The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXI

[sophie]

Yes, it's delicious.

Ugh. I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

 

[Borachio]

I texted him and said "Hello, how are you? Do you want to start the friendship over?"
Reply: "hahaha no! I thought I made it clear to you the last time that you were dead to me."

So that's that then. Oh well, I am oddly relieved I tried even with the negative response. It was bugging me to think whether or not it was really a dead friendship and now I have my answer.

Well, never mind, Mr Hobbs. I think you've done the right thing. It's your friend's loss more than yours, I guess.

And you could try again in 6 months time, if you feel like it.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Well, never mind, Mr Hobbs. I think you've done the right thing. It's your friend's loss more than yours, I guess.

And you could try again in 6 months time, if you feel like it.

Thanks Borachio. I won't be trying again, it's not worth it.

While I did a really bad thing, especially with my terrible timing wrt the nastygram texts I sent him, the thrust of the texts that made me dead to him basically boiled down to 'grow up'. He had become an unbearable person to hang out with once he turned 21 (excessive drinking + ADHD + 5 second attention span + extreme self centerdness + compulsive behavior = bad times and much babysitting to keep him from behind a wheel and out of prison) and his reaction that 'you're dead to me' because of a text pretty much confirmed that he needs to grow up.

I expected harsh language and that he wouldn't want to talk to me for a long time, but honestly the whole 'you are dead to me' part was childish. And yet that's still where his mentality is. We had a great friendship apart from the last 2 months of it or so and it's a shame he'd rather throw it away. I mean, this guy officiated my wedding but that is apparently insignificant to him because of a few nastygrams.

I do feel bad that I hurt him so deeply. But I don't feel bad the friendship is over, I clearly dodged an unstable bullet there.

 

[ace99]

How long should I let gummi worms soak in vodka?

 

[Farm Boy]

24 hours. Go buy Steel Reserve in the meantime so you can retain your man card.

 

[bhsup]

How long should I let gummi worms soak in vodka?

That works? Do you think it would work with whiskey?

 

[ace99]

It should. You can call them rummy bears or whiskey worms

http://sweets.seriouseats.com/2012/06/drunken-gummy-gummi-bears-infuse-booze.html

Empty a bag of Gummi Bears into a jar or bowl or some other vessel. And they need not even be bears! Really any member of the Gummi Animal Kingdom will do (we also tested Trader Joe's Gummy Tummy Penguins).
Time to select your booze. You could go in many, many directions here. Rum was an obvious choice because, c'mon, Rummy Bears were too good to deny. Let your bar shelf inspire you: try gin, tequila, vodka, Campari, whiskey...
Pour enough liquid over the gummies to completely immerse and cover them, with a little liquid peeking out on top.
How long should they infuse? Many sources suggest three to four days in the fridge. We left them sitting out on the countertop and after a few hours, their little bear bellies swelled up and they already tasted pretty boozy. Between five to eight hours was the sweet spot for us to achieve the best squish. The bears will lose their firm chew and take on a texture of jiggly Jell-O. They should still be pleasantly squishy, not liquefied. Over-infuse them and they'll just become a gelatinous mess of bear ooze.

Aw, how cute, boozy bears! Yes and no. As adorably innocuous as these guys look, be forewarned: they are strong. You will start feeling all giddy after a few, and eventually, they make you go a little crazy. I took these to my friend's birthday party and we all slurped them back like birthday shots. They're not quite a shot's worth each, but almost feel stronger with the sugar factor compounded by the alcohol.

 

[bhsup]

Well I know what I am buying at the grocery store tomorrow morning.

 

[Farm Boy]

It should. You can call them rummy bears or whiskey worms

http://sweets.seriouseats.com/2012/06/drunken-gummy-gummi-bears-infuse-booze.html

Psch, I thought you were dissolving them. Gummi flavored shots are the way to go. At least if you want ladies doing shots they aren't a bad way to go.

 

[ace99]

I've done the skittle flavored vodka before. Its all fun and games until you got girls puking up red, green, and blue colored vomit all over your apartment. Hell naw son.

