[TheForge] quench malaria considerations..OT

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

When i was in the salt water aquarium business, well meaning folks would 
have their kids toss pennies in the tanks and make a wish.
  That eventually  killed everything in them of course....pf

robert hensarling wrote:
> Ha Ha, that's what you  thought!  They'd use the pennies to go buy 
> medicine for their ailments,  plus a pint of Jack Daniels for the tank, 
> medicinal purposed of courses, a community thing  :o).
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>> I used to treat parasite infections in fish tanks by tossing some 
>> pennies in the water.
>>
>> Mike Graf
>>
>> Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>>> Isn't that hard on the shop dog who would probably drink out of it?..pf
>>>
>>> Bruce Freeman wrote:
>>>> Of course, if you want to speed it up a bit, or lack copper to use,
>>>> get some copper sulfate from the hardware store and dose your slack
>>>> tub with that.  Shiny iron may emerge with a copper tinge, though.
>>>> Bruce
>>>> NJ
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer
>>>> <artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
>>>>> My  little copper quench tank experiment is entering it's 4th year..
>>>>> The beginning was using a beat up copper canning kettle i patched.
>>>>> Put in a raised stainless screen bottom..and, no bugs! Tried copper 
>>>>> scrap
>>>>> with the fire buckets in the work yard..same result.
>>>>> Report ;
>>>>> Putting copper sheet scraps in the quench tank bottom ,controls 
>>>>> mosquitoes
>>>>> pretty well.....here anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kevin Gallagher wrote:
>>>>>> Another obscure request…I am looking for old wife's tales, lore 
>>>>>> and myths
>>>>>> about blacksmiths and smithing related things.  For example: 
>>>>>> soaking in
>>>>>> slack tub water cures poison ivy.  Anyone know of other home 
>>>>>> remedies and
>>>>>> superstitions that blacksmith related or good sources for such?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> KG
>>>>>>
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