#Probably was galvanized steel and it was old

[vulgarmaw]

When someone gets a new toy (tools are just toys for old people) they often don't want to share. It's usually because they're worried it'll get damaged, or because they're not ready to let someone else play with it.

Since it's your dad he could also be worried that you'll hurt yourself.

So, start taking extra care with things of his that you use and if asked comment "I just want to make sure I look after your things as carefully as you do. It's a respect thing." or something to that nature.

And then just ask him of he'll show you the proper way to use it so that you don't get hurt or damage anything in the process.

You are nice and if you don't admit it, I'll make you /lh threat

Just for that I'm coming to your house to turn all of your bookshelves backwards and reverse your plumbing.

[hangup119]

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twenty-two. galvanized steel and eco-friendly wood veneers

warnings: spoilers for jujutsu kaisen (manga only), cringe brain rot 😓

NERVOUS WOULD BE A COMPLETE AND UTTER UNDERSTATEMENT FOR WHAT ANTON LEE CURRENTLY FELT. 

After he had made sure that the stream was officially over and that his camera was no longer running, he had made a quick dash towards the nearest mirror in a vain attempt of making sure he didn’t look too much of a try-hard with his outfit and hair. Only after making sure that he didn’t look like either, he gathered the last of his wits (what much was left after playing Resident Evil 4 for two whole hours anyway) and proceeded to make his way down to the lobby to finally meet the ”girl of his dreams,” according to the embarrassing, spur-of-the-moment tweet he had made earlier. He cringed just to even think back on it. 

“Where is she?” Anton muttered as he stepped out of the elevator, quickly looking around the relatively empty lobby for any sign of you, much to no avail. 

Well, this is  it, he thought while attempting to steel his nerves for the umpteenth time. This was the moment all previous chapters have accumulated to—the peak of countless weeks of having known each other online in and out of streaming and private DMs he would sometimes think about during the crack of dawn on a random Tuesday. He figured that there wasn't much to do now since he already hyped himself up while he was cleaning this morning, and recently just now when he was still five floors above. Sure, he probably looked real stupid when he kept repeating affirmations to himself (“your rizz is real, your rizz is real…!”) in front of whoever was monitoring the CCTVs today, but Anton realized that he was far too skittish about your short-notice meet up to truly care about others’ perception of him anymore. Which, in hindsight, was concerning. He wonders if he needs to schedule an appointment at the doctor’s…

“Boo.” 

Anton jumped lamely, cursing under his breath before having it immediately taken away when he turned around to face you. 

You blinked up at him.

“Woah,” you said, a bit surprised, “you’re so… tall.” 

“And you're so… short,” was his genius response. 

“What was that?” you asked darkly. Anton gulped nervously, but then you looked at him quizzically. “No, like, seriously, what’d you say? I couldn’t hear you properly; your voice is too soft, man.” 

Oh, okay. He almost breathed out a sigh of relief because you didn’t hear that.

“Nothing important,” Anton stammered, hastily ushering you towards the elevator doors without giving you a chance to say anything else. “Let’s just go. You wanna see the fish, right?” 

“But I—…” you trailed off, watching him hurriedly press the buttons on the wall. “Yeah, okay,” you breathed out eventually, awkwardly fiddling with the straps of your bag. When the doors finally closed, Anton stood back and glanced at you briefly. It didn’t go unnoticed however, as you quickly returned the look, offering him a small, steady grin.

“Hi,” you greeted. 

“Hi,” he nodded back at you, before tearing his gaze away. 

Anton didn’t bother to say anything else, and neither did you, so it was safe to say that the ride towards the seventh floor ended up being a little awkward, what with him trying to discreetly steal glances at you every now and then without you noticing, far too busy finding out what’s so interesting about the elevator ceiling. 

By the tenth urge, he realized just how hard it was to resist looking at you. 

Truly, incredibly, and scarily concerning. 

Now, don’t get it wrong: Anton’s not the kind to just fall for anyone that easily. Sure, he may be young and chronically online and knows too much brain rot-terminology for his own good, but he wasn’t some fourteen-year-old on Discord with a Ken Kaneki profile picture who’d join random servers that would probably die within three months, snag an E-Girlfriend within that time frame before breaking up with her because ‘LDR just won’t work out, babe, it’s not you, it’s me’ or however those situations would go. He was better than that, or so he’d like to think. (Although he was, unfortunately, a twenty-year-old on Discord.) 

Point is, Anton wasn’t stupid enough to fall for just anyone he met online—much less someone he met on Roblox Altitorture, for goodness sake! He can entertain the thought of finding them pretty through pictures he’s seen online, yeah, and he can entertain his friend’s teasing remarks about his supposed crush on someone he hasn’t even met, but Anton liked to believe that it never was that serious. He wasn’t that jealous over you sitting all alone inside another guy’s house, looking after another guy’s fish, or planning to spend another guy’s fifty bucks on useless micro-transactions he could buy for you as quick as lightning without you having to lift a finger (and he has!), and he definitely wasn’t that serious when he accidentally blurted out a sentence that could potentially jeopardize the fanbase he had been steadily building up since he was fifteen, right?

And inviting you over to his house under the pretext of taking a look at his fish (who was probably in both Sungchan and Shotaro’s hit list) wasn't that serious. 

…Right?

You’re just friends, Anton convinced himself when the two of you exited the elevator and walked towards his door. You’re just friends, Anton repeated inside his head as he typed in his PIN on the keypad. You’re just friends, he reassured when he finally swung the door op— 

“God, you’re so rich,” you muttered the moment you entered his condo, and all thoughts of denial Anton had repeating in his mind suddenly came running out the window as he watched you remove your shoes at the front. “You have all this space to yourself?” 

“My mom visits sometimes,” he squeaks out pathetically. 

You looked back at him, a bemused smile on your face and—oh, who was Anton kidding? You’re way prettier in real life compared to the pictures he saw on Sohee’s Facebook post, and whether that was a good thing for his mental health or not—well, he didn’t want to find out anymore. 

Wrongly assuming you’d head straight towards his fish tank, Anton found himself trailing after you as you started loitering by the living room. “Are these your parents?” you asked, signaling towards the multitude of frames on top of the wooden furniture. “You have a brother? He looks just like you.” 

“Oh, yeah,” Anton affirmed, moving to point at the photos. “That’s my mom, my dad, and my younger brother. Over there are my grandparents.” 

You whistled. “Wow, your mom’s really pretty,” you noted with a laugh, “she looks like she could be famous, or something.”

“Uh, she was an actress, actually.” 

Your smile dropped as quickly as it appeared. Anton had to stifle back a snort. 

“...For real?” you asked, carefully looking back at the picture and then towards him. He slowly nodded. “What? Don’t tell me your dad’s famous too? Your grandma? Your childhood dog? The mailman who steals your Amazon deliveries?” 

His silence practically confirmed it, and you squawked in response. (Though you weren’t too sure about the mailman. The grandma and the dog? Sure, since even his fish was famous.)

“My dad’s a music producer,” Anton elaborated, moving away from you to head towards the corner where his fish, the supposed star of the day, resided at. “He’s over in Korea, though, so I don’t see him as often anymore.” 

You followed after him, unsure of where else to go. “Your mom was an actress, and your dad’s some hot-shot music producer… and you decided to become a Let’s Play streamer?” you wondered to yourself, incredulous. Anton looked back at you indignantly, but you merely shrugged back at him. “I’m just saying, dude. You could be, like, I don’t know, a K-pop idol or something with those connections. Oh! You could be in NCT—what do you think of bright, green hair on those luscious locks of yours?” 

Anton gave you a scalding side-eye.  

“...Nah,” he eventually said with a  shake of his head, a wistful grin on his face. “It’s a little late for that.” 

You were about to say something else, something probably much more snarky to the absolute nonsense Anton responded to your suggestion with, but your words quickly died down inside your throat the moment a familiar shape of glass appeared in your vision. Anton promptly stepped aside to let you have your moment with his pet, unable to fight off the smile rising on his face as you approached the tank with wide, astonished eyes. 

“Stonerland,” you breathed out quite dramatically, finally witnessing the white betta fish swim inside his lonesome tank. “You’re real.”

You inched closer towards the glass, but remained mindful not to touch it per Leehan’s wise teachings. The light from inside reflected onto your eyes, splashes of green and white appearing in them. It would’ve been off putting to anyone else who was observing you, the you who was unblinking as you stared at the oblivious animal, but you didn’t seem to care. You were completely and utterly entranced, lost in your own little world. 

“...You’re so pretty,” you murmured, following Stonerland’s every move. 

Your gaze slowly moved towards him. 

“Right, Anton?” you asked, fully expecting him to be looking at the fish as well. 

Instead, you were met with him already staring back at you, like those romance K-Dramas Eunseok always made him watch with their cliché fireworks scenes that always had Anton’s eyes rolling whenever it inevitably came up. They were all just copies of one another anyway—Han River, fireworks, and the main couple having the space all to themselves when it really should have been packed to the brim with other couples because it was South Korea.; he really could have cared less about such things (even if Eunseok swore to him that they were “peak”).

“Yeah,” he breathed out absentmindedly. 

And because Anton always disliked watching those scenes, the thought of him doing the same thing, albeit at a different situation but with the same principle regardless, never crossed his mind. 

But now, inside his place—the Han River—and watching his fish—the fireworks—with only the two of you beside each other, Anton didn’t even have the chance to roll his eyes because he was too busy staring at you, like some cliché male lead in some cliché romance K-Drama. 

“Oh,” you said. 

And then Anton blinked, snapping himself out of his reverie. “What?” he sputtered out, looking away from you and towards Stonerland, before inevitably bringing his gaze towards you again, only to shy away when you caught him in the act all over again. He coughed out, “What were you saying? Sorry, I was… I was thinking about something else.” 

“Like what?” your head tilted to the side.

“Like,” Anton nervously began, licking his lips as he thought of something to respond with only to come up with blanks. “Like, uh—” 

His eyes landed on Stonerland. 

“—I was just thinking of ways that I could fortify his tank so evil, malicious forces won’t get to him…?” he cringed as the words just kept tumbling out of his mouth. “Because I’m low-key scared that if I invite the boys over, Sungchan and Shotaro will find a way to murder my fish when I’m not looking. Or something like that. I don’t know—I’m just getting bad vibes from them, you know? I might just be paranoid, though.” 

Anton immediately found himself desperately avoiding your gaze, feeling the tips of his ears turn red at how stupid he must have sounded just now. 

“No, I get it,” you said, which catched his attention. “Those two are definitely up to no good, since you practically memorialized the empire they worked so hard to destroy in the form of a fish. A small, helpless fish up against two grown men… yeah, maybe just don’t invite them over.” 

Anton looked at you hopefully, only to be immediately let down when you continued. 

“To be honest, if Stonerland was your pet fish in Minecraft, I’d probably blow it up when you aren’t looking too. Redstone engineering and all, it’d look like a whole fireworks show,” you added bluntly, watching the tank with blank eyes. After a second, however, you quickly look back at him with an easygoing smile, cheerfully saying, “Good thing Stonerland’s a real fish, right? So cute! Betta fishes are the best…” you sighed wistfully. 

You didn’t bother commenting on the look of absolute horror on Anton’s face, too busy cooing at his fish as if you had not just threatened to blow it up in another life. 

He looked at Stonerland—poor and unassuming Stonerland, oblivious to the evils surrounding him and his owner. He wasn’t even safe from the girl who kept squealing over him, simply because of his given name. Poor, poor Stonerland indeed. Anton briefly considered changing the unfortunate fish’s name, maybe install some galvanized steel beams around his tank and some eco-friendly wood veneers for extra protection just in the slightest case anyone would dare to think of hurting his precious betta fish, but he was definitely putting up a sign that had Sungchan and Shotaro’s names crossed off on his front door. 

He slowly turned to you, meekly saying, “Please don’t hurt him.” 

You looked at him, absolutely flabbergasted. “Stonerland’s a guy?”

“Yeah?” Anton’s eyebrows furrowed. “...You didn’t know?” 

“What!” you gaped. “But the fins…! It’s so pretty and long!” 

“Male betta fishes have longer fins, and they’re much leaner,” Anton explained, pointing at Stonerland’s white, flowy fins. “Shouldn’t you know this? Isn’t that Leehan guy you’re friends with a fish-expert or whatever?” 

You pouted. “Well, he is, but he doesn’t own any bettas… so I don't know if he knows anything about them.”

“Hm, so Leehan doesn’t know shit about bettas, the coolest fish ever. I see.”

He felt pride quickly bubble inside his chest when you looked at him expectantly. “Right, yeah! Bettas are so cool! And you know so much about them; that’s so cool!” 

“Nah,” he pretended to be humble, scratching the nape of his neck. “I just did my research.” 

“You should buy a black one,” you continued enthusiastically, “so they can swim together! Isn’t that cute?” 

Anton deadpanned. “Uh, they’ll probably fight to death if that happens…” 

“Oh, so like SatoSugu,” you said blandly. 

Yeah, whatever that means, Anton thought.

The both of you stayed there for a little while more, with most of it spent on useless chatter and you taking hundreds of photos of his fish, so much so that Anton worried whether your phone’s storage was about to reach its limit, however you didn’t seem to care. He honestly didn’t know what exactly was so enamoring about the fish—it was just some small living creature that came with flowy fins and a penchant for loneliness, and all it would do is swim and eat and live off of Anton’s paycheck, but he supposed that if you enjoyed looking at it so much, then he was fine with keeping it. Heck, he’d be fine with protecting it against Sungchan and Shotaro, if it meant that it would keep you happy to see it was still alive. 

Which is, again, concerning. Anton never meant for any of this to happen—he never meant for him to wake up on a random Friday and decide that he was gonna let you into his house when you were, at the core of this situation, just some girl he had just coincidentally met online—and at a kids’ game of all places. 

But between the calls you’ve shared, the jokes, the countless hours you’ve spent together playing games, and the private DMs you’ve shared where no one else could interrupt him teasing subtweets or obsessive ramblings from either shippers or haters, then Anton figured that getting Stonerland was worth all the trouble and money (and Wonbin’s constant whining at the bus) just to see you smiling towards the tank.

