A Smashing Success
i enjoy the attention to precision in the written word--it seems to be primarily a British trait as keepers of the king's english. We are after all two countries separated by a common language.
OT: A crushed pair of battery leads eventually shorted together and generated enough heat to start a fire that has a curious burn pattern--it appears as two charred areas, one forward and one aft of a central region with no burning. What is in the central region that wasn't affected?