http://www.nulon.com.au/products/Aerosols/Start_Ya_Bastard_Instant_Engine_Starter/#.T1SvcN8Zmw4
I wonder if that is what Mrs AC puts in my morning coffee...
On Tuesday, 6 March 2012 11:18:55 UTC+13, Emimec wrote:
http://www.nulon.com.au/products/Aerosols/Start_Ya_Bastard_Instant_Engine_Starter/#.T1SvcN8Zmw4
That made me smile when I first saw it in the local auto store as well. It's
just the same as easy-start back in the UK.
I don't see anything to smile about, making a powerful anaesthetic like
diethyl ether readily available is totally irresponsible.
The might as well advertise it as "The product of first choice for muggers
and rapists - instantly subdue your victim"
Alan
Well it certainly subdues my dumper truck when it's minus 8 and the low
compression cylinder is refusing to start, though I think of me as the
victim and Mr Thwaites as the attacker in this instance!
AWEM
Powerful? In my experience it takes quite some time, and quite a lot of
lungfuls, for diethyl ether to anaesthetise, even longer to render
unconscious.
David
Yes - it's been a long time since the 60's, but some people used to
inhale it for fun back then. As I recall, it was a bit like sniffing
glue, though perhaps a bit healthier.
Chloroform, on the other hand, is somewhat quicker in effect, and quite
a bit nastier health-wise. But it doesn't burn, or spontaneously form
peroxides in air, so it got used for medical anesthesia more than ether did.
Besides which, like most things, you can just buy diethyl ether (or
chloroform, or even uranium) on ebay anyway :)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100-ml-Diethyl-ether-99-9-/330696073951?pt=UK_BOI_Medical_Lab_Equipment_Lab_Supplies_ET&hash=item4cff05a2df
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100ml-trichlormethane-Chloroform-reagent-99-98-/230752100412?pt=UK_BOI_Medical_Lab_Equipment_Lab_Supplies_ET&hash=item35b9e5a03c
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/500mg-Elemental-Uranium-Metal-U-238-Element-samples-Sealed-Glass-Ampules-/110831217888?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19ce0e2ce0
-- Peter Fairbrother
It would hardly be my first choice if I was a footpad. A more rapidly
accessible anaesthetic would be a simple hammer, or are you suggesting sale
of those should also be restricted.
Cliff Coggin.
A few years ago a pic of SYB was circulating on the net, but it was clearly
a can of easy start which had been photo-shopped. I was expecting this to be
the same again.
Steve
http://www.nulon.com.au/products/Aerosols/Start_Ya_Bastard_Instant_Engine_Starter/#.T1SvcN8Zmw4
What about this one? Can't buy this at B&Q
http://www.screwfix.com/p/sticks-like-sh-t-290ml-white/22070
Yes I know. My wife work for the latter so I'm aware of the setup, but
they still don't stock it.
Screwfix of course is the arm aimed more at the trademen, ie generally
those without a sense of humour bypass.
Or Orange pinnies.
My aim, when I finally get laid off for being too expensive for the desired
quality of work, is to get a job as an old fart with an orange pinnie at B&Q.
Then I can tell all the punters that they should go to a decent shop that
doesn't stock lowest cost crap that doesn't do what they need it to do :-)
Mark Rand
RTFM
So a B&Q is a Home Depot or Lowe's on this side. Got it, what's a
pinnie, ah, pinafore = sleeveless garment worn as apron. Get laid off
with a severance package if at all possible. I much prefer being
retired to fighting the mobs in to work.
Good luck.
Pete Keillor
You're too late I'm afraid. All the real tool shops have been killed off by
the supermarkets. As I once heard it put "The bitterness of low quality
lasts long after the sweet taste of low price has faded."
Cliff Coggin.
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