On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 17:40:02 -0800 (PST), wrote:

wrote:
Smoking is bad for you.

Yes it is.

... I wonder how fast a lit cigarette will damage
or even sever a plastic lifeline?

Depends on what the "plastic" is.
Many kinds of hi-strength line don't melt unless you get the temp much
much higher. It's rather frustrating because they need an old-
fashioned whipped end instead of just neatly melting it.

OTOH a cigarette can burn a hole in a sail in an instant.


Which brings us right back to - Smoking is bad for you!

On Dec 4, 3:24*am, wrote:
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 17:40:02 -0800 (PST), wrote:
wrote:
Smoking is bad for you.

Yes it is.

... I wonder how fast a lit cigarette will damage
or even sever a plastic lifeline?

Depends on what the "plastic" is.
Many kinds of hi-strength line don't melt unless you get the temp much
much higher. It's rather frustrating because they need an old-
fashioned whipped end instead of just neatly melting it.

OTOH a cigarette can burn a hole in a sail in an instant.

Which brings us right back to - Smoking is bad for you!- Hide quoted text -

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ya so is driving a car and eating butter and working a computer and
drinking and breathing O2 shall i go on. face it everything is bad for
you. and death is heriditary.