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9 Things You Didn't Know Coca-Cola Could Do

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Janet B

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Mar 16, 2016, 1:04:55 PM3/16/16
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http://tinyurl.com/o9a8d3b

Great tips
Janet US

The New Other Guy

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Mar 16, 2016, 4:19:25 PM3/16/16
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On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:04:54 -0600, Janet B <nos...@cableone.net> wrote:

>
>http://tinyurl.com/o9a8d3b
>
>Great tips

NOT really.

Clean a battery?? Coke contains LOTS of sugar, and conducts electricity.

Oil stains? NOT always (or even often) on flat ground,
so 'soak and wait an hour' won't work. WD40 works MUCH faster.

Oh well..






Dave Smith

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Mar 16, 2016, 5:50:39 PM3/16/16
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Some of those things can be done with other household items. The car
battery, for instance, could have been done with baking powder.

Janet B

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Mar 16, 2016, 5:58:32 PM3/16/16
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Much better use for it than drinking it, No?
Posted tongue in cheek.
Janet US

Dave Smith

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Mar 16, 2016, 6:07:34 PM3/16/16
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On 2016-03-16 5:58 PM, Janet B wrote:

>> Some of those things can be done with other household items. The car
>> battery, for instance, could have been done with baking powder.
>
> Much better use for it than drinking it, No?
> Posted tongue in cheek.

No need to lose your tongue in your cheek on my account. I rarely drink
Coke, or any other softer drink. I do have to keep some on hand for
visitors, especially one of my nephews who does not drink coffee because
of the caffeine in it. Go figger.

graham

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Mar 16, 2016, 6:26:44 PM3/16/16
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> Posted tongue in cheek***.
> Janet US
>
*** Well that's all you'll have left in there if you drink too much of
the stuff! One of the acids in it is used as a flux when welding
stainless steel, or so an engineer once told me.
Graham
Who has *never* drunk Coke and after a few sips of Pepsi as a teenager,
has never drunk any more of that either!

dsi1

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Mar 16, 2016, 6:39:07 PM3/16/16
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For God's sake - stay away from that demon Pepsi too or you might turn
out like this guy!

https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/gettyimages-53230213.jpg

lucreti...@fl.it

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Mar 16, 2016, 7:02:34 PM3/16/16
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I convinced my kids how evil it was, took a milk tooth that had come
out and instead of the tooth fairy, put it in a glass of coke
overnight. In the morning no tooth, coke had dissolved it. For
awhile they were of the opinion I removed the tooth so on the qt one
of them did the experiment again and confirmed, no tooth in the a.m.

jy...@verizon.net

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Mar 16, 2016, 7:12:56 PM3/16/16
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On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 4:02:34 PM UTC-7, lucreti...@fl.it wrote:
>
>
> I convinced my kids how evil it was, took a milk tooth that had come
> out and instead of the tooth fairy, put it in a glass of coke
> overnight. In the morning no tooth, coke had dissolved it. For
> awhile they were of the opinion I removed the tooth so on the qt one
> of them did the experiment again and confirmed, no tooth in the a.m.


http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/tooth.asp

col...@gmail.com

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Mar 16, 2016, 7:28:02 PM3/16/16
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All colas are bad for the kidneys.

lucreti...@fl.it

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Mar 16, 2016, 8:06:19 PM3/16/16
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We never tried the other things, but I assure you, the tooth was gone.

Julie Bove

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Mar 16, 2016, 9:30:11 PM3/16/16
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"Janet B" <nos...@cableone.net> wrote in message
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> http://tinyurl.com/o9a8d3b
>
> Great tips
> Janet US

Nope. I knew those things.

Julie Bove

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Mar 16, 2016, 9:31:16 PM3/16/16
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"The New Other Guy" <News...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Yep. I suppose if I had some in the house and wanted to get rid of it, I
might try it but I'd rather use a product that is meant for the job.

Jeßus

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Mar 16, 2016, 9:36:22 PM3/16/16
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On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:27:56 -0700 (PDT), col...@gmail.com wrote:

>All colas are bad for the kidneys.

Not these colas: http://tinyurl.com/h5d324y

Jeßus

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Mar 16, 2016, 9:37:47 PM3/16/16
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Everything is about you.

John Kuthe

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Mar 16, 2016, 10:36:09 PM3/16/16
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On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 2:19:25 PM UTC-6, The New Other Guy wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:04:54 -0600, Janet B <nos...@cableone.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >http://tinyurl.com/o9a8d3b
> >
> >Great tips
>
> NOT really.
>
> Clean a battery?? Coke contains LOTS of sugar, and conducts electricity.
...

