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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: A practical matter
Date: 4 Apr 2008 11:46:12
Message: <47f65b54$1@news.povray.org>
scott wrote:
> "Additionally, thermite grenades are used by friendly forces to destroy 
> their own items and equipment when there is imminent danger of capture"

I took a tour of a "Cole" class carrier a couple years ago. The bridge 
had at least three or four axes clamped to the walls here and there for 
just this purpose. (Yes, I asked. :-)

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   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."


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From: Sabrina Kilian
Subject: Re: A practical matter
Date: 4 Apr 2008 15:22:41
Message: <47f68e11$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
> scott wrote:
> 
>>> On the other hand... where would I buy thermite from?
>>
>> Why, you just make it yourself.  Isn't that the stuff where you get a 
>> load of aluminium filings and rust and then light it?  YOu need a 
>> strip of magnesium to light it though IIRC from school.
> 
> Well, I *do* have a large canister of laboritory-grade aluminium 
> powder... but how to get finely powdered rust? (The finer the powder, 
> the better it burns.) Not to mention magnesium ribbon - I used up my 
> last strip, oh, 12 years ago. :-(
> 

Got an old pencil sharpener? I've heard the old metal ones are magnesium.

What is it with p.o-t and thermite? It seems there is a discussion that 
requires it's use every month or so.


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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: A practical matter
Date: 4 Apr 2008 15:27:02
Message: <47f68f16$1@news.povray.org>
Sabrina Kilian wrote:

> Got an old pencil sharpener? I've heard the old metal ones are magnesium.

I think it needs to be a thin ribbon to actually ignore [easily]. I 
don't know - my sister is the MChem around here... I'll ask.

> What is it with p.o-t and thermite? It seems there is a discussion that 
> requires it's use every month or so.

What can I say? I like violent things... :-,


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: A practical matter
Date: 4 Apr 2008 16:23:09
Message: <pu6dv3tevi16oh5f20pft5sbm18evgsesd@4ax.com>
On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:22:42 -0400, Sabrina Kilian <"ykgp at
vtSPAM.edu"> wrote:

>
>What is it with p.o-t and thermite? It seems there is a discussion that 
>requires it's use every month or so.

Boys!
-- 

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     Stephen


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: A practical matter
Date: 7 Apr 2008 04:33:05
Message: <47f9dc41$1@news.povray.org>
>> What is it with p.o-t and thermite? It seems there is a discussion that 
>> requires it's use every month or so.
> 
> Boys!

...OMFG! IT'S TRUE!! :'(

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From: Tom Austin
Subject: Re: A practical matter
Date: 7 Apr 2008 09:22:29
Message: <47fa2015$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:
> scott wrote:
> 
>>> On the other hand... where would I buy thermite from?
>>
>> Why, you just make it yourself.  Isn't that the stuff where you get a 
>> load of aluminium filings and rust and then light it?  YOu need a 
>> strip of magnesium to light it though IIRC from school.
> 
> Well, I *do* have a large canister of laboritory-grade aluminium 
> powder... but how to get finely powdered rust? (The finer the powder, 
> the better it burns.) Not to mention magnesium ribbon - I used up my 
> last strip, oh, 12 years ago. :-(
> 

interesting considering the quote from another topic

Invisible also wrote:
 > >> I am the least masculine male I know of. Presumably because I dislike
 > >> what being male stands for - violence, selfishness and brute
 > >> strength.


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