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Lars Jensen wrote:

> Unless... Did Mae-Wang have any blue powder left at the end of the
> story?

That's exactly what I wondered way back then. Of course Maw-Wang's and
Scarpa's point was that such camera should not exist, but it sure was fun!

Francesco

Lars:

> Unless... Did Mae-Wang have any blue powder left at the end of the
> story?

She didn't, no. Not according to Kim.

"The fortune camera is destroyed!"
"Do you have more powder for a new, Kim?"
"No! And neither does Mae-Wang!"
(page 242)

Mae-Wang about the camera (M = Mae Wang, K = Kim Don-Ling, P = Paperoidi
king, S = Scrooge):

(page 196)
M: "I have delicious soup in the kettle! Do you want some?"
K: "You bet! Do you remember when the meteor rock fell into
the kettle?"
K: "The magic powder is highly valued by my friends in science
and... hm... business in my new country!"
M: "Not only for medicine?"
K: "No, it's used to make a fortune camera which can predict
the future!"
M: "Oh?"
K: "You're not angry, are you?"
M: "Not at you! But it's wrong to try to foresee the future.
Stupid too!"
K: "Done is done. I'm sorry!"
M: "Come and eat now! Hm... If I'm partly responsible for that
fortune camera... I would prefer seeing it undone!"
-----
Later (page 220):
M: (whispers) "Tell me one thing... do they still have the
fortune camera along with them?"
K: (whispers) "Yes. It's in a package in the helicopter."
P: "I hope I find the same type of gold somewhere else... in time for the
repair."
S: "I'm sure you will."
P: "Tell me... do you still have soup left?"
M: "I'll go get some, king <name>!"
P: "Thanks! At least I will be full when turning back to space!"
M: (leaving cave) "Wait! I'll get soup for all!"
M: (in helicopter, thinking) "I don't like fooling Kim, but it's
necessary!"
M: (thinking) "This thing is spooky. A little acid will destroy
it... slowly!"

So even if Kim was wrong about this and she HAD powder left, she would
never offer to give it away for a new camera anyway... But I'm sure it was
a great story idea, Lars. :-)

Regarding stories to the Center of the Earth...in addition to resolving
questions about heat and air pressure, I've always wondered if, as you
go deeper towards the core, would the strength of gravity on a person
become smaller or larger, or stay the same?

Sonia

Sonia:
> I've always wondered if, as you go deeper towards the core,
> would the strength of gravity on a person
> become smaller or larger, or stay the same?

Look here:
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/env99/env002.htm

Regards,
Kjell

> From: "Dyer, Sonia" <sonia.dyer at hp.com>
> Subject: RE: Center of the Earth
> Regarding stories to the Center of the Earth...in addition to resolving
> questions about heat and air pressure, I've always wondered if, as you
> go deeper towards the core, would the strength of gravity on a person
> become smaller or larger, or stay the same?

As I suggested to the other person, you need to hunt down my 1994 story. It
explains how as you go deeper into the earth, more of the planet's mass
(that which creates the earth's gravity) is above you than below you,
therefore you naturally become lighter. At the very center (if you could
find a void, which you couldn't) you'd be weightless. But long before you
reached that point (again, if there was a passage that reached that deep,
which is impossible) you'd be squished to jelly by the weight of the air
pressing down that passage on top of you. I had to make sure the Ducks
traveled in a vacuum created by the Omnisolve(tm), which also hardened a
super-dense temporary tube through the molten outer core (yeah, right!) and
which also absorbed the heat (I'm soooo sure!).

Thanks Kjell, that's exactly what I needed. I also like the scientist who commented that travelling to the earth's core is "not recommended for health reasons".
:>)

Sonia

-----Original Message-----
From: Kjell Cron? [mailto:kjell.crone at ifsworld.com]
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 3:33 AM
To: Dyer, Sonia; dcml at stp.ling.uu.se
Subject: RE: Center of the Earth

Sonia:
> I've always wondered if, as you go deeper towards the core,
> would the strength of gravity on a person
> become smaller or larger, or stay the same?

Look here: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/env99/env002.htm

Regards,
Kjell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Persson" <spe at inducks.org>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Shad Z." <shadz at email.com>
> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 01:35:04 -0700
>
> >The story codes from last issue that began with PRE
> >are gone. This time, they begin with UK. Does this mean
> >these stories first appeared in the British version of
> >Disney Princess Magazine?
>
> AFAIK, *all* stories are from the UK magazine.

Thanks. I didn't know that. I knew they were
reprinted from the various Disney Princess Magazines
in Europe, but I didn't know they were all from the
UK one...

> PRE might mean "PRincess (Egmont)", "PRincess
> (England)" or something like that, also suggesting
> Britain.

You misunderstood my question (because I wasn't clear).
Lat time, we determined that PRE was a brand new code
prefix, apparently made up by Redan. What I'm asking now
is "Is UK a new prefix, or is it what the UK Disney
Comics publisher currently uses?"

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