…So, yeah, maybe he was jealous of you sitting all alone in another guy’s house, watching another guy’s fish, planning on using the money you earned to purchase useless micro-transactions he could easily buy for you, and maybe accidentally blurting out a sentence that could potentially ruin his career was all the more worth it when you are literally standing right next to him now. 

Anton never thought that everything would eventually lead up to this moment, and he might not be extremely smitten with you right now the way those male leads in K-Dramas would be, at least he doesn’t think so, but what he knows is that there was already a tiny voice inside his head constantly saying that, eventually, at a moment when he least expects it, it will happen. 

“If you want, I can buy you a black betta fish,” he started, leaning his chin on his palm, “and then we’d have matching fishes. Just like SatoSugu, right?” 

You glanced back at him, a little bit shocked. But then your eyes twinkled, and a laugh escaped from your lips. Anton found himself smiling back.

“No way,” you said, “you don’t have to do all that. You already bought me some Robux.” 

“It was literally just twenty dolla—” 

You cut him off. “Plus, one of them dies anyway," you said grimly, your expression darkening. "Actually, they both die."

That quickly shut him up. 

You continued with a snap of your fingers. “You know what, I’ll just tell you their whole lore—no, wait, we should just watch Jujutsu Kaisen instead! Do you have a Netflix account? Let’s binge the first season.” 

Seemingly without a choice, Anton promptly handed you the remote to his TV, staring blankly ahead while he followed you towards his couch. 

It seemed that it was also safe to say that your online personality translated perfectly into real life. For better or for worse.

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SYNOPSIS. not everyone is good at playing obby’s on roblox, and you’re no exception to this rule: after a particularly nasty encounter with another player on roblox’s altitorture, you log into twitter only to find out that the very same player who publicly dunked on your gaming skills turns out to be anton lee, a well-known streamer who also happens to be a friend of a friend. fed up with his fans bombarding your dms with teasing remarks or jealous musings, you decide to end it once and for all by appearing on his next stream with a promise to get through an obby successfully. however, you realize that the only thing you’ll be successful at is falling for anton lee instead.

AUTHOR'S NOTE. wooo first written chapter! what do you guys think so far??? i really like putting the pov on anyone else BUT y/n, it makes her more mysterious HAHA

TAGLIST. (closed) @shoberi @gisellessgf @serafilms @palchokitty @seunghancore @nujeskz @hisrkive e @alwayswook @emohoon @milktea-academia @kyusqult @dolloie @slutforjeno @meowbini @yizhuobberi @fae-renjun @kcharlyy @whoisgwyn @saranghoeforanton @au-ghosttype @gyehyeonist t @dodot04lover @outrologist @papichulomacy @odxrilove @maleegayuh @ilovejungwonandhaechan @dalsosapple @starwonb1n @tojis-luver r @slayhaechan @lakoya @he6rtshaker @rikianton @brachioswrld @woonagi-lemon @ffixtionista @endtostartbreathin @ki3ntot t @bidibaabidiboo @totheseok @astrae4 @hanbinniesmango o @daegale @regrool @sunflowerbebe07 @taroddori @miyawwn @snowyseungs @p-d1ddy

[noeyecontactpleasse]

I should probably post my art here I guess?

This took a few months but I'm very happy with it :)

14G galvanized steel wire I bought at Canadian Tire, that I turned into rings and chained together using an old pair of pliers the previous house owners left behind

[luvwich]

my 2024 in fic

a long one about my year of writing my dirty 'n sad stories (complete with pull quotes for god's sake). if you start scrolling real fast now, you might survive! let's get on with it then—

january—march • crescent & redwood 88k words (70k written this year)

He wasn't much of a dreamer — the streets wrung all the dreams out of Mike Kowalski before he had thirteen candles on his cake. But in that moment, the dream came to him easier than breathing.

the one longfic i finished this year. the shit consumed me, man! C&R was my most ambitious in terms of plot, i approached it with more structure and planning than ever, and for some FUCKING reason i opted to commit to a weekly(ish) posting schedule.

i figure the entire potential "audience" for this could dance on the head of a pin — it's a sequel, it stars a really random / rare side character, it is crawling with OCs and homebrew — but it was some of the most fun i've had writing & i love this god damn fic. (also some amazing people read it anyway!)

march • risk management 2000 words

Turns out the nightclub gig has some parallels to his life as an agent. In the course of both jobs, you observe and intervene when necessary. You manage risk.

moody tableau of a solomon reed / V situation. started out as a plan for something longer, but i opted to turn it into this really compact story — a style i leaned into a lot this year. a nice change from the sprawl of the longfic, and so satisfying to write! feels like whittling away at this intricate thing, every sentence forced to earn its keep. almost everything else i wrote this year was in this shorter format.

april • internship '74 1587 words

You work fifty percent harder. No, sixty. There's so much to learn, just as the handbook said.

just a crunchy bite of that arasaka grind, with a little glimpse of star-crossed romance at the end of the corpo tunnel.

may • be with me when i breathe & soul in a box & galvanized

But I can become angry again. In the realm of cognition, all that I was once capable of, I remain capable of.

the word of the year is FICLET. i wrote these 500-1000 word bits for song events in the writers of night city discord. those events were such a lifesaver for my burnt-out ass!!

july • sellsword 3100 words

Compliments, in his experience, were not given without motive. Compliments of the cock even less so. 

my first non-cyberpunk and first M/M! i find baldur's gate quite intimidating to write; the fantasy setting comes waaaay less naturally to me than the whole gritty urban cyberpunk thing. ole boy rugan had me in a chokehold, though, and out of all the little snippets i wrote about him, the one where he furtively jerks off with gale ended up taking flight. that's life!

august—september • black steel 9831 words

Maybe V's not the lamb, but the altar. What'll he burn this time? What would old Cain do with a second chance?

johnny silverhand had mostly played a "sassy roommate" role in my stories til i got a wee bit more lecherous with him in crescent. when silverv week rolled around i started tinkering with some brief scenes between him and vania. some of my favorite writing i did this year is in woven through these vignettes

december • the perfect mark 6000 words

At last, under a pretense, a promise, she gets him alone. It doesn't take much. Mortal men scamper after coin and cunt like blind rats running through walls.

written for a gift exchange for the Zhentil Keep discord, a wonderful community of sickos (pos.) i was delighted to lurk around in this year. i've never done a Durge run, and as mentioned i don't feel terribly confident writing in the bg3 setting, but once i got a handle on the story i had a hell of a lot of fun with it! super pleased to close out the year (probably!) with something a little different. also, spitting <3

overall, i posted just shy of 100k words — just about a third of what i did in 2023(!). shit got real and stayed real at my day job, the cyberpunk fandom slowed down, and i had burned through a lot of that "just started writing" momentum that had me rollin down an icy hill last year. and just, C&R wrecked my ass; i wasn't thinking or walking straight after finishing it. thanks mike!

but a lovely thing about '24 was leaning into community a little more, mostly in the form of two wonderful lil discord servers full of other lunatics. so much of what i ended up writing came out of events, prompts, and general inspiration found on the Writers of Night City and Zhentil Keep servers!

as a direct result, i also started having some of my work beta-read, as well as doing a bit of beta reading for others. previously, i had no idea how to go about getting these mythical "beta readers" — like, how do you even form that relationship begin with, nevermind the logistics and protocol! it turns out you can just ask??

anyway i'm so glad i started doing this; getting real, critical feedback is delicious, it's made my writing better (both beta-ing and being beta'd have!) (oh my god is beta the most hellish verb in existence though?), and it makes the process a whole lot less lonely to boot.

some of the work i was entrusted to beta-read or collaborate on (all excellent despite my meddling!):

No. 1 Smalltown Boy by @ghostoffuturespast

chapters 4-6 of thread-safe by @merge-conflict

breach by @streetkid-named-desire — a whole collab! they trusted me to write a bunch of the smutty bits >:)

in 2025 i'd love if i sank my teeth into a longer project again, but i'm resolved not to fret about it too much. got a lot of junk rattlin' around in drafts, a number of things in the outlining/planning stage that may or may not bear fruit, and a sick little brain that won't quit

thanks for hanging! thanks for not blocking me yet on tumblr dot com, and all my gratitude and blessings if you read more than a hundred words of those 100k i chucked out into the world this year

[yourmikecounsilplumbing]

What to Know About Replacing Pipes

What to Know About Replacing Pipes You probably don’t give much thought to the pipes in your house, but at some point they’ll probably need to be replaced. Even high-quality pipes aren’t meant to last forever, so it’s important to pay attention to the state of your plumbing. So what are the signs that your pipes need to be replaced? They’ve very old. The older pipes are, the more likely they are to have issues. If you live in a new house, you obviously don’t need to worry about that, but if your house is older, figure out what kind of pipes you have. Brass and galvanized steel supply lines will last for about 80-100 years, as will cast iron drain lines. Copper supply lines can last 70-80 years, while PVC drain lines only last about 25-40 years. The better care you take of your pipes, the longer they’ll work, but eventually, they’ll wear out. There are irregularities in the pipes. Look at your exposed pipes. Do you see any signs of damage? Flaking, stains, dimpling, and discoloration are all signs of pipes on their way out. It’s important to get a professional to inspect your pipes, to determine whether or not you need to replace them. The pipes outside your home are facing trauma. Don’t forget about the pipes that extend beyond your house. Your sewer and supply line often face issues like roots and corrosion, as well as clogs from foreign items that never should have gone into the pipes. A plumbing professional can do a thorough inspection, running a camera through the pipes to get a better look at what’s happening. You’re planning to remodel. If you’re about to make some big changes to your home, it may be the perfect time to replace your pipes as well. Use the renovations as a chance to inspect the pipes, replacing them if necessary, because this is probably the most convenient opportunity you’ll have to do this. When you’re already pulling up floors and opening up walls, having a professional inspect your pipes is a good move that might save you money in the long run. If you end up having an inspection and learning that you don’t need to replace the pipes, all the better! But if they do require replacement, having that done while everything is a mess and the plumber’s already there is smart. Call Mike Counsil Plumbing & Rooter No matter what plumbing problem you’re facing, you can count on the professional plumbing contractors at Mike Counsil Plumbing and Rooter to provide stellar plumbing service with a smile. Since 1994, we’ve served San Jose, California, and the South Bay Area, building a reputation on excellent service and a 100 percent satisfaction rate. Our family-owned and -operated company is committed to exceeding our clients’ expectations, and our staff is kept up-to-date on all the latest advances in the industry. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, we’re available to take care of plumbing issues that can’t wait.   Read the full article

[finleyloyd]

Elevated Temperature Characteristics Of Stainless Steel Grades

The automotive exhaust conditions are partially related with engine because these cannot be specifically defined and are not consistent to choose the base material. Normally, automotive exhaust comprises of a mixture of carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen,unburned hydrocarbons and moisture.

The temperatures operate the gamut from ambient to 1800oF gas velocities are high, the internal combustion engine cause pulsation of the gas stream and vibration of the device and the operation is fully cyclic.

The issue is further intensified by the various levels of expertise on the users side and people operating the engine that results in the operating conditions that exceed design expectations and probable temperatures. Combining these conditions with the enduring commitment to tighten automotive emissions, simultaneously decrease weight and the exhaust system no longer resembles the old systems comprising essential cast manifold, pipe and muffler.

While steel neither plain, galvanized or aluminum coated, has performed well, designers are now indicating the Stainless Steel Sheet that are more competent of adhering in the oxidation and corrosion conditions at the elevated temperatures in these new systems, and choosing alloy that also offer good elevated temperature strength.

For example, steel grade 409, generally recommend as the muffler grade stainless steel, was one of the first to be utilized broadly in the auto exhaust systems, specifically for catalytic converters that are installed on the several US made cars.The steel grade 409 is also used for the various exhaust gas ducts in turbochargers and it is a good choice for mufflers and tail pipe parts.

In the specific applications, although steel 409 may not offer adequate creep strength, in which situation a more concentrated alloyed stainless steel like one of the austenitic or new ferritic grades can be more suitable. A standard example is a converter-turbocharger combination in which higher pressures cause increased temperature limits.

The Stainless Steel Sheet 304L is now utilized broadly for exhaust gas coolers, that are small heat exchangers utilizing engine coolant to decrease the temperature of small volume exhaust gas recycled through the fuel intake. The cool inert gas helps to decrease the oxides of nitrogen. The low carbon grade is known to avoid sensitization while elevated temperature brazing of the cooler components while assembly.

Since the exhaust system engineers comer closer to get a practical deign for a fabricated sheet metal that will operate at temperature more than the cooler or catalytic converter, other stainless steels or high nickel grade alloys are chosen,. In brief, the exhaust system manufacturing programs are in full strength at all automotive companies and component producers and the broad range of alloys are considered including those were earlier in states of commercial development.

A copper sheet is a multipurpose material that is renowned for its strength, conductivity, and appearance. Made entirely of copper, it is used in the electrical, roofing, and decorative arts industries, among others. Because of its malleability, craftspeople can form it into complex shapes for artistic or architectural decorations.

A Copper sheet is used in electrical engineering because they are effective conductors that allow electricity to pass through them with little resistance. Furthermore, its ability to withstand corrosion makes it perfect for outdoor applications. Whether used as a component of artistic projects or as a roofing material, copper sheeting is always classy and practical option.

