On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:21:39 +0000, Larry wrote:

[Brian]
The boiling point of water at the top of a sealed 40 ft column of
water is near ambient.

My deepest apologies to the engineers who may be rolling under their
desks, crushing their pocket protectors. It took me a while to stop
chortling. I nearly lost my Chinese dinner!
...
Larry

They say if you give a fool half a chance, he will rush in.
And so he did. TWICE! Chortling, at that.

Brian W

Brian Whatcott wrote:

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:21:39 +0000, Larry wrote:

[Brian]

The boiling point of water at the top of a sealed 40 ft column of
water is near ambient.


My deepest apologies to the engineers who may be rolling under their
desks, crushing their pocket protectors. It took me a while to stop
chortling. I nearly lost my Chinese dinner!

..

Larry


They say if you give a fool half a chance, he will rush in.
And so he did. TWICE! Chortling, at that.

Brian W


And your point was???

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:04:55 -0500, cavelamb himself
wrote:

Brian Whatcott wrote:

The boiling point of water at the top of a sealed 40 ft column of
water is near ambient.

They say if you give a fool half a chance, he will rush in.
And so he did. TWICE! Chortling, at that.

Brian W

And your point was???

Put this pointy hat on, and go stand in the corner
with that other fellow.
I'll tell you when to sit down again.

Brian W