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11-13-2003, 07:59 PM
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Rivet Master 
1993 30' Excella
whitewater
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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why?
not original but worth thinking about.....
why does it take one match to start a forest fire, and a whole box to start a campfire? 
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Illegitimous noncarborundum(dont let the bastards wear you down)
The only true nobility is found through giving good food to your friends- Anton Careme
beauty is in the eye of the beerholder-cosmo fishhawk
if something is too good to be true, its usually gone before i get there-mister boffo
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11-13-2003, 09:47 PM
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2 Rivet Member 
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why ?
Why do the ice cubes come out of some slots cleanly and perfectly and others shatter and spliner every time. Same tray different slots?
Why did God create mosquitos?
Why doesn't Dexter offer replacement axles for our trailers' Henschens'?
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11-13-2003, 09:50 PM
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Rivet Master
1993 30' Excella
whitewater
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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hhmmm.......
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Illegitimous noncarborundum(dont let the bastards wear you down)
The only true nobility is found through giving good food to your friends- Anton Careme
beauty is in the eye of the beerholder-cosmo fishhawk
if something is too good to be true, its usually gone before i get there-mister boffo
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11-14-2003, 05:07 AM
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Just an old timer...
2004 22' Interstate
Tipton
, Iowa
Join Date: Mar 2003
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why is it that...
houses burn down, but cars burn up? 
roger
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havin' to fix my broken Airstreams since 1987...
AIR 2053 Current: 2004 Airstream Interstate "B-Van" T1N DODGE Sprinter
Former Airstreams: 1953 Flying Cloud, 1957 Overlander, 1961 Bambi, 1970 Safari Special, 1978 Argosy Minuet, 1985 325 Moho, 1994 Limited 34' Two-door, 1994 B190 "B-Van"
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11-14-2003, 03:51 PM
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Retired Moderator
1992 29' Excella
madison
, Wisconsin
Join Date: Aug 2002
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why do
hot water heaters heat cold water?
john
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you call them ferrets, i call them weasels.
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11-14-2003, 03:59 PM
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Rivet Master
1969 31' Sovereign
Broken Arrow
, Oklahoma
Join Date: Jan 2003
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WHY ????
WHY NOT ???????????
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11-14-2003, 04:32 PM
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Retired.
Currently Looking...
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, At Large
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Why?
Why do you drive on a Parkway, and park in a driveway?
Why do they call it a "near miss? Wouldn't it be a "near hit?
Terry
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Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup.
Terry
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11-14-2003, 09:38 PM
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4 Rivet Member 
2004 25' Safari
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Why ?
Why ----when you have gone to a restaurant, you have been "eating out " when you're inside ?
Best
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Home of the Wayward Wind
Bogfrog & Mr. Turbo
If in life you stumble, make it part of the dance
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11-16-2003, 11:10 AM
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Just a member
1978 28' Argosy 28
Lutz
, Florida
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 4,549
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Why does Dennys have locks on the entrance doors when they are open 24/7/365??????
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WBCCI #5501 AIR # 49
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1978 Argosy 28 foot Motorhome
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. -- Plato
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11-16-2003, 11:40 AM
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2 Rivet Member
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Why is the "foul pole" in baseball completely inside fair territory? and a ball hitting it is fair..shouldn't it be a "fair pole"?
And in golf why should the positive thing to achieve be "making the cut"??... seems it should be "missing the cut" to me.
Why is refrigeration technology so stagnant?
i.e. why not a 20ooo or 24ooo BTU AirConditioner that weighs a whole lot less than todays 12ooo BTU models? for our RVs.
(Please don't mess up this fun thread by answering the latter here ).
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11-16-2003, 02:54 PM
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Rivet Master
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Why
Why is a 12000 Btu air conditioner called a "one ton" airconditioner? Seems like we made a lot of improvement since THOSE days!
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11-16-2003, 10:03 PM
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Rivet Master
1978 25' Tradewind
Metro Phoenix
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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Actaully, markdoane, I have the answer for that one!
Way back when, they used to harvest ice out of the lakes up north in the winter. They'd ship it down the Mississippi in wooden barges packed in sawdust. Packed in cold storage warehouses, it was believe-it-or-not enough to keep stuff cold all summer down south. Then in the latter part of the 1800's, there was an ice famine due to a warm winter, and the mechanical refrigeration industry was born.
In the very early days of mechanical refrigeration, the machines were extremely large and driven by steam engines. They were used to make ice, which was distributed by horse and wagon to provide cooling.
Ice plants were rated in "tons of ice per day," and it just so happens that 12,000 btu per hour times 24 hours is enough energy to freeze a ton of water into ice.
-Don
Some Ice History: http://www.alamoashrae.com/history/a...ars_of_Ice.pdf
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11-17-2003, 07:35 PM
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Rivet Master
1993 30' Excella
whitewater
, north of cheddar curtain
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,259
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Ice plants were rated in "tons of ice per day," and it just so happens that 12,000 btu per hour times 24 hours is enough energy to freeze a ton of water into ice.
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actually don you have the right church, but the wrong pew...
mechanical refrigeration was invented in 1855 by a german engineer responding to the law of supply and demand....demand had outgrown the supply of BEER since beer could only be brewed in the winter.....a british thermal unit(btu) is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree fahrenheit...a ton of refrigeration is the refrigerating effect equal to melting a ton of ice in 24 hours....thus we are removing 12000 btu per hour or 200 btu per minute of heat from the air...my 2 cents fwiw...
norby 
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Illegitimous noncarborundum(dont let the bastards wear you down)
The only true nobility is found through giving good food to your friends- Anton Careme
beauty is in the eye of the beerholder-cosmo fishhawk
if something is too good to be true, its usually gone before i get there-mister boffo
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11-17-2003, 11:29 PM
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Rivet Master
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Don and Norbert:
Thanks for the information. I think both of you are 100% right!
Whether 12000 Btu per hour is the energy removed to make a ton of ice in 24 hrs, or 12000 Btu is the energy absorbed by a ton of ice melting in 24 hrs.... is there a difference?
I sure hope Sue and Von are enjoying this  .
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11-17-2003, 11:35 PM
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Rivet Master
1993 30' Excella
whitewater
, north of cheddar curtain
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,259
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words mean things
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Illegitimous noncarborundum(dont let the bastards wear you down)
The only true nobility is found through giving good food to your friends- Anton Careme
beauty is in the eye of the beerholder-cosmo fishhawk
if something is too good to be true, its usually gone before i get there-mister boffo
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