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04-28-2003, 02:43 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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What invention are you waiting for?
I wish they could invent something that looked and felt like glass and was cheap but didn't always break into pieces and cause cuts etc. It would be useful as a container for beer. Why has this not been invented yet?
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Toolz... what the plastic beer bottles aren't good enough for you?
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04-28-2003, 02:49 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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No can't stand - I don't think I've drunk out of plastic since I was at uni. They feel awful and make the beer taste awful...
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04-28-2003, 02:52 PM #4WHT Addict
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Well, I'll give you that there is a difference in taste, but I disagree that it makes beer non-potable.
There is really nothing quite as satisfying as a good beer in a hefty pint glass.
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Originally posted by RanchHand
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04-28-2003, 04:16 PM #6working on it
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not a bad idea......why not beer mugs from toughened glass....just like use in automobile windscreens....at the worst it may crack up but never shatter into pieces........so you can drink while driving
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04-28-2003, 04:37 PM #7WHT Addict
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Oh wait... wait just a minute... even better. Beer in those mylar pouches that you can stick a straw into. CapriSun used them, but I don't even know if they still make that stuff.
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A female android with measurements 38-26-38 who drinks beer, likes sports, doesn't mind if I leave the seat up and who never asks me "What are you thinking?".
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A female android with measurements 38-26-38 who drinks beer, likes sports, doesn't mind if I leave the seat up and who never asks me "What are you thinking?".
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04-28-2003, 09:17 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by HostSonic
A female android with measurements 38-26-38 who drinks beer, likes sports, doesn't mind if I leave the seat up and who never asks me "What are you thinking?".Off Topic Web Forum - A forum for talking about anything!!
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Back in my sports reporting days I took a local male, who was involved in amateur sports, to lunch to do an interview. It lasted about 2 hours and as wel left the restaurant I thanked him for his time.
He said the pleasure was all his and that, in fact, I'd fulfilled a fantasy of his in regard to his dream date, specifically:
1. I asked him out, picked the restaurant, arrived there by myself and picked up the check.
2. I did not try to talk about myself at all but encouraged him to do all the talking.
3. I never tried to change the subject when he got involved in long detailed narratives about the sport he is passionate about. Quite the contrarary, I took notes and asked questions.
3. Not once did the word "relationship" pass my lips.
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04-29-2003, 02:18 AM #12Web Hosting Master
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Car windshield is not toughened glass or anything close to glass (sand based - SiO3..) softened glass maybe.
It's made from 2 layers of polymer (PMM - Poly Methyl Metacrylate or PMA Poly Methyl Acrylate) with one (or more) layer of glue (another polymer) in between so that the shatters are kept together when hit.
If it's toughened glass it will break into fewer pieces but at higher speed and chop everything in the car off instantly..
but drinking from plastic or glass definitely has a difference..
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04-29-2003, 03:13 AM #13Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by madmouser
Back in my sports reporting days I took a local male, who was involved in amateur sports, to lunch to do an interview. It lasted about 2 hours and as wel left the restaurant I thanked him for his time.
He said the pleasure was all his and that, in fact, I'd fulfilled a fantasy of his in regard to his dream date, specifically:
1. I asked him out, picked the restaurant, arrived there by myself and picked up the check.
2. I did not try to talk about myself at all but encouraged him to do all the talking.
3. I never tried to change the subject when he got involved in long detailed narratives about the sport he is passionate about. Quite the contrarary, I took notes and asked questions.
3. Not once did the word "relationship" pass my lips.
He said it was a memory he would treasure forever.A well-reasoned assumption is very close to fact.
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04-29-2003, 05:00 AM #14working on it
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Originally posted by nmluan
Car windshield is not toughened glass or anything close to glass (sand based - SiO3..) softened glass maybe.
It's made from 2 layers of polymer (PMM - Poly Methyl Metacrylate or PMA Poly Methyl Acrylate) with one (or more) layer of glue (another polymer) in between so that the shatters are kept together when hit.
