I have a thing for gentleman knives, especially those made from particular materials. Böker has recently released one made from meteorite steel which I adore. But since these knives are VERY expensive I can’t justify this passion to my wife, so I never started collecting.

Also: Extra large swanker.

Elon Musk: Sunk Mole.

Mark Zuckerberg: Kerb Muck Grazer.

Sergey Brin: Beery Grins.

I have to admit that even this Old Texas sauce wasn’t quite as good as I had hoped.

Sometimes the local butcher has beef stock for sale which is liquid gold. Then I just take the pan which I used to sear the steak with, add some of the steak trimmings, shallots, rosemary and sage, give that a good roast, then I deglaze the pan with beef stock and red wine.

I let that reduce for as long as the steak needs to get to ~50°C in the oven. Filter it, add some corn starch water and butter, hey presto, great steak sauce. When the sauce is done, the steak is usually at 55°C and done as well.

Sadly, the butcher didn’t have any beef stock this time.

Nope. I mean, I do like HP sauce but using it with a good steak like that would be a sacrilege. This was Old Texas Whiskey Pepper Steak Sauce. And yes, I did use it sparingly.

Absolutely. I usually cook with cheap ingredients too, but my per-serving cost is probably more like 5 Euros. I’ve taught myself a lot of Asian recipes. Quick to prepare and very, very affordable most of the time.

But every now and then I go crazy and do stuff like this steak.

I’d rather not answer that.

Well, I paid 35 €. Three weeks dry aged Irish beef.

F=Δp⋅A

Let’s do it:

The phenomenon that causes divers to be trapped is called differential pressure, or Delta P. It requires surprisingly little Delta P to trap divers in such a way that they can’t free themselves.

The formula is simple: F=Δp⋅A

Δp = Differential pressure, A = the area the differential pressure acts on, in our case the cross sectional area of the pipe.

Example:

30 cm pipe => A = π⋅(0,15)² m²

Delta P only (!!!) 0.1 bar (= 10 kPa).

F = 10,000 Pa ⋅ 0.07 m² ≈ 700 N. This equals roughly 71 kg of weight.

Now, let’s try this with the numbers above. Unfortunately, we don’t know the diameter of the pipe so let’s again assume 30 cm:

Δp = 21.375 - 14.7 psi = 6.675 psi ≈ 0.46 bar = 46 kPA

F = 46,000 Pa ⋅ 0.07 m² ≈ 3250 N.

=> You would be sucked to this pipe opening with a force of roughly 330 kg. In other words, you’re fucked.

For fun, let’s assume a 50 cm diameter pipe:

F = 46,000 Pa ⋅ 0.196 m² ≈ 9020 N.

This equals roughly 920 kg of weight.

=> There is absolutely no escape here and I think it’s safe to assume the diver would be sucked through that pipe.

And finally, to answer your question (I’ll skip the math here), a 10 cm diameter pipe with the same Delta P would mean 37 kg of weight. I think it would be possible to escape in this scenario, but it’ll not be effortless.

the abrupt “time to leave” even if you’re not done

Seems like you went to the more touristy places. Or Munich. Or a touristy place in Munich. They tend to be a little brusque and unfriendly there… It really pays off to look for places on Maps which are highly rated and a little off the beaten path. Some real gems there. I could name a few restaurants in Berlin which serve awesome German (!= Bavarian!) food that isn’t repetitive.

As if denying millions of Americans access to proper healthcare wasn’t enough, they appointed an anti-science, anti-vaxx idiot as if to make sure even more harm would be inflicted on them.

Must be a case of this superior sense of humor that we Germans famously do not possess.

prepares Cock au Vin

Wait… what?

Fun fact: Eddie Izzard once came to Berlin and did comedy gigs in German language. My favourite creation of his: Ausgefuckingzeichnet!

Here’s my theory: All diplodocuses, much like all brontosauruses, are thin at one end, much MUCH thicker in the middle, and then thin again at the far end. That is the theory that I have and which is mine, and what it is too.

My ICQ was 1428816.

And when young people ask me if I ever play multi-player games… my dude, I played the first one. Midimaze on Atari ST.

If this comment saves only one person from wasting their money, it is worth it:

Do not buy Focal Bathys.

The build quality is super cheap, mine broke not even two years after purchase. The plastic surrounding the metal bits that connect the central part to the ear pads will break sooner or later.

Nah, you can absolutely use any type of salsiccia you like. I happen to love fennel seeds in the resulting dish so I use that type.

Yeah, I forgot to mention pre cooking the pasta. Thanks for spotting this.