Sarah

Umm... Did we tick somebody off?

The ICSArchive went through this not long after is spun off from the Librum site. I want to say 2014.

Anyone can declare any site is a plisher.

After so many reports, it gets flagged (five in as many months?)(Does not have to be unique reporter).

After so many 'not deceptive site' reports (three per unique sender negative report, so 15 minimum?), the flag comes off. But a few malcontents can 'stack the deck'. In the Archives case, it took one of their UK lawyers making a call to Google, threatening a Denial Of Service case..

Knowing that we do not have the legal resources to have legal talk done, keep reporting as not deceptive, eventually the malcontents will give up. I hope.

Sarah

Dating myself a bit here, but you just got a 'Mr Bill' imitation. Oh Nooooooooo.....

Got a response back. Apparently 'back in the day' there was a fad of 'light' and 'natural' syrups, and Karo slanted it's advertising towards such. This struck me as funny, as Karo, to me, is a 'heavy'.

Justice is done. Hubby snatched out a bag of nuts from the freezer and had some fun. 'Pecan Pie' with walnuts instead.

Sarah

Quoting function having trouble again...

"(it must be electrical tape) over the hole."

Hmm... I can understand that. But you have me wondering if 'gaffers tape' would be as good, or better. Gaffers tape is duct tape, with the same stickum as the post-it papers. It got its name from gaffers, people who set up cabling for bands. It does not leave the sticky duct tape residue. We use it to make air tight temporary seals on all sort of things.

Sarah

Sarah, I have always used loose rice in my salt shaker, but the holes in the shaker top are small sincethe salt is so fine. A lot of my spices are bigger pieces with bigger holes in the shaker top and I'm thinking the rice grains might come through. If not for that, rice would be the simplest solution.

That is probably why the rice is 'packeted'. Packet would be too large for the holes. The bearing would be too.

To reinforce a point: While doing your research be sure the descriptions say 'food safe' for the silica pouches. Some of them are a 'witches brew'.

Sarah

Thanks Cat. Interesting. I note that they make a point of saying 'corn syrup' when saying Karo. Sarah.

Different spices and seasonings require different amounts and types of desiccant. One variable is whole/coarse/fine grind, Another variable is what type of desiccant. There are different type/uses of silica. Some should not be used with foodstuffs. I do not have a chart. I do not know if there is one.

I know that silica is used for long term storage of non-salt based seasonings, but not short term. Metal cased silica bricks of different sizes are used.

If by 'flip top' you mean something like the plastic shaker cap containers like McCormick, about three and a half ounces, then perhaps I do have a tip. If it is a salt based mixed seasoning, a quarter teaspoon of rice in a tight tea bag paper bag/bundle is used. The bag is cut down and crimp sealed. Why not loose rice I do not know. I also know salt and sugar table containers often have loose rice in them.

Another tip, a .22 copper flashed shot pellet is used here in salt shakers to break up any caking.

Hope it helps.

Sarah

I have a question given to me that I can not answer.

Is the Karo tree, sometimes tapped as a sweet sap, like maple, the origin of the trade name, 'Karo'.

I do not know. I suspect some folks here might know.

From the Standard Encyclopedia of Horticulture, 1914, page 2653, I have:

'Pittosporum',

'Crassifolium, Soland. Karo. Tall shrub or small tree, 15-30 foot.: young arts densely clothed with white or buff downy pubescence: lvs 203 in long, narrow-obovate or oblong, obtuse, narrowed to a short tetiole, leathery, dark green above, downy beneath, the margis revolute. fls 1/2 in long, in terminal clusters.' ... 'New Zealand.' 'United States east coast' .. 'Suitable for windbreaks and shelter near the sea, said to resist gales and salt spray; too coarse and rigid for ordinary yard planting. Wood white and tough; used for inlaid work, difficult of combustion.' ... 'Sap potable'.

Sarah

Tack-on.

We have some of our girls taking the Better Kid Care online courses required by the state to be child care workers.

"If a child care program has a child or children on site with severe food allergies, staff should be trained on the administration of epinephrine and should know the proper procedures to follow."

"The location of epinephrine injectors (such as one brand called EpiPen) should be clearly identified in the school’s emergency plan as well as the child’s food allergy action or emergency care plan. It may be a good idea to have more than one injector on hand, especially if the ECE program is located in a large facility."

But they stop just shy from saying they are required.

A 'white night' for me. Volunteered at a local community fair, we ate there, and now all of us have Montezumas. And none of my pies took any ribbons. Little Lee on the toilet, with that woebegone look on her face, definitely a 'mommy moment'. But we had fun. English can be so funny.

Now I need to apologise for that knee jerk reaction to all the red. Yes, the blue is better. Thank you.

Jeepers, the military units I remember were designed to shoot through clothing. I as a Mennonite Medic, I got that training, and do not ask how many years ago that was! You felt your 'cargo pocket' on your outer thigh, which we did not have, and fired though it, so four plies of cloth. I definitely remember that Army officer doing a demo by 'test firing' though a heavy cape dress with two petties under that, laid on a sandbag. Poor sandbag. HUGE needle, with barbs.

Which brings me to updates from inquiries. "Epinephrine autoinjectors are often prescribed to people who are at risk for anaphylaxis. Brand names include Anapen, EpiPen, Emerade, and Auvi-Q".

None are rechargeable.

and

"A newer variant of the autoinjector is the gas jet autoinjector, which contains a cylinder of pressurised gas and propels a fine jet of liquid through the skin without the use of a needle. This has the advantage that patients who fear needles are more accepting of using these devices, the autoinjector can be reloaded, and a variety of different doses or different drugs can be used, although the only widespread application to date has been for the administration of insulin in the treatment of diabetes" .

