[time-nuts] OT: At the Flea

[J. Forster]

I did not speak with the father, but I don't think he was really smart,
based on what I saw of the interaction. OTOH, the kid seemed really
bright.

And, a 1950s Gilbert chemistry set was pretty tame.

FWIW,

-John

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> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 5:48 AM,  <aartmolsen at comcast.net> wrote:
>> On CSPAN's Book TV yesterday the President of Dow Chemical stated that
>> their *starting* salary for newly graduated chemical engineers is now
>> $120K. That $10 chemistry set might have been a good investment.
>
> That kids father was either really smart or stupid.  We don't know.
> He could of been a chemist and read the content and made an informed
> decision.  For example, "no we are not heating Mercury in an open test
> tube, not in my house."  Or he could have been ignorant and had a fear
> of "chemicals" not knowing what scary sounding things like "sodium
> chloride" is.   If it was a 50's vintage set I'd not be surprised if
> there was something really dangerous in there.  After all this was the
> period when they sold hot chassis TV sets and cars with no seat belts
> just to save a buck or two.
> --
> =====
> Chris Albertson
> Redondo Beach, California
>
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