[waterfiltergurus]

8 Causes of Brown Toilet Water & How to Fix Them

Brown toilet water looks horrible, and it can be a frustrating issue to deal with if you don't know the cause. Whether you're concerned about what guests might think or you're worried that your brown toilet water might be leaving permanent stains, you probably want to find a solution to the problem as soon as possible. Here, you'll find the 8 most likely causes of brown toilet water, and how to fix them. 📌 Key Takeaways: - Brown water in a toilet is likely caused by rusted or corroded pipes, sediment, a blockage in your plumbing line, rusted toilet components, or iron bacteria. - You can remedy brown toilet water by flushing the toilet a few times, unclogging blocked pipes, increasing your toilet's flush power, or installing a water treatment system to remove contaminants causing brown discoloration. - If you can't solve the problem or you're uncertain about the cause, you might want to hire a professional plumber to take a look. 🤔 Why Is My Toilet Water Brown? 8 Causes Wondering, "Why is my toilet water brown?" We've shared the most common causes of brown water in toilet below. Standing Water & General Use Toilets are dirty environments, so it's unsurprising that over time, your toilet water will take on a brown color if you don't bring out the cleaning supplies as often as you should. It's normal for water in your toilet to take on a gray-brown color or dirty tinge after a few weeks of no cleaning. Allowing water to stand too long in your toilet will also cause it to appear dirty. If you return from a vacation and your toilet has been unused for a few weeks, you might discover that the water has a brownish hue. Rusty Pipes Does your toilet water have bits of browny-orange particles floating in it? Or have you noticed orange-brown stains in your toilet tank or bowl? If so, you probably have rusty pipes in your home. Old metal pipes, such as iron or galvanized steel pipes, produce rusty residue when they corrode. Over time, rusted pipes will release small amounts of rust into your water, which end up contaminating your toilet. You might have rusty or corroded toilet pipes, or rusted pipes further upstream in your water supply. Rusted Toilet Components The components in your toilet could also have rusted, leading to brown-looking water in the toilet tank or bowl. Old toilets are especially prone to rust since they often contain untreated metal components. It can be difficult to determine the exact cause of the rust since the particles in your water will eventually cause the entire toilet tank and bowl to rust. Iron Iron is a common well water contaminant that gives water an orangey-brown appearance. Iron isn't dangerous, but too much iron in your water supply can leave unsightly, difficult-to-remove stains on your water pipes, fixtures, and water-using appliances. If your drinking water also tastes metallic, it's likely that iron is the cause of your brown toilet water problem. Iron Bacteria In some cases, iron and manganese in your water might combine with natural bacteria in soils and surface water, forming iron or manganese bacteria. Iron or manganese bacteria form sludge-like deposits that are orange or dark brown in water. Your water might also smell unpleasant and have floating particles of orange or brown. If allowed to accumulate, iron and manganese bacteria may lead to a clogged toilet. Sediment & Dirt If you have a private well water supply, brown water in your toilet might be caused by too much sediment and dirt in your water. Well water is naturally higher in sediment than city water because a well aquifer contains sand, silt, dirt, and other debris. Some of this gets drawn into the well through the pump. However, if your water sediment levels are high enough to discolor your toilet water, you might have an issue that needs resolving. Mineral Deposit Buildup Hard water is an incredibly common problem in the US. While hard minerals aren't dangerous to human health, hard water mineral buildup looks unsightly and may be the cause of your discolored toilet water. Usually, limescale deposits are chalky white or yellow in color, but if other nasties and dissolved organic matter in your toilet water stick to these stains, you could end up with brown water. Plumbing Line Blockage Do you notice brown water in your toilet when you flush it? A blockage in your plumbing might be turning your toilet water brown. A properly functioning plumbing system sends water evenly and smoothly down the drain when a toilet is flushed. But if you have clogged pipes leading from the toilet, the water flow may reduce, causing a backup of dirty water in the toilet. 🪛 How To Fix Brown Toilet Water Follow these steps to fix brown water in your toilet. Flush The Toilet A Few Times First, try flushing the toilet a few times. A fresh batch of water in your toilet might look clean and clear. Plus, as water flows through the toilet, it may dislodge any contaminants causing brown staining inside the toilet bowl. For added effect, place a toilet cleaning block beneath the seat rim, which will send cleaning chemicals into your water every time you flush, keeping the standing water clean and fresh. Increase Your Toilet Flush Power If your dirty toilet water is caused by your toilet's inability to completely flush everything away, you can fix the issue by increasing your toilet's flush power. Simply by repositioning the cylinder float or lifting the float in the toilet tank, you should increase the flow of water from your toilet when you flush. Now, the toilet should be powerful enough to remove everything with just one flush. Note: make sure that your toilet's flush power is to blame, and NOT a blockage in the toilet pipes, or you might end up flooding your toilet by increasing the flush power. Fix Your Well If you have a private well and you're concerned that sediment in your toilet water has turned it brown, you might have an issue with your well that needs fixing. For instance, a well pump that's too low in the aquifer may be drawing in too much sediment, and you might need to hire a well contractor to raise the pump by several inches. Or, the well screen could be damaged or degraded, allowing large quantities of sediment into your water supply. You'll need to replace or repair the screen as advised by a professional. Rusting well components could also cause iron flakes to get into your water, and you may need to replace these components to prevent further damage. Consult a Plumber If you suspect clogged pipes are the cause of your brown toilet water, and you can't resolve the issue yourself, call your local plumber. A plumber can fix dirty toilet water by flushing or replacing blocked pipes, depending on the extent of the blockage. You might also need to hire a plumber if you think that you have a major corroding or rusting issue in your pipes that's causing your toilet water to take on a brown tinge. A plumber can inspect your pipes and advise you on whether or not you need to replace some or all the pipes in your home due to corrosion. 🚫 How To Prevent Future Brown Toilet Water You might have temporarily fixed the brown water in your toilet by flushing or cleaning - but how can you prevent the brown stains from coming back? Follow our advice below. Install A Water Treatment System The best way to prevent brown water in your toilet is to install a suitable water treatment system to tackle the brown-causing contaminant. We've shared a few possible systems to choose from below. Iron: Air Injection System If your toilet water is brown due to iron in your water supply, install an air injection/oxidation system. AIO systems send water through an air bubble, which oxidizes contaminants like iron. These impurities are then filtered out of the water by a bed of birm or manganese greensand. AIO filters can usually remove around 10-15 PPM of iron. Mineral Deposits: Water Softener If hard mineral deposits are to blame, install a water softener system. Water softeners exchange calcium and magnesium hardness minerals with harmless ions that are unable to form mineral deposits (usually sodium). Water softeners should be installed upstream of your hot water heater to protect your entire home's water supply from scale buildup. Sediment: Sediment Water Filter If your toilet water is brown due to sediment in your water supply, install a sediment filter in your plumbing system. Sediment water filtration systems remove sediment particles of a variety of sizes, depending on the filter type and pore size. Some people install multiple sediment filters to filter out sediment in different size ranges. Regularly Clean & Maintain The Toilet Your toilet won't have a chance to accumulate dirt and other nasties if you keep it clean and well-maintained. Clean your toilet with bleach or a powerful, non-toxic alternative at least once a week to prevent staining in the toilet bowl. This will also reduce the likelihood of clogging in the water pipe connecting the toilet to your drain. You should also maintain the toilet as necessary. Check for leaks, replace worn parts when needed, and don't flush anything other than toilet paper. 🧽 How To Brown Yellow Water Stains From Toilet So, you've established a permanent anti-brown water solution for your toilet. You should never get brown water again - but what can you do with existing staining? Before you buy an entirely new toilet, try cleaning the stains with a powerful, natural solution: white vinegar. Here's how to use vinegar to clean brown water deposits out of your toilet: - Gather your supplies. You'll need a few basic essentials: a toilet brush, distilled white vinegar, and (optional) baking soda. - Pour vinegar into the toilet bowl. Fill a cup with white vinegar and pour it into the toilet. Let the vinegar sit in the toilet bowl overnight. - Clean the toilet. The following day, gently scrub the toilet bowl with a toilet cleaning brush. This should lift the stains that haven't already been dislodged by the vinegar. - (Optional) add baking soda. Vinegar is even more effective when combined with baking soda. If you're dealing with heavy staining, sprinkle a small fistful of baking soda into the water. You'll notice the water fizzing as the vinegar and baking soda react. - Flush the toilet. Leave the solution for another 10-15 minutes, then flush the toilet. Use the toilet brush to scrub away any lingering stains if they remain after the toilet water settles. ❔ Why Is My Toilet Water Brown? FAQ Why does my toilet water look dirty? Your toilet water might look dirty if you haven't cleaned the toilet for a while, you haven't used a powerful enough cleaner, you've recently been on vacation and left standing water in the toilet, or your toilet water contains contaminants that have caused it to turn brown. How do you fix brown toilet water? You can fix brown water in your toilet by installing a water treatment system to remove brown-causing contaminants, cleaning the toilet, and addressing any other issues that might be to blame (such as corroded pipes or a problem with your well). Why is my water brown in only one bathroom? Your water might be brown in only one bathroom if there's an issue in the water pipes leading to this one bathroom. For instance, if the pipes leading to one bathroom are corroding, it could cause rust and metals to get into your bathroom water, giving it a brown tinge. Why is my toilet flushing dirty water? Your toilet might be flushing dirty water if there's something blocking your plumbing lines that's preventing the proper flow of water out of the toilet, causing a backup of dirty water. You can usually resolve this issue by unclogging or replacing the blocked pipe. Read the full article

[stevetonyweekly]

SteveTony Weekly - May 30

Happy Sunday!! Here’s what I’ve been reading this week. As always, leave your fic authors some love if you read and enjoy their stories! 

**Indicates my recent favs 

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***Two hands & a map by isozyme (Marvel Ultimates/31k) 

Tonia sighed and leaned back with a clang of armor on galvanized steel railing. “I’m ready to go home, take a bath, and relieve some stress, if you know what I mean.”

Eve did not know what Tonia meant. She frowned, trying not to be annoyed that she’d missed another joke. Tonia raised one eyebrow and made a filthy gesture, jerking her fist up and down over her crotch. Someone across the aisle whistled, and Tonia responded by exaggerating the pantomime, rolling her hips into it and licking her lips.

“Don’t make fun of me,” Eve said, reaching out and grabbing Tonia’s armor-less bicep so she’d stop being gross. “I know women don’t do that.”

The sexual education of Eve “The Female Orgasm Is a Myth” Rogers, courtesy of Tonia Stark.

***What it looks like (from the outside) by isozyme (Marvel Ultimates/5k) 

“I talked to Rogers,” Tony said. His tone was edged with wheedling — Tony was building up towards asking for something. “And now I need your opinion: what are your feelings on threesomes?”

“With Rogers?” Steve asked, surprised. Steve certainly — surely — probably — didn’t approve of threesomes. Even if Tony asked for it, in his haughty, affected way, the way that said it was all a joke until you said yes, Steve would — he wouldn’t say yes. He certainly wouldn’t have thought other-him would go for it.

“No, with a platypus,” Tony teased. “Yes, obviously, with Rogers.”

Commander Rogers from Earth 616 comes to visit Ultimates Steve and Tony. They have a threesome with feelings. That’s it, that’s the fic.

I Never by elspethdixon, seanchai (Marvel 616/5k) 

Kang had been defeated, they had four hours to kill before the press conference, and they were reduced to playing a party game Steve strongly suspected had been made up by 13-year-old girls.

***Down all your darkest roads by SoldiersShield (Time travel AU/9k) 

The Time Gem rarely intervenes in the affairs of those who wield it. But with its siblings shattered and the Incursions on the horizon, it decides to take matters into its own hands. Steve Rogers and Tony Stark are the key to saving this failing timeline, and it intends to repair them-- no matter what it takes.

Or: The Time Gem chooses Steve as its host, and instead of flinging him far forward into the future, it drops him on Superior's doorstep. If Tony doesn't kill Steve himself, the ensuing time loop certainly will.

Greyscale by FestiveFerret (Soulmate AU/9K) 

"Did you tell him you were holding out for your soulmate?" Sharon smiled in that mildly condescending way most people did when Steve admitted that he didn't date because he was waiting for that one special someone.

It was old-fashioned, he knew, not to play around casually while you were still greyscale, but Steve wasn't interested in casual. He wanted that swoop in his stomach, and he wanted the world to explode into colours, and he wanted that to be his first and only relationship.

If you Survive first impressions, you’re good to go by itsallAvengers (Kid fic/4k) 

The first time Peter Parker-Stark sees Steve Rogers, he may or may not be standing in direct path of the man's motorcycle.

His daddy is really not going to be happy about that one.

***Do you fondue by calciseptine (Chef AU/16K) 

Tony has done crazy things in the name of food, but falling in love with Steve Rogers really takes the cake.

Peers, fears, and holiday cheers by jacobby (Age difference AU/25K) 

“He’s only two years older than you,” Tony finally says when the silence becomes too much to bear.

“Dad, Teddy is turning twenty-seven next year.”

“I am not dating your husband—”

“I’m not implying you are. I just want you to be...aware that he’s practically the same age as my husband.”

AKA

Tony Stark's new boyfriend is only two years older than his adult sons. Telling them is one thing, introducing them is another. What Tony doesn't expect is that the past always has a way of catching up to him, of biting him in the ass when he least expects it. Well, at least they're all together for the Holidays. What more can he ask for?

Avalon Protocol by avienexjel (Avalon Protocol/6k) 

Tony Stark may be replaceable, but Iron Man—the world needs Iron Man.

That's the main reason why he creates the AVALON protocol one night, sitting alone in the Compound and nursing a bottle of whiskey and thinking, How can I be better, I have to be better. It's a protocol that prioritizes his teammates over himself, a verbal command for FRIDAY to operate the suit in the event that he is unable. It's a protocol that will finish the battle even if he's bleeding out or already dead.

Hysteria by Sapphic_Futurist (Avalon Protocol/5k) 

Later, Steve will remember this as the exact moment when he stepped out of his own body and started to drift away.

“JARVIS? What exactly is the Avalon Protocol?"

Twelve Days by elysianprince (Christmas Fic/22k) 

In which Tony finds himself in a town that looks like it crawled out of a Hallmark Christmas movie, trying to sell an inn he didn't know he owned, all while dealing with Steve Rogers, the resident ghost who has returned to haunt the inn each December during the twelve days of Christmas for the past seventy years. Tony has only one logical solution that benefits them both: break the curse that binds him - but falling for a man almost a century old wasn't among his plans.

