stupid anthrax q: would microwaving your snail mail help?

[Greg Broiles]

At 03:13 PM 10/19/2001 -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:

>/me retreats to iron w/ thermometer.
>
>Black and Decker "Light 'n' Easy" iron, cotton dishtowl (folded quarto),
>"Good Cook" dial thermometer inserted under top fold.  With four
>minutes' preheat, temperature is off the scale (2200F), extrapolating,
>it looks to be 2700-2800F.  After about two minutes, there's a slight
>yellowing of the dishtowel.

Is it possible you're off by a factor of 10 here? I am very skeptical that 
you have an iron which heats up to 2200 or 2700 degrees Fahrenheit. I would 
expect a little more than a slight yellowing of the dish towel at those 
temperatures, unless you have asbestos dish towels you use along with your 
superheated iron.


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