 

[Farm Boy]

I've done the skittle flavored vodka before. Its all fun and games until you got girls puking up red, green, and blue colored vomit all over your apartment. Hell naw son.

Sounds like it's back to the Steel Reserve then, boy.

 

[ace99]

It worked! I let it soak overnight and tried some this morning. Yep, it absorbed the vodka, you bite into it, it's a little bit squishy and has a bit of a bite combined the with the gummi flavor. The remaining vodka collects at the bottom, and is flavored so you can drink it too if you can get past how gross it looks.

 

[bhsup]

It worked! I let it soak overnight and tried some this morning. Yep, it absorbed the vodka, you bite into it, it's a little bit squishy and has a bit of a bite combined the with the gummi flavor. The remaining vodka collects at the bottom, and is flavored so you can drink it too if you can get past how gross it looks.

Yeah, I just started my test. Gonna let it go 24 hours, so will let you all know tomorrow night. What you are seeing here is 3lb of gummy bears soaking in a 1/5th of Bacardi Gold rum. They are now safely sealed up in the fridge.

 

[ace99]

Some advice, don't let it sit for more than a day or it'll dissolve.

When its finished keep it away from any heat sources such as your laptop's exhaust when playing Skyrim because it'll melt it.

Also they're much stronger than they look because of the sugar. You'll feel it.

I covered the top of mine with plastic wrap when I let it sit in the fridge. Dunno if you need to but I didn't want my fridge smelling boozy and fruity.

 

[bhsup]

Yeah, it is a Rubbermaid sealable container with the lid snapped on. So okay then, do you suggest I pull them out tomorrow morning (around 13-14 hours) or tomorrow night after work (about 24 hours)?

 

[ace99]

I put it in at around 6pm and pulled it out the next day around 1pm and it looked like it absorbed alll that it could. I drained it and left it on the counter to dry a bit until around 4:00pm at which point I began to indulge, (and melted it while Skryimming)

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

I was reading the Wiki page on the Pepcon disaster, and it didn't give a number for the estimated size of the largest explosion, but instead gave an estimate of 1 kiloton for "the larger" explosion. But it doesn't state anything about the largest explosion.

The closest I got was:

There were a total of seven explosions during the accident. The two largest produced waves measuring 3.0 and 3.5 on the Richter scale.[5] Nearly 4,500 tons (9 million lb) of the product exploded, creating a crater 15 feet (4.6 m) deep and 200 feet (61 m) long in the storage area.[2] The combined explosions released estimated energy of 2.7 Kilotons of TNT.

But I'm confused as to whether they were referring to just the two largest when they gave the number of 2.7 kilotons, giving the largest a size of 1.7 kilotons; or was it saying that all seven of them added to a total of 2.7 kilotons?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I was reading the Wiki page on the Pepcon disaster, and it didn't give a number for the estimated size of the largest explosion, but instead gave an estimate of 1 kiloton for "the larger" explosion. But it doesn't state anything about the largest explosion.

The closest I got was:


But I'm confused as to whether they were referring to just the two largest when they gave the number of 2.7 kilotons, giving the largest a size of 1.7 kilotons; or was it saying that all seven of them added to a total of 2.7 kilotons?

All of them added up to 2.7.

If you're looking up big, nonnuclear explosions, read about the good old N-1 blowing up. That was a doozy.

 

[Cutlass]

The Halifax explosion was one of, if not the, biggest man made non nuclear explosions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion

At 9:04:35 AM, the cargo of the Mont-Blanc exploded with more force than any man-made explosion before it.[33] The force released was equivalent to roughly three kilotons of TNT (about 1.26 × 1013 joules).[34] The explosion destroyed the ship, launching the remains of her hull 300 metres (980 ft) into the air and sending white-hot shards of iron raining down upon Halifax and Dartmouth.[35] The barrel of one of Mont-Blanc's guns landed approximately 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) north of the explosion site near Albro Lake in Dartmouth, while part of her anchor landed 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) south at Armdale.[36]

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Yessir it was huge.

N-1 was the biggest though.
(according to the biggest non-nuclear explosions page on wikipedia)