Evil lead!

[William Lincoln]

I have been handling lead all my life with no thought of danger. I think it
is overblown. However, I don't want lead shot in my turkey breast.

 

[Flintlock]

I have been handling lead all my life with no thought of danger. I think it
is overblown. However, I don't want lead shot in my turkey breast.

Much prefer lead shot in a turkey breast than steel. lol

 

[SPQR70AD]

Depleted means "no longer radioactive". The density of depleted Uranium is why it is used. It punctures armor well from an A-10's canon. But by all means, eat all the lead you like.

and you eat all the "depleted uranium" you can

 

[Zapadach]

People everywhere are subject to toxins and poisons, parasites, disease and violence. Back in the day they had no idea of the danger of radiation. Picture little nomadic kids playing in the yellow cake like a sandbox. I still romanticize the past myself. It gives me a feeling of nostalgia and connection to my forefathers, but my current wife helped me put that into a fun fiction, rather than words you can bank on.

I spent my entire childhood in a lowland woods, I played and swam in the river and also fell through the ice many times and I am still here. The only yellow cake I ever saw was in the local bakery.

 

[Ponderosaman]

I spent my entire childhood in a lowland woods, I played and swam in the river and also fell through the ice many times and I am still here. The only yellow cake I ever saw was in the local bakery.

My pop grew up in Rock River WY. He told my Grandpa one day about the best swimming hole ever. No one was there and it was sandy and deep. Turned out it was the sewage treatment pool. I’m certain that the lowlands contain hazards you are unaware of, as well as ones that you know, due to contemporary knowledge.

 

[Zapadach]

My pop grew up in Rock River WY. He told my Grandpa one day about the best swimming hole ever. No one was there and it was sandy and deep. Turned out it was the sewage treatment pool. I’m certain that the lowlands contain hazards you are unaware of, as well as ones that you know, due to contemporary knowledge.

I think you just acknowledged my earlier point, humans do not do well living crowded together. If no cities were ever built, there would be no need for sewage treatment pools that eventually are abandoned so little children could swim in them. And yes, I have swam many times in polluted waters unknowingly only to find out later.

 

[Ponderosaman]

I think you just acknowledged my earlier point, humans do not do well living crowded together. If no cities were ever built, there would be no need for sewage treatment pools that eventually are abandoned so little children could swim in them. And yes, I have swam many times in polluted waters unknowingly only to find out later.

Rock River has a current population of 245. The pool was active, and not overly stinky apparently. It was my pop’s ignorance that he ended up there. There are unknown hazards everywhere.

 

[hanshi]

"Life is tough. It's tougher when you're stupid". Marion Michael Morrison

Yes, listen to the Duke!

 

[Hawk78]

A Big Mac, fries and a shake are good for almost1,300 calories, over 100% of your ‘recommended’ daily saturated fat and over 60% of the recommended amount of sodium. Call it a one stop all encompassing bad health meal. Pretty sure it is lead free though…..

lol

 

[Hawk78]

I believe some of the arctic explorations at the turn of the last century were doomed because of food stored in cans soldered with lead. The sailors were on ship so long eating lead contaminated food that they contracted lead poisoning and died. But that was an extended amount of time on a lead diet that did it.

very interesting

 

[RonRC]

stank said:
" I believe some of the arctic explorations at the turn of the last century were doomed because of food stored in cans soldered with lead. The sailors were on ship so long eating lead contaminated food that they contracted lead poisoning and died. But that was an extended amount of time on a lead diet that did it."

Two bodies from the ship were found buried in the ice. They were preserved enough to analyze their stomach contents. The sailor's jackets were still blue. It was determined that the men were emaciated at death and the lead levels in their bodies were very high. The final results were that the men were weakened by the lead poisoning from the solder that sealed the acidic contents of the cans, and then became susceptible to TB infection. The ultimate cause of death was TB.

 

[Boomerang]

Man found dead in wrecked car. Autopsy showed a heart attack. Did he die of the heart attack and wreck? Or did the trauma of the wreck cause the heart attack?

Or did he have a lead foot?!!!

 

[Britsmoothy]

This post is in parts to heavy and in others parts very light. Either way it's bearing heavy on me. I feel weighed down and weary of it!

So just what is the consensus of the board?
To me it appears the majority are fine with lead but they are cuckoo and the minority are not happy about but they still use it!

 

[RonRC]

This post is in parts to heavy and in others parts very light. Either way it's bearing heavy on me. I feel weighed down and weary of it!

So just what is the consensus of the board?
To me it appears the majority are fine with lead but they are cuckoo and the minority are not happy about but they still use it!

How about those who are unhappy about it but are still cuckoo?
Here is my first exposure to heavy metals:

 

[springfield art]

Going waaaaayyyyyy back there is the thought that lead poisoning contributed to many of the problems that brought about the fall of the Roman Empire, though like many other topics, there is still debate.

Didn’t see necchi’s post before I posted mine.

All that inter-fighting, and way too much world-wide expansion couldn't be maintained. Look at the Soviet Union; imagine if communism actually became 'world-wide'; it simply can't be maintained.

 

[springfield art]

These same people who make a big stink about lead hurting our children are the same ones allowing illegal narcotics to flow across the border and into our childrens bodies.

Got that right!

 

[springfield art]

I read somewhere years ago that the Roman's used the white powder that accumulates on the lead as a sugar if I remember correctly. Of course, the post finished off with the statement "which is why we don't speak Latin today".

I've read that lead paint chips actually taste "good"...which is why toddlers will pick up and "eat" them in older houses with lead paint.

 

[Britsmoothy]

I've read that lead paint chips actually taste "good"...which is why toddlers will pick up and "eat" them in older houses with lead paint.

So basically it's not the lead or a derivative of lead that is at fault. It's unmuzzled kids that's the problem!

 

[Britsmoothy]

How about those who are unhappy about it but are still cuckoo?
Here is my first exposure to heavy metals:View attachment 111500

My first exposure to heavy metal was on vinyl!

 

[painter]

Seems not too many here have a child that's been affected by lead poisoning. It's no joke.

That said, the use of lead for projectiles does little harm to anything but the target.