red-rot from demon soda

[MikeW]

carbon-something-or-other causes man-made tubal warming.

Politics ? Ok, stop already!

[MikeW]

Mr. Dobalina ?

It's on U-tube, but I never heard it before: Interesting rhythm, but the poetry seems to lack coherence (but then so does the Ring when you don't speak German) - or does the dark lord reveal himself when I play it backwards ?

Was this the flip side of something, or did their minders actually let them do this in public ?

[MikeW]

Obviously I could have been clearer, but I was trying to be polite.

My apologies, I forgot where I was (am ?), I'll try not to let it happen again.

In plain English: you got it bass-ackards, the crud on the inside is what is left of the zinc. It didn't cause the red-rot, it was made by the red-rot - result, NOT cause.

Of course, it would help if someone had real evidence, one way or the other.

And I preferred the original; the remix with the electronic jew's harp did nothing for me.

[MikeW]

Pokerface.

[Ken Herrick]

In recognition of Bloke's 26,000th post, I'll chuck a spanner in the works here.

Many moons ago, when I worked for a famous maker of soprano tubas, we would, all to often have to scrap and replace parts of NEW instruments!
Often those luverly little red spots would show up during the polishing stage. WORSE would be when they showed up after plating.

Conclusion?

A lot of "red rot" is actually imperfections in the brass which are present from day one.

(Do I win a prize for being first to acknowledge Bloke's milestone?)