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onetime2 · 10-02-2003, 05:01 AM

Perhaps, in some circumstances, it is easier to get the cooling process going in warm water and more difficult in others. Kind of like pushing a weight down an incline. One with the top half coated in sand paper and the bottom half in teflon vs another incline with the top half made of plastic and the bottom in teflon. It would be far easier to get the weight on the plastic moving toward the teflon than the one on the sandpaper. Once they reach the teflon they both travel at the same rate but the one that started on plastic has a head start.

10-02-2003, 05:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
onetime2 Junkie Location: NJ	Perhaps, in some circumstances, it is easier to get the cooling process going in warm water and more difficult in others. Kind of like pushing a weight down an incline. One with the top half coated in sand paper and the bottom half in teflon vs another incline with the top half made of plastic and the bottom in teflon. It would be far easier to get the weight on the plastic moving toward the teflon than the one on the sandpaper. Once they reach the teflon they both travel at the same rate but the one that started on plastic has a head start. __________________ Strive to be more curious than ignorant.