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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2009metal blaster
Dear all, My son was watching the DVD of "The Magic School Bus-Ants". We both heard a name which sounded like "metal blaster". But we couldn't make sure if it was the correct name and what it meant. It was used to describe a black circle box where the ants stayed. Can anyone tell me what it might be? Thank you very much! > My son was watching the DVD of "The Magic School Bus-Ants". We > both heard a name which sounded like "metal blaster". But we > couldn't make sure if it was the correct name and what it meant. It > was used to describe a black circle box where the ants stayed. Can > anyone tell me what it might be? Thank you very much! It appears to be a toy that shoots marshmallow candies, called a "mallow blaster". When I looked at the episode on YouTube, I thought it was some kind of large, marshmallow-filled cookie, but searching for the word on Google turns up sites for the toy, not a cookie. Anyway, the name seems to be either the phrase above or the one-word form, "mallowblaster". >> My son was watching the DVD of "The Magic School Bus-Ants". We >> both heard a name which sounded like "metal blaster". But we [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >it was some kind of large, marshmallow-filled cookie, but searching >for the word on Google turns up sites for the toy, not a cookie. Tnere are cookies named mallow. They sell them now, in Maryland, in the cookies section, although if Mallow is trademarked and it's anotehr company making them, they may have to fiddle with the name. The good ones are 1 1/2 inches across and almost an inch high. I think Nabisco makes them. Yeah, hear they are, Mallomars, complete with a picture of them in mid-construction, so you can see the layers. http://www.nabiscoworld.com/brands/brandlist.aspx?SiteId=1&CatalogType=1&BrandKe y=mallomars&BrandLink=/&BrandId=73&PageNo=1 And I think they are mallow bars or something that have the marshmallow, a 2 1/2 inch cookie on both sides, and a chocolate cover, but they are cheap and don't taste nearly as good. The cookie is good, I think, but the mallow or the chocolate is not so good. Not by Nabisco. Surprised you found nothing on google. >Anyway, the name seems to be either the phrase above or the one-word >form, "mallowblaster". >- Posters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I have lived in Western Pa. 10 years Indianapolis 10 years Chicago 6 years Brooklyn, NY 12 years Baltimore 26 years mm filted: >Posters should say where they live, and for which >area they are asking questions. I have lived in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Brooklyn, NY 12 years >Baltimore 26 years Would it be more useful to explain which end of that sequence is recent?...assuming it's from oldest to newest, my list is: vicinity of Los Angeles 10 years vicinity of Seattle 1½ years vicinity of Silver City, New Mexico 8½ years Douglas, Arizona 3 years Phoenix 26½ years "Vicinity of" prior to 1979 is necessary to avoid pedantic objections...the fractional years are necessary because I can't in good conscience go one way or the other when the dates ran from a January to a July or vice versa.... So, in your own record of migrations, why did you feel it necessary to include the state for Brooklyn but not for Indianapolis, Chicago or Baltimore?...r  Signature"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!" "You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!" >mm filted: >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >So, in your own record of migrations, why did you feel it necessary to include >the state for Brooklyn but not for Indianapolis, Chicago or Baltimore?...r Indianapolis is so well-known that the state need not be included. Brooklyn is known only by people who fold slices. SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida [ ... ] > Indianapolis is so well-known that the state need not be included. > Brooklyn is known only by people who fold slices. And then there's Chicago, where the slices can't be folded. During the process of persuading the Navy to let me enlist, I was asked to list every place I'd lived since Januaary 1, 1937. Having been born after 1937 (which I gather makes me a youngster around here), I was unable to supply a complete answer. I asked the petty officer watching me fill out the form whether "Heaven" was an acceptable answer for my pre-birth residence. He was unable to tell me. That aside, I'd violate every sig rule known to man (and woman) if I had to list everywhere I've lived every time I posted. SignatureBob Lieblich Cleveland - Arlington, VA, with stops in between Robert Lieblich filted: >[ ... ] > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >That aside, I'd violate every sig rule known to man (and woman) if I >had to list everywhere I've lived every time I posted. No need for that level of detail...limit it to the continents....r Signature"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!" "You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!" > That aside, I'd violate every sig rule known to man (and woman) if I > had to list everywhere I've lived every time I posted. RL must be glad he is not Dutch. I have just been told (by a Dutch person) that the application form for either AOW or ABP pensions asks for every address occupied since leaving school. SignatureDon Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) > > That aside, I'd violate every sig rule known to man (and woman) if I > > had to list everywhere I've lived every time I posted. