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during a few trial fits of pistons and gapping rings etc,ask Tech where the cam is best degreed?perhaps between him and 454 they might consider plus 3 or 4º for the cam?
ask this question after you confirm gear ratio.
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454C10 - The posi unit I have - I believe is geared more towards 3.40-3.55 range. This is the unit I am going to rebuild and remove the current 3.08. I am not at home right now and don't remember the exact ratio - but do know it's not the same as what is in the the truck currently.
As for tires - 275/60/15's are on it right now.
The cam(268H) is bought/paid for alread and with posi unit and the low stall converter - from your opinion, sounds like it should work fine.
I am taking all of the opinions expressed above into consideration. I have already replaced the pistons and headgaskets as I agree with techinspector1's breakdown of things.
Sound like I am still on the right track for a succesful combo?
I have run the 268H cam in other engines (SBC and BBC) and it seem a little too much for a truck with a 3.08 gear. And a little too much for a stock converter, even through Compcam says it is the biggest cam that can be used with a stock converter. That is why I think the 260H would be better (212/212 duration at 0.050), as I have run that cam with a stock converter with a 3.08 in a 1/2 ton truck and it works nicely.
However, I would limit compression ratio to 9.0:1 with the 260H if you want to use cheap gas, and 9.5:1 for high octane. The 268h can tolerate a little more compression, say 9.25 to 9.75:1 with 87 to 91/93 octane fuel
The 268H does better with a little more gear, especially in a truck since truck tires tend to be taller. I do like 3.08 gears, as they are a good compromise between city and highway gearing, but the 268h would like 3.40-3.55 gears.
|Good point 454C10, with 402 ft/lbs of torque at 2000 rpm's, this rig won't need much converter.
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|Thanks, I will definately keep that in mind about the converter. I have a stock one and a 2000-2200 stall. I can use either.
|I don't recommend using a higher than stock stall converter if you plan to tow a boat. A 2400 stall converter will stall around 3000 pulling a trailer which isn't good for the transmission.
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|Will post some pics when I get back home and get the build going. And thank you for the welcome aboard.
|welcome to the forum.enjoy the group and post some pictures
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I appreciate your reply techinspector1 - that's why I came here and asked. To get some opinoins/ideas before I assembled this motor together. I have built a few in the past, but it's been many years and I am not "up" on some of the finer qualities of matching to get peak performance.
I will take you advise on the pistons and gasket as well as the prior advise. Thanks.
Send the pistons back and get these.....less than a hundred bucks for the set.....
Use the shim gasket I suggested. That's why I spent all the time that I did for you.....to get you the best possible combination. If you want to build it differently, go for it.
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Thank you for the replies.
454C10 - I am assuming so too on the rear end being the one in there is stock. But in my shed, I have the factory posi that off the truck, the old clutch type - I am thinking it is geared different and that is what will go back on it. Of course, once I get a good look at everything inside is started to develope bearing noise, so I did a quick change out from another truck.
1BadLeman - I had considered the 64CC head route, but think I'll stick with the cast and the stock valve train for now. I can always upgrade later.
Techinspector1 - I wouldn't figure many would recommend the old cast iron intake over an aluminum one with the holley. On a side note - the aluminum intake may be a performer RPM, if that makes a difference. I happen to have the original intake for this motor still. Towing is very minimal on this truck - it will mainly be driven on the street and to work most of the time. Still go with the cast iron intake?
I'll have to pick up a new Carb - any suggestion on CFM's?
I too like the sound of a quad opening up. I've had my fair share of them over the years.
Your Question about it being a virgin block and the deck heigth - I am the 2nd owner on this truck and I know for a fact that the drive train is all original, down to the transmission. This is the first rebuild on this motor and after getting the machining done - no deck heigth was shaved.
In questioning the pistons and head gaskets - They are also from summit
The pistons are ZH345ACP20 - I was limited due to .20 bore and didn't drop the extra $$ for forged. It looks like it's slighty below your 1.560" recommendation - looks like it's @ 1.548"
Based off this added information, using those pistons mentioned - would you change to a different head gasket then what comes in that kit? any recommendations or opinions for everything said above?
The gasket set with the heads gaskets I have already puchased also are: Z2601000 - also from summit.
First the heads.....
The Summit tech guy only has flow at 0.500" valve lift, 210 intake/138 exhaust. That's about the same flow as production 434 or 462 Chevy heads and should work fine for your application.
I think in this case, I would opt for a stock cast iron intake manifold and mount a rebuilt Quadrajet on it. The stock manifold will max out the low end torque that you will need for towing and the tiny little primaries of the Q-jet will maximize your fuel mileage. Plus, when you get down on the loud pedal, the huge secondaries (BUHWAAAAAAAA) will be music to your ears.
Here's how I see the head flow....
0.100" 57 54
0.200" 123 97
0.300" 171 123
0.400" 203 133
0.500" 210 138
0.600" 217 140
These numbers were arrived at by playing with the numbers posted on the Stan Weiss site for production 434 and 462 heads and are the best SWAG I can come up with.
If you have a virgin cylinder block and don't do any decking to it, the block deck height will be 9.025". (If the stamped suffix numbers are still legible on the passenger side of the block deck at the front of the block, it's probably virgin). If you choose pistons with a compression height of 1.560" (choosing a piston with a compression height of less than 1.560" will be a mistake), the stack of parts you will be using will be 9.000". Deduct the stack from the block deck height and find a piston deck height of 0.025". If you use a shim steel head gasket (0.015" thickness), that will put the squish at 0.040" and will make the motor nearly detonation-proof on pump gas with a reasonable static compression ratio and cam to match. Here's the gasket.....
Wipe down the block and heads with a good solvent to make sure they are clean of any oil or other material and install the heads dry.
With a cylinder volume of 724.63cc's, heads with 72cc chambers, pistons with ~5cc eyebrows, piston deck height volume of 5.2cc's and gasket volume of 3.25cc's, I calculate the static compression ratio at 9.48:1. Absolutely perfect for a pump gas motor with iron heads.
Here's the cam you have chosen....
12-210-2 - HIGH Energy
Install it 2 degrees retarded on these 0.050" tappet lift numbers for a Dynamic Compression Ratio of 8.26:1.......an excellent pump gas number for use with iron heads.
Here's a DynoSim of this very affordable and common sense build.....Look at that torque curve....flat as a pool table.
Max volumetric efficiency 83.5% @4000 rpm's
Max BMEP 169.9 lbs @4000 rpm's
The slightly looser torque converter should put you right on the numbers from the git-go. Well done.
|Your build seems on tack for a daily driver/tow. Make sure your carb is a vacuum secondary carb NOT a double pumper. Also I would just like to up the compression as it always increases power. Maybe a set of 62cc flow-tek heads from speedway motors which are also aluminum for $740 assembled. But all in all your heads and cam should make enough torque to make you happy. Good luck
I am guessing that the truck has 3.08 gears. If so then the cam is a little too big. The 260. h would be a better choice.
