shell wrote:froodly2005 wrote:*eyes wide* [...] You do realize my eyes are gonna get stuck like that if you keep this up, right?
Well, if they do.... I guess I will have to
blindfold you. *giggle* It's for your own good......can't have your eyes drying out. *giggle*
froodly's id wrote:See, froodly, this is why I keep kickin' your butt toward her, she--
Hey, hey, hey... id! This is my post! You don't get to take over in the very first paragraph... now crawl back under your rock for a minute.
Umm... blindfold? Err...
froodly's id wrote:*whispers* Pssst! Pictures.
Oh, right. But if you blindfold me, then how could I take pictures for you, Miss Shell?
*whispers* Thanks, id. Sorry.
shell wrote:froodly2005 wrote:I hope you don't mind if I sterilize an ice cube tray and make near-sterile cubes out of boiled water? [...] Or maybe sterilize a plastic straw, and make an "ice sound"... Hmmm... (Let me know if I'm overthinking again.)
No, you are not overthinking it. You are being safe. *smile*
The straw sounds like a good idea. HOWEVER....I don't want the ice strip to be longer then 2 inches and remember, it can't have any edge that will cut you. The reason for the length....remember the ice HAS to melt before you can let the water drip out. *Wicked smile*
Don't want you getting frostbite in there. *Smile*
Thanks for injecting a note of sanity. Let's see... 5cm length, maybe 8mm diameter or whatever staws are these days...
froodly's inner nerd wrote:cylinder volume = 50mm * pi * (4mm)^2 = 2513mm^2 = 2.513cm^3, so ~2.5g of ice, or about the weight of a
US penny. Fine; a smallish amount of ice.
latent heat to melt = 334 J/g * 2.5g = 835 Joules
heat to warm to body temp = 4 J/gC * 2.5g * 37C = 370 joules; an overestimate, since surrounding tissues will be cooler than 37C.
So total thermal transfer is maybe a kilojoule or so. How bad could that be...
Assuming penetration depth of 1cm on all sides, that's a tissue volume of 5cm * pi * (1cm)^2 = 15.7cm^3, call it 16 g of mostly-water. Pulling out 1kJ means a temperature drop of 1000J / [16g * 4 J/gC] = 15.6C. But that's ignoring blood flow and thermal homeostasis; guess 50% efficiency for a total temp drop of about 8C. So local tissue goes from 37C (98.6F) initially to 29C (84.2F) at the worst case.
Maximum time 4min, per Miss Shell's instructions, so time at lowest temp is probably 30-60sec.
Locally uncomfortable (which is the point), but safe from frostbite (which is even more the point). Inner nerd votes: thumbs up.
Right, then. A 5cm sterile ice sound.
shell wrote:
I see you Floridians take a rather unique approach to snow sculpture. No doubt an effect of the climate; snow probably induces euphoria. I think I rather approve... though my neighbors likely would not.
shell wrote:froodly2005 wrote:Right, then. Next opportunity for privacy is going to involve some ice, and a detailed report. Possibly with illustrations. And frankly, as to whether or not the id will like it: since it's you asking me to do something with ice, well... he'd damn well better like it, because it's going to happen. Soonish.
Illustrations???? Frodo...are you going to take a picture of your cock for me????? *Wicked smile*
*blush*Umm... I
meant pictures of the
ice and how to make it.
Though, come to think of it, I'm open to persuasion about other things. I say that with some trepidation, given your enormous powers of persuasion over me... *rearranges mental furniture again*
shell wrote:froodly's id wrote:*whispers* Heh. I like it fine, if you make him do it first. :)
Well, that would mean that there would be two times that this little task would take place. I'm good with that. *wicked smile*
You know, usually I mutter something about "that damn id" at this point. I'm not entirely certain
how to tell him he's been a good boy; that's not usually what he does. (Ids, you know. Always trouble.) But signing us up for
two ice tasks from Miss Shell is undoubtedly excellent behavior on his part. Pretty sure we
don't want to let him write the report, though. Almost anything might happen if he gets the keyboard.
Banquo wrote:froodly2005 wrote:Or maybe sterilize a plastic straw, and make an "ice sound"... Hmmm... (Let me know if I'm overthinking again.)
That sounds like a cracking Idea!!
Heh... "cracking". Ahh, those delicate British puns. While the crack would indeed be grand, let's just say I prefer gentle melting to cracking
in urethro. That wouldn't count as skiving off, would it? :)
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Ok, now... I just have to find the time & privacy to
do this! *impatient*
