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FREE PUBLICITY ! ! ! These Folks Sure KNOW How To Get FREE Publicity !
Gordon, Dien, and All,
Going through some old files looking for recipes, I came upon this old email. Copy below. I tried several links, and they STILL are O.K. A thunder storm forced me to shut down early. Be SURE TO CHECK THE PURDUE URL AT THE END of all this. Lots of interesting links. ENJOY. Mary P.S. I found a recipe for Maple Wine and Honey Wine. I haven't tried to make either, but if anyone is interested, I could send you the recipes. Mary ------------------- The URL is authentic, but you must wait for the bottom of the page to come through before you can access either the picture or the video... | ----------------------------- | Our subject today is lighting charcoal grills. One of | our favorite charcoal grill lighters is a guy named | George Goble, a computer person in the Purdue University | engineering department. | | Each year, Goble and a bunch of other engineers hold a | picnic in West Lafayette, Indiana, at which they cook | hamburgers on a big grill. Being engineers, they began | looking for practical ways to speed up the | charcoal-lighting process. | | "We started by blowing the charcoal with a hair dryer," | Goble told me in a telephone interview. "Then we | figured out that it would light faster if we used a | vacuum cleaner." | | If you know anything about (1) engineers and (2) guys in | general, you know what happened: The purpose of the | charcoal-lighting shifted from cooking hamburgers to | seeing how fast they could light the charcoal. | | >From the vacuum cleaner, they escalated to using a | propane torch, then an acetylene torch. Then Goble | started using compressed pure oxygen, which caused the | charcoal to burn much faster, because as you recall from | chemistry class, fire is essentially the rapid | combination of oxygen with a reducing agent (the | charcoal). We discovered that a long time ago, | somewhere in the valley between the Tigris and Euphrates | rivers (or something along those lines). | | By this point, Goble was getting pretty good times. But | in the world of competitive charcoal-lighting, "pretty | good" does not cut the mustard. | | Thus, Goble hit upon the idea of using --- get ready --- | liquid oxygen. This is oxygen. In terms of releasing | energy, pouring liquid oxygen on charcoal is the | equivalent of throwing a live squirrel into a room | containing 50 million Labrador retrievers. | | On Goble's World Wide Web page (the address is | http://ghg.ecn.purdue.edu/), you can see actual | photographs and a video of Goble using a bucket attached | to a 10-foot-long wooden handle to dump 3 gallons of | liquid oxygen (not sold in stores) onto a grill | containing 60 pounds of charcoal and a lit cigarette for | ignition. | | What follows is the most impressive charcoal-lighting I | have ever seen, featuring a large fireball that | according to Goble, reached 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. | The charcoal was ready for cooking in --- this has to be | a world record --- 3 seconds. | | There's also a photo of what happened when Goble used | the same technique on a flimsy $2.88 discount-store | grill. All that's left is a circle of charcoal with a | few shreds of metal in it. "Basically, the grill | vaporized," said Goble. "We were thinking of returning | it to the store for a refund." | | Looking at Goble's video and photos, I became, as an | American, all choked up with gratitude at the fact that | I do not live anywhere near the engineers' picnic site. | But also, I was proud of my country for producing guys | who can be ready to barbecue in less time than it take | for guys in less-advanced nations, such as France, to | spit. | | Will the 3-second barrier ever be broken? Will | engineers come up with a new, more powerful | charcoal-lighting technology? It's something or all of | us to ponder this summer as we sit outside, chewing our | hamburgers, every now and then glancing in the direction | of West Lafayette, Indiana, looking for a mushroom | cloud. | | Do _not_ miss the web site at | | http://ghg.ecn.purdue.edu/ |
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If you liked that, try insane science...
