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.