Reply #35: Me too. [View All]

[Mabus]

You should've seen the look on my husband's face last night when he realized I was reading search warrants from the Ivins case. I printed some of it out so I could read while I was making dinner. He came in to help me and just rolled his eyes and backed out slowly. He did yell from the other room that he would help out if I needed otherwise he was sure he'd hear about it later. :blush:

It just hit me. I know I can't start making a cake then stop, put in the fridge (or leave it out all day) and then expect that I could pull it out without the temperature and/or temporal periods of dormancy having an effect on the ingredients. At the very least, I don't think I could just take it out and start up where I left off. Going back to my cake example, let's say I made it with a softened (room temp) butter. After a few hours in the fridge, that softened butter in the cake has hardened up again.

I'm assuming that if he was using equipment around the lab for a few days to keep the processes he was using static or to cook it during the day, that someone would notice.