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- From: dbell@cup.portal.com (David J Bell)
- Newsgroups: rec.pyrotechnics
- Subject: Re: Mysterious accelerant ???
- Message-ID: <74310@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 21:49:10 PST
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- >A couple of weeks ago, I was at a local welding shop (where my
- >refrigerant is made), and the employees cornered a large mouse in
- >the office area. In the past mice/rats have gotten in the walls
- >and died, stinking for 2-3 months.. I went to the back room,
- >put about 3-4 gal of LN2 in a 5 gal Rubbermaid jug.. and went to
- >"fight" with the mouse. Totally doused a 10' X 10' office floor with
- >LN2.. whole room fogged up solid instantly, whole floor was covered
- >with boiling LN2.. We busted 2 floor tiles (lots of popping noises),
- >but we got the mouse... froze him solid. But is was fun.
- >--ghg
-
-
- Some guys in the lab I supervise once caught a mouse, and
- terminated the poor little guy by dropping it into a styrofoam
- tub of LN2. After chilling down for a half-hour or so, the
- corpse was removed and thrown against a wall. The real "fun"
- was cleaning up all the little bits, after they thawed!
-
- Dave
- dbell@cup.portal.com
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