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DEC and The Americans

Started byRS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
First post2016-01-25 17:26 +0300
Last post2016-01-30 20:36 +0000
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  DEC and The Americans RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-01-25 17:26 +0300
    Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-25 15:45 +0000
      Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-25 10:53 -0500
        Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-01-26 13:56 +0000
          Re: DEC and The Americans "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-27 04:48 +1100
          Re: DEC and The Americans terry-groups@glaver.org - 2016-01-26 14:14 -0800
            Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-26 17:21 -0500
            Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-01-27 15:42 +0000
    Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-25 10:58 -0500
      Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-25 16:17 +0000
      Re: DEC and The Americans Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-01-25 11:47 -0500
      Re: DEC and The Americans John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> - 2016-01-25 16:47 +0000
        Re: DEC and The Americans Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-01-25 17:41 +0000
          Re: DEC and The Americans mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2016-01-25 19:25 +0000
          Re: DEC and The Americans Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-01-25 16:15 -0500
        Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-25 13:17 -0500
          Re: DEC and The Americans Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-01-26 08:20 +0000
            Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-26 11:32 +0000
            Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-01-26 17:23 -0600
          Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-01-26 17:20 -0600
            Re: DEC and The Americans scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2016-01-27 19:40 +0000
          Re: DEC and The Americans Yeechang Lee <ylee@columbia.edu> - 2016-01-27 22:40 -0800
        Re: DEC and The Americans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-01-25 15:07 -0800
          Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-25 19:34 -0500
            Re: DEC and The Americans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-01-25 19:38 -0800
              Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-25 23:55 -0500
              Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-01-26 17:32 -0600
                Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-26 19:31 -0800
                  Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-27 21:10 +0000
                    Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-28 11:49 -0500
                      Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-01-28 15:33 -0600
                        Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-28 19:00 -0500
                        Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-28 19:23 -0500
                          Re: DEC and The Americans Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-29 00:48 +0000
                          Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-28 21:02 -0500
                            Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-29 07:32 -0500
                  Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-01-28 15:32 -0600
                    Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-28 19:03 -0500
                    Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-28 19:23 -0500
                      Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-28 20:58 -0500
                        Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-29 10:40 +0000
                        Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-01-29 19:11 -0600
                          Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-29 23:21 -0500
                            Re: DEC and The Americans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-01-30 03:45 -0800
                            Re: DEC and The Americans JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-01-30 09:25 -0600
                            Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-02-01 17:45 -0600
                              Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-01 21:29 -0500
                                Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-02-02 00:33 -0600
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-02 03:04 -0500
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-02-02 15:42 -0600
                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-02 18:40 -0800
                                        Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-03 12:39 -0500
                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-03 12:43 -0500
                                        Re: DEC and The Americans JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-02-03 22:35 -0600
                                          Re: DEC and The Americans Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-02-03 23:59 -0600
                                            Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-04 06:03 -0700
                                              Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-04 11:24 -0500
                                                Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-04 10:51 -0700
                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans "Blanco" <rko4410@gmail.com> - 2016-02-05 05:12 +1100
                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-04 19:29 +0000
                                          Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-04 11:26 -0500
                                            Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-02-05 02:51 -0600
                                              Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-05 10:45 +0000
                                                Re: DEC and The Americans Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-02-05 10:47 -0600
                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-05 10:21 -0800
                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Dave Pitts <dpitts@cozx.com> - 2016-02-06 08:06 -0700
                                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-06 10:02 -0800
                                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-02-06 19:20 -0600
                                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Clark G <clarkm.geimsler@ieeemmm.org> - 2016-02-16 04:41 +0000
                                                        Re: DEC and The Americans Dave Pitts <dpitts@cozx.com> - 2016-02-17 07:45 -0700
                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-02-06 19:18 -0600
                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans terry-groups@glaver.org - 2016-02-05 20:35 -0800
                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2016-02-05 23:12 -0600
                                                      Re: DEC and The Americans terry-groups@glaver.org - 2016-02-06 01:34 -0800
                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-06 07:39 -0700
                                                      Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-08 14:02 +0000
                                                        Re: DEC and The Americans Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-02-08 10:01 -0800
                                                          Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-08 19:36 +0000
                                                          Re: DEC and The Americans Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-02-08 11:45 -0800
                                                        Re: DEC and The Americans Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-02-08 19:14 +0100
                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-02-06 22:35 -0600
                                                Re: DEC and The Americans "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-02-05 18:19 -0500
                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-02-06 22:45 -0600
                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-02-07 08:08 -0500
                                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-07 07:09 -0700
                                                        Re: DEC and The Americans Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-07 19:57 +0000
                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-07 07:09 -0700
                                              Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-05 19:05 -0500
                                                Re: DEC and The Americans Lawrence Statton <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-02-05 21:32 -0600
                                                Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-02-06 22:49 -0600
                        Re: DEC and The Americans Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-02-01 21:18 -0600
                          Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-02 02:59 -0500
                            Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-02-02 15:38 -0600
                              Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-03 12:43 -0500
                      Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-01-29 18:58 -0600
                Re: DEC and The Americans Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-27 03:46 +0000
                Re: DEC and The Americans Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-27 06:14 +0000
                Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-01-27 14:28 +0000
            Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-01-26 13:56 +0000
            Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-01-26 17:26 -0600
              Re: DEC and The Americans Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-01-26 17:57 -0600
          Re: DEC and The Americans RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-01-26 14:35 +0000
            Re: DEC and The Americans Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-26 14:53 +0000
              Re: DEC and The Americans Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-01-26 09:58 -0800
                Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-26 11:05 -0800
                  Re: DEC and The Americans Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-01-26 11:41 -0800
                    Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-26 12:38 -0800
                      Re: DEC and The Americans Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-01-26 15:26 -0800
                        Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-26 19:25 -0800
              Re: DEC and The Americans "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 18:38 -0500
            Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-26 07:54 -0800
            Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-26 11:36 -0500
            Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-01-26 17:39 -0600
        Re: DEC and The Americans Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2016-01-26 21:16 +0200
          Re: DEC and The Americans "Jack Myers" <jmyers@n6wuz.net> - 2016-01-28 10:07 -0800
      Re: DEC and The Americans "jack" <jkl8976@nospam.com> - 2016-01-26 05:48 +1100
      Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-01-26 13:56 +0000
        Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-01-26 17:43 -0600
          Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-01-27 15:42 +0000
            Re: DEC and The Americans pechter@pechter.dyndns.org (William Pechter) - 2016-02-03 00:36 +0000
              Re: DEC and The Americans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-02 18:42 -0800
              Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-03 14:25 +0000
                Re: DEC and The Americans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-03 12:58 -0800
                  Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-04 15:14 +0000
                    Re: DEC and The Americans "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-02-05 05:01 +1100
                      Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-05 14:41 +0000
                        Re: DEC and The Americans "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-02-06 04:42 +1100
                          Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-06 14:35 +0000
                            Re: DEC and The Americans "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-02-06 11:45 -0600
                              Re: DEC and The Americans Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-02-06 18:09 +0000
                                Re: DEC and The Americans Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-02-06 15:49 -0600
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-02-07 05:33 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-07 15:12 +0000
