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"DSK" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote | An explosion is nothing more than an extremely rapid
burn.

Ellen MacArthur wrote:
Not quite right (I think).

Yes, it is right.

Here's how I understand it. A burn starts at one end
of the cylinder near the spark plug and goes down towards the top of the
piston. It expands evenly and pushes the piston down. An explosion starts
somewhere in the middle of the fuel/air and pushes outwards really fast
in all directions.

Why would an explosion start in a different place? It originates at the
spark plug, doesn't it?

It wastes energy and is too fast so it knocks against the piston and
sometimes can even blow off a head gasket.

Yes, that's also right.

An explosion isn't really a burn.


Yes it is. Both in the context of internal combustion, and other
circumstances. Dynamite, for example, is a highly combustible substance
that burns very very rapidly.

We used to use an explosive called HDP (2 and 3 pound charges) to control
avalanches (set them off, in actuality) at Breckenridge in the 70s when I
was a pro ski patrolman there. The company that made the charges referred
to HDPs 'burn rate' of 24,000 feet per second. Even primacord has a 'burn
rate' of about 20k feet per second.

This is the first post of Ellen's that seems to dispel the notion that "she"
is actually Neal in verbal drag. Neal would know better.

Max

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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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The hot melted ends are good for cleaning out one's ears. :-)

I personally recommend the pointy end of a scratch awl for that, Jon.

It doesn't have the flexibility to get around the corners..

If it's sharp enough, it doesn't need it.

Max

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"Seahag" wrote in message
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Bah, I figure I've only got about 4-5 left myself.


Pishaw...hatchoo?...


gesundheit



whatever...then just paint the duck
tape.

They make colored duck tape. ( is it OK to say 'colored' )

Scotty

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I personally recommend the pointy end of a scratch awl for that, Jon.


It doesn't have the flexibility to get around the corners..


Maxprop wrote:
If it's sharp enough, it doesn't need it.


Now *that* was funny.

DSK

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Maxprop wrote:
This is the first post of Ellen's that seems to dispel the notion that "she"
is actually Neal in verbal drag. Neal would know better.


Why do you say that? Neal was/is pretty dumb.

FWIW I agree that "Ellen" doesn't seem to be Neal. I wonder
if "she" is one of JAXAshby's old flames.

DSK

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Joe wrote:
Just how far do you think a 4 fold 3/4" nylon is going to stretch ?


Depends on the length & the load.


Ill tell you...maybe 2-4 " in a gust that would put the rail under.


Nylon is still a stupid rope to use for sheets. It's
stretchy, slick, less resistance to chafe, high tendency to
kink & hockle, difficult to handle. The only plus I can
think of is that it's cheap.


I'm not sailing a little trailor sailor ya know. You wanna use spectra
and carbon feel free.

Hey Joe, do you think these are little trailer sailers?

http://www.alfaromeo.com.au/images/s...lenghi-R02.jpg


High dollar line will do no better than nylon

Wrong.

In many cases, and for many people's choices, hi-tech rope
may not be enough better to be worth the extra cost.

DSK

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"DSK" wrote in message
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Nylon is still a stupid rope to use for sheets.

Almost as stupid as welding sheets of steel together and
putting them in water?

SBV

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"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Seahag" wrote in message
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Bah, I figure I've only got about 4-5 left myself.


Pishaw...hatchoo?...


gesundheit



whatever...then just paint the duck
tape.

They make colored duck tape. ( is it OK to say 'colored' )

Scotty

No. Chromatically diversified is the proper term.

Max
(Director of Political Correctness, Association of Linear Adhesive Fastening
Devices, LLC)

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"DSK" wrote in message
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Maxprop wrote:
This is the first post of Ellen's that seems to dispel the notion that
"she" is actually Neal in verbal drag. Neal would know better.


Why do you say that? Neal was/is pretty dumb.

FWIW I agree that "Ellen" doesn't seem to be Neal. I wonder if "she" is
one of JAXAshby's old flames.

It has been a while since Jax departed. I suppose "she" could be Jax
him/herself, but who knows in this deceptive forum.

Max

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"DSK" wrote in message
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Nylon is still a stupid rope to use for sheets. It's stretchy, slick, less
resistance to chafe, high tendency to kink & hockle, difficult to handle.
The only plus I can think of is that it's cheap.

Even that is relative. The cost per foot of my most recent 5/8" docklines
was roughly the same as 7/16" Sta-Set, which is stronger, if unsuitable for
dock lines.

Max