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On Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:19:46 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>> That's one way of breaking the fire triangle. Burn off all the oxygen.
>>> It's a bit extreme but interesting to see from a distance.
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>> It works more effectively with explosives, so I hear. That's how they
>> put out some of the big oil fires in Kuwait after the first gulf war,
>> IIRC.
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> IIRC the shock wave has more to do with it than the depletion of oxygen.
> When using explosives. Might be wrong, though.
I seem to recall that the purpose was to evacuate the oxygen - so it's a
combination of the shockwave pushing oxygen out and oxygen being used up,
probably. :)
>>> Yes, reading the subtly between the lines. I get that impression ;-)
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>> Oh, good, I was afraid I might be being too subtle. ;)
>>
> Just a bit, IMO. But I dug deep. ;-)
I suspected you were up for the challenge. ;)
>>> No, I've not. But I have read a lot of 1950's and 60's SF. So I know
>>> that I am only wishing on you. What you have already prophesied. :-P
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>> Fortunately, Canada is only a 4 hour drive away for me now. ;)
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> I Don't know about that being much better. If you believe Margaret
> Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
I've been to Vancouver, and it did have a different feel in that regard.
Probably headed back up there in January for a few days, too.
>>> No. It was a local comic. Some young teuchter lad running around the
>>> Highlands, righting wrongs and breaking unnoticed hearts.
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>> I liked my answer better. ;)
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> You would say that wouldn't you? :-P
But of course. :)
> RIP Mandy Rice-Davies. :-(
I'm not sure I follow that connection.
>> The weird thing is that I got it right the first time, and really
>> couldn't miss. Nobody noticed I was holding the gun wrong the second
>> time, or they were taking great joy out of seeing that I couldn't hit
>> the broad side of a barn and couldn't see why. :)
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> It is funny how we can do things correctly the first time but take years
> to get it right the second time. :-)
Ain't that the truth. :)
Jim
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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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