What about mad hatters and people that used to drink absinthe and radium salts. Jerry Silverman Greentron Inc 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609 Fax/Phone 864 232 3889 mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al Gutz" <alg@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 8:37 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us techs?? > Are we not lucky that we now have governments to pass silly regulations > to protect us from all this nasty stuff that didn't kill off people in > the old days but now it's very dangerous. > > Al G > > Hoyt's TV wrote: > > Don't laugh, I have actually touched asbestos and lived to tell about it. > > We did that a lot in high school physics class. We put a piece of asbestos > > on top of the Bunsen burners so the flame wouldn't break the beakers, using > > only our bare fingers. I even rubbed mercury onto a copper penny to make it > > look like a dime, using nothing but my bare fingers. When somebody dropped a > > mercury thermometer and broke it, we didn't run out of the school screaming. > > No sir, we ran toward the spot to collect the mercury for fun things, like > > the afore mentioned penny rubbing. > > > > Now I know why I decided to become a TV repairman ----- brain damage. > > > > > > Russ Hoyt > > Hoyt's TV > > Exeter, NH > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rochester TV" <rochester.tv@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 5:29 PM > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us techs?? > > > > > > > >>hahahah > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 1:14 PM > >>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us techs?? > >> > >> > >> > >>>I just don't stick my nose right over it and take deep breath. > >>>Sometimes I blow on it if it's heading for my nose. > >>> > >>>Russ Hoyt > >>>Hoyt's TV > >>>Exeter, NH > >>> > >>> > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: "Leonard Caillouet" <lcaillo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 8:47 AM > >>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us > >>>techs?? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>I have been soldering for 30 years and have been tested for lead several > >>>>times and always the test was negative. I think the smoke from the > >>>>resin and contaminants is more of a hazard. Ditto John, I just use a > >>>>small fan. Probaly should have an extractor but never have. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/