Yes, there's a lot of carbonic acid in Cocacola!

John Kuthe...

John Kuthe

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Mar 16, 2016, 10:37:29 PM3/16/16
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With rum was the only drink I ever threw up from! When I lived with Bryan in Novelty Studios.

John Kuthe...

John Kuthe

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Mar 16, 2016, 10:38:43 PM3/16/16
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On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 4:26:44 PM UTC-6, graham wrote:
> On 16/03/2016 3:58 PM, Janet B wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 17:50:54 -0400, Dave Smith
> > <adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2016-03-16 4:19 PM, The New Other Guy wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:04:54 -0600, Janet B <nos...@cableone.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/o9a8d3b
> >>>>
> >>>> Great tips
> >>>
> >>> NOT really.
> >>>
> >>> Clean a battery?? Coke contains LOTS of sugar, and conducts electricity.
> >>>
> >>> Oil stains? NOT always (or even often) on flat ground,
> >>> so 'soak and wait an hour' won't work. WD40 works MUCH faster.
> >>>
> >>> Oh well..
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Some of those things can be done with other household items. The car
> >> battery, for instance, could have been done with baking powder.
> >
> > Much better use for it than drinking it, No?
> > Posted tongue in cheek***.
> > Janet US
> >
> *** Well that's all you'll have left in there if you drink too much of
> the stuff! One of the acids in it is used as a flux when welding
> stainless steel, or so an engineer once told me.
...

Carbonic acid.

John Kuthe...

graham

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Mar 17, 2016, 12:38:41 AM3/17/16
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And in rain water!

graham

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Mar 17, 2016, 12:39:59 AM3/17/16
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No! That's just dissolved CO2 in H2O. ISTR it is formic acid in cola.

dsi1

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Mar 17, 2016, 3:48:12 AM3/17/16
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There is some carbonic acid in carbonated drinks. I don't think there's any formic acid though. Coke contains phosphoric acid and maybe some citric acid. Phosphoric acid is used in rust removers and rust converting solutions. It's the active ingredient in Naval Jelly.

OTOH, if you really want to scare the kids, give them a demo of hydrochloric acid - that powerful corrosive stuff in their stomachs.

Cindy Hamilton

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Mar 17, 2016, 6:36:09 AM3/17/16
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On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 6:26:44 PM UTC-4, graham wrote:
> On 16/03/2016 3:58 PM, Janet B wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 17:50:54 -0400, Dave Smith
> > <adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2016-03-16 4:19 PM, The New Other Guy wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:04:54 -0600, Janet B <nos...@cableone.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/o9a8d3b
> >>>>
> >>>> Great tips
> >>>
> >>> NOT really.
> >>>
> >>> Clean a battery?? Coke contains LOTS of sugar, and conducts electricity.
> >>>
> >>> Oil stains? NOT always (or even often) on flat ground,
> >>> so 'soak and wait an hour' won't work. WD40 works MUCH faster.
> >>>
> >>> Oh well..
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Some of those things can be done with other household items. The car
> >> battery, for instance, could have been done with baking powder.
> >
> > Much better use for it than drinking it, No?
> > Posted tongue in cheek***.
> > Janet US
> >
> *** Well that's all you'll have left in there if you drink too much of
> the stuff! One of the acids in it is used as a flux when welding
> stainless steel, or so an engineer once told me.

So? Consider the industrial uses of hydrochloric acid, which occurs
naturally in your stomach.

Cindy Hamilton

graham

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Mar 17, 2016, 9:31:42 AM3/17/16
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On 16/03/2016 11:22 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> Are you talking about phosphoric acid? It's added to a lot of sodas.
> Also use to make "phosphates" sodas from the 50's-70's (kinda out of
> style now).
>
> You can buy it in hardware stores as boat/fiberglass/ceramic/grout
> cleaner. Much more effective and efficient than using cola to do any
> of the things suggested in the article (that I didn't even read).
>
> -sw
>
Sorry! I meant phosphoric. An ant must have bitten me!

graham

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Mar 17, 2016, 9:32:03 AM3/17/16
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Janet B

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Mar 17, 2016, 9:37:56 AM3/17/16
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:48:07 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <dsi...@yahoo.com>
Formic Acid. . . that's the stuff the giant ants emit in the movie
"THEM" Good flick :)
Janet US

Dave Smith

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On 2016-03-17 12:39 AM, graham wrote:

>>
> No! That's just dissolved CO2 in H2O. ISTR it is formic acid in cola.


