I spent a few nights in a straw bale home, wanting to experience what they were like. They are incredibly quiet. Each bale is 1.5 ft of soundproofing/insulation. The loudest part of the house was the clock ticking. The house was heated by appliances such as the refrigerator and water heater. A local monastery built several to rent out for people wanting a tranquil contemplation.

I had the same dilemma.

What worked for me was to buy an old, refurbished, commercial HP laser printer, without the subscription “features”. I paid $75 and have saved that much in ink costs, just this year.

Sarcasm goes over your head, with the vroom of a Doppler shift.

Of course we can, but if we decide to divide by Pi, can we also end up with an integer in ancient units of measure as is said in the article? A wheel makes sense. Some mythical aliens coming down from hundreds of light years is statistically very unlikely.

We are talking about two separate things. You are correct in what you are writing. We both agree on this. What the article was referencing was the lengths of the various sides. It did not speak about height at any time. There is no rise, only runs.

The runs ‘mysteriously’ used a unit of length that used a multiple of their unit of measure * Pi. The Archeologist commented that the likely reason was that their wheel was their unit as part of the diameter or radius, hence introducing Pi as part of the measure of the sides. That’s the SMH ‘Doh’ of the comment and the humor.

It is the same humor that poked fun at the engineering graduate who was hired by Edison. He was assigned the task of finding the volume of a new light bulb. After days of work and a long formula measuring it, he brought his results to Edison. Edison said that his was too complicated for him to figure. Edison filled the bulb with water and poured it into a measured beaker.

I have no idea if the Edison story is true, but always remembered it as a young engineering student, to not overcomplicate results. I worked with expert craftsmen who would chew me up and spit me out, if I were caught that way.

Have a good day, also.

What is the formula for a circumference? That is where Pi enters in. If my base unit is a Pharaoh’s dong, and this is the wheel’s radius, a rotation will be Pi x (Tut’sDong)²

If you know the ancient unit of length, make a circle with the radius of that length, The various lengths of a line of stones on a side will introduce Pi. The slope would be determined by the height of the blocks and the number of revolutions marking the next run of stones. It is a simple and elegant geometry.

Assume that your length of measure is a string. You can ‘compass’ a circle with one end of the string at the center, and the other ens holding your marking device. Cut out your wheel, mark one point on the wheel for every revolution of the wheel, which is a circumference. You have introduced Pi as a constant.

I was never really a child. It was hardwired into me. Life is far better now.

It is old money, and not printed anymore. $1000 bills do exist, however.

Have any of your blood relatives had any diseases that have a genetic component? Cancer? Heart disease? Yeah, we don’t cover that, it’s as clear as day, in the fine print, on page 13,131 of indexed addendum information. Additionally, you knowingly had this information from a DNA test, which constitutes fraud, making your policy null and void. Thank you for your business.

Does the adhesive taste as good as the ones in grade school?

Not compared to a Musk truck. Then it’s 5% ish, and a bargain.

https://www.grantsinclair.com/product-page/iris-etrike-electric-vehicle

That is fixable. Make waves with higher ups. Many in education are trying to fight this same battle. There are better alternatives, as we all know. I also work in education.

I was getting excited about getting a new vehicle, and was looking at a Tesla.

But, Nope! I’ll ride a tricycle before Elon gets a penny from me.

1:30 to 3:30 is prime drunk driver time, in my area. This was when I was getting off work (11am to 3am shift). I hated that drive home. I drove a manual until the automatics’ fuel efficiency outweighed the cost of the automatics. I am an A-> B driver.

I put one of these in a Victorian which had a kitchen being brought up to code. Doors and windows cut up the kitchen wall space, leaving this as an elegant solution to have an efficient kitchen. I did have to reinforce the seams behind and at the chevron cut at the sink edge. I liked working at the sink. Dishes were easy to reach, and water did not splash when handwashing dishes, but making more room for modern appliances was nicer. If the kitchen was not destroyed in a flood, I would still have it. I liked it.

I quit YouTube because the ads were overwhelming, and quality content is so rare.

Without the “on the seventh day, he rested” adage, I would not get days off. I had this pulled on me by religious bosses to force me to give up my only day off. They rejoiced when I found God.

I will never work for religious nuts again.