Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group

[Judy Glattstein]

Not plants, You know those little plastic tags that hold closed the plastic bag around packaged bread, hot dog rolls, and such like? I just learned that there is a system for classifying them. It's adorable! and offers insight into how classification works.

Here is a link to their site: Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group http://www.horg.com/horg/
which is very detailed, even a guide to symbols Latin color chart http://www.horg.com/horg/?page_id=2040

I stumbled across this in an article in the NYTimes, which can be persnickety about allowing access without a subscription but you could try

https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/61UhNScX3yLYS4zSWOuUqA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlGpnAP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5wdXRtYWcuY29tL2N1bHR1cmUvaG9yZy1wbGFzdGljLWJyZWFkLXRhZ3Mtb2NjbHVwYW5pZHMtY2xhc3NpZmljYXRpb24tc2l0ZT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD05JmVtYz1lZGl0X25uXzIwMjIxMDAxJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTczNDY3Jm5sPXRoZS1tb3JuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9NjE1NTEyNjQmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMDg2NzUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTk5MWVjNzQ4MTU1NDcyMzczYzdkNjZhMThhODBjMDBjVwNueXRCCmMzwBQ4Y1OcYyVSEWpnZ2xhdHRAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA

Delightful. Do you agree?

[David Pilling]

Hi Judy, that is a brilliant site. All they need now is someone to come along and reclassify all the tags on a different basis, like manufacturer.

I have a web page with photos of variations of single board computers, often felt that was similar to botany.

Ernest Rutherford "all science is either physics or stamp collecting,"

[Judy Glattstein]

David, this morning I stalled when opening a package of English muffins. All I meant to do was take one out to toast. But found myself staring at the points and lobes of the occlupanid's form.

If I understand correctly occlupanids are banned in the UK, with twist ties substituted. Nothing to be managed with small lots paperwork, right?

[David Pilling]

Judy - I have no idea, all the bread etc I eat is home baked. I'll have to do some botanising at the supermarket.

According to Google:

"bread ties are currently banned in the UK, in favour of small pieces of sticky tape" due to the risk of being swallowed.

A long time back I recall the tape was colour coded by day of the week.

Bag clips do appear on Thingiverse - which is where you go to get things to make on your 3D printer. I could print some if I wanted to stick it to the man.

This makes me wonder if one could write a program that produced an infinite number of designs of clips - people have done that for 3D printing snowflakes.

Are there an infinite number of bulbs...

[Judy Glattstein]

David, I bake the no-knead bread promulgated by Mark Bittman from the Sullivan Street Bakery. I even developed a rye bread version myself, adapted from a recipe shared by a woman in the next bed when we both had our babies lo those many decades ago. What (types) of bread do you bake?

[David Pilling]

Bread... white, brown, malted, wholemeal. Nothing too exciting. Got a big mixer to do most of the kneading work.

Covid ended years of using fresh yeast and certain brands of flour. Now I am using Fermipan dried yeast.

The process produces a person month supply of bread in a couple of hours. I keep the bread in a freezer.

This won't translate outside the UK supermarket - white bread is Canadian strong flour. Brown bread flour has a legal definition in the UK. Malted flour is available from various suppliers - malted flakes and seeds.

I have made bread with rye in it - but not a favourite. This week 25% oat bran bread - which spread too much.