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Take Five after Meals

By Jimmy Johnson

March 15, 1998


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79 responses to “Take Five after Meals”

  1. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
    curmudgeonly ex-professor

    Musings about the daily cartoon with the hot tub: I wouldn’t feel good about night time skinny dipping, if, indeed, that is what’s planned. Especially with lights on, who knows if any “low lifes” may be in the area with a camera or even a firearm. Certainly, visits or not, A&J don’t know all that much about the environs and inhabitants. Coverage would be my advice. In the daytime, with the chance of being able to spot putative intruders or to verify the absence thereof, such might be OK.

    Janis’ point about what might be sharing the tub with them is still well-taken. I’d not want to share with, say, roaches, crawfish, gators nor almost anything not human!

    I drink about 2 liters/day of various colas, mostly diet. The drinks don’t stay in contact with my teeth all that long. The acidic component – which may not exist as an actual acid! – is carbonic acid, which is very, very weak. In water, it exists as its component ions: H+, (HCO3)- [bicarbonate], and a little (CO3)= [carbonate]. Most seems to be carbon dioxide dissolved in water which is why those drinks fizz – the fizz consists of gaseous CO2 escaping the liquid.

    1. Old Bear Avatar
      Old Bear

      c e-p

      Did you ever see what that stuff in the Red Can (and smiling Polar Bears) does to
      meat & nails?

      The active acid in Coca-Cola Classic is phosphoric acid (H 3 PO 4). The average amount per can of coke works out to 17mg per 100 mL of Coca-Cola. This gives an acidity of only 0.017%. They claim less than a Lemon – but how many lemons do you suck on without a chaser. ๐Ÿ™‚

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      1.  Avatar
        Anonymous

        Yep, I forgot – totally – the H3PO4. Reference I found cited it as only 10.6 mg/100ml, but that pH would still be under 3.

        1. James Pollock Avatar
          James Pollock

          At least they hardly ever put lysergic acid in it anymoer.

  2. Jackie Avatar
    Jackie

    Snakes.

    Snakes love swimming pools. They probably get in hot tubs as well.

    In the South pool boys skim out the snakes before opening the pool.

    1. Mark in TTown Avatar
      Mark in TTown

      On the Gulf, they might even find an alligator in it. In Tennessee one year, we had frogs spawn in ours when we didn’t use it for a while during the spring. Opened up the top and it was full of tadpoles. We had a couple of those do it yourself ponds in the yard and relocated all we could catch into them.

      1. james pollock Avatar
        james pollock

        Standing water will be full of mosquito larvae.

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  4. Jackie Avatar
    Jackie

    Back in the day when your car battery didn’t work you cleaned the points by pouring Coke on them. Always worked.

    1. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
      curmudgeonly ex-professor

      Why would one use a solution leaving a large sugary residue? I just used a wire brush and water. If an acid were desired, surely vinegar would serve and not leave any residue.

  5. Jackie Avatar
    Jackie

    Because we usually discovered the battery didn’t work when we were out in remote country or a cotton field at midnight necking. We often had Cokes and NEVER drank water or carried it with us.

    A wire brush? I have used a hair brush or rags.

    1. James Pollock Avatar
      James Pollock

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