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To: Boogieman

These idiots would have gone bonkers over my old high school chemistry lab!!

Why we even had concentrated Nitric and Sulpheric Acids as well as metallic Soduim and Lithium. Come th think of it, we even had Glycerine!


8 posted on 09/23/2010 9:41:04 AM PDT by catman67
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Oh...Forgot to mention that we had a rifle range in the basement as well!


9 posted on 09/23/2010 9:42:13 AM PDT by catman67
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To: catman67

“These idiots would have gone bonkers over my old high school chemistry lab!!”

Ah the old science labs were rife with dangerous stuff, weren’t they? I remember in elementary school, our teacher taught us how to distill alcohol, and me and a friend promptly went home, set up the old home chemistry set, and tried to distill some brandy to make it stronger. Needless to say, heating brandy in a test tube over the stovetop did not result in the effect we hoped for :)


21 posted on 09/23/2010 10:11:54 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: catman67

“Sulpheric” = Sulfuric


34 posted on 09/23/2010 10:36:15 AM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
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To: catman67

In my high school chem lab we assembled a five foot long rocket, and filled it with powdered zinc and powdered sulfur, tamping it down with a metal rod. Then we took it down to the athletic field and launched it a mile into the air. All under the supervision of the chemistry teacher.


54 posted on 09/23/2010 8:47:49 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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