The heads are fine but I would recommend you take them apart and perform some bowl smoothing and get a quality valve job.
The rest of the build is good. However power and MPG could be down if the Carb and timing isn't tuned correctly.
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71 SBC 350 build question/opinions - also new - Hi
First off let me say hi - new to the forum.
I have a question or more like seeking opinions on my build. Bear in mind that this truck is almost a daily driver and occasionally tows a bass boat. Doing this on a semi budget, currently the heads and carb I am flexible on as I will buy a set - and maybe a new carb.
Let me list as much of the details as possible - Curious as to what kind of horse power I can expect and if you all think it's a decent package.
Vehicle: 1971 Chevy Cheyenne C10, 1/2 ton 2 wheel drive
Transmission: TH350 with 2000-2200 stall.
motor: 71 350 4 bolt main - .20 bore
Crank/Rods - stock .10 over
Cam - Comp Hi Energy 268/268 454/454 - 110 deg lobe separation
Pistons: Flat Top, 4 valve relief, Hypereutectic Aluminum, 5cc
Hei Distributor
Intake: Edelbrock Perform
Carb: 650 Holley
Exhaust: Headers, duals, 40 series flow masters.
Heads: 72cc Chamber heads, cast iron, 165cc intake runner volume, 2.02 intake, 1.60 exhaust. (Summit)
Ok, that should cover it.. Do you think these heads will be decent for what I have bearing in mind - daily driver. Is there anything that doesnt go well here? Intake? Carb? Etc
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When The Washington Post's Thomas Ricks stated in a Time "roundtable conversation" that prior to the start of the Iraq war, "the chairman of the Joint Chiefs" told him that they didn't know where Saddam Hussein's purported weapons of mass destruction were located, Bob Woodward responded by saying that he "was not aware of" the claim at the time. But three days before the start of the war, a Post article to which Woodward "contributed" noted the lack of "specific information about the amounts of banned weapons or where they are hidden."
In a "roundtable conversation" transcribed in the December 25 edition of Time, Washington Post military correspondent Thomas E. Ricks, in response to a question about the Bush administration's claims that former Iraq president Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the run-up to the Iraq war, said: "I thought that at most they would find some old mustard gas buried out in the '91 war that somebody had forgotten about. I remember asking the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs about a week before the invasion, 'You don't know where the stuff is, do you?' And he said, 'No, but I'm confident the Iraqis will tell us.' " Apparently in response to Ricks' statement, Post assistant managing editor Bob Woodward said: "Tom Ricks and I work at the same newspaper. If you had these doubts, which I was not aware of contemporaneously, we should have found some way to get out and say, 'What do we really know here?' " But Woodward's own reporting before the invasion indicates that he was "aware of" such doubts. On the specific assertion by Ricks that the United States did not know where the purported WMD were, the lead paragraph of a March 16, 2003, Post article by Walter Pincus -- which was published three days before the start of the Iraq war and to which Woodward "contributed" -- reported that "[d]espite the Bush administration's claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, U.S. intelligence agencies have been unable to give Congress or the Pentagon specific information about the amounts of banned weapons or where they are hidden."
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Despite the Bush administration's claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, U.S. intelligence agencies have been unable to give Congress or the Pentagon specific information about the amounts of banned weapons or where they are hidden, according to administration officials and members of Congress.
Senior intelligence analysts say they feel caught between the demands from White House, Pentagon and other government policymakers for intelligence that would make the administration's case "and what they say is a lack of hard facts," one official said.
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"They see a particular truck associated with chemical weapons activities keep reappearing, and they estimate chemical activities are there, but that and most intelligence would not pass the courtroom evidence test. For policymakers, who are out on a limb, that is not enough," one official said, adding that he questioned whether the administration is shaping intelligence for political purposes.
Said another senior intelligence analyst, "If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, we professionals say it's a duck. ... They [policymakers] want a smoking duck."
Although senior intelligence officials said they are convinced Iraq is hiding weapons of mass destruction, they feel they will not be able to prove it until after an invasion, when U.S. military forces and weapons analysts would have unrestricted access. These officials said the administration is withholding some of the best intelligence on suspected Iraqi weapons -- uncertain as it is -- from U.N. weapons inspectors in anticipation of war.
"They are clearly hiding weapons, but it is a Catch-22 situation that we will only prove after an invasion," one senior intelligence official said.
U.S. intelligence on Iraqi weapons sites has raised a credibility problem involving the U.N. inspectors and, more recently, members of Congress.
A CIA spokesman refused to discuss the matter. But some officials charge the administration is not interested in helping the inspectors discover weapons because a discovery could bolster supporters in the U.N. Security Council of continued inspections and undermine the administration's case for war.
"We don't want to have a smoking gun," a ranking administration official said recently. He added, "I don't know whether the point is to embarrass [chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans] Blix or embarrass Saddam Hussein."
Anther [sic] official familiar with the intelligence said, "Not all the top sites have been passed to the inspectors."
A senior intelligence analyst said one explanation for the difficulties inspectors have had in locating weapons caches "is because there may not be much of a stockpile."
Pincus further reported challenges to the administration's WMD claims in an article published two days later, co-written with Dana Milbank.
From the interview of Ricks and Woodward, as well as investigative reporter Ron Suskind, in the December 25 edition of Time:
TIME: On the eve of the war, which of you believed that we would go in and find no WMD? Two out of six. Why did you feel that way, Tom?
RICKS: I thought that at most they would find some old mustard gas buried out in the '91 war that somebody had forgotten about. I remember asking the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs about a week before the invasion, "You don't know where the stuff is, do you?" And he said, "No, but I'm confident the Iraqis will tell us."
SUSKIND: I was sitting with [former Treasury Secretary] Paul O'Neill on the balcony of his condominium at the Watergate a week before the invasion, and he said two things. One is, "Trust me, they haven't thought this through." And second is, "I don't believe there is any evidence, any objective sources to credit as evidence in terms of WMD."
WOODWARD: I talked to people who said, The evidence is much skimpier than what they are saying. And we played around with writing a story about this and did not, and it's one of my regrets. We should've all been much more aggressive. It's an intelligence failure, it's a policy failure, it is a journalistic failure. Tom Ricks and I work at the same newspaper. If you had these doubts, which I was not aware of contemporaneously, we should have found some way to get out and say, "What do we really know here?" We can and should at least put the burden on ourselves to be one step ahead on this, and we were not.
