# Diesel engine operation

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diesel-engine-operation/265595>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 23, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diesel-engine-operation/265595 "2004-09-23T01:23:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jonfitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@jonfitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonfitt)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diesel-engine-operation/265595/21 "2005-03-04T17:01:38Z")

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> [@Una Persson](#):
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> Well, the Staff Report says:
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> What you responded to was this line, back up in Post #6 here. Aside from my throwaway bit about “Velveeta” this is a true statement,

Aw, so you’re saying that you made the bit about Velveeta up? I could quite believe that it was made from crude oil. That would have made an interesting “Did you know” comment.

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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diesel-engine-operation/265595/22 "2005-03-04T21:50:03Z")

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> [@jonfitt](#):
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> Aw, so you’re saying that you made the bit about Velveeta up? I could quite believe that it was made from crude oil. That would have made an interesting “Did you know” comment.

I like Velveeta. I really do. But watching it melt and the way it behaves when I make my habanero nachos in the microwave is just…well, unreal. :eek:

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