Nanny stateism

Steve Firth · 2009-12-22T17:18:32+00:00

The Chemist's Shop Sketch."Good morning.""Good morning.""I'd like 100g of saltpetre please.""What do you want it for?""I'm making salt beef and traditional Italian sausage for Christmas.""We can't sell it to you.""Why on earth not.""You could be making a bomb."Repeat at every chemists within a 12 mile drive of Winchester.

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Simon Stroud 16 years ago

I recently found that TPTB seem to be reducing acetone availability. Our local Superdrug will now only sell me a single pathetically-small bottle, which is next to useless for most household cleaning tasks where only acetone will do.

It's this kind of nanny stateism that makes one search for what kind of dodgy purposes the substance can also be used for - making various explosives or chloroform it seems.

However totally by chance I discovered that Screwfix "No Nonsense Foam Gun Cleaner" in a big old 500ml aerosol is almost completely acetone, so good enough for me, and I now have a relatively bulk supply easily available with no pointless questioning.

Stock up now!!!

Regards, Simon.

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geoff 16 years ago

In message , Tim Lamb writes

Yeah - where are you ?

I can add it to the trich and other banned substances I have stashed away

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The Medway Handyman 16 years ago

Are you top posting here old chap?

:-)

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Graham. 16 years ago

Potassium permanganate and hydrogen peroxide for my water into wine and back into water trick.

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Clot 16 years ago

Snap, I've a couple of winchesters of similar BDH solvents from a certain era that I occasionally use to solve contaminant issues!

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Roger Dewhurst 16 years ago

No. Ammonium nitrate fertilizer. White crystalline powder.

Indeed, but there is no need to mix that with ammonium nitrate unless you want a smell along with the bang.

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Grimly Curmudgeon 16 years ago

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Roger Dewhurst saying something like:

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Roger Dewhurst 16 years ago

I was about to say the same thing.

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Tim Lamb 16 years ago

Nothing petrol powered on farm other than chain saws and lawnmower. Any precautionary dilution rate?

regards

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PeterC 16 years ago

Used to have various CFCs, but all used up now.

On my hack/shopping bike the bottle is a 500ml hydrofluoric acid one - HDPE and v. strong (it's only for hand-rinsing after the p***ture fairy has visited). Pity that the label's disintegrated.

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The Natural Philosopher 16 years ago

Oh. about 10:1 for a 2 stroke should be OK.

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Andy Dingley 16 years ago

Not for a few years now.

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Steve Firth 16 years ago

I'd use it at no more than 10%, preferably 5%.

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Grimly Curmudgeon 16 years ago

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Tim Lamb saying something like:

My first job at a lab saw me tip various combustibles into my scooter fuel tank. Benzene, toluene, etx and nothing untoward happened.

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dennis 16 years ago

You can buy 32 from a supermarket, more from a chemist.

16 will kill most people.

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Tim Lamb 16 years ago

In message , Grimly Curmudgeon writes

OK. I might have found a disposal facility at Watford:-)

regards

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Owain 16 years ago

You'll be asking for commiserations on having crashed the second-best Ferrarri next...

Owain

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Doctor Drivel 16 years ago

Maxie, it must have been the Xams booze on your part that made you write that drivel.

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Peter Twydell 16 years ago

Never tried a Ferrari. Too flashy for my taste. The four Lotuses I've tried to fit into were too cramped (6'6", long legs), but the Porsche Boxster and Carrera are fine. Pity I can't afford them, so it's back to the Cavalier again (16 years old this week, only 88k miles, still going strong).

Late follow-up due to being away on holiday.

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