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Hi Joe ,
How's that foot ??? I did reward myself with a day sailing the Sunday before the big storm . Flat water & light winds , but I managed to make 5-5 & a half knots all day . A little hard getting the sails up by myself with no one on the helm but after I got them up I spent almost no time with my hand on the wheel all day . She pretty much sailed herself all day . Way nice day by myself out on the water . Made it through the storm ok . If a guy wants to feel really manly all he has to do is rear up on his hind legs & prevail in the face of adversity & do it on a sailboat in a storm......lol Best regards ......hope this finds you & yours doing well & prospering .
|Kjango, it sounds like you have your course set for a good winter. I hope you have some new books to read. Any new plans for spring and beyond? All the best Turkey Day to you and Skipjack!
Hi Brad ,
I do have internet aboard & well fixed for heat . Sometimes the signal is a bit spotty but other then that ............. The first year went quick . The honeymoon is over , but I still fall in love with the boat a couple times a week . The last 3 weeks or so I've given up sailing & been all paint & varnish . I completely re-did the aft bulkhead . I took everthing off it sanded it & then 3 coats of fresh paint . I took the wood cleat that had been painted for years down to bare wood & gave it 6 coats of varnish . After that was done I sanded the cockpit deck & gave it 3 coats of fresh paint as well . The helm & the wheel also got 6 coats of varnish . I'm presently in the process of replacing the entire panel in the front of the cockpit with a piece of 100 year old plus oak I was gifted . I have the panel cut out & put the 4th coat of varnish on it last night . With everything I've varnished I've left the weathering or patina if you will intact . I made no attempts at bleaching or staining . To me it looks more interesting . The oak panel I'm working on now has some very interesting little dings in it that turned black with the varnish creating a nice effect . When she's done she'll look like she came original with the boat . When I finish this latest project I'm going to reward myself with a day of sailing . Maybe two . After a year aboard I'm not exactly as far a long as I envisioned owing to the failing economy . The little company I still own out West is not doing well at all , but this is as good a situation as I could have imagined for weathering the storm . It's a peaceful & simple life . I'm happy to awake every morning to a world of prospects instead of a myriad of " issues ". How was your season ??? Were you able to get out much ??? I got out as much as I could & benefited from the experience . Even with little money we ( the Skipjack & I ) have done so well that I can only imagine how good it will be when the economy begins to rebound . Hope this finds you & yours doing well & prospering .
Happy anniversary, Captain K!!!
Do you have internet on board? How are you for heat for the winter?
|I have no notion what equivocating is but , I made it & Oct. 4th was my one year anniversary aboard the Skipjack . Thanks
Is this for real???
Thought I heard a very similar story last year...or have you been equivocating all that time.
Anyway....make sure you have an autopilot and take the inside passage down the east river and go door-to-door. The onlys longish part is down the NJ coast, and there are still many places to pull into. From Cape May, go out the back way and up the Delaware to the C&D and you're home. (Take someone with you)
|Foot is fine, except before storm passes over... I have been sailing less than I would like, but we have had plenty of family events to take me away form sailing. Right now my mother & father in law are here. They are moving here so my wife has been plenty busy. I have been busy with work and with my brother being unemployed for a while I have been having him work with me. The Annapolis Boat Show is coming this week and I may make my way there for an afternoon.
|You know , I hadn't Joe . But I have to tell you & I couldn't be more sincere when I say it , I celebrate that every day on the Skipjack . It makes me feel powerful that even the government of the United States was unable to break my will & I was able to pull this off & set myself free . I advocate that we are all ultimately responsible for our own freedom & happiness & sense of well being . Having said that , if I was to celebrate that day I'd have to find a dirt cheap way to do it......hahaha Thanks for checking in Joe . How's that foot ??? Have you been getting out much this season ???
|Have you decided how to celebrate your liberty anniversary? Sure seems like some way to mark the event is needed...
|Looks like I cured my engine overheating about the same time as your post Joe . After going through the entire system it turned out to be nothing more the a little elbow fitting that was clogged . The up side of that ordeal is I pretty much know everything there is to know about my cooling system now . I've been getting in some great sailing as I approach the one year anniversery aboard the Skipjack . Week before last I completely re-did the companionway bulkhead . I even re-did the wood cleats . ( sanded to bare wood & then 6 coats of varnish ) Last week I re-did Skipjack's wheel . ( again 6 coats of varnish ) I have to say & some may disagree , but I made no effort to stain away any discoloration . I'm going for the patina look . I actually think the discoloration makes it look more interesting & the wheel feels like glass in my hand . Next week I'm re-doing the cockpit deck . At some point I'll be able to get out of here & Skipjack will leave here looking pretty . Hope all is well with you .
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1967-1968 Project Engineer. Provided design and manufacturing directionfor various high voltage spark gap products
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1963-1967 Engineer. Coordinated electro-explosive ordinance design and test programs.
Electro-mechanical Piezoelectric Firing Unit (1966) A Belleville spring loaded unit with high impact on a piezoelectric stack to generate a 2000 volt-0.5 uF energy source for electro-explosive ordnance initiation.
Simultaneous Triggered High Voltage Spark Gap System (1973) A 400 kilovolt switching system for simultaneous switching (within seven nano seconds) of slave gaps in an EMP simulator.


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Jesus' disciples were very much concerned with the restoration of the kingdom to Israel (Acts 1:6). While we do not know all the reasons why Christ did not consummate His kingdom two thousand years ago, we do see that the ...Read More
Cursed be Canaan
Matthew Henry comments, "God often visits the iniquity of the fathers on the children, when the children inherit the fathers' wicked disposition and imitate the fathers' wicked practices, and do nothing to cut off the inheritance of the curse." If ...Read More
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Noah shows how even the upright can fall into sin, especially after enduring a trial. Matthew Henry writes, "Sometimes those who, with watchfulness and resolution have, by the grace of God, kept their integrity in the midst of temptation, have, ...Read More
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The joining of sign and promise in the rainbow demonstrates how the sacraments must not be divorced from the Word. By themselves, the sacraments offer no aid, but with the Word and faith, they are powerful means of grace. As ...Read More
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Allen Lessels' UNH Notebook: Victory has nice ring to it
The challenge is straight ahead: If the Wildcats can beat hard-charging Towson on Saturday at Cowell Stadium, they will be sole champions of the Colonial Athletic Association for the first time since 1994.
A win would serve other purposes, too. It would keep UNH at least in the conversation for a home game in the NCAA's Football Championship Subdivision tournament and avenge a tough loss at Towson last year.
So here they go.
The Wildcats are riding a six-game win streak, are 8-2 overall, 6-1 in the CAA and moved up to the No. 7 ranking in the country this week.