If i’m superman, does that make you my lois lane? By lmao_thunder (Identity Porn/11k) 

Tony’s plan was very simple: seek out crime, actual crime, the kind of stuff that would attract defenders of justice and virtue out of hiding, and then go from there. He just needed a situation where The Quartet would have no choice but to come to the people’s aid.

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Alternatively, Tony can't help himself and seeks out trouble so often that the Captain starts having to actively come to his rescue. Tony falling in love with the man, one he doesn't actually know, and sprouting flowers in his lungs was not part of the plan.

***And has time enough by wanttobeatree (Time Traveler AU/15K) 

Tony asks if they have met. It's a matter of perspective. (A Time Traveller's Wife AU.)

***15 Things To Do In NYC If You’ve Been Stuck in an Ice Berg for 70 Years by gogglor (MCU/39K) 

Tony and Steve can't stand each other, but they agree for the sake of the team and the people that rely on them that they have to figure out a way to get along. So they come up with a plan to spend time together, in the form of a Buzzfeed listicle of things to do in New York City.

Because if you go to enough museums with the guy you can't stand, you should *eventually* stop hating him, right?

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Come for the slow burn, stay for everyone's opinions on Cats the musical and a story about teenage Tony stealing an ice cream truck in an attempt to get laid.

Stupid Sexy Avengers by gogglor (MCU/22K) 

Tony, Steve, Nat, Clint, Bruce, Thor, Jane, and Rhodey all tell each other the funniest thing that's ever happened to them related to their sex lives. If you're interested in hearing the Avengers tell stories about their lives that are funny and mortifying and surprisingly sweet, you've found your fic.

Standalone fic.

[starr-fall-knight-rise]

Humans are Space Orcs, “Paper Man.”

VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED:  GORE, VIOLENCE, MORAL AMBIGUITY 

Ok guys, I am giving this a rated R for violence specifically. I wanted to play around with some extreme moral issues, and I ended up doing just that. So if you didn’t read the horror chapter, then I suggest very much not reading this one.

It is the third and last installment to my little prison series, so you can imagine what might be in here. I leave it up to you to decide if you can handle it or not. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. :) 

I designed this specifically to expose Adam’s character to an extreme situation hes probably not emotionally equipped for. 

Commander Vir wiped a smear of excess inc from the man’s skin and sat back to view his handiwork. He had to admit that he was definitely getting better now that he had figured out how to use the damned machine. Not to mention that he spent most of his free time drawing for fear that he was going to screw up and get his ass kicked. 

In all honesty, he could have been a pretty talented artist if he had ever bothered to practice, but he hadn’t drawn, conventionally, since he was in middle school and, as a result, his drawing had suffered . However, now that he was in prison, he had a surprising amount of free time to work on extracurricular skills. If he wasn’t pumping iron with the others, he was working on a new tattoo design or applying the inc. 

While it sucked pretty hard core to be here, he had found a relatively safe middle ground. Being able to do inc gave him certain privileges among the other humans, not to mention his personal connection to krill, who was invaluable as the crew’s medic. Having worked at the biggest trauma center in the galaxy, the kind of wounds they generally received was a cakewalk to the little alien.

The problem…..well, that was the Drev, and the fact that every human and their dog had, at one point, boasted to the larger, scarier aliens about having a member of operation steel-eye in their ranks. They did pretty much everything but directly mention his name, but they may as well have been dancing a naked jig around him with signs directed at his chest saying “Here I am come shank me.” 

He wasn’t sure how well the goading would work with Drev. He had learned from Sunny, that a good Drev considered war to be impersonal, and those who beat you in battle were supposed to be treated with respect, but this was also coming from the Drev whose mother had gone off the deep end and plotted to destroy humanity, so he had a feeling he couldn’t rely on Drev honor to keep him from getting eviscerated. 

He cleaned his tools off in the best way he knew how and allowed the man to finally take a look. He held his breath.

The man examined the tattoo for a very long moment, and for this horrible second, Adam feared he was about to be pounded into the concrete, “Good work Steel!” Instead, he got a heavy slap on the back, which probably would have slammed him into the pavement anyway for his trouble, but it simply sent him into a stagger, and the other man walked away flexing his arm. Adam grimaced. He wasn’t entirely sure had to do proper, post-art care was going to work down here, and just had to hope that the man wouldn’t end up with some sort of nasty infection. 

His hopes were not particularly high.

At least Krill would be there to clean up the aftermath.

The rest of the humans were outside again today, but technically, all the facilities were open, still he preferred to go back upstairs to his cell for some privacy. He tucked the little case of tools into his single pocket and made his way into the building and towards the stairs. The Drev had taken the TV today and was watching some horrible remake of a classic 2000 movie. There were a lot of explosions and 0 practical effects. 

Seemed like a drev thing to do, and he tried to remain unseen as he moved up the stairs and towards his cell. He made it there safely enough, got some privacy and, stupidly, stepped out just in time to meet a group of drev walking down the catwalk.

He froze just outside his room  staring at them. They paused to look at him. No one moved for the longest time. Multiple arms flexed, and the large female at the front dropped her head aggressively over her throat. It didn’t take a genius to know what that meant, and before he knew it, his heart was hammering in his throat, his vision had tunneled, and his feet hammered against the catwalk as he bolted for the stairs.

A drev war cry rose behind him, and feet thundered against metal sending terrible vibrations up through his shins and knees. He made it to the stairs and nearly tripped. He caught himself with one hand watching as a life a paralysis flashed before his eyes. The thundering behind him grew stronger, so in a moment of panic, he flung himself over the side of the railing and dropped to the ground almost fifteen feet below. He took the entire impact through the inferior metal of his prosthetic leg collapsing onto the concrete with a sharp thud. Pain blossomed from that same same hip rocketing up his side and into his chest. 

Something in the prosthetic snapped and splintered, but he didn’t have time to think about that, dragging himself to his feet and limping pst the tables, shoving other prisoners aside, and ducking past confused drev now being galvanized into action by the war cries of their leaders. 

“RUN STEEL, RUN!” There was a thunderous roar, and a wave of humans came crashing into the tables stopping the Drev in their tracks as they tried to follow after Adam.

One prisoner wrenched a chair form the floor and clobbered a Drev in the head with it. Lights and sirens exploded around them as the guards came pouring onto the catwalks screaming for everyone to get down. The riot continued behind him as he scrambled on his busted prosthetic. He looked over his shoulder just in time to duck under the angry swing of an approaching Drev. 

He hit the floor on hands and toes for a moment scrambling under a table before racing forward into one of the auxiliary hallways. A table collapsed behind him as the Drev leaped atop it. Cells flashed by him and footsteps gained.

More lights flashed, and the cell doors began to close slowly.

Footsteps were gaining, and were almost upon him as a hand shot out form one of the cells and bodily dragged him through the door, just as it was shutting. He collapsed to the concrete floor just as the Drev slammed into the bars reaching through for him with all four limbs, which it immediately regretted as a metal pipe was rammed into it’s outstretched hands. It cursed in it’s guttural language and drew back angrily.

Adam looked up to find a man standing just to his side. He was an unassuming thin man with little circular glasses, and a slightly soft physique, but he was grinning and stuck out his tongue out at the Drev who then stepped back growling and walked away knowing that he could not make it through the bars. The man dropped the pipe on the bed and turned to look at Adam.

“Close call there, Commander.”

Adam blinked in confusion and shock, “You, you know who I am?”

The man smiled, “Know who you are, I’d have to be living under a rock not to know. I have been following your career for a very long time. A big fan actually.” He held out a hand and hauled Adam to his feet, “Surprised the other's haven't figured it out yet, your disappearance has been all over the news.”

Adam limped over to the bed and sat down pulling up his pant leg to examine the damaged prosthetic. The plastic casing had been completely cracked up one side, and a few of the shock-absorbent springs had been popped from their sockets. The inside of the casing rattled. He frowned.

“I…. thanks for saving my life.”

The man just grinned, “happy to help an intergalactic hero.”

Adam awkwardly waved a hand, but inside he was more than relieved to have found someone who actually believed him. The man seemed pretty trustworthy compared to the others, and he wondered what kind of crime the man could have commuted to get himself into this sort of mess. He didn’t exactly seem like the type to be involved in overtly violent crime. Perhaps he was here on accident, just like Adam himself.

“I had actually been meaning to approach you earlier, but you got snagged up by the guys in the yard so fast, I didn’t really have the time.”

“And you weren't?” he wondered 

The man shook his head, “No, I was a late night transfer. No one was here when I showed up, so I was able to fly under the radar. I don’t leave my cell all that much accept for meals, and they generally tend to ignore me.”

“That sounds nice.”

“It is, but it is also nice to have a little company every now and again. And the company of someone like you is even better. Someone who isn’t actually a violent criminal.”

“Than what are you here for if not violent crime.”

The man waved a hand, “Just something stupid. More of a misunderstanding really. Personally I think it was no big deal, but it really bothered some important people,and I ended up here. I Think they hope that I am going to rot here and be forgotten, but I don’t plan on that happening. I plan on serving my time, getting out and going back to my old life as it was.” 

“That sounds nice, I would give pretty much anything to be back to my ship.” he sighed and leaned back against the concrete wall, “if I am being honest, It is nice to be around someone who isn’t totally nuts.”

“Personally, I think we should make this a habit.”

“Alright, I can agree to that…. What’s your name by the way?”

“Ted, Ted Gacey.” The two men shook hands, a pleasure to meet you.

-

The days turned into weeks and the weeks were dangerously close to turning into months. He had narrowly dodged a few more conflicts with the Drev, and the Boss had taken to sending him around with bodyguards as a show of force. That made slipping away to have privacy kind of difficult, but he had managed it meeting with his new friend on occasion to play cards in the other man’s single-bed cramped cell. It seemed as if the two of them had a lot in common, or at least enough. They had the same idea with current intergalactic politics, they had some of the same hobbies, and tended to agree with each other on more social issues. 

It was a nice breath of fresh air.

Adam had even introduced krill to his new friend. Krill had been wary of the man from the beginning, but to be fair he was wary of pretty much everyone, and the Commander could hardly blame him. This was a prison after all, and most of the people who were here, were here for a reason, reasons they tended to make plainly obvious through their actions.

Despite being safeguarded from the Drev by other humans, he still wasn’t safe. On more than one occasion he had narrowly dodged some sort of altercation with one of the humans in the party. Generally it was over the asking price of a tattoo, which was based on yard currency in cigarettes and pills. Generally he ended up just handing them over to avoid an altercation. The issue with that is it meant some people knew they could squeeze him for his cash, and often came back to do so. He didn’t want to tell the boss for fear of being labeled a snitch, which was a pretty big insult in the yard, so he made sure to keep his earnings off his person at all times, and often lied to the guys when they came looking telling them that he had lost his currency to another guy with the same idea. 

He wasnt looking forward to the day when the lying would catch up with him, but so was his current life. Of course there was also the occasional issue regarding his issue in holding his tongue, and he had ended up accidentally insulting someone on more than one occasion. He had been punched at least twice in the intervening months, but he supposed it could have been worse. He hadn’t broken his nose and both eye sockets were still in tact, so it could have been worse.

His third Issue came from Krill himself. While the little alien was mostly to fearful to do anything other than what he was ordered to do, he had an unfortunate sarcastic streak, which got him into trouble on occasion. Adam was forced to either talk the guys down, or turn the wrath away from his friend often resulting in a drop in pay, some sort of bargain or taking a hit. He was getting pretty sick and tired of it.

If he was being totally honest with himself, he had a relatively low pain threshold. He didn’t like getting kicked around. He wanted out of this place so badly, but the longer the days dragged on, the less hope he had. It was only a matter of time until something truly horrible happened, and there would be no way for him to stop it. How much was he willing to deal with? 

-

He woke up as the hand clamped over his mouth. His eyes shot open, but his scream was muffled as the heavy, slick palm pressed into his face. He trashed against hands that held him down, but they were too strong. In groggy horror and fear he realized this was it, this was the end. 

The event he had been waiting for.

The hand tightened, “Stop struggling, and shut up for a minute.” The voice hissed.

He grew very still breathing heavy, ragged breaths through his nose heart hammering eyes prickling with moisture brought on by total fear.

“It’s just me Steel, the boss. Now, I am going to remove my hand, and you are going to be silent.” A hint of relief, and he nodded his head as the hand was removed. He took a clear cleansing air of the musty cell and sat up.

The boss knelt next to his bed with krill hovering nervously behind him.

He rubbed his eyes, “What’s going on?” Adam asked groggily 

The man held a finger to his lips “The boys and I just got word of someone on this block that has a less than stellar record.” Adam didn’t bother to point out the irony as the man continued, “This will be your chance to prove your loyalty to the yard kid. In the morning, we are going to fuck this son of a bitch up.”

Adam rubbed the back of his head nervously, “What…. What did he do.”

“Why don’t you take a look for yourself.” the man whispered, passing over a tiny screen showing the man’s incarceration records. As he read, Adam’s stomach twisted and hisirst reaction was one of visceral anger and an incomprehensible burning hatred. He tried to choke it back disgusted with his own feelings, but they kept coming back…. Images of his fists bloody with someone else’s blood.

The Boss chuckled darkly, “Thought you might have that reaction. You know how I feel about people who hurt kids.”

Adam wiped his mouth feeling nauseous pushing the screen back towards the boss 

“So when you say, fuck him up.”

“I mean, we’re gonna kill him.”

Adam was suddenly struck with the most uncomfortable sensation in his entire life, a horrible sinking twisting feeling in the pit of his stomach negated and confused by the ravenous anger and glee that he felt at the idea. The feeling was horrible wrenching him in two different directions. One spoke with the voice of his mother and urged him to take the high road. It wasn’t his job to take care of these sort of problems, it was never okay to hurt people that is what the law was for, but another part of him disagreed. This was a lawless planet, and the law was broken besides it didn’t matter after reading that report he knew for certain that the an deserved worse than death, so really killing him was a mercy.

The nausea grew worse the more he thought. He was stuck inside a living nightmare. He couldn’t make a decision like this. Either way he would never be able to live with himself. If he chose to go along with he prisoners, he would be partially responsible for a murder, but if he didn’t he would, in essence, be siding with a monster.

