[Gaffer]

.....she pours liquid mercury over her bare hands...

I remember as a boy in the 50s playing with mercury all the time. You could buy it in some places. In my hands, fingers, etc..... 55-60 years later I write this.

[Crazieman]

My dad played with mercury too. He’s still sane as far as I can tell.

[Alex Murphy]

I remember as a boy in the 50s playing with mercury all the time. You could buy it in some places. In my hands, fingers, etc..... 55-60 years later I write this.

You may not see it, but the rest of us can see (via your post) that it has affected you. You've clearly lost the ability to type in anything but italics :)

[thackney]

I remember as a boy in the 50s playing with mercury all the time. You could buy it in some places. In my hands, fingers, etc..... 55-60 years later I write this.

Similar, High School Chemistry Lab aide. Me and a buddy would hold it in our cupped hands. I've gotten in a few decades since then.

[Dr. Sivana]

I remember as a boy in the 50s playing with mercury all the time. You could buy it in some places. In my hands, fingers, etc..... 55-60 years later I write this.

As a youngster, my open wounds were treated with mercurochrome (the real stuff). After I was married I checked my mom's medicine cabinet. It was still there.

[RJS1950]

I also played with mercury in the 50s and in high school, and college exposed my skin directly to probably gallons of benzene, toluene, and other compounds including asbestos in the labs.

At this point in my life I should be a blob of festering tumors but low and behold I’m not. There is a big difference between that type of mercury exposure and exposure to dangerous radioactive materials and by the way, the tiny bit of tritium in old watches and other instruments is not going to hurt you.

[alexander_busek]

I remember as a boy in the 50s playing with mercury all the time. You could buy it in some places. In my hands, fingers, etc..... 55-60 years later I write this.

Ah, but did you hoard mercury until you had enough to boil on the kitchen stove - undoubtedly inhaling the fumes in the process - attempt making various amalgams, occasionally ingest some, and, in short, play with it until your hands turned black?

Regards,

[Red Badger]

So did I!.................