Think harder.
Isopropanol (isopropyl alcohol) is commonly known as rubbing alcohol.
Ethanol, when diluted with water and with potato residue added, is vodka.
Don't drink rubbing alcohol, it's bad for you.
Theo Smit
tsmit@novatel.ca
B382002705
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Laifman [SMTP:laifman@flash.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 11:25 AM
> To: Doug Mallory
> Cc: Tiger's Den
> Subject: Re: Think !!!
>
> Doug,
>
>
> You said:
>
> "If others believed that a 50/50 mixture of grain neutral
> spirits and
> distilled water wouldn't be good as a coolant would you care
> after it started spraying
> in your face.Would you start looking forward to an over
> heating engine?"
>
>
> I guess this is referring to my post.
>
> I may not have been clear. The original party was
> using plain (or distilled) water, because his car was
> overheating, and the overflow was somehow
> getting from the near-road dump tube to his face (no
> windshield)? I thought that using plain water
> just got it boiling sooner, and he seemed reluctant to fix
> the actual problem of overheating.
>
> The recommendation I made, although not as good as
> anti-freeze, is better than plain water. The key
> is that the whole thing was a JOKE. I was recommending he
> cool his car with 100% isopropyl alcohol,
> diluted 50% with distilled water, because it might "taste
> better" if he wouldn't fix his problem.
>
> Maybe you don't recognize the chemical formulation, but in
> common parlance this is known as a Vodka
> Martini, and it was a JOKE. Although a 40% alcohol mixture
> (80 proof) costs $9.98 for 750 ml, and
> Prestone costs $7.95 per gallon, it's not so bad,
> economically, to just pour it in from the Vodka bottle.
> It's pre-mixed, you know what to do with the left-over you
> don't need to use, and when you drain it,
> it can legally be disposed of in any number of manners.
> {9->
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> --
> Steve Laifman < One first kiss, >
> B9472289 < one first love, and >
> < one first win, is all >
> < you get in this life. >
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