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Post by PhantomWolf on Apr 17, 2007 18:41:57 GMT -4
I remember that experiment being done in chemistry class, I don't recall it producing much smoke though, OTOH it did melt the temperature sensor we had in it (just the plastic bit admittedly, but it was still quite impressive). Actually it's mostly steam and sulphic acid, but yeah it does look good. Heh, even my chemistry teachers were quite that crazy. We did make various explosives including one day covering the entire lab in touch powder (NI 4) and blowing up the fume cabinet with Acetyl Nitrate..... Copper and Nitric Acid is another good one, but don't breath in the gas, it smells like almonds and though it isn't as deadly as cynanide, it's still highly toxic.
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Post by lionking on Jun 18, 2007 6:34:18 GMT -4
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Post by Ginnie on Jun 24, 2007 21:34:48 GMT -4
I know absolutely nothing about it.
Canada is the second largest country in the world, almost four million square miles of it. I've travelled four hundred miles to go camping, and two thousand miles to visit the town in Newfoundland where I was born. You have to have a car here!
Here's a list of 'monsters' I see around my house in South-western Ontario: Squirrels, Racoons, Groundhogs, Owls, Bats, Rabbits, Skunks Great Blue Heron and other birds - Cardinals, Bluejays, Robins, Sparrows, Doves, Pigeons, Woodpeckers, Crows, Hawks, Finches, Redwing Blackbirds Mice, Moles, Frogs, Toads, Chipmunks These are all animals that can at one time or another be found either in my backyard or the park behind my house (or around my garbage bins at night!).
I have two pet cats, a pigmy hamster and used to have a dog and pet rats (which are wonderful pets by the way). .
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Post by Jason on Jun 24, 2007 22:04:45 GMT -4
No bears? A kid got eaten by a bear here in Utah last week.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Jun 24, 2007 22:12:04 GMT -4
He wasn't at Camp Grenada was he?
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Post by Ginnie on Jun 24, 2007 22:29:15 GMT -4
There are no bears within about 150 km from my house. I do after all live in a city, Kitchener-Waterloo that has a population of 300,000 people. But we have had a problem lately with deers getting hit with cars.
If I go to Northern Ontario there are many black bears, and some communities up north have problems with them. The province of Ontario is a big place too. You could fit three or four Utah's in it.
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Post by LunarOrbit on Jun 24, 2007 23:25:22 GMT -4
There have been bears spotted on the outskirts of Hamilton, but it's rare. I have seen a lot of deer though, and in heavily populated areas too. There have been several times when I was out for a late night walk and passed within 10 feet of some deer before I realized they were there.
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Post by wingerii on Jun 25, 2007 7:59:23 GMT -4
Now what we need is a battle of wits between ginnie and LO to decide whether the NHL comes to Hamilton or K-W I ran over a rabbit in my car once and felt horrible about it for days. But other than that, we just have lots and lots of squirrels, and the occasional fox.
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Post by LunarOrbit on Jun 25, 2007 10:54:45 GMT -4
Now what we need is a battle of wits between ginnie and LO to decide whether the NHL comes to Hamilton or K-W Ha ha... we've already discussed it in private messages. I'm not sure if either city is big enough to support an NHL team, but I'm willing to find out.
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Post by wingerii on Jun 25, 2007 18:09:08 GMT -4
Well, I divide my time (not evenly ) between home in Burlington and school in Waterloo, so either one works for me. Not that I'm a huge hockey fan (go Toronto FC!) but I'll go to a few games if the price is right.
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Post by Ginnie on Jun 25, 2007 18:33:04 GMT -4
Hamilton or Kitchener-Waterloo for an NHL Team?
Well, Hamilton has the Copps Colliseum - seats , what, 17,000? We have the Memorial Auditorium -seats 6,500. But we probably have time to build a new one. I'd pick someplace near the Toyota plant, near the 401 and Waterloo-Wellington airport.
K-W is further from Toronto and Buffalo, so they would probably have no say in the matter...Hamilton has more people city proper, but K-W still has a million people within a fifty mile radius. Canadians don't mind at all driving that to go to a hockey game. I think what would matter a lot is ticket prices. If they charge a hundred bucks a ticket, both cities might have difficulty filling the seats.
Heck, I bet that lots of Leaf fans who can't get leaf tickets would drive to either Hamilton or K-W - if Nashville was in Toronto's division.
This argument does not need a battle of wits at all. What puts the argument in KW's favour is that the teams chartered planes wouldn't be able to find Hamilton with all that yellow fog everywhere. LOL
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Post by lionking on Sept 2, 2008 4:08:40 GMT -4
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Post by echnaton on Sept 2, 2008 10:22:22 GMT -4
Its been thought to exist for four centuries and not one carcass has ever been found? Vague reports from sightings of the type cited are not very interesting in finding the actual facts.
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Post by raven on Sept 2, 2008 15:23:17 GMT -4
Well, the kraken story was confirmed, when they found the colossal squid. It may not do some of the things of legend, like pull down ships, though I bet it could pull people off deck at least. A quick glance at the etymology of the words, shows whoever named it, had a good eye. The word kraken, unless I miss my guess, means up rooted tree, a fairly good description of the appearance of a giant squid I would say. The oceans are huge, full of things we may not even have legends about. I am not saying this is evidence, or proof, I am just saying that further searches may prove fruitful.
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Post by echnaton on Sept 2, 2008 16:17:37 GMT -4
Oceans are huge but the reference is to an animal that lives in a lake. It is compared to Nessie for a good reason, there is no evidence of existence for either.
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