From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Sat Nov 02 2002 - 23:55:35 MST
Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
>
> Lee, like "Oh my ghod" [read Val-grrl accent], you actually know
> how to "paint a door". What an extropic skill!!! That has
> to be right up there with Spike's ability to rebuild brakes
> (while attempting to shorten his lifespan)... :-) ? Robert
And water heaters. I studied up a bit on asbestos after
my brake rebuilding episode and now I am pretty much
convinced the whole asbestos danger was wildly exaggerated
from the start. But something I have wondered about for a long
time is fiberglass insulation. Seems to me this stuff is
far worse than asbestos: long sharp fibers, which go airborn
just from touching the material. If inhaled the body as
no apparent way to ever get this stuff back out of the lungs
or break it down. I hafta wonder if this fiberglass/asbestos
thing isn't another TCA paradox*. I was handling a lot of
fiberglass today as I replaced my water heater.
*TCA paradox: the government saw fit to pass laws to
protect workers from physically touching trichloroethane
with their hands. Of course,they would let us *breath*
the damn stuff all we wanted, we just couldn't touch it.
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