Towson, the defending CAA champion and pre-season pick to win the league this year, is 6-4 and 5-2 and fighting to keep its season going. The Tigers need to win to have any chance to make the playoffs.
Towson has won its last three games and two of its losses were to FBS teams, Kent State, 41-21, and LSU, 38-22.
UNH once again boasts a powerful offense and this season it's been extremely well-balanced.
"I think we're starting to buy into ourselves and how good we can be offensively," said junior running back Chris Setian, a threat both running and catching passes. "We're not even running on all cylinders yet. We still haven't hit a game where we absolutely break out. Well, we did against ODU, but we even made mistakes in that game."
The Wildcats collected 725 yards of offense in that one, a 64-61 loss at Old Dominion on Sept. 22.
UNH got into a similar shootout at Towson last season. The Wildcats were ranked No. 7 then, too, and went into the game with a 7-2 overall record.
They piled up a season-high 611 yards of offense that day, nearly 100 more than Towson's 517.
But UNH had no answer for running back Terrance West, then a Towson freshman. He carried the ball 23 times for 261 yards and four touchdowns, with scores of 72, 2, 69 and 2 yards.
The Wildcat defense, which has been better against the run this season, will need to be again on Saturday.
That balanced UNH offense could help keep West and the Tiger offense off the field, too.
The Wildcats are averaging 237 yards a game rushing this year and 246 passing and are second in the league in total offense with 483 yards a game.
The top five teams are seeded for the FCS tournament and if the Wildcats can break into that group - they'll need some help in the form of upsets above them - they would get a home game for the tournament.
The Sports Network predicted in a projected tournament bracket this week that UNH would get a bye for the first round and then play a second-round game at Appalachian State.
Before any of that and before the tournament draw is announced on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. on ESPNU, the Wildcats have but one concern: Saturday's Ring Game.
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THE No. 5-ranked men's hockey team restarts its long road-trip with games at UMass-Lowell tonight at 7 and Boston University on Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Wildcats had been on the road for three straight and then stopped by the Whittemore Center last Saturday night and knocked off Vermont, 4-0.
UNH plays at Colorado College next Friday night and at the University of Denver on Saturday before returning home to play UMass-Lowell on Nov. 30.
Lowell has played a tough schedule and is 2-4-1 overall and 1-3-1 in Hockey East. Junior Doug Carr has a 2-3-1 record with a .911 save percentage and 2.25 goals-against average.
BU is 5-3-0 overall and 4-2-0 in the league going into a game tonight at Vermont.
Casey DeSmith, a sophomore goalie out of Rochester, is on quite a roll for the Wildcats and has three shutouts in his last four games.
He has an outstanding save percentage of .953 and a goals-against average of 1.36. Those numbers improve to .968 and 0.98 in Hockey East games.
UNH's penalty killing has been impressive, too. The Wildcats have allowed opponents just two power-play goals on 29 chances. Plus, they have scored two short-handed goals.
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|Knife Discovered in Foot Powder at DTW
|Knife Fell Out of Passenger's Pants at RIC
- After alarming the walk through metal detector, a passenger at Richmond (RIC) was referred for a pat-down. During the pat-down, a knife with a 3" blade fell out of the man's pants leg. He admitted that he was intentionally trying to conceal the knife.
- Sword + Cane = Sword Cane. These seem to be a very common item and the majority of people who possess them had no idea there was a sword in their cane. Tip - if you have a second-hand cane, try pulling it apart. You might be surprised. The latest one was discovered at Akron (CAK).
- A pocketknife was found wrapped in foil and concealed inside a plastic bottle of foot powder at Detroit (DTW).
- A knife was discovered under the lining and under the frame of a carry-on bag at Philadelphia (PHL).
- A lipstick knife was discovered at Ft. Lauderdale (FLL).
- A credit card knife was discovered at Albuquerque (ABQ).
- An airport cleaning employee in Atlanta (ATL) discovered a loaded .38 caliber pistol in a flower pot in the public area. Apparently, somebody realized they had their firearm at the last minute and ditched it before going through security.
- Four inert/novelty grenades were discovered this week -- two in carry-on baggage at Chicago O'Hare (ORD) and two more in checked baggage at Las Vegas (LAS).
- An inert nose cone for a rocket was discovered in the carry-on baggage of an instructor at NYL (Yuma). As I've said before, we're all too familiar with instructors and other people in this type of business needing these sorts of items for their jobs. People that need to travel with INERT items should plan ahead and contact their preferred shipper about mailing the training aids to their destination.
- A replica grenade belt buckle was discovered at Madison (MSN). With the naked eye, you could tell this was a belt buckle, but it looks real on the X-ray monitor. This is just another example of why anything resembling a grenade should be left at home.
- During a bag check at Baltimore (BWI), a passenger stated that her bag was going to explode.


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Martinez: State should keep guns from mentally ill
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said [auth] the state should consider taking steps to prevent mentally ill people from getting guns.
The governor tells The Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/ZfA31H ) in a statement that she will pursue a proposal during the legislative session next year that would require the state to provide information on people who have been found by a court to be mentally ill or have been committed to an institution.
Martinez responded to questions posed by the newspaper about gun control after last week's Connecticut school shooting that left 20 young students and six adults dead. The gunman also killed his mother and himself.
Asked about the suddenly renewed political push to increase gun restrictions in the United States, Martinez emphasized the need to better recognize and battle mental health problems to curb gun violence.
The New Mexico governor said a push is needed to ensure national criminal databases have updated information on an individual's mental health status that would be flagged in federal background checks before some gun sales.
Criminals and mentally ill people should never have access to guns, she said.
The state's next session of the Legislature convenes Jan. 15.
Martinez said state officials will have discussions about protecting school children by reviewing safety policies at schools,
The governor expressed sympathy for victims of the mass shooting
"So many of the innocent victims who lost their lives were children — an unspeakable horror for parents everywhere who send their kids to school and expect them to come home safely at the end of the day," the governor said. "The children, families, teachers and community members who are impacted by this violence are in all of our thoughts and prayers."
Martinez is a former district attorney and has had a concealed handgun permit. As a prosecutor and governor, she often has expressed special concern about violence against children.
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The Glock or the FNP, they both have barrels that sit low enough that muzzle flip is not a problem and you will get back on target for a quick second shot.
The Glock but it is my brand and what I am use to using. :mrgreen:
Without question the FNP45. In fact I was just drooling over one the other day! :D
I own a FNP 9 mm
And I love the gun ...
I shoot a friends FN .45 and it is a dream .
I just don't need another .45 or I'd get one for sure.
All good guns I would be in a toss up betwene the Glock and XD. The XD comes with more things. The XD to me just feels a tad bit better, though I don't like the grip safety. I do, however, like that you can customize a Glock more to fit your personaility if that is your thing. No experience with the FN's other than hold them. Another to consider is the M&P. Another great gun. To me it just feels better, which relates to me shooting better.
