I'm 2510 months
I just realized this
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Yes booze is still illegal for you in the USA. Someone who can't drink is a child. qed.
You're long since of legal age in civilization, if i matters. Have no fear.
Why you young whippersnapper ! I have half a mind to box your ears for that .I said that because I'm keeping you oldies in check
If you want, I can lend you my ban hammer.Why you young whippersnapper ! I have half a mind to box your ears for that .
Some mods, ahem, have little rubbery banhammers that squeak when they hit a surface.
Online is a weird world, but I will always appreciate the fact that from the age of 14 to when I was 17, I had a friend and mentor who was well into his eighties. It gave me a perspective, as well as a lot knowledge. He was killed by a careless driver, quite possibly one who was drunk (hit and run) while his mind was still sharp and he was only just considering closing his shop.
We're all different, and age is part of the difference. I've never been that impressed by the gen this and gen that divisions that people get worked up about. The teenagers I taught were just like us, with slightly different values at times, and more tech, but all still curious apes with big brains.
Online is a weird world, but I will always appreciate the fact that from the age of 14 to when I was 17, I had a friend and mentor who was well into his eighties. It gave me a perspective, as well as a lot knowledge. He was killed by a careless driver, quite possibly one who was drunk (hit and run) while his mind was still sharp and he was only just considering closing his shop.
We're all different, and age is part of the difference. I've never been that impressed by the gen this and gen that divisions that people get worked up about. The teenagers I taught were just like us, with slightly different values at times, and more tech, but all still curious apes with big brains.
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TwoTankAmin
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You are correct about teenagers and even those into their 20s. I have always said that there is nothing so full of itself as a teenager. When I was in my early years I was certain I had all the answers. I knew it all. Now at 77 I have learned that I actually know very little compared to the total of what can be known.
Since I began reading papers on the nitrifying bacteria there have been two really major discoveries. The first was the existence of ammonia oxidizing Archaea. Most of us have these in our tanks. The second was the fact that some strains of the Nitrospira which were discovered to process nitrite to nitrate in tanks can actually process ammonia straight to nitrate. This is the amazing part of the scientific method, it never stands still, it never stops questioning what we think is known and Science it expects what we thought were the facts cab change as we ; and as the tools we have improve.
Since I began reading papers on the nitrifying bacteria there have been two really major discoveries. The first was the existence of ammonia oxidizing Archaea. Most of us have these in our tanks. The second was the fact that some strains of the Nitrospira which were discovered to process nitrite to nitrate in tanks can actually process ammonia straight to nitrate. This is the amazing part of the scientific method, it never stands still, it never stops questioning what we think is known and Science it expects what we thought were the facts cab change as we ; and as the tools we have improve.
Age is something I’ve been thinking about a lot since my wife passed away nine months ago . I think about things that she looked at and talked about , reminiscences of her earlier years she spoke of and I think that people don’t age mentally , only physically . I still think I’m young and strong and full of it ( actually , I am full of it ) but only my body is withering . The mind is the same and like @TwoTankAmin I now realize that I know nothing of what can be known and now I think I really am in my second childhood . I have time that doesn’t have to be spent at work or school and there’s things I want to know . Gary’s eighty year old mentor ? I think I might know just a bit about what made him tick .
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I had never seen that one, and I enjoyed it.
I grew up with the same measurements you guys have, but we switched to metric in my teens. There are some old people, and ultra conservative ones who still use fahrenheit - I just google the temp when I remember I'm talking with Americans.
We're sensible here. Outside of hospitals, we use feet and inches for height. I feel taller with the old system, and I like that. We use pounds for weight, though kilos are also used. I mean, I am 6"3, 210. I could be 190 and 95, and 95 sounds better but weaker.
In hospitals, it's all international standard metric. Temps and snow accumulation are in cm, unless we want to impress Americans from the south, at which point inches return. Fish lengths are in cm. Distance and speed is in km, for my generation at least. Grams are gaining ground since the seventies generation understands them well, but litres are for milk. So are liters. Gallons are for fishtanks, since we tended to get them from the US.
Canadians have it all figured out. We can still spell English too. But even there, younger Canadians will write center, and ones from my region, Quebec, where French is the main language, will use the older British centre. In my version of English, there are a lot of Irish influences as well as French words we thought were English til we left our little bubble.
I notice my British friends use miles, for some weird reason. But I don't know if their miles are your miles. Plus they have internationally nonsense measurements like 'stones". It seems to me that when we look at the out of step US measurement system, it's largely British. If the US really wanted to be exceptional, they'd be like my grandmother's recipes "Use two of the blue teacups of maple syrup with the large yellow bowl and the mixer from Zeller's (not the other one) and half a bag of flour..."
I grew up with the same measurements you guys have, but we switched to metric in my teens. There are some old people, and ultra conservative ones who still use fahrenheit - I just google the temp when I remember I'm talking with Americans.
We're sensible here. Outside of hospitals, we use feet and inches for height. I feel taller with the old system, and I like that. We use pounds for weight, though kilos are also used. I mean, I am 6"3, 210. I could be 190 and 95, and 95 sounds better but weaker.
In hospitals, it's all international standard metric. Temps and snow accumulation are in cm, unless we want to impress Americans from the south, at which point inches return. Fish lengths are in cm. Distance and speed is in km, for my generation at least. Grams are gaining ground since the seventies generation understands them well, but litres are for milk. So are liters. Gallons are for fishtanks, since we tended to get them from the US.
Canadians have it all figured out. We can still spell English too. But even there, younger Canadians will write center, and ones from my region, Quebec, where French is the main language, will use the older British centre. In my version of English, there are a lot of Irish influences as well as French words we thought were English til we left our little bubble.
I notice my British friends use miles, for some weird reason. But I don't know if their miles are your miles. Plus they have internationally nonsense measurements like 'stones". It seems to me that when we look at the out of step US measurement system, it's largely British. If the US really wanted to be exceptional, they'd be like my grandmother's recipes "Use two of the blue teacups of maple syrup with the large yellow bowl and the mixer from Zeller's (not the other one) and half a bag of flour..."
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