If it's toughened glass it will break into fewer pieces but at higher speed and chop everything in the car off instantly..
but drinking from plastic or glass definitely has a difference..
ML
Toughening Special process of solidification of a glass sheet in order to make it particularly resistant to breakages. The process may be physical (thermal) or chemical. In the former, the glass sheet is heated to a temperature just below its softening point and then immediately cooled by special jets of cold-air. These harden the surface of the glass, giving the inside more time to cool. This allows the external layer to crystallize into a wider lattice while the inside solidifies with greater compression than in the crystal lattice. The result is a sheet of glass which is two or three times stronger than untempered glass and which, upon breakage, shatters into tiny pieces with blunt edges (the most common applications are for automotive glass).
http://uk.geocities.com/dj_jimbo_b/physics/use.htm
Use of toughened glass
Toughened glass is used in many applications.
Car windscreens is one example. Toughened glass is often used in vehicle windscreens because of the way it behaves if it is broken. When normal glass breaks in a carr accident, it often breaks into several quite large pieces of glass, often with sharp, jagged edges, which can add to the severity of an accident. Sometimes smaller pieces of this broken glass fly into the cabin of the vehicle at quite a high speed as the glass is broken, which can cause serious injury to any persons inside the car.
Toughened glass will not break in such a way. A toughened glass windscreen will shatter into many small pieces with small, dull edges
http://www.chem.latech.edu/~hji/poly...23/19oct23.htm
Poly(methyl methacrylate), (PMMA), is a clear plastic, used as a shatterproof replacement for glass. The barrier at the ice rink which keeps hockey pucks from flying in the faces of fans is made of PMMA. The chemical company Rohm and Haas makes windows out of it and calls it Plexiglas. Ineos Acrylics also makes it and calls it Lucite. Lucite is used to make the surfaces of hot tubs, sinks, and the ever popular one piece bathtub and shower units, among other things.
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04-29-2003, 07:54 PM #15Web Hosting Master
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Re: What invention are you waiting for?
Originally posted by Toolz
I wish they could invent something that looked and felt like glass and was cheap but didn't always break into pieces and cause cuts etc. It would be useful as a container for beer. Why has this not been invented yet?
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04-29-2003, 11:59 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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I can't wait till they invent the 3 Ghz computer...hmmmm ok maybe I can wait But I'd have to say..........a shrink ray like in Honey I Shrunk the Kids.
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Re: Re: What invention are you waiting for?
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Man, I don't know how you drink a beer but I don't ever remember my beer bottle breaking into pieces and cutting me. I am going to have to go party with you and see what you are doing wrong.Lawnmower for hire - enquire within
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Longhorn and a new carton installation for coke for fridges... Oh wait, its already out there.
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04-30-2003, 03:06 PM #19Web Hosting Master
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Re: Re: Re: What invention are you waiting for?
Originally posted by Toolz
Glass actually - and it was while I was washing it! I'm quite happy with my beer drinking technique, however you're still welcome!Dale Poncy
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04-30-2003, 03:13 PM #20Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Neo3Net
I can't wait till they invent the 3 Ghz computer...hmmmm ok maybe I can waitCan you be scared half to death twice?
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04-30-2003, 03:43 PM #21Web Hosting Guru
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Re: What invention are you waiting for?
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04-30-2003, 05:07 PM #22Web Hosting Master
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Re: Re: What invention are you waiting for?
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05-01-2003, 05:25 AM #23Junior Guru
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forget beer ..
I'm waiting for the replicator and holosuite from star track. I'd then replicate some beer (in a glass) and enjoy a few pints in my holosuite
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05-01-2003, 05:26 AM #24Junior Guru
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oops...meant "trek" not track
not enough beer I think
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05-01-2003, 05:35 AM #25working on it
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how about an bottomless beer keg ?