Cant really go wrong with any of them to be honest.
My oldest son was 15 when i bought my first one, he had shot my 357 magnum and my Beretta 9mm several times with me but NEVER a 45 in any model, so being in New Mexico we could shoot outin thd mesa behind the house. So i set up like 3-4 Gatorade bottles full of sand and we walked back about 10-12 paces and i bet him 5$ he couldnt knock the cap off of one. So on the FIRST shot he did! Then the lil peckerwood shot the lids off of 2 more just to prove the first one wasnt an accident!
This was just with junky ball ammo and it was actually kinda windy! Now with a 9mm or a 38 spl i can see that, as i am veey accurate with those, or even my 44. Im a pretty good shot, but a 45 hadnt ever beenmy favorite load for accuracy, just for self defense under 20 yards. But after owning that XD i have never felt that way since. AND if you want a little extra punch it feeds +Ps just fine. (Personally i feel if you want a 200 gr round to move at 1200+ fps, buy a 44 magnum, but thats why i sold my 1911 n bought my Redhawk...but to each his own) the 5" tactical model i bought was great too, but i didnt see much difference.
I never bought a Glock because the price used to be so high. And after getting used to my XD i thought the grip angle was kinda extreme but the prices are so comparable now and the Gen 2 have the finger grooves n all of that, plus the polyginal barrell like my old Desert Eagle makes clean up a lot easier. Not to mention Glocks hostory and reputation makes it really hard to criticize them too much. I actually was considering a Gen 2 Glock 17 as my next purchase as i already have a 44 boom-stick i want another 9mm for plinking and home defense. I lile revolvers for their reliability plus the ability to feed rounds through it that can crack an engine block. But once you run dry its a paper weight. So i want something with capacity and cheap to shoot. From what ive read and heard from almost every Glock owner i guess the damn things are as reliable as a revolver and indestructable (figuretively) plus i think someone already said it, they make about a gagillion after market doo dads for them from 30 rd mags to integral guide rod lazer sights (thats just cool) aaaannnndd theyre priced about the same these days as an XD.
The XD comes with the extra mags (cool) a mag holder (eeeehhhh...never used mine) a holster (again, eeehhhh....up to you) and some magazine feedy doo dad i never tool out of the box.
Glocks come with a Glock. And a Magazine. I dont even know if they come with an extra mag.
But after 3 XDs (2-.45s and one tactical 40) i can say confidently they are great guns. Accurate, user friendly (breakdown n cleaning) and reliable as hell. Plus they feed virrually anything from 180 to 230 grain, standard to plus p loads.
Its not a bad purchase. AND they keep their resale value pretty good.
Glocks, from what i hear are the same if not better (like i said, itll probably be MY next purchase) not as much doodads out of the box, buy one can aquire that stuff over time.
The only FN ive ever shot was a five-seven, but i liked it because fully loaded with 20 rounds it was lighter than the guys smith n wesson M&P unloaded and it shot so smooth it was rediculous. But ive heard NOTHING bad about them. The only thing i dont like about THEM is the price. For that kind of money i would get an H&K USP or try out the P30. But thats just me. Ive shot ONE USP 9mm and fell in love with them. But i dont do 1000.00 guns. And i can only assume they both are kickass weapons as i almost NEVER see used ones for sale.
Sorry that was so long, hope it helped tho. :-) good luck...post whatever you buy. Im curious to see what u go with.


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Hypercalcemia is a condition in which the calcium level in your blood is above normal. Too much calcium in your blood can weaken your bones, create kidney stones, and interfere with the way your heart and brain works.
Hypercalcemia most commonly results from overactive parathyroid glands. These four tiny glands are each about the size of a grain of rice and are located on or near the thyroid gland. Other causes of hypercalcemia include cancer, certain other medical disorders, some medications, and excessive use of calcium and vitamin D supplements.
Signs and symptoms of hypercalcemia may range from nonexistent to severe. Treatment depends on the underlying cause.
You might not experience any signs or symptoms if your hypercalcemia is mild. More-severe cases produce symptoms related to the parts of your body affected by the high calcium levels in your blood. Examples include:
Contact your doctor if you develop signs and symptoms that may indicate hypercalcemia — such as being extremely thirsty, urinating frequently and having abdominal pain.
In addition to building strong bones, calcium is crucial for the transmission of nerve signals and other functions. If there isn't enough calcium in your blood, your parathyroid glands secrete a hormone that triggers:
This delicate balance between too much and too little calcium in your blood can be disrupted by a variety of factors. Hypercalcemia may be caused by:
Women in their 50s are the population at highest risk of overactive parathyroid glands.
Hypercalcemia complications may include:
You're likely to start by seeing your family doctor or a general practitioner. However, you'll probably then be referred to a doctor who specializes in treating hormonal disorders (endocrinologist).
Here's some information to help you get ready for your appointment, and to know what to expect from your doctor.
Before your appointment, prepare a list describing:
Writing down your questions ahead of time may help you make the most of your time with your doctor. For hypercalcemia, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
What to expect from your doctor
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions, including:
Because hypercalcemia may cause few, if any, signs or symptoms, you may not know you have the disorder until routine blood tests show a high level of blood calcium. Blood tests also can reveal whether your parathyroid hormone level is high, indicating that you have hyperparathyroidism.
To determine if your hypercalcemia is caused by an underlying problem, such as cancer or sarcoidosis, your doctor might recommend imaging tests of your bones or lungs.
If your hypercalcemia is mild, you and your doctor may choose to watch and wait, monitoring your bones and kidneys over time to be sure they remain healthy.
In some cases, your doctor may recommend:
Problems associated with overactive parathyroid glands often can be cured by surgery to remove the malfunctioning tissue. In many cases, only one of a person's four parathyroid glands is affected. A special scanning test uses an injection of a small dose of radioactive material to locate the gland or glands that aren't working properly.
If you develop hypercalcemia, it may be possible to prevent bone and kidney damage by doing the following:
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We went to the top of Manhattan to check out Inwood Hill Park. I loved the wild trees mixed with endless paved paths, trash cans, open fields with freshly mowed grass, and an abundance of park rangers teaching archery no less. It all came together to be a magical outdoor exsperience.
Whenever I do stuff like this I think about people who truly love the great outdoors. As a gauge, I think of this guy:
|this photo cracks me up.
While I still prefer the over populated and landscaped Central Park to Inwood Hill, I found it to be a fun escape. I might even go back someday to camp under the stars and the 75,000 cars crossing the Henry Hudson Bridge. I'll sleep like a baby.
|Oscar lagged behind until we put him in charge and called him the Park Stranger.
