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10/01/2004 07:29:54 PM · #101 |
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Sounds like you took your own advice, at least in part ;-) My world, alas, is ordered. it's just, my rod's not fit sometimes. |
Aye, with veins that flit with quicksilver.
Your portfolio, contrary to your words, suggests something more existential. Your camera lens seems to work in both directions. |
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10/01/2004 07:49:24 PM · #102 |
Vote 10 for boobies. No moobies though.
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10/01/2004 09:02:46 PM · #103 |
Originally posted by Jacko:
Vote 10 for boobies. No moobies though. |
He's right, nobody can fault that approach :)
I'd include cute butts as well :)
Message edited by author 2004-10-01 21:03:35.
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10/01/2004 10:16:26 PM · #104 |
Originally posted by livingfiction:
On Fridays, I usually order a Pizza. It's quick and easy and my wife doesn't have to cook it. When it arrives, I usually eat the piece facing me first, and work my way around in a clockwise fashion until I've had my fill. But for todays pizza, I'm going to start with the piece away from me, and move counter clockwise. It's not that I think the piece facing me is sub standard, or that the direction from which the slices are taken from the box will somehow affect the cooling of the cheese... |
This is my nomination for post of the week. The problem is that tonight, when I ordered my pizza, I was still considering the deep thinking involved, and still considering it when the pizza came. I just could not decide which approach was best. In fact, I considered it until long after the cheese had cooled.
It was much like missing the deadline I think. But that is OK. I vote cold pizza at least a 5. |
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10/01/2004 10:31:18 PM · #105 |
Let's keep talking about this, everyone.
It's very interesting.
Oh yeah, I forgot to put ROFL...
Okay, so I'm really just SOCBTDBTT (Sitting On Couch, Bored To Death By This Thread). |
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10/02/2004 12:32:59 AM · #106 |
Originally posted by soccerdad:
Originally posted by livingfiction:
On Fridays, I usually order a Pizza. It's quick and easy and my wife doesn't have to cook it. When it arrives, I usually eat the piece facing me first, and work my way around in a clockwise fashion until I've had my fill. But for todays pizza, I'm going to start with the piece away from me, and move counter clockwise. It's not that I think the piece facing me is sub standard, or that the direction from which the slices are taken from the box will somehow affect the cooling of the cheese... |
This is my nomination for post of the week. The problem is that tonight, when I ordered my pizza, I was still considering the deep thinking involved, and still considering it when the pizza came. I just could not decide which approach was best. In fact, I considered it until long after the cheese had cooled.
It was much like missing the deadline I think. But that is OK. I vote cold pizza at least a 5. |
Having been, at one time, a pizza delivery driver, I have some experience with the cooling of pizzas as it relates to the dynamic forces involved in getting the pizza to you. Typically, the pizza should be allowed to cool some before being handed over to the driver. The main reason for this is to allow the cheese to cool enough to become a more solidified semi-fluid and thus perform its structural function of holding the toppings together and also binding them to the crust. If the pizza is subjected to relatively low levels of acceleration (such as a jackrabbit start, sudden braking or hard turn) in the planar direction of the pizza surface while the cheese lacks adequate structure, the cheese and all the toppings will slide to one side, taking the toppings with it. The pizza sauce, in this case, exacerbates the problem by acting as a lubricant, encouraging relative motion between the cheese and the area of the crust covered with sauce. Only the cheese that is melted to the non-sauced portion of the crust actually holds the cheese mass in position atop the crust. The cheese on the sauced portion of the crust serves to hold the toppings in place, as well as helping to transfer dynamic loads on the cheese mass to the cheese that is bound to the non-sauced portion of the crust.
In some instances, it is not feasible to allow the cheese to become sufficiently solid before sending it out for delivery. Usually type of situation arises due to the distance to the customer would allow excessive cooling and the pizza would arrive cold, or there is an insufficient number of drivers available to make deliveries in reasonable times necessary to avoid cold pizza upon delivery. In these cases, drivers should be cautioned to drive with care. Additionally, some studies seem to indicate that the implementation of the plastic pizza tripod used commonly to prevent box top sag, also reduces the number of instances of cheese sliding by anchoring the center of the cheese mass.
