But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. -- trippy mhm31x9 Smeeter#29 WSD#30 sTaRShInE_mOOnBeAm aT HoTmAil dOt CoM http://www.myspace.com/starshine_moonbeam NP: "Call Me When You're Sober" -- Evanescence "What did I tell the kid. It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. It's about how much you can take, and keep moving forward. Get up." -- Sylvester Stallone "Rocky Balboa"
On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:27:19 -0600, trippy wrote: > But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. > > The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. Can you burn those in a gas tank? or at least whatever you can wring out of them? -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 Let's get the hell out of here while we can still pass our Rorschasch tests. < _The Last Happy Hour_
Don't fight it, trippy...Just lie down and try to relax: > >But he got nabbed. Imagine that. I'd hate to have been standing in the way of the doorway at the police station when *that* won was radioed in... >Awwwww. No donuts for him. > >The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it.
mimus wrote: > On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:27:19 -0600, trippy wrote: > >>But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. >> >>The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. > > Can you burn those in a gas tank? or at least whatever you can wring out > of them? > Yes. I have done the extraction. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon. I was bored. I had stale creme-filled donuts left over from a Friday afternoon meeting (postponed from the AM - nobody wanted to spoil their supper). All the 'creme' fats were saponifiable and, therefore good for transesterification into biodiesel. Further, the sugar was entirely crytallizable sucrose (no racemized goo) so conversion to ethanol would have been complete. The donut 'shell' itself wasn't analyzed beyond fat extraction but I believe much of it consisted of hydrolyzable starch which could have been processed to dextrose for ethanol production as well. -- nuts
On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:12:58 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > mimus wrote: > >> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:27:19 -0600, trippy wrote: >> >>>But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. >>> >>>The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. >> >> Can you burn those in a gas tank? or at least whatever you can wring out >> of them? >> > Yes. I have done the extraction. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon. I was > bored. I had stale creme-filled donuts left over from a Friday > afternoon meeting (postponed from the AM - nobody wanted to spoil their > supper). > > All the 'creme' fats were saponifiable and, therefore good for > transesterification into biodiesel. Further, the sugar was entirely > crytallizable sucrose (no racemized goo) so conversion to ethanol would > have been complete. The donut 'shell' itself wasn't analyzed beyond fat > extraction but I believe much of it consisted of hydrolyzable starch > which could have been processed to dextrose for ethanol production as > well. Dried out I bet they'd burn a lot better than cow or buffalo or camel or yak flops. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
mimus wrote: > On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:12:58 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > >>mimus wrote: >> >>>On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:27:19 -0600, trippy wrote: >>> >>>>But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. >>>> >>>>The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. >>> >>>Can you burn those in a gas tank? or at least whatever you can wring out >>>of them? >> >>Yes. I have done the extraction. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon. I was >>bored. I had stale creme-filled donuts left over from a Friday >>afternoon meeting (postponed from the AM - nobody wanted to spoil their >>supper). >> >>All the 'creme' fats were saponifiable and, therefore good for >>transesterification into biodiesel. Further, the sugar was entirely >>crytallizable sucrose (no racemized goo) so conversion to ethanol would >>have been complete. The donut 'shell' itself wasn't analyzed beyond fat >>extraction but I believe much of it consisted of hydrolyzable starch >>which could have been processed to dextrose for ethanol production as >>well. > > Dried out I bet they'd burn a lot better than cow or buffalo or camel or > yak flops. Carbohydrates release water during combustion which puts a serious damper on things. OTOH, after defatting, adding an oxidant, not unlike niter of potash,and some aluminum powder to steal (exothermically BTW) the oxygen from the water leaving hydrogen to react (exothermically BTW) with the aforementioned oxidant would shift the reaction rate in a positive direction. A simple catalyst, not unlike rust dust, would certainly further increase the rate and completeness of the reaction such that the subject ball-milled and re-compacted and re-fatted donut husk could be used to initiate a comfort-giving dung (or wood or charcoal or corncob...) fire in a matter of seconds WITH ONE MATCH! Boy Scout stuff there. -- nuts
Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >mimus wrote: >> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:27:19 -0600, trippy wrote: >> >>>But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. >>> >>>The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. >> >> Can you burn those in a gas tank? or at least whatever you can wring out >> of them? >> >Yes. I have done the extraction. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon. I was >bored. I had stale creme-filled donuts left over from a Friday >afternoon meeting (postponed from the AM - nobody wanted to spoil their >supper). > >All the 'creme' fats were saponifiable and, therefore good for >transesterification into biodiesel. Further, the sugar was entirely >crytallizable sucrose (no racemized goo) so conversion to ethanol would >have been complete. The donut 'shell' itself wasn't analyzed beyond fat >extraction but I believe much of it consisted of hydrolyzable starch >which could have been processed to dextrose for ethanol production as >well. ....BRAIN ON OVERLOAD... "SAPONIFIABLE"..."TRANSESTERIFICATION"..."CRYSTALLIZABLE"..."RACEMIZED"..."HYDROLYZABLE"..... DON'T KNOW WORDS... MUST USE ONLINE DICTIONARY... FEELING WEAK... WEAKNESS...WEAKNESS...*GASP*.......DYING.......... ....LAST POST EVER.........................................
