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Default Flat toohpicks again


"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
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> brooklyn1 wrote:
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>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
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>> > On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:28:48 -0400, Goomba wrote:
>> >
>> >> brooklyn1 wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Round pics are typically highly polished (some are lightly coated
>> >>> with

> a
>> >>> wax
>> >>> sealer), they'll often come out clean because the not quite fully

> baked
>> >>> center portion won't cling, giving a false reading. Flat pics

> typically
>> >>> have a rougher surface texture and a natural finish, making for more
>> >>> acurate
>> >>> doneness testers. Rarely important but flat pics also make smaller

> less
>> >>> noticeable holes.
>> >>
>> >> Now that you mention it, I have noticed how smooth round picks are. I
>> >> never thought about it though as far as why or how it might give that
>> >> "false reading" but it makes perfect sense.
>> >> I never purchased flat picks deliberately but may reconsider next time

> I
>> >> buy some.
>> >
>> > maybe so, but have people here really often gotten 'false positive'
>> > results
>> > with round toothpicks?
>> >
>> > your pal,
>> > blake

>>
>> Could poke a toothpic in your head or your ass and it would come out

> covered
>> with the same dumb mick shit. <g>

>
>
> "Now, kids...I'll have to separate you two if you don't knock it off..."
>
> <chuckle>
>
> ;-P
>
>

He started. He always starts... I finish! hehe