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From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [ReacTor] "Bad Books", and the Readers That Love Them
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 17:30:39 -0400
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Michael F. Stemper wrote:
> On 19/04/2024 16.13, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> Robert Woodward  <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
>>> In article <slrnv252ci.17f0.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>,
>>> Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
> 
> 
>>>> "Unusual", of course, is betraying your biased viewpoint.  Everybody
>>>> knows that water is... a rock.
>>>
>>> Ahem, a gas - see _Ice World_.
>>
>> Water is a liquid except under very unusual circumstances.  I know 
>> there are
>> places like "Buffalo" and "Michigan" where water can be seen in solid 
>> form
>> but this is not normal and not to be encountered under conditions 
>> capable of
>> supporting human life.  Also it is ruins perfectly good whisky.  
>> Beware at
>> all times of solid water.
> 
> You have it backwards. I lived in Minnesota for 37 years, and know that
> 0 C is defined as the temperature at which water temporarily goes into
> its liquid state.

Molten ice has been falling from the sky hereabouts of late.  The only 
reasonable conclusion is that there's  a volcano in the area.

William Hyde