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Post by metalsmith on Oct 7, 2016 2:22:24 GMT -5
[/quote Re-wound to the start to see if I could identify any violence ... didn't see any. But, used properly - against violent protest - I don't have a problem except that it is indiscriminate such that it 'tags' the guys next to a violent one. The stink might be used to pick the protesters out afterwards, but there's no surety that they were violent other than they were there without film evidence. Its a start though. You'd certainly get a carriage to yourself on the train home. Hey, I might use that for the commute!
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 7, 2016 2:14:08 GMT -5
How many entries can we get? TommySadly I will have to sit this one out. Surgery on my ankle is scheduled for Monday and I'm being told minimum of 6 weeks minimum before putting any weight on it. I am currently exploring "rolling" options that might get me back in the shop earlier than that but options are limited. Hope it goes well. Been there ... no fun but you'll get through it and be better for it. Best wishes.
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 6, 2016 9:55:44 GMT -5
Nope. Nothing short of a very large meteorite is changing this. Not ice melting, not cow farts, not every human in the world jumping in synchrony, not burning all the oil on the planet. It's called precession. Google it. Another long word for you; possibly even familiar: Excentricitythose that dabble with the stock markets may have come across the theory of Milankovitch Cycles before
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 6, 2016 6:23:12 GMT -5
Wait a moment. Human activity has now changed the position of the north pole? Not magnetic north, but north that equals the axis we spin on actually points to a different place now? In a way Large Enough the Inuit cannot navigate any more? That would have to be a big change. No? Bullsnot. Astronomers would be all over this change. They calibrate their mounts off of this particular dataset. I would be able to see it from my backyard using a hobby telescope. I wouldn't be able to align it to track stars or planets. If I am wrong, and the position of the north pole has actually changed in a significant way, which came first? Climate change or pole change? Billy. I still do not get it do I? I don't think this is attributed to human activity. Last Easter I was stopping near the English Lake District. Near but quite far... and trying to work out which peaks had snow on them. I pulled out the map and bearing in mind I was (many years ago) SF trained and still pull out an occasional mountain marathon despite my ailments, do tend to know which side of the map is up. So I trained my compass on the peaks - around 30 miles away and had some awful trouble. Eventually I had to refer to the web to find out the going rate for magnetic declination. It was huge - enough to throw the nav seriously off. I note the going rate is now only 2 degrees. Huh?!
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 6, 2016 6:13:42 GMT -5
Oh that's it then - we all f****d. Except if you're near Yellowstone, where you'll be doubly f****dAlternatively the sun will rise tomorrow...
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 6, 2016 3:41:02 GMT -5
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 6, 2016 3:16:25 GMT -5
And by the way, those are some badass polishes!! Wow!! ^ That ^ Cut a circular hole into dark grey / black card. Feather the edges @ 1/4" to accept the lens. Shoot in good light, but looking down through the card should eliminate the shine. Use lights as per Shotgunner's link to provide oblique highlight shine.
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 6, 2016 3:12:21 GMT -5
Nothing wrong with saving your powder then making it count! Amazing sphere! (loved the obsidian via the link too)
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 6, 2016 3:07:48 GMT -5
Great work. I love the chrysocolla and crazy lace! And your mystery stone ... hope you find out what it is!
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 4, 2016 12:17:37 GMT -5
"We must always be prepared and not let our guard down." There's nothing wrong with infrastructure, preparedness and training. Those things will save lives. A warning system for shock waves won't work unless the origin is some distance away. the network of buoys for Tsunami for example. "The risk is temporarily elevated to 1 percent above normal" I think this is all about keeping it high up the agenda and rightly so; folk purging old survival rats and procuring new - refreshed stocks; turnover. All good.
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 3, 2016 16:55:27 GMT -5
Earthquakes and predictability ... an oxymoron. The more earthquakes - the greater the lessening of stress. But even inverse correlation fails to produce a significant r^2. A good example is Italy, where recently the seismologists were taken to court for failing to predict a killer. link. Another Italian killer just happened again. It is a notorious conundrum that has transcended earth sciences and even the maths / ML community can't get to grips with it. It is something that I studied recently as a case in point that despite plenty of data there is no strength in any of the relationships. Similarly warnings. It just shows the authorities don't understand what they're dealing with: shock waves. Travel almost as quickly as the warning. I'm not sure how useful a 3 second warning will be. Maybe just enough. If the purpose of such a system is purely to placate the public, then great...
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 3, 2016 16:35:36 GMT -5
Similarly, I love the lapis. The rhodochrosite is amazing, but not my colour Poppy jasper ... I'm always a sucker for that.
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 3, 2016 16:31:39 GMT -5
Awesome photos ...
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 3, 2016 12:13:23 GMT -5
Did you vote in the checkboxes at the top of the page - that's where it counts!
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 2, 2016 16:35:19 GMT -5
@shotgunner jdubsI find what you've done amazing But tbh, I'm not motivated in that direction: the simple life for me! ... cuts stone, sometimes polishes stone occasionally sets stone
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 2, 2016 15:08:08 GMT -5
Oh, I know all about those curves. I even mentioned that it was still wonky. I tried to eyeball it as a freeform and wasn't perfect. I had already cut it once before, so I let it go. I am human after all.... I only mentioned it as you already had; otherwise it could just have been down to the aspect of view.
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 2, 2016 15:04:00 GMT -5
Turning out gems like that make the gents happy too!
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 2, 2016 11:42:06 GMT -5
Yes, you can see the bevels on the chrysocolla; and a practised / picky eye can see the curves on the gem silica don't quite match, but nothing serious! Lovely stones as ever.
Yes, keep things wet and try not to breathe any dust, copper or otherwise!
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 2, 2016 1:23:01 GMT -5
Hahah Yes, it is a sub-type of lignite - a fossil of Araucaria sp. trees (modern day monkey-puzzle). Its compact nature and ability to be worked to fine carvings and take a very high polish mean that it is a prized gemstone. I also don't think it burns very well It can also be found in France, Portugal, the Russian Urals and parts of the US. Wikipediaglennz01 might be interested that "Anthracite (hard coal) is superficially similar to fine jet, and has been used to imitate it. This imitation are not always easy to distinguish from real jet". From Wikipedia as above.
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Post by metalsmith on Oct 1, 2016 13:41:38 GMT -5
I'm not so sure about backing, but 'fronting' clear quartz cabs are available on etsy fyi. Tommy
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