I did not speak with the father, but I don't think he was really smart, based on what I saw of the interaction. OTOH, the kid seemed really bright.
And, a 1950s Gilbert chemistry set was pretty tame. FWIW, -John ============ > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 5:48 AM, <aartmol...@comcast.net> wrote: >> On CSPAN's Book TV yesterday the President of Dow Chemical stated that >> their *starting* salary for newly graduated chemical engineers is now >> $120K. That $10 chemistry set might have been a good investment. > > That kids father was either really smart or stupid. We don't know. > He could of been a chemist and read the content and made an informed > decision. For example, "no we are not heating Mercury in an open test > tube, not in my house." Or he could have been ignorant and had a fear > of "chemicals" not knowing what scary sounding things like "sodium > chloride" is. If it was a 50's vintage set I'd not be surprised if > there was something really dangerous in there. After all this was the > period when they sold hot chassis TV sets and cars with no seat belts > just to save a buck or two. > -- > ===== > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.