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Skriven 2011-05-26 21:53:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Drum
Ärende: DAMAGE & CONTROL 10526
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 DD> etc. and reclaim them after a tour of the old boat, paying either a set
 DD> fee or leaving a gratuity (which would probably make them more money).
 GJ> I presume she saw sense, and cooperated.
 GJ> What I meant, did she look after your knife for you?

 DD> Not hardly. She didn't offer and by then I had lost interest in
 DD> schlepping around an old, sanitized, and tourist-ed boat. No matter the
 DD> historical provenance. 

So the local heritage society lost your contribution to the
maintenance of the ship.  I have climbed all over an aircraft carrier
in Corpus Christi, and a cruiser and submarine in Boston, but no one
asked me to go through a metal detector.  If they had, I would
probably have responded similarly to you, as I like to carry a
beautifully made little pocket knife I bought in Toledo.
 
 GJ> I have wondered about that sort of micro gun; what is the recoil like?
 GJ> Or is it fired while holding it back against a solid wall?
 
 DD> It fired .22 calibre "shorts" so the recoil was not enough to be a
 DD> problem in holding on to the piece. And as it was designed as an

 GJ> Interesting.  As the recoil velocity would be:
 
 GJ> Recoilvel = bulletvel x bulletmass/gunmass  it would be an advantage
 GJ> to make the little gun as heavy as possible.  Would the bullet be
 GJ> capable of penetrating the fat layer on the average USAn belly?

 DD> Any belly less dense than a 2 x 4 wall stud. A .22 calibre short will
 DD> penetrate 2" of pine. And pine is more dense and fibrous than any
 DD> belly I know of. Even on a body builder.

You are quoting the figures given for a .22 short bullet fired from a
gun with a long, over half metre, barrel.  I would expect that bullet
to have a velocity several times that of the bullet fired from your
micro-gun.  Did you ever try firing it into a pine plank to test its
penetrability?
 
 GJ> It could fit into the steel-capped toe of a safety boot...
 DD> Make you walk funny, though. I think Rosa Kleb's poison tipped knife
 DD> that popped out of her shoe in one of the James Bond flickers would
 DD> probably work better.
 GJ> If you got size 11 safety boots for your size 9 feet, no problem in
 GJ> finding space for the little guns.

 DD> When you start with size 11 or 12 feet you wind up with something like
 DD> a circus clown's plates.

That would make it rather obvious, but of course if you were a truly
dedicated shoe-bomber you would not mind amputating a few toes.
 
 GJ> I think I had better stop discussing ways of defeating security
 GJ> gestapo, or I might find myself singled out for extra attention the
 GJ> nest time I travel...
 DD> Or just disappeared - via a "black helicopter".

Why is that black car always parked outside my house???

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Kai Look Koei (Son-In-Law Eggs)
 Categories: Thai, Scatologica
      Yield: 6 servings
 
      6 lg Eggs
           2 Tb oil, plus more for
           Deep-frying
      1 sm Onion, finely sliced
           4 Tb fish sauce
           2 Tb sugar
    1/2 ts Crushed dried chile or chile
           Powder
 
  Hard-boil/cook the eggs for 6-8 min. Rinse in cold water and shell.
  Heat the oil in the deep-fryer or work until a light haze appears.
  Using a slotted spoon, lower the eggs into the oil and fry gently,
  turning carefully, until they are a light golden brown. Remove from
  the oil, drain, halve lengthways, and arrange on a serving dish. Set
  aside.
  
  In a small frying pan, heat 2 T oil until a light haze appears. Fry
  the sliced onion until crisp and deep brown. Remove from the pan with
  a slotted spoon, drain, and set aside. There should be a film of oil
  left in the pan. Turn the heat down low and add the fish sauce,
  sugar, and chile. Cook slowly, stirring, until the sugar has
  dissolved. Continue to cook 1 min until the mixture thickens, then
  add the reserved onions and stir for a few seconds to mix. Remove
  immediately from the heat, pour over the eggs and serve.
  
  http://sunsite.au.ac.th/thailand/thaifood.html
  
  From: Michael Loo                     Date: 02-09-10
 
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