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Skriven 2009-12-08 14:03:50 av Michael Loo (1:18/200)
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson
Ärende: ELECTROflying 490
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 GJ> Or as a Garuda flight crew did on a night flight from Bali to Darwin,
 GJ> gave the order to fasten seat belts just after the passengers pulled
 GJ> their heads out of the ceiling.  It was obvious that they were not
 GJ> watching their radar, and more than likely had dozed off, just like
 GJ> the passengers.

To be fair to foreign and inferior companies, UA has been the
most proactive in the industry in installing advanced turbulence
detection. That's probably because of a partnership with some
research academy, so it doesn't cost much.

 ML> Floor, actually. Things didn't get so bad that such dense
 ML> objects flew about independently but merely hopped off
 ML> their perch to their deaths.
 GJ> Next time keep your brandy clutched tightly in your hand...

If you recall, I was woken by the first strike. There are
probably those who could keep their brandy clutched tightly
even while asleep, but I'm slightly more normal than that.
Like Salvador Dali, who would put a teacup next to him before
taking a nap; he would then hold a teaspoon over it and doze
off. When his hand relaxed, the teaspoon would fall into the
cup and awaken him. He said that that was all the time he
needed for a nap. No wonder he painted pictures of melted
clocks and such.

 GJ> I _always_ keep my seat belt done up.

I tend to.

 GJ> If you are worried about "ground conduction", or the voltage gradient
 GJ> resulting from a heavy, high voltage current flowing from the point of
 GJ> a lightning strike, radially outwards into the earth, the potential
 GJ> difference between 2 feet planted wide apart on a radius from the
 GJ> point of strike, if close to that point, could be significant, and
 GJ> that voltage would be reduced in inverse proportion to the distance

I'm not so sure about any of this. I still think the hunkering
down on one's haunches makes sense.

 GJ> between the feet, as they were placed closer together.  OTOH, if you
 GJ> were the highest point on the landscape in the area of a strike, the
 GJ> electricity would probably choose you as the path of least resistance
 GJ> to the ground.  You would then be a conductor; is that your ambition?

Neh - pretty much everything I've had the ambition to do,
I've done, except certain activities related to my "first
choice" in women.

Pistachio Passion Ice Cream
cat: raw, dessert
yield: 4 servings

1 c coconut water
1 1/2 c pistachio milk*
1 c chopped young coconut meat
2 Tb coconut oil
1/4 c agave nectar
1/4 c chopped dates
Seeds from 1/4 sun dried vanilla bean
2 pn salt

* blend 1 c soaked pistachios with 2 1/2 c water,
  strain through nut milk bag

This will get anyone hooked on raw foods!

Blend until smooth. Pour into ice cube trays and
freeze. Using a Champion juicer with the blank
attachment, feed the juicer the frozen ice cream
cubes. Watch how it transforms into soft serve
ice cream! Garnish with chopped pistachios and
mango syrup.

by Alex Malinsky


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