Coke is made with ants?
I think you mean phosphoric acid.

jmcquown

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Mar 17, 2016, 10:24:25 AM3/17/16
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On 3/17/2016 9:37 AM, Janet B wrote:
> Formic Acid. . . that's the stuff the giant ants emit in the movie
> "THEM" Good flick :)
> Janet US
>
That was a fun old movie. I like watching those old big bug movies from
time to time. :) Did you ever see the one about the tarantulas starring
William Shatner? OMG! What a cheesy and fun flick that was!

Jill

graham

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Mar 17, 2016, 10:43:02 AM3/17/16
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I made that point earlier!

Cindy Hamilton

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Mar 17, 2016, 11:03:21 AM3/17/16
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How about the one with giant rabbits: Night of the Lepus

Cindy Hamilton

Dave Smith

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Mar 17, 2016, 11:14:14 AM3/17/16
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Sorry. I didn't bother to slog through all the new posts to see if
anyone else had noticed that.

Gregory Morrow

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Mar 17, 2016, 11:56:52 AM3/17/16
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Janet B wrote:

> http://tinyurl.com/o9a8d3b
>
> Great tips

At one time was used by some as a post - coital douche to prevent pregnancy...didn't work too well.


--
Best
Greg

dsi1

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On Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 3:37:56 AM UTC-10, Janet B wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:48:07 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <d
Little ants emit the stuff too. Back in the old days kids could grind up ants and use that "material" to paint trails that ants would follow. A totally fun experiment!

"Them" is a pretty goofy flick although, it would be pretty scary to little kids. I am glad that the ant has a revenge picture though - they deserve it!

Janet B

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Mar 17, 2016, 12:20:46 PM3/17/16
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:24:18 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:
no, I'll look for it. With my Amazon Prime membership I've been
watching a lot of old Si-Fi movies on my tablet late at night.
Janet US

Janet B

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Mar 17, 2016, 12:22:59 PM3/17/16
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I've heard of that one but never seen it.
Janet US

Janet B

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Mar 17, 2016, 12:25:26 PM3/17/16
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 09:10:25 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <dsi...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 3:37:56 AM UTC-10, Janet B wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:48:07 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <d
>> wrote:
>
snip
>> Formic Acid. . . that's the stuff the giant ants emit in the movie
>> "THEM" Good flick :)
>> Janet US
>
>Little ants emit the stuff too. Back in the old days kids could grind up ants and use that "material" to paint trails that ants would follow. A totally fun experiment!
>
>"Them" is a pretty goofy flick although, it would be pretty scary to little kids. I am glad that the ant has a revenge picture though - they deserve it!

I am a huge fan of those goofy movies ;)
Janet US

Cindy Hamilton

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Mar 17, 2016, 12:37:01 PM3/17/16
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I can't decide if it's so terrible it's funny, or just
terrible. IIRC, it has DeForrest Kelley (McCoy from
Star Trek).

Cindy Hamilton

Sqwertz

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Mar 17, 2016, 12:43:34 PM3/17/16
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On 3/16/2016 11:29 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> dentin and enamel that quickly.
>
> -sw
Your woman abuse is as grotesque, unprovoked, and ugly as anything
anyone in this medium has ever done.

You are a pathological woman-hater and a deeply disturbed and wounded
little man:

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

"Why do you even bother posting if that's all you have to say? We've
heard the same thing at least 2,000 times by now."

-sw

"OK, so it's your planet so I guess you get to define what all teens on
Planet Bove eat. We'll need to add this to the Planet Bove Wikipedia
entry: "Teenagers on Planet Bove only eat chicken strips, fries, and
baby carrots".

-sw

"Incredible. And you STILL don't shut up."

-sw

I thought you were here just to talk about cooking? You've only said
that at least 25 times, yet 95% of the flack you get is about
off-topic subjects.

-sw

Way to go, Julie! You beat her down into speechlessness.

-sw


"Why do you even bother posting if that's all you have to say? We've
heard the same thing at least 2,000 times by now."

-sw


"Incredible. And you STILL don't shut up."

-sw

I thought you were here just to talk about cooking? You've only said
that at least 25 times, yet 95% of the flack you get is about
off-topic subjects.

-sw

Way to go, Julie! You beat her down into speechlessness.

-sw

I didn't think Julie was even capable of using the phone.

-sw

You seem to have a problem remembering things. Maybe you should have
written down the once you realized you liked it.

-sw

Wow. She catches on quick when her mind isn't clouded by irrational
spite.