On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:34:31 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > mimus wrote: > >> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:12:58 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >> >>>mimus wrote: >>> >>>>On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:27:19 -0600, trippy wrote: >>>> >>>>>But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. >>>>> >>>>>The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. >>>> >>>>Can you burn those in a gas tank? or at least whatever you can wring out >>>>of them? >>> >>>Yes. I have done the extraction. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon. I was >>>bored. I had stale creme-filled donuts left over from a Friday >>>afternoon meeting (postponed from the AM - nobody wanted to spoil their >>>supper). >>> >>>All the 'creme' fats were saponifiable and, therefore good for >>>transesterification into biodiesel. Further, the sugar was entirely >>>crytallizable sucrose (no racemized goo) so conversion to ethanol would >>>have been complete. The donut 'shell' itself wasn't analyzed beyond fat >>>extraction but I believe much of it consisted of hydrolyzable starch >>>which could have been processed to dextrose for ethanol production as >>>well. >> >> Dried out I bet they'd burn a lot better than cow or buffalo or camel or >> yak flops. > > Carbohydrates release water during combustion which puts a serious > damper on things. OTOH, after defatting, adding an oxidant, not unlike > niter of potash,and some aluminum powder to steal (exothermically BTW) > the oxygen from the water leaving hydrogen to react (exothermically > BTW) with the aforementioned oxidant would shift the reaction rate in a > positive direction. A simple catalyst, not unlike rust dust, would > certainly further increase the rate and completeness of the reaction > such that the subject ball-milled and re-compacted and re-fatted donut > husk could be used to initiate a comfort-giving dung (or wood or > charcoal or corncob...) fire in a matter of seconds WITH ONE MATCH! > > Boy Scout stuff there. Is there a ball-mill merit-badge? damn. I would've thought that would've been the Explorers. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:34:32 -0500, Wavy G wrote: > Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: > >>mimus wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:27:19 -0600, trippy wrote: >>> >>>>But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. >>>> >>>>The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. >>> >>> Can you burn those in a gas tank? or at least whatever you can wring out >>> of them? >> >>Yes. I have done the extraction. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon. I was >>bored. I had stale creme-filled donuts left over from a Friday >>afternoon meeting (postponed from the AM - nobody wanted to spoil their >>supper). >> >>All the 'creme' fats were saponifiable and, therefore good for >>transesterification into biodiesel. Further, the sugar was entirely >>crytallizable sucrose (no racemized goo) so conversion to ethanol would >>have been complete. The donut 'shell' itself wasn't analyzed beyond fat >>extraction but I believe much of it consisted of hydrolyzable starch >>which could have been processed to dextrose for ethanol production as >>well. > > ...BRAIN ON OVERLOAD... > "SAPONIFIABLE"..."TRANSESTERIFICATION"..."CRYSTALLIZABLE"..."RACEMIZED"..."HYDROLYZABLE"..... > DON'T KNOW WORDS... MUST USE ONLINE DICTIONARY... FEELING WEAK... > WEAKNESS...WEAKNESS...*GASP*.......DYING.......... > > ...LAST POST EVER......................................... He was irritating. But, but-- oh, well. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
mimus wrote: > On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:34:31 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > >>mimus wrote: >> >>>On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:12:58 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>> >>>>mimus wrote: >>>> >>>>>On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:27:19 -0600, trippy wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. >>>>>> >>>>>>The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. >>>>> >>>>>Can you burn those in a gas tank? or at least whatever you can wring out >>>>>of them? >>>> >>>>Yes. I have done the extraction. