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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #4110 on: January 18, 2012, 01:49:15 PM »
An instant lead test kit with eight swabs for thirty five dollars.  I have already tried it out and I indeed have lead paint on the trim in my house under about six layers of other paint
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #4111 on: January 19, 2012, 01:59:02 PM »
^^after googling i still don't really know what a lead test kit is exactly, i'm smart like that.   

I spent my HMV vouchers from xmas today and purchase 2 CDs, 1 book and 1 DVD.  God save piracy, it makes legitimate purchases so damn affordable!

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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #4112 on: January 19, 2012, 04:10:26 PM »
^^after googling i still don't really know what a lead test kit is exactly, i'm smart like that.   

I spent my HMV vouchers from xmas today and purchase 2 CDs, 1 book and 1 DVD.  God save piracy, it makes legitimate purchases so damn affordable!
It is for testing to see if there is lead paint on a surface.  The swabs are tubes with two glass capsules that you break and squeeze the liquid onto the swab at the end.  If lead is present it turns red

http://leadcheck.com/
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #4113 on: January 19, 2012, 11:41:25 PM »
oh, i was thinking leads as in electrical.  still after watching the video i don't know why it matters about lead being in paint, they look cool tho

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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #4114 on: January 20, 2012, 12:33:37 AM »
oh, i was thinking leads as in electrical.  still after watching the video i don't know why it matters about lead being in paint, they look cool tho

They used lead in paint in the US until some time in the seventies, I think.  If the lead paint breaks down or peels off and a kid eats it, it can cause lead poisoning, which can be fatal and can also cause lots of other problems if the kid survives.

I think that it can also be inhaled as lead paint dust and can cause serious health problems for adults as well.

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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #4115 on: January 20, 2012, 06:23:20 AM »
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #4116 on: January 22, 2012, 12:24:50 PM »
Bought a new mobile phone. Well, sort of.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #4117 on: January 22, 2012, 12:50:13 PM »
Bought a new mobile phone. Well, sort of.

One of the ones that does everything but hold you tight when your sad :zoinks:

I bought a ratcheting screw driver with interchangeable bits on clearance for $2 and a piece of weatherstripping to fix what the  pain in the ass cat wrecked sharpening it's claws on
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #4118 on: January 23, 2012, 03:10:07 AM »
Bought a new mobile phone. Well, sort of.

One of the ones that does everything but hold you tight when your sad :zoinks:

Yup, one of those. It refuses to massage my feet, though.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #4119 on: January 23, 2012, 03:12:38 AM »
ponders on mobile phones.

Girl wants one for her BD, because of all the things a nice phone can do, besides being a phone.  :santa:
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #4120 on: January 23, 2012, 03:51:42 AM »
ponders on mobile phones.

Girl wants one for her BD, because of all the things a nice phone can do, besides being a phone.  :santa:

Resistance is futile. They use it for so much more than we do. It's a way of life for them.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #4121 on: January 23, 2012, 11:06:49 AM »
ponders on mobile phones.

Girl wants one for her BD, because of all the things a nice phone can do, besides being a phone.  :santa:

Resistance is futile. They use it for so much more than we do. It's a way of life for them.

Well, at least she is not interested in using it as a phone.  :laugh:
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #4122 on: January 23, 2012, 11:50:59 AM »
A small bag of M&Ms
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #4123 on: January 23, 2012, 03:20:59 PM »
Free tow to auto detailing = free (priceless)
Enging cleaning = $50
Tow to auto repair shop = $71
Gas in car along the way to auto repair shop (nice towtruck guy let me put gas in the nearly empty car) = $16
Replace starter = $450 +/-
Find what else is wrong with car = To Be Determined

Ham, cabbage and Dijon mustard from friend who picked me up and had them left over from a weekend trip = priceless.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #4124 on: January 23, 2012, 04:41:48 PM »
ponders on mobile phones.

Girl wants one for her BD, because of all the things a nice phone can do, besides being a phone.  :santa:

Resistance is futile. They use it for so much more than we do. It's a way of life for them.

Well, at least she is not interested in using it as a phone.  :laugh:

That day will come, too. :P
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