Grimer wrote:
The ideas are certainly not in danger of straining *your* brain. <g>
Jones and Horace seemed to manage OK.
Yeah Ok, I usually strain my noodle about a minute after it comes to a
boil, then I recall the exhortations of my parents to use it, and I
reluctantly attempt to do so. I think that even though we are both
quite fluent in English, we are talking two different languages, but
that is OK. I never understood what my parents were telling me either.
My background in vacuum technologies comes from my work on large
refrigeration systems and desalinization gear. The gauges go down to
zero (1 atm), and then start reading in Inches of Mercury. As far as I
know, no one has ever achieved a perfect vacuum, nor has anyone managed
to suck beyond that point (although Halliburton and the legal department
of Microsoft are competing intensely for that honor).
I have had some training and practical experience in structural
engineering, but not that much. I have done very little work with
concrete, but I have done more than a bit with steel. I will root
around for your papers, try and shift into your language set, and see if
they make any sense to me. Hopefully, visualizing concepts that I have
always applied to gas technologies to solid material will not require
the use of psychedelics.
Knuke
PS Jones and Horace are geniuses. So are Fred and Bill. I have to
stop several times and start over when counting my toes. Ask anybody.
