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Another Hill to Climb

It has happened, I have crested another hill, and am on the downward slope. But what really is "Over the Hill" anymore?

Executive Producers:
Steve E
Dame Slamy

https://www.theidioms.com/over-the-hill/

"Never Trust Anyone Over 30"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Weinberg

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/08/12/The-slogan-of-the-60s-radicals-was-once-Dont/4703461131200/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Speech_Movement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw

https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/09/10/midlife-crisis-research-35-years-old/

https://www.sciencefocus.com/comment/brain-myth-25-development

Romanticizing Nostalgia

There's an article out, from The New York Times, that shows an improvement of students that are in an area where cell phones are banned in the classrooms. As someone who grew up without the internet at their fingertips, the silence of all the present noise is appreciated, but am I only waxing poetically about the unplugging of where we came from in the dawning years of the internet?

Executive Producers:
LadyGetOverIt
Dame Slamy
Boostein Berge of the "Mutton, Mead, and Music" Podcast
Wiirdo

The Unexpected Upside of Phone Bans in Schools (NYT):
https://archive.md/sWenj

Teens and Internet, Device Access Fact Sheet:
https://archive.md/zuhaQ

The Light Phone:
https://www.thelightphone.com/

Finding Your Stride

I have a good friend getting ready to move for their first time out on their own into the world. They have a level trepidation getting out, but it's all about finding the stride to walk out there. Little bit of time devoted to learning brings us along, especially if we make time to learn.

Executive Producers:

Steve E

Dame Slamy

Oystein Berge of the "Mutton, Mead, and Music" podcast

The Pursuit of Happiness

Executive Producers:
LadyGetOverIt
Dame Slamy

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/pursuit-of-happiness-meaning

https://lunchbreakinvesting.com/personal-finance/why-did-so-many-people-invest-in-the-stock-market-in-the-1920s/

The Great Gatsby:
https://ia801801.us.archive.org/15/items/the-great-gatsby_202101/TheGreatGatsby.pdf

Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91360.Devil_Take_the_Hindmost

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/781182.Barbarians_at_the_Gate

Political Emancipation

Having just consumed a book on the history of Prussia, there was a term that had popped up, political emancipation. How constrained are we in our political decisions due to whom we pledge allegience to?

Executive Producers:
Steve E
Dame Slamy
Dr. John
Oystein Berge of the "Mutton, Mead, and Music" podcast

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emancipate

https://www.numberanalytics.com/blog/ultimate-guide-emancipation-political-philosophy

https://everything.explained.today/Prussian_Reform_Movement/

https://familytreemagazine.com/heritage/prussian/prussia-territorial-changes/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4999.Iron_Kingdom

The Concept of the Political - Carl Schmidt:
https://antilogicalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/schmitt-cp.pdf

Video Clip: The Forward Party and the History of Third Parties in the U.S.:
https://www.c-span.org/classroom/document/?19526

Physical Therapy

Executive Producers:
LadyGetOverIt
Dame Slamy
Kyle of the "Pocket Parley" and "Light Tickle" podcasts

Threw Out Your Low Back at Home and Can't Move? Detailed Step-by-Step Guide to Fix It Yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJouyrUm7Pc

Everything to Know About Over-the-Counter (OTC) Anti-Inflammatories:
https://www.healthline.com/health/pain-relief/otc-anti-inflammatories

https://www.realsimple.com/foods-with-electrolytes-6755019

https://www.verywellfit.com/cat-cow-stretch-chakravakasana-3567178

https://fitnessvolt.com/kneeling-hip-flexor-stretch/

https://factsandphysio.com/ulnar-nerve-exercises/

https://toughmudder.com/blog/no-excuses/5-post-event-recovery-stretches-you-should-be-doing/

Refrigerants

In my attempt to understand the restrictions of putting refridgerant back into the A/C system I have gone down a rabbit hole helping justifying why we pay HVAC technitions so much. From simple refridgerants like amonia to our current complex molecules r1234yf.

