On Sep 2, 11:53=A0am, Bradipus wrote:
> The Old Man, 13:08, gioved=EC 2 settembre 2010:
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> > On Sep 2, 5:45=A0am, SolomonW
> >> > Hydrocholoric and nitric, OTOH, is much more fun.
> >> > It's called aqua regia, and it dissolves gold, no small
> >> > trick. =A0Spray that on the Roman army, and watch
> >> > Caesar's embarrassment as the decorations on his
> >> > armor and sword go bye-bye. =A0Then watch Caesar
> >> > go bye-bye when it hits his face.
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> >> I remember as a kid in chemist getting a spray of this stuff.
> >> It only hurt very little, once I washed my face I was fine.-
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> > And I knew a guy who got sprayed and although he plunged his
> > face into a water-filled tub, came damned close to losing his
> > eyesight.
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> Anybody working in a chemistry laboratory should wear
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> > His vision was none too great for the rest of his
> > life, especially having problems with cataracts that the
> > doctor blamed directly on this episode.
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> Cataract is inside the eye, not on the surface.
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Yeah, but his lenses were scarred. He had an operation to correct the
problem before he retired, and he was able to read without glasses
again for the first time in years. |
