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On Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:27:15 -0700, john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>
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>On Thu, 9 Apr 2026 23:50:50 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>
>>On 3/31/2026 2:05 PM, john larkin wrote:
>>> On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:44:21 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:30:02 +0000, someone
>>>> <cffbf4deb9142bce48974efc0e64dede@example.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Another disaster caused by a transport ship looking to expedite unloading. They heated the molasses to make it flow faster into the tank.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/molasses-flood-physics-science/
>>>>
>>>> "They" didn't heat the molasses.  It was unseasonably hot which caused
>>>> the molasses to expand.  There were other causes:
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood#Causes>
>>>> "...air temperature rose from 2 to 41 °F (-17 to 5.0 °C)"
>>>>
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood#Area_today>
>>>> "Structural defects in the tank combined with unseasonably warm
>>>> temperatures contributed to the disaster".
>>> 
>>> The tank was built cheap and fast and never reviewed for design. And
>>> located in a very bad place.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> John Larkin
>>> Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
>>> Lunatic Fringe Electronics
>>
>>All of the waterfront of the North End, Charleston/Everett, and East 
>>Cambridge were heavily industrialized in the early 1900s. Raw goods (and 
>>molassess apparently) in the NE, petroleum products in 
>>Charleston/Everett, and coal gasification in East Cambridge were major 
>>industries.
>>
>>Nowadays the historically Italian North End is mostly high-end 
>>residential/tourist trap area, with a shrinking number of Italian 
>>restaurants that tend to serve rather average Italian food, compared to 
>>my childhood recollections.
>>
>>Only main legacy of the industrial history is the large LNG tanker 
>>terminal in Everett, longest-operating liquefied natural gas import 
>>facility in the U.S. Remarkably there is only one industry still served 
>>by freight rail inside the Boston city limits, an ABEX logistics warehouse.
>
>
>There are some good books about rum, like
>
><https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F91CZYWB>
>
>and the role that Boston played in the Triangle Trade.
>
>Try a tablespoon of good rum on a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream. Or
>Bananas Foster.

Hmm.  I already have the rum and the vanilla bean ice cream.
Hmmmmmmmm.

Joe

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    Re: another good book Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-03-30 21:44 -0700
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        Re: another good book Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-03-31 14:20 -0700
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            Re: another good book Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-04-01 09:36 -0700
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            Re: another good book Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-04-06 17:37 -0700
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        Re: another good book Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-03-31 14:41 -0700
          Re: another good book john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-01 07:40 -0700
      Re: another good book john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-03-31 11:05 -0700
        Re: another good book bitrex <user@example.net> - 2026-04-09 23:50 -0400
          Re: another good book john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-10 02:27 -0700
            Re: another good book joegwinn@comcast.net - 2026-04-10 11:06 -0400
              Re: another good book john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-10 10:58 -0700
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                Re: another good book Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-11 01:20 -0700
                Re: another good book Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-11 01:33 -0700
                Re: another good book joegwinn@comcast.net - 2026-04-11 10:11 -0400
                Re: another good book john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-11 10:00 -0700
                Re: another good book joegwinn@comcast.net - 2026-04-11 18:20 -0400
                Re: another good book Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-04-11 19:40 -0700
                Re: another good book john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-11 21:07 -0700
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                Re: another good book Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-04-12 11:04 -0700
                Re: another good book joegwinn@comcast.net - 2026-04-12 15:54 -0400
                Re: another good book john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-12 14:53 -0700

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