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon. I was >>>>bored. I had stale creme-filled donuts left over from a Friday >>>>afternoon meeting (postponed from the AM - nobody wanted to spoil their >>>>supper). >>>> >>>>All the 'creme' fats were saponifiable and, therefore good for >>>>transesterification into biodiesel. Further, the sugar was entirely >>>>crytallizable sucrose (no racemized goo) so conversion to ethanol would >>>>have been complete. The donut 'shell' itself wasn't analyzed beyond fat >>>>extraction but I believe much of it consisted of hydrolyzable starch >>>>which could have been processed to dextrose for ethanol production as >>>>well. >>> >>>Dried out I bet they'd burn a lot better than cow or buffalo or camel or >>>yak flops. >> >>Carbohydrates release water during combustion which puts a serious >>damper on things. OTOH, after defatting, adding an oxidant, not unlike >>niter of potash,and some aluminum powder to steal (exothermically BTW) >>the oxygen from the water leaving hydrogen to react (exothermically >>BTW) with the aforementioned oxidant would shift the reaction rate in a >>positive direction. A simple catalyst, not unlike rust dust, would >>certainly further increase the rate and completeness of the reaction >>such that the subject ball-milled and re-compacted and re-fatted donut >>husk could be used to initiate a comfort-giving dung (or wood or >>charcoal or corncob...) fire in a matter of seconds WITH ONE MATCH! >> >>Boy Scout stuff there. > > Is there a ball-mill merit-badge? damn. Should be. > > I would've thought that would've been the Explorers. > For the younger scouts; turning acorns into pancake flour. For an aerospace explorer post; milling high specific impulse donut granules. -- nuts
On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:27:19 -0600, trippy <silverbells@tacoshells.com> wrote: > >But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. > >The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. hee! Do you thikn the cops impounded it as "evidence?" Jade
In article <d4WdnXQ5tJqnAtXanZ2dnUVZ_qPinZ2d@giganews.com>, mimus took the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"... > On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:27:19 -0600, trippy wrote: > > > But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. > > > > The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. > > Can you burn those in a gas tank? or at least whatever you can wring out > of them? > I don't really envision people cramming them into a gas tank. -- trippy mhm31x9 Smeeter#29 WSD#30 sTaRShInE_mOOnBeAm aT HoTmAil dOt CoM http://www.myspace.com/starshine_moonbeam NP: "Call Me When You're Sober" -- Evanescence "What did I tell the kid. It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. It's about how much you can take, and keep moving forward. Get up." -- Sylvester Stallone "Rocky Balboa"
In article <995ik35646bt0u1248tnaaij22q4hmedr5@4ax.com>, Wavy G took the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"... > Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: > > >mimus wrote: > >> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:27:19 -0600, trippy wrote: > >> > >>>But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. > >>> > >>>The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. > >> > >> Can you burn those in a gas tank? or at least whatever you can wring out > >> of them? > >> > >Yes. I have done the extraction. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon. I was > >bored. I had stale creme-filled donuts left over from a Friday > >afternoon meeting (postponed from the AM - nobody wanted to spoil their > >supper). > > > >All the 'creme' fats were saponifiable and, therefore good for > >transesterification into biodiesel. Further, the sugar was entirely > >crytallizable sucrose (no racemized goo) so conversion to ethanol would > >have been complete. The donut 'shell' itself wasn't analyzed beyond fat > >extraction but I believe much of it consisted of hydrolyzable starch > >which could have been processed to dextrose for ethanol production as > >well. > > ...BRAIN ON OVERLOAD... > "SAPONIFIABLE"..."TRANSESTERIFICATION"..."CRYSTALLIZABLE"..."RACEMIZED"..."HYDROLYZABLE"..... > DON'T KNOW WORDS... MUST USE ONLINE DICTIONARY... FEELING WEAK... > WEAKNESS...WEAKNESS...*GASP*.......DYING.......... > > ...LAST POST EVER......................................... > No shit. I need a thesaurus and a dictionary. Stat. -- trippy mhm31x9 Smeeter#29 WSD#30 sTaRShInE_mOOnBeAm aT HoTmAil dOt CoM http://www.myspace.com/starshine_moonbeam NP: "Call Me When You're Sober" -- Evanescence "What did I tell the kid. It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. It's about how much you can take, and keep moving forward. Get up." -- Sylvester Stallone "Rocky Balboa"