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > AOW or ABP pensions asks for every address occupied > since leaving school. Depending on what "leaving school" means, that could save me up to 90 percent of the otherwise required entries. I received my last advanced degree in 1972 and have lived exactly two places since then. SignatureBob Lieblich Youthful peripatetic Robert Lieblich filted: >> > That aside, I'd violate every sig rule known to man (and woman) if I >> > had to list everywhere I've lived every time I posted. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >percent of the otherwise required entries. I received my last >advanced degree in 1972 and have lived exactly two places since then. If the list ever gets too unwieldy, just take a community-college class (something of the "underwater basket-weaving" sort) and do a reset on your life....r Signature"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!" "You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!" > > > That aside, I'd violate every sig rule known to man (and woman) if I > > > had to list everywhere I've lived every time I posted. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > percent of the otherwise required entries. I received my last > advanced degree in 1972 and have lived exactly two places since then. A right-pondian "school leaver" is a left-pondian "high-school graduate" or "high-school dropout". Signature--------------------------- | BBB b \ Barbara at LivingHistory stop co stop uk | B B aa rrr b | | BBB a a r bbb | Quidquid latine dictum sit, | B B a a r b b | altum viditur. | BBB aa a r bbb | ----------------------------- > Indianapolis is so well-known that the state need not be included. > Brooklyn is known only by people who fold slices. This Brit knows that Brooklyn is an area of New York (city), with a bridge. He also knows that New York (city) is in New York (state). His knowledge of Indianapolis is that it has something to do with some sort of motor racing that we don't do over here. He doesn't know what the 500 means, nor what state it's in (somewhere vaguely in the middle sort of if I had to guess). SignatureOnline waterways route planner: http://canalplan.org.uk Experimental version; http://canalplan.eu >His knowledge of Indianapolis is that it has something to do with some sort >of motor racing that we don't do over here. He doesn't know what the 500 >means, nor what state it's in Might he guess, if prompted, that it's the one that begins its name? ¬R - we don't have branes made of clockworks, chocolate maidens http://users.bestweb.net/~notr/arkville.html --the Ur-beatle >> Indianapolis is so well-known that the state need not be included. >> Brooklyn is known only by people who fold slices. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >means, nor what state it's in (somewhere vaguely in the middle sort of if I >had to guess). This American knows an ironical comment when he writes one. SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida >> Indianapolis is so well-known that the state need not be included. >> Brooklyn is known only by people who fold slices. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >His knowledge of Indianapolis is that it has something to do with some sort >of motor racing that we don't do over here. The 2 1/2 mile track just outside Indianapolis, in what is now the town of Speedway, Indiana, was built 1909 for auto and motorcycle testing and soon after used for racing. The Indianaplis 500 began in 1911 and for decades was the longest auto race in the world, 500 miles. For British readers, I think that is about 2000 scone. It is the largest one day sporting even in the world, with about 400,000 people attending. "One-day" means everyone is there on the same day, and they don't take small numbers of people on many days and add them all together, as applies to some events. The parade the day before gets more than 100 thousand attendees. Invented the Speedway was the rear-view mirror, seat belts, the roll bar iirc and some other thigns I forget. Early use of streamlining, The track is still used for tire testing. I've been to the race twice, iirc, and to time trials a couple times. My brother lived in Indianapolis longer than I did, and one year when he was in medical school got free admission as a medic. Usually no one in the race gets hurt, and no one got hurt that year, but there are I think always a few in the crowd who get hurt. Imagine in a city of 400,000 people how many would have to seek first-aid in the course of a day. The first race was run at about 75 mph and took about 8 hours. Now the speeds are about 200 mph and the race takes only 2 1/2 hours. > He doesn't know what the 500 >means, nor what state it's in (somewhere vaguely in the middle sort of if I >had to guess). Apparently the entire population of Indiana was Greek, so they called the newly laid out city in the middle of the state