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[Jaz avalley]

You wouldn't find grass in any petrochemical plant, with the exception of on berms around a tank farm. In fact, they hire companies to come in and spray some purple stuff on anything green. Generally, you find gravel or caliche or at the very least, stabilized shell.

Nice to know

 

[chadbag]

Natto soybean is good for women, it heiightens estrogen, good for older women, I would personally not recommend it for a bloke, if you do not like it , Google this and show her as a reasonable reason to not. I like miso which is that and soy sauce also estrogen for same reason I like the flavour and it is good for me being female.

Not sure I'm worried about a small "estrogen" enhancement. If it were a problem for men then half of Japan would be in deep doo doo. Besides Natto, they are big consumers of soy sauce and miso...

Natto is fermented (natural fermentation) which enhances your gut biome (probiotics naturally) and also is a good source for nattokinase (which I take in supplement form), which is good for your blood and keeping it clean of clots. There are supposedly a lot of health benefits for it and the stupid thing is I'd probably like it if I have it a good chance.

It's a mental thing. Like beets. Beets are one of the foods I don't eat. Even other things I wouldn't choose at a buffet, like okra, or lima beans, or almost any food, I'll eat if its placed before me. But not beets. And for now, not natto.

 

[chadbag]

You wouldn't find grass in any petrochemical plant, with the exception of on berms around a tank farm. In fact, they hire companies to come in and spray some purple stuff on anything green. Generally, you find gravel or caliche or at the very least, stabilized shell. I think they use these types of cover so in case of a spill, they can easily scrape up the material with front end loaders and shovels, then put in plastic lined drums for disposal.

Not saying the conditions wouldn't be similar but is ethanol a petrochemical?

(rhetorical question)

A lot of ethanol plants (based on Googling pics) seem to show grass

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[santafewillie]

is ethanol a petrochemical?

I believe that it can be. However my refinery is a biological refinery with fermentation producing the Ethanol, as opposed to the hydration of ethylene, which is a petrochemical process.
Hughie posted:

You wouldn't find grass in any petrochemical plant, with the exception of on berms around a tank farm.

Many if not most of the pictures that I had viewed of Ethanol plants showed vast expanses of grass. I am simulating concrete around the many tanks that I am installing, but with grass in between areas of concrete. So far I have only added concrete containment berms around the loading platforms. I intend to add them around the storage tanks, but I may or may not add them around the fermentation tanks.
All of the pictures that I viewed showed fermentation plants in the Midwest, so I yield to you regarding those that may be in the Houston area.

 

[Boris]

Good afternoon. 41° and sunny. Drove over to Cadillac for an oil change and tire rotation, (and car wash / vac). [I declined the Fuel Injection and Throttle service, everything else was ok. Looked at the improved stock of cars and suvs. Service department was busy, and it appeared the sales department was moving cars.

 

[Jaz avalley]

Not sure I'm worried about a small "estrogen" enhancement. If it were a problem for men then half of Japan would be in deep doo doo. Besides Natto, they are big consumers of soy sauce and miso...

Natto is fermented (natural fermentation) which enhances your gut biome (probiotics naturally) and also is a good source for nattokinase (which I take in supplement form), which is good for your blood and keeping it clean of clots. There are supposedly a lot of health benefits for it and the stupid thing is I'd probably like it if I have it a good chance.

It's a mental thing. Like beets. Beets are one of the foods I don't eat. Even other things I wouldn't choose at a buffet, like okra, or lima beans, or almost any food, I'll eat if its placed before me. But not beets. And for now, not natto.

Try miso, you put a spoonful in hot water and drink, quite tasty,

 

[Smudge617]

find where the RC airplane guys get their super glue. Usually cheaper and in bigger sized vessels than the hardware store stuff. It same stuff. They also make a medium and a thick which should be similar to your gel. See if you can find Zap brand. Their bottles are nicer and easier to work with than most.

Found the ZAP glue on Amazon, so ordered the medium gel yesterday, arrived today, so I'll give that a try.