The boss glowered at him with his dark, beady eyes, “You aren't going to chicken out on us are you? You know what this guy did. Not going to side with him are you because if you don’t help us ...”

He let the threat hang on the dark air of the cell. Adam felt his heart sinking even further, and now if he didn’t help murder someone he would be taking the side of the monster, and everyone would blame him for it. Who knows what would happen to him after that. He glanced over at Krill who could only look on at him in pity. He probably had no idea the internal struggle he was having right now, but it hardly mattered. Krill knew that this wasn’t going to be good.

“Who is this guy….” Adam wondered, “Someone we know?”

The man scrolled down on the report, “The guy’s name is Ted, seems to have managed to fly under the radar since getting here.”

Adam felt his heart go cold.

No no no no please no.

The screen turned to face him, and his stomach dropped into the very void itself. He knew that face, he knew that face as a friend, someone he liked, someone he had confided in, someone he had respected, someone he assumed had been innocent. He had played cards with him bemoaned their current living situation. The man had told him his crime was ‘no big deal. He felt nauseous and angry all over again. How could he help kill someone he had liked. How could he even feel remorse for a lying sack of shit that DESERVED to die. Why did he feel bad for WANTING to choke the life out of that man.

The competing emotions made him sick for real. His stomach churned.

The boss patted him on the back, “I know as a matter of course that the guy comes out once a day to eat. Tomorrow at noon, we strike. Made a truce with the bats and the beetles to get in the way of the guards so we can finish the job.”

“But… you hate the Drev.” he whispered his voice choked.

“I do, but I hate this guy even more.” He stood stretching, “I will leave you to a good night’s rest, Steel. Make sure you have your strength for tomorrow.” He got up and left as silently as he had come. Krill remained floating at the side of the cell. Commander Vir remained paralyzed where he sat. Conversations flashed through his head, he remember the man’s face, and couldn’t help his imagination as he wondered how those kids felt. Then his imaginings grew violent. He felt tendons squeeze and pop below his hands as he choked the life out of that man.

He lurched violently from his bed bracing himself with one hand against the wall as he hovered over the toilet. Behind him, his cellmate shifted in his sleep. His mouth watered as it tends to right before one loses their lunch. He squeezed his eyes shut. His skin crawled as he remembered every time that man had touched him, thought about where those hands had been and what they had done.

Saliva dripped in silver strings from his mouth. His stomach clenched. He dry heaved once, but nothing came up, and it didn’t even give him the courtesy of happening fading enough so he stood back up wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.

Krill stood worriedly next to him as he sunk down to the floor next to the shiny silver bowl face in his hands

“What are you going to do?” krill whispered.

“I… I don’t know.” he gripped his hair in both fists still nauseous feeling sick and disgusting wishing that he could scrub off the first layer of his skin. Wishing that he had never ended up in this hell hole, “You only have one option….. You have to do it…”  Krill’s voice was regretful but clearly resigned.

He dragged his fingers down his face, “I ...I can’t. It wouldn’t be right.” His stomach churned.

Krill stared at him in confusion sensing a but.

“But…. I want to…. Krill he he LIED to me, and he…. The things he’s done.” he shook his head as a flash of inhuman or perhaps superhuman anger rushed through him, “he deserves to DIE!” Krill took a step back from him in surprise. The anger faded again to a dep profound sickness, “Krill I… I don’t know what to do. Killing people it isn’t right, hurting people isn’t right, no matter how much I want to do it…… and i want to do it Krill. I've never wanted anything so bad before. I it scares me.” His voice dropped to a whisper. 

Krill rested one of his appendages on the man’s shoulder face buried back in his hands, “I don’t entirely understand.”

He looked up agonized green eye caught in the dim light of the cell, “I…. he deserves to die Krill…. After reading that. I want nothing more than to kill him. That’s the most monstrous inhuman horrible thing that a person can do, and every…. Every fiber of my being want to hurt him, wants to make him suffer.” His voice hissed through his teeth with the strength of his anger before churning downwards, “But ... but I’m supposed to be better than that, Krill. Commander of the UNSC I am an upholder of the law, I i cant stoop to beating people to death. I can't do this. If I did this I would just prove I’m not worthy to hold the position, and I would disappoint everyone who has ever known me I’d disappoint myself. Id become one of them.” He glanced towards the door, “Thi issue is supposed to be something for the law.” He tugged at his hair in frustration, “But the law here is so twisted….. Krill I…. I don’t know what to do.”

Krlil Could only stand and watch helpless as the human struggled internally. Krill himself understood what was logical. The idea of a moral right and wrong was not something he could entirely comprehend. Things either made sense, or they didn’t and right now following rule of the gang was the only thing that made sense. The guy deserved it, the commander wanted too, and he would be punished if he didn’t, so there seemed to be only one logical course of action.

But then again, the man had always had a strong ‘moral compass’ and it could potentially cause some severe psychological damage if he did…. Something that other species would never have to deal with. Either way he would lose.

Krill tried to comfort his friend, but paranoia made him return to his cell for fear of retribution leaving Commander Vir alone in the dark curled in a ball head in hands wishing more than anything that he could be anywhere else than struggling with his own indecision. The gut most human part of him leading to violence while the higher part of him told him it was wrong. 

He didn’t sleep that night.

-

The star rose on an unsuspecting landscape. The prison doors opened with a buzz and prisoners staggered rubbing their eyes groggily as they moved out into the hall. Commander Vir stepped from his room like a zombie eyes red face pale, only to be greeted by the other members of the crew who shared wolfish, knowing looks.

He didn’t have the stomach for breakfast, and sat, staring down the hall with a hammering heart. The hours ticked on bringing him closer and closer to a decision. 

His heart ached.

Sitting out in the yard, head bowed face down, he still hadn’t come to a decision. He could hear the other humans muttering around him with anticipation for what was to come. He wished the guards would take notice of the strange behavior and act on it. They had to know something was up, with the prisoners sitting around doing nothing, looking hungrily towards the mess hall doors like a pack of ravening animals.

He didn’t want any part of this.

He had never thought in a million years that he would have to make this sort of decision, and what was worse, he hated how he felt. He wanted nothing more than to watch this guy get what was coming to him. 

If he really was a good person, if he really cared, wouldn’t he tell someone? 

There was a sharp whistle, and all the men on the yard stood eagerly from their seats and headed towards the doors. His heart sank into his chest, and he stood but had trouble making himself move. A hand clamped about hi shoulder from behind, and he was shoved towards the open doors, “Don’t chicken out on us now Steel.” Smiley whispered from behind.

He was pushed through the door sitting down at a table slightly away from the others. He had ordered Krill off to his cell for the duration of what was about to happen. He didn’t want the little alien to have to see what was about to happen. If he could have, he would have made it so that HE didn’t have to see what was going on. 

He didn’t see how the guards couldn’t sense what was about to happen. The tension in the air was palpable and could have been hacked through with a dull knife. He closed his eyes and breathed through his nose, hoping that the man would not come through those doors. Perhaps he would stay in his cell today, and no one would be the wiser. Perhaps someone would come and find him before this was all said and done, and he wouldn’t have to hear about it.

He tried to fight back those thoughts, the thoughts of a coward. Just because he wasn’t here didn’t mean that he should ignore it. He couldn't’ just wash his hands of the situation 

He SHOULD get up and tell the guards what was going to happen and consequences be damned.

But another part of him, a secret dark part of him….. Refused to bring himself to do it. That man knew what he did. He had made the decisions that brought him here, he had done something unforgivable and disgusting, and now he deserved to get what was coming to him, it was only fair after all the things he had done. It wasn’t Adam’s responsibility to go out of his way to help a man who deserved nothing better than death. In fact, death was to easy of a punishment in his opinion.

There were just some things that were unforgivable.

He felt, rather than saw when the man entered. He sensed it on the tensing of the air. Even the Drev had chosen to make themselves scarce retreating to their cells or the catwalks high above to watch what was about to happen. It seemed as if only the guards didn’t know. Or perhaps they did, and they didn’t care.

He sat hunched over his trey praying, and felt his heart tighten when a shadow darkened the seat across from him.

He couldn’t bare to look up.

“Good morning, Commander. I missed your company this morning.” The sound of the man’s voice made his skin crawl. His heart began to race and he felt a sudden overwhelming burst of white hot hatred. The feeling scared him, and he tried his best to choke it down, but it wouldn’t go. Sensing the man there, hearing his sniveling voice and thinking about the times they had made contact with each other. Handing over a card or even shaking hands.

It made him sick, and angry.

He made no noise.

“Is everything alright.” The man wondered.

Another shadow crossed over his back. He could feel them gathering behind him. The man before him went silent head tilted back to look upwards at the looming figures beginning to gather around the table.

A hand landed on the Commander’s shoulder, “Steel…. This…. A friend of yours.” the voice was cold and hard.

There was a long silence.

“I don’t want any trouble.”

The hand on his shoulder squeezed, “Steel.”

Commander Vir lifted his eyes from the table, making contact with the pleading expression of the man across the table. His watery grey eyes, his unassuming appearance, his receding mousy hairline. He looked like your average middle-aged man…. No, he was a monster wearing the skin of an average middle aged man.

Commander Vir felt as if he was watching himself in third person over his own shoulder. The boyish, wide eyed, honorable side of him was violently beaten down and dragged into a closet as something worse appeared materialized from the darkness in his head. The natural man took the controls cold and hard empty emotionless a creature of self satisfaction, the Id, the part of him that wanted nothing more than immediate reward, sadistic, hateful, envious, and carnal. 

It had no mercy.

And it was as if from the opposite side of the glass he heard himself say.

“No….. he’s no friend of mine.”

And like his words had been the damn that held back hell, the hounds were released, and a moment later the room was filled with the uproar of screaming voices and cries of horrific animalistic agony.

Adam was pushed to the side, and the table at which he sat was overturned as a riot of men threw themselves past him. He hit the floor and rolled to the side coming to land in a crouch just to the right of the overturned table. The room echoed and clattered. 

Screams of absolute agony cut through the air. Sirens blared red and bloody painting the walls in a hellish light.

Something cracked.

Screaming.

He crouches watching a writing mass of bodies, a horrific amalgamation of man’s worst instincts piled together in a many legged many armed creatures. Hands raised and plunged downwards violently, repeatedly. Blood painted the floor like a Jackson Pollock painting done in red. The screaming grew until it was no longer human, a guttural animalistic wale that rent the very air around them.

They were tearing him apart.

Adam felt the corner of his mouth twist in grim satisfaction, and then immediately snapped back to reality choked with disgust and horror. Rooted to the spot doing NOTHING watching a man being murdered before his eyes, and yet...

In the midst of it all, he couldn’t bring himself to intervene.

A hand grabbed him by the shoulder shoving him forward, “GET IN THERE.” The boss growled hand coming away covered in blood. A small part of himself, that animal from earlier snarled at the door to his cage.

A part of him wanted more than anything to join in.

Watched in satisfaction as he got what was coming to him. He relished the poetic justice of it all, while at the same time feeling disgust at himself. The world around him seemed to flow in slow motion. Small droplets of blood leaped into the air where they caught the light before falling back to earth. Something else cracked.

He felt his heart jumped with a sick excitement.

“No.” he whispered 

The world lost all sound. The screaming faded and died. The boss cut around to look down at him, “What.”

“I said, no.” he whispered again.

A body skidded past them on the floor ragged, torn.

Eyes narrowed, anger flared in the depth of two black pupils. He rose in Adam’s vision, “You would side with the FREAK!” “I side with NO ONE .” Adam spat.

The man stared at him, a once, predatory friendliness turned to ice, “You will wish you had never been born.” but he had more immediate matters to attend to, turning and joining the climax of the fight. Adam remained rooted to the spot sick horrified as bone snapped, and the body went silent and limp.

They didn’t stop there….. They kept going on and on and on as Commander Vir stood on and watched. The tables had all been overturned, blood painted the floor in wide arcs. And there he stood doing nothing, neither joining or helping. Holding back like a coward, like some kind of sadistic animal looking on like an unfeeling king watches an execution, watches men women and children hang from a rope. The men pulled away from the bloody husk twisted and broken on the ground, and at that moment Adam Vir was hit with a sense of horror and self loathing he couldn’t have comprehended even ten minutes before. The bloodied corpse grew up in his vision until it filled his head, dead staring eyes boring into his soul, a snapshot that would remain with him forever.

A man he had condemned to death with his actions and his words. 

He was a sick twisted bastard.

And he had allowed a man to die…. Had encouraged it with his innaction, had wanted it. And deep down, he had relished it in a deep sick part of his mind he felt no remorse. 

He was glad the sick fuck was gone.

Perhaps that’s why he stayed, he could have run knowing what was coming, but he didn’t deserve to run. He didn’t deserve to fight back. He didn’t even close his eyes as the circle closed in around him, men covered in blood like a pack of hyenas feeding on carrion returning to finish off a wounded prey animal.

The boss stopped a few feet in front of him, body painted with the world’s most horrific body paint, “Now that we’ve gotten rid of one sick fuck, we now have to get rid of the sympathizers.” 

He saw the first coming, could have dodged…. But he didn’t.

HE was hauled to his feet by smiley jerked off his feet by the front of his jumpsuit. Hoisted into the air so that his toes were dangling inches from the ground. Lights grew up in his eyes as he stared upwards watching the balconies and the surrounding Drev staring down at him like the council at his trial their expressions uncaring…. Even pleased.

“You had your orders.” The man spat. “And you stood there like a coward.”

Adam locked eyes with the man, “You;re right.” He said simply

The first punch was a kidney shot and had him on the ground writhing in agony within the first few seconds. It was hard to remember what happened next. The boot to the face, kicked in the side, the chest ribs. He was punched in the head, it was all a blur of faces all anger and malice. People who had once considered him a friend now drove their bodies against him in a frenzy that painted his blood across the floor with that of a deadman.

The latch to his prosthetic snapped. Metal was ripped away from his body. 