                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-02-07 11:12 -0800
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-02-07 11:42 -0600
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-02-07 20:06 -0600
                              Re: DEC and The Americans "Hilo Black" <hbk897@gmail.com> - 2016-02-07 06:06 +1100
                              Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-07 15:12 +0000
                                Re: DEC and The Americans "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-02-07 09:52 -0600
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-02-07 11:56 -0500
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-02-07 12:33 -0600
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-02-07 16:34 -0600
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-08 14:28 +0000
                                Re: DEC and The Americans "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-02-08 04:08 +1100
                            Re: DEC and The Americans "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-02-07 06:10 +1100
                    Re: DEC and The Americans Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-02-04 13:42 -0600
                      Re: DEC and The Americans Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-02-04 14:23 -0600
                      Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-05 14:41 +0000
                        Re: DEC and The Americans Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-02-05 14:32 -0600
                          Re: DEC and The Americans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-05 13:05 -0800
                            Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-06 10:34 +0000
                          Re: DEC and The Americans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-05 13:08 -0800
                        Re: DEC and The Americans Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-02-05 15:34 -0600
                          Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-06 14:35 +0000
                            Re: DEC and The Americans Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2016-02-06 14:45 +0000
                              Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-07 15:12 +0000
                                Re: DEC and The Americans "Hilo Black" <hbk897@gmail.com> - 2016-02-08 04:05 +1100
                                Re: DEC and The Americans Andy Burns <usenet.jan2016@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2016-02-07 17:27 +0000
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Andy Burns <usenet.jan2016@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2016-02-07 17:28 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-02-07 12:07 -0800
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-08 21:07 +0000
                                Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-07 19:56 +0000
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-08 13:53 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-02-08 19:11 +0100
                                Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-08 13:49 +0000
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-08 14:28 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-08 16:43 +0000
                            Re: DEC and The Americans Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2016-02-06 13:18 -0600
                              Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-06 20:08 +0000
                                Re: DEC and The Americans JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-02-06 14:22 -0600
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-06 20:52 +0000
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-07 07:09 -0700
                                Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-06 16:38 -0500
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-06 20:09 -0800
                                Re: DEC and The Americans "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-02-06 18:36 -0500
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-07 06:18 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-02-07 08:10 -0500
                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-07 19:57 +0000
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-07 19:24 -0800
                              Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-07 15:12 +0000
                                Re: DEC and The Americans "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-02-07 09:45 -0600
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-08 14:28 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans "Hilo Black" <hbk897@gmail.com> - 2016-02-09 04:16 +1100
                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-08 17:19 -0700
                                        Re: DEC and The Americans "Hilo Black" <hbk897@gmail.com> - 2016-02-09 12:22 +1100
                                          Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-09 11:16 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-02-09 13:55 -0600
                                Re: DEC and The Americans "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-02-07 11:49 -0500
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-08 14:28 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-02-08 16:11 -0600
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-02-08 17:47 -0500
                                      Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-09 14:21 +0000
                                Re: DEC and The Americans "Hilo Black" <hbk897@gmail.com> - 2016-02-08 04:01 +1100
                            Re: DEC and The Americans Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-02-06 16:13 -0600
                              Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-07 15:12 +0000
                                Re: DEC and The Americans "Hilo Black" <hbk897@gmail.com> - 2016-02-08 03:49 +1100
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-07 12:12 -0800
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-08 14:28 +0000
                            Re: DEC and The Americans "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-02-06 18:26 -0500
                              Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-07 15:12 +0000
                                Re: DEC and The Americans "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-02-07 11:09 -0500
                                Re: DEC and The Americans "Hilo Black" <hbk897@gmail.com> - 2016-02-08 03:56 +1100
                                Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-08 13:59 +0000
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-08 14:28 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-02-08 14:38 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans cb@elaine.df.lth.se (Christian Brunschen) - 2016-02-08 15:56 +0000
                                      Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-09 14:21 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-02-08 19:17 +0100
                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-08 17:19 -0700
                                        Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-09 14:21 +0000
                                          Re: DEC and The Americans "Hilo Black" <hbk897@gmail.com> - 2016-02-10 02:03 +1100
                                          Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-09 15:09 +0000
                                            Re: DEC and The Americans Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-02-09 17:27 +0000
                                              Re: DEC and The Americans tracymnelson@gmail.com - 2016-02-09 10:36 -0800
                                          Re: DEC and The Americans Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-02-09 15:07 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Andy Burns <usenet.jan2016@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2016-02-08 19:08 +0000
                                      Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-09 14:21 +0000
                                        Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-09 15:10 +0000
                                          Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-10 12:46 +0000
                                            Re: DEC and The Americans "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-02-11 02:52 +1100
                                              Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-11 13:30 +0000
                                                Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-11 14:12 +0000
                                                Re: DEC and The Americans Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-02-11 11:20 -0600
                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-02-12 04:58 +1100
                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-02-11 13:57 -0600
                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-11 21:22 +0000
                                                      Re: DEC and The Americans "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-02-11 17:07 -0600
                                                        Re: DEC and The Americans JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-02-11 17:11 -0600
                                                        Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-11 15:32 -0800
                                                          Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-02-11 17:56 -0600
                                                            Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-11 22:36 -0500
                                                              Re: DEC and The Americans Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-02-12 00:35 -0600
                                                                Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-12 23:47 -0800
                                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-02-13 05:04 -0600
                                                              Re: DEC and The Americans Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-02-12 04:22 -0400
                                                              Re: DEC and The Americans davidmylastname@acm.org (David Griffith) - 2016-02-12 23:19 +0000
                                                              Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-12 23:42 -0800
                                                            Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-12 23:32 -0800
                                                              Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-16 15:58 +0000
                                                          Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-11 22:39 -0500
                                                          Re: DEC and The Americans "Blanco" <rko4410@gmail.com> - 2016-02-12 15:35 +1100
                                                        Re: DEC and The Americans terry-groups@glaver.org - 2016-02-11 17:47 -0800
                                                          Re: DEC and The Americans Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2016-02-11 22:39 -0600
                                                            Re: DEC and The Americans Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-02-12 12:22 +0000
                                                        Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-12 07:23 -0700
                                                          Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-12 14:50 -0500
                                                          Re: DEC and The Americans Clark G <clarkm.geimsler@ieeemmm.org> - 2016-02-16 01:39 +0000
                                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-02-12 04:17 -0400
                                                        Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-12 23:50 -0800
                                                          Re: DEC and The Americans Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-02-13 08:48 +0000
                                                            Re: DEC and The Americans Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-02-13 16:54 -0400
                                                              Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-13 19:06 -0800
                                                                Re: DEC and The Americans Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-02-14 03:50 -0400
                                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-02-14 14:11 -0600
                                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans "hgww" <hgww@gmail.com> - 2016-02-15 07:35 +1100
                                                                      Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-15 10:37 +0000
                                                                        Re: DEC and The Americans "hgww" <hgww@gmail.com> - 2016-02-16 05:09 +1100
                                                                        Re: DEC and The Americans Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-02-15 17:05 -0400
                                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-14 18:07 -0800
