To: Jacquerie; Dane
“Yes sir, the brand new Hindenburg model you ordered just rolled off the transporter”. I’m going inside the kevlar shielded building right over here while you start it up, OK?
3 posted on
04/08/2008 3:49:07 PM PDT by
Hardastarboard
(DemocraticUnderground.com is an internet hate site.)
To: Hardastarboard; Jacquerie
You know, people also were scared of electricity when it first became available.
4 posted on
04/08/2008 3:53:30 PM PDT by
Dane
("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
To: Hardastarboard
FWIW, the flames shooting out of that picture of the Hindenburg were from the coating on the envelope. They coated the Hindenburg (& other dirigibles) with rocket fuel (iron oxide and aluminum powder, AKA thermite) to keep them from overheating in the sunlight.
Hydrogen flame is colourless.
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