Indiana-polis. OTOH, Annopolis, Maryland was named after Queen Anne, whom I'm sure you remember. SignaturePosters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I have lived in Western Pa. 10 years Indianapolis 10 years Chicago 6 years Brooklyn, NY 12 years Baltimore 26 years Nick wrote on Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:52:19 +0000: >> Indianapolis is so well-known that the state need not be >> included. Brooklyn is known only by people who fold slices. > This Brit knows that Brooklyn is an area of New York (city), > with a bridge. He also knows that New York (city) is in New > York (state). > His knowledge of Indianapolis is that it has something to do > with some sort of motor racing that we don't do over here. He > doesn't know what the 500 means, nor what state it's in > (somewhere vaguely in the middle sort of if I had to guess). Are you not being rather insular with "we" and "over here"? Have you ever heard of the Nurburgring? The British used to have a similar track at Brooklands. SignatureJames Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not > Nick wrote on Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:52:19 +0000: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > ever heard of the Nurburgring? The British used to have a similar track > at Brooklands. The Nurburgring is nothing like Indy. The banked, oval high speed track at Monza is like Indy. Brooklands was sort of like Indy. SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEW lamps for OLD for email. >> Nick wrote on Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:52:19 +0000: >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >The Nurburgring is nothing like Indy. The banked, oval high speed >track at Monza is like Indy. Brooklands was sort of like Indy. I presume as speeds got higher, they had to bank the turns more, but I'm rather disappointed that no one ever mentioned that afaicr in any of the articles I read or the radio or tv coverage of the race, during my 7 years in Indianapolis, or since. Similarly, and even more disappointing is that I have finally gleaned that the driver of Indy cars had to (maybe) shift up at least for each long straightaway (2) on each circuit of the track, and maybe for all I know the short chutes (the straight parts between turns 1 and 2 and between turns 3 and 4.) and then down shift when going into the turns, but no one ever discussed this either. No one even discussed shifting when coming out of the pits, from speed 0 to speed 220 mph. But when I heard that the cars had transmissions, I figure they must shift sometimes. Does anyone know when and how much? Instead they talked a lot about the engines, the fuel, the tires, the pit stops, the tire changes, the lap time, the drivers. If in fact they have to shift several times for each lap, it would be another way that one driver could excel over another. How often do they shift an Indy car per lap? zero, 4, 8, 12 times? Do they double clutch during downshifts. Do they have synchomesh transmissions? I could go hunt this down on the web, or find a racing group to ask, but I'm here now and you might know, as well as my four friends that I'm asking now. And I've never thought of this question before when I was in front of the computer. SignaturePosters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I have lived in Western Pa. 10 years Indianapolis 10 years Chicago 6 years Brooklyn, NY 12 years Baltimore 26 years >So, in your own record of migrations, why did you feel it necessary to include >the state for Brooklyn but not for Indianapolis, Chicago or Baltimore?...r Maybe because Brooklyn is also a neigborhood in Baltimore. A quiet, rarely mentioned, maybe small one, but it takes on more significance with me. Or maybe because I like to mention NY. SignaturePosters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I have lived in Western Pa. 10 years Indianapolis 10 years Chicago 6 years Brooklyn, NY 12 years Baltimore 26 years >It appears to be a toy that shoots marshmallow candies, called a >"mallow blaster". When I looked at the episode on YouTube, I thought >it was some kind of large, marshmallow-filled cookie, Your first impression was right. It's clearly a marshmallow sandwich cookie. The name would have been made up specifically *not* to match the name of a real cookie, to avoid trademark infringement. By coincidence, published earlier this week: http://xkcd.com/517/ ¬R "I love Blip just because it's the absolute opposite of fun" http://users.bestweb.net/~notr/travelog/19990710.html --Kibo >> It appears to be a toy that shoots marshmallow candies, called a >> "mallow blaster". When I looked at the episode on YouTube, I >> thought it was some kind of large, marshmallow-filled cookie, > Your first impression was right. It's clearly a marshmallow > sandwich cookie. The name would have been made up specifically > *not* to match the name of a real cookie, to avoid trademark > infringement. Ah. So simple, so very simple, that only a child can do it. > By coincidence, published earlier this week: http://xkcd.com/517/ > ¬R "I love Blip just because it's the absolute opposite of fun" > http://users.bestweb.net/~notr/travelog/19990710.html --Kibo |
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