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"Weather school"
Posted by Ben_Chiu on 04-14-03 at 02:05z
Pat sent this to me:

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I was taking a ground school class for private pilots. During the
session on weather, the instructor wanted to discuss the concept
of sublimation, the act of going from a gas to a solid skipping
the intermediate liquid stage. He gave as an example water vapor
in the air condensing on a windshield to form ice.

Wanting to see if the class had understood the concept, the
instructor asked if anyone could provide an example of something
that went straight from a solid to a gas. He was expecting "dry
ice'' as the answer.

One of the students blurted out, "Burritos."
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Ben


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"RE: Weather school"
Posted by vgbaron on 04-14-03 at 16:06z
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> One of the students blurted out, "Burritos."
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I understand that's the fuel additive for Mexicana Airlines


vgb

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"RE: Weather school"
Posted by jerryrosie on 04-16-03 at 00:30z
>>One of the students blurted out, "Burritos."<<

An excellent answer - but probably has more meaning in California than it does in Pennsylvania....but we DO have Taco Bell...;)

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