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Microwave experiments cause sponge disasters
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| 01/25/07
Posted on 01/25/2007 6:18:32 AM PST by presidio9
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To: presidio9
What is really SILLY here is that the researchers failed to realize they aren't killing bacteria, viruses and parasites with the MICROWAVE. If you wet a sponge and cook it for two minutes in a microwave, you're going to bring the water in the sponge to a BOIL.....
I heat my tea or coffee in a large ceramic mug in the microwave for two minutes and it comes to JUST boiling. I imagine that a significantly less amount of of fluid inside the sponge would come quickly to boiling point and remain so for a good minute.
So... the EASY solution is to boil water on your stove, put your sponges in there and let them boil for a couple minutes, and this would accomplish the exact same thing. Without using MICROWAVEs.
Good grief.
(Oh, and if you put them the little silverware holder in the dishwasher, you do the same thing... duh)
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posted on
01/25/2007 7:45:17 AM PST
by
Rick.Donaldson
(http://realitycheck.blogsome.com)
To: presidio9
"Just wanted you to know that your article on microwaving sponges and scrubbers aroused my interest. However, when I put my sponge/scrubber into the microwave, it caught fire, smoked up the house, ruined my microwave, and pissed me off," one correspondent wrote in an e-mail to Reuters. This person is Darwin Award material!!!!!!!
To: Incorrigible
Spounge Pants Bob!---To quote the Dayaks (modified) Sterilize--must Sterilize.
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posted on
01/25/2007 7:46:10 AM PST
by
rod1
To: presidio9
A cycle in the dishwasher on sani helps.
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posted on
01/25/2007 7:46:21 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(If no one buys illegal drugs, we win the war on drugs)
To: presidio9
Last, people should be careful when removing the sponge from the microwave as it will be hot." NO $h!t!
To: GYPSY286
I spray the sponge with a household solution of Clorox. I did put it in the dishwasher a few times. The remote possibility of it getting loose and blocking the drain changed my mind on that idea. Clorox beats hot water!!
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posted on
01/25/2007 7:54:37 AM PST
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: CharlesWayneCT
"Yep, microwaves just love little magnetic conductive strips."
There's a neat experiment you can do...
Take a lead from a mechanical pencil and place it on a (disposable - it will be damaged) glass dish. Pop it in the microwave and turn it on.
It will burn on the ends with a bright white light (carbon arc) until the lead burns down to 1/4 wavelength of the microwave frequency, then it will stop burning.
After it cools, you can measure what's left, and compute the frequency of the microwave oven.
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posted on
01/25/2007 7:55:29 AM PST
by
babygene
(Never look into the laser with your last good eye...)
To: ReignOfError
agree with you...and is cheaper!
69
posted on
01/25/2007 7:56:26 AM PST
by
SeeSalt
To: presidio9
...left out the crucial step of wetting the sponge. Wasn't that a lesson from "The Green Mile"? At least the "books" (aka, "how to get people to pay $20 for a paperback novel")
To: MarkeyD
Duh, that's what makes them dumb!
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posted on
01/25/2007 8:01:47 AM PST
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
01/25/2007 8:03:13 AM PST
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: presidio9
>sponge disasters
To: babygene
>After it cools, you can measure what's left, and compute the frequency of the microwave oven
To: theFIRMbss; beyond the sea; Slings and Arrows
>sponge disasters
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posted on
01/25/2007 8:09:54 AM PST
by
presidio9
(There is something wonderful about a country that produces a brave and humble man like Wesley Autrey)
To: presidio9; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
I can add nothing to presidio9's eloquence in post #75.
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posted on
01/25/2007 8:18:48 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Facts are a Zionist plot!" --MarkL)
To: Jimmy Valentine's brother
unfortunately, yes, and most of them vote for the incumbent whenever possible, which explains how Feinstein, Boxer, and McCain keep getting re-elected.
To: vetvetdoug
The old standard of warm water baths to warm blood is pretty safe. Whole blood in the microwave gives me chills.
78
posted on
01/25/2007 8:21:31 AM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(Spork weasels ain't afraid of nuthin' but running out of sardines.)
To: cripplecreek
It probably wouldn't be wise to start a rumor that a microwave will recharge batteries. Thinning the herd a bit, are we? ;^)
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posted on
01/25/2007 8:23:55 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Facts are a Zionist plot!" --MarkL)
To: vetvetdoug
Also, whole blood in the microwave is another story.... Sounds like a recipe for homemade black pudding.
80
posted on
01/25/2007 8:25:12 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Facts are a Zionist plot!" --MarkL)
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