Once, when in love, I rambled on about concrete for an entire evening wanting to woo her with what I found to be such valuable and essential information. As with everything else, I have since forgotten so much more than I now know, but I recall the glint in her eyes being amused by my behavior, and that I knew enough off the top of my head to go on for over an hour with everything from Roman Aqueduct concrete materials combining salt water with cement to the Hoover Dam still not being completely cured, to strengths of concrete typically used and the applications in current building construction, to the fire proofing aspects, to the finishing and embedding of structural fiber, steel, mesh, to the additives that allow curing in freezing temperatures but rapidly decay iron, to the coloring and polishing, to the solar energy mass heat storage, to the plumbed hot water heated and electric resistance heated slabs, to mortars… Yes, Jonathan, why don’t we use our volcanos for their energy every day to process cement, or anything else? Hmm. Seems we could figure something out by now. :). Safe and lovely travels!
Not boring. Me, three.
Not boring at all! The part about adding bacteria into concrete was fascinating. Have fun and safe travels!
Thank you, Tania.
Put two in the not-boring column ✌🏽
Nice!
I hope you have the best time in Scotland. So wish I could have made it. The concrete essay was, indeed, not boring!
Wish you might have managed it, too, Kat.
Thank you Kat.
Once, when in love, I rambled on about concrete for an entire evening wanting to woo her with what I found to be such valuable and essential information. As with everything else, I have since forgotten so much more than I now know, but I recall the glint in her eyes being amused by my behavior, and that I knew enough off the top of my head to go on for over an hour with everything from Roman Aqueduct concrete materials combining salt water with cement to the Hoover Dam still not being completely cured, to strengths of concrete typically used and the applications in current building construction, to the fire proofing aspects, to the finishing and embedding of structural fiber, steel, mesh, to the additives that allow curing in freezing temperatures but rapidly decay iron, to the coloring and polishing, to the solar energy mass heat storage, to the plumbed hot water heated and electric resistance heated slabs, to mortars… Yes, Jonathan, why don’t we use our volcanos for their energy every day to process cement, or anything else? Hmm. Seems we could figure something out by now. :). Safe and lovely travels!