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Rosco Bodine
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| Quote: | Originally posted by franklyn
one of them climbs
over into the front seat and performs oral sex on you, while the other one
steals your wallet.
I had my wallet stolen on the 18th, 20th and 24th, twice on the 26th, and
three times yesterday, and I will, very likely again this coming weekend. |
Soooo ....in franklyns automotive service regimen , there are
regular contributions of fresh DNA samples , and adequate
morsels for reward in expendable wallets ....intended to
keep feeding the pigeons , as if an interesting pass time
being delivered to a most satisfied sitter on a park bench 
The loss of so many wallets could only be intentional ....
and each bank note well spent as if the pretty dealer of
blackjack had whispered something about how grateful
you might be to her later after her shift ends .....for the present turn of a friendly card  It's all strictly business .....even if its monkey business all the way
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So to all you connoisseurs of the local Thai delicacy Poontang, be aware that
when indulging your appetite for this staple far eastern cuisine that It's not
just true of chinese nookie that when you eat one, an hour later
you're hungry again.
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For the longest time I thought the Poon Tang province was
somewhere in China ....but damn , the more I travel , the
more I believe it is everywhere or somewhere close to Shangri La or Shangri OooooLala And You are right it is
just like potato chips , once you start munching , you simply can't eat just one , it's really more like pistachio nuts , since you have to pry open
the pink little shell to get at the salty little morsel inside
Happy New Year !
[Edited on 31-12-2006 by Rosco Bodine]
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I guess nookie is more interesting than nomenclature.
I named the precursor, thereby the six groups hanging off the ring; and I named the peroxide ring. A trivial matter to put all that together (but not
to put the molecule together.)
What remains undone is the absolute stereochemical description.
I have never looked at a TATP prep as I generally am trying to avoid making peroxides rather than the other way around. However I gather than the prep
involves acetone, H2)2 (I assume 30%?) and H2SO4 conc. So, acetone is a ketone. Urea "could" be regarded as a ketone although we more correctly think
of it as a di-amide of carbonic acid, nicht wahr? The particular urea being proposed as precursor is one where the nitrogens attached to carbonyl as
tertiary (in the aziridine ring) so, if you have prepared such a urea will H2)2 and acid catalyst condense it a la TATP?
Or would it in principle require some other synthetic strategy?
Entirely theoretical as I gather this has not been done and I am not about to be the one to try.
And I am not an energetics boffin so do not know if there are other less strained tertiary ureas like for example tetramethylureau that have been
tried in this manner??
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Sauron
Bar fines aside, if you're going to ring the bar bell here, at least make it worth
our while. Sounds to me like the last interesting scuttle butt you knew was
from about the time Titan II's became a fond memory. In keeping with this
thread your latest entry is more on the money , thank you.
P.S. Bestwishes to all this coming year from Times Square
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[Edited on 31-12-2006 by franklyn]
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Sauron
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My official position in Thailand, and all of ASEAN's ten member nations, is as Bureau Chief for a defense-intelligence newsletter out of Washington. A
position I have held since 1990. Fully accredited. So you see, the sort of "scuttlebutt" I trade in is rather more refined. Not likely to be posted
here.
Here is for nattering on about chemistry, which is my avocation and the black hole money pit I pour my discretionary income into.
As my official position is pretty much a sinecure, I have a lot of time on my hands and my income does not come from there either (thanks be to God.)
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Rosco Bodine
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Being "Bureau Chief" for a defense-intelligence newsletter out of Washington sounds like quite a heavy responsibility , and you are doing an
excellent job
of it too , just keep up the good work .
It brings to mind another tough duty post ,
being chief inspector and superintendent of maintenance for the US and Canadian border bronze survey markers which are afixed to the surface of
exposed stones across the northern frontier .
I have already quietly done the job voluntarily without pay for over forty years , and now should receive at least
a fair retirement package for my patriotism and dedication . That the markers remain intact today is proof
of the wonderful job I have done .
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Rosco Bodine
sounds like quite a heavy responsibility |
Idunno, did you see his use of "sinecure"? I had to look it up. Basically a token occupation usually without much importance or income.
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Rosco Bodine
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Yeah Tim I caught that ....and
we are holding open a position for you as
Superintendent of Roadway Snow Removal
for the City of Miami hoping that the demands
of the position won't cause any sort of
" performance anxiety "
Sounds like a good 200K annual salary position to me
with a full benefit package , expense account , ect.
of course .
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Thanks,
You picked from the right state.
(Says the person living in the state with only rain in december this season!)
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In fact this newsletter used to cover the Islamic world and the Pacific Rim. My turf is a big slice of the Pacific Rim. However, about a decade ago
the co-editor for that part of the newsletter left and the remaining editor and publisher is an Islamic world specialist. So he dropped the Pacific
Rim coverage. I became redundant. He is an old friend, we worked together previously on "Defense & Foreign Affairs Magazine where he was managing
editor and I was contributing editor for infantry weapons. So, he has kept me on the staff. This is advantageous for me here. And that is what I mean
by sinecure. BTW that world is pronounced as if the c was a sh.
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