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> From: Andrew Hooper <
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> Date: 2001/08/09 Thu PM 12:00:42 EDT
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> Subject: Re: [ot]: alright here an off topic for you...
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> The answer to this question is pretty simple, I thought long and hard about
> it
> when I saw my father do it to a bottle of beer in the 70's.
>
> The neck of the bottle is basically a funnel and was designed to allow you
> to
> pour the fluid content out of the bottle with minimal restriction while also
> being able to seal the bottle with a cap or cork.
>
> Now look at your basic weather system, You have areas of high and low
> pressure inside by the difference of air pressures.
>
> Firstly you will not get a seal as good as the original cork as it usually
> swells
> in the neck, for this reason when most are extracted they expand and you
> cant get them back in without getting bits of cork in the drink, same
> applies
> with bottles of beer, getting the cap albeit a screw cap or pressed fit you
> will not get a great seal, Also you have to pull it out to pour another
> glass.
> and this would mean you need to reseal it after the glass is poured.
>
> So, Put a spoon in the neck of the bottle. Makes for easy access to the
> liquid contained within.
>
> Now for the tricky part...
>
> The spoon being Silver or Stainless.. Heck anything metal would work but
> it so happens that the spoon has a head that will not allow it to slip down
> through
> the hole as a knife would, Also the handle is just the correct length so
> that
> it will not break the surface tension of the liquid.
>
> Now we all know that a Cold Front in weather patterns will push against
> a warm front, keeping this in mind and taking into account that the metal
> item in the neck of the bottle will have a colder surface than the rest of
> the bottle or liquid you will see that also the air in the neck will be
> colder
> and with the neck being tapered this cold air will form a type of PLUG
> and retard the expansion of the gasses being expelled by the liquid.
>
> So what you have is an Invisible Cork, Yes you will still loose some
> of the gas but certainly not as much as you would if there was nothing in
> the neck.
>
> So your now on the airplane with an expensive bottle of bubbly sipping
> away and not having to wrestle with the cork every time you want a drink
> and maintaining an acceptable amount of lost bubbles.
>
> Well that's my Theory, If anyone want me to research the fact and write
> a formal paper on the subject I would be glad to :)
>
> Regards
> Andrew Hooper
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