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To: snarkpup

Reminds me of the time my dad brought home a good-sized blob of mercury (he was a doctor). It was his rather novel idea to put liquid mercury in the front-end of my brother’s Pinewood Derby car.

I remember having so much fun rolling that around in the palm of my hands.


26 posted on 03/04/2016 10:17:26 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: Obadiah
It was his rather novel idea to put liquid mercury in the front-end of my brother’s Pinewood Derby car.

We used lead.

30 posted on 03/04/2016 10:19:46 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Obadiah

Yep, mercury was a lot of fun to play with! Loved building models with that plastic glue that contains toluene. Did not like the head ache afterward though.


31 posted on 03/04/2016 10:20:13 AM PST by HerrBlucher (Right is right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong in doing it.GKC)
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To: Obadiah
Frank Zappa once said that when he was a kid, he "lived in mercury." Of course, he did die of cancer.
47 posted on 03/04/2016 10:24:39 AM PST by snarkpup (I want a government small enough that my main concern in life doesn't need to be who's running it.)
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To: Obadiah

My boss and I were talking about doing that just yesterday; I think every kid who had access to mercury in a science class played with it. All the ones I knew, including myself, are still kicking ;-)

-JT


88 posted on 03/04/2016 10:39:09 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Obadiah
Reminds me of the time my dad brought home a good-sized blob of mercury (he was a doctor). It was his rather novel idea to put liquid mercury in the front-end of my brother’s Pinewood Derby car. I remember having so much fun rolling that around in the palm of my hands.

My mom was a nurse. We had mayonnaise jars full of the stuff, it was so cool to play with.

185 posted on 03/04/2016 11:53:38 AM PST by Travis T. OJustice (I miss my dad.)
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