My Canoe Challenge

[Nostromo]

I'm starting to agree with AV regarding our homo sapiens classification.

 

[Lillen]

The thing is that scientist usually neglect to circle of life. The carbohydrates i eat to day was once on the feild of barley, was once manure, was once hay, was once menure was once hay...! or am I wrong?

Looking at the carbon14 method this inquires that the corbon was created or generated at the specified time it dates.

how do we generate carbon once again?

 

[AV1611VET]

The thing is that scientist usually neglect to circle of life. The carbohydrates i eat to day was once on the feild of barley, was once manure, was once hay, was once menure was once hay...! or am I wrong?

Scientists do not neglect manure.

 

[Delphiki]

how do we generate carbon once again?

The fusion reaction in massive stars forms carbon.

CNO cycle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Cabal]

Well the idea is there, is it not?

Having an idea isn't proof.

This is something creationists need to let penetrate their skulls - science thrives on dissent WITH evidence. Dissent alone does not give you credibility.

 

[LifeToTheFullest!]

Having an idea isn't proof.

This is something creationists need to let penetrate their skulls - science thrives on dissent WITH evidence. Dissent alone does not give you credibility.

No, but dissent with an old mythical tale of creation (both of them; G1&2) gives one enough credibility to open "museums" and adventure parks with the intent of fleecing the flock.

Creation Museum Plans Theme Park Expansion - Cincinnati News Story - WLWT Cincinnati

 

[Blackmarch]

I cut down a 1000-year-old tree, hollow it out and make a canoe out of it; all in a day's time.

How old is the canoe when I'm finished?

a day. however generally if it were from a more creationistic standpoint there would not a tree to begin with.

 

[Lillen]

The fusion reaction in massive stars forms carbon.

So you are saying that carbon is actually just as old as the solarsystem?

 

[Delphiki]

So you are saying that carbon is actually just as old as the solarsystem?

No. Our sun isn't yet large enough to fuse carbon. The carbon here on earth is likely from the life cycle of a previously existed star.

 

[Lillen]

The carbon here on earth is likely from the life cycle of a previously existed star.

So its even older then our solar system according to science. How about C-14 is it also older?

 

[3sigma]

So its even older then our solar system according to science. How about C-14 is it also older?

No, it is constantly replenished by the action of cosmic rays on the nitrogen in the atmosphere. That’s one of the reasons why it can be used for radiometric dating of organic substances. Why can’t you investigate these things for yourself.

 

[Ophiolite]

How old is the canoe when I'm finished?

I don't know. But I do know the moral tale of the Innuit tribesman paddling the a river in his kayak. Through carelessness he had forgotten to don his full array of clothing and thus found himself, overnight, in danger of freezing to death. To counter this he cut some of the fabric from his kayak and made a fire to heat himself up. This preserved him till morning, when he set out for home. Unfortunately the kayak was so weakened by the removal of the material that it sank and he drowned. This proved the admonition known to many of us:
You can't have your kayak and heat it.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

Thread necro warning

 

[AV1611VET]

You can't have your kayak and heat it.

That's pretty funny! Did you make that up yourself?

 

[durangodawood]

I don't know. But I do know the moral tale of the Innuit tribesman paddling the a river in his kayak. Through carelessness he had forgotten to don his full array of clothing and thus found himself, overnight, in danger of freezing to death. To counter this he cut some of the fabric from his kayak and made a fire to heat himself up. This preserved him till morning, when he set out for home. Unfortunately the kayak was so weakened by the removal of the material that it sank and he drowned. This proved the admonition known to many of us:
You can't have your kayak and heat it.

When people like this guy get desperate, I say let them eat kayak.

 

[Ophiolite]

That's pretty funny! Did you make that up yourself?

Sadly no. There was a comedy radio program, panel game format, on the BBC in the 1950s and 60s part of which involved impromptu explanations of quotations and sayings by the two regular panelists. This was one example.
Sometimes you have to wait half a century or more for an appropriate opportunity to retell them.

 

[AV1611VET]

Sadly no. There was a comedy radio program, panel game format, on the BBC in the 1950s and 60s part of which involved impromptu explanations of quotations and sayings by the two regular panelists. This was one example.
Sometimes you have to wait half a century or more for an appropriate opportunity to retell them.

LOL

For some reason, this reminds me of this post, from our resident Mensan: Post 43

 

[jasperr]

Sadly no. There was a comedy radio program, panel game format, on the BBC in the 1950s and 60s part of which involved impromptu explanations of quotations and sayings by the two regular panelists. This was one example.
Sometimes you have to wait half a century or more for an appropriate opportunity to retell them.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cant-Have-Your-Kayak-Heat/dp/B000PJH3OM

These fellas? It's how they tells them.

I remember one about the Chinaman or Indian man who got suited up in Harrod's ** (in a kilt) and then started to weep for the loss of empire. ("but Sir is weeping")

I liked Muir the better of the two.

**Savile Row?

 

[Ophiolite]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cant-Have-Your-Kayak-Heat/dp/B000PJH3OM

These fellas? It's how they tells them.

I remember one about the Chinaman or Indian man who got suited up in Harrod's (in a kilt) and then started to weep for the loss of empire. ("but Sir is weeping")

I liked Muir the better of the two.

That's them: Frank Muir and Dennis Norden. Important contributors to post-war British comedy. They were, in my view, more effective togther than as individuals.

 

[jasperr]

That's them: Frank Muir and Dennis Norden. Important contributors to post-war British comedy. They were, in my view, more effective togther than as individuals.

Denis Norden only died in 2018

An obit in the Irish Times

One of the wittiest and most delightful men on radio or TV