In instances where cheese sliding occurs, there are several approaches to attempt to address the problem. First, it is sometimes possible to re-distribute the cheese mass evenly over the surface of the crust if it has not congealed into a misshapen lump. This can sometimes be done by subjecting the pizza to another equivalent acceleration event in the opposite direction, but usually manual re-positioning of the cheese mass is required. Another strategy is for the driver to hand the customer the pizza with the slid cheese and make a quick exit before they notice. This, somewhat deceptive, approach can backfire, if the customer is sufficiently agitated. Customers have been known to chase down the driver and make them return the defective pizza for another, or, worse, call and ask to speak with the 'manager', who will quickly agree to send out a fresh pizza ASAP and will usually have harsh words for the driver. |
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10/02/2004 08:21:26 AM · #107 |
Originally posted by soccerdad:
I vote cold pizza at least a 5. |
Especially for breakfast.
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10/02/2004 08:35:40 AM · #108 |
This is a looong thread so my apologies if someone brought this up already.
Next to the numbers it says (bad) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (good).
So if you vote a 1 for an image you are saying that it is bad. It doesn't say 'less good' it says bad.
Just my $.02
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10/02/2004 11:46:05 AM · #109 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Having been, at one time, a pizza delivery driver, I have some experience with the cooling of pizzas as it relates to the dynamic forces involved in getting the pizza to you. Typically, the pizza should be allowed to cool some before being handed over to the driver. The main reason for this is to allow the cheese to cool enough to become a more solidified semi-fluid and thus perform its structural function of holding the toppings together and also binding them to the crust. If the pizza is subjected to relatively low levels of acceleration (such as a jackrabbit start, sudden braking or hard turn) in the planar direction of the pizza surface while the cheese lacks adequate structure, the cheese and all the toppings will slide to one side, taking the toppings with it. The pizza sauce, in this case, exacerbates the problem by acting as a lubricant, encouraging relative motion between the cheese and the area of the crust covered with sauce. Only the cheese that is melted to the non-sauced portion of the crust actually holds the cheese mass in position atop the crust. The cheese on the sauced portion of the crust serves to hold the toppings in place, as well as helping to transfer dynamic loads on the cheese mass to the cheese that is bound to the non-sauced portion of the crust.
In some instances, it is not feasible to allow the cheese to become sufficiently solid before sending it out for delivery. Usually type of situation arises due to the distance to the customer would allow excessive cooling and the pizza would arrive cold, or there is an insufficient number of drivers available to make deliveries in reasonable times necessary to avoid cold pizza upon delivery. In these cases, drivers should be cautioned to drive with care. Additionally, some studies seem to indicate that the implementation of the plastic pizza tripod used commonly to prevent box top sag, also reduces the number of instances of cheese sliding by anchoring the center of the cheese mass.
In instances where cheese sliding occurs, there are several approaches to attempt to address the problem. First, it is sometimes possible to re-distribute the cheese mass evenly over the surface of the crust if it has not congealed into a misshapen lump. This can sometimes be done by subjecting the pizza to another equivalent acceleration event in the opposite direction, but usually manual re-positioning of the cheese mass is required. Another strategy is for the driver to hand the customer the pizza with the slid cheese and make a quick exit before they notice. This, somewhat deceptive, approach can backfire, if the customer is sufficiently agitated. Customers have been known to chase down the driver and make them return the defective pizza for another, or, worse, call and ask to speak with the 'manager', who will quickly agree to send out a fresh pizza ASAP and will usually have harsh words for the driver. |
Spaz, you just gave me a newfound respect for physics and engineering... you really DO use that stuff in the real world! ;o)
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10/02/2004 12:10:40 PM · #110 |
| This is one of those threads that excell once the original topic is ignored. This is a fact about many other threads. lol |
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10/02/2004 01:28:46 PM · #111 |
Originally posted by laurielblack:
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Having been, at one time, a pizza delivery driver, I have some experience with the cooling of pizzas as it relates to the dynamic forces involved ... |
Spaz, you just gave me a newfound respect for physics and engineering... you really DO use that stuff in the real world! ;o) |
It's amazing how often that physics and math and stuff can come in handy ... if you want to see a demonstration of the previously mentioned "dynamics" I suggest the "chase scene" in Toy Story II
Message edited by author 2004-10-02 13:30:07. |
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