6 Sep
2004
6 Sep
'04
1:14 a.m.
I've got some quicksilver that I liberated from some evacuated glass tubes
by cracking the tips of the tubes and then emptying the contents into a
container. Unfortunately, some tiny glass shards got into the container
and is now mixed in. How can I filter out the glass shards so they don't
cut up my esophagus when I drink it?
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6 Sep
6 Sep
1:38 a.m.
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Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
I've got some quicksilver that I liberated from
some evacuated glass tubes
by cracking the tips of the tubes and then emptying the contents into a
container. Unfortunately, some tiny glass shards got into the container
and is now mixed in. How can I filter out the glass shards so they don't
cut up my esophagus when I drink it?
Not a nice way to die, with or without glass...
I seem to remember that you could filter it through a thin chamois
leather, if the 30 years since that particular science teacher haven't
dulled my memory too much. Can't hurt, I suppose.
Cheers,
Dave.
7 Sep
7 Sep
12:34 p.m.
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At 07:38 AM 9/6/04 +0100, you wrote:
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>I've got some quicksilver that I liberated from some evacuated glass tubes
>by cracking the tips of the tubes and then emptying the contents into a
>container. Unfortunately, some tiny glass shards got into the container
>and is now mixed in. How can I filter out the glass shards so they don't
>cut up my esophagus when I drink it?
Distillation. But don't let the EPA catch you and make DAMMED sure that
the apparatus is tightly sealed.
Joe
6 Sep
6 Sep
1:41 a.m.
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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
I've got some quicksilver that I liberated from some evacuated glass tubes
by cracking the tips of the tubes and then emptying the contents into a
container. Unfortunately, some tiny glass shards got into the container
and is now mixed in. How can I filter out the glass shards so they don't
cut up my esophagus when I drink it?
Ya sure ya ain't been *sniffing* it...????
Don't let them damn EPAnazis read this - there'll be a HazNat team camped
out for a year at the cordoned-off and domed-over hole in the ground what
used to be that building - of course now it's a SuperFund Site - our Tax
Dollars hard at work...
As for filtering Hg - just decant it slowly and carefully from one
container to another - you'll get most of it - then discard the remaining
residue in a Gummint Approved Fashion - lest you attract the Unwanted
Attention of Herr UberGeneral AshKrofft and his Modernische
ShutzStaffen...
Heil^H^H^H^H Cheers
John
2:45 a.m.
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On Mon, 6 Sep 2004, John Lawson wrote:
Ya sure ya ain't been *sniffing* it...????
Actually, I've been snorting it up a nostril and then spitting it back
out through my mouth. FUN!
As for filtering Hg - just decant it slowly and
carefully from one
container to another - you'll get most of it - then discard the remaining
residue in a Gummint Approved Fashion - lest you attract the Unwanted
Attention of Herr UberGeneral AshKrofft and his Modernische
ShutzStaffen...
Heil^H^H^H^H Cheers
Ja voll, Herr Lawson!
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7 Sep
7 Sep
12:40 p.m.
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At 02:41 AM 9/6/04 -0400, you wrote:
On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
Speaking of that. A few years ago they had a plastic bottle of mercury
sitting over at the surplus disposal at Patrik AFB (part of Kennedy Space
Center). The bottle had been sitting for a long time and gotten brittle.
Someone tried to pick it up and it shattered and spilled mercury
everywhere. They made everyone stay exactly where they were and called the
haz mat crew. They came and made everyone strip, yeah, naked! Male and
female. And then made them walk out into the parking lot where they sprayed
them down with firehoses (in front of the rapidly gathering crowd!) So
this is what you have to look forward to Sellam!
Joe
I've got some quicksilver that I liberated from some evacuated glass tubes
by cracking the tips of the tubes and then emptying the contents into a
container. Unfortunately, some tiny glass shards got into the container
and is now mixed in. How can I filter out the glass shards so they don't
cut up my esophagus when I drink it?
Ya sure ya ain't been *sniffing* it...????
Don't let them damn EPAnazis read this - there'll be a HazNat team camped
out for a year at the cordoned-off and domed-over hole in the ground what
used to be that building - of course now it's a SuperFund Site - our Tax
Dollars hard at work... 
1:32 p.m.
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Rumor has it that Joe R. may have mentioned these words:
Speaking of that. A few years ago they had a plastic
bottle of mercury
sitting over at the surplus disposal at Patrik AFB (part of Kennedy Space
Center). The bottle had been sitting for a long time and gotten brittle.
Someone tried to pick it up and it shattered and spilled mercury
everywhere. They made everyone stay exactly where they were and called the
haz mat crew. They came and made everyone strip, yeah, naked! Male and
female. And then made them walk out into the parking lot where they sprayed
them down with firehoses (in front of the rapidly gathering crowd!)
I *have* the mercury -- so how do I get a hazmat team & Jill Hennessy in my
house *at the same time*??? :-O ;^>
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
Recycling is good, right??? Randomization is better!!!
If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead
disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.
4:44 p.m.
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At 02:32 PM 9/7/04 -0400, you wrote:
Rumor has it that Joe R. may have mentioned these
words:
ROFL!
Speaking of that. A few years ago they had a
plastic bottle of mercury
sitting over at the surplus disposal at Patrik AFB (part of Kennedy Space
Center). The bottle had been sitting for a long time and gotten brittle.