Hmm... I see applications of this. I think I will be talking with some of our paras today at services. Mental trigger is snake bite kits. And, no, epinephrine is not used for that, not sure what it is, but am sure I will find out. That stuff comes in 'punch through the blister' packs. Right now, standard BD brand insulin needles are in the kits for this.

and

"The military no longer uses any form of epinephrine for NBC. The autoinjectors you remember are still made, but with different drugs. Google 'L4A1', 'Mark I NAAK', and 'ATNAA'. " Yuck. Much more than I needed to know. (memories of that poor sandbag).

But we have gone a far bit wide. My question still remains. Why, when there are other, cheaper, alternatives to the epipen, such an issue exists. Would such a simple boycott work, or are they they 'only', as in monopoly position. What am I missing?

Sarah

All that red. OK, I consider myself moderated.

But I still do not understand why...

Sarah

Mt_Rider, my bad... by preloaded, I meant by ME. Not asking a doctor for such, I doubt it would be legal for him/her. And dosage is by body mass, so I could 'tailor' to the person, not just slug them with an overabundance (like the epipen does.)(A lurker sent some evidence of legal actions over this point. Thanks to her!) We have no people with such issues, so we do not have much for this.

Do not confuse diabetic with tuberculin syringes. Tuberculin are 23-27 gauge needles, Insulin are 30. Smaller the number the larger. Also, the tuberculin are shorter, about 3/8 inch, vs the 1/2 inch of the insulin ones. The tuberculin are larger and shorter, so less fragile.

From my knowledge, I doubt a person having an 'attack' could load and fire, which is one reason the epi exists.

Jeepers, no refrigeration. Cold breaks it down. But same with heat. I suspect light... The amps (ampules) we have in the EAC are in a cardboard sleeve, in a sealed opaque bag.

Um... The military auto-injectors, nerve agent antidote, back in the 80s, had no expiration date on them. They had a patch on them that changed color when no longer good. Four or five years? If I preloaded, I would ask one of our doctors to find out what to mark the expiration as.

Jeepers is right on the placement. The old military units say outside thigh, and across buttocks. Not in buttock, soldiers were stabbing themselves in a nerve.

As always, talk to your doctor.

Sarah

This thread has me wondering if there is still a manufacturer for the military units, or even if that counter nerve agent self medicating is still done, and what the cost per unit would be. It would be an automatic overdose though.

A good one. Thank you.

I still do not understand this.

I would ask the doctor for an amp of epinephrine, 1:1000, 1mg/ml, and a tuberculin syringe.

(Actually, not true prescription, but...)

I do not know the dosage, but that can be googled.

Preloaded with cap on needle.

Cost? Less than $10.

Sarah

Tip: If you are looking for a wrist brace, look for one with the metal bar that runs from the palm and up the arm. You will find yourself probing with it, metal first. In my case, it got me out of the 'protect it' mode.

The epi was the generic. Epinephrine. Replaced the military units. We had the military units in the CD kits. I do not know if such are still used. Ask any service member, from the mid eighties on, about the NBC 'auto injector'. I know the Army had to do annual testing to show 'proficiency'.

I think you may be right about 'modified' foods.

Sarah

Even Aladdin is Chinese now?

No joy. Going to approach a glass blower and see what they say. Perhaps we can put handles on regular ones. I do not think so, that is specialized glass.

Argh, another supplier is gone.

Looking for glass top canning jars, the ones that use the rubber rings and clamp, with handles. We were getting the Ball 'Ideal' ones. "1908 patent"... We use them, with the handles, for olive oil candles/lanterns. A SHTF shelf item.

Anyone have a supplier?

Sarah

One man was very upset because SDP is starting to use their own driveway...on their own property.

On his property, or theirs? If his, same problem here. Here is a new wrinkle. We use cameras to capture plates. Then call them in to the sheriff to get a 'writ of no trespass'. If, on serving, the camera gets them again, it is a misdemeanor, and goes up to low felony with repeats. Not any more, they will not do a lookup, only law enforcement may, and not at the request of citizens. Some thefts reported. The online plate lookup services are not that accurate. Our emergency services work hold us in 'good stead' with the local authorities though, so we might get some help.

SDP?

Sarah

“A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.” Heinlein

It is a big can of worms limiting many grass-root, local, and the like due to 'overhead'. Bad news.

I have an update. Alert applies only to 2.5 and 3 liter bottles, green. The triangle emblem will have a '0' or a '-' inside. The 'prototype' pellets got into the system accidentally, and are now supposedly, out of the supply system.

Also under the alert are slugs for the injection molding hobbyists and 'saline' bottles. Both have the odd triangle markings. I was surprised at the molding slugs, as I thought all that had been replaced with 3d printing. Supposedly, no triangle marks of other than 1 through 6 are supposed to be in system.

The '0' are water leech. The '-' are sensitive to phosphoric acid and carbonation. Both are intended to be 'bio-degradeable'.

Thats all.

Sarah

I came back in to pass on an alert from the MCC about using soda bottles for long term water storage. Apparently, the newer pet plastics standards have changed, and are no longer safe for such storage. Leeching. At first I thought this was another urban legend repeat, and swopes poo-poo's, but when the MCC says something, I take it seriously.

I am awaiting the full discussion notes. But if you are storing water this way, heads up!

Sarah

We have 'jump pack's to start deads.

We have not bought a battery since the early 2000's. We 'shock' all deads, and recondition. If you have a shop to work in, and/or have a fleet to support, you might want to research this. Google for how to recondition ni-cads, and remove 'memory'. Same process, except you do a fluids replacement after shocking. Even if I had only one vehicle to maintain, I would still do this. Having a reconditioned spare on a trickle charger just makes sense.

Sarah