Nothing like a power trip to perk a kid up!
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|A hat put to good use.
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Look at my face.
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A black hole is a region in space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. While they cannot be seen directly black holes can be detected by the effect their immense gravity has on nearby objects.
Artist's concept of a black hole.Credit: HEASARC/NASA
Black holes have such strong gravity because their mass (which is tens to millions times the mass of the Sun) is confined to an extremely small region. This is called the singularity, a region of infinite density and infinite smallness, that cannot be described by the normal laws of physics.
The boundary of a black hole is called the event horizon. It is an invisible boundary but once across it you are pulled in towards the black hole with no means of escape. Furthermore, nothing within the event horizon can be seen by the outside world. The radius of the event horizon (in kilometers) is equal to 3 times the mass of the black hole (in solar masses).
Inside the event horizon, gravity increases rapidly as you approach the singularity. The change in gravity is so strong, that say you were to cross the event horizon feet first, your feet, being closer to the singularity will be under more gravity than your head. You would be stretched length-ways and squeezed sideways to form a long thin string of spaghetti before being ripped completely apart!
And if that's not bizarre enough, black holes also change the pace of time. Our common sense drives us to believe that time is constant but time slows down when gravity is strong (as predicted by Einstein's Theory of General Relativity). Experiments comparing clocks at the surface of the Earth to clocks placed at the top of multi-storey buildings, in high-flying aircraft, and in space flights, have shown that the ground-level clocks that are closer to the Earth's centre of gravity, run a little bit slower.
If you were to watch someone cross a black hole's event horizon and they happened to be carrying a clock you (the observer) would see the clock's second hand slow to an almost stop. The ill-fated person would appear frozen in time, hovering near the event horizon.
But the person falling would have no such reprieve. And in fact, if they tried to slow down it would only make things worse. For time also slows when accelerating. So the best advice for a person falling into a black hole is not to try and stop! By braking (decelerating) time speeds up and you approach the singularity faster than if you did nothing. Isn't physics strange!
Black holes do not roam the Universe devouring everything in sight. If the Sun was to suddenly be replaced by a black hole with the same mass as the Sun the Earth would continue to orbit as if nothing had happened. We would, however, notice the distinct lack of heat and sunlight!
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Hi Kieran, unfortunately we don't have a transcript of the show. But we've dug up some great links for you to help you research black holes. Enjoy!
Hi there. Black holes can certainly get bigger and presumably they can also fade away. We measure the size of a black hole by its event horizon as described above. This is the point of no return, where gravity becomes too strong for anything, even light, to escape. The size of the event horizon is directly linked to the mass of the black hole. A black hole with the same mass as the Sun has an event horizon with a radius of 3km – and this scales, so that a black hole with 10 times the mass of the Sun will have a 30km radius event horizon, and so on.
So as a black hole pulls material into it, its mass increases and therefore so does its event horizon. And of course, the more it pulls in, the greater its mass, and then the more gravity it has to pull more material into it.
But don't get too worried – the amazing things about black holes is that all the mass is confined to such a small area. If our Sun was to suddenly turn into a black hole (not really possible, but useful to think about), then instead of its mass being spread out over a diameter of 1.7million km it would shrink to just 6km in diameter. Much harder for something to fall into a 6km hole, than a 1.7million km one!
It is also thought that black holes can disappear – by giving off Hawking radiation. It's a process proposed by Stephen Hawking using quantum mechanics. It's kind of strange but in a vacuum quantum mechanics tells us that virtual particles are always appearing, then disappearing. If a virtual particle pair were to form near the event horizon of a black hole, one particle could be captured by the black hole, while the other escapes. The escaped particle needs energy and gains that from the black hole – so the ultimate cost to the black hole is a loss of energy (or mass). It's a slow process but eventually a black hole could evaporate in this way. For more info see the NASA website.
Hi Chris, Yes, current understanding has one super massive black hole dubbed Sagittarius A* at the centre of our galaxy (and likely one in the centre of all major galaxies). It's inferred from long-term study of the motion of stars that appear to orbit an object at galactic centre that has a massive gravitational effect on them but which cannot be seen directly, and also from X-ray flares given off by surrounding stars and gas as they are drawn in and heated to extreme temperatures. The object would have the mass equivalent of at least 2 million Suns!
Check out these Museum Victoria information sheets for more info:
Also the galaxy has numerous smaller black holes called stellar black holes with the mass of a few tens or hundreds of Suns.
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Fahey was a colorful figure from the time he became an accomplished guitarist in his teens. Already a collector of rare early blues and country music, he made his first album in 1959, ascribing part of it to the pseudonymous "Blind Joe Death." Only 95 copies of the LP were pressed, making it a coveted collector's item today. (In the 1960s, Fahey would re-record the material for wider circulation.) In college, he wrote a thesis on Charley Patton (an exotic subject at the time). Yet Fahey did not perform publicly for money until the mid-'60s, after his third album.
Fahey's early albums for Takoma in the mid-'60s laid out much of the territory he would explore. His instrumentals, filtering numerous genres of music into his own style, evoked haunting and open spaces. At times they could be soothing and plaintive; at other times they were disquieting, even dissonant. The more experimental aspects of his material even foreshadowed psychedelia in their lengthy improvisations (some cuts lasted as long as 20 minutes), use of Indian modes, unpredictable stylistic shifts, and overall eerie strangeness. His persona as a weirdo of sorts was amplified by his bizarre and lengthy song titles and liner notes. He also employed odd guitar tunings that continue to exert an overlooked influence on contemporary musicians to this day.
Fahey remained consistently popular on a cult level through the mid-'80s. His most commercially successful efforts, oddly, were probably his Christmas albums, which are among the more interesting holiday records of any genre. For a time he ran the Takoma label, where he was instrumental in starting the career of Leo Kottke (who owes much of his stylistic inspiration to Fahey), as well as promoting lesser-known talents like Robbie Basho. He was a catalyst in other subtle ways, helping to form Canned Heat by introducing Al Wilson (who played on a Fahey album in 1965) to Bob Hite, and rediscovering Delta bluesman Bukka White with his friend Ed Denson.
