Please defer any further references unrelated to Vanagons until the next Friday discussion. It's been Saturday for sometime now.

Thanks,

BenT
Mod

On Mar 12, 2011, at 7:08 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:

> ---- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:
>>  Early on in my life as a kid I had learned from
>> Gramma about castor oil as a lubricant.
> 
> Castor oil in the context you allude to is considerably more than a lubricant.  It induces powerful smooth muscle contractions in the gastrointestinal tract due to a toxic triglyceride component.  Perhaps mineral oil is the lubricant you recall, or perhaps the other effects you simply remember as a part of lubrication, but believe me, it is considerably more than that.  "Explosive" is a term sometimes associated with the consequences of ingesting castor oil.
> 
> mcneely