. I did see a spectacular display once here in Eastern Washington. Got off shift at midnight in a town in the bottom of a small canyon. North rim (where I was headed) was lit up. I thought it might be a grass fire until I topped out and saw the display. Got home and called both my neighbors. Told them to turn off their yard lights and step to enjoy it. Nope, lights off about 1 minute and back off. Me and wife sat up for 2 hours.

 

[/pine]

Discarded /used PPE gear...shredded and added to concrete mixtures can increase the strength and durability by up to 22%...

The innovation, announced by RMIT University in Melbourne, requires the personal protective equipment (PPE) to be shredded and then mixed into cement at various volumes, between 0.1 percent and 0.25 percent.

Rubber gloves were found to increase concrete strength by 22 percent, isolation gowns increased resistance to bending stress by up to 21 percent, compressive strength by 15 percent and elasticity by 12 percent and face masks increased compressive strength by up to 17 percent.

Adding used COVD-19 masks to cement makes concrete 22% stronger

Adding shredded pieces of personal protective equipment to cement makes concrete stronger and more resistant to cracks. Rubber gloves were found to increase concrete strength by 22%.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Peace]

Discarded /used PPE gear...shredded and added to concrete mixtures can increase the strength and durability by up to 22%...

The innovation, announced by RMIT University in Melbourne, requires the personal protective equipment (PPE) to be shredded and then mixed into cement at various volumes, between 0.1 percent and 0.25 percent.

Rubber gloves were found to increase concrete strength by 22 percent, isolation gowns increased resistance to bending stress by up to 21 percent, compressive strength by 15 percent and elasticity by 12 percent and face masks increased compressive strength by up to 17 percent.

Adding used COVD-19 masks to cement makes concrete 22% stronger

Adding shredded pieces of personal protective equipment to cement makes concrete stronger and more resistant to cracks. Rubber gloves were found to increase concrete strength by 22%.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Good post. I thought the idea of hospital gowns was thrown out do to cracks being exposed on the backside of the concrete.

 

[IndyJay]

During the pandemic lockdowns, my best buddy was failing fast from bone cancer.

Knowing it's going to be a real bad day for the wife and I, the vet met us at his office which was closed. He wouldn't let us go into the building with him. I felt like I abandoned the little guy at his greatest need.

It's been two years and I'm still struggling with it at times.

Our vet came to our home to put our's down, dead of winter with snow and ice. He even offered to help bury him, but I had already dug the hole before the storm hit. Wonderful person.

 

[BruceR]

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