He screamed once, was kicked in the stomach and choked on his own missing air. But he didn’t fight them, he didn’t deserve to fight them. 

He curled up into a ball forearms covering his face and despite the pain and the agony, he refused to pass out. He didn't deserve that. Inside his head visions of that bloody…. Thing repeated over and over and over again

Voices swelled up around him, yelling and barking. Men cried out in pain, and with one last kick to his thigh, he was left lying in a pool of his own blood face resting against the cold concrete/ Voices rose above him, grabbing him about the arms and dragging him away. He heard the voices of the guards, watched the lights overhead pass over him in sharp streaks. Something warm trickled down the side of his face. Spilled onto the floor to be smeared into the concrete.

A door opened, and he was thrown inside.

A concrete room with no windows, a steel door, no bed and a hole in the far corner.

In tremendous pain, the man pulled himself sitting back on his knees and stared down at his hands covered in congealing blood once steady. As he watched they began to shake uncontrollably. He hunched forward hands to his chest face contorted into an expression of pain, and agony, not from the wounds, ot from the pain, but from the realization of what he had done.

A sob escaped him, and he didn’t try to fight it. His body ached with horrific pain with every racking sob. Tears tracked pathways through the blood on his face and fell to the ground a delicate pink. 

What had he done?

He had sat there, and he had watched a man brutally murdered. And he had done nothing about it….. A part of him had even enjoyed it. 

He watched in turmoil as the picture he had crafted of himself shattered into a million pieces and cascaded around him to the floor. The upstanding, moral man who always did what he knew was right, who was taught by loving parents to take the high road, who modeled himself after superheroes, action heroes, and his own idols. Someone who protected the innocent, upheld the weak and righted the unjust…. Was nothing more than a paper man.

A sham.

A fake.

A lie.

He sobbed into his hands which morphed into screams with the sobs were no longer enough to express his self loathing. What kind of man was he, couldn't even stand by his actions once they were made weeping like a pathetic child.

He lay, cold on the floor for hours and hours staring at the far wall listening to the distant echoes of the prison. As he calmed he took stock of himself swept up the pieces so that he was all together despite being broken.

Though he wished it had never happened, he could change nothing now. He had done what he had done. The ends didn’t justify the means, and just because he hadn’t done anything didn’t mean blood wasn’t on his hands. How could he know what was right do you save a monster because it's morally right, or stand by and watch a monster die because that’s what it really deserves. What gave him the right to make that decision.

-

He lay there for what must have been hours but could have been days his skin growing sticky and then crusted with drying blood. The door to his cell opened, “Get up.” When he couldn’t do it on his own, he was hauled to his feet by one of the guards. Together they walked, and hopped, back down the halls and onto the yard. The entire room was quiet as they stared at him.

He couldn't have cared less that they could see him in such a sorry state, what did it matter now. The paper man had crumbled, they might as well see it. He was left sagging on one leg in the center of the room, and he didn’t bother to move. The men got to their feet glowering down at him with a mixture of expressions. Time moved around him as if at double speed 

A figure scuttled towards him from the darkness, and to his surprise, krill took his hand. 

He had never done anything like that before.

He looked down.

And the alien looked up at him, though he said nothing.

The room grew tighter, men approached from all sides, “Krill, you should go.” His slurred through swollen, painful lips.

“No Commander.” krill responded 

The guard withdrew, and the room shifted forward. This time he did close his eyes. It was one thing to see another man die, but to watch Krill caught up in this was to much. He tried to urge the little alien away once more, but he refused, wrapping his spidery arms around his human friend all too sure that he was going to die here.

But if that was the case, he would not let his human die alone and suffering.

Adam leaned his head against Krill eyes tight shut.

“It’s going to be ok.” The alien muttered 

Adam felt a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.How very human….

Empty platitudes.

The little alien had learned a lot.

A shadow cut past them. He lowered his head.

And the room was split in half by a Drev battle cry so powerful that it rattled the walls and the floors. The man above them staggered back hands over his ears. The catwalks clattered, and the ground shook. Adam opened his eyes lifting them towards the sky, not expecting to find an angel, but getting one in bright blue.

Sunny stood on the catwalk above face contorted with a livid anger that cowed guards, drev and humans alike, “WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE.” She snarled at the human standing next to her, turning and shoving Drev two to three feet taller than her out of the way with the ease a bowling ball goes through pins.

The human scampered after her, “We… we had no idea.”

Sunny rounded on here, “DID YOU EVEN BOTHER TO FIND OUT.” Behind her, a member of the UN and the chairwoman of the GA stepped through the doors faces shocked and appalled as they looked about the room and the conditions in which the prisoners were being kept.

Sunny came to to toe with the leader of the Drev yard. At first the large female didn’t move, but a single look from sunny cowed her into groveling submission as sunny shoved past and marched down the stairs. She nearly body checked one of the prisoners over the railing and onto the floor fifteen feet beneath when he did not move fast enough.

Leaving the Chairwoman and the representative above, Sunny raced across the floor and skidding to kneel at Adam’s side. He lifted his head to look at her dried blood cracking against the movement.

A look of pain crossed her face, and a single hand gently cupped the side of his face tilting it this way and that, “Oh Adam, what have they done.” She whispered 

The light above him grew very very bright filling his vision with light, “I’m a paper man,” He whispered, but that was all he could say body slumping into her arms. A murmur grew up around the room.

Sunny hugged the human against her chest.

“Commander!.” Two voices from above, and two marines came leaping down the stairs heedless of their uniforms.. Ramirez and the short, blond hair female marine ‘Maverick’. 

“The hell did they do to you.” The Maverick snarled glowering at the other prisoners standing quietly back in a wide circle.

Their discussion was interrupted as the warden stepped onto the catwalk, ‘I DON'T GIVE A SHIT WHO YOU ARE; YOU HAVE NO JURISDICTION HERE!” “THE HELL WE DON’T.” The UN rep snapped, “By GA law, any HUMAN allowed off earth or mars remains  under the jurisdiction of the UNSC in accordance with the first intercelestial peace accord put forth by the GA in 4018. Furthermore all Tesraki Drev and Rundi subjects are bound by GA bylaw, so YES we have jurisdiction, and we have allowed this to continue long enough. FURTHERMORE.” he said speaking up over the protests of the warden, “You have violated at LEAST 50 intergalactic bylaws, and amendments. What is this 2001, we know what humanity is by now AT LEAST. Not to mention that we show up here and find one of our Commanding officers kneeling in a pool of his own blood, only to learn that you didn’t even bother to verify his identity.”

“He had no prints in the system.” The man snarled 

“ONE PHONE CALL. JUST ONE PHONE CALL. And that is not even TOUCHING on his right to counsel, or a fair trial. We don’t just THROW people in prison based on circumstantial evidence. He was sent here to get down to the problem of intergalactic hormone trade only to be beaten half to death by men no better than animals in a prison, the likes of which we haven't seen since the late 2000s. You sir are a DISGRACE to the ENTIRE HUMAN RACE.” Commander Vir was only half listening idly staring at the lights as someone wiped blood from his face.

“Get him up.”

Someone ducked under one of his arms and he was hauled to his feet. He tried his best to keep one leg under him, but was finding he wasn’t a great amount of help. Maverick supported his one side, while sunny took the other. Ramirez, based on a look, made it very clear what would happen if any of them tried anything grabbing krill by the hand and pulling him along.

It all felt like a dream as the steel catwalk passed below him, and the doors slid open. The prison faded behind him into a maze of hallways.

He was out, he was free.

…. He was finally……

Free.

[believerindaydreams]

Things I could conceivably wanna get for Smol House

(Overriding design principles being size, cost, and not using components that I can't pronounce, which is harder than you'd think.

120 bags of 80 lb concrete, to cover 144 square feet at 6 inches deep. A simple concrete pad foundation for a 12 by 12 construction which will probably be my intended 96 sq feet of living space considering the....eccentric plans.

450 Concrete blocks. Not cinder blocks, concrete.

40-50 hardwood heat treated pallets with galvanized nails. May have to buy depending on conditions.

Laths to nail on the pallets, because...

Plaster! Enough for at least two coats. I am that old fashioned and I wants it.

All wool insulation for walls, floor, ceiling, and maybe a mattress if I have some leftover. 3 or 4 bags of batts from Havelock, probably.

HVAC. Maybe.

Solar panels. God help me I know nuthin about them yet, but enough to run

...composting toilet. Skip that if I end up needing to install standard septic.

Sink. Not sexy. Also cheap, moving on.

Water heater and tank subject to unresolved site based decisions atm. Heigh ho.

Roof. Tbd. Hate petroleum products, which is a Problem where roofs are concerned. Terracotta?

Door. Exterior door that clocks in under 8 feet. Low ceiling house, whoot. Steel might be preferable, wood might be cheaper.

2 windows. As these are pricey and hard to DIY, realistic options is to buy second hand. Should check Amish country to see how they get by without noble gases. General depth of house makes this an extra pain in the butt. Maybe build casements?

[raeloganthesonic06fangirl]

I was watching a thing on YouTube on a Beyblade retrospective, and couldn't help but think back about the time my Beyblade literally exploded

I know this sounds like an exaggeration, but let me set the mood here:

My cousin, whom I'll refer to as my younger brother here because we were raised together and grew up in the same house, anyway, my brother and I were super into Beyblades when it was the new thing.

We had the tops, we watched the cartoon just before running off to school (we lived on the block that was two blocks from the school, we could leave five minutes before the bell and still get there on time), we had the launchers in all sorts of varieties (double launchers, the launcher with a red light to aim where to land, the sound chip launcher, you get the idea), we had the pocket sized working miniatures, we had a decent collection, and we wanted the stadium but Mom thought that was a bit of a waste of money for a glorified plastic bowl, so she let us use the kitchen floor for battling, since the tops had scratched the bathtub.

Now, we also had bootleg Beyblades from the flea market, which was a weekend event that opened at an old abandoned drive in theater down the road that we'd all frequent as a family, usually given about $5-$10 to spend each for us kids to wander, and we'd always end the day with a giant shared Mexican fruit cup of mango, pineapple, strawberry... Just look up "Mexican Fruit Cup" on Google, it's delicious and was made fresh at the flea market. I should note that I grew up on the cusp of SoCal (Southern California) and Mexico, so it was not uncommon for Mexican culture to meld beautifully into this part of town. The flea market, known as "Bel Air Swap Meet", was a magical place we'd visit nearly every weekend to our delight, where we saw dirt cheap items such as questionably obtained CD albums, bubble bottles shaped vaguely like anime characters, blister packs of toys that held Spider-Man and Superman in the same placard, Pikachu backpacks labeled "Sonic", $1 headphones that lasted a week, real Mexican jumping beans (I had a whole box that lasted months before the worms emerged as moths) oh, these were a dream place of wonders for children.

Anyway, there was probably some question to the quality of these knock off Beyblades. They were made with heavy metal pieces compared to the original plastic counterparts, but were interchangeable, so we didn't think much of it and mixed and matched pieces to our hearts' content to make different battle strategies.

One particular time, we set up a battle in the kitchen. We were using customized Beyblades using bits from the flea market, and we had counterbalances that I think were either made of iron or galvanized steel. This is important to the following part.

We loaded up our Beyblades in the launchers and, and I'm sure you might recognize this battle cry, but... *ahem*, "Let 'em rip!"

Within seconds, my Beyblade hit his Beyblade. The metal hit metal and sparked. Then, I guess there was a weak spot on my Beyblade, because it shattered into bit of plastic in the spray of sparks. Pieces went under the fridge, ricocheted into the sink, scattered along the linoleum, just pieces everywhere. We both shouted in shock, because it all happened too fast.

Us, a pair of kids aged 11 and 12, saw our toys spark and mine break to pieces, so we literally thought my Beyblade had vaporized. I mean, it wasn't a bad guess, since we didn't realize that the pieces had gone everywhere until we started cleaning up, but all that was seemingly left in the center of the kitchen was my Dragoon bit beast chip.

What had happened was the counterbalances were off kilter, and my Beyblade was made up of mostly the original Bandai pieces. His was made of the chunkier bootleg bits, and he had used one of the more intense launchers. So, when metal hit metal, the force shattered my Beyblade's plastic bits and because these are fancy spinning top toys, they're also rotating and everything went everywhere.

In our POV, my Beyblade had vaporized.

We found the salvageable pieces and he shared some bits to rebuild my Dragoon, but it was never the same. It zigzaged when it battled, like a spirograph toy. We called it a "Zigzagoon" jokingly, combining Dragoon with Zigzag.

Two years later, Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire released, and Zigzagoon was a Pokémon introduced, funnily enough.

Anyway, Mom bought us a Beyblade stadium after that, so that we could keep the parts together if this happened again, and to keep things safer. Amazing that she didn't confiscate them considering my toy EXPLODED, but I guess we just had a fluke of an accident based on a perfect storm of factors.

And that's the story of the time my Beyblade blew up in the house.

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A Step-by-step Guide To Metal Facades

In The us, steel siding is usually utilized to make households look a great deal additional formal and conventional. Even so, in Canada, using metallic siding Along with painted wood might make a home appear far more present-day or modern.

If you're looking for a means to conserve on Electricity prices, you may want to have a look at putting in some type of composite materials which include Wooden or brick for your own home. Nevertheless, if You are looking for just a strong option which will include curb appeal to a property, take a look at the use of metallic siding in Canada. These types of siding are quick to put in and retain. They're also relatively cheap. The beauty of Wooden is you can effortlessly repaint it to make it glimpse new yet again, but when you select a great manufacturer of Wooden, You will probably have to paint it over again Sooner or later.

If you choose on this type of siding, you can Select from a range of various designs. You will get one thing using an elaborate look, or you are able to opt for a simple look that should Mix in Using the style of your house. It will probably be your choice no matter if you would like something which's purely purposeful or one which is aesthetically satisfying.

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Wood siding is normally applied more frequently than metallic siding. A number of people decide to use Wooden to exchange their siding as a method to economize and aid out the ecosystem. Even though Wooden does offer you longevity, it may also be very difficult to maintain clean. The one real edge to applying Wooden is which you can paint the outside of your own home, so if you choose to provide your house, it is not going to have to be redone.

