#we lived with my grandparents for about a year

[jeanjauthor]

I got 160, though whether that's CE or BCE is up for debate. Except it doesn't matter. My quality of life goes downhill due to a lack of diabetes & ADHD management medications...but if I can hold it together long enough, the Coastal Salish folks will have a quantitiative leap forward in their quality of life.

You see, while the local clay bodies suck badly for anything other than making bricks at best (it's why they invested in steam-bent wood cooking boxes that were heated with cooking stones), there ARE plenty of copper & iron deposits (if not the highest quality for the latter) in the area, limestone deposits for lowering the melting point of iron ore, and not only plenty of wood for turning into higher-temperature charcoal...but there are coal deposits within the Puget Sound area--we literally have a coal-rich site called Newcastle, nicknamed after the same coal-bearing location in the British Isles.

More than that, the Coastal Salish people already knew the value of iron long before European colonizers came along. Chinese folks traded all the way up the Kamchatka peninsula as far as the Aleutian Islands, who traded down the coast of Alaska & British Columbia with the Haida, who traded with the Salish. When the first white explorers reached this area, some of the Salish had iron tools. They were heavily ground down and basically heirloom inheritances, but they were genuine trade goods that had been exchanged all the way from the forges and smithies of China.

(I'm not sure how far back this trading took place, but if you go back far enough in Chinese art, you can see a distinct similarity in some of their pieces to the styles of the art of the Haida & Salish coastal peoples.)

So I could totally introduce the Iron Age to North America well over a millennia earlier than it actually came along, and the Coastal Salish folks had a genuine caloric abundance of easily harvested foods, with managed orchards of white oaks for acorns and hazel trees for their nuts, plus a plethora of edible berries, over-abundant fish spawning seasons, a variety of edible bulb roots for starches, a relatively very mild climate, so on and so forth.

I'd just have to hurry to pass this knowledge along before my genetic inheritance from my grandparents offed me...and I'd have to be extra careful about not offing the local populations due to all of the diseases I'm carrying on my body. Also, the language barrier would be a wee bit of a problem. But conceivably, I could live for at least a few years!

The decade you’re given is the decade to which you’re transported. Your geographic location doesn’t change; only the time period changes. “Equivalent QOL” means a qualify of life that approximates the life you have now and anticipate being able to have in the future.

[rapidhighway]

Hnngg

[spearxwind]

feeling solidarity these holidays with everyone not allowed to talk about their partner with the family

[lesbiansanemi]

Was doing so good holding it together today but now that I’m laying down and trying to sleep I’m tearing up and I can feel that I’m about to burst into tears any second now

[extervus]

OOPS forgot to take pictures for my one year anniversary on testosterone cause I went on a walk with my bf and then ate a lasagna garfield style so uhmm here have some pics from the last few months ok?

Featuring @binesetakeout as that sexy lil binch in the top left corner

[ofcowardiceandkings]

all im saying is im gently making plans just in case my 10-year breakdown-iversary is on the cards

[keendaanmaa]

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[fandom-blackhole]

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[cute-chamomile]

I think coming out to my very old and super traditional grandparents should be worth it if it gets them to stop asking me and wishing that I'll find a groom, I think

[upperranktwo]

My granddad died today, I feel so fucking broken, he was one of the kindest men I knew and always taught us to love and accept people... the only positive thing is that he is now back with my nan and uncle who I knew he missed dearly

[ballsballsbowls]

Happy 40th birthday, B! I'm so glad you get to celebrate the big four-zero today. Any wishes for turning forty today? I bet you're so happy to be 40 now.

Thanks, Word!

My wishes for my birthday are as follows:

I wish to not feel the way I felt when I told my mother that she had the wrong candles out again for a very long time. (My mother is not losing it any more than she was six months ago, but she admitted later that she hadn't gotten a decent night's sleep in over a week, which should explain what isn't explained by there being 3 kids and we all struggle with everyone's ages honestly).

I wish my mother picked a different day to tell me her stepmother (whom I haven't seen since I was about 12 years old and haven't spoken to since I was 18 or 19) died in March.

[ginkovskij]

joining the battle against disinformation on the side of disinformation

[pepprs]

last few hours in boston :(

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[catboyrightsdefender]

im so fucking angry

[sennsational]

Have you ever heard of a Gongfu Tea Tray? It’s typically used to collect excess water and tea that gets spilled during washing, steeping and pouring. You can also store various teaware items inside

As you can tell, this type of tea brewing isn’t the same as any Western style brewing. Not only is the brewing style different from the West, but so is the type of teaware. Teaware used for this type of brewing is smaller, for example: a clay kettle will usually hold around 350 ml of water, which is significantly less than a Western glass kettle!

When you use a clay kettle, it is important that you pour the tea quickly, because the kettle is very hot and will cool down significantly slower than a glass kettle! High-temperature of the water will draw out the fragrance of the tea, but if you steep it for too long you are greeted with a bitter taste