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
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
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)
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.)
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.")
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.
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