wayneflorida 0 #1 January 29, 2010 http://vocalminority.typepad.com/blog/2010/01/pic-of-the-day-12910-bugkilling-wallpaper.html But at the time made a lot of sense. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #2 January 29, 2010 I remember in about 1961 or so, when the exterminator came to our house and sprayed DDT all over our house including my bedroom. He had in an open one gallon can and it was white and the consistency of a lightly whipped milkshake. I almost stuck my finger into it for a taste . . . Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring" didn't appear until 1962, but even after that this stuff was still being used. The lesson is not so much how dumb we were, but how dumb we probably still are. There's likely many things around right now that's killing us too. NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #3 January 29, 2010 When I was a kid we use to cast our own bullets in the basement. Literally countless hours in a tiny enclose room leaning over a couple pots of hot smoking lead...and to let the bullet casting dies cool when they got too hot, I'd set then on this little platform covered with sheet asbestos that was always falling apart! At least I was wearin' safety glasses! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #4 January 29, 2010 Quote When I was a kid we use to cast our own bullets in the basement. Literally countless hours in a tiny enclose room leaning over a couple pots of hot smoking lead...and to let the bullet casting dies cool when they got too hot, I'd set then on this little platform covered with sheet asbestos that was always falling apart! At least I was wearin' safety glasses! Yep, we cast our own bullets ,a dn fishing wieghts, by busting open old batteries and melting down the lead, he, we melted it right in the kitchen, much safer, better ventilation! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #5 January 29, 2010 We used to make our own lead shot bags, but recall later on seeing the store bought ones starting to carry the lead warning labels. One thing that always got me was the "Jump for the Cause" woman strapping lead right over their breasts . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #6 January 29, 2010 Quote Quote When I was a kid we use to cast our own bullets in the basement. Literally countless hours in a tiny enclose room leaning over a couple pots of hot smoking lead...and to let the bullet casting dies cool when they got too hot, I'd set then on this little platform covered with sheet asbestos that was always falling apart! At least I was wearin' safety glasses! Yep, we cast our own bullets ,a dn fishing wieghts, by busting open old batteries and melting down the lead, he, we melted it right in the kitchen, much safer, better ventilation! My dad would make me fill up old batteries with water, freeze them to crack the casing apart, then I would smash 'em up to get the lead out...always made the neatest pin-hole acid burns in my Levis! Wheel weight & batteries were okay but ya had to blend a lotta tin in to get the weight right...printers lead type was the bomb, almost dead on...I made 10's of thousands of 158gr .357 SWC's. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #7 January 29, 2010 In the 80's I was working in aerospace, the factory had guys cleaning parts with MEK & Toluene..bare handed. I also once worked in a place that did a lot of plating...I brought it to the boss's attention that if someone were to drop a couple of the cyanide biscuits into the hydrochloric acid...we may have a problem. The work stations with the ingredents were less than 10 feet apart! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #8 January 29, 2010 Quote We used to make our own lead shot bags, but recall later on seeing the store bought ones starting to carry the lead warning labels. One thing that always got me was the "Jump for the Cause" woman strapping lead right over their breasts . . . NickD Hell, I neve reven thought about my hours of scuba diving with lead against my bare skin! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #9 January 29, 2010 QuoteIn the 80's I was working in aerospace, the factory had guys cleaning parts with MEK & Toluene..bare handed. I also once worked in a place that did a lot of plating...I brought it to the bosses attention that if someone were to drop a couple of the cyanide biscuits into the hydrochloric acid...we may have a problem. The work stations with the ingredents were less than 10 feet apart! Just being in a chrome shop makes me worry, I can't imagin working in one! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #10 January 29, 2010 I ran the emergency response at a factory in El Cajon, 15 huge plastic tanks with 15-20,000 gallons of acid bad enough to eat Titanium. The fire department would not even come on the property unless I was there to escort them. If one or more of those tanks were ever to bust open, the acid would have at that time, run into that stream that parallels Gillespie field! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #11 January 29, 2010 QuoteIn the 80's I was working in aerospace, the factory had guys cleaning parts with MEK & Toluene..bare handed. The first asbestosis case I ever dealt with involved a person who worked as a steamfitter in a shipyard. He and his co-workers would pour bags of pulverized asbestos into a barrel, add water, and then, without respirators or goggles, mix it up into a slurry-paste and apply it to steam pipes with their bare hands. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #12 January 29, 2010 My dad would dip his hand into the molten lead to freak people out. There is a trick to it and you had better be very fast. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #13 January 29, 2010 Yup, in my aircraft mechanic days I used MEK barehanded all the time as well. I still use it today as a final stage in prepping Nina's parts for paint, but you should see me now. Full set of coveralls, respirator, and rubber gloves so thick I could probably juggle balls of uranium. One thing I do remember about MEK is as soon as it hit your hands you could taste it in your mouth. That should have been a clue, eh . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #14 January 29, 2010 Wonderful....(I live in El Cajon) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #15 January 29, 2010 Quote Yup, in my aircraft mechanic days I used MEK barehanded all the time as well. I still use it today as a final stage in prepping Nina's parts for paint, but you should see me now. Full set of coveralls, respirator, and rubber gloves so thick I could probably juggle balls of uranium. One thing I do remember about MEK is as soon as it hit your hands you could taste it in your mouth. That should have been a clue, eh . . . NickD How did we work together so many years, and I knwo so little about you? Ohhh yeaaahhh...we were uusally dirnking as soon as green light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #16 January 29, 2010 Quote Wonderful....(I live in El Cajon) Safer in SANTEE! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #17 January 29, 2010 Quote Yep, we cast our own bullets ,a dn fishing wieghts, by busting open old batteries and melting down the lead, he, we melted it right in the kitchen, much safer, better ventilation! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! You fellas were environmentalists. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #18 January 29, 2010 Quote Quote Wonderful....(I live in El Cajon) Safer in SANTEE! LOL, that river goes straight threw santee, right behind one of my favorite bars....If you haven't been there lately, you wouldn't know the west side of Santee! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #19 January 29, 2010 Quote ...but you should see me now. Full set of coveralls, respirator, and rubber gloves so thick I could probably juggle balls of uranium. I can just imagine it, & wearing a 'cold beer' helmet with cigarette hanging out of your mouth too... ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #20 January 29, 2010 >>How did we work together so many years, and I knwo so little about you?Unsure Ohhh yeaaahhh...we were uusally dirnking as soon as green light!Yes, I know we didn't hang out much, but I can say you were one of the few camera guys I never thought twice about when it came to the safety of either me or my students. I was always glad to see you pop up in the rotation, so while it's belated, a big thanks for that . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #21 January 29, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Wonderful....(I live in El Cajon) Safer in SANTEE! LOL, that river goes straight threw santee, right behind one of my favorite bars....If you haven't been there lately, you wouldn't know the west side of Santee! That's why I only drink at Kellys Pub! I use to live up the hill from Buck Knives, went through a couple months ago...where did all those highways come from?! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonstark 8 #22 January 29, 2010 When I was a kid living in the Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia we used to run behind the DDT fogger truck whenever it came through the neighborhood. Just like running after the Good Humor Man without the jingle. Continued with that when they changed to Malathion in Washington DC. Then I got into cars, lacquer and gasoline. After that was airplanes and defoliants, insecticides, anti-mold agents, herbicides, Trichlor-ethylene, Tric 1.1.1, MEK, Toluol, Toluene, jet B, MEK, Methanol. Coulda used that DDT wallpaper while living in Africa to avoid Malaria but got it anyway. I still drink from the garden hose and don't wear a helmet on my bicycle or while skydiving or skiing. Looks like I'm dead meat huh?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #23 January 29, 2010 Quote >>How did we work together so many years, and I knwo so little about you?Unsure Ohhh yeaaahhh...we were uusally dirnking as soon as green light!Yes, I know we didn't hang out much, but I can say you were one of the few camera guys I never thought twice about when it came to the safety of either me or my students. I was always glad to see you pop up in the rotation, so while it's belated, a big thanks for that . . . NickD I am Honored! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #24 January 29, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Quote Wonderful....(I live in El Cajon) Safer in SANTEE! LOL, that river goes straight threw santee, right behind one of my favorite bars....If you haven't been there lately, you wouldn't know the west side of Santee! That's why I only drink at Kellys Pub! I use to live up the hill from Buck Knives, went through a couple months ago...where did all those highways come from?! Spent a few ...OK Many hours in Kellly's, Vickie just turned 50 BTW, and she is still smokin hot! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #25 January 29, 2010 Worked at a printed circuit board shop in the 80's. Scary stuff.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
