[meteorite-list] First call for alcohol.

[mexicodoug at aim.com]

Hey Michael,

...all this time I thought you were practicing batik ;-( Doug



Michael wrote:

"Say Mr,
        Watch what you say about tie-dyes!
        Michael"

on 3/7/08 12:35 PM, mexicodoug at aim.com at mexicodoug at aim.com wrote:

> Michael B. wrote:
>
> "If you want to be really fussy, (I am) rinse with 95% to 99% alcohol
> after and dry in the oven with the pilot light.
> The very cheapest you can get is in Mexico - any drug store."
>
> Hi Michael and McCartney, List amigos,
>
> Of course, you can never be too "fussy", cutting meteorites is an art 
-
> No one can be too good, but being questionable or bad is easy, and and
> only the test of time will determine whether being cavalier about it 
is
> ok: like whether tie-dye Tee shirts and bell bottom pants will still 
be
> OK in public 10 or 100 years even if someone says it is great right 
now!
>
> If your rocks have been rained on, or even semi-humid places like
> Austin have water in the air where distilled water gets in and on the
> slices anyway, it is kind of hard to see why distilled water couldn't
> work properly dried.
>
> Enjoy any cheap alcohol from Mexico while you can. I can't get it in
> any drugstore at all in my state anymore.  The price is going up and 
we
> are in the process of migrating to 70% around the country.  You
> generally can't get isopropanol in Mexico, by the way.  It's all
> ethanol, basically nearly pure grain but not food grade.  The Drunk 
bum
> special, really hasn't killed anyone yet.  This industrial grade is
> usually not denatured (though this too is changing or will change,
> too), so most of the time it ends up in those mixed drinks in bars in
> Tijuana that seem to be great deals.  I guess you get what you pay for
> :-)  Technically, you have a limit on how much of this you can bring
> into the US through customs after a run to the border unless you find
> denatured stuff but probably you could still get away with it.  Limit
> to Texas is about one liter now of non-denatured ethanol.
>
> Congrats McCartney, look forward to hearing more abut your adventure,
> glad you seem to have a nice time after being quiet for some time...
>
> Best wishes and Great Health,
> Doug
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