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From: J. Clarke on 10 May 2010 14:28
On 5/10/2010 11:55 AM, gumby wrote:
> On 08/05/2010 8:02 PM, Peter wrote:
>
>>
>> As a kid I lived in an apartment building. One day I decided to generate
>> hydrogen sulfide gas. I also had a war surplus gas mask, so I really had
>> no idea of the quantity I generated. Let's just say my neighbors were
>> not pleased with my experiments.
>> In high school I majored in chemistry. We would run down the halls with
>> one guy carrying a gallon of muriatic acid and I would carry a gallon of
>> ammonia. We would each leave a trail of our respective liquids and when
>> the two combined, clouds of ammonium chloride would be generated. The
>> school officials were quite tolerant and we only got a few days of
>> detention. Today, I could see newspaper headlines claiming we tried to
>> blow up the school.
>>
>
> Heh...yea, do that in this day and age and they will lock you up and
> throw the key away.

Might be worth it though--the EPA would declare the school a superfund
site and it would be shut down for years while they abated. You'd be a
hero to every kid in the school for giving him a respite, however brief,
from Durance Vile.

From: Peter on 10 May 2010 19:31
"gumby" <gumby(a)here.com> wrote in message
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> On 08/05/2010 8:02 PM, Peter wrote:
>
>>
>> As a kid I lived in an apartment building. One day I decided to generate
>> hydrogen sulfide gas. I also had a war surplus gas mask, so I really had
>> no idea of the quantity I generated. Let's just say my neighbors were
>> not pleased with my experiments.
>> In high school I majored in chemistry. We would run down the halls with
>> one guy carrying a gallon of muriatic acid and I would carry a gallon of
>> ammonia. We would each leave a trail of our respective liquids and when
>> the two combined, clouds of ammonium chloride would be generated. The
>> school officials were quite tolerant and we only got a few days of
>> detention. Today, I could see newspaper headlines claiming we tried to
>> blow up the school.
>>
>
> Heh...yea, do that in this day and age and they will lock you up and throw
> the key away.


The real crime would be my Model T ignition coil, powered by six D batteries
in a cigar box. Just attach a lamp cord tipped with a plug. Anybody I
touched with that tip got zapped. It was really a home made cattle prod. I
never got in trouble for that one. Today, I would probably face an assault
charge, (no pun intended.) And my parents would face a law suit for allowing
me to do it.

--
Peter

From: gumby on 12 May 2010 13:20
On 10/05/2010 4:31 PM, Peter wrote:

> The real crime would be my Model T ignition coil, powered by six D
> batteries in a cigar box. Just attach a lamp cord tipped with a plug.
> Anybody I touched with that tip got zapped. It was really a home made
> cattle prod. I never got in trouble for that one. Today, I would
> probably face an assault charge, (no pun intended.) And my parents would
> face a law suit for allowing me to do it.
>

I used to pass around gum that was laced with chili peppers and also had
a pack of gum with a mouse trap attached to the stick of gum.
From: Peter on 12 May 2010 16:58
"gumby" <gumby(a)here.com> wrote in message
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> On 10/05/2010 4:31 PM, Peter wrote:
>
>> The real crime would be my Model T ignition coil, powered by six D
>> batteries in a cigar box. Just attach a lamp cord tipped with a plug.
>> Anybody I touched with that tip got zapped. It was really a home made
>> cattle prod. I never got in trouble for that one. Today, I would
>> probably face an assault charge, (no pun intended.) And my parents would
>> face a law suit for allowing me to do it.
>>
>
> I used to pass around gum that was laced with chili peppers and also had a
> pack of gum with a mouse trap attached to the stick of gum.


Candy laced with Ex-Lax is worse.



--
Peter

From: james on 28 May 2010 11:26
>Thanks...what do you think of Wescott or Alien Bees?

I have 3 white lightning monolights bought more than 10 years ago and they
still work. Admittedly I only use them a few times each months. They are
made by the same company as alien bees. If I have to do it again I would buy
fewer at the beginning, so that I can buy their latest product without
ending up with too many.

If you want to do outdoor portraits, you would need a battery powered flash.

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