X-Message-Number: 17066 From: Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 02:27:15 EDT Subject: Look Ma, No Hands, No Fido, No Fred, No Fridge... Cryonet: You see, Ma, I am now even more sure than ever I will never be much of a carpenter. I just cut off both of my hands off on the new band saw. Bummer. But you see our refrigerator out there laying on its side in Fred's truck and running good as ever being powered by his truck's new bed-mounted gasoline generator? My hands are in the refrigerator section, so lets get across town to the hand surgery center pronto, if you don't mind. In these cases, getting and keeping things good and COLD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE is the Name of the Game! Why not Fred? Fred can't drive. He is complexly broken up. You see, the noise of the generator starting scared the hell out of Fido who darted across the highway just in time to get smashed by an overloaded semi-tractor trailer. You know how Fred loved that dog and had even made cryopreservation arrangements for him when he signed up himself several years ago. Fred's all tore up because he had just caught and picked Fido up at the very instant the truck hit. Getting Fido in the refrigerator, was no picnic with no hands. But even in three convenient pieces, Frdc was a much tougher job! Let's move. The keys are in the ignition and the Chicago map is on the dash! How's that for leg pulling, Olaf?! :- ) OK, sure, once or twice maybe...Yea, I inhaled. PS: As -40 is the same on both scales, and since many may more frequently want to convert to F, a variant comes to mind: Convert 37C to F? The absolute difference (the span) between the two is 77 degrees. Multiply by 1.8, then subtract the original 40 = 98.6F 37C =98.6F Regards, David C. Johnson, Raleigh, NC Biologist by 5-year degree (Fahrenheit) Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17066