[meteorite-list] First call for alcohol.

[Michael L Blood]

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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