                                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-14 19:35 -0800
                                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-15 10:33 +0000
                                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-14 17:58 -0800
                                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-02-15 03:08 -0400
                                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-02-15 08:21 +0000
                                                                Re: DEC and The Americans Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-02-14 10:07 +0100
                                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-02-14 16:25 +0000
                                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-02-14 21:43 +0100
                                                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-02-14 22:07 +0000
                                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-15 21:27 +0000
                                                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-02-16 00:36 +0100
                                                                        Re: DEC and The Americans Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-17 03:42 +0000
                                                                          Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-16 21:25 -0800
                                                                          Re: DEC and The Americans Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-02-17 09:40 +0000
                                                                            Re: DEC and The Americans Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-02-17 15:04 +0100
                                                                          Re: DEC and The Americans Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-02-17 14:57 +0100
                                                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-02-16 09:09 +0000
                                                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Bernd Felsche <berfel@innovative.iinet.net.au> - 2016-02-17 01:08 +0800
                                                                        Re: DEC and The Americans Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-02-16 18:55 +0100
                                                                Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-14 15:24 +0000
                                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans "hgww" <hgww@gmail.com> - 2016-02-15 04:48 +1100
                                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-02-14 21:40 +0100
                                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans "hgww" <hgww@gmail.com> - 2016-02-15 11:42 +1100
                                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-15 10:29 +0000
                                                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-15 06:02 -0800
                                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-02-14 17:22 -0400
                                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-14 18:13 -0800
                                                                Re: DEC and The Americans Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-15 21:27 +0000
                                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-02-15 23:45 -0500
                                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-17 00:16 +0000
                                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-15 21:00 -0800
                                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-17 03:42 +0000
                                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-02-16 09:12 +0000
                                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-16 15:29 -0500
                                                          Re: DEC and The Americans Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-02-13 16:47 -0400
                                                            Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-13 18:54 -0800
                                                              Re: DEC and The Americans Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-02-13 22:05 -0600
                                                      Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-12 13:40 +0000
                                                        Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-12 23:54 -0800
                                                          Re: DEC and The Americans Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-02-13 16:27 +0000
                                                            Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-13 18:05 +0000
                                                              Re: DEC and The Americans roger.ivie@gmail.com - 2016-02-13 11:18 -0800
                                                                Re: DEC and The Americans Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-02-15 22:19 -0500
                                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-02-15 23:47 -0500
                                                Re: DEC and The Americans "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-02-12 04:44 +1100
                                                  Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-12 13:40 +0000
                                                    Re: DEC and The Americans "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-02-13 05:18 +1100
                                        Re: DEC and The Americans Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-02-09 18:42 +0100
                                          Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-10 12:46 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-08 21:09 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Warren Adams <adamswa@hiwaay.net> - 2016-02-08 17:00 -0600
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2016-02-09 03:18 +0000
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-08 08:14 -0800
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-08 16:46 +0000
                                      Re: DEC and The Americans cb@elaine.df.lth.se (Christian Brunschen) - 2016-02-08 16:50 +0000
                                        Re: DEC and The Americans Andy Burns <usenet.jan2016@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2016-02-08 19:13 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-02-08 11:26 -0600
                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-02-08 18:26 +0000
                                        Re: DEC and The Americans JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-02-08 17:26 -0600
                                Re: DEC and The Americans Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-02-08 16:16 -0600
                                  Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-09 14:21 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans "Hilo Black" <hbk897@gmail.com> - 2016-02-10 02:05 +1100
                                      Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-09 15:49 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-09 15:07 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-09 15:47 +0000
                                    Re: DEC and The Americans "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-02-09 19:01 -0500
                                      Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-10 12:46 +0000
                                      Re: DEC and The Americans Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-02-10 07:34 +0100
                                        Re: DEC and The Americans Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-02-11 04:30 -0400
                                          Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-11 13:30 +0000
                                            Re: DEC and The Americans "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-02-12 04:40 +1100
                                            Re: DEC and The Americans Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-02-12 04:03 -0400
                                              Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-12 13:40 +0000
                                                Re: DEC and The Americans Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-02-12 15:51 -0400
                                        Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-11 14:09 +0000
                                          Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-11 18:42 +0000
                                            Re: DEC and The Americans JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-02-11 13:59 -0600
                                            Re: DEC and The Americans Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-02-12 08:13 +0000
                                              Re: DEC and The Americans "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-02-12 12:42 -0600
                                            Re: DEC and The Americans Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-02-12 04:46 -0400
                                              Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-02-12 12:20 +0000
                                          Re: DEC and The Americans Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-02-12 04:33 -0400
    Re: DEC and The Americans Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-01-25 17:27 +0000
      Re: DEC and The Americans Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-01-25 11:18 -0800
    Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-25 10:24 -0800
      Re: DEC and The Americans "jack" <jkl8976@nospam.com> - 2016-01-26 06:14 +1100
      Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-25 17:53 -0500
        Re: DEC and The Americans "kipg" <io@nospam.com> - 2016-01-26 10:40 +1100
    Re: DEC and The Americans "jack" <jkl8976@nospam.com> - 2016-01-26 05:40 +1100
    Re: DEC and The Americans "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-25 19:12 -0500
      Re: DEC and The Americans RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-01-26 14:22 +0000
        Re: DEC and The Americans Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-01-26 16:20 +0100
          Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-26 11:36 -0500
          Re: DEC and The Americans "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 18:37 -0500
            Re: DEC and The Americans Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-01-27 03:58 +0000
              Re: DEC and The Americans Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-27 06:16 +0000
              Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-01-27 15:42 +0000
              Re: DEC and The Americans Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-27 18:14 +0000
        Re: DEC and The Americans "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 18:34 -0500
    Re: DEC and The Americans Evan Koblentz <ekoblentz@gmail.com> - 2016-01-27 09:03 -0800
      Re: DEC and The Americans Evan Koblentz <ekoblentz@gmail.com> - 2016-01-27 09:07 -0800
      Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-27 17:31 -0500
      Re: DEC and The Americans RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-01-28 10:17 +0000
        Re: DEC and The Americans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-01-28 07:26 -0800
        Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-28 11:36 -0500
        Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-28 10:31 -0800
          Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-28 19:23 -0500
            Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-01-29 14:07 +0000
              Re: DEC and The Americans Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-29 20:12 +0000
                Re: DEC and The Americans mausg@mail.com - 2016-01-29 21:11 +0000
                  Re: DEC and The Americans Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-29 19:30 -0500
                    Re: DEC and The Americans Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2016-01-29 21:20 -0400
                      Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-01-30 12:48 -0800
                        Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-31 11:17 -0500
                          Re: DEC and The Americans hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-02 15:09 -0800
                            Re: DEC and The Americans Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-03 12:40 -0500
                      Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-01 14:42 +0000
                        Re: DEC and The Americans jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-02-01 16:03 +0000
                          Re: DEC and The Americans scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-01 17:11 +0000
    Re: DEC and The Americans bleep@compy.0-0 (Colonel Bleep) - 2016-01-30 07:07 +0000
      Re: DEC and The Americans "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-30 09:43 -0500
      Re: DEC and The Americans Alfred Falk <falk@arc.ab.ca> - 2016-01-30 20:36 +0000

