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Subject:Re: retiring
From:Jonathan Berg
Date:Fri, 24 May 2013 09:06:18 -0400

Acetone. Much better in a martini than vermouth. Mmmmmm, smooth.

On Thursday, May 23, 2013, Larry Alofs wrote:

> Acetone...good stuff...powerful solvent...not too toxic...evaporative
> disposal.  "Better living through chemistry"   :-)
>
>
> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > Acetone.  Don't get it on paint or plastics.
> >
> > Karl Wolz
> > Sent from my electronic umbilicus
> >
> > On May 21, 2013, at 9:20 AM, "Fuhrel, Robert" <robert.fuhrel@CSN.EDU<javascript:;>
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I'm retiring in a month, partly because I've merely been treading water
> > here, spinning my wheels so to speak.  So I will have more time for my
> '83
> > Vanagon.  First, a request for advice, please.  Yesterday, I was
> > supergluing the rubber insulation strip on the driver's side door as it
> was
> > hanging down from my immediate left to just behind me as I drive.  I
> guess
> > I got some super glue in the door lock button slot, and now I cannot
> unlock
> > the door there from without or within.  Someone told me that lighter
> fluid,
> > unlit, might dissolve super glue.  Does it?  I don't need to be advised
> to
> > be more careful with the glue, thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Bob
> >
>

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