Fahey sold Takoma to Chrysalis in the mid-'70s, but continued to record regularly, and also tour (though his live performances were erratic). In 1986, he contracted Epstein-Barr syndrome, a long-lasting viral infection that, combined with diabetes and other health problems, sapped his energy and resources. Although the Epstein-Barr virus was finally overcome, the mid-'90s found him living in poverty in Oregon, where he paid his rent by pawning his guitar and reselling rare classical records. The appearance of a major career retrospective on Rhino, Return of the Repressed, in 1994 boosted his profile to its highest level in years. In 1997, he returned to active recording with City of Refuge and was planning a Revenant definitive package of Charley Patton's work when he died following sextuple-bypass surgery at the age of 61. The Fahey discography is dauntingly large and diverse; the neophyte is advised to start with the two-disc Return of the Repressed, but those who wish to dig deeper will be very pleased with Takoma's extensive reissues, which started to appear in the late nineties. ~ Richie Unterberger
Selected Discography
Track List: Twilight On Prince Georges Avenue
Track List: Vanguard Visionaries
Track List: Sea Changes & Coelacanths
Track List: On Air
Track List: The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick
Track List: The Best Of John Fahey Vol.2, 1964-1983
Track List: John Fahey LIVE At Studio KAFE
Track List: Best Of The Vanguard Years
Track List: Death Chants, Breakdowns And Military Waltzes
Track List: Georgia Stomps, Atlanta Struts, And Other Contemporary Dance Favy Dance Favorites
Track List: The Legend Of Blind Joe Death
Track List: Return Of The Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology
Track List: Old Girlfriends And Other Horrible Memories
Track List: God, Time And Causality
Track List: I Remember Blind Joe Death
Track List: Rain Forest, Oceans, And Other Themes
Track List: Let Go
Track List: Live In Tasmania
Track List: The Essential John Fahey
Track List: The Guitar Masters Collection: John Fahey
Track List: The Best Of John Fahey 1959-1977
Track List: Old Fashioned Love
Track List: John Fahey, Peter Lang, Leo Kottke (Remastered)
Track List: Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice)
Track List: Of Rivers And Religion
Track List: America
Track List: Yellow Princess
Track List: The Voice Of The Turtle
Track List: Days Have Gone By (Volume 6)
Track List: Requia
Track List: The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party And Other Excursions
Track List: The Dance Of Death & Other Plantation Favorites
Track List: Transfiguration Of Blind Joe Death
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Woody Guthrie is nothing like John Fahey IMHO..2 different styles... so there is no comparison.
With genius comes madness i suppose.... His music takes me on a mental vacation.
They're both good. Isn't that like comparing apples and Chevrolets?
PS Album title refers to TS Eliot's Four Quartets, a set of four long poems that weave aspects of eastern religion, particularly the Bhagavad-Git a , into Eliot's vision of Christianity .
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Bhadravudha-manava-puccha: Bhadravudha's Questions
translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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I entreat the one
who is very intelligent,
released, unperturbed —
who has abandoned home,
abandoned delight,
abandoned resemblances,
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Having heard the Great One, they will leave —
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hero, in hope of your words.
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[The Buddha:]
Subdue craving & clinging — all —
above, below,
across, in between. [1]
For whatever people cling to in the world,
it's through that
that Mara pursues them.
So a monk, mindful,
seeing these people
clinging to entanglement
as entangled in Death's realm,
should cling to nothing
in all the world,
every world.
1. Nd.II gives six different valid interpretations for "above, below, across, in between":
* above = the future; below = the past; across and in between = the present
* above = the deva world; below = hell; across and in between = the human world
* above = skillfulness; below = unskillfulness; across and in between = indeterminate mental qualities
* above = the property of formlessness; below = the property of sensuality; across and in between = the property of form
* above = feelings of pleasure; below = feelings of pain; across and in between = feelings of neither pleasure nor pain
* above = the body from the feet on up; below = the body from the crown of the head on down; across and in between = the middle of the body


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Dem, this is most common non-pressurized alcohol stove. No pump. No pressure. No flare up! It uses a wick! Your's is a traditional pressurized stove witch as you learned can be dangerous.
The 3100 CookMate Portable Stove uses the Safe-Flame™ Non-Pressurized Canister System with a large capacity of 1 1/4 quarts of Alcohol per burner. This needs No hose, No pumping, No preheating. Environmentally Friendly Fuel using grain based alcohol. 6800 BTU of heating per burner - can boil 1 quart of water in 8 minutes. Stainless Steel long lasting construction - Dimensions 5 3/8" H x 18 5/16" W x 10 5/16" D. Weight 14 lbs.
Oh, one more thing noticed the "non-pressurized" statement about alcohol stoves... Well thats not entirely true... its still a low pressurized system... you have to pump it up. At least on mine. and its a liquid that will flow out and down.
The first time I tried mine (when I got the boat home on purchasing) ... I just about ripped it out of the cabinet to throw it over board (on land)... had me spooked with 18" high flames before I could get the valve off. Never used it again on board. I did pull it and test in on the ground... but never did get it to function proper... not going to bother.
Originally Posted by dem45133 View Post
Personally I wonder about the use of LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) as its lighter than air. But I've not seen anything on it... Have any of you?.
Well, here's my two cents worth...
#1, I wouldn't base my decision on a stove... only if all else were 100% equal.
#2, all stoves and or ranges/ovens require a fuel... but all fuels on a boat are an issue and have to me properly contained or set up/ventilated.
Given #2, and the fact that I too have an alcohol stove that I do not trust (its 30 years old)... we did a sort of propane conversion using a camping stove with the small disposable propane cylinders. Last year we just set it on the old range when inside, but this winter I plan on incorporating it into the original alcohol stove frame (although still removable).
Personally I wonder about the use of LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) as its lighter than air. But I've not seen anything on it... Have any of you?.
Stoves - pressurized alcohol or propane, which is better?
On my father's boat we had a pressurised alcohol stove. While it never really exploded I can remember some spectacular flare-ups and finally my mother insisting that we were all in the cockpit ready to pile overboard while my father lit the galley stove.
It was replaced with an Origo - which was failry avant garde in that area at the time.
On my own boats - up until the present one, I had Origo non-pressurised alcohol stoves and found them dependable and fairly safe. They are slow though. It takes a while to make coffee or tea.
The boat we have now came with propane. We hemmed and hawed about replacing it with an Origo purely from a safety standpoint. We ended up keeping the stove and investing in a new tank, propane sniffers, electric solenoid with automatic shut-off, and we replaced all of the hoses.
It truly is like night and day. We are no long camping on the boat and having to prepare everything to the point where it just needs to be reheated to eat. We cook full meals. We have the stove top, the oven and a barbecue. There is really not much that we can prepare at home that we can't make on the boat with relative ease.
And althought this is slightly OT - Think seriously about getting on-board hot pressurised water.
Good Luck
A Thesis on the Perils of alcohol!