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#159170

From"Blanco" <rko4410@gmail.com>
Date2016-02-12 15:35 +1100
Message-ID<di55piFp9isU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#159163

<hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote in message 
news:5ac8f576-584f-4652-8f2e-b2ccd556542d@googlegroups.com...
> On Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 6:07:54 PM UTC-5, Osmium wrote:
>
>> My guess is that the lawyers have pretty well eliminated industrial tours
>> from the face of the USA.  That would be a shame because they were the 
>> best
>> part of the last few years of grade school.   I remember visiting the
>> Merrill, Lynch, Pearce, Fenner and Beane offices.  Bunch of old geezers
>> sitting on uncomfortable oak chairs watching a blackboard and just 
>> waiting
>> to make their killing on the market.
>
> We had some really great school tours of industry back in grade school.
>
> But in hindsight, I am amazed that they allowed children into production
> areas, including food preparation.  For instance, we had a fantastic
> tour of a commercial bakery, right up close to the mixers, fermentation
> room, ovens, and wrappers.  Little kids being little kids, undoubtedly
> some kids sneezed into the dough.  I am amazed no kid got his sleeve
> caught in the machinery.
>
> When we visited the US Mint, we watched from a gallery behind glass,
> which wasn't as much fun.  We assumed that was for security reasons,
> not safety.  (Kids grabbing free samples.  Heck, we each got a free loaf
> of bread to take home at the bakery).

Wonder how many made it home intact.

I know that I wasn't real popular when I ate the soft bit out
of a loaf I was sent to get from the shop at one time. Cant
remember if I was ever asked to get another after that. 

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#159166

Fromterry-groups@glaver.org
Date2016-02-11 17:47 -0800
Message-ID<d0393e4e-db6f-42dc-a5e1-7ce96ee1a150@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#159161
On Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 6:07:54 PM UTC-5, Osmium wrote:
> My guess is that the lawyers have pretty well eliminated industrial tours 
> from the face of the USA.  That would be a shame because they were the best 
> part of the last few years of grade school.

When I was a little kid, my grandmother took me to see the equipment room of the old Times Square "zipper" display. That's back when it was electromechanical, big, and loud. I don't think this was an official tour - if it was, we were the only people on the tour.

Some years later, my parents took me on the Hershey factory tour (back when it was still real, not the fake one they've had for 40+ years now). We got to see all of the real factory stuff, including a problem with the Hershey's Kisses production which resulted in a shower of Kisses from overhead conveyors.

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#159171

FromJon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com>
Date2016-02-11 22:39 -0600
Message-ID<LtidnVm_H49g_CDLnZ2dnUU7-S2dnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#159166
terry-groups@glaver.org wrote:


> Some years later, my parents took me on the Hershey factory tour (back
> when it was still real, not the fake one they've had for 40+ years now).
> We got to see all of the real factory stuff, including a problem with the
> Hershey's Kisses production which resulted in a shower of Kisses from
> overhead conveyors.
I didn't see any catastrophes, but I also went on the Hershey tour, 
somewhere around 1960, I'd guess.  I remember there was a vat the size of a 
swimming pool filled with molten chocolate! They also had an amusement park.

