OT-the answer to the question of the ages

[Rusty]

I found why faucets go drip, drip.


Because they can't go sniff, sniff.

[piller]

Groan!!!

[rjohns94]

[awp101]

Wow...

[Rusty]

Hey, it was preacher that said it.

[awp101]

Another enduring question:

Who put the turtle in Myrtle's girdle?

[Noah Zark]

Another enduring question: "How many years of actual real-world exposure is equivalent to 1000 hrs of ASTM B117 Salt Fog testing?"

Noah

[awp101]

Another enduring question: "How many years of actual real-world exposure is equivalent to 1000 hrs of ASTM B117 Salt Fog testing?"

Noah

You lost me after "how many years"...

[Blaine]

Another enduring question: "How many years of actual real-world exposure is equivalent to 1000 hrs of ASTM B117 Salt Fog testing?"

Noah

Unfortunately, the nature and intricacies of corrosion damage and relevant testing are easily misunderstood within the broader engineering/scientific community. The many different corrosion test procedures can be confusing, controversial and applied inappropriately when their fundamental principles, advantages and limitations are not understood. Ergo sum, depending on the dynamics of your test, the answer is variable.

Further information can be gleened from:

R. Baboian: "Corrosion Tests and Standards: Application and Interpretation", ASTM International, 1995.

GalvInfo Note #15: "The Salt Spray Test and Its Vagaries.", published at galvinfo.com.

J. Guthrie, B. Battat and C. Grethlein: "Accelerated Corrosion Testing", The AMPTIAC Quarterly, Volume 6, No.3., Fall 2002.

H.P. Hack: "Corrosion Testing Made Easy: Galvanic Corrosion Test Methods", NACE International, 1993.

E.D. Verink: "Corrosion Testing Made Easy: The Basics", NACE International, 1993.

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[Rusty]

Is that anything like how much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?

[awp101]

Is that anything like how much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?

I always thought a woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Hey, what was the greatest thing BEFORE sliced bread?

How can you tell if your bagpipes are out of tune? Or IN tune for that matter?

If you shoot a mime, do you have to use a suppressor?

[Blaine]

The whole idea of Where Baby Oil Comes From worries me to no end.....

[DBW]

Can time really be killed?

[awp101]

Can time really be killed?

If so, they'll lock me up and throw away the key. The boss is on vaction this week so here we go!

[Otto]

Why are almost all races (track& field, NASCAR, horse races, greyhounds, etc) run counter-clockwise?

[awp101]

Can time really be killed?

That is not dead which can eternal lie.
And with strange aeons even death may die

[JerryB]

Rusty boy, I think you started somthin'

[Noah Zark]

Another enduring question: "How many years of actual real-world exposure is equivalent to 1000 hrs of ASTM B117 Salt Fog testing?"

Noah

Unfortunately, the nature and intricacies of corrosion damage and relevant testing are easily misunderstood within the broader engineering/scientific community. The many different corrosion test procedures can be confusing, controversial and applied inappropriately when their fundamental principles, advantages and limitations are not understood. Ergo sum, depending on the dynamics of your test, the answer is variable.

Further information can be gleened from:

R. Baboian: "Corrosion Tests and Standards: Application and Interpretation", ASTM International, 1995.

GalvInfo Note #15: "The Salt Spray Test and Its Vagaries.", published at galvinfo.com.

J. Guthrie, B. Battat and C. Grethlein: "Accelerated Corrosion Testing", The AMPTIAC Quarterly, Volume 6, No.3., Fall 2002.

H.P. Hack: "Corrosion Testing Made Easy: Galvanic Corrosion Test Methods", NACE International, 1993.

E.D. Verink: "Corrosion Testing Made Easy: The Basics", NACE International, 1993.

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Blaine:

When my customers ask, I usually respond by saying, "It's irrelevant anyway; there's no place on the planet where there's 5% salt fog occuring naturally."

Then I give them the technical lecture about vagaries of B117, etc., and the development of cyclic accelerated testing as a real-world accelerated simulation, etc., until their eyes turn glassy . . .

Noah

[Noah Zark]

And since we're on the subject, does anyone here find Stephen Colbert just the least little bit humorous?

I sure don't.

Noah

[Rusty]

Stephen who?

[Gobblerforge]

So why are light switches marked 'ON and OFF"? I mean.............................can't you tell?
Gobbler