Hapless Bills Fan Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 One of my favorite pharma bloggers, medicinal chemist Derek Lowe, has a hashtag "Things I won't Work With". In a recent edition, he was in rare form. Check it out. Gems: "Recall that this is the compound whose cocrystal with TNT is actually less dangerous than the pure starting material itself, and yeah, I know that sounds like the guy at the pet store packing a starved Komodo dragon into the carrier with your new dog, just to calm him down some." "once I’ve crystallized the two together, which is the sort of thing most people would consider a very unfortunate accident, I most definitely do not want to take the powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the stuff by “finely grinding and packing the material” into a sample holder. Who the hell got to be the first person to try that, and what were they wearing while they did it? I’d be dressed up like the first person to set foot on Venus, I can tell you (“That’s one. . .small. . .step for a foolhardy moron. . .”) and while I picked up the mortar and pestle (assuming my suit allowed me that much mobility) and muttered a brief prayer to Cthulhu (edit: spelled his name wrong; I’m toast now), I’d be thinking that if I’d only planned my career with more attention that I could be wrestling a hungry carnivorous six-foot lizard instead. Mom always wanted me to go into reptile-wrangling, should have listened while I had the chance" Any things YOU won't work with? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) Roundup, other pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, chemicals or morons. Edited August 3, 2020 by Sherlock Holmes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cle23 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 28 minutes ago, Sherlock Holmes said: Roundup, other pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, chemicals or morons. I didn't want to work with you anyway! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 15 minutes ago, cle23 said: I didn't want to work with you anyway! Unfortunately I'm stuck working with myself as well and I don't like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, sh!t-kickers and Methodists. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewPort71 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 14 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: One of my favorite pharma bloggers, medicinal chemist Derek Lowe, has a hashtag "Things I won't Work With". In a recent edition, he was in rare form. Check it out. Gems: "Recall that this is the compound whose cocrystal with TNT is actually less dangerous than the pure starting material itself, and yeah, I know that sounds like the guy at the pet store packing a starved Komodo dragon into the carrier with your new dog, just to calm him down some." "once I’ve crystallized the two together, which is the sort of thing most people would consider a very unfortunate accident, I most definitely do not want to take the powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the stuff by “finely grinding and packing the material” into a sample holder. Who the hell got to be the first person to try that, and what were they wearing while they did it? I’d be dressed up like the first person to set foot on Venus, I can tell you (“That’s one. . .small. . .step for a foolhardy moron. . .”) and while I picked up the mortar and pestle (assuming my suit allowed me that much mobility) and muttered a brief prayer to Cthulhu (edit: spelled his name wrong; I’m toast now), I’d be thinking that if I’d only planned my career with more attention that I could be wrestling a hungry carnivorous six-foot lizard instead. Mom always wanted me to go into reptile-wrangling, should have listened while I had the chance" Any things YOU won't work with? I used to work with HCl, HNO3, HF, HClO4 and Na2O2. Now that I retired all I work with is the lawn mower, rakes, wheel barrow, shovels, weed eater and hedge trimmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Apple products. To be fair, I did have a job where I had to support both Windows and Mac users, so I had a laptop that could boot into either system. I spent several months completely immersed in the Mac OS, just to get used to it. I went to Mac forums saying, "I do this in Windows, how do I do the same with a Mac?" and frequently, the answer was, "You can't." These are basic productivity tasks, like placing shortcuts to files and software on the desktop, easy task switching, etc. Windows can be frustrating at times, but it's far more customizable. I'll give Apple credit for coming up with great ideas, but someone else usually implements a better solution shortly thereafter and sells it for half the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 1 hour ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: Rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, sh!t-kickers and Methodists. You got something against Lee Strasberg? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExWNYer Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Diarrhea, COVID-19, Ellen DeGeneres...just to name a few. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 "We don't want the Irish!" ?? ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Lemon-pepper wings and ranch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 14 hours ago, Sherlock Holmes said: Roundup, other pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, chemicals or morons. You musta quit a lotta jobs over that last one 3 hours ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: Rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, sh!t-kickers and Methodists. What you got against pugs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 15 hours ago, Sherlock Holmes said: Roundup, other pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, chemicals or morons. 21 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: You musta quit a lotta jobs over that last one I finally solved that by quitting my job and becoming a freelancer. While it's good not to work with morons anymore, unfortunately I now have a prick for a boss and a lazy employee. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 4 hours ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: Rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, sh!t-kickers and Methodists. Too bad there's nobody coming up to pick up where Mel Brooks left off! Certainly no shortage of modern day material. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Snakes and sharks. Now from the animal world, those scare me too! ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 1 hour ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said: Snakes and sharks. Now from the animal world, those scare me too! ? Apparently many sharks and many snakes are quite harmless and even friendly. Komodo dragons, though.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Brown liquor. I would say ALL liquor, but I do enjoy an occasional margarita on the rocks with salt, or 1-2 bloody Mary’s at brunch (you can only have so many). I had an unfortunate incident with Napoleon Brandy as a high schooler, then there was The Great Wild Turkey Incident on my 19th birthday during college. No thank you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Apparently many sharks and many snakes are quite harmless and even friendly. Komodo dragons, though.... Their saliva is poisonous... one little nip and you are done, it may take days but that is how they hunt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 20 hours ago, Sherlock Holmes said: Roundup, other pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, chemicals or morons. Other than the morons... the rest are easy to work with imo. Herbicides are what they are and they work well with little to no effect on health if used properly. The roundup "lawsuit" is just a group of lawyers trying to make money. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Apparently many sharks and many snakes are quite harmless and even friendly. Komodo dragons, though.... For those of us with phobias, you offer mere technicalities . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Pats* fans! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 5 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: You musta quit a lotta jobs over that last one What you got against pugs? 8 hours ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: Rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, sh!t-kickers and Methodists. PugLife baby!!! Yee yee!! 5 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: You musta quit a lotta jobs over that last one What you got against pugs? Yes, I found that the only boss and employees I can deal with is myself... Takes away so much stress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Augie said: Brown liquor. I would say ALL liquor, but I do enjoy an occasional margarita on the rocks with salt, or 1-2 bloody Mary’s at brunch (you can only have so many). I had an unfortunate incident with Napoleon Brandy as a high schooler, then there was The Great Wild Turkey Incident on my 19th birthday during college. No thank you! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 I fed my Nelson milk snake a mouse at noon today... snakes are varied and some are mellow like this one breed. What shocked me the most is that the price of a mouse went up to $5.41 with tax at Petsmart... was like 3 bucks a month ago. I wish the flea market was still open... the chick up there charged just under 2. Whatever, Pandora gets her meal as always lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, Sherlock Holmes said: Yes, I found that the only boss and employees I can deal with is myself... Takes away so much stress. While I've had many good bosses over the years, I don't know if I could ever work for someone else again. I suppose I could if I HAD to. But the real thing I won't work with again are screaming bosses. People who think it is OK to belittle others, even in front of others. I worked in TV for about 20 years and saw plenty of that kind of abuse. For the most part I wasn't the target of that abuse, but other people I worked with (and some who reported to me) got regularly targeted. I'd end up screaming back at the boss for screaming at the employees. I don't want to be that guy, either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 24 minutes ago, T&C said: Other than the morons... the rest are easy to work with imo. Herbicides are what they are and they work well with little to no effect on health if used properly. The roundup "lawsuit" is just a group of lawyers trying to make money. You wouldn't happen to be a defense attorney for Monsanto would you T&C?