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plasticraincoat1
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WGTR thanks for your gracious and polite reply. I have sent you a U2U message. best regards
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phlogiston
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plasticraincoat1, your lab is absolutely beautiful! Its a piece of art. Who cares if you haven't got the latest NMR equipment. The number of forum
members that put even 1/10th of the effort and dedication into building their lab must be very small (and I'm certainly not among them).
Has Thomas Edisons 'Menlo Park' laboratory inspired you by any chance? I can see some similarities, including the organ. If not, you should have a
look, you would probably like it.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Menlo_Par...
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BobD1001
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I personally think it is an incredible lab! Its great to see such devotion and love go into the hobby. It might be everyone's fancy, but I'm sure
everyone would love to have it!
I have long admired your videos on YouTube, and was fascinated by the sealed sample of NO2 that you had! Kudos to you my friend!
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Magpie
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You have (had) a beautiful lab which you surely love. I was horrified to see it trashed and hope that you can recover all or most of it.
If you don't mind my asking I'm wondering about your relations with the local authorities. Surely they are fully aware of such a large lab. Do you
have special permissions or licenses? Are you periodically inspected for proper chemical labeling, storage, waste disposal, etc? Are there any
limitations imposed by the authorities? This has to be of great interest to many of us here who are under the impression that having a home lab is, if
not illegal, highly frowned on.
The single most important condition for a successful synthesis is good mixing - Nicodem
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WGTR
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This was not the kind of lab that someone walked into, and thought, "Oh, no! A meth lab!" Or, "He's making a bomb!" It looked more like a sacred
place of meditation, a place to go to for inspiration. I would hope that the authorities left him alone.
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plasticraincoat1
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Now that's what I call a home lab
Hi guys thanks for your kind comments greatly appreciated. To answer some of your questions re the authorities etc. I once invited the head of the
explosives branch up just to show them what I was doing to relay any suspicions ( many many years before any one had heard the word Islam etc) The
head guy was really present and laid back but his want to be looked at every bottle with great interest and came across and antique bottle labeled pot
nitre - he took great delight in apologising for doing his job and tipped it down my sink! Anyway he didn't know what pot chloras was thank goodness
! Chemistry in the uk is generally safe as long as you are not really a meth lab or doing something illegal ( which I don't ). It's a bit like
driving thought read lights or without lights at night if you do you will be caught and if abide by the law there's nothing to fear ( hopefully in a
sane and reasonable society ). Mind you from some of the unfair and over reaction stories I've read in Europe I'm not so confident! Anyway my now 7th
lab is on tis way to being viewed soon and I hope to publish loses more unusual experiments on the web for your and others interests in the goal to
make chemistry accessible to all.
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bfesser
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Alright, that's enough. You've evidently come here to brag about your lab, vie for admiration, and <a href="viewthread.php?tid=26529">start
arguments</a> with our members. Contribute something of value, or leave.
If you absolutely must whore for attention, go back to YouTube.
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