-sw

Congratulations! Your post has been approved by Julie.

[High Five]

-sw

Yeah, I see tuna and cheddar on pizza every time I visit Planet Bove.

-sw

You can't rent this stuff at Red Box.

-sw

You tell him Julie!

<snort>

-sw

That wasn't your original argument. Your argument was that you
couldn't remember where you got them. Then when somebody tells you
how to solve that problem, you come up with a different argument to
explain why the proposed solution won't work.

Same 'ol song and dance.

-sw

<snip rest unread>

-sw

So WTF are you basing your unfounded theories on? Angela was about 3
years old and you had left grade school decades earlier. What would
have been your direct experience with the New York public school
system in the early 2000's?

-sw

What I'm trying to say is that Julie is full of shit again. It's
amazing how much time Julie spends describing her miserable fantasy
world.

-sw


Again, only in YOUR house.

-sw

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Sqwertz

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On 3/16/2016 11:22 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> (that I didn't even read).
>

dsi1

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On Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 6:25:26 AM UTC-10, Janet B wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 09:10:25 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <dsi1>
As a general principle, I abhor the phrase "me too" but me too! :)

Groupkillas

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Mar 17, 2016, 1:19:46 PM3/17/16
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Sqwertz wrote:
> Somebody else removed the tooth, then.

You criminally STALK and ABUSE women, you sick little dwarfy man!

Here's what you did when you went all over the Usenet impersonating the
well-liked regular named "sf" and posting all her personal data on the
net against her will, including her:

* home address
* age
* cell phone number
* husband's name

etc.

YOU did that, you evil bastard!

And then you had the hubris to actually GLOAT about in public saying:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
swe...@cluemail.compost
<1qauy6zyozuo9$.d...@sqwertz.com>
Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:18:00 -0600
MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4
ab...@blocknews.net


She should call the cops. I've already publicly admitted it is me so
a conviction should be a piece of cake and then forging would stop.
So what's stopping her? I think she suffers from Bovism - she just
loves the attention and drama and screw the rest of the group.

-sw

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------


And before that you literally stalked poor Omelet, a local Auustin
favorite, right off the Usenet!

In your worst moment ever you actually begged her to KILL you:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
swe...@cluemail.compost
<i6x4dy0h0232$.d...@sqwertz.com>
3/18/2011 3:49 PM
Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1162
readnews.com - News for Geeks and ISPs
fa35d278.newsreader.readnews.com


Sorry I don't fit either of your Ideal Psycho Pal Profiles.

-sw
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'd prefer you use a sniper rifle on me from a few hundred yards away.
There you go - a reason for you to buy yet another gun and ammo.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Then after having your nose rubbed in your filthy criminal stalking you
came back with, not an apology, nor the slightest remorse, just this:


"The facebook group is much more pleasant."


But we all know that's only because you cower over there in mortal fear
of being booted by the FB admins.

You're _so done_ here virus, I mean really fucking done.

I'm making you a project like no other, expect a lot more of your evil
abuse and hatred to be aired for all to see here.

And we both know there's a google archive full of your hatred of women
just waiting to be hung out on the virtual clothesline to dry.

Enjoy then, you rotten, worthless misogynistic bastard!









Groupkillas

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Mar 17, 2016, 1:20:06 PM3/17/16
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Sqwertz wrote:
> Are you talking about phosphoric acid?

col...@gmail.com

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Mar 17, 2016, 6:21:39 PM3/17/16
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I like Coke zero but wouldn't drink it now.

John Kuthe

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Mar 17, 2016, 8:21:36 PM3/17/16
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Some acid rain is sulfuric! From coal generating power plants buring dirty soft coal. STL used to because it was cheap like MalWart until it was outlawed.

John Kuthe...

John Kuthe

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Mar 17, 2016, 8:30:48 PM3/17/16
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Exactly. The phosphoric acid in Naval Jelly eacts with steel to make iron phosphate. Greyish in color, I've used Naval Jelly extensively, I udsed to drive old aircooled VWs.

John Kuthe...

Sqwertz

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Mar 18, 2016, 12:13:30 PM3/18/16
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On 3/17/2016 5:25 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> I started watching Milfs vs. Zombies last night but I fell asleep
> almost instantly.

dsi1

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Mar 20, 2016, 6:06:42 AM3/20/16
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I never had an air-cooled VW - just water-cooled. I wish I did though - they are pretty simple things. My friend said that we removed the transmission on a bug on the side of the road at night but I don't remember ever doing that. OTOH, he's got a better memory than I and he also had a spare transmission at his house.
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