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Augie said: Brown liquor. I would say ALL liquor, but I do enjoy an occasional margarita on the rocks with salt, or 1-2 bloody Mary’s at brunch (you can only have so many). I had an unfortunate incident with Napoleon Brandy as a high schooler, then there was The Great Wild Turkey Incident on my 19th birthday during college. No thank you! Liquor bigot! Any bourbon you have left over you can feel free to send to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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T&C Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, Sherlock Holmes said: You wouldn't happen to be a defense attorney for Monsanto would you T&C?!?! I won't work with them... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, The Dean said: While I've had many good bosses over the years, I don't know if I could ever work for someone else again. I suppose I could if I HAD to. But the real thing I won't work with again are screaming bosses. People who think it is OK to belittle others, even in front of others. I worked in TV for about 20 years and saw plenty of that kind of abuse. For the most part I wasn't the target of that abuse, but other people I worked with (and some who reported to me) got regularly targeted. I'd end up screaming back at the boss for screaming at the employees. I don't want to be that guy, either. Can't stand the ridiculous ego most people get over the pettiest jobs let alone when they are in charge of others. Anything we might have seen?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, T&C said: I won't work with them... Roundup is going the way of DDT sometime in the next 25 years... But there is at least 10 more "safe" neurotoxic formulations waiting in the wings to start the vicious cycle all over again once it is banned... We never learn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leh-nerd skin-erd Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 33 minutes ago, T&C said: I fed my Nelson milk snake a mouse at noon today... snakes are varied and some are mellow like this one breed. What shocked me the most is that the price of a mouse went up to $5.41 with tax at Petsmart... was like 3 bucks a month ago. I wish the flea market was still open... the chick up there charged just under 2. Whatever, Pandora gets her meal as always lol. So, you bought a mouse from a chick at a flea market? Now I’ve heard everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 10 minutes ago, Sherlock Holmes said: Roundup is going the way of DDT sometime in the next 25 years... But there is at least 10 more "safe" neurotoxic formulations waiting in the wings to start the vicious cycle all over again once it is banned... We never learn I work around this stuff... sort of. 22% of fatty acids is what Pulverizer is made of. Basically what we are talking about is salt, in one of its thousands of forms. People buy slug killer for 10 a box when all they needed was a 33 cent box of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 9 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said: So, you bought a mouse from a chick at a flea market? Now I’ve heard everything. Best part: she didn't have crabs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 3 hours ago, Augie said: Brown liquor. I would say ALL liquor, but I do enjoy an occasional margarita on the rocks with salt, or 1-2 bloody Mary’s at brunch (you can only have so many). I had an unfortunate incident with Napoleon Brandy as a high schooler, then there was The Great Wild Turkey Incident on my 19th birthday during college. No thank you! I must admit I had an incident with Wild Turkey that my wife and my best friend have come up with a name for that I am too embarrassed to share... We were closing on our house in Florida July 5th of last year and since we were driving down we decided to have a final pre-4th of July Independence Day send off at my best friend's place. For old times sake I brought just a little 375 ml nipper of the Turkey as we would guzzle handle bottles between just us two in a day or two tops and what kind of send off would it be if you didn't dip into old habits??? Mind you I stopped drinking except an occasional IPA or glass of wine once in a while a month beforehand. My wife and I brought a bottle of wine and a 4 pack of IPAs to split since my friend hates wine and IPA and his girlfriend was still working when we got there. Now we were there for around 6 hours having a bonfire and setting off fireworks while nipping at the Turkey and smoking a couple doobies for the first couple hours. Then since we were already feeling it we popped open the bottle of Equinox Red from Bonterra, usually their wines are great but this one was hard to drink. After we finished that we cracked open our IPAs and sat around the fire joking around waiting for my friend's girl to get home from work. After we finished our beers I felt fine and was totally coherent, I remember hearing my friends girl pull into the gravel driveway a bit later and all of a sudden I felt queazy... I started feeling dizzy as she approached us. Just as she sits down with us and says "hi" I start projectile vomiting all over myself. I felt like I was in the exorcist because my head tilted straight back and I began vomiting backwards and choking on my own puke. I started having convulsions and actually crapped my own pants while still throwing up. I said sorry to my friend about the scene I made and how I had to bounce, all he could do was laugh and hug me. I ended up making it into our Jeep in the driveway and fell asleep on myself for about an hour until I woke up puking again. Thankfully I got to see my friend the next morning without puking on him before we got ready to leave NY. A couple things happened after that...my friends girlfriend left him less than a week later, we drove state by state tying not to vomit from the leftover scent of puke stuck in evey crack of our car with my wife *****ing at me every 5 minutes, I learned never to mix every type of alcohol in one sitting again, and finally some poor, horrified Salvation Army employee is scarred for life after pulling out my $#!