Don White wrote:
"Keith Nuttle" wrote in message
...
thunder wrote:
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:34:14 -0600, SteveB wrote:


****. I once wanted to go buy some iodine. It is great for putting on
splinters, as the splinter sucks it up, and you can see what to dig out.
Same with mercurochrome. I could not find a place that sold it. It was
like banned, and they could not sell it. I have since moved to a very
small community, and don't know if it is available or not. Maybe in a
farm store, which there are many around here. A couple of ounces would
last ten years. Boy, we used to put that on everything, and it sure
burns.

Steve
You stirred fond, well maybe not so fond, memories. Apparently, iodine
can be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/aug07/070815d.asp


Anyone know why we can not buy mercurochrome. It did not sting and was
great for taking care of infections.


That old 'mercury' can be scary stuff.
We always had it growing up and found it was milder than iodine when applied
to cuts & scrapes.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...-mercurochrome
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-mercurochrome.htm



Good Googling, dummy!

On Sep 25, 12:34*am, "SteveB" wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message

...



"Katie Ohara" wrote in message
....
I see the FBI arrested this guy in CO for trying to make an Al Queda
bomb using Hydrogen peroxide and Acetone. *The FBI contacted places
asking if anybody had bought lots of either chemical. *Dang, I use
lots of both and making a bomb never occurred to me. *Y'all can come
search my lab.

Frogwatch (aka David OHara)

Well...if they ever put that info together with your wacky comments about
Obama..........
better build yourself a bunker!

****. *I once wanted to go buy some iodine. *It is great for putting on
splinters, as the splinter sucks it up, and you can see what to dig out.
Same with mercurochrome. *I could not find a place that sold it. *It was
like banned, and they could not sell it. *I have since moved to a very small
community, and don't know if it is available or not. *Maybe in a farm store,
which there are many around here. *A couple of ounces would last ten years.
Boy, we used to put that on everything, and it sure burns.

Steve

I once wanted to go buy some iodine.

I used to have a Public School Principal who took a drop of Iodine on
his tongue every day. Man did his breath smell like it! Gross.

The D wrote:
Don White wrote:
"Keith Nuttle" wrote in message
...
thunder wrote:
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:34:14 -0600, SteveB wrote:


****. I once wanted to go buy some iodine. It is great for
putting on
splinters, as the splinter sucks it up, and you can see what to dig
out.
Same with mercurochrome. I could not find a place that sold it.
It was
like banned, and they could not sell it. I have since moved to a very
small community, and don't know if it is available or not. Maybe in a
farm store, which there are many around here. A couple of ounces
would
last ten years. Boy, we used to put that on everything, and it sure
burns.

Steve
You stirred fond, well maybe not so fond, memories. Apparently,
iodine can be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/aug07/070815d.asp


Anyone know why we can not buy mercurochrome. It did not sting and
was great for taking care of infections.


That old 'mercury' can be scary stuff.
We always had it growing up and found it was milder than iodine when
applied to cuts & scrapes.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...-mercurochrome

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-mercurochrome.htm



Good Googling, dummy!
Isn't that the stuff the Canuckistani babes mix with baby oil and spread
all over their bodies to produce that golden tan?

On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:25:43 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:25:41 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:18:34 -0400, JustWait
wrote:

I tried to get some Salt Peter for smoking meat. My FIL used it as a
preservative. The pharmacy said they could get me some, then a week
later changed their mind. By the conversation, I assumed "somebody" else
changed their minds for them...

Saltpeter is potassium nitrate, a key ingredient of gunpowder among
other things. It can be ordered online.

http://www.skylighter.com/potassium-nitrate.html

I bet that gets you on a list

If so, we're both on it now. :-)

PS, we took Vic Smith and his wife for a boat ride on Wednesday
afternoon, and attempted an assault on the mighty Estero River just
for grins. The tides and fates were not with us it seems. Squarely
between the channel markers on the outer approach at R30 there was
less than 20 inches of water so we gave it up as a bad idea.

On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:06:56 -0400, wrote:

High tide was around 7PM last Wednesday so you couldn't have got in
too much trouble.

We were already having trouble getting "unstuck" at 20 inches,
probably could have made it by myself with half fuel but 4 people and
nearly full fuel was just too much.

There was a family in a small outboard runabout diving for stuff out
near R30 when we were there. Any idea what they were catching?

Jim wrote:
The D wrote:
Don White wrote:
"Keith Nuttle" wrote in message
...
thunder wrote:
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:34:14 -0600, SteveB wrote:


****. I once wanted to go buy some iodine. It is great for
putting on
splinters, as the splinter sucks it up, and you can see what to
dig out.
Same with mercurochrome. I could not find a place that sold it.
It was
like banned, and they could not sell it. I have since moved to a
very
small community, and don't know if it is available or not. Maybe
in a
farm store, which there are many around here. A couple of ounces
would
last ten years. Boy, we used to put that on everything, and it sure
burns.

Steve
You stirred fond, well maybe not so fond, memories. Apparently,
iodine can be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/aug07/070815d.asp


Anyone know why we can not buy mercurochrome. It did not sting and
was great for taking care of infections.


That old 'mercury' can be scary stuff.
We always had it growing up and found it was milder than iodine when
applied to cuts & scrapes.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...-mercurochrome

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-mercurochrome.htm



Good Googling, dummy!
Isn't that the stuff the Canuckistani babes mix with baby oil and spread
all over their bodies to produce that golden tan?

It might be. Dumb Donnie has all day to look that **** up. Maybe he
can help.

On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:43:36 -0400, wrote:

There was a family in a small outboard runabout diving for stuff out
near R30 when we were there. Any idea what they were catching?

Was it the DEP people That whole area South of 30 is a sea grass
monitoring site.

Looked like an ordinary family runabout to me, kids and all.

In article ,
says...

On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:25:43 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:25:41 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:18:34 -0400, JustWait
wrote:

I tried to get some Salt Peter for smoking meat. My FIL used it as a
preservative. The pharmacy said they could get me some, then a week
later changed their mind. By the conversation, I assumed "somebody" else
changed their minds for them...

Saltpeter is potassium nitrate, a key ingredient of gunpowder among
other things. It can be ordered online.

http://www.skylighter.com/potassium-nitrate.html

I bet that gets you on a list

If so, we're both on it now. :-)

PS, we took Vic Smith and his wife for a boat ride on Wednesday
afternoon, and attempted an assault on the mighty Estero River just
for grins. The tides and fates were not with us it seems. Squarely
between the channel markers on the outer approach at R30 there was
less than 20 inches of water so we gave it up as a bad idea.

So, you got to take Vic out.. Did you make him swab the deck or was that
only for me?