In article <2pbhk3tfql42rj1lbdd7dhfsoh2l5m9k9k@4ax.com>, Wavy G took the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"... > Don't fight it, trippy...Just lie down and try to relax: > > > > >But he got nabbed. > > Imagine that. I'd hate to have been standing in the way of the doorway > at the police station when *that* won was radioed in... Maybe if I had anti-trampling armor on. > > > >Awwwww. No donuts for him. > > > >The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. > -- trippy mhm31x9 Smeeter#29 WSD#30 sTaRShInE_mOOnBeAm aT HoTmAil dOt CoM http://www.myspace.com/starshine_moonbeam NP: "Call Me When You're Sober" -- Evanescence "What did I tell the kid. It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. It's about how much you can take, and keep moving forward. Get up." -- Sylvester Stallone "Rocky Balboa"
In article <tu1mk39h5a1kvcrfiqt118f88dqc723d4u@4ax.com>, Daedalus took the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"... > On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:27:19 -0600, trippy > <silverbells@tacoshells.com> wrote: > > > > >But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. > > > >The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. > > hee! > > Do you thikn the cops impounded it as "evidence?" Only if someone steals a coffee truck. -- trippy mhm31x9 Smeeter#29 WSD#30 sTaRShInE_mOOnBeAm aT HoTmAil dOt CoM http://www.myspace.com/starshine_moonbeam NP: "Call Me When You're Sober" -- Evanescence "What did I tell the kid. It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. It's about how much you can take, and keep moving forward. Get up." -- Sylvester Stallone "Rocky Balboa"
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:46:24 -0600, trippy wrote: > In article <2pbhk3tfql42rj1lbdd7dhfsoh2l5m9k9k@4ax.com>, Wavy G took the > hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"... > >> Don't fight it, trippy...Just lie down and try to relax: >> >> >But he got nabbed. >> >> Imagine that. I'd hate to have been standing in the way of the doorway >> at the police station when *that* won was radioed in... > > Maybe if I had anti-trampling armor on. I wonder how many people got tasered? -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 "Ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah." < _Shaun of the Dead_
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:46:45 -0600, trippy wrote: > In article <tu1mk39h5a1kvcrfiqt118f88dqc723d4u@4ax.com>, Daedalus took > the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"... > >> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:27:19 -0600, trippy >> <silverbells@tacoshells.com> wrote: >> >> >But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. >> > >> >The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. >> >> hee! >> >> Do you thikn the cops impounded it as "evidence?" > > Only if someone steals a coffee truck. That whole story is full of holes. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 "Ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah." < _Shaun of the Dead_
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:45:04 -0600, in alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, trippy <silverbells@tacoshells.com> bloviated: >In article <995ik35646bt0u1248tnaaij22q4hmedr5@4ax.com>, Wavy G took the >hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"... > >> Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >> >> >mimus wrote: >> >> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:27:19 -0600, trippy wrote: >> >> >> >>>But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. >> >>> >> >>>The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. >> >> >> >> Can you burn those in a gas tank? or at least whatever you can wring out >> >> of them? >> >> >> >Yes. I have done the extraction. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon. I was >> >bored. I had stale creme-filled donuts left over from a Friday >> >afternoon meeting (postponed from the AM - nobody wanted to spoil their >> >supper). >> > >> >All the 'creme' fats were saponifiable and, therefore good for >> >transesterification into biodiesel. Further, the sugar was entirely >> >crytallizable sucrose (no racemized goo) so conversion to ethanol would >> >have been complete. The donut 'shell' itself wasn't analyzed beyond fat >> >extraction but I believe much of it consisted of hydrolyzable starch >> >which could have been processed to dextrose for ethanol production as >> >well. >> >> ...BRAIN ON OVERLOAD... >> "SAPONIFIABLE"..."TRANSESTERIFICATION"..."CRYSTALLIZABLE"..."RACEMIZED"..."HYDROLYZABLE"..... >> DON'T KNOW WORDS... MUST USE ONLINE DICTIONARY... FEELING WEAK... >> WEAKNESS...WEAKNESS...*GASP*.......DYING.......... >> >> ...LAST POST EVER......................................... >> > >No shit. I need a thesaurus and a dictionary. Stat. I am thinking a chemistry degree would be helpful.
