Perapsid

Many people know there was three dinosaur periods or they know there was a dinosaur era, they think of Tyrannosaurus Rex and Sauropods. They think of the mountain sized astroid that toppled the food chain and killed off the dinosaurs. 

I was wondering why people don't know there were beasts that roamed before the dinosaurs, they were called the Permian Synapsids. They were reptiles that had mammal like attributes, they had jaw bones that had mussle fibers that link inside the skull through an opening behind the eye socket, they had squared off heads and were good at controlling their body temperature, some off them had thrills on  their back to help heat up their bodies when they were cold. A lot of them were able to lift their bodies away from the floor so they could run more efficiently. Perhaps they even had four chambered hearts, who knows. 

I think they should abbreviate the name, call them Perapsids (Permian Synapsids). The Perapsids went extinct because many strong volcanoes erupted in tandom for a long time and made it hard for plant life to live, the whole earth turned into a wet dessert. The food chain collapsed and by the end of the Permian period 90% of all species were extinct. 

If the name Perapsid sticks, you read it hear first. 

Pride in England

One thing I proud of in England is our piers, we have many of them, I think just about every significant coastal town in this nation has a pier. They are a labour of love, the salty sea arosole spray from the waves is very corrosive. The coast is very windy and some of them have been restored after burning  down. I think one of the most patriotic things a Brit can do is visit a pier, they usually charge you for going on them and use the money to maintain it and improve it. That is what it is about, seeing how far it can be improved and maintained. 

I visited Southend pier recently, I noticed their new electric pier trains have been set aside because they're considered to be unsafe and they brought back the older diesel powered trains. They're investigating why the trains are faulty. 

I guess sometimes things are so messed up it is easier just to rebuild it from scratch. Sometimes the complexity of a fix can lead to all sorts of problems. 

It would also be nice if there was more stuff do do at the end of the pier, a small amusement park or an arcade or two. 

Epstine Effect

I was wondering earlier if the name Geoffrey would be out of use in 50 years from now, if it were, would people wonder why? They would say it is an old name and nothing else because they have forgotten about the Epstine scandal. I don't think most people would give their new born baby the name Geoffrey these days because Geoffrey Epstein was exposed as a pedophile and child pimp. He used his wealth to buy an island and turned it into a brothel for under aged sex slaves. It was a big disgrace, it is still relevant today because he set himself up as a supreme middle-man and money expert, he would look after rich and famous people's assets and help them to increase their wealth. He was connected to everyone so people would approach him to reach out to other famous people, for example, a music band may want to collaborate with another music band at a concert and they know they can reach them through him. 

Many prestigious people were connected to him, some of them innocently through trade, others may have been involved with his scandals. The test they use is if they cut him off when he was exposed as a pedophile. They Coined the term Epstine files. The authorities want to know what kind of relationship each person had with Geoffrey Epstein, were they innocent aquatences or part of his dirty lifestyle? 

I'm not even sure if I'll still be alive in 50 years time. If I am still alive, I wonder if coin pushers are still around in arcades. They are my favourite toy in those places. This is how they work; you drop coins down a chute, the coin lands on a tray and is pushed into other coins by an oscillating pusher, if your timing is right and with some luck you dislodge some of the coins and they fall into a lower tray. Then a second pusher pushes the dislodged coins into more coins, if they fall then they go down another chute to an exit tray for you to take them or use them again They like to keep little prizes nested on top of the coins on the lower tray.  I like the ones that also give you prize tickets when the coins land in certain places or at random times just for inserting the coins. You can redeem the prize tickets for prizes at the prize counter desk. 

I can already see the it evolving, I see pushers that use balls and things like that. 

The effect of playing a coin pusher is similar to playing Tetris or a puzzle game, you forget about your ego, you forget who you are and what is important to you and you just focus on what you are doing. You go into a blissful trance like state. 

Iron and Lead thought

I learnt not to long ago that when the Earth formed, all the iron sank down deep into the interior of the planet out of our reach. All the iron that is with us on the surface fell down to earth after planets collided and were obliterated. The iron in your blood and on the knife and fork on your table would have come from the core of a planet that was demolished in a collision with another planet. When it fell to earth the surface of the planet had hardened.

 

Everything that has the mass of Iron or more like copper and lead was created or freed in an extremely energetic event. Lead is mostly created when radioactive materials decayed, they slowly decayed until they reached a stable configuration as lead. 

I think of home and my world all the time but it was made possible by big events. 

Dirty thought

I had a dirty thought earlier today, I thought about an alternative way to deal with sewage. It is a thought I often have. In an alternative Alan-world, sewage would flow into evaporation chambers that have a partial vacuum that is low enough to lower the boiling point of water to 10°c. The lower the air pressure is, the lower the boiling point is. The water would just boil away until all the water vapour is pumped out and the sewage is dry. I drew a simplified diagram of what happens. 

The dry sewage would then pour out into an incinerator. The incinerator would burn up all the dry sewage. The heat from the burning dry sewage would power the pump that lowers the air pressure of the evaporation chamber and all the other parts of the area. The ashes of the burnt sewage would then be sent to a sorting area to separate the different grains. Some of the grains would be hard and dense like limestone deposits, others would be soft and soluble like carbon powder. There would even be minerals that are turned to a glass like substance because of the heat from the incinerator. 

The hard and dense grains would be gathered and placed into drones that fly over the coast, they would drop the hard dense ashes in coastal areas that are having problems with sea erosion. The deposits would build up until small islands appear and they would have gardens growing on them. When storms emerge, the little islands take most of the punishment. 

The softer grains would be used to make bricks and roads, they would be mixed with cement to make concrete slabs that can be exported. 

Someone said my ideas are crap once, I think they're onto something. 

Sewage Day Dream

For an ordinary man like myself a day dream about something I can't do is constructive. It can help me sleep when I'm worried about something. 

I imagined taking control of a sewage treatment centre and having a building assembled that causes a vacuum that make the sewage boil at ambient temperatures. The dry sewage would then be sent to an incinerator to be burnt. The ashes of the burnt dry sewage would be a mixture of things gypsum, lime stone fragments, carbon powder and things like that. 

The heavy insoluble fragments would be separated from the ashes and droped by the coast from drones. It would help small islands to form that could have wild gardens on them. The islands would help protect the coast during a storm. The rest of the burnt sewage would be mixed with sand and plastic to make bricks and concrete slabs. 

This is a common thought I often have in my mind and it causes a peace inside of me. 

Artemis and Armchair

I was reading through some of the NASA blogs and noticed that they had more or less finished building the most powerful vehicle ever made by mankind, the Orion Space Rocket. This spring will be the beginning of the Artemis Space missions. I was given the impression by the NASA blogs that the first mission will be a flyby, the astronauts will go around the far side of the moon and back to earth without landing; they are brave souls. They know how dangerous it is but they are going ahead with it. The radiation in deep space is unpredictable and very dangerous. They sit on a rocket that could malfunction and explode. I think the moon flyby will be on the first week of March. 

I need a new armchair and I think about it every time I see the word Artemis. My recliner is worn out, I've had it for 7 years and I do most of the reading and work on it. They sell reclining armchairs with all the trimmings, heating messages and electric extending foot rest on those budget sites. The trouble is you don't get to try it until you get it in the post. You just have to trust the customer ratings. If 300 people say the product is very comfortable then it probably is.