Paraffin vs Paraffin WAX

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Peter Cole wrote:

Michael Press wrote:
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"Clive George" wrote:

"Michael Press" wrote in message
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We have always had (a) culture. You just do not like it.
What's the difference between Yogurt and USians? :-)

What is the difference between limes and lemons?
Lemons prevent scurvy, limes do not.

Where did you get that?

It is an indefensible exaggeration.

http://www.helium.com/items/446898-drink-recipes-gimlet

Where did the Gimlet come from? Historically, the
Gimlet is thought to be a creation of the British Royal
Navy around the late 1800's when Britain mandated daily
lime juice rations to every sailor to help fight off a
scurvy outbreak. Scurvy is caused by Vitamin C
deficiency. Previously, the British Royal Navy had used
lemon juice with higher scurvy fighting properties.
However, due to heavy lobbying by British lime growers
in the West Indies, the British Royal Navy switched to
the daily lime juice ration, which only had about 1/4
of the same scurvy, battling properties. So, the scurvy
continued and the British became known as Limeys.

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Michael Press

On 30 Oct, 11:44, thirty-six wrote:
On 30 Oct, 04:51, "Clive George" wrote:

"Michael Press" wrote in message

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What is the difference between limes and lemons?
Lemons prevent scurvy, limes do not.

Looking up that was interesting. It seems that the navy actually started out
with lemons, but at the time those were called limes, and the original
success of the juice was tempered by later use of actual limes and the
preparation of the juice.

Limes will prevent scurvy, just not in the quantities prescribed at some
points.

Limes are not susceptible to mould as are lemons. *Dont know why but
leave a cut lemon and a cut lime in the same refrigerator for long
enough and the Lemon gets the mould, not the lime. *No mouldy lemons
round here. *Use the bottled stuff, it contains preservative.

just checked the fridge. Limes dont shrivel up neither. Not much.
Seems like they have less water content. That's been in at least two
weeks, cut.

Another differenc between lemons and limes. You can't make Roses Lime
juice out of lemons where they can make it out of limes. Lime cordial
is much nicer on the bike.

On 30 Oct, 21:51, Michael Press wrote:
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*Peter Cole wrote:

Michael Press wrote:
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*"Clive George" wrote:

"Michael Press" wrote in message
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We have always had (a) culture. You just do not like it.
What's the difference between Yogurt and USians? :-)

What is the difference between limes and lemons?
Lemons prevent scurvy, limes do not.

Where did you get that?

It is an indefensible exaggeration.

http://www.helium.com/items/446898-drink-recipes-gimlet

Duh. Not enough acid in that drink. Rose's is sweet and need a few
dashes of juice to tart it up. Usually a thick wedge of lemon or
lime, twist it, squeeze it, chuck it in the glass.
But then again, he used vodka, so what's the point? Another way is to
pummel a thick slice of lime in the serving glass with white sugar,
pour on chilled gin and stir. some sugar remains undisolved and the
drinker can choose to stir this in if he's in a sweet mood.


Where did the Gimlet come from? Historically, the
Gimlet is thought to be a creation of the British Royal
Navy around the late 1800's when Britain mandated daily
lime juice rations to every sailor to help fight off a
scurvy outbreak. Scurvy is caused by Vitamin C
deficiency. Previously, the British Royal Navy had used
lemon juice with higher scurvy fighting properties.
However, due to heavy lobbying by British lime growers
in the West Indies, the British Royal Navy switched to
the daily lime juice ration, which only had about 1/4
of the same scurvy, battling properties. So, the scurvy
continued and the British [[sailors]] became known as Limeys.

The term limey as applied to British in general by the US forces only
occured after they were stationed here during WWII I find it likely
the US army picked up the term from the US navy.

thirty-six wrote:
On 30 Oct, 02:33, Bill Baka wrote:
Clive George wrote:
"Bill Baka" wrote in message
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Maybe I should brush up on chemistry now?
Sounds like a plan.
I'm currently using Acetone as an organic solvent replacement for Hexanes,
65 degrees 'C' boiling point for both, but Acetone will mix with water and
Hexanes won't.
Yup. And acetone will attack much more stuff than hexanes. They're
significantly different chemicals.
I know that but Acetone is easy to get and if I walk into any store
around here and ask for Hexanes I will get blank stares. Besides that
there is cost, and Acetone is $8 quart, while the basic reagent grade
n-Hexanes is about $90 per Liter/Litre, and may require a HAZMAT
certification to have shipped to me.
I can just evaporate the Acetone and not cry over it but the Hexanes are
too expensive to waste.
Bill Baka

Nail varnish remover 250ml for £0.59 Mostly acetone, includes some
water and usually a bittering agent and sometimes glycerine. So if
you dont need to be fussy of purity, this is the way to go. I'm
assuming you wish to use it for cold start duties considering your
declared aptitude with engines.

Ummmm, not for the car. I use a bit of Propane torch gas and fill the
air cleaner and it will start in the cold. This is for organic analysis
so I am a bit fussy. I'm trying to analyze some plant oils and using
pure single ingredient solvents so I don't gunk up the results.

Bill Baka

thirty-six wrote:
On 30 Oct, 13:22, Dan C wrote:
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:39:06 -0700, thirty-six wrote:
On 30 Oct, 02:33, Bill Baka wrote:
Clive George wrote:
"Bill Baka" wrote in message
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Maybe I should brush up on chemistry now?
Sounds like a plan.
I'm currently using Acetone as an organic solvent replacement for
Hexanes, 65 degrees 'C' boiling point for both, but Acetone will mix
with water and Hexanes won't.
Yup. And acetone will attack much more stuff than hexanes. They're
significantly different chemicals.
I know that but Acetone is easy to get and if I walk into any store
around here and ask for Hexanes I will get blank stares. Besides that
there is cost, and Acetone is $8 quart, while the basic reagent grade
n-Hexanes is about $90 per Liter/Litre, and may require a HAZMAT
certification to have shipped to me.
I can just evaporate the Acetone and not cry over it but the Hexanes
are too expensive to waste.
Bill Baka
Nail varnish remover 250ml for £0.59 Mostly acetone, includes some
water and usually a bittering agent and sometimes glycerine. So if you
dont need to be fussy of purity, this is the way to go. I'm assuming
you wish to use it for cold start duties considering your declared
aptitude with engines.
No, he just likes to breathe the fumes, to help him imagine his latest
bull**** story.

Tequila may help.

I block him, you reply to him, and he we are again. I also hate Tequila.
What I am doing is analyzing stuff according to solubility to some
degree of accuracy.

Bill Baka