So being the curious sort I have researched the answer to Les’s question this morning – might a very high barometric pressure raise the boiling point of water here to that of sea level under average pressure. So it turns out that pressure as reported in weather reports is adjusted to sea level equivalent. This is so isobars provide atmospheric information instead of being topographical maps. Second, altitude has more impact on pressure than weather, but not by a huge margin. The actual pressure reported as 101.3kPa at Saskatoon’s elevation is 94.6kPa. According to my math, this means that for water to boil at 100C in Saskatoon the pressure would have to be 108.0kPa, which is right around the record for highest pressure ever recorded (108.6 in Mongolia in 2001). The more usual pressure swings of +/-2kPa would be roughly equivalent to elevation swings of +/-140m.
I hope that takes the pressure off.
Finally, a diversion. This online implementation of the old-timey kid’s toy, Spirograph is so detailed you can actually see the ink laying down heavier on the second pass. Doesn’t seem to work on an iOS device.
Just one more thing….
Now I’m beginning to understand why Spatsea continues to thrive despite any evidence of usefulness. Thanks Darrell!
One excerpt: News and analytics site PolyMic compiled a group of studies that indicate drummers are not only generally smarter than their bandmates, they actually make everyone around them smarter too.
http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/05/its-official-drummers-are-smarter-than-you-and-everybody-else/
Saw this and was struck by the brilliance of it.

Or as Amanda tells me the british would say, with various inflections to suit the exact situation, “Not bad”
I suggest C8H10N4O2. Respectfully submitted, Undersecretary to the Undersecretary, The Other G Unrau
Hi – I thought I would pass this along
leskh wrote:
I do hear there is some pretty good hooch up in those parts of the
province. I’m not sure they refer to it by year, though.
Does potato vodka have terroir?
I hear the ’14 Crimean vodka is considered particularly well-suited to Molotov cocktails…
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