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WCDT strips 3841-3845 (1-5 October 2018)
shanejayell:
I'm guessing they exploded the rice cooker...
zisraelsen:
This has a very "mom walks in on her kids just after traumatic mishap" vibe to it and I love it.
Cornelius:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 02 Oct 2018, 05:01 ---
--- Quote from: traroth on 02 Oct 2018, 04:58 ---Rice. Way more dangerous you would think.......................
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For example, it is a potential sinking hazard for old-style freighter ships. Rice grains are low-density when wet and large concentrations can actually act like floats. There are examples of where flooding of cargo bays filled with rice have capsized ships due to the floating rice sacks lifting the centre of mass too high.
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To be fair, of it gets to the point of sacks and bales floating, you probably have other things to worry about. And when some of the bulk has broken, that'll choke your pumps, so abandon ship is looking like a sensible order.
Of course, the rice absorbing water will give you some more issues, if only due to an increase in weight. Aside from being fired for losing more than the acceptable part of your cargo.
Neko_Ali:
Don't worry about Momo's pigtails, I'm sure she has spares, just like Chiyo-chan.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLpZU1nPNS0
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: Cornelius on 02 Oct 2018, 08:07 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 02 Oct 2018, 05:01 ---
--- Quote from: traroth on 02 Oct 2018, 04:58 ---Rice. Way more dangerous you would think.......................
--- End quote ---
For example, it is a potential sinking hazard for old-style freighter ships. Rice grains are low-density when wet and large concentrations can actually act like floats. There are examples of where flooding of cargo bays filled with rice have capsized ships due to the floating rice sacks lifting the centre of mass too high.
--- End quote ---
To be fair, of it gets to the point of sacks and bales floating, you probably have other things to worry about. And when some of the bulk has broken, that'll choke your pumps, so abandon ship is looking like a sensible order.
Of course, the rice absorbing water will give you some more issues, if only due to an increase in weight. Aside from being fired for losing more than the acceptable part of your cargo.
--- End quote ---
For an entertaining story relevant to this discussion, see ”Hornblower and the Cargo of Rice”, in the story collection Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C. S. Forester.
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