Cyclone
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State of the art!!!
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Yea, I caught that..............and a pretty good time in Vegas too!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now all we need is some chem whiz to figure out how to change methanol into ethanol and we got a lock on the Moonshine biz.
We did this 3 years ago in the 9th grade, if memory serves me right, its done like this:
(CH3)OH + HCN ---> (CH3)CN
(CH3)CN + H2O +H2SO4 --> (CH3)COOH
(CH3)COOH + H2 + Pd/Ba(SO4)/Quinoline/Sulphur (trace amounts) --> C2H5OH
C2H5OH is ethanol, prime constituent of Duff, Pals, Kingfisher, and a whole range o' fancy grape juices.
And since methanol is poisonous, its added to ethanol along with propanone in small amounts (5% to be precise) to industrial alcohol, to prevent its (mis)use. They call it methylated spirit, and its unfit for human consumption. So I doubt if chaps can get away with drinking methanol.
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One winter morning a couple was listening to the radio over breakfast. They heard the announcer say, "We are going to have 8 to 10 inches of snow today. You must park your car on the even-numbered side of the street, so the snowploughs can get through."
Norman's wife goes out and moves her car.
A week later while they are eating breakfast again, the radio announcer says, "We are expecting 10 to 12 inches of snow today. You must park your car on the odd-numbered side of the street, so the snowploughs can get through."
Norman's wife goes out and moves her car again.
The next week they are again having breakfast, when the radio announcer says, "We are expecting 12 to 14 inches of snow today. You must zzzz .. zz park zzzzz crackle" Then the power went out.
Norman's wife is very upset, and with a worried look on her face she says, "Honey, I don't know what to do. Which side of the street do I need to park on so the snowploughs can get through?"
With the love and understanding in his voice that all men who are married to Blondes exhibit, Norman says..."Why don't you just leave it in the garage this time?"
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LMAO!!!! True, true, totally true!!!
Unless he's on one of our SeaKings!
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Howwwlll!!!! Thanks a ton Donnie, gonna get down to the 'couching' right away!!
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Yeah, and remember - spitting on a taipan does not constitute having a good time.
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Party time!
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This young'un spends all his net-time on Csim. Its the first and last page I'm on, I only check mail when things go quiet (as they usually do, I'm 5.5 damn hours ahead of all the action). I still haven't seen everything here, so every time's a learning exp.
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Likewise, C, we're here for you.
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STARSHIP TROOPERS!!!!!!! Not.
Mornin' all, 1648 here, giving the female gym-goers the once-over
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I googled Ebola, believing it to be something like anthrax. Surprise surprise! A really pleasant way to die. I hope it mutates to a bison-specific strain soon, then we'll see whose talkin' about extermination
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0941 says the clock, too early to be awake says me. Silent Hunter 2's installing right now (correction - installed), gonna start after brekka. Its 6 degrees above normal this week, and dehydration's becoming a major worry for everyone. Leaving the house before sunset's going to become impossible soon. This city has spring during December - Jan, and its summer for the rest of. Whatever happened to april??
Have a great day, everyone.
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Nope, got me a brand new Type IIV B.
Would that be a VIIB?
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Is this for real???
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Trust me donnie, thats one thing we don't need to be taught
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Yeah, I'm in the city of cyclones. We're in this wierd part of the east coast, halfway down, and get 2 cyclones a year. They wreak havoc, but they're also the lifeline of this city, as the two cyclones are the only rain we get. Rest of the year its hot, real hot, with an average humidity of 80-85%, but no rain at all. Some wierd wind patterns prevent any clouds, and the monsoon gives us the wave. Hence my Csign.
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Those're phantoms, right spec? Does the usn still use 'em?
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I cant wait to get a friends SH2 cd back, now that i've figured its the scope that usually does me in (no small thanks to ya, skip). Is there much difference between 2 and 3? And how long on an average can you sail at cruising speed?
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Dilbertisms:
Dilbert's newest additions to add to your vocabulary in the late 90s office environment,
Assmosis: The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss.
Blamestorming: Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who was responsible.
Seagull Manager: A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps over everything and then leaves.
Salmon day: The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the end.
Chainsaw consultant: An outside expert brought in to reduce the employee head count, leaving the brass with clean hands.
CLM (Career Limiting Move): Used among microserfs to describe ill-advised activity. Trashing your boss while he or she is within earshot is a serious CLM.
Adminisphere: The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to Solve.
Flight Risk: Used to describe employees who are suspected of planning to leave the company or department soon.
404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404 - URL Not Found," meaning that the requested document could not be located. Used as in: "Don't bother asking him ... he's 404, man."
Generica: Features of the American landscape that are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, subdivisions. Used as in, "We were so lost in generica that I forgot what city we were in."
Ohno-second: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake.
Percussive Maintenance: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.
Umfriend: A sexual relation of dubious standing or a concealed intimate relationship, as in "This is Dylan, my ... um ... friend."
Body Nazis: Hard-core exercise and weightlifting fanatics who look down on anyone who doesn't work out obsessively.
Cube Farm: An office filled with cubicles.
Idea Hamsters: People who always seem to have their idea generators running.
Mouse Potato: The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.
Prairie Dogging: When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to see what's going on.
SITCOMs: What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with
the kids. Stands for Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage.
Starter Marriage: A short-lived first marriage that ends in divorce with no kids, no property and no regrets.
Stress Puppy: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.
Swiped Out: An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because the magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.
Xerox Subsidy: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.
Going Postal: Euphemism for being totally stressed out, for losing it. Makes reference to the unfortunate track record of postal employees who have snapped and gone on shooting rampages.
Alpha Geek: The most knowledgeable, technically proficient person in an office or work group.
Irritainment: Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them. The O.J. trials were a prime example.
Blowing Your Buffer: Losing one's train of thought. Occurs when the person you are speaking with won't let you get a word in edgewise or has just said something so astonishing that your train gets derailed. "Damn, I just blew my buffer!"
Elvis Year: The peak year of something's popularity. "Barney the dinosaur's Elvis year was 1993."
It's a Feature Taken from the adage "It's not a bug, it's a feature." Used sarcastically to describe an unpleasant experience that you wish to gloss over.
Dead Tree Edition: The paper version of a publication available in both paper and electronic forms, as in: "The dead tree edition of the San Francisco Chronicle..."
Glazing: Corporate-speak for sleeping with your eyes open. A popular pastime at conferences and early-morning meetings. "Didn't he notice that half the room was glazing by the second session?"
Link Rot: The process by which links on a web page became as obsolete as the sites they are connected to change location or die.
Chip Jewellery: A euphemism for old computers destined to be scrapped or turned into decorative ornaments. "I paid three grand for that Mac SE, and now it's nothing but chip jewellery."
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Where on earth do you guys live????? I crib about half an hour of mild drizzle, a tornado must be like what, 4 days of that??
Snakes on a Plane...........coming in Aug!!!!
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I really enjoyed IceAge, saw the trailer today, the bit when scrat's climbing the ice-face to get to his precious nut, and he ends up poking holes in the face, and then the water hits, and so on.... I think I'm spoiling it for the ones who've missed it. IA was amazing, right up there among my favs, I still go into splits when I see it. Cant wait to see 2 (3 years hence when it may/maynot come here.
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