Re: Oh boy...


"Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:55:42 -0500, "Ed Huntress"
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"Joe AutoDrill" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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At an estate sale for a family member, we discovered a 4 inch tall
bottle
of mercury my grandfather had hoarded.
My brothers and I offered to buy it back from the winning bidder. The
winner's buddy told her not to sell it, that it was valuable.
I explained to her that it would be very difficult to get rid of
legally.
Their greed won.
Hehehe

I wonder if the recycling folks anywhere will receive mercury...
--

Sure. We have mercury recycling run by the county here in Middlesex, Joe.
Where are you? Somerset or Hunterdon? They probably have mercury
recycling.
They get mostly old thermometers and mercury switches, but they took a
couple of ounces from me last year, which was amalgamated with lead.

I still have a pound or two that I bought 25 years ago for cleaning out
the
lead in the muzzle brake on my Hi-Standard Supermatic. It takes about one
ounce every 10 years, so I'll have it for a while. d8-)

Hey, if I was looking for toxic waste, NJ is where I'd go. ;-)

It's one of our top products. You probably could make a bomb out of the dirt
here, if you knew your chemistry.

--
Ed Huntress


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