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So Neil Gaiman actually had a thread going on Twitter with people recounting their childhoods playing with stuff now regarded as dangerous. One guy, a teacher, recounted how a kid brought in grandpa's chemistry set. The school actually had a Geiger counter and he and the head of the physics department tested the kit. Yep, radioactive. They impounded it there and then.
 
I remember playing with beads of mercury. And as I said, there's a small piece of asbestos board behind some pipes in the laundry room.
 
One dependable rule: "everything on the earth is toxic at some concentration"!

Some will use this rule to stop concentrating on living with just the adequate amount ...

Some really toxic pharmaceuticals are of assistance in just the right amount ... and then some rush in and say if a bit is good ... take a pile ... and thus the chit flies from excess carob beans ... bum joke started from some ham! Few concentrate of what is in that thin red line separating genius from the alternate! So the thought fades ... and all was left was dark mystery and the affiliated record; myth?
 
Carolla said:
So true! A friend was telling me how in elementary school they mixed up asbestos with water to make a pasty substance then used to mold stuff in art class! And we also reminisced about the wonders of chasing mercury beads around!

Edit to add - I just read this really informative article about asbestos - so much I had been oblivious to ... No safe use: The Canadian asbestos epidemic that Ottawa is ignoring
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I remember that modelling goop. It smelled weird, and a broken thermometer was a great thing. We played with the mercury (but didn't eat it).
It's a miracle we survived childhood.
 
Good morning, all! For the moment let us lay aside the mercury and the asbestos, and take up ceramics, in the form of cups and mugs, filled with the warm beverage of your choosing. The coffee cart is ready to serve your virtual hot drink needs. Enjoy.

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Good morning all. Our beautiful weather of the past week is disappearing. Sadly

bette i hope you are feeling better. Rib injuries ca be painful. If they didn’t suggest it, you should consciously take five deep breaths every hour. A side effect of rib injuries is breathing shallowly to avoid the pain and that can lead to issues like pneumonia. So pour a coffee and take five deep breaths
 
Redbaron said:
Good morning, all! For the moment let us lay aside the mercury and the asbestos, and take up ceramics, in the form of cups and mugs, filled with the warm beverage of your choosing. The coffee cart is ready to serve your virtual hot drink needs. Enjoy.

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WOAH - we drank from ceramic mugs with lead glazes.
 
Good morning! As we give thanks for no bones broken, and as we pause to remember lives lost and world shattered by war, let us energize our day with hot drinks. Cart's ready, let the day begin.

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Thanks Red! You have such a gracious way of weaving our concerns and challenges and blessings into your daily message - thank you for sharing that gift.

As I sip my coffee, I await the next round of service people. The fridge repair guy did not actually fix the problem yesterday - despite the $200 fee and replaced defrost timer switch. He is arriving again soon. The basement is sparkling after its asbestos removal - what an amazing job these guys did. And this morning the new furnace & AC should arrive and hopefully be completely installed. My virtual exercise class is at 10:30, probably truncated today to pause for reflection at 11:00. At least the nice warm weather is holding - for now! I will be ripping out the button band on my sweater (again!) to rework the placement of the button holes - third time's the charm, right? Such an exciting day LOL
 
Good luck with the fridge, and the install of the new furnace.

I have been getting ready for a deep clean by purging shelves. Was able to get rid of a number of books which went to friends homes, and a cottage area "little library". So good. Also found some other items to purge. As I cleared out a bunch of shelves holding books, i found other items on the shelf to side, then, purged gardening books, and put remaining on the empty shelf. Soon will have room to put my business files on the bookcase in my office. Yes!

Bought 7lbs of lean ground beef on a good sale, and made meatballs. They are now all in the fridge, ready for quick dinners and slow cookers. A friend of a friend has a small farm with well cared for creatures. Bought two boxes of pork that are also in the freezer. It is so good and tasty.

Finally, my poor family has been eating hamburgers every night this week! I have had too many freezer-burned hamburgers discovered in the spring, so with this warmth, we have been having hamburgers in various renditions all week with this gorgeous weather.

Bwaha. the purging and preparing continues
 
Oh dear - I think the fridge bit that was replaced today (at no cost) is not solving the issue .... I have thermometers in both the fridge & freezer compartments - the temp is quite stable - 76F in the freezer & 75 in the fridge. Sigh. My personal suspicion is that the fan is not working ... there seems to be very little if any air coming from the vents - I did mention that this morning - not a welcome comment. I will wait a couple more hours & call the office again to report on temperatures. It's a family business ... perhaps another layer of stress?

On the plus side - the furnace team stopped at 11:00 when I turned on the TV and the Last Post was playing in Ottawa. They maintained several minutes of silence - not even speaking, which I really appreciated. Now back to drilling and banging ... I will go back to the porch with my knitting!
 
Here's hoping the purging goes well, and that the fridge problems are resolved very soon. Can't keep creamers cold without them. In the meantime, the coffee cart is up and running. Help yourself and have a great morning!

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At least it is cold today and you can put the milk on the porch

ah the porch. Remember when the milk away left on the porch?

it’s a beautiful if cold day here in Blue Mountain. Enjoy the sun everyone. I feel like we are in for a lot of grey November days
 
Lastpointe said:
ah the porch. Remember when the milk away left on the porch?
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Nope. We had a milk box :) . Mom and Dad switched to buying from the store when I was fairly young, but some neighbours still got delivery through the seventies so I was certainly familiar with it even though I don't really remember us getting delivery.
 
In the ongoing purging, I have now started to get rid of technical books. It will be interesting to see if any takers for any of them. hmm...unix anyone? Part of what I am doing is making room for the last of my husband's photography stuff which hasn't found a place to be stashed and he is not ready to get rid of yet. I get it. thankfully my hobbies were not things that took up space.

I used to love having a back deck, and now having the sun room on the side. It is wonderful when you need that little bit extra freezer or fridge.

I remember having the little metal tags for milk drop off.
 
Pinga said:
hmm...unix anyone?
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Ugh. I have long had good intentions where unix and Linux are concerned but when you work full-time in an all-MS shop, it is hard to justify putting in the effort. If I had stayed at the library, where the library system was on a Unix box, maybe I would have learned more.
 
Met my new dermatologist today. I have four new medications (2 creams - more protopic and a steroid to start), 1 liquid for my scalp and a super heavy duty antihistamine to try and stop me scratching at night), and I've spent a fortune today on other creams/soaps/shampoos. We want to try avoiding oral immune suppressants. Huge dilemma; can get the "right" shampoo from either Amazon or Walmart, both of whom I disapprove of heartily. However, nice woman, about whom I'd already heard good things, and a vast improvement on the last iteration of a dermatologist we had here. Very clear instructions. Kind. Good listener/observer.
 
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