[calex59]

A lot of us old guys played with balls of mercury from a thermometer when we were kids in the 50s

Not only that, all the old prospectors used to use mercury to pick up the gold out of their pans because it would pick up the gold and leave the junk. Later they could retrieve the Gold. I remember my Uncle doing that when I was a kid(he was a miner before they shut the mines in CA down during WWII) and he panned for gold during the 50s, even though it was illegal(can you believe that sh**?)to own gold at that time thanks the communist a**hat FDR.

[Robe]

i remember my Dad, saying when ever Roosevelt's name being mentioned saying “ "That Son Of A Btich’ .. I never understood why until years later