RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Yep, and now you can't buy tape worm heads for your easy diet. Darn "Pure Food and Drug Act, 1906.
Talk with the younger generations. They were taught in school that the baby boomers have stolen all the good jobs, and are deliberately keeping their wages low so we don't have to share our wealth with them. My response to the last one was that he already makes more money than I did at his age, but I kept trying to do more and better work so I could get ahead. I was never interested in being a professional burger flipper. I blame our collective high stress levels on the media and their panic pandering. Everything is a disaster that will wipe out all life on the planet.I disagree with your theory on stress. I think we (the collective "we") are just wussified wimps that expect our lives to turn out like they do for the protagonists in movies. We are spoiled, self centered morons that don't want to do a bit more than absolutely necessary but that want to be rewarded far beyond our actual value. You look at the preceding generations that went through WW1 or 2 or the Depression, or back earlier when there was no "social safety net", where starvation was a real thing and a cut or cold could mean death for your kids. Stressed? Yeah, because we lack perspective when we should be able to appreciate all we have that comes so easily. If we are the most stressed, it's because we are weak in mind, weak in character, weak in faith, weak in willingness to actually work hard. And we aren't very darn conscious of all we do have.
Again, the "we" is the US as a society, not the individual, a small percentage of which don't fit my description. OTOH, yeah, we seek relief from reality! Doesn't matter how, we seek it and many seek it through harmful ways. I think that is an age old issue.
True enough. The wonder of the information age is real, but so is the damage it does to those who can't think critically or see beyond a headline. Sheep man, lots of sheep out there. Actually, comparing humans to sheep is an insult to sheep!Talk with the younger generations. They were taught in school that the baby boomers have stolen all the good jobs, and are deliberately keeping their wages low so we don't have to share our wealth with them. My response to the last one was that he already makes more money than I did at his age, but I kept trying to do more and better work so I could get ahead. I was never interested in being a professional burger flipper. I blame our collective high stress levels on the media and their panic pandering. Everything is a disaster that will wipe out all life on the planet.
I would not use Fluid Film on my hand tools. It's great on vehicles undersides or battery posts or things like shovels, rakes, yard carts, stuff like that. But not on wrenches or anything you'll be touching. Certainly not on a gun. It builds a film of wax that doesn't dry a lot and it does not smell pleasant, nor will your hands if you touch it. In body cavities of vehicles, maybe for long term mould storage, stuff like that is where it shines. It's a fair lube too on things like bolts you don't want rusting on.Never tried Fluid Film before, but y'all convinced me. Bought a half dozen spray cans.
For quite some time I've used either G96, Ballistol or LPS on my tools and toys.
I used a product called "Boe-Shield" for a while. Allegedly developed by Boeing to keep shiny stuff from becoming rusty stuff. It worked pretty well but even 20 years ago it was very expensive compared to stuff like WD-40, G96, stuff like that. It was nice that it was clear and didn't stain things so it was great for woodworking tools. Haven't seen it in years.LPS 2 is pretty close, but Alox-based. Ballistol is useless for preventing rust in a humid environment.
I wonder how a bit of that would work instead of anhydrous lanolin in Ed's Red? I have a hard time dissolving the lanolin into ER but I like it in there.Lanolin based as they describe it.
Fluid Film
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