Jon

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#159183

FromHuge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid>
Date2016-02-12 12:22 +0000
Message-ID<di613kF192pU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#159171
On 2016-02-12, Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> wrote:
> terry-groups@glaver.org wrote:
>
>
>> Some years later, my parents took me on the Hershey factory tour (back
>> when it was still real, not the fake one they've had for 40+ years now).
>> We got to see all of the real factory stuff, including a problem with the
>> Hershey's Kisses production which resulted in a shower of Kisses from
>> overhead conveyors.
> I didn't see any catastrophes, but I also went on the Hershey tour, 
> somewhere around 1960, I'd guess.  I remember there was a vat the size of a 
> swimming pool filled with molten chocolate! They also had an amusement park.

Judging from my visit to Hershey last year (to go to the (excellent) automobile museum) they make more money from tourism than chocolate now.

-- 
I don't have an attitude problem.  If you have a problem with my
              attitude, that's your problem.

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#159190

FromPeter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com>
Date2016-02-12 07:23 -0700
Message-ID<1286512472.476978109.502396.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#159161
Osmium <r124c4u102@comcast.net> wrote:
> "Charlie Gibbs" wrote:
> 
>> On 2016-02-11, JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I remember a Saturday show, most were about 5 minutes, called
>>> 'Industry on Parade'.
>>> 
>>> They showed industry processes with the noise and the steam plumes,
>>> etc. Only smell was absent.
>> 
>> I remember that show too.  Great fun.
>> 
>> Still, as others pointed out, there's nothing quite like seeing,
>> hearing, and feeling the real thing.
> 
> My guess is that the lawyers have pretty well eliminated industrial tours 
> from the face of the USA.  That would be a shame because they were the best 
> part of the last few years of grade school.   I remember visiting the 
> Merrill, Lynch, Pearce, Fenner and Beane offices.  Bunch of old geezers 
> sitting on uncomfortable oak chairs watching a blackboard and just waiting 
> to make their killing on the market.
> 
> Less fond memories.  I think we spent two or three days determining whether 
> the guys were sitting or setting. 
> 
> 

Ben and Jerry's still does tours, but they go thru a raised passageway with
glass looking out at the factory floor.

-- 
Pete

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#159198

FromMichael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Date2016-02-12 14:50 -0500
Message-ID<alpine.LNX.2.02.1602121448340.12772@darkstar.example.org>
In reply to#159190
On Fri, 12 Feb 2016, Peter Flass wrote:

> Osmium <r124c4u102@comcast.net> wrote:
>> "Charlie Gibbs" wrote:
>>
>>> On 2016-02-11, JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I remember a Saturday show, most were about 5 minutes, called
>>>> 'Industry on Parade'.
>>>>
>>>> They showed industry processes with the noise and the steam plumes,
>>>> etc. Only smell was absent.
>>>
>>> I remember that show too.  Great fun.
>>>
>>> Still, as others pointed out, there's nothing quite like seeing,
>>> hearing, and feeling the real thing.
>>
>> My guess is that the lawyers have pretty well eliminated industrial tours
>> from the face of the USA.  That would be a shame because they were the best
>> part of the last few years of grade school.   I remember visiting the
>> Merrill, Lynch, Pearce, Fenner and Beane offices.  Bunch of old geezers
>> sitting on uncomfortable oak chairs watching a blackboard and just waiting
>> to make their killing on the market.
>>
>> Less fond memories.  I think we spent two or three days determining whether
>> the guys were sitting or setting.
>>
>>
>
> Ben and Jerry's still does tours, but they go thru a raised passageway with
> glass looking out at the factory floor.
>
Ben and Jerry's is a key part of Vermont, just like Bernie Sanders.  I 
suspect they built a new plant at some point, and thus included the 
ability to have tours in such a fashion.

It's the sort of thing that gets high travel "and if you're in Vermont, 
you can visit the Ben & Jerry's factory".

   Michael

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#159461

FromClark G <clarkm.geimsler@ieeemmm.org>
Date2016-02-16 01:39 +0000
Message-ID<XnsA5AFB44316F64clarkmgmolcubcmca@213.239.209.88>
In reply to#159190
Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:1286512472.476978109.502396.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-septe
mber.org: 

> Ben and Jerry's still does tours, but they go thru a raised passageway
> with glass looking out at the factory floor.

The Tillamook cheese factory in Oregon I visited two years ago was setup 
that way. They had free samples just before you got to the gift shop.

I remember going on a tour of a silverware factory in Trenton, Ontario when  
I was in Grade 6 or 7 (early 70's) for a school project.

-- 
Clark G
* take away the em's to reply  

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#159175

FromMike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
Date2016-02-12 04:17 -0400
Message-ID<87fuwy8hqh.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
In reply to#159160
Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> writes:

> On 2016-02-11, JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I remember a Saturday show, most were about 5 minutes, called
>> 'Industry on Parade'.
>>
>> They showed industry processes with the noise and the steam plumes,
>> etc. Only smell was absent.
> 
> I remember that show too.  Great fun.
> 
> Still, as others pointed out, there's nothing quite like seeing,
> hearing, and feeling the real thing.

I've been fortunate to have visited the Blenko Glass works in W. Va.
A couple of dozen people wandering around with gobs of hot glass on
blow pipes or punties, working together, switching off to other tasks,
returning just in time to help with the next step.  Nobody missed a
lick, nobody stumbled or deaked out another's way, nobody got burned.
I dunno if that nearly balletic aspect of a hard day's blue collar
work would show up on TV or film.

