On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:06:01 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Krypsis wrote:
>>
>> Riddle me this... If I boil water on a stove in an uncovered pot, why
>> will it eventually boil dry if, as we have been told by Brooklyn, no
>> steam is being produced? If no steam is being produced, we cannot be
>> having any loss of liquid, can we?
>>
>> Wait, maybe Brooklyn is wrong? Could that be possible? Did he flunk JHS
>> science classes? Maybe some new discovery has been made that turns the
>> old theory that I learnt on its head in more recent times?
>
>And what's up with a "steamy bathroom" after taking a long shower?

That would be fog and condensate... were steam exiting your shower
head you'd be dead. It's fine to take poetic license by using "steam"
as a euphemisn as in steamy sex but not when trying to be precise with
heating water.