+ infested shorts from a bag of clothes we donated after my wife mistakenly switched a donation clothes bag with a garbage clothes bag...God bless their poor soul I had to make amends with the Turkey so on July 4th I bought a 25 ml nipper and it thankfully stayed where it should with no ill effects. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Sherlock Holmes said: I must admit I had an incident with Wild Turkey that my wife and my best friend have come up with a name for that I am too embarrassed to share... We were closing on our house in Florida July 5th of last year and since we were driving down we decided to have a final pre-4th of July Independence Day send off at my best friend's place. For old times sake I brought just a little 375 ml nipper of the Turkey as we would guzzle handle bottles between just us two in a day or two tops and what kind of send off would it be if you didn't dip into old habits??? Mind you I stopped drinking except an occasional IPA or glass of wine once in a while a month beforehand. My wife and I brought a bottle of wine and a 4 pack of IPAs to split since my friend hates wine and IPA and his girlfriend was still working when we got there. Now we were there for around 6 hours having a bonfire and setting off fireworks while nipping at the Turkey and smoking a couple doobies for the first couple hours. Then since we were already feeling it we popped open the bottle of Equinox Red from Bonterra, usually their wines are great but this one was hard to drink. After we finished that we cracked open our IPAs and sat around the fire joking around waiting for my friend's girl to get home from work. After we finished our beers I felt fine and was totally coherent, I remember hearing my friends girl pull into the gravel driveway a bit later and all of a sudden I felt queazy... I started feeling dizzy as she approached us. Just as she sits down with us and says "hi" I start projectile vomiting all over myself. I felt like I was in the exorcist because my head tilted straight back and I began vomiting backwards and choking on my own puke. I started having convulsions and actually crapped my own pants while still throwing up. I said sorry to my friend about the scene I made and how I had to bounce, all he could do was laugh and hug me. I ended up making it into our Jeep in the driveway and fell asleep on myself for about an hour until I woke up puking again. Thankfully I got to see my friend the next morning without puking on him before we got ready to leave NY. A couple things happened after that...my friends girlfriend left him less than a week later, we drove state by state tying not to vomit from the leftover scent of puke stuck in evey crack of our car with my wife *****ing at me every 5 minutes, I learned never to mix every type of alcohol in one sitting again, and finally some poor, horrified Salvation Army employee is scarred for life after pulling out my $#!+ infested shorts from a bag of clothes we donated after my wife mistakenly switched a donation clothes bag with a garbage clothes bag...God bless their poor soul I had to make amends with the Turkey so on July 4th I bought a 25 ml nipper and it thankfully stayed where it should with no ill effects. I don’t know where to start, but I can say I would NOT have been hugging you! I would have been looking for my ten foot pole!!! EDIT: Wait! We need to know the name they assigned to this epic incident! Don’t hold out on us now, after sharing all the other details!!! Edited August 4, 2020 by Augie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 16 minutes ago, Sherlock Holmes said: I must admit I had an incident with Wild Turkey that my wife and my best friend have come up with a name for that I am too embarrassed to share... We were closing on our house in Florida July 5th of last year and since we were driving down we decided to have a final pre-4th of July Independence Day send off at my best friend's place. For old times sake I brought just a little 375 ml nipper of the Turkey as we would guzzle handle bottles between just us two in a day or two tops and what kind of send off would it be if you didn't dip into old habits??? Mind you I stopped drinking except an occasional IPA or glass of wine once in a while a month beforehand. My wife and I brought a bottle of wine and a 4 pack of IPAs to split since my friend hates wine and IPA and his girlfriend was still working when we got there. Now we were there for around 6 hours having a bonfire and setting off fireworks while nipping at the Turkey and smoking a couple doobies for the first couple hours. Then since we were already feeling it we popped open the bottle of Equinox Red from Bonterra, usually their wines are great but this one was hard to drink. After we finished that we cracked open our IPAs and sat around the fire joking around waiting for my friend's girl to get home from work. After we finished our beers I felt fine and was totally coherent, I remember hearing my friends girl pull into the gravel driveway a bit later and all of a sudden I felt queazy... I started feeling dizzy as she approached us. Just as she sits down with us and says "hi" I start projectile vomiting all over myself. I felt like