oh shit, it's pumpkin time.

g'night.

Houston, we have a malfunction

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

...or a twist-off, sure.

 Lazy8 wrote: 
you mean, like a cork?

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

Mmm (slurp) fascinating. And what if the convection column column cools too rapidly, forming a solid plug at the surface?

 hobiejoe wrote:

Right then, I'll just tuck in and see. Hold my feet, would you?

 hobiejoe wrote: 
of course.. silly me. now about these eruption columns. what keeps them aloft is convection which is basically a function of a) the gas released from the magma and b) entrained air which gets heated and expands.. now,  here's the juicy bit.. isn't it the case that a wider eruption column will entrain proportionately less air than a narrow column and therefore tend to be less buoyant? 

Prompt:  "mmm, fascinating, tell me more" 

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: 
If it's an Aussie shiraz the (oak) chips are in the fermentation vessel

 Lazy8 wrote: 


ok here you go:



dunno where the chips are.

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

How did you know? More chips?

 Lazy8 wrote: 
Brilliant, you married?

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

I'll sit there, nod my head, and occasionally say "Mmm-hmm, fascinating! Tell me more." Close enough?

 Lazy8 wrote: 
does this mean you want to listen to my theory on collapsing eruption columns? You can't have one without t'other.

 hobiejoe wrote: 



I regularly make the same qualifier.

Brilliant.

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

Howsabout if I just swill wine while you two prattle on?

Order some chips too.

 Beaker wrote: 
funny, when you say that it sounds kinky.

 hobiejoe wrote: 
Getting field data from under a collapsing eruption column might be a bit risky, but hey, the wine's good, why not?

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: 
I would think that the critical conditions between bouyant and collapsing eruption columns might easily be ascribed to cheap Aussie shiraz.
 
Need any field data collecting?

 hobiejoe wrote: 
wanna drink? I got a bit of really cheap Aussie shiraz/grenache here and am looking for someone to talk about the critical conditions between buoyant eruption columns and collapsing ones and no one else on the entire innernet is interested...

 Beaker wrote: 
Let me get this straight. After reading and reflecting upon your original post I made a comment about it, and as I had the temerity to not agree with it I was rewarded with some patronizing instructions to go away and read it and all the links again until I understood it properly. No discussion or reasoning from you. Just a (possibly correct, granted) insinuation that I'm an idiot.
 
Which was a tadge irritating, hence my subsequent response. With hindsight you're right, it did sound a little prescriptive, but it wasn't directed at the wider community, just you. If you tell me how to interpret your posts forgive me if I return the favour and give you a little pointer in communicating rather than broadcasting.
 
And just to underline my point, and to show good manners, I took your advice, re-read the article and the links in order to critique the blah that you originally linked to at greater length. Which, needless to say, you ignored.
 
The only other time I've ever suggested to someone how they might post was also you, under almost exactly the same circumstances. Your "Defender Of The Community" schtick doesn't wash with me anymore and I'm fed up with your browbeating and harassment of people who displease you. So you'll forgive me if I don't kowtow to your orders to "accept....or move on".
 
So yes, I'll go back to sensibly ignoring any propaganda you may choose to regurgitate, or slumbering as you think of it, and only rouse myself when it'll result in a worthwhile exchange.
 
Nighty-night.