Aratzio wrote: > On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:45:04 -0600, in > alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, trippy > <silverbells@tacoshells.com> bloviated: > >>In article <995ik35646bt0u1248tnaaij22q4hmedr5@4ax.com>, Wavy G took the >>hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"... >> >>>Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >>> >>>>mimus wrote: >>>> >>>>>On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:27:19 -0600, trippy wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. >>>>>> >>>>>>The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. >>>>> >>>>>Can you burn those in a gas tank? or at least whatever you can wring out >>>>>of them? >>>>> >>>>Yes. I have done the extraction. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon. I was >>>>bored. I had stale creme-filled donuts left over from a Friday >>>>afternoon meeting (postponed from the AM - nobody wanted to spoil their >>>>supper). >>>> >>>>All the 'creme' fats were saponifiable and, therefore good for >>>>transesterification into biodiesel. Further, the sugar was entirely >>>>crytallizable sucrose (no racemized goo) so conversion to ethanol would >>>>have been complete. The donut 'shell' itself wasn't analyzed beyond fat >>>>extraction but I believe much of it consisted of hydrolyzable starch >>>>which could have been processed to dextrose for ethanol production as >>>>well. >>> >>>...BRAIN ON OVERLOAD... >>>"SAPONIFIABLE"..."TRANSESTERIFICATION"..."CRYSTALLIZABLE"..."RACEMIZED"..."HYDROLYZABLE"..... >>>DON'T KNOW WORDS... MUST USE ONLINE DICTIONARY... FEELING WEAK... >>>WEAKNESS...WEAKNESS...*GASP*.......DYING.......... >>> >>>...LAST POST EVER......................................... >>> >>No shit. I need a thesaurus and a dictionary. Stat. > > I am thinking a chemistry degree would be helpful. They're simple concepts - kitchen stuff that everybody knows: Saponify - make soap with it Transesterify - make an ester with an acid and an alcohol (esters smell nice - like mint or lemon f'rinstance, and burn good too). In this case alcoholic lye is reacted with vegetable fats to produce the desired biodiesel ester. Crystalize - grow some crystals from a solution (e.g. rock candy) Racemize - put some acid in a sugar solution and heat (or wait) to make a mixture of left-handed and right-handed sugars (caramel for ice cream f'rinstance) Hydrolyze - take a big molecule (polymer) apart (like for making beer - the malted (sprouted and roasted) barley busts up starch with 'amylase' to make sugar for the yeast beasts to eat) Sheesh. -- nuts
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:35:36 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > Aratzio wrote: >> On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:45:04 -0600, in >> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, trippy >> <silverbells@tacoshells.com> bloviated: >> >>>In article <995ik35646bt0u1248tnaaij22q4hmedr5@4ax.com>, Wavy G took the >>>hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"... >>> >>>>Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >>>> >>>>>mimus wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:27:19 -0600, trippy wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>But he got nabbed. Awwwww. No donuts for him. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>The next heist would have been a milk truck. I just know it. >>>>>> >>>>>>Can you burn those in a gas tank? or at least whatever you can wring out >>>>>>of them? >>>>>> >>>>>Yes. I have done the extraction. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon. I was >>>>>bored. I had stale creme-filled donuts left over from a Friday >>>>>afternoon meeting (postponed from the AM - nobody wanted to spoil their >>>>>supper). >>>>> >>>>>All the 'creme' fats were saponifiable and, therefore good for >>>>>transesterification into biodiesel. Further, the sugar was entirely >>>>>crytallizable sucrose (no racemized goo) so conversion to ethanol would >>>>>have been complete. The donut 'shell' itself wasn't analyzed beyond fat >>>>>extraction but I believe much of it consisted of hydrolyzable starch >>>>>which could have been processed to dextrose for ethanol production as >>>>>well. >>>> >>>>...BRAIN ON OVERLOAD... >>>>"SAPONIFIABLE"..."TRANSESTERIFICATION"..."CRYSTALLIZABLE"..."RACEMIZED"..."HYDROLYZABLE"..... >>>>DON'T KNOW WORDS... MUST USE ONLINE DICTIONARY... FEELING WEAK... >>>>WEAKNESS...WEAKNESS...*GASP*.......DYING.......... >>>> >>>>...LAST POST EVER......................................... >>>> >>>No shit. I need a thesaurus and a dictionary. Stat. >> >> I am thinking a chemistry degree would be helpful. > > They're simple concepts - kitchen stuff that everybody knows: > > Saponify - make soap with it > > Transesterify - make an ester with an acid and an alcohol (esters smell > nice - like mint or lemon f'rinstance, and burn good too). In this case > alcoholic lye is reacted with vegetable fats to produce the desired > biodiesel ester. > > Crystalize - grow some crystals from a solution (e.g. rock candy) > > Racemize - put some acid in a sugar solution and heat (or wait) to make > a mixture of left-handed and right-handed sugars (caramel for ice cream > f'rinstance) > > Hydrolyze - take a big molecule (polymer) apart (like for making beer - > the malted (sprouted and roasted) barley busts up starch with 'amylase' > to make sugar for the yeast beasts to eat) > > Sheesh. You just wasted four perfectly good entries (at least) for the FlonkiPedia. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_