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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] The Unendurable smell of...
From: "Tom Albright" <n5ksk3@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 15:21:43 -0500
Forget the pundits.  Ozium air freshener - spray liberally, with windows
closed.  Let it sit overnight, THEN drive down the road at 100 miles per h
with windows down.

You will be OK...

- Tom

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] The Unendurable smell of...


> Bill, try this:
>
> Drive at 100 MPH in any direction for 10 miles with the windows
> down.  If you manage to survive this in a Ford pickup, the odor
> you will have created involuntarily while doing so will overwhelm
> and make totally inoffensive the smell of the mothballs.
>
> Then, I would suggest some new Levi's and a Chevy.  Or, better
> yet, a pair of new Carhart's and a Toyota. :-)
>
> But you've got the right idea about what to use it for, regardless
> of what it smells like.
>
> Walt
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Bill Stanke" <bstanke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date:  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 11:00:10 -0700
>
> >Hi Zuiks:
> >I recently purchased a new (to me) Ford pickup truck.  Great
> >deal, great truck.  Only one little problem.  The previous owner
> >parked it in his barn. To protect it from rodents, he load the
> >cab with mothballs.  Well, the mothballs are gone, but the smell
> >lingers on!
> >
> >I've tried baking soda and Febreez, but can still smell the
> >mothballs.
> >
> >Within 24 hours I expect the following out of this group:
> >
> >A short history of mothballs
> >An arcane chemical discussion of para-dichloro benzene
> >A story of a British researcher who discovered benzene six months
> >before the German, but never received the credit he deserved
> >A link to photos of benzene rings
> >A discussion of the "mothball symbolism" of class warfare (cotton
> >vs. wool)
> >A tale of the New Zealand Realm's ill-fated attempt to produce
> >moth balls from kiwi rinds
> >
> >And, maybe, and idea or too about the blasted smell <g>!
> >
> >OM content:  said pickup truck will be used to haul Zuikos in
> >search of old barns, wildflowers, and critters.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Bill Stanke
>
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