On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:54:01 GMT, CJT wrote:

steamer wrote:
--FWIW the fact that many of these things seem to blow *up* and
land a fair distance from where they started out makes me think the rupture
is beginning at the bottom of the pressure vessel. This might mean the
thing's filled up with crud and has never been drained properly, thus there
is a weak band around the bottom, yes?

The pressure is highest at the bottom.

I thought pressure was lighter than air and always rose upwards. Which
is why airplanes fly and blimps float.


Gunner

The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose
and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.

In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology
has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence,
and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years
.. It has been replaced by a constant whine of excuses, complaints,
and special pleading. The collapse of the British character has been
as swift and complete as the collapse of British power.

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