The Bar

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 5:37 pm

Lets see ... that bottle of Jameson's ... that bucket of ice over there, and a glass. And a pint of Courage to swill it down with ... don't worry about that bottle, I haven't had much to eat, it won't take much. Hmmm, let me look in this chafing dish ... okay, I will grab a few of these eggrolls. Wait ... what's up with that plate of brownies over there?

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 5:39 pm

Jaegermeister and LIVE CAMERA NOW
at http://www.brightpathvideo.com

better n' the debacle (I mean pseudo-debate)

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 5:48 pm

Cool. I can see people.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 5:49 pm

Don't seem to be moving much though. Hmmm, can't tell if it's "stuck" or not.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 5:59 pm

Everyone ... a toast to Pico. To a life of love and devotion.

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:14 pm

Line 'em up. The debate is on. I need to get drunk.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:22 pm

The debate? Oh ... THAT debate. *click* ... not anymore.

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:30 pm

How'd you get ahold of the clicker?

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:32 pm

I dunno, it was just sitting there under my barstool. Some Jamesons?

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:38 pm

Hell yeah. I've been up and down that road like a fiddler's elbow.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:40 pm

Let me just reach across the bar and grab a glass ... there. Now, scoop up some ice and pour in the booze. Oh, do you like it mixed with anything? All I have here is some water.

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:42 pm

A drop of water to liven it up is always nice. Where is everybody, watching the d-bait?

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:43 pm

Oh God I keep telling myself watching it is a good American thing to suffer through, but it's so hard.

GW is doing good with the image thing, he's coming off more animated, using an occasional big word correctly, the frustrated just plan Joe persona.

It's frightening!

Is that a loud sucking sound of America going down the tubes?

Oh, Oh, god thanks for turning it off.....

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:45 pm

Yeah, I turned it off when I heard "Senator ... 90-second wedgie"

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:46 pm

I'm over here listening to the thing on the headphones. No visusals. Audio-only favors Kerry. Bush sounds dumber than usual.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:47 pm

set me up with some thing to clear my head.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:48 pm

whatever. I have little use for the republicrats.

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:49 pm

Kerry just blew the Pottery Barn metaphor big time. Lordy. Okay. I'll shut up now about this. More Jameson's?

So Geekster, how's the propane project going?

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:56 pm

Well, I am leaning more toward atomized liquid at this point. Something with kerosene and diesel injectors and maybe some stream squirts. Someting like a pretty fire fountain is what I have in mind. Oh, here's the bottle ... have at it.

Cooper raised the idea about magnesium today ... that appeals. Sure to attract attention when a bright white light, brighter than the sun lights up. Getting a burn platform that could handle it without digging into the playa will be interesting. Burning silicon had a good design using cement blocks. Using the holes in them as air channels to cool the platform. I need to light some fuel mist off and see how it looks and how it handles wind. Finding the right injectors to use is going to be a problem.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 7:00 pm

Also, I am thinking about a way to get metal to burn .. I am thinking of something along the lines of the recipie for thermite. Aluminum and iron oxide ignited with steel wool. I just need time/space to play with the stuff.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 7:03 pm

http://wtc7.net
plenty of thermite there in WTC7
did 1 hr of mantras over fire during debate..anybody catch it? Here's a drink to life!

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 7:05 pm

Thanks. Used to drink Jameson's all the time. Wonder why I stopped.

I've been reading all the threads and rec.pryo stuff about propane fire throwers. Seems like a fine winter project.

Nuts?

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 7:11 pm

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 7:13 pm

On the Playa I was talking to a guy setting up his mutant vehicle's flame units. He had some other kind of pressurized gas along with the propane, I wish I could remember what it was he said it burned hotter with a brighter more white flame. I want to say it was propylene but I think that’s a fluid.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 7:16 pm

thermite
here's a round to thermite! Burns at around 5600 F

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 7:17 pm

hell, no, not nuts! Go for it. There needs to be a lot more fire art out there. Freak the yahoos out a little.

Getting aluminum started is hard. Steel wool might be hot enough. The thing is to get it so hot it starts burning, then the iron oxide releases its oxygen ... at that point the fire is impossible to put out by suffocation.You end up with flaming metal and a pool of slag. Toss in a magnesium engine block or two and you have one spectacular piece of fire art.

what eould even be COOLER is to have the entire thing enclosed in a large wood fire. Have some steel channels to take out the slag ... big fire burns down to a pile of embers and then slag pours out of it into molds and the end result is sculpture. Art to art.

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 7:23 pm

Well, I was offering you the <i>beer</i> nuts, but hey, I'm doing it. I'm doing it. Fire=good. Big fire=big good.

The magnesium burn I saw on the playa some time back was awesome. I was BUGGING at that point, but had the wherewithall to watch from a considerable distance.

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 7:32 pm

The D-bait is over! Can I fix anyone anything?

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 7:35 pm

Anyone seen Woodrow?

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 7:36 pm

Woodrow? Naw, the little fucker was in Coral Gables.

The Bar

A tost to Pico