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Mt. Rainier is always rumbling

The titanic lava flows of the past were unimaginable.

Google tells me the Columbia River flood basalts occurred between 17 and 6 million years ago, the most recent of the massive events which go back hundreds of millions of years ago globally.

Thankfully, we appear long past that epoch. Today, only mere pimples go off compared to then.
 
NotHardUp1 said:
The titanic lava flows of the past were unimaginable.

Google tells me the Columbia River flood basalts occurred between 17 and 6 million years ago, the most recent of the massive events which go back hundreds of millions of years ago globally.

Thankfully, we appear long past that epoch. Today, only mere pimples go off compared to then.
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Absolutely!

There was a Smithsonian World television special from the 1980's that tied together all the data from core samples, geologic strata studies, and plate tectonics; then all the compiled data was uploaded to a time simulation computer retreating back to a period just after planet formation.

The displayed geologic events were so violent that some of the results could not be represented within the chosen display scale - Earth's past was hostile to life as we know it today!
 
EddMarkStarr said:
Absolutely!

There was a Smithsonian World television special from the 1980's that tied together all the data from core samples, geologic strata studies, and plate tectonics; then all the compiled data was uploaded to a time simulation computer retreating back to a period just after planet formation.

The displayed geologic events were so violent that some of the results could not be represented within the chosen display scale - Earth's past was hostile to life as we know it today!
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The amount of lava erupting in the flood basalts must have created localized extinction events, as they erupted for many, many years and emitted an incredible amount of sulfur, etc.
 
EddMarkStarr said:
I am fully prepared! I have an old bottle of Madeira, ready for the ultimate emergency!

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American Madeira? :bartshock Maybe you should lay in some Cyprus Sherry and possibly some English Champagne too.
 
More seriously, the man who taught a college French class that I took 30-some years ago commented in class (probably in French, even) how surprised he was to find out about Washington wines. I got the feeling he was impressed. It's also interesting he even mentioned wine--the class undoubteldy had some who were under 21, including me.
 
NotHardUp1 said:
Is it not possible for an American vintner? You've had one?
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The point I was making was that if it isn't Spanish, it isn't Sherry and so forth. The best description for "American Madeira" would be something like "American Madeira-style fortified wine". And no, I haven't tried the American version.

Thad1527 said:
Washington State makes fine wine, y'know
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I don't doubt it. (y)

me203 said:
It's also interesting he even mentioned wine--the class undoubtedly had some who were under 21, including me.
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What's the problem with that? Are American teachers not allowed to mention alcoholic drinks to under-21s? By the same principle, they would not be allowed to mention sexual intercourse to under-16s or driving motor vehicles to under-17s! It's not as if a class of rampaging teenagers would decide after a lesson like that to switch from their habitual agenda of glue sniffing and masturbation to an evening of fine wines.
 
unloadonme said:
The point I was making was that if it isn't Spanish, it isn't Sherry and so forth. The best description for "American Madeira" would be something like "American Madeira-style fortified wine". And no, I haven't tried the American version.
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Now, I'm curious. I feel I will buy sherry and the Washington copy and see what is los t in translation, if anything.

I'm in somewhat of agreement, as I think Parmesan cheese, Champagne, and Vidalia onions all should own their names, even when prestige may supplant actual quality. I'm certain good sparkling wines are made even though not Champagne. I've also had sparking wines as bad as wine can be.
unloadonme said:
What's the problem with that? Are American teachers not allowed to mention alcoholic drinks to under-21s? By the same principle, they would not be allowed to mention sexual intercourse to under-16s or driving motor vehicles to under-17s! It's not as if a class of rampaging teenagers would decide after a lesson like that to switch from their habitual agenda of glue sniffing and masturbation to an evening of fine wines.
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Few colleges would care, even sectarian ones. High school teachers would very likely be counseled and/or disciplined for discussing sex in any way outisde a biology, sociology, psychology, or sex-ed class. Reactionary parents, even though likely a minority, can quickly spin innocent remarks into accusations of age-inappropriate converesations, including accusations of fraternization, etc.

So, typically seondary schools stick to the straight and narrow on content, and could even discipline a teacher if the perceived straying was serious enough. Local school boards have a great deal of power, and school principals and superintendents are pain-averse for the most part and few are willing to die on the hill of intellectual freedom.

Different systems have different standards. The first school where I taught, teachers were not allowed to "sit on our desks", meaning to lean back or even sit atop the edge to be less authoritarian and more approachable. Imagine that.
 
unloadonme said:
American Madeira? :bartshock Maybe you should lay in some Cyprus Sherry and possibly some English Champagne too.
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Now this is the kind of advise that can make a real difference!
I want to upgrade my offerings because I'll be with my neighbors - keeping up appearances, right to the End! (y) (y)

Here's to the finest ad ever broadcast. (if you must go . . . do so in style)

 
unloadonme said:
It's not as if a class of rampaging teenagers would decide after a lesson like that to switch from their habitual agenda of glue sniffing and masturbation to an evening of fine wines.
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Good point, But you underestimate how crazy things can get places that want to discourage underage drinking in the US. It was bad when I was in higih school--and I can only imagine far worse now.
 
NotHardUp1 said:
Few colleges would care, even sectarian ones.
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That college I mentioned had some mainstream church ties--although the significant ties were ancient history. They did have a definite anti-alchohol sentiment that took various forms--although as I think of it now, I'm not sure that mentioning wine would have been a problem. It was more student life (particularly dorm policy) that was the concern. A mere mention of alcohol would have been much more likely to be a problem in my high school.

Sex was definitely mentionable at that college--a writing teaching insisted one day that we form small groups to discuss condom availability on campus, which had been a controversial issue. Being in a strong prude streak, that discussion was highly uncomfortable. Plus, it wasn't like condoms mattered to me--I wasn't any more likely to get laid then than I am now.
 
smokeshadow said:
How did we get from Mt. Rainier and the Pacific Northwest volcanoes to wine, sherry and age appropriate schooling :unsure: :rotflmao: :unsure:
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That's how real life conversations work. It's only on-line that we have the idea of having a conversation that sticks to one topic.
 
smokeshadow said:
How did we get from Mt. Rainier and the Pacific Northwest volcanoes to wine, sherry and age appropriate schooling :unsure: :rotflmao: :unsure:
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It's listening to what others post and responding.

I'm pretty certain we didn't stand in the forum door and prevent others rushing in to comment on a swarm of volcanic tremblers.

Most of us have had to listen to a senator not answer a question enough times to know how to redirect. :p
 
Often when I see a somewhat interesting highjack in progress I think I might comment on one or both topics if they weren't already so tangled together.

It's like texting with two or more topics going on and after a bit, no one can tell which answers go to which questions, and which comments are being missed or ignored.

The worst bit, on this site, is that there is always a shortage of new threads. Makes these totally unnecessary conglomerations seem quite ridiculous, actually.
 
It's as simple as the threads are conversations, not Wiki articles, not juried debates, not monographs, and not even a cell in a kennel of ideas.

Many a thread has enjoyed a longer life from some unforeseen content.

Hijackers take over a vessel and prevent it from going to its intended destination. Diverent discussion in these threads is much more akin to pasengers merely discussing the voyage.

The fact the OP reacted positively to multiple stray posts signaled he was still onboard.
 
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