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Re: [oletrucks] WD-40 Revisited

To: mwsnow@home.com
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] WD-40 Revisited
From: Thomas M OBrien <tmobrien@juno.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 18:53:45 -0700
I bought some WD-40 down at "Wally World" recently.  When I went to check
out the cashier asked me for my ID!!!

I asked her what's the deal, and she said it was an inhalant and couldn't
be sold to minors...All I could do was shake my head...

Tom O (Oregon)
60 Apache K20

On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 06:23:16 -0700 "Michael Snow" <mwsnow@home.com>
writes:
>A while back there was a discussion about some of the various
>uses of WD-40.  I added that we should all be careful with the
>stuff because the propellant inside the can is propane.  I am
>happy to report that the can I bought last month is pressurized
>with Carbon Dioxide (CO2) which is completely inert.  There is
>probably still a lot of the older stuff out there, but the
>propane is disappearing from WD-40.  This is a mixed blessing of
>sorts.  I won't be able to use it as diesel starting fluid
>anymore.  But it also won't vent explosive gases when the nozzle
>under the seat of my '53 gets pushed down by the jack :)
>
>Now, if they could just figure out a way to make that little red
>straw thingy last as long as the rest of the can....
>
>Mike Snow
>1953 3100
>
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 
>1959
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