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Old 09-12-2009, 04:39 PM
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Ice berg ahead

Ice berg ahead A white Christmas of sorts for WA

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Based on its surface area and assuming the old rule of thumb of 90% below the surface, allowing for for melting and "calving", I estimate that by the time it reaches Perth, it could be expected to yield 86,548,367,912.3 frozen Daquiris.
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Old 09-12-2009, 05:22 PM
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Based on its surface area and assuming the old rule of thumb of 90% below the surface, allowing for for melting and "calving", I estimate that by the time it reaches Perth, it could be expected to yield 86,548,367,912.3 frozen Daquiris.
Ah exactly how big would that be?
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Old 09-12-2009, 06:22 PM
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19km long, 8km wide, and it is not the result of global warming.
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Old 09-12-2009, 07:43 PM
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yeah, just saw that on the news .... amazing that a big iceberg has ventured so far, and still a biggin.
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Old 09-12-2009, 10:44 PM
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Based on its surface area and assuming the old rule of thumb of 90% below the surface, allowing for for melting and "calving", I estimate that by the time it reaches Perth, it could be expected to yield 86,548,367,912.3 frozen Daquiris.
oh yum Daquiris
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Old 09-12-2009, 11:50 PM
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There was a plan during WW2 to use man-made icebergs as aircraft carriers. They were to be made out of "Pyecrete" a mixture of sawdust and ice and some other stuff.
But at 19 klicks long by 8 wide, I wouldn't think you'd bother. Its bigger than Lichtenstein.
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Old 10-12-2009, 08:39 AM
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There was a plan during WW2 to use man-made icebergs as aircraft carriers. They were to be made out of "Pyecrete" a mixture of sawdust and ice and some other stuff.
But at 19 klicks long by 8 wide, I wouldn't think you'd bother. Its bigger than Lichtenstein.
Someone else watches Mythbusters
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Old 10-12-2009, 10:19 AM
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Old 10-12-2009, 10:59 AM
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Old 11-12-2009, 10:06 AM
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Both. But I got that one from quite an old book years ago. It was titled something like "Secret Weapons of WWII: Ideas that never made it" or something to that effect.

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