Executive Producers:
Steve E
Dame Slamy
Boostein Berge

Older version of Clean Air Act:
https://19january2021snapshot.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview/clean-air-act-text_.html

Subsection 5:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2013-title42/html/USCODE-2013-title42-chap85-subchapI-partC-subparti-sec7470.htm

https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview/1990-clean-air-act-amendment-summary

https://www.healthline.com/health/bleach-and-vinegar

r134a Refridgerant:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%2C1%2C1%2C2-Tetrafluoroethane

Products with 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane:
https://comptox.epa.gov/chemexpo/chemical/DTXSID1021324/

Basic R134a Refridgerant MSDS:
https://contentinfo.autozone.com/znetcs/msds/en/US/3275

SAE J2276 (2013) Standards:
https://img.antpedia.com/standard/files/pdfs_ora/20221211/sae/SAE%20J2776-2013.pdf

AHRI 700 (SI): Specifications for Refrigerants:
https://www.ahrinet.org/search-standards/ahri-700-si-specifications-refrigerants

R12 Refridgerant:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichlorodifluoromethane

R12 Thermal Properties:
https://www.thermal-engineering.org/dichlorodifluoromethane-refrigerant-r-12-thermal-properties/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Protocol

Ozone Depleting Substances Chart:
https://web.archive.org/web/20080511181352/http://www.epa.gov/ozone/ods.html

Global Warming Potentials of ODS Substitutes:
https://web.archive.org/web/20080516072419/http://www.epa.gov/ozone/geninfo/gwps.html

Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2022:
Https://Csl.Noaa.Gov/Assessments/Ozone/2022/

https://www.exploratorium.edu/food/pressure-cooking

https://wonderfulengineering.com/heres-the-scientific-reason-why-compressed-gas-cans-get-so-cold/

https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/boyle-ing-water

Boyle's Law Demonstrations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5xft2fIqQU

R-22 and R-410A Operating Pressures on Air Conditioners! Checking the Charge!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pQUkG43gAI

The Joule-Thomson Effect: What It Is and How It Affects Oil and Gas Production:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7h59Tg9DS4

Joule-Thomson Effect (Part 1) - why does it happen?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glXU3z1yRTk

Joule-Thomon Effect (Part 2):
https://robertthanlon.com/2022/08/03/joule-thomson-effect-part-2-my-hypothesis/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule%E2%80%93Thomson_effect

Joule-Thompson Cryocooler:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_B0RmRlFHA

Making Ethylene (Refrigerant R1150):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKFEbYdKdJg

How a Car AC System Works - For Beginners:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-INZ2sRrsuo

How to Recover Car AC Refrigerant at Home | DIY Refrigerant Recovery:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8s5SzUXtiQ

The Chilling History of Refrigerants: from Ether to Modern A2Ls:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLodYDuL39k

https://www.epa.gov/section608/refrigerant-sales-restriction

https://innovair.com/is-r134a-being-phased-out/

https://refrigeranthq.com/end-users-switching-r-1234yf-vehicles-r-134a/

https://www.dodgedurango.net/threads/anyone-convert-their-r1234yf-systems-back-to-r134a.47770/

https://top-refrigerants.com/en/can-you-put-r134a-r1234yf-system

Mercedes-Benz 2012 recall:
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2012/RCRIT-12V478-9042.pdf

https://macsmobileairclimate.org/2023/10/05/honeywell-files-epa-snap-application-to-retrofit-r-134a-systems-to-r-1234yf/

Poverty as a Mindset

Recently someone had mentioned the phrase "Poverty as a Mindset" to me and got me to thinking a little bit more deeply about it.

Executive Producers:

No Beret

LadyGetOverIt

Dame Slamy

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poverty

https://www.habitat.org/stories/what-is-poverty

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/factsheet/2025/06/05/june-2025-update-to-global-poverty-lines

https://hdr.undp.org/content/2024-global-multidimensional-poverty-index-mpi#/indicies/MPI

https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/brief/multidimensional-poverty-measure

https://ourworldindata.org/poverty

Built Not Bought

From my days of building up a truck to go off-roading, to building a chicken run, not everything can be bought off the shelf.

Executive Producers:
Steve E
Dame Slamy

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