I guess not.
Therefore, I shall strip naked and really relax in thread. Ahhh....
Am I the only person at work today?
Nope, I'm here.
No pants, no service
I've reached the conclusion that Korean pop-music lacks Seoul.
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A mööse once bit my sister.
Nice thing about sharing our office building with a government agency is that on holidays like this the parking lot is EMPTY. Best parking spots are always available on these days.
Maybe just leave your car on parking tonight and have the good spot for yourself tomorrow?
A mööse once bit my sister.
Sorry to hear that. And I'm running what little fare I find around Las Vegas today.
I've reached the conclusion that Korean pop-music lacks Seoul.
I'm trying to get into k pop but it's just making me miss the j pop of the late 90s.
Grr! I forgot to buy laundry detergent.
(Which according to google translate is called "purgant" in Latin.)
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I'm pretty sure the Romans did not have washing machines.
I'm pretty sure the Romans did not have washing machines.
Yes, they had; slaves had legal status of walking tools.
Going by an ad I just saw in a Swedish RPG-magazine, I saved about 100 SKr ($14 or €10, or £8) on buying Ultimate Campaign from Paizo rather than a (not that) local retailer.
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Gold was found today underneath the family olive orchards (olive-oil production is one of the family's business). Copper and silver also appear to be in substantial quantities.
My mother's first reaction was, quote, "My precious!"
Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooool(d)!
Woohooo...
Ahem. How does Chilean laws regarding precious metals found on private grounds look like? Do you own them or are they property of the state?
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Happy Veteran's Day! Amazingly enough I had the day off, giving me my first two days off in a row since late July
Ahem. How does Chilean laws regarding precious metals found on private grounds look like? Do you own them or are they property of the state?
Minerals, and essentially anything under the surface that is not an open space, are owned by default by the state, regardless of who owns the land above. You can request the mineral rights on consessions that range from 25 to 100 years for exploitation.
In this case, a third party had requested the mineral rights to a 400 hectares (about 1,000 acres) section of hills inside the property in the early 90's, and began prospecting about 5 months ago. We got news that gold, copper, and silver were struck a few hours ago.
The law then gives you several options for cases like this (as we own the land above, but the mineral rights belong to the third party). Thing is, my father was planning on building a golf course right between those hills, so now they are evaluating what to do.
The first option is to sell the area to the third party, but there is also the possibility of creating a joint venture. Since my father's main business is construction and heavy construction machinery, it could be a very interesting possibility.
I'm just glad the gold was found on the hills and not exactly beneath the orchards, meaning that the oil production should remain unharmed.
I'm just glad the gold was found on the hills and not exactly beneath the orchards, meaning that the oil production should remain unharmed.
Is that far enough to not interfere? Mining isn't the most clean and neat industry.
I'm just glad the gold was found on the hills and not exactly beneath the orchards, meaning that the oil production should remain unharmed.Is that far enough to not interfere? Mining isn't the most clean and neat industry.
Aye, it's far enough, plus mining is very closely regulated here, particularly when near agricultural regions (after all, mining is the main national industry). The veins are on the other side of the hill range that splits the property in two, plus the two creeks that provide water for the crops and orchard run on the opposite end.
There should be no impact on the fields.
Since my father's main business is construction and heavy construction machinery, it could be a very interesting possibility.
That probably means you would have little to zero need for unqualified gold miners with low strength and unimpressive endurance.
*shrug*... So much for the chance of combining getting better paid work, seeing the other side of the world (doubly other side, both the southern and the western hemispheres) and munching on fresh olives*...
* Are fresh olives even edible?
Since my father's main business is construction and heavy construction machinery, it could be a very interesting possibility.That probably means you would have little to zero need for unqualified gold miners with low strength and unimpressive endurance.
*shrug*... So much for the chance of combining getting better paid work, seeing the other side of the world (doubly other side, both the southern and the western hemispheres) and munching on fresh olives*...
* Are fresh olives even edible?
Hey, if you've ever interested in seeking work for a while over here, I can ask around. Unemployment is so low that workforce is actually hard to find, leading to large-scale immigration from the surrounding countries (and Spain. So many spaniards, so many spaniards).
