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Skriven 2012-03-28 22:17:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av GLEN JAMIESON
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 ML> What would they be made of?  Mylar sheet, and kept
 GJ> rigid by maintaining enternal pressure, blimp style?  If done that
 GJ> wasy, the top of the fuselage could by aluminised to reflect the UV.
 ML> If the top of the fuselage were aluminized, that would kind of
 ML> defeat the purpose.
 GJ> That depends on whether you wished to look down on Earth, God-like, or
 GJ> to gaze upwards at the infinity of the Universe.  In either case, you
 GJ> would be well tanned and burnt, and a candidate for skin cancer, by
 GJ> the end of a long international flight without protection.

How much UV is reflected up from the earth? The other
point I was making to someone, probably Nancy or one of
the Ruths, was that a transparent floor would just give
one a stunning vista over the cargo compartment.

 ML> I actually don't see why they can't make such an airplane now,
 ML> with specially tempered glass or some kind of new-fangled plastic.
 GJ> I don't think such a plastic has been fangled yet

They make airplane windshields out of it, been doing so
since WWII. Certainly plastics technology has advanced
sufficiently that a substantially transparent airplane
could be constructed. And also, regarding fangling, a
substantial portion of the Boeing 787 was made of plastic
reinforced by carbon fibers.

Today I flew in a 739 and took care to look at the cabin
portholes. Turns out the old suggestions for greater-width
windows were not fully taken to heart, and the ones installed
though substantially wider than those in other craft, are
still not as wide as they are tall. Anyhow, I cleverly
placed myself on the sunny side, so that in order to look at
Ramsay and Bourdain on the teev I had to keep the shades down.

 ML> for the general public. For me, in the 1990s I was tested as being
 ML> able to reliably taste to the 0.25 Scoville unit level - that is
 ML> to say, my taste buds were 4x as sensitive as the average, at least
 ML> as far as heat is concerned. 
 GJ> I wonder what a present day test would give?  As there has been some
 GJ> discussion re age-related loss of taste sensitivity (ARLOTS), a test
 GJ> would give firm figures to such a hypothesis.

I packed away my extracts long ago, though I might find a
sauce of known Scoville rating and do dilutions of it.

 ML> Eggplant and Mushroom Sauce, Lattermann Style
 ML> Categories: Thai, German
 GJ> What an amazing recipe!  Perhaps written by Germans for Thais working
 GJ> in German kitchens.

I found this site's recipes to be endlessly amusing.
The guy seems to be some kind of Dr. Ing. What more
can I say?
 
 ML> Now clean the eggplants and remove all sections
 ML> that are not edible. Cut the eggplants into
 GJ> ????  Non-edible sections?

Many regard the stem and its little green star as
inedible, as well as the scar at the other end. They
are not actually bad to eat but require more cooking
time (and moist) than does the main body of the fruit.

==
 GJ> Jo phoned me to say that in her new state government education dept
 GJ> job, she has been shocked!Her boss has told her not to sit at her
 GJ> computer working for too long, as that is unhealthy; she should get up
 GJ> and walk around regularly.As teachers finish at 3.30pm, and she
 GJ> finishes at 4pm, she is automatically credited with a 1/2 hour
 GJ> overtime every day.She is encouraged to take her paid sick leave,
 GJ> whether she is sick or not, as it is "an entitlement".

I take it Queensland is doing fairly well then. Why?

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Ajam Setan / Grilled Chicken -Very Hot
 Categories: Indonesian, Chicken, Chili, Bbq
      Yield: 1 Servings

      8 lg Chillies, red
           -crushed.
      1 lg Chicken,
           -cut into pieces.
    1/2 ts Coriander
      3 tb Ketjap [soya sauce]
           Salt,
           -to taste.
      2 ts Pepper, black,
           -freshly ground.
      1 md Onion,
           -crushed.
      3    Garlic cloves,
           -crushed.
           Oil, peanut,
           -as required.

  Rub the chicken pieces with the black pepper and salt.

  Mix together the onions, garlic, red chillies, coriander, ketjap and 4
  fluid ounces [120 ml] of peanut oil, and marinate the chicken in the
  mixture for 1 hour.

  Now grill the chicken over a charcoal fire or in a hot oven. Baste the
  pieces occasionally with the remainder of the marinating sauce.

  Serve the chicken on a flat dish.

  from COOKING THE INDONESIAN WAY by ALEC ROBEAU typed by KEVIN JCJD
  SYMONS from the personal collection...

  From: Kevin Jcjd Symons               Date: 10 Feb 98

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