I was in the exorcist because my head tilted straight back and I began vomiting backwards and choking on my own puke. I started having convulsions and actually crapped my own pants while still throwing up. I said sorry to my friend about the scene I made and how I had to bounce, all he could do was laugh and hug me. I ended up making it into our Jeep in the driveway and fell asleep on myself for about an hour until I woke up puking again. Thankfully I got to see my friend the next morning without puking on him before we got ready to leave NY. A couple things happened after that...my friends girlfriend left him less than a week later, we drove state by state tying not to vomit from the leftover scent of puke stuck in evey crack of our car with my wife *****ing at me every 5 minutes, I learned never to mix every type of alcohol in one sitting again, and finally some poor, horrified Salvation Army employee is scarred for life after pulling out my $#!+ infested shorts from a bag of clothes we donated after my wife mistakenly switched a donation clothes bag with a garbage clothes bag...God bless their poor soul I had to make amends with the Turkey so on July 4th I bought a 25 ml nipper and it thankfully stayed where it should with no ill effects. This sounds like a total train wreck... I have seen different versions of this before but at least you didn't exchange wives. Unless you ended this post quickly to avoid that part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfanmiami(oh) Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Sherlock Holmes said: Roundup is going the way of DDT sometime in the next 25 years... But there is at least 10 more "safe" neurotoxic formulations waiting in the wings to start the vicious cycle all over again once it is banned... We never learn If you like food, it’s not. Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world and there is no “replacement” for it when cost, efficacy, safety, environmental persistence, etc. are all considered. It’s also extremely rare for “new” herbicides to come to market (Well, new chemistry / modes of action at least) because it’s so cost prohibitive to develop them. The judgements awarded in the roundup lawsuits are more to do with the Monsanto name and typical ambulance chasing lawyers than sound scientific research. Generally speaking, herbicides are pretty safe for use by humans (If using proper PPE and following product label instructions) because they work on plant specific pathways. Certainly nowhere near “neurotoxic”. Insecticides on the other hand can be quite dangerous to humans. I work in industrial vegetation control so I’m pretty well versed in herbicides. They definitely get a bad reputation for no reason other than herbicides = poison in people’s minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 58 minutes ago, Augie said: I don’t know where to start, but I can say I would NOT have been hugging you! I would have been looking for my ten foot pole!!! EDIT: Wait! We need to know the name they assigned to this epic incident! Don’t hold out on us now, after sharing all the other details!!! He already had puke on him from trying to help me out, possibly some poo... Now that's a good friend!! They dubbed it the Independence Day Wild Turkey Rumpus Blowout $#!+storm hosted by Rumple$#!+stain or $#!+storm for short. Would love to hear further torment the Turkey has imparted in your life. 1 hour ago, T&C said: This sounds like a total train wreck... I have seen different versions of this before but at least you didn't exchange wives. Unless you ended this post quickly to avoid that part. It was really amazing how I went from completely fine to alcohol poisoning in a 10 minute window... I appalled my friends gf so badly she went from almost marrying him to leaving him...apparently I made her question her life choices if that counts for something 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 43 minutes ago, billsfanmiami(oh) said: If you like food, it’s not. Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world and there is no “replacement” for it when cost, efficacy, safety, environmental persistence, etc. are all considered. It’s also extremely rare for “new” herbicides to come to market (Well, new chemistry / modes of action at least) because it’s so cost prohibitive to develop them. The judgements awarded in the roundup lawsuits are more to do with the Monsanto name and typical ambulance chasing lawyers than sound scientific research. Generally speaking, herbicides are pretty safe for use by humans (If using proper PPE and following product label instructions) because they work on plant specific pathways. Certainly nowhere near “neurotoxic”. Insecticides on the other hand can be quite dangerous to humans. I work in industrial vegetation control so I’m pretty well versed in herbicides. They definitely get a bad reputation for no reason other than herbicides = poison in people’s minds. I wont touch food sprayed with chemicals... I feel the effects to my adrenal glands if I eat something that has been sprayed with Glyphosate. That tells me everything I need to know about it right there. Tell the bees how safe these chemicals are while they suffer from colony collapse linked to them. Not to mention other beneficial pollinators such as beetles, moths and butterflies. Nobody will be enjoying food if there is no pollination. You can't hand pollinate everything to sufficiently feed the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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