16 Jul 2007, 02:14 | #15726 |
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back to work in a few hours, shame
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16 Jul 2007, 02:15 | #15727 |
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may have found the next car... after a small 9 month search
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16 Jul 2007, 10:47 | #15728 |
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Hell of a storm here last night. Didn't last for that long but I've never seen rain like it with hailstones the size of 5p pieces. The thunder and lightning was impressive and some of it struck just a tad too close for comfort. This tree used to dwarf my 4 story building and missed by 8'!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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16 Jul 2007, 11:29 | #15729 |
mszee's Mistress with sexy goddess boots
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Thank you x (I think... lol...)
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16 Jul 2007, 15:42 | #15730 |
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16 Jul 2007, 15:48 | #15731 |
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i need a credit card
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16 Jul 2007, 15:49 | #15732 |
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I need a credit card where bill goes and gets paid elsewhere...
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16 Jul 2007, 15:50 | #15733 |
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Going back to the question raised about what's colder, an ice cube or an ice berg ...
It all depends. If the ice berg is pure water, then it's the same at the point of freezing zero degrees centigrade. However. If the ice berg is made up of frozen sea water, which has an average salinity of 35 parts per thousand of salt, then at the point of freezing the iceberg is colder, since averagely saline sea water freezes at -2 degrees centigrade. Of course the other issue is what tenperature each is stored at ... if the icecube is in a freezer which is at -10 degrees centigrade and the iceberg is at zero, then the ice cube is colder! Basically there are too many unknowns in the original question. Tomorrow's science lesson will involve jumping on a moving train or light speed ... |
16 Jul 2007, 15:51 | #15734 | |
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16 Jul 2007, 15:52 | #15735 |
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*play on words* I need a credit card where the bill gets paid by bill gates!! |
16 Jul 2007, 15:54 | #15736 |
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16 Jul 2007, 15:55 | #15737 | |
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- otherwise it wouldnt swim - if it has been part of arctica/antarctica, it was fallen snow in the first place and that's pure water anyway - it it froze in the ocean, the salt doesnt get frozen WITH the water, just the water freezes, the salt, erm.....sinnks. |
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16 Jul 2007, 16:00 | #15738 |
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16 Jul 2007, 16:24 | #15739 |
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I think the antarctic icebergs have got some ozone in them...... isn't that where the holes first started appearing? The holes that apparently have now healed themselves...... probably with a carbon footprint.
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16 Jul 2007, 16:30 | #15740 |
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16 Jul 2007, 16:36 | #15741 |
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This is pretty weird discussion for a Meat Loaf forum...shouldn't we be all artsy fartsy and above it all???
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16 Jul 2007, 16:40 | #15742 |
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Depends on where the iceberg was formed ... if it's come from a glacier then the chances are it's predominantely made from "fresh" water. If it comes from an ice shelf then it's a mixture of fresh and sea water. Even a glacial iceberg will contain some frozen saline water though.
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16 Jul 2007, 16:43 | #15743 |
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Andy, did you see that Meat played Stone Pony???
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16 Jul 2007, 16:48 | #15744 |
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I've known that for about 19 years Zina
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16 Jul 2007, 16:55 | #15745 |
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16 Jul 2007, 16:58 | #15746 |
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I always said you were the result of a laboratory experiment
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16 Jul 2007, 17:01 | #15747 |
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16 Jul 2007, 17:02 | #15748 |
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back on topic
I think that saline water loses all it's salt at the freezing process. At least that's what I read somewhere years ago. I'm quite confused now |
16 Jul 2007, 17:06 | #15749 | |
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16 Jul 2007, 17:09 | #15750 |
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As sea water reaches freezing point, the salt in the solution is "rejected", hoewever this results in denser "fresh" water being created. This denser water sinks through the warmer salt water below it, with more salt water therefore being present at the surface of the sea. As a result when the solid ice is formed it is a mixture of fresh water and sea water ... ie a less saline solution, but not all of the salt if "rejected" throught the ice formation process.
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