Re: Stinking thermometer liquid!

From: John Schoenfeld (j.schoenfeld_at_programmer.net)
Date: 06/09/04 

Date: 9 Jun 2004 09:05:01 -0700

Uncle Al <UncleAl0@hate.spam.net> wrote in message news:<40C654E0.733A6B47@hate.spam.net>...
> John Schoenfeld wrote:
> >
> > Uncle Al <UncleAl0@hate.spam.net> wrote in message news:<40C5D699.6DBD395D@hate.spam.net>...
> > > Markf wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi, can anyone help me? I was recently dumb enough to break one of those
> > > > 'hi-low' recording thermometers, the U-shaped type that pushes little
> > > > markers up the centre of the glass stems to show the highest temperature on
> > > > one side and the lowest on the other. Blimey, the liquid that came out was
> > > > truly disgusting - clear, sticky and with one of the most pungent chemical
> > > > stenches I've ever smelt. The stench on a mop-up towel even survived a full
> > > > cycle washing machine blast with virtually no drop in its effect.
> > > >
> > > > What the hell did I manage to unleash in my kitchen? I need to know because
> > > > the dog refuses to go back in there! I guess by the lack of any warnings on
> > > > the thermometer that it is fair to assume that the contents were not totally
> > > > lethal but I would like to know what it was.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > I'd get me a laywer that advertises on daytime TV and sue the Hell out
> > > of the manufacturer. Why wasn't there a warning on the thermometer
> > > about breaking it open? You are a VICTIM! BTW, did the magnet
> > > sterilize you?
> >
> > There are no magnets in thermometers, crackpot.
>
> You've never used a max-min thermometer. A small magnet resets the
> set points. Do you fucking know anything, Schoenfeld?

Yes, and my thermometer has magnet to pin it on the fridge. My mistake, Crank.

> Empirical reality is Uncle Al's ally, and a powerful ally it is.

Does your reality still dictate "position*mass=mass"?

> > > What's wrong with keeping the dog out of the kitchen? Will it keep
> > > deer and rabbits out of a garden?
> > >
> > > Look up the patent,
> > >
> > > http://www.uspto.gov/

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