On my only visit to a working steel mill, I sadly arrived at the
rolling mill just after continuous red-hot railroad rail had missed a
transfer from one roll to the next.  It was all shut down and crews
were out in the machinery with cutting torches, cutting maybe 100 yards
of spaghettied rail out of all the places where it had ended up but
shouldn't have.  Looking on, my boot began to feel warm.  When I looked
down, I was standing about 18" from a pice of steel, maybe 10" x 16" x
30", an offcut from the billet they's started with, that was still red
hot.  Won't get that double-take moment in video.

-- 
Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada

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#159216

Fromhancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
Date2016-02-12 23:50 -0800
Message-ID<474c5798-59a4-42de-a9a7-ad4d675d70d0@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#159175
On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 3:18:23 AM UTC-5, Mike Spencer wrote:

> On my only visit to a working steel mill, I sadly arrived at the
> rolling mill just after continuous red-hot railroad rail had missed a
> transfer from one roll to the next.  It was all shut down and crews
> were out in the machinery with cutting torches, cutting maybe 100 yards
> of spaghettied rail out of all the places where it had ended up but
> shouldn't have.  Looking on, my boot began to feel warm.  When I looked
> down, I was standing about 18" from a pice of steel, maybe 10" x 16" x
> 30", an offcut from the billet they's started with, that was still red
> hot.  Won't get that double-take moment in video.

I think "lucky", not "sadly" would describe your missing the errant
rail transfer.  Those things are moving at high speed and very dangerous.

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#159218

FromAhem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net>
Date2016-02-13 08:48 +0000
Message-ID<20160213084837.d82e9cdc99c27ad4fb5caa59@eircom.net>
In reply to#159216
On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 23:50:40 -0800 (PST)
hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:

> On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 3:18:23 AM UTC-5, Mike Spencer wrote:
> 
> > On my only visit to a working steel mill, I sadly arrived at the
> > rolling mill just after continuous red-hot railroad rail had missed a
> > transfer from one roll to the next.  It was all shut down and crews
> > were out in the machinery with cutting torches, cutting maybe 100 yards
> > of spaghettied rail out of all the places where it had ended up but
> > shouldn't have.  Looking on, my boot began to feel warm.  When I looked
> > down, I was standing about 18" from a pice of steel, maybe 10" x 16" x
> > 30", an offcut from the billet they's started with, that was still red
> > hot.  Won't get that double-take moment in video.
> 
> I think "lucky", not "sadly" would describe your missing the errant
> rail transfer.  Those things are moving at high speed and very dangerous.

	I goove the sad part is not seeing the whole thing in action rather
than not seeing it go wrong.

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#159264

FromMike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
Date2016-02-13 16:54 -0400
Message-ID<87oabkwcud.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
In reply to#159218
Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> writes:

> On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 23:50:40 -0800 (PST)
> hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> 
>> On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 3:18:23 AM UTC-5, Mike Spencer wrote:
>> 
>>> On my only visit to a working steel mill, I sadly arrived at the
>>> rolling mill just after continuous red-hot railroad rail had missed a
>>> transfer from one roll to the next.  It was all shut down and crews
>>> were out in the machinery with cutting torches, cutting maybe 100 yards
>>> of spaghettied rail out of all the places where it had ended up but
>>> shouldn't have.  Looking on, my boot began to feel warm.  When I looked
>>> down, I was standing about 18" from a pice of steel, maybe 10" x 16" x
>>> 30", an offcut from the billet they's started with, that was still red
>>> hot.  Won't get that double-take moment in video.
>> 
>> I think "lucky", not "sadly" would describe your missing the errant
>> rail transfer.  Those things are moving at high speed and very dangerous.
> 
> 	I goove the sad part is not seeing the whole thing in action rather
> than not seeing it go wrong.

Yes. Fifteen or so blacksmiths, attending a nearby workshop, were
there to see how the Big Dogs did it.  We did get to see the open
hearth furnace dumped into a giant ladle, degassed and run into a
mould.


-- 
Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada

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#159311

Fromhancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
Date2016-02-13 19:06 -0800
Message-ID<9f45e501-8e5c-478e-a87b-6547e219887c@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#159264
On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 3:54:44 PM UTC-5, Mike Spencer wrote:

> Yes. Fifteen or so blacksmiths, attending a nearby workshop, were
> there to see how the Big Dogs did it.  We did get to see the open
> hearth furnace dumped into a giant ladle, degassed and run into a
> mould.

I've seen that on TV.  The tapping of a furnace is supposed to be
quite neat to watch.

I have a book on steel-making.  There's all sorts of variations on
how they handle the steel depending on what resultant qualities are
desired.  Lot of chemistry is involved.

As I understand it, the US steel industry was pretty static for decades
until they finally woke up and realized they had to get more competitive
with the rest of world.  So, around 1985, they got serious and eventually
made significant improvements to the resultant quality.  Unfortunately,
for many companies, like Bethlehem and LTV, it was too late.  US Steel is
still in business, but much smaller.

The Roebling Works, that made the cable for the Brooklyn bridge, closed
their specialty mill down in the 1970s.   The gate house was preserved 
and turned into a little museum about the mill (everything else was
demolished and required a cleanup).  Interesting stuff, although most 
visitors are quite elderly.

obcomp:  They have paystubs on exhibit, apparently produced by an
NCR bookkeeping machine designed for payroll.  But I read they got
an IBM 650.  Since a lot of workers were paid by piecework, payroll
processing must've been complex.


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#159334

FromMike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
Date2016-02-14 03:50 -0400
Message-ID<87fuwvwx1g.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
In reply to#159311
hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com writes:

> On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 3:54:44 PM UTC-5, Mike Spencer wrote:
> 
>> Yes. Fifteen or so blacksmiths, attending a nearby workshop, were
>> there to see how the Big Dogs did it.  We did get to see the open
>> hearth furnace dumped into a giant ladle, degassed and run into a
>> mould.
> 
> I've seen that on TV.  The tapping of a furnace is supposed to be
> quite neat to watch.
> 
> I have a book on steel-making.  There's all sorts of variations on
> how they handle the steel depending on what resultant qualities are
> desired.  Lot of chemistry is involved.

