After consultation with an old African grey (parrot),  I received the
following question.

"If it's a universal solvent, what do you keep it in?"

Pensionerd.

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> I call BS on that web page. sheesh, have a look!
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> and what the heck does this statement mean or prove?
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>> Water is known as the universal solvent due to its ability to
>> dissolve bases or acids.
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> has anyone on this dammed list know anything about chemistry or do
> they just parrot glib statements for effect?
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> :)
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> alistair
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> On 24-Sep-10, at 8:34 AM, Michael wrote:
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> Not the best of BS calls. � Water is known as the universal solvent
> due to its ability to dissolve bases or acids.
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> http://www.hbci.com/~wenonah/hydro/h2o.htm
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