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bobstafford Posted Sep 25, 2016
Put another coin in the meter 
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Sep 25, 2016
someone left the radio on 
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Baron Grim Posted Sep 26, 2016
Regarding that Soylent stuff. When I first heard about it, it reminded me of C.H.O.N. food from Frederick Pohl's Gateway books. The premise of Gateway is we discover an intergalactic switching station in orbit around Venus (iirc). The Earth is in a dreadful state so some folks are more than willing to go out and live at the gateway and randomly jump into these wormholes which can transport you to literally any random place in the universe and if you're lucky you survive the trip and bring back alien technology from the unknown creators of the gateway. The food they eat is manufactured from the basic raw molecular building blocks, Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen. CHON.
They're able to greatly tailor the taste and texture to simulate all kinds of food, but everyone knows it's not as good as the real stuff.
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ITIWBS Posted Sep 26, 2016
Reminds me of a problem in biological chemistry, name the first six chemical elements, in order of quantity required in terms of atoms, that contribute to terrestrial biology:
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Carbon
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Calcium
Name the next six.
Meanwhile, there's apparently a whole ocean of Stanley Miller's primordial soup underlying the ice on Europa and the stuff also occurs on Mars and elsewhere.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Sep 26, 2016
I would imagine that iron and potassium would be in there somewhere, given that doctors test for those elements in connection with medical conditions. Also, plants require significant quantities of potassium, which means it must play a part in both plant and animal biology.
Maybe zinc and magnesium? Deficiencies in those can cause health problems.
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Sep 26, 2016
?
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Sep 26, 2016
Bacon, of course!
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Sep 26, 2016
The four elements I mentioned are in bacon
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/pork-products/7676/2
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Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U. Posted Sep 26, 2016
steer clear of these elements 
A typical "" is composed of about 59 percent nitrogen, 21 percent hydrogen, 9 percent carbon dioxide, 7 percent methane and 4 percent oxygen. Only about one percent of a fart contains hydrogen sulfide gas and mercaptans, which contain sulfur, and the sulfur is what makes "" stink.
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bobstafford Posted Sep 26, 2016
Remember you heard it here first folks 
well done prof
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Sep 26, 2016
cider and gin, has a periodic numbers, 42 for the cider and 42 for the gin
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bobstafford Posted Sep 26, 2016
Sounds like an effective mixture 
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Sep 26, 2016
very effective......... 
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Sep 27, 2016
I had forgotten about sulfur 
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ITIWBS Posted Sep 27, 2016
sodium
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Sep 27, 2016
I thought sodium was on your list.
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Sep 28, 2016
I'm off today to get my stump laser mapped, sounds good dunn'it 
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Baron Grim Posted Sep 28, 2016
It'd be even more impressive if you get your stump laser equipped!
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Sep 28, 2016
now theres a thought...... just got back from having to done and it was quite interesting too!
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- 3582: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Sep 25, 2016)
- 3583: Baron Grim (Sep 26, 2016)
- 3584: ITIWBS (Sep 26, 2016)
- 3585: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Sep 26, 2016)
- 3586: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Sep 26, 2016)
- 3587: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Sep 26, 2016)
- 3588: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Sep 26, 2016)
- 3589: Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U. (Sep 26, 2016)
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- 3591: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Sep 26, 2016)
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- 3593: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Sep 26, 2016)
- 3594: bobstafford (Sep 26, 2016)
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- 3598: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Sep 28, 2016)
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