At the Sydney NS mill (now long closed) I asked about the big propane
tank outside, did they use that to heat steel?

No. The oxygen lance inserted in the open hearth steel burned away
inconveniently fast.  So they put an annular pipe around it and blew
propane in around the oxy jet.  At the temp of molten steel, the
endothermic catalytic cracking of the propane more than offset the
combustion, reduced local temp and prolonged the lance life.  There's
chemistry and we haven't even gotton to the chemistry of the steel
itself. 

> As I understand it, the US steel industry was pretty static for decades
> until they finally woke up and realized they had to get more competitive
> with the rest of world.  So, around 1985, they got serious and eventually
> made significant improvements to the resultant quality.  Unfortunately,
> for many companies, like Bethlehem and LTV, it was too late.  US Steel is
> still in business, but much smaller.

The Sydney mill was, excepting a few minor add-ons like the improved
oxygen lance, obsolete in the late 70s.
> 
> The Roebling Works, that made the cable for the Brooklyn bridge, closed
> their specialty mill down in the 1970s.   The gate house was preserved 
> and turned into a little museum about the mill (everything else was
> demolished and required a cleanup).  

The cleanup of the coking plant at Sydney went on (or, very
controversially for the neighbors, failed to go on) for decades.
They'd dump a carload of coal in between retaining walls suitable to
hold a carload, get it hot enough to coke (I don't know exactly how)
and then drench it with water, then scrape the coke out into another
rail car.  The runoff water went into holding ponds that became leaky
reservoirs of toxic hydrocarbons.

> Interesting stuff, although most visitors are quite elderly.
> 
> obcomp:  They have paystubs on exhibit, apparently produced by an
> NCR bookkeeping machine designed for payroll.  But I read they got
> an IBM 650.  Since a lot of workers were paid by piecework, payroll
> processing must've been complex.
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada

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#159378

FromStephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>
Date2016-02-14 14:11 -0600
Message-ID<n9qmsv$ibs$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#159334
On 14-Feb-16 01:50, Mike Spencer wrote:
> hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com writes:
>> I have a book on steel-making.  There's all sorts of variations on 
>> how they handle the steel depending on what resultant qualities
>> are desired.  Lot of chemistry is involved.
> 
> At the Sydney NS mill (now long closed) I asked about the big
> propane tank outside, did they use that to heat steel?
> 
> No. The oxygen lance inserted in the open hearth steel burned away 
> inconveniently fast.  So they put an annular pipe around it and blew 
> propane in around the oxy jet.  At the temp of molten steel, the 
> endothermic catalytic cracking of the propane more than offset the 
> combustion, reduced local temp and prolonged the lance life.
> There's chemistry

*boggle*  The furnace is so hot that adding a flammable substance
actually cools it down?  My brain hurts.

> and we haven't even gotton to the chemistry of the steel itself.

I hope the carbon in the propane is captured in the steel, reducing the
need for added coke, rather than released as CO2.

>> The Roebling Works, that made the cable for the Brooklyn bridge,
>> closed their specialty mill down in the 1970s.   The gate house was
>> preserved and turned into a little museum about the mill
>> (everything else was demolished and required a cleanup).
> 
> The cleanup of the coking plant at Sydney went on (or, very 
> controversially for the neighbors, failed to go on) for decades. 
> They'd dump a carload of coal in between retaining walls suitable to 
> hold a carload, get it hot enough to coke (I don't know exactly how) 
> and then drench it with water, then scrape the coke out into another 
> rail car.  The runoff water went into holding ponds that became
> leaky reservoirs of toxic hydrocarbons.

There was no attempt to capture the hydrocarbons, which could be quite
valuable in their own right?

I'm not familiar with the chemistry of coal, but for a layman, is it
reasonably accurate to think of it as coke infused with oil?

S

-- 
Stephen Sprunk         "God does not play dice."  --Albert Einstein
CCIE #3723         "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the
K5SSS        dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking

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#159382

From"hgww" <hgww@gmail.com>
Date2016-02-15 07:35 +1100
Message-ID<dic6oiFjpeuU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#159378

"Stephen Sprunk" <stephen@sprunk.org> wrote in message 
news:n9qmsv$ibs$1@dont-email.me...
> On 14-Feb-16 01:50, Mike Spencer wrote:
>> hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com writes:
>>> I have a book on steel-making.  There's all sorts of variations on
>>> how they handle the steel depending on what resultant qualities
>>> are desired.  Lot of chemistry is involved.
>>
>> At the Sydney NS mill (now long closed) I asked about the big
>> propane tank outside, did they use that to heat steel?
>>
>> No. The oxygen lance inserted in the open hearth steel burned away
>> inconveniently fast.  So they put an annular pipe around it and blew
>> propane in around the oxy jet.  At the temp of molten steel, the
>> endothermic catalytic cracking of the propane more than offset the
>> combustion, reduced local temp and prolonged the lance life.
>> There's chemistry
>
> *boggle*  The furnace is so hot that adding a flammable substance
> actually cools it down?  My brain hurts.
>
>> and we haven't even gotton to the chemistry of the steel itself.
>
> I hope the carbon in the propane is captured in the steel, reducing the
> need for added coke, rather than released as CO2.
>
>>> The Roebling Works, that made the cable for the Brooklyn bridge,
>>> closed their specialty mill down in the 1970s.   The gate house was
>>> preserved and turned into a little museum about the mill
>>> (everything else was demolished and required a cleanup).
>>
>> The cleanup of the coking plant at Sydney went on (or, very
>> controversially for the neighbors, failed to go on) for decades.
>> They'd dump a carload of coal in between retaining walls suitable to
>> hold a carload, get it hot enough to coke (I don't know exactly how)
>> and then drench it with water, then scrape the coke out into another
>> rail car.  The runoff water went into holding ponds that became
>> leaky reservoirs of toxic hydrocarbons.
>
> There was no attempt to capture the hydrocarbons, which could be quite
> valuable in their own right?
>
> I'm not familiar with the chemistry of coal, but for a layman, is it
> reasonably accurate to think of it as coke infused with oil?

