Random Jabber Jibber thread

[PopeCrisco]

Here's tobacco just starting to flower - about a week behind due to wonky weather.

It produces between 2 800 and 3 500 pounds per acre and is worth less than $3/lb. One pound makes about 8 cartons of cigarettes. It's a great tax revenue source and is heavily regulated, with every pound accounted for, even floor sweepings. The lower 3 leaves are picked first and kiln dried for about a week. The top leaves are picked last. There is less nicotine in the lower leaves and they also weigh the least.

I picked it for 5 years, saved enough to go to college and started using my head instead of my back. The tar buildup on my hands was saved one year and made a hash ball the size of a baseball - damn was it gross when set ablaze.

I'm growing 3 plants for seeds and will use the leaves for insect spray. Nicotine is a strong neurotoxin.

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Funny story (to me)
When I was in college I was into cigars, and made the label for a particular cigar brand I liked, that was an image of the tobacco flower, the desktop background of our family PC.
My father, a long time cig smoker, asked me why I put a cannabis flower as the background image. Which is funny, since I did not smoke cannabis at the time, and had no means to acquire cannabis.

Just goes to show how a lot of us do not know the things we consume outside of how they are packaged and sold to us.

 

[BarnBuster]

I always looked at humidity levels to determine "comfort" when I should have been looking at dew point, who knew?

"So if you want a real judge of just how "dry" or "humid" it will feel outside, look at the dew point instead of the RH. The higher the dew point, the muggier it will feel. Whenever your dew points are in the 40's and 50's, it is comfortable, humidity-wise."

Dew Point vs Humidity

SmartVent - How does dew point relate to comfort and humidity?

Dew point is a term that gets thrown around a lot, but did you know that it’s very useful for understanding comfort, humidity, and indoor condensation?

smartvent.co.nz

Hey Ray! Dew Points Are Better Than Humidity For Determining Comfort

It may be controversial to say in these parts, but it is ridiculous to use relative humidity as an indicator of comfort.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[raratt]

I always looked at humidity levels to determine "comfort" when I should have been looking at dew point, who knew?

"So if you want a real judge of just how "dry" or "humid" it will feel outside, look at the dew point instead of the RH. The higher the dew point, the muggier it will feel. Whenever your dew points are in the 40's and 50's, it is comfortable, humidity-wise."

Dew Point vs Humidity

SmartVent - How does dew point relate to comfort and humidity?

Dew point is a term that gets thrown around a lot, but did you know that it’s very useful for understanding comfort, humidity, and indoor condensation?

smartvent.co.nz

Hey Ray! Dew Points Are Better Than Humidity For Determining Comfort

It may be controversial to say in these parts, but it is ridiculous to use relative humidity as an indicator of comfort.

www.cbsnews.com

We had to do "Wet bulb" measurement of temp/humidity which is basically the "feels like" temperature that is broadcast during heat waves. It uses a fan on a damp sleeve on a thermometer to factor in evaporation.

 

[raratt]

RIP Hulk.

WWE legend Hulk Hogan dies at age 71: report

WWE legend’s death comes after his wife, Sky, denied rumors he was in a coma after undergoing surgeries

www.yahoo.com

 

[SpaceGrease]

2025 is not fucking around …

 

[raratt]

Damn, RIP Chuck.

Chuck Mangione, whose jazz songs found new life on 'King of the Hill,' dead at 84

Chuck Mangione, the jazz trumpet legend whose song "Feels So Good" found new life on TV's "King of the Hill," has died at 84.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Ozumoz66]

These white gurkes have been in the family for at least 3 generations and have not seen them elsewhere. They don't have the bitterness that green cucumbers have. I found some seeds in Mom's freezer when we moved her to LTC last year, sprouted several and gave some plants to my brother to grow. The plan is to let one get big and save seeds. Here's one that has a leaf growing out of it - perhaps due to the heat and irregular watering. There are more male flowers this year than normal on all our vine crops - butternut squash, muskmelon and these cucumbers.

 

[DarkWeb]

These white gurkes have been in the family for at least 3 generations and have not seen them elsewhere. They don't have the bitterness that green cucumbers have. I found some seeds in Mom's freezer when we moved her to LTC last year, sprouted several and gave some plants to my brother to grow. The plan is to let one get big and save seeds. Here's one that has a leaf growing out of it - perhaps due to the heat and irregular watering. There are more male flowers this year than normal on all our vine crops - butternut squash, muskmelon and these cucumbers.

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That's really cool. Good flavor? Have you pickled any?

 

[Ozumoz66]

That's really cool. Good flavor? Have you pickled any?

The flavour is great, milder than regular ones. We haven't pickled yet as my crop is small - perhaps next year when I plan on growing more of them. Grandpa used to pickle watermelon rind, wasting nothing. But that may be what many people did if you were born in 1923 - he lived to be 91. I remember him growing these same cucumbers. Dad ate his cucumbers sliced with buttermilk, which I found gross.