Mostly I was remembering chasing fireflys (lightening bugs, not heroes of a Joss Whedon SF classic) while camping as a child, back when Dow Chemical was buying them by the bushel to study chemical luminescence.
I considered post a comment to ask him how to make Infra Red chem lights, those were pretty handy. We'd tape one in a rat trap with a trip wire, it worked better than a pop-up flare, as long as you had NVGs.
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Ego vadum perussi vestri prandium
"I saw to what extent the people among whom I lived could be trusted as good neighbors and friends; that their friendship was for summer weather only; that they did not greatly propose to do right; that they were a distinct race from me by their prejudices and superstitions."
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Don't read the comments. Idjits...
I think I broke my tongue trying to pronounce some of those chemicals.
I was watching, thinking to myself, "Do not order these compounds over the phone..."
Mostly I was remembering chasing fireflys (lightening bugs, not heroes of a Joss Whedon SF classic) while camping as a child, back when Dow Chemical was buying them by the bushel to study chemical luminescence.
I considered post a comment to ask him how to make Infra Red chem lights, those were pretty handy. We'd tape one in a rat trap with a trip wire, it worked better than a pop-up flare, as long as you had NVGs.
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