cure equiepement that was in the rain... best practices???

From: John Chris Wren <jcwren_at_jcwren.com>
Date: Wed Apr 17 17:07:12 2002

        Rumor has it that there is an expression "tapping the torps", which was a
result of sailors drinking the alcohol fuel for torpedoes. To solve the
problem, some compound was added that would make one pee bright orange.

        Fact or fiction, I dunno. But I've heard that from several different
sources, and considering that submarine duty is considered high-stress, I
wouldn't doubt that it was tried.

        --John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Alexander Schreiber
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 17:22 PM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: cure equiepement that was in the rain... best practices???
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 11:10:40PM -0400, Sridhar the POWERful wrote:
> > On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Sipke de Wal wrote:
> >
> > > Alcohol vapourises quickly ! Over in the Netherlands we've got
> > > Spiritus which is a rather non-agressive 75% alcohol
> > > (ethanol+methanol) solution with some analine added to make it
> > > undrinkable. (It's got a blueish color).
> >
> > If it has methanol in it, it doesn't need anything added to make it
> > undrinkable. Methanol causes blindness, ulcerated stomach, then death.
>
> True, but there will still be some lusers trying to drink the stuff. To
> keep father Darwin from dealing with those, usually some sufficiently
> vile tasting (and very hard to remove) agent is added. Yes, there _have_
> been incidents of soldiers drinking rocket fuel (where this was simply
> alcohol) and getting blind/dying from it (reportedly from the russian
> army).
>
> Regards,
> Alex.
> --
> We're gonna be body guards for teen rock-stars. Wouldn't the
> cause of freedom
> be better served if we killed them instead?
> -- Schlock from the ''Schlock Mercenary''
> comic strip
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