 

[chadbag]

Try miso, you put a spoonful in hot water and drink, quite tasty,

yeah we have Miso and the wife makes miso soup.

Do you want something with miso that is tasty? Make mashed potatoes and add one spoon of miso. Just one. The goal is not to give the potatoes a miso taste. Just the "umami" of miso.

(I got the idea from a recipe website).

 

[PRR Modeler]

Afternoon All,

Slow start to the day then some outside chores. After that I ran trains for a bit, but I just wasn't feeling them today. Tomorrow is the monthly grocery odyssey .

Thank you for the photo likes yesterday.

Jaz- Great progress photos. I really like the one with the steamers in line.

Willie- The ethanol plant looks great. Great details by Chet with the trailer. I would put a resistor inline just to be safe.

Sherrel- I call it Country Fried Steak but it's the same thing and mighty tasty.

I hope everyone has a good night.

 

[bnsf971]

Not saying the conditions wouldn't be similar but is ethanol a petrochemical?

(rhetorical question)

A lot of ethanol plants (based on Googling pics) seem to show grass

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Isn't ethanol grain alcohol? Pretty sure corn isn't considered a petrochemical. Then again, with everything they're doing to our food these days, it may be...

 

[kbkchooch]

It's a mental thing. Like beets. Beets are one of the foods I don't eat. Even other things I wouldn't choose at a buffet, like okra, or lima beans, or almost any food, I'll eat if its placed before me. But not beets. And for now, not natto

Yummm, beets! Straight up boiled, or Harvard or pickled. Oh and don't forget hard boiled eggs in beets juice!

 

[bnsf971]

Currently waiting on Cable Guy. My internet connection has gotten pretty flakey over the last couple of weeks. It'll work okay, pause, lose connection, pick back up again, error out, "cannot be displayed using this server", etc. Cable Guy supposed to be here between 6-7 my time which is between 5 minutes from now and an hour and 5 minutes from now. Repair may take up to 3 hours...

 

[troyphoto]

Currently waiting on Cable Guy. My internet connection has gotten pretty flakey over the last couple of weeks. It'll work okay, pause, lose connection, pick back up again, error out, "cannot be displayed using this server", etc. Cable Guy supposed to be here between 6-7 my time which is between 5 minutes from now and an hour and 5 minutes from now. Repair may take up to 3 hours...

You'll probably find out your neighbors tapped into your line, and loosened your connection

 

[bnsf971]

You'll probably find out your neighbors tapped into your line, and loosened your connection

My neighbors have better internet service than I do.

 

[bnsf971]

The Cable Guy showed up, and said he couldn't fix my problem, and didn't know why they sent him.
I encouraged him to call his supervisor and let me know what the supervisor said.
I don't know what the supervisor said, but the Cable Guy is outside working on my internet. I'm using my phone wifi to send this.

 

[bnsf971]

 

[troyphoto]

Whoot! You're up?

I'm on fiber. Here's mine.

 

[Boris]

Good evening. 38°, cloudy, with large snow flakes falling. No accumulation expected...

AMTRAK, (former PRR/PC) bridge over Susquehanna River. View Northward from Havre de Grace, MD.

 

[CambriaArea51]

Back from clearing the roads. Started snowing at 4, we started at 5:30 so it was play with the traffic. Added an extra hour but the people were pretty patient seeing it was a wet heavy snow that'll suck you off the road if you weren't careful.
No trains tonight, tomorrow looks better.

 

[kbkchooch]

Good evening. 38°, cloudy, with large snow flakes falling. No accumulation expected...
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AMTRAK, (former PRR/PC) bridge over Susquehanna River. View Northward from Havre de Grace, MD.

Boris
Your pic reminded me of the Bush River Bridge near Aberdeen. Not only have I ridden Amtrak over the bridge, My Ex-wife's grandparents lived near it. Grandpop kept a speedboat nearby and I have water skied under the bridge. Not only under the draw span, but through the smaller parts of the piers.

Oh to be young, dumb, and full of......