The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 19 hours agoLife is confusinglemmy.worldimagemessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down14
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minus-squareMehBlah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·13 hours agoIts a useless leftover from when the containers were stone jugs.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·12 hours agoThey still are. Just melted stone.
minus-squareMehBlah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·12 hours agoSilica is a mineral. aka Quartz and it will melt. Stone jugs are made from clay and is vitrified not melted. its fired in a kiln like brick.
minus-squareAnn Archy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoYou must be fun at parties! No I actually mean that, I would listen to this shit drunk until way early morning.
minus-squareMehBlah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours ago You must be fun at parties! Same I bet they just laugh and laugh.
minus-squareRustyEarthfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoWell, “vitrified” literally means made glassy, and the process involves melting the silicates in the clay, so there are some similarities.
minus-squareMehBlah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoOnly in process and loosely at that. Vitrified clay or brick if you prefer is much harder than silica glass.
minus-squaretiramichu@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 hours agoWhat were they for on stone jugs, if they were just as small? Or were they not?
minus-squareMehBlah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoThe jugs were not that small and the loop was much bigger. I had my first drink of alcohol out of a stone jug. It was moonshine and the jug had originally been a maple syrup jug.
Its a useless leftover from when the containers were stone jugs.
They still are. Just melted stone.
Silica is a mineral. aka Quartz and it will melt. Stone jugs are made from clay and is vitrified not melted. its fired in a kiln like brick.
You must be fun at parties!
No I actually mean that, I would listen to this shit drunk until way early morning.
Same I bet they just laugh and laugh.
Screw that geology rocks!
Well, “vitrified” literally means made glassy, and the process involves melting the silicates in the clay, so there are some similarities.
Only in process and loosely at that. Vitrified clay or brick if you prefer is much harder than silica glass.
Hah! Dumb stone agers!
What were they for on stone jugs, if they were just as small? Or were they not?
The jugs were not that small and the loop was much bigger. I had my first drink of alcohol out of a stone jug. It was moonshine and the jug had originally been a maple syrup jug.
Vestigial handle?