On 2025-07-04, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Many sea creatures are full of microplastics.
So are you. So what?
They may not be as toxic as some of the chemical pollution of the past.
I remember when DDT was widely used as an insecticide. I remember Jeep
on exercises at a military base and early in the evening there was Jeep driving along the lines of tends with a bug fogger spraying an atomized
mix of diesel and DDT.
While it was intended for insects it tainted the grass and other plas
that small animals ate. When those small critters were eaten by
predators theyt ingest the DDT. It got into the waterways where the
small fish got exposed and bigger fish eating smaller fish had
increasingly higher levels of it. Eagles and osprey were existing in a
diet of mostly contaminated fish. Somewhere along the line researchers realized that the dwindling number of eagles and osprey was due to their
eggs being too thin and breaking before hatching naturally. It took
decades for those bird populations to increase.
I imagine the same thing is going to happen with micro plastics. We have
only been using them for about 20 years and they are already being found
in concerning numbers as the bottom end of the food chain so we can
expect to see an increasing problem with them as they work their way up
the food chain.
On 2025-07-09 5:17 p.m., Michael Trew wrote:
On 7/4/2025 11:43 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
I imagine the same thing is going to happen with micro plastics. We
have only been using them for about 20 years and they are already
being found in concerning numbers as the bottom end of the food chain
so we can expect to see an increasing problem with them as they work
their way up the food chain.
I have a few bottles of Sherwin Williams branded DDT, probably from the
60's. I've used it to kill ants near the kitchen in the summer, and
it's saved me from ever having an ant issue. Like you said, used
widespread, DDT was causing an ecological disaster... But everything is
OK, in moderation. Plastics are everywhere, you just can't avoid them.
The problem is the way the stuff accumulates and end up in more
concentrated levels in the apex predators. Something is going to eat the
dead ants. Something is going to eat the things that ate the ants. I use
rodent poisons sparingly. A rodent that has been poisoned from a bait
trap can end up being eaten by cats, dogs or wild animals. If they eat enough of them they can reach dangerous levels.
On Wed, 9 Jul 2025 21:50:35 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-07-09 5:17 p.m., Michael Trew wrote:
On 7/4/2025 11:43 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
I imagine the same thing is going to happen with micro plastics. We
have only been using them for about 20 years and they are already
being found in concerning numbers as the bottom end of the food chain
so we can expect to see an increasing problem with them as they work
their way up the food chain.
I have a few bottles of Sherwin Williams branded DDT, probably from the
60's. I've used it to kill ants near the kitchen in the summer, and
it's saved me from ever having an ant issue. Like you said, used
widespread, DDT was causing an ecological disaster... But everything is >>> OK, in moderation. Plastics are everywhere, you just can't avoid them.
The problem is the way the stuff accumulates and end up in more
concentrated levels in the apex predators. Something is going to eat the
dead ants. Something is going to eat the things that ate the ants. I use
rodent poisons sparingly. A rodent that has been poisoned from a bait
trap can end up being eaten by cats, dogs or wild animals. If they eat
enough of them they can reach dangerous levels.
I like to use Terro Ant Killer. It's
--
On 2025-07-05 6:37 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2025-07-04, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
You forgot to throw Lactose intolerance into your rant. I never liked
milk. I associated it with a slimy throat, gut cramps and diarrhea. I
was finally diagnosed about a year ago. I have long avoided problems by >>> severely limiting the amount of dairy I consume.
My Mom was lactose intolerant, back when they didn't have a phrase for
it. She avoided dairy. Dad and I thought she just didn't like dairy.
She said it upset her stomach. More milk for us!
I can't say that I don't like the taste of milk. I do have it on cereal.
It would be more accurate to say that I have an aversion to drinking it
which I attribute to all the years I was told to drink milk because it
is good for me and then ending up with cramps and diarrhea. It wasn't
fun.
On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 18:37:10 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 18:21:09 +0000, dsi1 wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jul 2025 21:50:35 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-07-09 5:17 p.m., Michael Trew wrote:
On 7/4/2025 11:43 PM, Dave Smith wrote:The problem is the way the stuff accumulates and end up in more
I imagine the same thing is going to happen with micro plastics. We >>>>>> have only been using them for about 20 years and they are already
being found in concerning numbers as the bottom end of the food chain >>>>>> so we can expect to see an increasing problem with them as they work >>>>>> their way up the food chain.
I have a few bottles of Sherwin Williams branded DDT, probably from the >>>>> 60's. I've used it to kill ants near the kitchen in the summer, and >>>>> it's saved me from ever having an ant issue. Like you said, used
widespread, DDT was causing an ecological disaster... But everything is >>>>> OK, in moderation. Plastics are everywhere, you just can't avoid them. >>>>
concentrated levels in the apex predators. Something is going to eat the >>>> dead ants. Something is going to eat the things that ate the ants. I use >>>> rodent poisons sparingly. A rodent that has been poisoned from a bait >>>> trap can end up being eaten by cats, dogs or wild animals. If they eat >>>> enough of them they can reach dangerous levels.
