Richtee Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 When houses and structures go up, nature's cleanup method gets short-circuited; the fires are IMMEDIATELY put out by firemen, and unfortunately the deadwood continues to accumulate until you eventually get a fire that is too intense to control. It happens in California every year. There's too much bone-dry deadwood and other flammable stuff that no one removes, and nature is not ALLOWED to remove by fire. Wow... that's what I kinda meant! I did not mean to seem cold-hearted, just that Nature WILL have her way it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyboy Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Cities that are below sea level. What about countries? One quarter of Holland is below sea level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hst45 Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 What about countries? One quarter of Holland is below sea level. Ditto new Orleans. Build a city BELOW the level of the river that rings the city; what an idiotic plan. If I went to the building committee in town and proposed a plan wherein I decided to move into a swamp, erect an earthen berm, pump the water and muck out and build my home there below the level of the surrounding swamp do you think that there would be a prayer that I'd get a building permit? Of course not, because it's a fatally flawed plan. The forces of nature will eventually win. The same hold true of New Orleans; lets abandon this fatally flawed plan and build anywhere else. Our thoughts and prayers go out to our Aussie friends regarding the fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarezWally Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Wally, I know you live in Australia... different laws and all, but that first list of chems you mentioned (the one with the I and the RP among them) would in the U.S. get you visited so fast by black-suited, heavily armed men, they'd be there before the package arrived. All I'm saying is be careful! As far as I know (and hope) they only become illegal to own if you are up to no good with them (making illegal drugs), there are a few things relating to the sale but that's the sellers problem if they don't ask all the right questions. It helps that none of them are primary reagents in illegal drug manufacture (HI, Methylamine, ephedrine are and are illegal to own without permits as one would expect) I hope I don't get my door kicked in by a bunch of men in black looking for a meth lab, they are going to be sorely disappointed I have nothing dangerous or illegal sitting around, that includes pyro stuff. That aside, its been a bad few days in Australia, death toll stands at 126 and is expected to double once teams reach remote areas and people start to surcome to their injuries in hospital. The part that make me angry is that most of the fires were lit by arsonists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumbles Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Trust me. No matter how safe or legal you think you are, they can pin something on you if you want. Why ever would you keep all of that explosive in a red plastic can next to the lawn mower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarezWally Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 That I don't doubt, but without jugs of nitro sitting around then they can only get me on conspiracy to manufacture type charges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Meth is one evil, evil drug. Too easy to make, addictive, but worst of all it apparently creates permanent brain damage that messes you up for life, if you used heavily. I think heroin is probably safer. People in the U.S. are starting to get it, and meth use is down. Maybe it was the law that put Sudafed behind the counter... whatever, it appears to be on the decline. God Bless those poor people in the fire. What a terrible way to go. They WILL catch the arsonists, and I hope the punishment is brutal. Burned at the stake would be appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richtee Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 They WILL catch the arsonists, and I hope the punishment is brutal. Burned at the stake would be appropriate.Now THERE'S some pyro for ya! Hmm seems I read somewhere once the BTU content of the "average" human. QUITE high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rev.redneck Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Hello again, I wanted to comment on asilentbob's comment about luminous bacteria. There are acres of wooded land behind my home, during the summer you can go out at night and kick certain rotted logs and they glow green very bright for a couple minutes, after that dip it in water real quick and it glows again. and as for mercury I have a large "Ball" jar full of pounds of that stuff, I dont know how to get rid of it. It was given to me years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brakkie Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 The biggest problem with opiates is that you just stop caring about anything else. It's possible to be addicted to Heroin for life and survive. As long as you keep your living standards at a reasonable level. But one drug that does scare me is, Cocaine. I don't know how it is over there in the States but here in Europe there seems to be a huge rise in Cocaine usage. If I just look around me and name friends that are doing or have tried Cocaine it's a pretty reasonable list. And the scary thing is, I'm not even hanging out with many drug-users. I smoke weed and most of my friends do too but Cocaine is frowned upon in my friend group. Dispite that you still see a lot of people trying Cocaine. I don't see what all the fuss is about.... I had a friend that went from a first timer to addict within months... That shit scares me to death! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richtee Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Dispite that you still see a lot of people trying Cocaine. I don't see what all the fuss is about.... I had a friend that went from a first timer to addict within months... That shit scares me to death! It is a nasty drug. I have a little experience. Grew up in the 80's... yes...disco. Not that I was into that, but the stuff was around alot. Bad deal overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steps Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 (edited) But one drug that does scare me is, Cocaine. Its a bit of a scary drug. I know a friends friend was addicted to it when she was 14, she ended up stealing stuff from her home to pay for her fix. It is a nasty drug. I have a little experience. Grew up in the 80's... yes...disco. Not that I was into that, but the stuff was around alot. Bad deal overall. Wish i grew up in the 80s... in the San Fransisco Bay Area. Would have been awsome. I don't think drugs are gonna be going anywhere anytime soon (Atleast here), cooks will somehow find the ingredients and will eventually have to resort to using second rate chemicals that have potential to harm. Here there is a pretty big drug scene, everyone does ecstacy and weed and people DRINK A LOT! If the governments so worried about drugs they would let me buy Ammonium