Seeing the height of this bridge compared to the boat made me wonder…
We can trace the width of our modern road lanes and railroads back to the width of Roman roads because the modern systems were based on the ancient one, in turn based on the width a carriage pulled by two yoked horses had to be.
Is there the same thing for boating and sailing culture? Are the heights of various boats based on the clearances of various ancient bridges, for example?
Boating culture has always seemed like such a rich and alien world, full of its own traditions. From the outside looking in, at least, it seems distinct cross-culturally as well.
It’s one thing I wish I could’ve learned more about from my mom.
#sailing #boat #history #asknostr #thoughts #art #artstr #sailstr nostr:note1a4583tyqv4ear8sg9lcv7asm09qdesp9q6f85cqyzls9yynr8q9qgpyq27
The only reason I was on Etsy was the potential for discovery, but I was on there over a year and made zero sales there. Every sale I ever had came from here or in person.
Everything that was on Etsy will eventually be posted both here and on Instagram until I have my own website. Then I’m probably ditching Instagram, we’ll see.
Instagram is something most normies have, and unlike Etsy, it is free to post things there. It will be easy to send them that way until a website is built.
What’s she interested in?
Is she intrigued by a censorship-resistant, authentic social media experience?
Is there anything she likes that is -not- likely already a topic here that she would enjoy being the “first” to talk about somewhere?
So there are definitely people here sharing her interests! I believe @Maria2000 is among the tallow skin care makers here. Loads of moms, including me!
Just show her this “official”invite from women on Nostr! We’d love to get to know her better!
At least the American species does, which also repels ticks. This looks like one of the Asian species to me because of the narrow leaves, and I am not sure if they have the same pest-repelling properties.
Do you know if they do?
People like to criticize internet dating, but there’s a reason for results like this. I think they reach far beyond anything like “the decline of importance of the family” or something.
Going online to find a partner saves so much wasted time by weeding out uninterested and many incompatible potential partners very quickly. Organic methods would have a tough time competing with that. nostr:note1juv8e4kjxjw9xnyszzn8zjy3jdvltmeg4tm2tx59y3ksfr4trruqcqr5ap
I mean, if we are really so bad at making our own decisions, why make them at all? Aside from choosing mates at random or having another person or algorithm, removed from the actual participants’ reasoning processes but laden with their own, choose mates for us, we still choose. This just allows us more chances to find what we’re actually looking for. It’s up to us to cultivate wisdom about what we should look for.
Exposure to other ideas and personalities is important, but I don’t think the most important place for that is in one’s mate. In a monogamous and K-selecting context like humans who marry and raise children, sexual selection isn’t solely about maximizing differences, but does involve some degree of similarity so there is long-term stability.
I was picky about a few criteria I’d decided were actually important to me after decades of consideration when it came to finding a husband, but anyone who knows us could tell you we are very different people except for that handful of points. At other times in my life, I might have decided something less important to relationship compatibility was a dealbreaker and made a less wise decision.
My biggest gripe with existing dating site algos is they seemed to place the same amount of emphasis on “lightweight” similarities (like taste in movies) as they did on things that mattered much more (like matters of ethics). I think there’s definitely room for improvement there that’s achievable on the programming side.
I’m not aware of these statistics, but I maintain that giving people tools to help them find what they want is not the problem. What they want is probably the problem.
Just like becoming wealthy doesn’t make you into a bad or high time preference person, but if you are this kind of person and become wealthy, “there will be signs” and you screw up extravagantly.
Cultures can only be saved by encouraging the people in them to be wise and make good decisions. When prevailing trends point them the opposite way, I blame that, not tools that simply make reaching their goals more efficient.
Jesus fixes this. Bitcoin can help a little.
I actually think yes. If you’re becoming a parent because you want to rule a child, you’ll probably be a nightmare parent.
If you’re becoming a parent because you want to love and raise a child, you’ll be a good one, and at times when you need to “rule” them you’ll do it well.
No, they are kind of the opposite thing in many ways. An instant pot is a pressure cooker. They make things quickly while crock pots are not pressurized and cook slowly.
Excellently put. I agree in theory without enough knowledge to be able to confirm the historical points.
It seems that it’s easy to take the church out of the state, but very hard to take the state out of the church… nostr:note1nss7e6laes6frr3yvpnxmw4yz7mjjhprvfrhxv7sfycgqrflnejsd50yy8
Layering doesn’t help? It’s a miraculous change to wear like a form fitting tank top under a form fitting short sleeved shirt under a long sleeved shirt, and leggings under pants.
"It is sometimes said ten spies brought a false report, and two spies a true report. That is a mistake. They all brought the same report, so far as the land was concerned; but that in which Caleb and Joshua differed from the other spies was this: they besought the people in faith to go up and possess the land, to take sides with God and defy those foes; and the other ten admitted the fertility of the land, but advised them not to attempt to cope with the giants. And because Caleb and Joshua had not only set an example of belief in God, but urged all others to believe, the people were going to stone them to death -- and would have done so, but for the voice that spoke out of the pillar of cloud. Look at what unbelief can do. Not only did it prompt the people to rebel against God, and refuse His promised possession, and halt on the very borders of the land, to which He had brought them with such wonderful interposition; but it made them ready to stone those who urged them to the career and conduct of faith. A most marvelous exhibition!"
-- Rev. A.T. Pierson, D.D
#Christian #faith #Bible
I used to think isolation was the key to ensuring personal liberty. Now, reluctantly because I’m a loner, I think like-minded community is key.
When you have a patch of bare dirt around a single plant you want, weeds colonize the dirt and choke out your plant. But if you plant many things that you want there and cover the dirt, weeds have a much harder time getting established, and your crop thrives.
#asknostr anyone use stainless steel baking sheets (no nonstick, no enamel or ceramic coating) that stay flat at high oven heat? My most used temp is 375 F but I’d be more comfortable if it could go much higher without warping.
I’m very ready for new baking sheets 😅 I use them for EVERYTHING
#cooking
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