What can I say, except check it out:
http://www.portalofevil.com/archives/ScienceInsane.html > Gordon, Dien, and All, > Going through some old files looking for > recipes, I came upon this old email. Copy > below. > I tried several links, and they STILL are > O.K. A thunder storm forced me to shut down > early. > Be SURE TO CHECK THE PURDUE URL AT THE END > of all this. Lots of interesting links. > ENJOY. > Mary > P.S. > I found a recipe for Maple Wine and Honey > Wine. I haven't tried to make either, but if > anyone is interested, I could send you the > recipes. > Mary > ------------------- > The URL is authentic, > but you must wait for the bottom of the page > to come through > before you can access either the picture or > the video... > | ----------------------------- > | Our subject today is lighting charcoal > grills. One of > | our favorite charcoal grill lighters is a > guy named > | George Goble, a computer person in the > Purdue University > | engineering department. > | > | Each year, Goble and a bunch of other > engineers hold a > | picnic in West Lafayette, Indiana, at > which they cook > | hamburgers on a big grill. Being > engineers, they began > | looking for practical ways to speed up the > | charcoal-lighting process. > | > | "We started by blowing the charcoal > with a hair dryer," > | Goble told me in a telephone interview. > "Then we > | figured out that it would light faster if > we used a > | vacuum cleaner." > | > | If you know anything about (1) engineers > and (2) guys in > | general, you know what happened: The > purpose of the > | charcoal-lighting shifted from cooking > hamburgers to > | seeing how fast they could light the > charcoal. > | > | >From the vacuum cleaner, they > escalated to using a > | propane torch, then an acetylene torch. > Then Goble > | started using compressed pure oxygen, > which caused the > | charcoal to burn much faster, because as > you recall from > | chemistry class, fire is essentially the > rapid > | combination of oxygen with a reducing > agent (the > | charcoal). We discovered that a long time > ago, > | somewhere in the valley between the Tigris > and Euphrates > | rivers (or something along those lines). > | > | By this point, Goble was getting pretty > good times. But > | in the world of competitive > charcoal-lighting, "pretty > | good" does not cut the mustard. > | > | Thus, Goble hit upon the idea of using --- > get ready --- > | liquid oxygen. This is oxygen. In terms of > releasing > | energy, pouring liquid oxygen on charcoal > is the > | equivalent of throwing a live squirrel > into a room > | containing 50 million Labrador retrievers. > | > | On Goble's World Wide Web page (the > address is > | http://ghg.ecn.purdue.edu/ ), you can see > actual > | photographs and a video of Goble using a > bucket attached > | to a 10-foot-long wooden handle to dump 3 > gallons of > | liquid oxygen (not sold in stores) onto a > grill > | containing 60 pounds of charcoal and a lit > cigarette for > | ignition. > | > | What follows is the most impressive > charcoal-lighting I > | have ever seen, featuring a large fireball > that > | according to Goble, reached 10,000 degrees > Fahrenheit. > | The charcoal was ready for cooking in --- > this has to be > | a world record --- 3 seconds. > | > | There's also a photo of what happened when > Goble used > | the same technique on a flimsy $2.88 > discount-store > | grill. All that's left is a circle of > charcoal with a > | few shreds of metal in it. > "Basically, the grill > | vaporized," said Goble. "We were > thinking of returning > | it to the store for a refund." > | > | Looking at Goble's video and photos, I > became, as an > | American, all choked up with gratitude at > the fact that > | I do not live anywhere near the engineers' > picnic site. > | But also, I was proud of my country for > producing guys > | who can be ready to barbecue in less time > than it take > | for guys in less-advanced nations, such as > France, to > | spit. > | > | Will the 3-second barrier ever be broken? > Will > | engineers come up with a new, more > powerful > | charcoal-lighting technology? It's > something or all of > | us to ponder this summer as we sit > outside, chewing our > | hamburgers, every now and then glancing in > the direction > | of West Lafayette, Indiana, looking for a > mushroom > | cloud. > | > | Do _not_ miss the web site at > | > | http://ghg.ecn.purdue.edu/ Insane science here |
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That site trapped me for three hours
Hi,
I mean I couldn't break away for that long out of intense interest! Some of the webmasters' ideas seemed workable, like the 10-foot wide, truck mounted dot-matrix or rather inkjet printer to print advertising messages on highways. ;-) I loved the site by the kook who thinks he can prove that man existed before coal was laid down because he believes he's found human bones and organs fossilized and embedded in coal seams. The "Fluids For Jesus" site was a winner, as well. Thanks agian, - Boyd |
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But wait, theres more....
I really shouldnt tell you this, but that is just the tip of the iceberg.
For truly strange science, try: www.keelynet.com Still not enough? Click HERE to become an ORDAINED SUBGENIUS MINISTER before it's TOO LATE http://www.subgenius.com/ Actually a great site to read and absorb for any aspiring online marketer. "Fathers helping other fathers |
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