Well, if "media" is in general, I'd have to say television. I'll watch some things once in a while, but for the most part, I have way too much anxiety from a bad marriage. Audio books, and certain Youtube channels can trigger it, too.

First issue I found, I needed to add a little water to the mixture so it would keep from pulling up the dirt as I tried to spread it on. Made it so I could just pour it over. Wtich means two things, I'll see how moisture reacts to it, and have to wait maybe two days for it to dry...which, if so, might make it really difficult in that I'll have to fill the unit with dirt before we move it (and it is quite heavy without the added dirt).

Update:

Well, I'll be damned. I used a heat gun and it dried up within seconds...Everything is back on schedule again, 😃

Woke up early, prepared my work area for making an arch for my niece's wedding. Wife doesn't like my thoughts on it, but that's nothing new.

Right now, I found a way to make the couch more comfortable (wasn't allowed to choose the couch, so got stuck with one that is uncomfortable as all hell, and hurts my spine). So I can sleep with my cats. Spine and food (GERD) is trying to kill me, though, but that's nothing new.

God! Which one to choose?

The electrical company that let a drunk work because "he had 20+ years of experience", which was rather dubious...

Or furniture retailers that had delivery drivers...read that again delivery drivers, drive drunk/stoned/coked out, and they were well aware they were.

Or people trying (Eh, let me be a little more specific...People certifying drivers) to drive in careers where people with mental issues should not be driving...(One guy I knew drove onto the shoulder chasing an oversize load with two bicyclers. He missed them, but god damn)...

Or my entire fucking family who don't realize I'm getting bad at driving, and expect me to drive regardless that I might get somebody hurt...(I get a lot of flack for that).

Oh, that's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. I've got plans to incorporate a plaque that can be hung on a wall afterwards, that will use elements of both her grandpa, great uncle, and this uncle, heh. I've got my part figured out, just need to finish the other two..and I think I just got my dad's figured out. He was known for growing russian olives, and there's only a few branches left...I could carve a heart in a cross section, and place one of my claws in side of it...That's what I'll do...Now just one more...For our great uncle...We'll be heading to his farm to find something next week. 🤞

Although it's a pretty sheltered location, but wouldn't the baking soda dissipate with any moisture? Humidity, rain, and/or snow?

Edit: I just thought about it, and what I'll do is run an experiment. I can place some near my kitchen sink's handle. Water dripping from my hand and the humidity should give me a good idea how it'd work outside.

This...So much thie...but red vines rather than twizzler. They have a much bigger hole.

I've got three ideas, but all using the same basic foundation. Four legs, two walls, and a removeable top piece (if lucky, a rounded arch, if not, a triangular arch. Depending on the kinds of branches I can find. Sort of a half desert, grassland, around here, so not a great location for wood hunting. ).

This is my first choice for the sides

Yeah, before my mind decided it didn't like learning any more, I had learned the gist of Bell and Noll's calc, then switched to gp a few years later...for which I can not remember why, but I can still remember how to use it fairly well.

Not sure, ("Older and a lot more decrepit" doesn't mean "younger an a lot more mentally sound", heh. Do wish I could change that, but meh, I can't).

Anyway, I did find a method similar to what you wrote, so I can redefine it in your terms.

A base 20 number is divisible by 7 if the difference between 8 times the last digit and the remaining digits is divisible by 7.

Ok, a little description on a base 20 number (Think Mayan and Nahuatl/Aztec numbers). 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 should be considered single digits. So a base 10 number, 7*17 = 119 (1*10^2+1*10+9), would be 7*17 = 5:19 in a base 20 system (5*20+19).

• is 1:8 divisible by 7? (28 in base 10). 8*8 = 3:4. 3:4-1 = 3:3
  • is 3:3 divisible by 7? 8 * 3 = 1:4. 1:4 - 3 = 1:1 (1*20+1 = 21).
• is 9:2 divisible by 7? (182). 2*8 = 16. 16-9 = 7 Check.

I'll just leave that there. So a long weird way of saying, yes, that's pretty much my reasoning, but not exactly at the same time. As the first message included the base 20 numbers divisible by the base 20 single digits 7, 13, and 17. (Hopefully that came off a little better).

(Note: Saying "base 20 number[s]" is not important overall. Just being overly descriptive to differentiate between base 10 digits and base 20 digits).

I used to be, too, and still am registered as one (Only to keep myself from being counted as a Democrat or Republican which they love to lump Independents into them), but I've noticed the nonsense between 2008 and 2010 which is about the time the media focused on these pieces of human garbage over all the others.

I really don't see an easy fix, and most of what I've seen in history, it usually gets much much worse before it gets better.

I used to drink root beer out of the licorice red vines, those held up quite well. Though, the lart was around seven years ago. I haven't seen blaok red vines in ages around these parts.

Have no idea if the red ones would have held up. Never liked those too much, heh, and other than root beer, birch beer, I'd drink coffee instead.

Welp! It browned in several spots over night. Maybe because of the dirt? Or the heat gun? Or???

Next tests, I'll need to try a two layer method. (one with a lower layer of baking soda, and another with a toilet paper bottom. That should help to deduce if the dirt was the cause of it).

Loving your methodical approach too!

Speaking of, I am spending way too much time on this, heh! I've got two hats and a pumpkin bag to knit, and a small painting to do ( Maybe more like these ). I'll just stick to a cloth of some kind, and let her touch it up how she wants. 🤣 .

I did find that it can be done arbitrarily. Mind is definitely not into writing about it, though, but here's the gp code I wrote to look it over.

/*
    There may exist a 0<=t<s such that
    s divides both x and (x+(x%d)*(t*d-1))/d.


    To show this for solving for divisibility of 7 in 
    any natural number x.

    g(35,5,10) = 28
    g(28,5,10) = 42
    g(42,5,10) = 14
    g(14,5,10) = 21
    g(21,5,10) =  7
*/

g(x,t,d)=(x+(x%d)*(t*d-1))/d;

/* Find_t( x = Any natural number that is divisible by s,
           s = The divisor the search is being done for,
           d = The modulus restriction ).

    Returns all possible t values.
*/

Find_t(x,s, d) = {
    V=List();
    
    for(t=2,d-1,
        C = factor(g(x,t,d));
        for(i=1,matsize(C)[1],if(C[i,1]==s, listput(V,t))));
        
    return(V);
}   

One thing that I noticed almost right away, regardless what d is, it seems to always work when s is prime, but not when s is composite.

Too tired...Pains too much...Have to stop...But still...interesting.

That's fine, am a Linux user and not a big deal running a file/media server, also have large enough SD cards, so still not a problem storing music either. I would just like to be able to purchase some new songs just so I can be able to adjust the playlists to something more to my tastes for particular songs over the entire genre or band's albums which can often contain other bands/songs that just bug the living daylights out of me, heh.