I like to use Terro Ant Killer. It's
--
It's borax i.e., relatively harmless. You put a drop or two next to an
ant trail. The ants love the stuff. In a few days, no more ants.
My daughter saw two dogs yesterday that were poison victims. One family >>thought the dog had eaten crown flowers. As it goes, the dog was
probably not poisoned with crown flowers so treatment was not possible.
The second dog ate rat poison. The poison was in a dog-proof trap. That
was a fail. I can't say what the outcome of these cases were but it
don't look too good.
In the end, there's fast poison, slow poison, and imaginary poison. I'm
not too worried about microplastics.
Don't say that. Leo will think they're not a problem.
On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:37:45 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 19:13:48 +0000, Bruce wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 18:37:10 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 18:21:09 +0000, dsi1 wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jul 2025 21:50:35 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-07-09 5:17 p.m., Michael Trew wrote:
On 7/4/2025 11:43 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
I imagine the same thing is going to happen with micro plastics. We >>>>>>>> have only been using them for about 20 years and they are already >>>>>>>> being found in concerning numbers as the bottom end of the food chain >>>>>>>> so we can expect to see an increasing problem with them as they work >>>>>>>> their way up the food chain.
I have a few bottles of Sherwin Williams branded DDT, probably from the >>>>>>> 60's. I've used it to kill ants near the kitchen in the summer, and >>>>>>> it's saved me from ever having an ant issue. Like you said, used >>>>>>> widespread, DDT was causing an ecological disaster... But everything is
OK, in moderation. Plastics are everywhere, you just can't avoid them.
The problem is the way the stuff accumulates and end up in more
concentrated levels in the apex predators. Something is going to eat the >>>>>> dead ants. Something is going to eat the things that ate the ants. I use >>>>>> rodent poisons sparingly. A rodent that has been poisoned from a bait >>>>>> trap can end up being eaten by cats, dogs or wild animals. If they eat >>>>>> enough of them they can reach dangerous levels.
I like to use Terro Ant Killer. It's
--
It's borax i.e., relatively harmless. You put a drop or two next to an >>>>ant trail. The ants love the stuff. In a few days, no more ants.
My daughter saw two dogs yesterday that were poison victims. One family >>>>thought the dog had eaten crown flowers. As it goes, the dog was >>>>probably not poisoned with crown flowers so treatment was not possible. >>>>The second dog ate rat poison. The poison was in a dog-proof trap. That >>>>was a fail. I can't say what the outcome of these cases were but it >>>>don't look too good.
In the end, there's fast poison, slow poison, and imaginary poison. I'm >>>>not too worried about microplastics.
Don't say that. Leo will think they're not a problem.
At our age, microplastics are not a problem. Trust me on this one. I
worry about the ground not being completely flat, or that it's slippery.
I used to work with microplastics and lead vapors. It didn't hurt me
none, Chester. My theory is that I'll live forever. I have no indication >>that this is not true.
Microplastics might not hurt you or me personally, but large scale
damage to the planet, including the ocean fauna, is still a bad thing.
Who cares, as long as Uncle tojo is fat, dumb and happy?
On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 02:10:13 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 22:11:54 +0000, Bruce wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:37:45 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:
At our age, microplastics are not a problem. Trust me on this one. I >>>>worry about the ground not being completely flat, or that it's slippery. >>>>I used to work with microplastics and lead vapors. It didn't hurt me >>>>none, Chester. My theory is that I'll live forever. I have no indication >>>>that this is not true.
Microplastics might not hurt you or me personally, but large scale
damage to the planet, including the ocean fauna, is still a bad thing.
If you feel the need to fret on about it, it's your choice. Good luck
with that.
You sound much dumber than you are.
On 2025-07-10, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
I like to use Terro Ant Killer. It's
We get tiny black ants in the kitchen during the Spring. Terro is my
go-to. There's one, chock full of ants, next to my stand mixer now.
I probably ought to throw it away. I haven't seen a living ant for
awhile.
On 7/10/2025 10:10 PM, dsi1 wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 22:11:54 +0000, Bruce wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:37:45 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:
At our age, microplastics are not a problem. Trust me on this one. I
worry about the ground not being completely flat, or that it's slippery. >>>> I used to work with microplastics and lead vapors. It didn't hurt me
none, Chester. My theory is that I'll live forever. I have no indication >>>> that this is not true.
Microplastics might not hurt you or me personally, but large scale
damage to the planet, including the ocean fauna, is still a bad thing.
If you feel the need to fret on about it, it's your choice. Good luck
with that.
Fretting about something beyond your control is pointless, that's why
I've lost interest in national politics.
Unfortunately, most of the older generation isn't concerned about
plastics. It makes sense, y'all will be dead and gone before it's time
to really worry. You should be worried about your grandkids, though.
