My own non-scientific study (which is ongoing) suggests that fur has a half-life longer than that of uranium.
Buffy: A Guide, but no water or food. So it leads me to the sacred place and then a week later it leads you to my bleached bones? Giles: Buffy, really. It takes more than a week to bleach bones.
'Dirty Girls'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
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Steph L. - Dec 04, 2014 6:34:01 am PST #14754 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
brenda m - Dec 04, 2014 6:42:12 am PST #14755 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It varies based on contrast level with its surroundings.
Zenkitty - Dec 04, 2014 6:45:59 am PST #14756 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Black fur half-life is difficult to study, as it seems to disappear more readily in the environment. White fur half-life, as co-researcher Steph mentioned in the above study [1], seems to be similar to uranium. Or glitter.
[1] Steph L. B., "I thought this shirt was clean!: A study of the effects of laundering on fur deposits in common fabrics", Annals of Household Animal Fur Research, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 2014.
Steph L. - Dec 04, 2014 6:49:25 am PST #14757 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
It is so fucking sad that I immediately edited the reference for AMA style. (For the record, it would read: "Steph LB. I thought this shirt was clean: a study of the effects of laundering on fur deposits in common fabrics. Ann Household Animal Fur Res 2014." And would need the appropriate MEDLINE ID or doi number.) (God help me.)
Zenkitty - Dec 04, 2014 6:53:24 am PST #14758 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Oh, Steph, I know. As I was writing it, I was thinking, "This is so not IEEE style."
meara - Dec 04, 2014 6:53:35 am PST #14759 of 30002
This is why I heart y'all. OMG.
Steph L. - Dec 04, 2014 6:59:46 am PST #14760 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh, Steph, I know. As I was writing it, I was thinking, "This is so not IEEE style."
AWESOME.
SuziQ - Dec 04, 2014 7:11:30 am PST #14761 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Wrong thread.
Hil R. - Dec 04, 2014 7:17:31 am PST #14762 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I had to use APA style for my dissertation. Hated it, because MLA had just been so drilled into me in high school and college that I could easily type up a bibliography without having to reference anything, and then had to keep looking up stuff when I was writing my citations for the dissertation. APA style would be:
L. B., Steph. (2014). I thought this shirt was clean: a study of the effects of laundering on fur deposits in common fabrics. Annals of Household Animal Fur Research, 53, 234-257.
It's that last comma that particularly bugs me. Everything else gets separated by periods, but volume number is italicized, then a comma, then page numbers aren't italicized, and it just looks and feels wrong.
Steph L. - Dec 04, 2014 7:20:06 am PST #14763 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
L. B., Steph.
Oh, yeah. When I edited the reference for AMA style, I was treating my first name like it was my last, just because it was spelled out and we spell out last names. Er, like this:
Lastname SL. I thought this shirt was clean: a study of the effects of laundering on fur deposits in common fabrics. Ann Household Animal Fur Res. 2014;53:234-257.