The fear of the day.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by JWBear

I had a chemistry set when I was 10.

So did I! It even had an oil jar fueled "bunsen" burner. I used to burn things with it.

I also used to mix some chemicals and make things turn pretty colors.

Oh, wait. That last part was the egg dying at Easter. I'm sure there will be some "study" out there soon that shows someone has died (or dyed) from it, and then they'll ban that too. Watch out! We're all gonna dye!!!

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

It's Wednesday October seventeenth. Your fear of the day, direct from a banner headline on CNN.com is:

Kids over the counter cold and cough medicines.

Over the last 37 Years an average of 2 infants per year have died as a result of taking cough medicine. Out of Millions of doses per year.

Have these meds done no good at all? Sure they don't cure the colds but they do treat the symptoms allowing for more rest and a quicker recovery time. Now that these meds are being removed can we expect more colds to progress into walking pneumonia or other complications? How many parents will start giving their kids adult cold meds (you know some will) and what effect will that have?

People die from milk and peanut allergies every year but we don't ban these products? Why not? Because a very small percentage of people having a sever allergic reaction does not mean a product is unsafe.

Perhaps a more reasonable course of action would be to educate parents that you don't dose the kid up at the first sign up a sniffle. As our pediatrician told us "Fever is your friend" up to a point.

Got bad news for you, Moonie: Schools ban peanut butter

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

So did I! It even had an oil jar fueled "bunsen" burner. I used to burn things with it.

I also used to mix some chemicals and make things turn pretty colors.

Oh, wait. That last part was the egg dying at Easter. I'm sure there will be some "study" out there soon that shows someone has died (or dyed) from it, and then they'll ban that too. Watch out! We're all gonna dye!!!

If you dig around a bit it is possible to still find fun chemical toys.


Of course this much fun always comes at a price...


Edited to add: Ahh ha! I found a REAL chemistry set that the man has not yet stomped on, it includes an alcohol burner and everything. I might just have to add this to my boys christmas list.

[€uroMeinke]

Today I fear that over the phone I might not come across as well as I should

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Of course this much fun always comes at a price...

OMG - You can buy AEROGEL from these people!!! Even if I can only get small chunks, I still may buy some (I am not sure what you could do with the granular stuff)

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I am not sure what you could do with the granular stuff)

Use it to make one hell of a thermos.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Use it to make one hell of a thermos.

See, I was trying to find what needed to be done to turn the granular material into a "solid" piece. Since the melting temperature of the material is 2,200 degrees F, I am hoping there is some way to make it a solid without using heat.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

See, I was trying to find what needed to be done to turn the granular material into a "solid" piece. Since the melting temperature of the material is 2,200 degrees F, I am hoping there is some way to make it a solid without using heat.

Nope, I don't think it can be done. Even if you could heat it to melting, you would ruin all the properties that make it special and just end up with a lump of silicates (which by the way I can acquire for you at a much cheaper price).

[Not Afraid]

I should be dead by now. I played regularly with Click-Clacks, Creepy Crawlies (even ate some), slip and slides, water wiggles, lawn darts, and in my friends un-fenced pool.

[Disneyphile]

I loved my Water Wiggle!

And then, my mom threw it away once she heard a news story about a freak accident in which one "strangled" a child somewhere.