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tips for managing obsessive researching?

The technique was invented by the ancient Celts who would hammer patterned dents into their sheilds, then fill them with bits of broken glass. They would heat the shields until the glass melted, filling the dents.

Later, they technique was picked up by the Anglo-Saxons...

(want more? I got more.)
always more!

Repairing shields makes much more sense than what I'd imagined. i was trying to fathom why on earth they were going to that effort to make fancy jewellery in a war based society. I wonder if they used natural occurring glass or had they been making glass at that point too?
 
Sometimes I get mentally worn out over stewing about this and that to buy. Often spoiling the mood of buying something I want. Though in general I relate such behavior largely to having OCD. :rolleyes:
that sounds tough. I do a lot of research but then get frustrated and just buy something like I'm ripping off a band aid.
 
@Judge I should have quoted the post I was responding to. My "Why not? " was in response to the question from @TBRS1 as to whether or not we wanted to here more about the history of enameling.
 
@Judge I should have quoted the post I was responding to. My "Why not? " was in response to the question from @TBRS1 as to whether or not we wanted to here more about the history of enameling.
LOL - I'm thinking that the details of a 7000 year old art technology should go in a different thread.

However, the Byzantine Empire did vitreous enamel like this:

byzantine-detail.webp
 
I do obsessive researching too on different subjects. Once I get interested in something I start to go down a "rabbit hole". I do that alot with health issues. I think OCD amplifies some of it for me. Trying to understand why I have certain conditions and if there is that one supplement or medication that could improve it.
 
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