Hi David,  I know what an adiabatic process is.  Because of the behavior of gases adiabatically (for example, with altitude changes), I made a bad pun out of the word.  I think some would be offended.  My wife might under some circumstances, if I made the comment when other people were around.  She would be gracious, and not say anything, but she might be offended.  I do think after I caught it (but only after sending it) that it reasonably could offend.  So, I apologize, even to folks who were not offended.

David

---- David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
> At 11:38 AM 3/26/2012, mcneely4@cox.net wrote:
> >because it helps us to get through some of the bad times.  The bad
> >times are real.  I apologize for being inconsiderate.  I did not
> >mean to be, it is just my dumbness that came through.
>
> Er...an adiabatic process is one in which heat energy is neither lost
> nor gained.
>
> Perhaps my sensibilities are coarsened, but I don't see anything the
> least offensive about what you said.
>
> Yours,
> David
>

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David McNeely