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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 18332, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> I as a child used to play with mercury. I had a two pound bottle. I would even melt lead and mix with the mercury to cast very shiny "silver dollars". Used old jar lids as molds. When we played cowboys we needed money to gamble with. Played for years with the stuff. Ate off Fiesta my entire life. Removed so many layers of lead paint off the houses I reno'd. Chewed on window sills and ate paint chips as a tot. Never used a respirator when stripping furniture. Danced in the "fog" as the mosquito truck sprayed the nieghborhood. My whole generation did the same stuff</p><p>I guess we are all idiots and glowing in the dark. Well, perhaps I should not say that since according to the greenies I am brain dead. Oh well, I will climb off my soap box since I can't jump anymore, perhaps they are right.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 18332, member: 78"]Hi, I as a child used to play with mercury. I had a two pound bottle. I would even melt lead and mix with the mercury to cast very shiny "silver dollars". Used old jar lids as molds. When we played cowboys we needed money to gamble with. Played for years with the stuff. Ate off Fiesta my entire life. Removed so many layers of lead paint off the houses I reno'd. Chewed on window sills and ate paint chips as a tot. Never used a respirator when stripping furniture. Danced in the "fog" as the mosquito truck sprayed the nieghborhood. My whole generation did the same stuff I guess we are all idiots and glowing in the dark. Well, perhaps I should not say that since according to the greenies I am brain dead. Oh well, I will climb off my soap box since I can't jump anymore, perhaps they are right. greg[/QUOTE]
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