[Vo]:Re: 50 mcg Missing

[Michel Jullian]

A very good point by Michael, tastily confirmed by Jones :-)

Michel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jones Beene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 11:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Vo]:50 mcg Missing


> Michael Foster wrote:
> 
> 
>> Yet there it is.  The damn metals smell anyway. Even though I have no
>> familiarity with smell of platinum-iridium alloy, I wouldn't be surprised
>> if that alloy as well has a distinctive odor. 
> 
> 
> This reminds me of the insight of my favorite detective - Hieronymus 
> Bosch... not the painter, the tunnel rat.
> 
> Every time he must go to the LA morgue, he remembers that the cororner 
> repeatedly warns the rookies that almost all odor there is *paticulate* 
> based, and not vapor.
> 
> Vapor - presumably is highly preferable to small bits of rapidly 
> decaying flesh - and certain in a morgue something gaseous would be 
> somewhat less ... how shall we say ... revolting?
> 
> This may be a bit too graphic for a contemplative audience of 
> experimenters, but it does reinforce the point you are making...
> 
> Jones
>