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.....Corey reaction? It sounds like some kid named Corey invented it to describe any difficult reaction on a test!

 

"Hmm, I'm supposed to substitute those two hydroxyl groups with a ketone and an aldehyde? I must use the Corey reaction! yeah, that's it!" :lol:

 

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:D :D :D :D Oh man swede. You joke now, but you just described one of the famous Corey reactions.

 

http://www.organic-chemistry.org/namedreac...-oxidation.shtm

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:D :D :D :D Oh man swede. You joke now, but you just described one of the famous Corey reactions.

 

http://www.organic-chemistry.org/namedreac...-oxidation.shtm

Lookie alla weird pictures... Sigh. Well, I guess we all got our niches eh? ;{)

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So yeah EXCITED.

 

Going to go snowboarding in New Mexico next week... dunno where... BUT we are going to be going to Los Alamos for a day or so. They don't give tours of the labs anymore... BUT there is a museum that should be bad-ass... AND there is a really cool cold war era AWESOMENESS store, the black hole...

 

Anyone know anything else awesome in Los Alamos or around there?

 

EDIT:

Apparently Ed Grothus, the owner of the store passed away February 13, 2009. So recent! Damn! I really wanted to meet him. Stores still up and running though.

 

And apparently I'm going to need to take more money than I previously thought... And I might want to see about nearby used book stores.

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:D :D :D :D Oh man swede. You joke now, but you just described one of the famous Corey reactions.

 

http://www.organic-chemistry.org/namedreac...-oxidation.shtm

 

Haha! How odd is that? :lol: I just made that up as a goofy example, and there it is!

 

Mike, excellent job! Very clever to use the toolbox to tote the heavy batteries. Homemade e-matches is a cool pursuit that could bear fruit, as pre-made commercial e-matches are for licensed folk only, IIRC.

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..... BUT we are going to be going to Los Alamos for a day or so.....

 

 

Too bad you aren't going to be there in August.

 

They open the Trinity site to the public one day each year, on the anniversary of the first atomic bomb test. You can still see "Trinitite", the melted Silica/fissile material, that covered the desert floor after the test. You aren't allowed to take samples of it anymore, though, so existing samples are getting more valuable every year.

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Fuck me, you can see bits of the guy in the air :blink:

 

Yeesh... crazy bastards. How much would THAT suck... human shrapnel removal. Damn.

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Just checkin' in from the Good ol' USMC; 28 pages and 7 some odd months later. LOL

 

 

ANdyboy!! been a while. Hows yer Kid? did the MEKP "incident" do any damage?

 

wow, things have changed quite a bit around here topic wise... i don't recognize any of the threads in anything except HE and ofcourse the stickies.

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ANdyboy!! been a while. Hows yer Kid? did the MEKP "incident" do any damage?

 

wow, things have changed quite a bit around here topic wise... i don't recognize any of the threads in anything except HE and ofcourse the stickies.

 

Nice to see you around to. The kids are doing great (all three of them, been a busy boy). ;)

 

I don't really remember what the MEKP incident would be since I've never made MEKP (no access to MEK), but if you wish to remind me, go right ahead.

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Looks like our internet freedoms are under threat once again:

 

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1161107

 

In short, a average internet user critical of internet filtering decided to test how fucked up our country is and submitted a anti-abortion website to the AMCA (which maintains a blocklist which all ISP's must follow) and it became blocked. Then the AMCA based on this false 'submission' is threatening to fine one of the largest forums in the county (200K+ users). The link is on the wiki page, if I were to post it on my blog I could be in a lot of trouble.

 

 

 

Sounds fucked up to me....

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It is Friday the 13th. No one make explosives today. Mkay?

 

That is all.

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Looks like our internet freedoms are under threat once again:

You guys should be sending a firestorm of hatred towards that organization. George Orwell would be proud. Pretty soon, all you'll be able to view are "Big Brother" videos... and your web cam will spy on you.

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I'm 21 today!

 

Sippin' icy Baileys.

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I'm 21 today!

 

Sippin' icy Baileys.

Heh Happy Birthday CHEERS! \_/

 

And careful with that stuff... sweet likkers make for sour hangovers...and taste no where near the same should they make the return trip...

 

Signed, a pro drinker ;{)

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That is some horsepower. Was that dentures I seen fall out of the rear? ;{)

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Leaving early tomorrow (monday) morning... be back around saturday or sunday.

 

I'll take pics and maybe vids of all the awesome science stuff at that surplus store. Peace!

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All I want to say is: F**K YOU APC!

 

I randomly ended up here again, reading and posting and all you did was remind me my love for pyro and the pain of not being able to do it due to lack of funds :(

Hopefully May will be the month I will finally able to afford a workshop.

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When to the Melbourne International Air Show yesterday, got a bit wet in the morning as it rained for about an hour but once it cleared up it turned out to be a good day.

 

Got some Video of the action.

 

That black smoke ring you caught on vid was fukin' A.

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