tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post2007629012477586701..comments2024-03-29T05:15:40.793-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: I have two questions:Firehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-37871555302291420222011-07-01T11:51:07.874-07:002011-07-01T11:51:07.874-07:00Wondered if might be tin; it would seem the most l...Wondered if might be tin; it would seem the most likely. I know lead's been used in the past, but not for quite a while.<br /><br />Nice info on the dipping, thanks!Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-81081841307851559772011-07-01T11:06:44.492-07:002011-07-01T11:06:44.492-07:00Sigivald: Tin! Of course! (Or an alloy thereof.) C...Sigivald: Tin! Of course! (Or an alloy thereof.) Could well be. I don't think I've ever handled a sample of true tin foil, particularly of that thickness, but sounds reasonable.<br /><br />I see Wiki calls it malleable and ductile, resistant to corrosion, and of low toxicity, making it suitable for food packaging. <br /><br />You're right about lead in the modern day, of course, but perhaps it was used traditionally.DJMoorehttp://ricketyclick.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-67822493397480936652011-06-30T11:18:59.696-07:002011-06-30T11:18:59.696-07:00Still no luck with the seal, but here's a look...Still no luck with the seal, but here's a look at the Maker's Mark procedure... An actual American worker seals each bottle by hand, with a wax/plastic blend:<br /><br />http://cocktails.about.com/od/history/ig/Maker-s-Mark-Distillery/And-a-Little-Wax-Seal-.htmTom Stedhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00268201250851961272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-85895803803180972262011-06-30T11:03:56.897-07:002011-06-30T11:03:56.897-07:00I suspect it to be tin; the characteristics are ap...I suspect it to be tin; the characteristics are appropriate.<br /><br />Lead, they'd never be allowed to use on the mouth of a bottle these days.<br /><br />(The internet suggests that wine bottles use tin these days, and I bet liquor bottles use the same, so I'd double-down on my guess above.<br /><br />And I'm with djmoore - it's definitely not aluminum. It looks wrong and behaves wrong to be aluminum.)Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-7266737298249985102011-06-29T20:18:16.737-07:002011-06-29T20:18:16.737-07:00I found one reference claiming it is aluminum foil...I found one <a href="http://www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3995" rel="nofollow">reference</a> claiming it is aluminum foil, but it looks and feels more like lead to me. I think it's too heavy for aluminum.<br /><br />Niven's "flash mobs" were driven by teleportation portals. Turned out that all you really need is a way to organize it, not a way to get people to it.djmoorehttp://ricketyclick.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-76581333958459452932011-06-29T15:44:58.020-07:002011-06-29T15:44:58.020-07:00Not the wax, there's a lot of whiskey that use...Not the wax, there's a lot of whiskey that uses some kind of thick foil.<br /><br />And yeah, that'd be an interesting job to have on your resume. Though I don't know how long I could keep doing that every dayFirehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-66594474247874285262011-06-29T15:29:16.516-07:002011-06-29T15:29:16.516-07:00I'm pretty sure the crumbly stuff on whiskey b...I'm pretty sure the crumbly stuff on whiskey bottles is wax, or a wax-mixture of some sort.<br /><br />I vaguely recall a news story, years back, of a long-time employee at Maker's Mark. He was the bottle dipper. Good job, I guess.<br /><br />TomTom Stedhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00268201250851961272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-24750588865686917512011-06-29T15:03:47.841-07:002011-06-29T15:03:47.841-07:00There's an article in Wikipedia that gives mor...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob" rel="nofollow">There's an article in Wikipedia</a> that gives more history. I'm familiar with the term from reading Larry Niven's stories. Notice he imagined flash mobs back in 1973. <br /><br />The current flash mob phenomenon by blacks is going to cause a huge stink in the next couple of years, I'm thinking, and has the potential to lead to widespread racial hatred, if not an outright race war. <br /><br />The MSM won't be able to keep hiding this phenomenon forever, not with Drudge and other alternative media sources shining a light on it.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.com