On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 06:53:40 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 2:18:07 +0000, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 02:10:13 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 22:11:54 +0000, Bruce wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:37:45 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:If you feel the need to fret on about it, it's your choice. Good luck >>>>with that.
At our age, microplastics are not a problem. Trust me on this one. I >>>>>>worry about the ground not being completely flat, or that it's slippery. >>>>>>I used to work with microplastics and lead vapors. It didn't hurt me >>>>>>none, Chester. My theory is that I'll live forever. I have no indication >>>>>>that this is not true.
Microplastics might not hurt you or me personally, but large scale
damage to the planet, including the ocean fauna, is still a bad thing. >>>>
You sound much dumber than you are.
I'm okay with that. Yoose boys just love whining on and on. Yoose sound >>like yoose is 6 years old. That's not good.
For a humble Hawaiian you're very up yourself. Hawaiians must dislike
you.
On 2025-07-10, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
At our age, microplastics are not a problem. Trust me on this one. I
worry about the ground not being completely flat, or that it's slippery.
I used to work with microplastics and lead vapors. It didn't hurt me
none, Chester. My theory is that I'll live forever. I have no indication
that this is not true.
I'm averse to ladders. And, oh, since it's you, I don't have PCO in my
right eye, just a blood leak in it. Until now, I never heard of a retinologist. Now, I'm encouraged to see one. :(
BUT! My optometrist said lots of people drive with one eye. My other is 20/20, so I might be good to go!
This has been your leo medical update for 7/11, which I'm led to
believe, is a convenience store chain.
On 2025-07-17 9:48 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
On 2025-07-15, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
Your right eye problem sounds a lot like mine. I have peripheral and a
cloud in the center. If, the quicker I got it fixed, the better, I lose.
I have a outrageously early, 8:30 AM appt, with an eye specialist,
Monday.
You might consider yourself lucky to have and early morning appointment.
From my experience taking myself and my wife to ophthamology
appointments they tend to run late. Mine are usually mid afternoon and I usually have to wait a while before I get called into the second waiting area. After waiting there someone comes and gives my the dilating drops.
I wait for that to kick in and then I go in for some testing with the assistant. Then back out to the inner waiting room to wait for the
doctor. I get taken to the examination room and sit there for 10-15
minutes for the doctor and get about three minutes with him.
It has been better since Covid because now they run closer to schedule.
The optometrist checks pressure with a puff of air but the
ophthomalogist's assistant puts something right on the surface. I get dilated and numbed ahead of time.
Checking my right eye is a challenge. Most of the time I have a patch of
grey so I often see no letters at all, but then occasionally the letter
will appear for a split second.
On 2025-07-18, dsi1 wrote:
I frequently [...] I see things that aren't there.
A few times a year, I see migraine auras.
(Luckily. I never get the painful headaches.)
The last aura started as an ellipse
with eccentricity just under unity.
Absolutely beautiful, but then it
expanded away from the 'origin'
anisotropically just enough to make
it sort of difficult to read &c.
On 2025-07-19, gm wrote:
Masterbation might rid you of them pesky migraines
As I said, I do NOT get the headaches, just the auras.
If driving, I will usually pause for a half-hour,
just to be able to read traffic signs to the
ability I have become accustomed to.
It starts from a point between the L & R blind spots.
Then it spreads as a roughly expanding bubble to
the edge of the field of vision. It manifests as
moving diagonal black & white bars.
On 2025-07-18, dsi1 wrote:
I frequently [...] I see things that aren't there.
A few times a year, I see migraine auras.
(Luckily. I never get the painful headaches.)
The last aura started as an ellipse
with eccentricity just under unity.
Absolutely beautiful, but then it
expanded away from the 'origin'
anisotropically just enough to make
it sort of difficult to read &c.
On 2025-07-18, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
Your blind spot is probably just too big for your brain to easily hide.
I frequently misinterpret the things that I see i.e, I see things that
aren't there. My guess is that my eyes are not in tip-top shape. It's
either that and/or my brain. It's just a fun little thing that happens
to me.
I see magic sprites too. That's a newer phenomenon. You don't suppose
that it has anything to do with an aging brain, do you?
On 2025-07-19, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
I've not seen auras, I have seen halos. They look like the halos from
religious Renaissance paintings. I've had this happen twice. It
certainly is beautiful. When I first saw it, I thought I was having a
religious vision. The reality was that it was caused by some non-holy
translucent material in my eyes. Too bad, we could have been into
something really important there.
Easy for you to say. A couple of thousand years ago, the experience may
have transformed you into a messiah. Then, all you had to do is sell it!
On 2025-07-18, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
Your blind spot is probably just too big for your brain to easily hide.
I frequently misinterpret the things that I see i.e, I see things that
aren't there. My guess is that my eyes are not in tip-top shape. It's
either that and/or my brain. It's just a fun little thing that happens
to me.
I see magic sprites too. That's a newer phenomenon. You don't suppose
that it has anything to do with an aging brain, do you?
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