[meteorite-list] Stange Happenings in the Shop

From: fcressy <fcressy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:45 2004
Message-ID: <004001c3a61e$c3a66ec0$1d711e43_at_pavilion>

Hello Greg, Adam and all,

Looks to me like someone found an easy way to dispose of their hazardous
waste. All Greg had to do to get rid of his Nitric acid was to lable it as a
"magic cleaning solution" and sell it to unsuspecting meteorite collectors
;-)
The next thing we'll have to watch out for is used motor oil being sold as a
"magic" rust preventative.

Take care,
Frank
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From: Sharkkb8_at_aol.com
To: adamhupe_at_comcast.net ; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stange Happenings in the Shop


 adamhupe_at_comcast.net writes:
The bucket started to bubble (or boil, we are not sure) and a
noxious brown cloud that smelt like rotten eggs permeated our shop gagging
everybody present. We were tempted to call a hazmat team but decided to
deal with the problem ourselves. We didn't have gas masks so we had to
reenter the shop with wet towels over our faces, put the bucket outside and
open the windows. Once we felt it was safe to go near the bucket we dumped
out the contents on the driveway and hosed everything down. What we found
was that this stuff not only removed the calcite but also etched the
meteorites from the outside and ate a large hole in the driveway.
Now I don't feel quite so wussy for asking advice on how best to dispose of
some nitric a couple of weeks ago.....;-)

Gregory
Received on Sat 08 Nov 2003 12:35:52 PM PST