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QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 04:32 PM)
Shouldn't there be a few attendance trophies in there?

 

How about the numerous awards Kerry Wood has amassed. Most simulated strikeouts, most simulated wins, etc...

There are several simulated trophies in there, can'tcha see 'em????

 

And the 1907 and 1908 trophies turned to dust, that's why you can't see them either...

 

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QUOTE(The Critic @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 05:41 PM)
There are several simulated trophies in there, can'tcha see 'em????

 

And the 1907 and 1908 trophies turned to dust, that's why you can't see them either...

 

:lol:

Sadly, that wouldn't actually happen...unlike most metals, like Iron, which react with oxygen to give an oxide phase and energy, gold is actually stable at room conditions. For those who understand what it means, the free energy change of the reaction Au + x O = Au2O3 has a positive free energy of formation...which means you literally need to heat it in order to make it rust. This is why, for example, when gold is found in nature, it is actually found as metallic gold, and not found as an oxide, like aluminum which is found as Bauxite for example.

 

Of course, they might have made the tropies back then out of Iron, at which point none of that would matter. But ours looked nice in gold.

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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 07:53 PM)
Sadly, that wouldn't actually happen...unlike most metals, like Iron, which react with oxygen to give an oxide phase and energy, gold is actually stable at room conditions.  For those who understand what it means, the free energy change of the reaction Au + x O = Au2O3 has a positive free energy of formation...which means you literally need to heat it in order to make it rust.  This is why, for example, when gold is found in nature, it is actually found as metallic gold, and not found as an oxide, like aluminum which is found as Bauxite for example.

 

Of course, they might have made the tropies back then out of Iron, at which point none of that would matter.  But ours looked nice in gold.

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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 07:53 PM)
Sadly, that wouldn't actually happen...unlike most metals, like Iron, which react with oxygen to give an oxide phase and energy, gold is actually stable at room conditions.  For those who understand what it means, the free energy change of the reaction Au + x O = Au2O3 has a positive free energy of formation...which means you literally need to heat it in order to make it rust.  This is why, for example, when gold is found in nature, it is actually found as metallic gold, and not found as an oxide, like aluminum which is found as Bauxite for example.

 

Of course, they might have made the tropies back then out of Iron, at which point none of that would matter.  But ours looked nice in gold.

Logic and Information are the mortal enemies of comedy.

CURSE YOU, Balta1701!!!!

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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 14, 2006 -> 01:53 AM)
Sadly, that wouldn't actually happen...unlike most metals, like Iron, which react with oxygen to give an oxide phase and energy, gold is actually stable at room conditions.  For those who understand what it means, the free energy change of the reaction Au + x O = Au2O3 has a positive free energy of formation...which means you literally need to heat it in order to make it rust.  This is why, for example, when gold is found in nature, it is actually found as metallic gold, and not found as an oxide, like aluminum which is found as Bauxite for example.

 

Of course, they might have made the tropies back then out of Iron, at which point none of that would matter.  But ours looked nice in gold.

I can't actually believe you took the time to explain that.

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QUOTE(Brian @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 07:50 PM)
I was gonna guess my Soxtalk Awards trophy case, or even my Soxtalk Nominations trophy case.

I'm right there with you. 3 years, 7000 posts, SoxTalk nominations...(sounds of crickets chirping)

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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 08:53 PM)
Sadly, that wouldn't actually happen...unlike most metals, like Iron, which react with oxygen to give an oxide phase and energy, gold is actually stable at room conditions.  For those who understand what it means, the free energy change of the reaction Au + x O = Au2O3 has a positive free energy of formation...which means you literally need to heat it in order to make it rust.  This is why, for example, when gold is found in nature, it is actually found as metallic gold, and not found as an oxide, like aluminum which is found as Bauxite for example.

 

Of course, they might have made the tropies back then out of Iron, at which point none of that would matter.  But ours looked nice in gold.

 

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