On Fri, Apr 03, 2026 at 10:41:15AM -0400, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > > > On Apr 3, 2026, at 8:40 AM, Christian Liendo via cctalk > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > George Goble passed away > > https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/wlfi/name/george-goble-obituary?id=61144779 > > > > ... > > In 1996, Goble was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry, for > > preparing a barbecue for cooking in less than 5 seconds by the use of > > a smoldering cigarette, charcoal and LOX (liquid oxygen).[4] > > I remember seeing a video of that, quite amazingly crazy.
So many of us watched that video that he had to take it off his university website due to bandwidth usage. Fortunately a few have put it up on youtube. (Easy to find) *I think* I still have my original copy somewhere around here... > > paul > > diane -- [email protected] [email protected] http://www.db.net/~db https://ottawa.place/@Dianora
