Cornstarch vs. Talc

.........dave

http://goo.gl/Nz9LQy

On 1/28/2015 11:18 AM, wrote:
.........dave

http://goo.gl/Nz9LQy

On "The People's Pharmacy" (a syndicated newspaper column, radio show,
website etc) some bicycle tourist recommended original Noxzema cleansing
cream. They claimed thousands of comfortable touring miles.

I've dealt with minor saddle sores on tours. Next time I might try this.
http://www.noxzema.com/products/orig...leansing-cream


--
- Frank Krygowski

3 photos left...the structure is over 40'

http://webmineral.com/data/Talc.shtml#.VMkzc5V0zm4

there are prescription cleansers for acne...see your dermatologist

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:37:27 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 1/28/2015 11:18 AM, wrote:
.........dave

http://goo.gl/Nz9LQy

On "The People's Pharmacy" (a syndicated newspaper column, radio show,
website etc) some bicycle tourist recommended original Noxzema cleansing
cream. They claimed thousands of comfortable touring miles.

I've dealt with minor saddle sores on tours. Next time I might try this.
http://www.noxzema.com/products/orig...leansing-cream


My experience has been that if it is water soluble it won't last very
long. "Bag Balm" which is highly rated as a saddle cream has Vaseline
and lanolin as its main ingredients (with 0.005% mercury "from
ethylated sterols").
--
Cheers,

John B.

On Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 8:09:47 AM UTC-5, John B. Slocomb wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:37:27 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 1/28/2015 11:18 AM, wrote:
.........dave

http://goo.gl/Nz9LQy

On "The People's Pharmacy" (a syndicated newspaper column, radio show,
website etc) some bicycle tourist recommended original Noxzema cleansing
cream. They claimed thousands of comfortable touring miles.

I've dealt with minor saddle sores on tours. Next time I might try this.
http://www.noxzema.com/products/orig...leansing-cream


My experience has been that if it is water soluble it won't last very
long. "Bag Balm" which is highly rated as a saddle cream has Vaseline
and lanolin as its main ingredients (with 0.005% mercury "from
ethylated sterols").
--
Cheers,

John B.

modern medicine cleans cracked skin fissures of bacteria. Rubbing oil over dirt, bacteria colonies in cracks, dead skin doesn't cure to current standards.

John B. Slocomb wrote:
:On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:37:27 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

:On 1/28/2015 11:18 AM, wrote:
: .........dave
:
: http://goo.gl/Nz9LQy
:
:On "The People's Pharmacy" (a syndicated newspaper column, radio show,
:website etc) some bicycle tourist recommended original Noxzema cleansing
:cream. They claimed thousands of comfortable touring miles.
:
:I've dealt with minor saddle sores on tours. Next time I might try this.
:http://www.noxzema.com/products/orig...leansing-cream


:My experience has been that if it is water soluble it won't last very
:long. "Bag Balm" which is highly rated as a saddle cream has Vaseline
:and lanolin as its main ingredients (with 0.005% mercury "from
:ethylated sterols").

If your tin is less than 20 years old, it's got hydroxyquinoline
instead of the mercury compounds. Still works.

--
sig 14

On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:20:27 +0000 (UTC), David Scheidt
wrote:

John B. Slocomb wrote:
:On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:37:27 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

:On 1/28/2015 11:18 AM, wrote:
: .........dave
:
: http://goo.gl/Nz9LQy
:
:On "The People's Pharmacy" (a syndicated newspaper column, radio show,
:website etc) some bicycle tourist recommended original Noxzema cleansing
:cream. They claimed thousands of comfortable touring miles.
:
:I've dealt with minor saddle sores on tours. Next time I might try this.
:http://www.noxzema.com/products/orig...leansing-cream


:My experience has been that if it is water soluble it won't last very
:long. "Bag Balm" which is highly rated as a saddle cream has Vaseline
:and lanolin as its main ingredients (with 0.005% mercury "from
:ethylated sterols").

If your tin is less than 20 years old, it's got hydroxyquinoline
instead of the mercury compounds. Still works.

Yup. No one seems to have died from the mercury and I read one
discussion where the makers were said to have stated "we changed to a
new substance because of the furor about mercury", or words to that
effect.

--
Cheers,

John B.