No, its nothing like it. Coal is much larger organic molecules, many
more carbon atoms than oil has, that's why it's solid and not liquid.
Coke is coal with the volatiles driven off by destructive distillation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_(fuel) 

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#159424

Frommausg@mail.com
Date2016-02-15 10:37 +0000
Message-ID<slrnnc3aiq.34c.mausg@smaus.org>
In reply to#159382
On 2016-02-14, hgww <hgww@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen@sprunk.org> wrote in message 
> news:n9qmsv$ibs$1@dont-email.me...
>> On 14-Feb-16 01:50, Mike Spencer wrote:
>>
>> There was no attempt to capture the hydrocarbons, which could be quite
>> valuable in their own right?
>>
>> I'm not familiar with the chemistry of coal, but for a layman, is it
>> reasonably accurate to think of it as coke infused with oil?
>
> No, its nothing like it. Coal is much larger organic molecules, many
> more carbon atoms than oil has, that's why it's solid and not liquid.
> Coke is coal with the volatiles driven off by destructive distillation.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_(fuel) 
>

As far As I know, coke replaced charcoal in ironmaking, when charcoal
becaame too expensive, and  scarce. There was a lot of charcoal shipped
from America to britain before coke started to be used, also woodash,
potash, for glassmaking.


-- 
greymaus
 .
  .
...

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#159436

From"hgww" <hgww@gmail.com>
Date2016-02-16 05:09 +1100
Message-ID<dieijmF7ot0U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#159424

<mausg@mail.com> wrote in message news:slrnnc3aiq.34c.mausg@smaus.org...
> On 2016-02-14, hgww <hgww@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen@sprunk.org> wrote in message 
>> news:n9qmsv$ibs$1@dont-email.me...
>>> On 14-Feb-16 01:50, Mike Spencer wrote:
>>>
>>> There was no attempt to capture the hydrocarbons, which could be quite
>>> valuable in their own right?
>>>
>>> I'm not familiar with the chemistry of coal, but for a layman, is it
>>> reasonably accurate to think of it as coke infused with oil?
>>
>> No, its nothing like it. Coal is much larger organic molecules, many
>> more carbon atoms than oil has, that's why it's solid and not liquid.
>> Coke is coal with the volatiles driven off by destructive distillation.
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_(fuel) 
>>
> 
> As far As I know, coke replaced charcoal in ironmaking, when charcoal
> becaame too expensive, and  scarce. 

Yes, much better value for iron making. 

There was a lot of charcoal shipped
> from America to britain before coke started to be used, 

Not sure how true that was, haven't seen any stats on that. 

also woodash,
> potash, for glassmaking.

Unsurprising if that did happen much.  

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#159442

FromMike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
Date2016-02-15 17:05 -0400
Message-ID<87vb5pvg4u.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
In reply to#159424
mausg@mail.com writes:

> As far As I know, coke replaced charcoal in ironmaking, when charcoal
> becaame too expensive, and  scarce. There was a lot of charcoal shipped
> from America to britain before coke started to be used, also woodash,
> potash, for glassmaking.

Charcoal became dear enough in England that investors thought it
potentaillay profitable to establish an ironworks in Massachusetts in
1649 near what is now Saugus.  More or less wilderness with vast
stands of good coaling wood, bog iron nearby and limestone close
enough to haul it to the site.  The very latest indirect process tech:
blast furnace, forge shop to "refine" the iron into wrought iron with a
huge power hammer, all water powered.  Also a small rolling and
slitting mill to make nail rod -- ca. 1/4" square stock.

And don't overlook that this was a risky transatlantic industrial
investment when the political events in England were reaching a
frenzied and unprecedented peak of instability! (Charles I beheaded in
1649.)

AIUI, the notion was to make the iron in Massachuestts, ship it back
to England to be worked into products and then ship the value-added
products back to the colonies.

-- 
Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada

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#159408

Fromhancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
Date2016-02-14 18:07 -0800
Message-ID<dce6a5da-f90a-44de-a9eb-38b97eb09216@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#159378
On Sunday, February 14, 2016 at 3:12:00 PM UTC-5, Stephen Sprunk wrote:

> There was no attempt to capture the hydrocarbons, which could be quite
> valuable in their own right?
> 
> I'm not familiar with the chemistry of coal, but for a layman, is it
> reasonably accurate to think of it as coke infused with oil?

from wikip
Volatile constituents of the coal--including water, coal-gas, and 
coal-tar--are driven off by baking in an airless furnace or oven 
(kiln) at temperatures as high as 2,000 °C (3,600 °F) but usually 
around 1,000-1,100 °C (1,800-2,000 °F).[16] This fuses together 
the fixed carbon and residual ash. Some facilities have "by-product" 
coking ovens in which the volatile hydrocarbons are mainly used, 
after purification, in a separate combustion process to generate 
energy. Non by-product coking furnaces or coke furnaces (ovens) 
burn the hydrocarbon gases produced by the coke-making process 
to drive the carbonization process. This is an older method, 
but is still being used for new construction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_(fuel)

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#159411

FromQuadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca>
Date2016-02-14 19:35 -0800
Message-ID<73f8eef1-31f4-437a-b063-3cbc5df3cdd9@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#159378
On Sunday, February 14, 2016 at 1:12:00 PM UTC-7, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
> On 14-Feb-16 01:50, Mike Spencer wrote:

> > No. The oxygen lance inserted in the open hearth steel burned away 
> > inconveniently fast.  So they put an annular pipe around it and blew 
> > propane in around the oxy jet.  At the temp of molten steel, the 
> > endothermic catalytic cracking of the propane more than offset the 
> > combustion, reduced local temp and prolonged the lance life.
> > There's chemistry

> *boggle*  The furnace is so hot that adding a flammable substance
> actually cools it down?  My brain hurts.

Well, on the way in, the liquid hydrogen fuel for many rockets goes around the 
bell first in little tubes to help keep it from melting...

John Savard

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