Oh, dishwasher stuff? Yeah, that's harder to substitute for.
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
If the weather keeps up, I expect Hil to start making her own soap and knitting socks.
When my hotel suite in Florida had dishwasher soap but no hand-wash soap I just used shampoo. Took a little more rinsing, but it got stuff clean!
Kathy, are the roads up there clear?
Pretty much. Even the road through the forest preserve was plowed when I drove in this morning.
I've accidentally run the dishwasher without soap and everything seemed just about as clean.
On a similar note, I recently read a comment by the CEO of Seventh Generation who said that most loads of laundry don't really need soap either - the agitation alone will get rid of everyday dirt, and you don't get any griminess from soap buildup.
Healthma to Bob.
Maybe baking soda?
lisah, lots of strength and health~ma for you and for Bob.
OK, this is freaky.
Carbon-22 Is Shockingly Huge And Shockingly Stable
Physicists in Japan have discovered Carbon-22, an exotic isotope of one of the universe's most abundant elements. With a nucleus greater than those of heavier elements like carbon and zinc, it is the biggest example yet of a "halo nucleus."
Discovered in a particle accelerator at the University of Tokyo, Carbon-22 has six protons and a whopping sixteen neutrons in its nucleus. In most such overstuffed isotopes, the excess neutrons create instability and cause the atom to break apart. However, Carbon-22 makes use of a unique arrangement of its nucleus that gives it stability unusual for its size.
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This is the freaky part:
The reason for this is that Carbon-22 arranges itself in what is called a halo nucleus. In this arrangement, two of the neutrons detach from the nucleus and orbit around it, forming a halo around the nucleus. This essentially alters the nucleus so that it is now a three body system, with a core of six protons and fourteen neutrons along with the two orbiting neutrons. Although physicists still don't exactly know why, this arrangement provides the needed stability for Carbon-22 to hold together longer.
WTF, Carbon-22?