On 1/29/2015 10:19 PM, John B. Slocomb wrote:

Yup. No one seems to have died from the mercury and I read one
discussion where the makers were said to have stated "we changed to a
new substance because of the furor about mercury", or words to that
effect.

We had a machinist who absolutely refused to repair one piece of
laboratory equipment because it contained some mercury, sealed in a
metal bellows. There was no reasonable way it could leak, and he had
probably been in far more contact with mercury in his career. But he
raised enough of a stink, threatening union action, etc., that we were
instructed to throw the equipment out. We never had the budget to
replace it, so in the end, the students lost a great educational
opportunity because of his fear. Yet there had to have been - and
probably still are - a dozen mercury barometers in the various science labs.

Funny thing was, about the same time as the machinist's kerfuffle we
found an open beaker of mercury, probably 300 mL, that had apparently
been in one of our storage cabinets for years. I called the Health &
Safety officer when I discovered it, expecting that he'd call for the
building to be razed. He walked over personally, took it from my hand,
said "No problem," and walked off with it.

Maybe he sold it to the Bag Balm people?

--
- Frank Krygowski

On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 23:47:59 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 1/29/2015 10:19 PM, John B. Slocomb wrote:

Yup. No one seems to have died from the mercury and I read one
discussion where the makers were said to have stated "we changed to a
new substance because of the furor about mercury", or words to that
effect.

We had a machinist who absolutely refused to repair one piece of
laboratory equipment because it contained some mercury, sealed in a
metal bellows. There was no reasonable way it could leak, and he had
probably been in far more contact with mercury in his career. But he
raised enough of a stink, threatening union action, etc., that we were
instructed to throw the equipment out. We never had the budget to
replace it, so in the end, the students lost a great educational
opportunity because of his fear. Yet there had to have been - and
probably still are - a dozen mercury barometers in the various science labs.

Funny thing was, about the same time as the machinist's kerfuffle we
found an open beaker of mercury, probably 300 mL, that had apparently
been in one of our storage cabinets for years. I called the Health &
Safety officer when I discovered it, expecting that he'd call for the
building to be razed. He walked over personally, took it from my hand,
said "No problem," and walked off with it.

Maybe he sold it to the Bag Balm people?


I have to laugh when I read something like that. when I was in High
School the physics "lab" had a mercury barometer - a tall tube sitting
in a little saucer of mercury. Some of us used to drop pennies in the
saucer and reach in and dig them out the next day. we carried them
around to show people our silver penny. As far as I can tell nobody
died from it :-)

I've got a mercury thermometer just outside the window here. Been
there almost as long as we've owned the house. Luckily I don't live in
the U.S. or I'd have to watch out for the Black Helicopters circling
over head :-)
--
Cheers,

John B.

On Friday, January 30, 2015 at 8:04:17 AM UTC-5, John B. Slocomb wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 23:47:59 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 1/29/2015 10:19 PM, John B. Slocomb wrote:

Yup. No one seems to have died from the mercury and I read one
discussion where the makers were said to have stated "we changed to a
new substance because of the furor about mercury", or words to that
effect.

We had a machinist who absolutely refused to repair one piece of
laboratory equipment because it contained some mercury, sealed in a
metal bellows. There was no reasonable way it could leak, and he had
probably been in far more contact with mercury in his career. But he
raised enough of a stink, threatening union action, etc., that we were
instructed to throw the equipment out. We never had the budget to
replace it, so in the end, the students lost a great educational
opportunity because of his fear. Yet there had to have been - and
probably still are - a dozen mercury barometers in the various science labs.

Funny thing was, about the same time as the machinist's kerfuffle we
found an open beaker of mercury, probably 300 mL, that had apparently
been in one of our storage cabinets for years. I called the Health &
Safety officer when I discovered it, expecting that he'd call for the
building to be razed. He walked over personally, took it from my hand,
said "No problem," and walked off with it.

Maybe he sold it to the Bag Balm people?


I have to laugh when I read something like that. when I was in High
School the physics "lab" had a mercury barometer - a tall tube sitting
in a little saucer of mercury. Some of us used to drop pennies in the
saucer and reach in and dig them out the next day. we carried them
around to show people our silver penny. As far as I can tell nobody
died from it :-)

I've got a mercury thermometer just outside the window here. Been
there almost as long as we've owned the house. Luckily I don't live in
the U.S. or I'd have to watch out for the Black Helicopters circling
over head :-)
--
Cheers,

John B.

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