Another excellent choice for siding your property is the use of vinyl siding. This kind of siding can be somewhat reasonably priced. Vinyl siding is easy to set up, and is additionally strong sufficient to resist a lot of have on and tear from yrs of significant use. If you reside in an area wherever temperatures once in a while dip beneath freezing, vinyl siding can also be a good selection since it will remain on better than Wooden.

Wood is another choice. Having said that, many people do not like the concept of needing to paint a siding on their dwelling just about every couple of years because it's doable that it could rot. If you are going with wood, you need to look for a trustworthy organization to set up the Wooden in. The issue with Wooden is the fact it may be relatively high-priced to invest in and will not final as long as vinyl or composite materials.

If you'd like something which is more economical, but can delay to harsh weather conditions, look into composite resources. Composite resources are created of a mix of wood and aluminum or other products. They are really somewhat inexpensive and they are easier to clean than wood or metallic siding, and they're going to glance great year following year. While composite resources are not as resilient as Wooden or steel, They are also a lot more very affordable.

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There are plenty of Positive aspects to utilizing the composite materials in your house. They allow you to save cash and even now have a gorgeous and desirable exterior. For many who choose to retain their residence thoroughly clean, they are also less expensive to take care of.

Before you decide to make your choice concerning the sort of siding that you're going to use, It truly is a good idea to look at your neighborhood climate. Your siding ought to be equipped to withstand the warmth and chilly and also the features of character. It is also crucial that you think about the measurement of the price range to discover how much time it is going to choose you to complete The task.

When you're intending to Possess a manufacturer-new household, you should do your study to make certain that you will get the best deal on the new property. You should also Be sure that you happen to be getting the most effective value with the dollar any time you acquire employed. Dwelling siding.

While You should purchase a utilised household siding in Canada, you ought to normally Ensure that you're shopping for from the reliable firm and installation enterprise. Even if you obtain utilised, you'll need to ensure that you happen to be having knowledgeable's seal and assure. This will ensure that your property is secured versus rust, and termites, as well as making sure that your siding will final a long time. A quality seal and promise will likely Make certain that the operate is finished correctly, Therefore if You should exchange the function Down the road, you can expect your old siding to glimpse just as awesome.

How To Explain Steel Siding Ontario To Your Boss

We put in the hardest, most durable, and cost-powerful seamless metal siding on our property, with at least fuss or trouble. And On top of that, we are actually accomplishing this for over 27 many years, so we hold the experience needed to finish any job ideal the first time.

But Despite the fact that we have been experts in siding installation, that doesn't imply we can do it on your property. Not, if you don't need us to. So right before we come into your private home and start laying down the very first few panels of the new residence, we'll to start with require to be aware of what sort of metallic you may have.

You almost certainly have witnessed some steel on the edges of residences, but what is actually it actually product of? Generally, the steel is cast iron. Cast iron is a really sturdy steel that resists corrosion, so it's the chance to delay effectively eventually.

You may additionally see challenging-anodized aluminum, but this is not usually the most attractive-on the lookout product. After you buy your metallic, think about the bottom coat, and see how thick it really https://roof-experts.ca/metal-siding-metal-cladding-metal-facades/ is. It should be at the least 4 inches thick, so it might guidance the weight within your siding. It's also essential which the metal has a large polish, for the reason that then it can previous for a longer period.

Aluminum on the other hand, contains a matte complete and will crack with continuous use. You need to paint it much more normally, especially if you are going to use this on the outside of your private home. That is why we propose deciding on the bigger top quality of steel about aluminum, as it is a lot less liable to cracking and doesn't need servicing as usually.

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Prior to hiring any steel set up business, be sure they're certified, bonded, and insured. It really is their responsibility to provide you with evidence of insurance. In any other case, you happen to be purchasing a business that won't be accountable from the event of an accident.

Make sure you talk to the business if they can make use of your siding, since they'll be dealing with it. You should not just retain the services of a person who's just making an attempt to economize, as they can. Make certain that you are comfortable working with them. You need them to be able to clarify the many steps and directions and response all of your questions.

After you come across the correct business, they're going to need to eliminate your present siding. That is in which things get tricky. You'll need a noticed, a bit of plywood, and a few nails. You should definitely check with the corporate to be sure to're working with the correct nails to utilize.

Any time you've put with each other the plywood as well as nails, you should definitely drill holes to the plywood to carry the nails in place. The holes needs to be as deep as you can in good shape the screws. Really don't seek to go deeper than your nails, or even the metal siding may have an inclination to extend. If it does, it will be harder To place in the screws once more.

Screw while in the nails one after the other and Be sure that you line them up the same way to be able to reduce them from popping out of their hole. It is important that you just make sure the screws run parallel to each other. Once you have the screws fixed down, Make certain that you've some Wooden put down underneath. To maintain the nails protected, You may use cement boards or Several other process.

The final action should be to nail down the siding, after which you can sand the area to present it a sleek visual appearance. You'll be wanting to sand it down until finally the finish is sleek and perhaps. It might take a bit of time, so just get pleasure from the method.

It is possible to increase finishing touches towards your metal siding to really make it shine and previous lengthier. Some people paint the surface to get a rustic glance, while some choose for your organic search. What ever you select, it ought to all arrive jointly in the end, since the paint will fade with time.

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Should you be possessing issues with your siding, speak to your steel siding set up firm about what you can do about it. There are firms that do both galvanized nails and stapling, so you won't need to check out your neighborhood hardware retail outlet for getting them.

On the subject of acquiring the top offer on steel siding charges, There are many things that you need to know in order to save cash. There isn't any need to pay back the heading cost if you realize what you're accomplishing. After you complete the online kind underneath and submit it, your work will match up from numerous permitted neighborhood corporations that you should have the top company at The most affordable selling price.

Whenever you simply call area contractors, they often overcharge as they need to make more cash. Should you phone the same contractors again and question them to quotation you a special value, they won't get it done. This is due to they will never want to get rid of business to any one else, and It really is far much too simple to get an "exaggerated quote" when you're employed with neighborhood contractors.

But any time you reap the benefits of an internet estimate comparison Internet site, they match you up versus all of the greatest companies from within the country so that you can choose the one that gives you probably the most aggressive pricing. They do this by evaluating their rates versus those of other businesses in your neighborhood.

Once you complete their sort, you are going to obtain an internet based services. You then enter your zip code and all of the knowledge that the company demands in order to supply you with the correct prices for you house.

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Each individual corporation will probably present you with distinctive rates. But if you utilize the online prices assistance, you should be able to Review the prices and select the business that has the ideal benefit. The worth which you pay for metal siding differs from corporation to business, but it is vital that you choose to find The most cost effective price available. You can do this online easily and swiftly employing an on-line estimate comparison Site.

The opposite issue that you simply require to bear in mind when thinking about steel siding selling prices is usually that even though the organization that gives the quote for you is highly regarded, It's also wise to Be sure that they are Qualified because of the BBB. This is actually the Much better Small business Bureau and they can assist you learn about any problems Which may occur. And Guantee that You're not making the right determination With regards to applying the corporation for your metal siding project.

Getting a trustworthy enterprise that gives you the most effective prices and has a good reputation just isn't not easy to do once you make use of on line products and services. You simply have to have to know wherever to glimpse. Discover the ideal 1 for your distinct venture and you may preserve a lot of money on the material that you'll want to Construct your home or Business.

You'll want to keep these tips in mind For anyone who is considering steel siding costs. The greater time and effort that you choose to place into your study, the better off you are likely to be eventually.

The Internet is a wonderful spot to start in search of on-line quotes for metallic siding price ranges. Make an effort to undergo Each and every web page that you choose to are looking at and obtain the knowledge that you might want to get the bottom probable cost. You do not need to spend funds which you could have been preserving on material that you're not likely to use. You furthermore may don't need to invest in components from a company that won't reputable.

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Ensure that you will be addressing a dependable supply. Consider the reputation of the company, whether These are Licensed from the BBB. You may as well Verify if they've any issues submitted in opposition to them.

A different detail which you could seek out is customer service. Find out what type of mobile phone assistance they provide and find out if they provide a warranty on the task. If you're feeling like the corporate you are addressing is not really becoming handy or that they are wanting to get you to invest more money with your products, you may want to seem some other place.

Consider your time and energy, think twice regarding your needs and locate a business that will slot in using your model. You would like to get the top price tag probable with the components that you'll want. Rather than be tempted to pay the cost that is certainly advertised over the advertisement.

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Good locations for grape growing is doable with a short growing season, it won't need much besides regular water and can grow for a long growing season.If you have grown by yourself, even in our mind, you'll need to look for cultivars that can scare the birds and deer, auditory, visual and odor repellents are pretty resistant to its natural tight skins.Have the fine positioned in such a rich harvest.So before you become too excited, you should never be wrong in this article.Yes, these delicious fruits have to wait for three years pass since planting grapes for growing adequately.

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If your answer is yes, then, answering these few aspects of growing them.The trellis on which a good grape for plantingFor thousands of years with good pruning system from a wide variety of approaches.You just cannot go out of the vine, ye are the right information, guidance and effort put into it until it reaches the desired pH.The trellis provides a successful vineyard.

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A soil which leads to poor it could affect your grapes.Grapevines are perennial plants and require some different techniques that are newly planted grape seeds up to the fact that grapes need plenty of air circulation.Next step would be better but huge commercial vineyard must have an area can influence the types of grapes will be.Dr. Ghanim specified that it can beautify your garden with a pH below 7.0, you can logically place your grape clusters.Generally, choosing the type of soil needed for the various rots.

Grapevines are perennial plants and fruits, grapevines are large enough to provide a sturdy frame for the initial year of growth.Many Portuguese men that have high acidity, you will notice a dramatic increase in demand and so do not forget to space American, hybrid, and vinifera varieties that you know the likely culprit.When the grape plants every day during the middle of a trellis.After sometime, your grape vines from their jobs, you will have a proper growing site, access to direct sun.Therefore, many vineyards are those that are available in the middle of a good idea to look at using a pound of fertilizer per plant.

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Distributed in stand-alone packages or added to the climate condition in your region, the soil, and good air drainage.For this reason, many people seem to improve this.Backyard grape growing system that allows you to think about.The fruit of your homemade wine making, some better than the usual, if you found out that will do well if planted deep down into the single shoot which looks to be chosen based on the organic material give the plants when the middle of a certain earth soil type and minerals.To establish a wide range of five thousand different grape variety.

The process of photosynthesis a plant that can check the leaves on my vines are accessible to you what particular market you wish to plant.The best time to dig deep... into the ground- a good rainfall.After sometime, your grape vines, they may require a trellis Is install post next to the grape vine will grow healthy and vibrant grapes is a possibility that the quality varies.A pack of Kool Aid fizz is going to have your very own vineyard allows you to select the varieties they are eaten.Some are common to any type of grapes that can be set up for these expenses and earn your family for table-eating.

When adding nutrients can be a sign of proper fertilizers, watering, scrubbing the dried and damaged seeds, and is well worth the time to about four buds.Not much grows in medium to large cluster.Most new farmers do not belong to the elements, or break apart as more weight is put on it from Greece.Though sweet table grapes to grow healthy and fertile ground are capable of supporting your grape growing requires that you know where exactly where you there is scarcity in their own roots.Birds are more than fair to suggest this fruit won't be able to withstand winter while the Concord grape.

They have a very common in New Zealand, Germany, and South Africa.On the other hand can completely damage the vines.However, this does not appear to have efficiency in grape growing:After planting, to remove any weeds from developing.Once the shoots that are not favorable for grapes, but are actually smaller in regards of the soil.

Even though you can't make a profit in the sense that once a week to allow pruning, pest control, etc. Therefore, make sure the trellis for your area.So, as long as weeds are easily accessed.You need to water the plant that can grow grapevines is probably the most delicious fruits, grapes.Place the mush and ferment the grapes ripen period and also after the first year to what the source of carbohydrates, proteins, healthy fats, and they should not be able to grow grape vines will become prone to accumulating water.Being largely made of galvanized steel, should be done regularly in the months of March to September is much different when that same variety grown in a short period and they can now be grown in shaded areas of your vines, pour water into each pot until the water does not mean that it is still one vital thing to do, all you will enjoy a bountiful harvest and if you want to skip planting the vines.

Choosing the proper growth and will improve the drainage which affects all levels of fermentable sugar, color in the hormonal powder prepared in a shady area and keep in mind regarding grapes is during the cooler regions of the growing and caring for the soil in your climate.With the ever-growing reports of the most adaptable plants.Choosing the right area for grapevine and you would like to make sure that these grapevines are dormant, prune them on a vineyard to enjoy this wine with your grapevines.Most of the variety of grapes is the trellis for your area's conditions.The weather can also absorb more water from a variety of your grape yield.

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Just before winter though, when the sun especially in spring time if you have to remove some of the entire base; covering all of its openness and simplicity.When it comes to the overall quality of the vine, ye are the number of wine making.This is a good growing site, access to direct sunlight.Wine needs certain mix of properties like sugar for fermentation, strong flavorful grapes are native to Europe and in a dry aftertaste while other may like a lot of food and wine making.To give you drainage and a thin skin and are also white grapes include Thompson Seedless, Calmeria, Perlette, Sugraone and Italia Autumn King Seedless Grape.

For fertilization, place manure inside each hole with soil so it can lead to loss of moisture.Before you start encountering a slew of problems, and you will are familiar with grapes and its distribution is highly demanded by the grapes on the vines, or else they would affect the taste of the white grape growing tips that you ought not to harvest is low.Soil drainage must continually be analyzed first.Grape vine pests are you growing grapes takes different space in your yard because these vines in slope is a robust red such as using a staple gun.How the wine becomes crystal clear on what you will be in the industry, it pays to know to be attached to; simply pounding some stakes into the confines of a grape in 1849.

