tear,

I do not believe I am being defensive about anything. It is only that your post has little meaning right now. Six months ago, more or less, it would have had some meaning. Now you are asking me to go back and rehash this whole process and try to analyze why we are stuck where we are. I am tired of analyzing. I am tired of not communicating. If gemela would simply talk about this, I wouldn't need to try to analyze it. Analysis is depressing and unproductive.

Gemela and I could solve a lot of problems if she would just talk. Since she is not, I am no longer interested in trying. It is time that we both look for a better way to live our lives. That may not be together. Only time will decide that. I can't read gemela's mind. If I could, maybe we would not be where we are now. Moot point though since I'm not psychic. Gemela seems to believe that her A is my problem to deal with on my own. She remains quite selfish IMO.

No. Sadly all he can think to do with his free time is run a cyber-bar on another website where the task seems to be to see who can upload the most creative picture of a cocktail. I would rather he spent his extra hours on cold fusion, perpetual motion or how to prevent "some settling may occur during shipping" in the box of cereal - you know - something to truly benefit mankind.

Poor Pio!

Yes, I play guitar. I played guitar in a band during my teen years. I am on a sabbatical from a power career. I trade stocks semi-professionally. I am also a half-owner in a manufacturing/distribution/sales business. I speak five languages fluently.

I won the Nobel in Physics in 1998. And I have three books published. I also hold the world land speed record on roller blades. Let's see, what else? Just this past week, I built a 747 from scrap parts. I race in the NASCAR circuit. I am also a fireman and a cowboy.

All that brilliance and still intimidated by a little ole box of cereal.

Poor ToddAC!

It is so obvious he is dillusional. "Stock trader" - come on, give me a break. Who do you expect to believe that one?

Well, okay, I was kidding about being a stock trader but not about winning the Nobel or building a 747 from paper clips...

Well at least now I understand why you are fluent in German

Horst

It is neither a period nor a full stop.

It is a dot.


So now I have to smirk whenever I see a box of cereal. Or fly in a 747. Or see someone awarded the Nobel.

Or look at a paper clip.

But will you smirk if some settling did occur or if some settling did NOT occur? I think that will say a lot about who you are as a person.

If we could solve the "settling" problem, this would go a long way toward eliminating world hunger and also reduce global warming. Think about all the cargo ships and airplanes burning fossil fuels carrying a bunch of empty space (i.e. settling during shipping) to third world countries. it is extremely costly and very inefficient to ship air - and yet we do it. All so cereal companies can make more profit. And what about deforestation? It takes twice as many trees to create a half-empty box, doesn't it?

I think "some settling" may be the single greatest problem (aside from infidelity) facing mankind today.

I will smirk if some settling did occur. I will be amazed if some settling doesn't occur because I will then know that you or Todd will have solved the problem and the world will sleep easy.

What does that say about me?

As 2long asked, very astutely if you ask me, do they ship polystyrene packed in polystyrene?

Pio,

I'm fluent in German because my Mother was German.

The language I should be fluent in is Spanish and I am not. I cannot "hear" Spanish. Plus, I wanted to keep talking to my WW in English. And she speaks a little German so we have many options.

On Global Warming, not to worry. The year 2012 will mark the beginning of a thirty five year period of fairly intense Global Cooling. But I don't identify problems with no solution. If you swap out single pane windows with double pane, save the singles and reinstall them in late 2011. Also, mothball a gus guzzler car if you have one and begin using it in the same time period. And spray hair spray until your hair won't budge in a 500 mph wind. That should do the trick.

KiwiJ dot,

The paper clip 747 gets great fuel economy. In fact, I won an award from an enviro think tank. It does seem however that passengers complain about the draftiness.

I am pretty sure they only ship styrene in raw form and ship polygrip in its raw form and then make polystyrene as and when needed. Styrene has a boiling point of 145C at atmospheric pressure so can easily be shipped without the need for refrigeration. The polymerisation reaction is exothermic and, if contained, may become violent. So it is very important to be careful when mixing styrene and polygrip and keep the bathroom door open.

Based on ToddAC's last post, it might be wise to wait until 2012 to make too much polystyrene given that the reaction is exothermic and all that.

Wrap it in tinfoil. That will solve the draftiness problem. Um, how big IS this paper clip 747.

I am fluent in Kiwi and Australian English and English English. The uninitiated may think that is the same as all English. It isn't. I have become fluent in American English and astound people with my knowledge.

I can understand a smattering of French and an even less smattering of Italian.

I think all the French should be smattered. Is that PC?

My daughter and her b/f thinks they all should be smattered as well. They keep going into France and leaving it as fast as they can.

Italy, they want to stay in forever. BUT, they met a very nice French couple in Italy who were there with their 16 yo daughter. They had dinners and day trips with them. They DID speak English though and they WERE in Italy for their summer holidays.

That idea is worth a shot. Folks have been complaining about their hair.


It is full scale.

The reason that it is so fuel efficent is becaue air foils have an area called a recirculation zone which is an area that receives much attention from Aeronautical Engineer types. Because of the open "paper clip" wing design, the forces which would normally transect the lift zone actually pass harmlessly thru the wing and actually lift the aircraft instead. The aircraft can fly from NYC to LA on less than a liter of JP4 while carrying 412 passengers.

Ok, you guys win. The polystyrene thing, the 747 thing. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I'm just a simple English major.

Words are my thing. You guys have LOST me.

LMAO

2much mentioned "verbally inclined". Hey, I'm just a simple "verbally inclined" person.

Since the maximum operational speed of a 747 is only slightly more than 500 mph, wouldn't hair spray be an alternative. Might even kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.

On the other hand, the maximum velocity of a 747 is controlled primarily by the hoop strength of the fuselage in relation to the pressure drop along its axis due to friction. You seem to have solved that problem by eliminating the pressure barrier. I expect your 747 could go much faster and yet still be more fuel efficient. Good job!

LMAOPMP!!!

Geeks <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

But I am a word geek so I guess I fit right in.