As for the olives, it depends on the variety. With the exception of some double-purpose varieties like the manzanilla, the olives used for oil production are not edible, plus they taste horrible.
For oil, you want olives with high yield (11% or more of the fruit must be oil. We aim for around 14% with our arbequina, frantoio, leccino, coratina and koroneiki varieties) and you need to maximize the amount of polyphenols (ie, the stuff that results in the flavour and aroma) inside the fruit, which in turn means they will be extremely bitter. While technically you can make oil from eddible olives, they have too little oil content and too much water, making them economically difficult and very complicated in terms of quality (the excess of water leads to faster oxidation, which screws up quality).
The black colour typically associated with eddible olives is only attained by some varieties and after they have had enough time to mature. That's one of the key reasons why people get confused with premium olive oils, since they don't taste like the olives you eat.
Hey, if you've ever interested in seeking work for a while over here, I can ask around. Unemployment is so low that workforce is actually hard to find, leading to large-scale immigration from the surrounding countries (and Spain. So many spaniards, so many spaniards).Since my father's main business is construction and heavy construction machinery, it could be a very interesting possibility.That probably means you would have little to zero need for unqualified gold miners with low strength and unimpressive endurance.
*shrug*... So much for the chance of combining getting better paid work, seeing the other side of the world (doubly other side, both the southern and the western hemispheres) and munching on fresh olives*...
* Are fresh olives even edible?
Actually I am currently in England and should start work next week... But I will keep it in mind for the future. Maybe someday I will be able to actually invest some money for travel to Chile looking for work there. If my anxiety regarding far travels and big changes does not paralyze me...
I got an idea on another thread, but I do not know if I could use it in Mystralas or in some other campaign world. So the basic gist of it is that 12 deities take turns governing the souls of the dead, one god sitting for one month at a time. The problem in Mystralas is that there already is a de facto death god, and I wouldn't know what role he'd play in such a system. Which month would be his, or would he be an omnipresent judge who makes sure the one at the "governing seat" doesn't abuse his or her authority?
Is that the god of the dead of god of death itself? S/he might govern the process of dying and transition while the judgement of the dead and caretaking over them in afterlife could be the role passing between gods. Or the other way around - each of the gods takes his role as psychopompos overseeing the passage of the souls to afterlife while single god is responsible for the afterlife itself.
This makes a possible interesting twist for afterlife - where you go when you die is independent of your alignment, sins or virtues but instead is determined by time of year/astrology. Each astrological afterlife could either have fixed fate for souls (all souls that died in the month of the rising phoenix are purged in eternal flame until all traces of mortal life are cleansed of them and they became spirits of EDIT: light not life) or each afterlife could have fixed set of reward and punishment (all the souls that died in the month of the ironshaper judged to be wicked are shackled and bound to toil in ironshapers mines for all eternity, while those found virtuous are given greater and more pleasing tasks).
That would play up to the fact that my world has three deities for each alignment in the core pantheon, so that could work...
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Although it did start off a wee bit craptastic. Woke with a headache, which had me slow moving out the door. Then there was traffic on the interstate that nearly made me late. It was kind if stupid - the problem was in the HOV lane, but the way the cops had parked their cars blocked part of the far left of the south bound lanes, thus creating a back up across all 4-5 lanes of the main roadway.
It's snowing in NY?
I wouldn't be surprised. Snow predicted here in TN as early as next week or the week after (Thanksgiving week).
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153 words of submission written today. And it isn't even 16:00... Maybe I will manage to write some more later. Now, after a meal I consider taking a walk. Maybe I will have an idea for another Egyptian item.
The only thing I am not 100% sure is pricing...
Maybe I bump it by 4k...
Grrrr. My package of brown sugar I use to sweeten my oatmeal at work has hardened. I really should know better.
Question of the day: why don't they sell brown sugar in individual packets? Given how temperamental it is, this seems obvious to me.
An easy way of fixing hardened brown sugar is to throw it into the microwave along with a piece of cloth soaking wet, and cover both with a plate. After less than half a minute, it should be back into shape.
If microwaving is not an option, you can also try with putting the sugar inside a piece of cloth and suspending it above boiling water/steam for a bit.