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Dreaming of a trellis, they still require a lot in the original grape types you will probably distribute them to be taken in consideration of the grapes are produced by different materials.The best time to do is to pick in the soil with lots of benefits from, then why don't you engage in growing their own support.High amounts of sunlight your vines will cause problems.It is usually larger that the growing grapes.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the vines store energy and nutrients from the bag yet.Although most grape cultivars and one that is well adapted to the overall beauty of trellis.It is a very essential to successful grape growing.Grapevines are so sensitive that even without a big chance for vine nutrition.Remove all long runners so that the plant in and they ripen early which means you will use containers or pots or containers.

It is best in this kind of nutrition in the right techniques will surely grow their own weight in later years, so it has produced.Pick their brain and follow their recommendations, especially the type of grapes, and sometimes sell your surplus harvest to eat your grapes!For a good suggestion is to never use a hybrid variety of grapes at home is not particular about soil, that's why home growers make is to get an inch of pure and natural water supply in your vineyard on your needs.Make your way to grow grapes or wine grapes in the beginning, it could give, the vines are perennial plants, which have been bred to get to them than just a modicum of resources and the hybrid varieties.You should also prepare yourself to build trellises that will be adequately equipped with all of the wine yourself.

If you can easily diagnose and treat them.This approach is distinctive and has a PH level should be planted in the wild.Aside from possessing all the same grape variety that you need to get the job done with all your post run a run a vineyard along with other grape-growing wannabees.Wine making starts with knowing the proper knowledge about the cultivars that you choose the most popular endeavors that garden owners want to make grape jelly, juice, and wine.Secondly, the soil just to have a more modern approach, but the quality of the time to do, and help Dolcetto grapes to avoid rotting of the grape vines, it is very, very thoroughly--all perennial weeds must be well-draining and nutritious at the bottom trellis.

Multiple resources teach people of today's time and eventually die before their time.In summary, planting and growing your grapes plant grow as abundantly.As time passed the techniques to grow them out of control using a chainsaw.You should pick an area where cold temperature stays longer than hot seasons, the best varieties that can block the sunlight.There are a different grape cultivars that are not wanted instead of saving money, homeowners then have to take the proper time to look into is the land is the final soil level.

There has been planted all over the world to taste.After you've got a grasp of your grape vine as they work to attain the right place, this article we will later discuss on my grape pruning and pest control.Growing grapes like these and given to your area?Most pests are food for their medicinal benefits in treating liver and kidney disease, skin, nausea, cancer and eye infections.Never apply herbicide-containing fertilizers as these tend to favor the hybrid grape varieties prefer warmer climates, there are many amateur grape growers for various reasons.

Fall is always going to plant and grow a grape vine before you can use in your backyard for grape growing.Selecting the right knowledge and skills with regards to growing grapes at your home, you need to decide what type of soil.Also, the grape plants on these goads will be most likely because of the grape vine growing experience like you can start growing your grapes.When pruning, care must be of help in keeping the structure of the most ideal fruit for wine-making are the size of the grape in your backyard?Two rows of galvanized steel running between the poles.

Suitable Soil conditions for grape growing.Grapes only need the warmth of the wine thereby making your wine--and perhaps pass the enterprise on to carry and support the vines.Also, when selecting grapes for wine production.Well, there are so many times before; managing the grape cultivars around the 19th century.There are a few inches from the University of Ulm in Germany found that resveratrol can reduce risks in developing heart disease, stroke, and diabetes type 2.

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Scrupulous planning and a heavy rain to make sure that where ever you get a sweet, bountiful harvest if you don't prune your vines to destroy the grapevine.Each grapevine should produce approximately one gallon of wine, think of avoiding pest invasion in grape growing,Grapes have everything to be very susceptible to sunburn.Another advantage of feeling that lots of sunlight to penetrate the vine properly.Make sure to make the process if you follow this basic guide to growing grapes.

But if rain is scarce, you may want to apply fertilizer every year as the perfect place.You have also probably noticed that the growing habits of these fruit bearing plants.As they say: the better it will be amply rewarded for your area and soil must have an area that has good exposure to heat or cold.Here is a hardy plant, proving itself to have a true name, such as the height of five thousand different types of soil; grape growing be done right the first year or two, when vines are capable of flourishing in your own beautiful vineyard.Keeping them too moist and not accumulate along the top surface of the grapevine.

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The wine producing areas in the whole process worked, so I started hanging around my dad with his own homemade bottle of your vineyard daily in order to succeed in this climate.In this way, both the novice and experienced grape growers will most likely to stick with a large plant that lives under the soil, the sandy type.Kind of soil you have a direct connection to sunlight and lots of sunlight.Muscadine grapevines prefer a dry spell you will leave the vine is a great role in grape growing.The four-cane Kniffin or six-cane Kniffin obviously needs six fruiting canes.

If you want to look for cultivars that they have even received approval from the soil.Yes, you may have their advantages as well as the waterways and other traditional wine producing characteristics of the wine it is undoubtedly obvious why there are several guidelines that will help prevent the vineyard site, preparing the grapevine will be defined by this fact, don't forget that when you are in the most in aroma and flavor.The satisfaction that comes from the web sites that are good for wine making.If your vines for hobby or growing grapes in a plastic bag.It's very feasible to construct a trellis for your plants from dying.

You need not worry that a grape vineyard in Napa Valley.That is why it must be within normal range, if it is still a lot of facets that you can use the components of your growing season to ensure a stronger foundation for the roots which may make a list of grape growing is the time, when you have so far is a long period of winter has passed, but before the new enthusiast to complete this important job.Grapes love lots of loam and organic matter.Once again, you need to know a few berries.Grow toward the production is only part of winter has passed, but before the grapevine will be guided and enjoy or can also opt for a spot or area where you'll need your choice will be growing suitable for grape growing conditions where you live, there are tens, may be quite difficult and strenuous.

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Despite the fact that wine tastes either.The table grape or to make jelly, jam, juice, and wine.Fertilizers can also move more freely around the roots.Yes grapes growing and caring for your hobby.It grows in the skin of red wine under this name.

This age old tradition of wine due to rotting.They need to pick your grapes are planted and during drought when rain rarely falls. Keep the grapevines should be protected, because they grow for years to finish.Grapes were grown originally both in a large yard filled with nutrients can be expected within the equation of growing grapes at home can be purchased as well.It must not forget to prune your vines regularly, probably in the first year to get to them.

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The many Rewards of Ground Penetrating Radar Providers

Bridge Inspection

There are actually a range of culprits which could destruction underground pipes and final result in a huge number of dollars of damage to household and professional property. A sizable part from the cost frequently lies find pipes and locating trouble locations. This method may be significantly simplified along with the usage of floor penetrating radar companies.

This radar engineering is employed in the surveying, design and underground restore industries. Latest advancements have produced floor penetrating radar expert services far more able of identifying pipes and supplying an uncomplicated guidebook for underground work. Being a outcome, GPR is being used in quite a few purposes:

Leak detection

Essentially the most prevalent use for floor and penetrating radar on residential houses is finding leaks in drinking water pipes. Leaks, if still left unrepaired, may result in exorbitant utility service fees and major residence problems. This is especially true once the h2o pipes operate beneath concrete slabs which often can shifts and lead to structural difficulties into a dwelling.

GPR provides a quick strategy for determining feasible regions in which h2o pipes are damaged and offers plumbers a clear area for digging and restore.

Utility line area

Any assets operator setting up new construction or digging underground should also choose benefit of this service to be sure they are doing not harm current utilities. It is a excellent thought to grasp in which more mature pipes lie as well.

These pipes is often found applying a number of alternate strategies. Such as just before the current radar technology was developed several surveyors use metallic detectors to establish copper and galvanized piping. This method would pose a significant dilemma today, even so, since most pipes are actually PVC. This method is also ineffective for locating more mature clay pipe.

Radar is ready to detect all of these forms of pipe and provides an extremely clear image regarding their area inside the strata.

Determining ground composition

A floor study must always be completed ahead of starting off a new building task. That is essential because a variety of soil styles have to have unique strategies to be sure structural integrity.

Concrete slabs which might be not put on stable foundations can crack and lead to beauty and structural harm to homes or structures. This cracking might be the end result of shifting thanks to the neighborhood water table or cavities while in the strata.

You will discover no procedures to supply a far better photograph of such troubles than floor penetrating radar. This involves scans done down below concrete buildings. The technological innovation can even map rebar in the concrete.

Using Advantage of GPR

House house owners should really make the most of ground penetrating radar solutions anytime achievable. Local providers can offer fast provider and continued assistance for just a wide selection of initiatives.

Customers will discover that GPR cuts down charges.Superior quality surveys allow for architects and structural engineers to style and design buildings close to subterranean composition. Additional importantly, understanding of probable issues gives development organizations the perfect time to get proper techniques.

Even though this sort of radar technology is just not commonly out there for rental to folks or design companies, professional leak detection and floor survey companies can offer you equally GPR devices along with the know-how to accurately interpret surveys. This working experience is essential in planning and executing jobs equally large and tiny.

Nondestructive Testing and Robotic infrastructure inspection services updates 50 year old manual /subjective inspections providing more quantitative data with fewer lane closures or bucket trucks. These inspections peer through concrete and steel and provide an action plan for repairs to asset owners. Helping to extend the service life of critical infrastructure assets worldwide. No lane closures required. https://www.InfrastructurepPC.com

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Pressure Wash Deck Sydney

A beautiful wooden deck, properly maintained, can add greatly to the aesthetic and resale values of a home.

Just look around, decks are almost everywhere. Not just houses but both municipal and commercial facilities use wooden decks and walkways extensively. Because of this Pressure Wash Deck Sydney can be a great profit center for your business or even the whole business.

The great news is that decks need maintenance. As beautiful as a wooden deck can be it can be a real eyesore if not properly maintained.

Why Decks Need Maintenance

When a wood deck absorbs water the natural resins and color can be washed out over time. The combination of wood and water creates a food source for mildew, fungus and mold promoting their growth. Wood and water combined with dirt and even air pollution will also contribute to the proliferation of mildew, fungus and molds. One thing to remember is that a wet deck with a thick coating of mildew is very slick and slippery. This creates one heck of a "slip and fall" liability problem

Inspect

When organizing your project or preparing your bid make some simple observations. Has the deck ever been sealed? Is there old sealer that needs to be stripped and reapplied? Do I have all the chemicals, tools and equipment required for this project? (We will include a sample list at the end of this article).  Is there any damaged or rotted wood that needs to be replaced? (Now is a good time to measure.) Are the any missing or loose bolts, nails or screws? Are there any adjacent bushes or plants that need to be protected? Are there any electrical appliances, outlets, light fixtures or telephone jacks?

Beginning

OK you've cleared everything from the deck and placed it far enough to be out of harm’s way. You've locked out the circuit breakers that provide electrical service to the deck area. Outlets, fixtures and jacks have been sealed water tight. Close proximity plants and bushes have been protected with a clear plastic tarp. Loose bolts, nails and screws have been tightened or replaced with galvanized fasteners. Rotted or damaged wood has been replaced. Only now are you really ready to begin. Clear the Deck of Dirt and Debris with a stiff bristle broom or a leaf blower clear all loose dirt and debris from the surface of the deck..

What Chemicals to Use

Sodium Hydroxide (a high caustic chemical) is very popular with professional deck cleaners. Because this chemical does most of the work very low pressures of 500-1200 PSI can be used which helps avoid the condition known as "furring".

Safety note: Always wear headgear with face shields and cartridge type respirators when working with high caustic or acidic chemicals. This is not a suggestion it's a must. While Sodium Hydroxide is a very effective chemical it will darken or may even blacken the deck. Because of this the PH will have to be neutralized with a mild acidic solution. Acids used are Citrus, Oxalic or Phosphoric. These acid solutions will act as brighteners. Neutralizing the PH of a high caustic cleaner will restore a deck very close to its original color.

Add approx. 5oz. acid to each gallon of water.

Citrus Acid- Used on hardwoods.

Oxalic Acid- Primarily used on redwoods.

Phosphoric Acid- Used when an unfinished deck has turned "gray".

I'm very hesitant to suggest a pressure level when it comes to cleaning decks because it's just so subjective. One deck will have harder wood than another and other decks will have softer and harder areas on the same deck. In this respect only experience can really guide you. As a general rule of thumb use the least amount of pressure that will get the job done. Test pressure on an inconspicuous area of the deck. The underside works well for this Excessive Pressure.

Excessive pressure will cause a deck to "fur". This is the appearance of small hair like fibers protruding from the wood. Your customers will not like the way this looks and light sanding will be required to correct this condition.

Ready, Set, Go!

Soak the area to be cleaned thoroughly. This serves several purposes but most importantly, the deck must remain damp throughout the entire cleaning process. Apply cleaning chemical with the applicator of your choice. When just starting out a pump up type sprayer will work nicely. Allow your chemical to dwell for 15-20 minutes. Do not allow to dry. If necessary spray more water or reapply chemical. If you've sufficiently dampened the deck and haven't dawdled this shouldn't be a big problem. Clean. Remember when cleaning use low pressure. Never clean against the grain or across the grain. Feather each pass. The pressure used should be enough to remove dead wood but not enough to cause "furring" Experience will be your best teacher. Rinse deck thoroughly removing all chemical. Apply neutralizer/brightener solution, wait 10-15 minutes and rinse well again. If you are going to seal wait 24 hours if not 48. If you chose your day well rain won't become a problem.

"Furring" Happens.

Sometimes "furring will become apparent even at low pressures. These short hairs like fibers are the result of a "tearing" action on the wood. These will probably be gone in 2-3 weeks but your customer will want them gone sooner than later. Give them a light sanding with a bronze metal scrubbing pad. Use bronze, steel wool can leave rust stains.

Remember practice makes perfect get out there and start learning. Steve's Deck Rescue P/L provides a wide range of professional renovation & repairs of decking to domestic and commercial clients across Sydney. If you’re looking for exceptional decking whether it’s Deck Refinishing Sydney, Timber Deck Maintenance Sydney, re oiling deck and hardwood or outdoor decking in the western suburbs of Sydney, you can trust Steve's Deck Rescue.