On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 17:02:44 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 10 Apr 2023 21:40:48 +0100, Fredxx <fredxx@spam.uk> wrote:
>
>>On 09/04/2023 05:41, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>>> On Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:13:08 +0100, John Larkin
>>> <jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 02 Apr 2023 19:48:04 +0100, "Commander Kinsey"
>>>> <CK1@nospam.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 05:20:25 -0000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:06:47 -0000, NY wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> By "compression" do you mean the fact that the range from freezing to
>>>>>>> boiling is only 100 degrees Celsius but is 180 degrees Fahrenheit?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Given that there are fewer degrees C than degrees F in a given
>>>>>>> range of
>>>>>>> temperatures (so each degree is "bigger"), I'd have thought that a
>>>>>>> change from n deg C to n+1 deg C would be *more* noticeable than a
>>>>>>> change from n deg F to n+1 deg F.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes. The 9/5 or 5/9 however you want to look at it means 1 degree C is
>>>>>> roughly 2 degrees F.  However unless you're looking at a thermometer of
>>>>>> some sort as you say can someone tell the difference between 1
>>>>>> degree in
>>>>>> either scale?
>>>>>
>>>>> I can tell the difference if I'm moving from one room to another.  I
>>>>> can quite accurately guess the number of C difference.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can also quite accurately determine the temperature of an object I
>>>>> touch if it's fairly near body temperature.
>>>>
>>>> I can estimate the temp of a heat sink by touch pretty accurately, in
>>>> the range of about 45 to 65c. 50c is my threshold of pain.
>>>
>>> You have an absurdly low pain threshold.  A central heating radiator is
>>> traditionally 70C, and the guide is "you should be able to touch it for
>>> 3-5 seconds before it's sore".
>>
>>You're in denial that John's pain threshold is typical:
>> https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20100020960/downloads/20100020960.pdf
>>
>>
>>44 °C is the temperature at which damage starts. Touching a high
>>temperature surface under 80 °C causes a reflex response where little or
>>damage is caused.
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn
>>
>>https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/thermal-injury
>>
>>You can be in denial of these simple facts, but facts they are and your
>>claims are short of the mark, as per usual.
>
>He's just here for emotional conflict. Numbers don't matter.
>
>I had a medical scare recently. I had a bunch of red spots appear on
>my arms. Googling suggested metastasized melanomas or cherry angiomas.
>But they slowly changed color to brownish, which those don't do. A
>week later, a fresh batch cropped up.
>
>We figured it out. I was frying things in canola oil in a shallow pan,
>pot stickers and then crab cakes. I didn't much notice the hot oil
>spatters when they happened.
>
>The cure is to use a deep pot which catches most of the splats. That
>does make things a little harder to flip.

I feel your pain. I use a simple stainless-steel spatter screen.

..<https://www.amazon.com/HIC-Harold-Co-30026-Stainless/dp/B003VAP2MM/ref=sr_1_27?keywords=splatter%2Bscreens%2Bstainless%2Bsteel&qid=1681257995&s=kitchen&sr=1-27&th=1>

Joe Gwinn