From the Rubble - Episode 19 - Making Big Rocks Out of Little Rocks

Program

0:00 Intro

9:02 A Grandpa Moment on Back to School

29:03 Rebooting the Grandpa Moment on Back to School

42:52 Thoughts on Autumn

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  • While talking about making big rocks from little rocks, I mentioned that it is the reverse of the old idiom making “little rocks from big rocks”, which comes from chain gangs
  • I talked a bit about the need for slag to create concrete in this world… and how slag is normally a waste or byproduct from smelting iron or steel.
  • While chatting about the Back to School season, I talked about the Advanced Placement and Running Start programs.
  • I reminisced about the sights and smells that bring up memories of school, including and especially the smell of Crayola crayons.
  • Maya Angelou was a poet and civil rights activist.
  • I mentioned Brexit.
  • While talking about switching away from fossil fuels, I mentioned that I am an asthmatic.
  • I wound up talking quite a bit about salmon.
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