Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything.

[Aristus]

A toast to Mme. Defarge for keeping me honest.

[LastDemocratInSC]

1. Why is the square root of negative one not defined?

My bottle of chardonnay wants to know.

[Aristus]

2. My bottle of vodka will give your bottle the answer.

Let’s leave them to it...

[RainCaster]

3. Legit vacation states

I want some place to go on vacation this summer. The Mrs & I are vaccinated now, and we want some where to go besides Hawaii. It looks like the rest of the world may still be locked down, so that leaves us with the USA.

Given that 43 states are trying to pass laws to eliminate democracy, what are the 7 remaining states? We don't want a dime of our money going to states that support stealing the next election.

[Aristus]

4. A bed & breakfast getaway in Vermont might be nice.

Green secluded hills, a (mostly) liberal political landscape, lots of antique shops and bookstores. I've never been there, but the pics look lovely, and it's calling to me...

[RainCaster]

5. Do they have an airport?

We would have to fly, since we are on the Left Coast. That does sound nice.

[Aristus]

6. Burlington International.

n/t

[cilla4progress]

9. Howdy, Aristus!

I graduated from the University of Vermont in Burlington in 1977 - you know, where Bernie Sanders was elected Socialist Mayor, just after my time there.

Halcyon days indeed. Ruined me for everywhere else!

[Aristus]

10. Hope I'll be able to visit someday...

[Mme. Defarge]

7. Moi?

Tonight it was Stoli over ice with a twist. Honestly.

[Aristus]

8. Twist of what?

Lemon? Lime? Orange?

[NNadir]

11. Do you feel that the...

...fac rhenium complex described in this paper, Enhanced Photocatalysis of Rhenium(I) Complex by Light-Harvesting Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica (Hiroyuki Takeda, Masataka Ohashi, Takao Tani, Osamu Ishitani, and Shinji Inagaki Inorganic Chemistry 2010 49 (10), 4554-4559) would work equally as well if we substituted technetium for rhenium?

If you have no opinion do you like the picture anyway?

[Aristus]

12. No.

Substitute francium for rhenium instead. It has a shorter half-life. The faster rate of decay can improve the energy transfer coefficient.

[NNadir]

13. I think you may have missed an important fact.

This complex converts visible light, not sub UV wave lengthes. In this case the long half life is a good thing.

[In_The_Wind]

14. How long should it take to install a window air conditioner?

I should mention the window is a crank open style.

[Aristus]

15. Do you have to install a support framework first?

That’s about a half hour right there.

[In_The_Wind]

16. Buying a metal shelving unit to use inside. Then C-clamps to attach a shelf for the AC.

Later, plan to buy 2 4x4s as uprights to support the shelf outside.

Gathering supplies and starting early to avoid sweating while I work.

[Aristus]

17. Sounds about right.

Careful you don’t bust your knuckles.