These posts regarding Alcohol vs. Propane have peeked my curiosity. The more I look at the issue, the more I find a strong unfounded bias against Alcohol. Many people seem to be willing to rule in favor of Propane, based on unsubstantiated evidence. In a post in this thread, somebody states that Propane is much safer than alcohol because he knows someone who was burnt using Alcohol. Hardly a statistical analysis. Surely he has heard of at least one boat being blown apart due to a Propane explosion! On another site, I found this post regarding the same issue:
"I have used and owned all three types of stoves, with the exception of the non-pressurized alcohol. I have first hand experience with a propane explosion involving 2 fatalities, and I have first hand experience with an alcohol fire. The propane was human error, and you will find that the majority of propane fires are a result of human error. The alcohol fire was a result of not being able to see the flame, and the primer spilling while underway.
My "opinion" and I admit that that is what it is, is that the convenience of propane out weighs the danger when compared to pressurized alcohol or diesel. As the cooks enthusiasm about sailing is not quite as strong as mine, functionality in the galley is paramount to her continued willingness to cruise. The propane cooker fits that bill".
This guy apparently saw two people die from a Propane explosion, and experienced a Alcohol fire (I assume injuries would have mentioned if there were any) that I would guess, may have been related to too much primer (If so, also "human error"). He still comes out ruling in favor of Propane in the name of "convenience"! It's amazing! I wonder if the "cook" read the post!
I Goggled "Boat explosion Propane" and "Boat explosion Alcohol" and did the same with "fire". One of the first sites that came up for Propane was this from the Coast Guard, which spells out in detail how a leaky joint in a Propane line caused an explosion on a sailboat:
The sites that came up for Alcohol tended to be things like gasoline explosions where people had been drinking alcohol!
Even Boat US seems a little conflicted about the issue!
Here are some quotes from Boat US's on line boating safety course (highlights added for Sailingdogs benefit):
LPG - Liquefied petroleum gas is really two different gases that are generally classed together and are interchangeable. Propane and butane are both used in LPG appliances and have some advantages over CONG. LPG has a much higher heat output (21,000 BTUs/lb. for LPG vs. 9,000 BTUs/lb. for CNG) LPG also operates at lower pressures. One drawback to LPG is that fumes are heavier than air, and can build up to dangerous levels in bilge compartments. Even a small spark can signal the end of your boat!Alcohol is used largely for stoves and is a relatively safe fuel. Denatured ethyl alcohol does not burn very hot- it may take quite some time to boil water on an alcohol stove. One of the best aspects of alcohol is that a flame can be put out with water. Like kerosene, alcohol must be clean for an appliance to work properly.
Heres a link if you want to see the entire section on "fueling your boat"
BoatUS Foundation
On the other hand, you were correct Sailingdog. Boat US does speculate that the reduction in stove related fires might be attributed to fewer alcohol stoves on new boats.
"6) Stove 1% "
"Stove fires appear to be less common (1%) than in the past, probably due to fewer alcohol stoves being installed on new boats. Still, alcohol can be a dangerous fuel; though it cant explode, an alcohol flame is hard to see. One fire was started when a member tried to light the stove and gave up because he couldn'tt see the flame. Unfortunately, he had succeeded, but didn'tt realize it until he got a call from the fire department."
Isn't it interesting that in talking about how dangerous alcohol is, they state that it "can't explode". An obvious reference to one of Propanes major dangers, yet that risk is never even mentioned in connection with Propane (as it clearly was in the safety course).
Having used a pressurized alcohol stove often, the "members" story doesn't ring true. Assuming he was using a pressurized system (I can't address anything else), he should have clearly smelt the alcohol when he primed the system. You can also hear (gurgling) and see the fuel. When you put a match to it, it pops when it ignites, and burns with a orange/blue flame, which turns bright blue when vaporized. I have NEVER had any problem seeing the flame in my galley (in direct sunlight, yes (tested it on concrete and its so invisible it is scary!)...In the galley, NO). So...this "member" obviously intended to heat or cook something, apparently used A LOT of fuel to prime his stove (properly primed, my stove would just burn itself out if I left it unattended) couldn't get the stove lit (or so he "thought"!, (wouldn't he feel the heat from that much fuel?)), changed plans, locked up the boat (apparently very quickly, as he didn't smell burning curtains, fiberglass or wood) with a fire burning that was was so large it eventually bunt the boat down. By the way, if you over prime a alcohol stove, the fumes from the liquid fuel burning are literally breath taking. It's a weird sensation, you could never mistake the fumes for anything else.
It seems to me that Mr. "Member" was probably having a hard time selling his boat, and Boat US was the only buyer in the market (just a theory of course)! I would have thought Boat US's fraud department would have been all over this one! Instead, they use it as an example of the evils of alcohol fuel!
Boat US goes on to say:
"Only one fire was started by propane; a portable stove fell off a counter and ignited a cushion."
Only a cushion was lost? Oh my! Then Propane MUST be safer! No time reference (past year, etc.)is given for the statistics.
Here is the link:
BoatUS.com - Seaworthy Magazine
I come to this discussion as someone who was leary of alcohol stoves (do to the hype), until I used one. I don't understand it....The second shooter on the grassy knoll in Dallas, and the conspiracy against Alcohol Stoves. Neither will probably ever be solved. Embrace the Alcohol stove, it's your friend (as long as you use your head)! I was going to include photos of the "invisible" flame on my stove is but this post is too long already. I'll do a seperate post.
Originally Posted by bubb2 View Post
I have aways found a chuckle in the debate over the non-pressurized alcohol stoves are slow. Maybe it does take 5 mins. longer to make a pot of coffee.
I have aways found a chuckle in the debate over the non-pressurized alcohol stoves are slow. Maybe it does take 5 mins. longer to make a pot of coffee.
What I find funny is that many of us dream about crossing Oceans at 5 and 6 knots, But we want our meals at miro-wave speed, We got the time as sailors.
The regulars on this board who love their propane cooking systems have undoubtedly done A LOT of research with propane storage, installation and leakage alarms and installed their system accordingly. It is very possible and great, I'm sure, but not easy or something you should do casually.
If you are looking for a simple, easy and relatively safe cooking set-up I'd scrap both the propane and pressurized alcohol systems and go for UN-pressurized alcohol.
It is very easy to cook with, boils water just about as fast as pressurized alcohol ...
As per an earlier comment: I would not predicate my purchase based on the stove included, unless all else was equal. (Which is unlikely in the extreme.) I would make damn certain my surveyor really understood propane installations, what was required for them on a boat, and inspected the thing in excruciating detail. If you've got two boats of about the same age and the same make and model, odds are good the propane installation was a retrofit.
|Propane kinda scares me on a sailboat, if there is a leak it going to sink down instead of venting up and out. I have a propane stove on my boat, but haven't ever used it, I have been useing a one burner non-presurized alcohol stove, or my little propane bbq thats out side on a rail. Well I guess I will just keep reading along in here and mybe someone will enlighten me on this. And yes I know I could be wrong about it all, guess I'm just old school.
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