General Chat

in very small doses, methinks...

I grew up in a village that produced huge quantities of tomatoes and they make your hands and clothes filthy with green powder off the leaves and stalks. People who picked them would first rub citric acid into their hands to make them easier to wash. The local shops used to stock it.

The smallholdings have gone, as have the village shops and I needed some citric acid so I went into Boots. I was a person of a great deal of suspicion, closely questioned and they didn't have any anyway.

It turns out that people cut heroin with citric acid.

Ah... that might explain something.

Daughter bought a small net of lemons in a supermarket (about 5 or 6 ) and was stopped at the checkout until a more senior supervisor had checked the sale.

We thought it very strange at the time.

Well,no. She just looks like she is up to something!

I don't think dealers actually distil their own citric acid.

Glycerine tri-nitrate Kense. It loosens the arteries around the heart and lets more blood flow.

Eee - isn't it marvellous that the majority are judged by the actions of the minority :-S

I've got an old Chemistry set, bought at a charity shop, to 'play' with when my grandchildren stay.
I suppose I should now forensically determine what they could potentially illegally do with it!

No need for chemistry sets, you can make big bangs with custard powder, or flour or icing sugar.