Someone tried to pick it up and it shattered and spilled mercury
everywhere. They made everyone stay exactly where they were and called the
haz mat crew. They came and made everyone strip, yeah, naked! Male and
female. And then made them walk out into the parking lot where they sprayed
them down with firehoses (in front of the rapidly gathering crowd!)
I *have* the mercury -- so how do I get a hazmat team & Jill Hennessy in my
house *at the same time*??? :-O ;^>
1:55 p.m.
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On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Joe R. wrote:
Speaking of that. A few years ago they had a plastic
bottle of mercury
sitting over at the surplus disposal at Patrik AFB (part of Kennedy Space
Center). The bottle had been sitting for a long time and gotten brittle.
Someone tried to pick it up and it shattered and spilled mercury
everywhere. They made everyone stay exactly where they were and called the
haz mat crew. They came and made everyone strip, yeah, naked! Male and
female. And then made them walk out into the parking lot where they sprayed
them down with firehoses (in front of the rapidly gathering crowd!) So
this is what you have to look forward to Sellam!
Excellent! I'll be sure to invite over the Swedish Bikini Team before I
spill any.
Tickets to the spectacle will go sale shortly.
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6 Sep
6 Sep
6:15 a.m.
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On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 23:14 -0700, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
I've got some quicksilver that I liberated from
some evacuated glass tubes
by cracking the tips of the tubes and then emptying the contents into a
container. Unfortunately, some tiny glass shards got into the container
and is now mixed in. How can I filter out the glass shards so they don't
cut up my esophagus when I drink it?
Now I've got a serious case of the giggles. Well done! :-)
J.
6:37 p.m.
Rumor has it that Vintage Computer Festival may have mentioned these words:
I've got some quicksilver that I liberated from
some evacuated glass tubes
by cracking the tips of the tubes and then emptying the contents into a
container. Unfortunately, some tiny glass shards got into the container
and is now mixed in. How can I filter out the glass shards so they don't
cut up my esophagus when I drink it?
Sip it very slowly, enjoy every drop -- just leave the last bit in the glass.
Otherwise, you could try things progressively -- filter it through 1 layer
of cheesecloth, then 2, then 3 until a) you're sure all the glass is gone,
or b) the quicksilver refuses to go through the filter.
Watch out -- if you have silver fillings, the quicksilver might leave a
weird taste in your mouth when it bonds to the silver! ;-)
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
Recycling is good, right??? Randomization is better!!!
If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead
disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.
7 Sep
7 Sep
6:40 a.m.
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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 23:14:16 -0700 (PDT), Vintage Computer Festival
<vcf(a)siconic.com> wrote:
I've got some quicksilver that I liberated from some evacuated glass tubes
by cracking the tips of the tubes and then emptying the contents into a
container. Unfortunately, some tiny glass shards got into the container
and is now mixed in. How can I filter out the glass shards so they don't
cut up my esophagus when I drink it?
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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I'm guessing you haven't got an electron microscope and and a very
small pair of tweezers.....
Dan
7:17 a.m.
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On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 23:14 -0700, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
I've got some quicksilver that I liberated from
some evacuated glass tubes
Actually, that reminds me - I saw a chap in the UK trying to get rid of
several kilos of the stuff a short while ago. I can't help thinking that
*something* interesting could be made using it, although I'm not sure
what.
J.
9:12 a.m.
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I've got
some quicksilver that I liberated from some evacuated
glass tubes
Actually, that reminds me - I saw a chap in the UK trying to get rid of
several kilos of the stuff a short while ago. I can't help thinking that
*something* interesting could be made using it, although I'm not sure
what.
12:29 p.m.
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At 12:17 PM 9/7/04 +0000, you wrote:
On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 23:14 -0700, Vintage Computer
Festival wrote:
Fulminate! What else! Actaully Mercury a lot of uses. Dissovling and
purifying gold is just one of them.
Joe
I've got some quicksilver that I liberated
from some evacuated glass tubes
Actually, that reminds me - I saw a chap in the UK trying to get rid of
several kilos of the stuff a short while ago. I can't help thinking that
*something* interesting could be made using it, although I'm not sure
what.
5:25 p.m.
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Actually, that reminds me - I saw a chap in the UK
trying to get rid of
several kilos of the stuff a short while ago. I can't help thinking that
*something* interesting could be made using it, although I'm not sure
what.
My first 3 thoughts, in no particular order :
Barometer (or other manometer-type pressure gauge)
Mercury delay line (hey, that's on-topic)
Developing Dageurrotypes (?spell) (No, I don't intend to try this, I may
hack cameras as well as computers, but I don't intend to start boiling
mercury...)
-tony
8 Sep
8 Sep
12:33 a.m.
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On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 12:17:40PM +0000, Jules Richardson wrote:
On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 23:14 -0700, Vintage Computer
Festival wrote:
You could use it for building a liquid mirror telescope and make some
astronomists rather happy. Google for "liquid mirror telescope".
Regards,
Alex.
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"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
I've got some quicksilver that I liberated
from some evacuated glass tubes
Actually, that reminds me - I saw a chap in the UK trying to get rid of
several kilos of the stuff a short while ago. I can't help thinking that
*something* interesting could be made using it, although I'm not sure
what.
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