Title: How long can helium stay in a balloon for???
trisco - March 25, 2007 02:34 PM (GMT)
Anyone know how long helium can stay in a balloon for?? Noticed something large and yellow down the bottom of my garden earlier so I went to look and it is a helium filled balloon on a string that had got snagged on a branch. It has a 
logo on it... which is a clothing chain that hasn't operated in Britain since the year 2000.... :blink: and this ballon has the year 1988 on it! Surely helium can't stay in that long roflmao
logo on it... which is a clothing chain that hasn't operated in Britain since the year 2000.... :blink: and this ballon has the year 1988 on it! Surely helium can't stay in that long roflmao Lex - March 25, 2007 02:35 PM (GMT)
It may have drifted from continental Europe - we still have C&A over here trisc
aah - didn't see the 1988 bit :blink:
Perhaps it fell through a worm hole in the space-time continuum
:shrug:
here you go:
how long ?
aah - didn't see the 1988 bit :blink:
Perhaps it fell through a worm hole in the space-time continuum
:shrug:
here you go:
how long ?
Pebs - March 25, 2007 05:12 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Lex @ Mar 25 2007, 02:35 PM) |
| Perhaps it fell through a worm hole in the space-time continuum |
What is it???
dl04 - March 25, 2007 05:21 PM (GMT)
what a bizarre thread :blink: roflmao
Lex - March 25, 2007 05:34 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Pebs @ Mar 25 2007, 07:12 PM) | ||
What is it??? |
the balloon hun :)
unless you mean a worm hole - that is a little hole in the folds of fabric from which time and space are woven. Falling through the worm hole allows an object to travel vast distances in space or time without all that tedious mucking around in hyperspace or time machines..
*sees nurse approaching with medication trolley*
:yikes:
Pebs - March 25, 2007 06:00 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Lex @ Mar 25 2007, 05:34 PM) |
| unless you mean a worm hole - that is a little hole in the folds of fabric from which time and space are woven. Falling through the worm hole allows an object to travel vast distances in space or time without all that tedious mucking around in hyperspace or time machines.. |
what is it???
Gav - March 25, 2007 07:05 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Pebs @ Mar 25 2007, 06:00 PM) | ||
what is it??? |
It's what a worm slithers through to get into its house.
Lex - March 25, 2007 07:21 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Pebs @ Mar 25 2007, 08:00 PM) | ||
what is it??? |
ermm
Big Al - March 25, 2007 07:38 PM (GMT)
Helium is such a small molecule it will escape from anything .
The other thing is, how long does it take for the rubber to degrade ?
Gosh I love these scientific -explanation type threads :)
The other thing is, how long does it take for the rubber to degrade ?
Gosh I love these scientific -explanation type threads :)
Big Al - March 25, 2007 07:42 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Gav @ Mar 25 2007, 08:05 PM) | ||||
It's what a worm slithers through to get into its house. |
' Predicts Sam will re-appear to explain this '
Dinky Jo - March 25, 2007 07:43 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Pebs @ Mar 25 2007, 07:00 PM) | ||
what is it??? |
Red Dwarf - nice Pebs :ok:
Lex - March 25, 2007 07:49 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Dinky Jo @ Mar 25 2007, 09:43 PM) | ||||
Red Dwarf - nice Pebs :ok: |
*makes mental note to get RD dvd's*
Gav - March 25, 2007 08:22 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Dinky Jo @ Mar 25 2007, 07:43 PM) | ||||
Red Dwarf - nice Pebs :ok: |
Ahhh man can't believe I didn't spot the Dwarf quoting! Clever Pebs and Jo!
Dinky Jo - March 25, 2007 09:54 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Gav @ Mar 25 2007, 09:22 PM) | ||||||
Ahhh man can't believe I didn't spot the Dwarf quoting! Clever Pebs and Jo! |
yes, showing off our nerd credentials there :D
Pebs - March 25, 2007 10:14 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Dinky Jo @ Mar 25 2007, 09:54 PM) | ||||||||
yes, showing off our nerd credentials there :D |
:D knew you would spot it as soon as you came in Jo - though, you should have pointed out it some kind of magic door.... I dont remember the direct quote!
petalp - March 25, 2007 10:25 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Gav @ Mar 25 2007, 08:22 PM) | ||||||
Ahhh man can't believe I didn't spot the Dwarf quoting! Clever Pebs and Jo! |
SuperBRAT - March 26, 2007 08:25 PM (GMT)
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I love that show :D