Cool -- I just learned something new! They told me the iron story when I first arrived in '72, and it made sense because it looked and tasted like rust. Then again, we associate taste with what we see we're eating or drinking, and I can see how combined with the acidic nature of tannins could fool me into thinking I was actually tasting rust.
Strange. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer BlueDragon Alliance Founding Committee Get advanced intensive Master-level training in C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at ProductivityEnhancement.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Gruss Gott To: CF-Community Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 8:08 AM Subject: Re: Star Jones? > Deanna wrote: > You know, I don't know about this lake in particular. But, it's a > fallacy that most northern lakes are red due to iron. Most are red due > to the tannins in the pine trees. There's your smidge of useless > trivia for the day. > +1 - yup that's true. And, actually, Rainy lake was REALLY clear last time I was there. You could see down 50 feet. Well, gMoney can verify this for us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210526 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
