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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 3607578, member: 71642&quot;]Well, I&#039;m getting closer...found I thought was a can of xylene in the basement--it was a second one of acetone.&nbsp; Went to Lowes, all they had were gallon sized containers.&nbsp; They recommended Sherwin Williams up the street.&nbsp; SW &#039;has them&#039; but the shelf was empty and the truck gets there at some ill defined point tomorrow.</p><p><br /></p><p>Side project, looking for boxes to donate a crapton of books to the library for an upcoming sale.&nbsp; Lowes crushes them every morning, SW said &#039;go to the liquor store&#039;.&nbsp; Went to the liquor store and picked up boxes, almost got some adult beverage but resisted.&nbsp; Need to stay sober before messing with other chemicals.</p><p><br /></p><p>Went to Krogers to pick up cream for my coffee and distilled water.&nbsp; Found some Beyond Burger fake meat on sale.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Came home.&nbsp; Still sober.&nbsp; Put the distilled water in the basement and decided to organize some of my supplies--shot glasses (hmm a theme), bowls, the cans of acetone, various implements such as dried thorns, etc.&nbsp; Found the can of Xylene on a nearby paint shelf.&nbsp; Ate the Beyond Burger with a slice of cheese and it was surprisingly good.&nbsp; Not beef, but tasty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next up...take the donations to the library, then go play mad scientist in the basement (well ventilated, no active heat sources etc).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Also drove by the local liberal arts college and thought &#039;Self, if I had it all to do over again I would have become a dual history and chemistry major with minors in Greek, Chinese, and Arabic, and I would rock this numismatic stuff).&nbsp; But, I gave my GI Bill to my son who is going there and started off a chemistry major and is now a history major.&nbsp; He has no interest in numismatics though.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Will desperately attempt to stay sober while considering my son&#039;s non-numismatic future as a liberal arts college history major.&nbsp; Sigh.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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