How are we still alive

[04 commemorative]

As kids we did this many many times and then we would chew it

[Aerovette]

I loved the smell of that stuff. You could blow an aneurism if it was an old tube. I have ZERO doubt any concentration issues I had in school were the result of this, model glue, and spray paint. I built models from about age 6 to age 25 or so.

[Vandelay Industries]

That stuff was cool! I loved the smell too.

And go figure, I'm fine now.

[Vandelay Industries]

That stuff was so cool! I loved the smell too.

It didn't hurt me one bit, nope.

[Big bob]

Estes rockets,chemistry sets,wood burning kits and jarts good times. Now kids are safely sitting on their ass texting the person next to them. Every generation gets weaker I hate to see where this is going.

[PLRX]

It made America great

[04 commemorative]

Sister and I also ran behind the DDT sprayer jeep down the shore in summer too

[Big bob]

I had wondered about that pink hair but was afraid to ask.

[Bruze]

Not sure what that stuff is, I'm prolly too old.

But we used to chew on lead pellets for pellet guns and I'm still alive.

[Torqaholic]

At Boy Scout camp some of us went down to a quicksand spot on the edge of a swamp and walked around on floating clumps of moss. Interesting how the stuff bounced up and down as it was walked on. We wanted to see how deep it was and stuck a 20 foot long dead tree down in it. Apparently bottomless.

[DJ_Critterus]

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by aerovette

I loved the smell of that stuff.

Originally Posted by Vandelay Industries

That stuff was cool! I loved the smell too.

I wonder if getting kids high and possibly addicted was part of the business plan all along?

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

I wonder if getting kids high and possibly addicted was part of the business plan all along?

I'm just a social sniffer.

[Bruze]

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[Jughead]

Acetone? Shit we used toluene in Organic chem lab. Used acetone to clean our equipment.

[04 commemorative]

For many years I used to soak a white cotton glove in acetone and run 35mm and 16mm optical negatives through it to clean before sending it into the lab for a check print.

[ricks327]

Originally Posted by Vandelay Industries

That stuff was cool! I loved the smell too.

And go figure, I'm fine now.

Originally Posted by Vandelay Industries

That stuff was so cool! I loved the smell too.

It didn't hurt me one bit, nope.

The biggest negative side effect is repeating yourself.

[ZipZap]

Trich was the best cleaner/degreaser ever. I had a bottle of that stuff in the eighties.

Next best was RC electric motor cleaner in the 80's. Some volatile stuff. We would get it in liquid form, and since it was non-conductive, we would dip the motor cans in a jar of the stuff and run them. The armatures and rotor would come out sparkling clean, and there would always be a pile of carbon in the bottom of the jar.