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Companion Kate
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 Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:16 pm Post subject: Season 2, Episode 23.5 |
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We're giving away money 
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lhoward
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:13 am Post subject: |
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Quick clarification on the money pack giveaway:
* We are giving away 15 Serenity Money Packs reproductions.
* One lucky winner will also win a full uncut sheet of reproduction Serenity money measuring 24"x36" and suitable for framing and an unfolded Miranda map. Additionally, the grand prize winner's money pack will contain a golden ticket that can be turned in to Quantum Mechanix for an original piece of pre-production Serenity artwork.
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BrownCoat_Tabz
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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Great job on the review Les... though I must say I gasped in horror when I heard the "tests" you put your money through.
I know they're replicas.... and I know the cost is low... but I felt very horrified that our shiny new money was put through such abuse! Good thing there's no prop replica version of the ASPCA.... 
Everyone else... loved the bonus... and thanks so much for playing my promo!
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lhoward
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you. It was hard to bring myself to do those tests, but I figured that I needed to in order to perform an accurate review of the reproductions. That way any listeners will know just how far they can push their money without having to go "too far" like I did.
Les
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whenfishfly
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 1:31 pm Post subject: wood alcohol |
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Hey Guys,
This is regarding the email question about. It wasn't actually clear from your answer if you were agreeing with the person who emailed or not, but everyone was right. Methanol is also known as wood alcohol, and methanol is usually what you get in the beginning of distillation. Drinking alcohol is ethanol, and is dangerous in large quantities, but methanol is a much smaller molecule and therefore much more dangerous such as you stated.
Sorry, I'm a chemistry student, I can't help it...  Kari must know this too....
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Companion Kate
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Do I have to be agreeing or disagreeing? Really I was just throwing extra information into the fray because I was familiar with the term. I guess what it boils down to is that wood alcohol is methanol, but it's usually obtained by home distilling - it's not the sort of thing you buy from a liquor store, even if you're Badger. Many thanks for the information.
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whenfishfly
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| Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:58 am Post subject: ok... |
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thanks for the reply
I'm glad everyone agrees, cause to tell you the truth, I was a bit confused by the answer on the show. Not that it mattered much, I was just interested since it's something that I have to deal with a lot in my studies.
While I'm here, I'd like to thank you guys for the show. I listened to 3 episodes last evening and they were great. I was laughing so hard at that holiday special, and I really enjoyed the bonus episode.
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laoshi
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I have a terrible feeling the competition has ended hasn"t it?
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Companion Kate
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| laoshi wrote: | | I have a terrible feeling the competition has ended hasn"t it? |
Might I reccomend that you take a peek at the show notes for the episode?
http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/shownotes.php?e=2235
I quote: "Closing date January 11th 2007"
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Dragonhelm
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Very cool episode, save for that one host. That Trampas guy really sucks!
No, wait, that's me...
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kbachelder
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lhoward
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I would like to thank everyone for all your great entries. They were a lot of fun to read. We had nearly 200 submissions. The contest is now closed and the winners will be announced shortly.
Les
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laoshi
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Companion Kate wrote: | | Do I have to be agreeing or disagreeing? Really I was just throwing extra information into the fray because I was familiar with the term. I guess what it boils down to is that wood alcohol is methanol, but it's usually obtained by home distilling - it's not the sort of thing you buy from a liquor store, even if you're Badger. Many thanks for the information. |
I'd really like to know where you got the idea that wood alcohol is a uniquely British term. It's not something I've heard before, but then I don't tend to have long and involved conversations about distilling. Do Americans or Canadians or Australians or whoever not call ethanol wood alcohol and if not what do they call it?
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Companion Kate
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| laoshi wrote: | | I'd really like to know where you got the idea that wood alcohol is a uniquely British term. |
I'd really like to know where you got the idea that I got the idea that...
The exact phrase I wrote was "It's a well known phrase in the UK. Maybe not so well known in the US". It is a well known phrase in the UK, but that does not preclude it being well known anywhere else. The sender of the email began their mail with "I think I found out what Badger meant when he said his drinks were made with 'wood alcohol.' He might have been referring to methanol.". The email was signed Melissa, MO, USA, so that's where I got the "Maybe not so well known in the US" part. (Also, no one else on the Signal crew intervened to say "Hey, I know that phrase").
I have never claimed that it was a uniquely British term, and nor would I ever do so. I have a passing familarity with logic, and I don't bandy about words like "uniquely" quite so casually. 
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lhoward
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| laoshi wrote: | | Do Americans or Canadians or Australians or whoever not call ethanol wood alcohol and if not what do they call it? |
Speaking from the perspective of an American, I was familiar with the term "wood alcohol" and its reputation for causing blindness long before Firefly ever came about. Its not exactly a term that I use frequently, but I suspect that is because I don't often need to refer to ethanol in my daily life. Though I have a different understanding of the term (which comes mostly from watching "The Dukes of Hazzard" re-runs, and has no basis in science). I always thought that wood alcohol = methanol = what is produced when you distill from fibrous source material (i.e. woods & grasses) and that ethanol is what you get when you distill from fruity/grainy source material.
Les
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