Perchlorate and go chase drug cooks. I wish we could get mescaline here though. Edited February 10, 2009 by TheLummox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyboy Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Worst experience is LSD though, and Psilocybin Cubensis is a close second (although it was fun the first times). Pretty much anything that messes with your perception in that way should be avoided. The worst part is that you might stop trusting your own senses for a few years after a trip, I know I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarezWally Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 100g of re sublimed iodine and a 100g of mercury turned up today, no sign of federal agents So far so good, I'm going to leave the mercury and iodine sealed. I don't have any immediate use for them and I tend to avoid mercury and iodine vapors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumbles Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 They won't show up right away. They'll wait 6mo. to a year, so you get comfortable, and do something incriminating with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarezWally Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 I would hope before they get a search warrant they bother to do some basic recon, It should be pretty clear that I'm not making methamphetamine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentacles Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Wally, why would cops bother to do research or investigate? Cops "investigate" in the sense that if something falls in their lap, they'll use it. And if it turns up there's nothing they can charge you with, plant some evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomer Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Maybe not plant evidence, but they'll find *something*. The iodine in the lab and some cold med in the bath are all they need, it's 67% of a meth lab. After flushing/disposing/stashing my HEs and precursors I thought they could come and do nothing, just like you. Thing is I misplaced a blank-firing gun that by now is semi legal at most, my pellet gun (!) from 1978 (!) is illegal to own now because some ten years back they limited the spring power to much below its level. Then there's the single .762 cartridge I keep as a reminder for boot camp, and that's just weapons law. I did keep the standard acids, bases and alcohols for non-explosive chemistry. And yes the acids of course include nitric + sulfuric, the alcohols methanol, glycol, glycerin. With the Ex-GF's cotton wads in the bath, that could make Myrol, NG, EGND and blasting gelatin. All they need to do is persuade some judge to believe I was planning just that. Hell they got 600 warrants for stuff like KCl or soda, just because some chemist testified that Na and K salts can colour flames. LE reasoning: Used for colored flash! Search warrants all signed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Sorry to veer away from the topic of conversation... On Saturday I am flying to the US for a two week holiday. I'll spend the first week in New York City and the second in Boston. Now I'm aware that these are not pyro hot spots, but if anyone lives in either of these cities, or will be visiting at the same time I'd love to meet up and have a chat about fireworks. If this matches any of you, please give me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superman1451 Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 My dad managed to score a gallon sized bag of magnesium shavings. They are from the scrap of all the work that was done with Mg. They are very thin, almost like pencil shavings. He says that there is a half full 55 gallon drum at his work from which he can take from. Problem is when I burned some of the stuff he gave me, it burned with a large flame(2-3 inches from pile) of orange and had the ocasional pop of silver. My dad says that they use a water based lube for all their cutting. Maybe this could be the problem?Could I just wash the stuff I have with water repeatedly or would it oxidize to much to be useful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentacles Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 (edited) Superman: Hard to say - I can't imagine anyone using water soluble oil as a coolant for Mg. That's a recipe for a major shop fire - you're not ever supposed to turn/cut/mill the stuff with anything but oil. You might consider making Mg/Al out of those turnings - it would cook off any oil or non-metal contaminant, and you'd be able to process it into various useful particle sizes. Add to that, you don't have to coat MgAl to use it with the usual oxidizers.. Also, safety tip, don't leave open containers of compounds (looks like you have cups full of BP hulls) exposed when you're not actively working on them... finish the shells or put the stuff away before you do other stuff.. We all do this from time to time and it's very bad practice. Edited February 11, 2009 by tentacles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superman1451 Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Superman: Hard to say - I can't imagine anyone using water soluble oil as a coolant for Mg. That's a recipe for a major shop fire - you're not ever supposed to turn/cut/mill the stuff with anything but oil. You might consider making Mg/Al out of those turnings - it would cook off any oil or non-metal contaminant, and you'd be able to process it into various useful particle sizes. Add to that, you don't have to coat MgAl to use it with the usual oxidizers.. Well I'm not sure if its 100% Mg, just various aerospace alloys. I've thought about that. My friend has huge crucible/furnace he got off of backyardmetalcasting.com i think. He's been melting me brass balls as I get the metal. I just don't have enough Al to do it with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyboy Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 He's been melting me brass balls He he he, lovely. Mg burns like that in a reduced atmosphere or at least I think it does. Try setting it on fire and blow with a hair-drier on it, the extra air should make it burn with a white flame. If that doesn't work, ask your dad what the alloy was (if any), then you would know how much extra Al to add if you want to make MgAl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superman1451 Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Tentacles: My dad said that in the state of california it is illegal to use oil based coolants Andyboy: Thanks for the tip. I'll try that. I finished reading the making magnalium tutorial and it seems like you don't need alot of charcoal to melt the metals. Am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentacles Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 It doesn't take much charcoal if you use one of those chimneys, or something like the chimney. Try to find a tall, tapered SS crucible like you'll see on page 2 of the making magnalium thread. (The drink shakers) Maybe a gallon and a half worth of briquettes to do 2 or 3 lbs? And the charcoal's still got enough life left to cook a steak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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