Please read and contact your congressman

[tjm]

5 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

        Again, please show performance and price. Proof is in the pudding. 

It's a question hence the "?"

The last time I shot an air rifle was about 60 years ago. I do recall reading something about alloy pellets. And I imagine all the alternatives cost more than lead currently, but it's a matter of time til lead is gone. Probably not from a prohibition but from production restrictions and pricing.

[Terrierman]

1 hour ago, BilletHead said:

              Not cheap.  Lead is natural in the environment.  Go to your gun safe or where you keep your ammo. What percentage is lead based? Are you ready to give it up and go unleaded? So maybe you are possibly no longer into shooting sports and really do not care anymore. Does this mean the rest should be penalized? 

    I know you fish. Are you using all unleaded? Rick, you know I am not personally picking on you here. I am putting this out there to all sportsmen and sportswomen. 

 

[Terrierman]

47 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

             Hey Rick, do you remember the lead pipes in town?  Eat on the square in the cafes?  I remember working on those pipes during my stint on the gas and water crew before my lineman apprenticeship. 

  Maybe we now know why we are like we are? 🤪I know we had our daily allotment of Pb. 

And that Nevada water was very corrosive too.  Not only smelled and tasted bad, now we know it also had well over the maximum allowable level of several radioactive contaminants.  It's a miracle we made it this far.

I seem to recall MoPub paying every year to have houses painted that were across the street from the old aerators.  That water was hard on stuff.

[BilletHead]

1 minute ago, Terrierman said:

And that Nevada water was very corrosive too.  Not only smelled and tasted bad, now we know it also had well over the maximum allowable level of several radioactive contaminants.  It's a miracle we made it this far.

             Ah yes but reverse osmosis took care of that, or did it? 

     Poor Eldorado Springs. The water there is a cure all 🤣.

[Terrierman]

1 minute ago, BilletHead said:

             Ah yes but reverse osmosis took care of that, or did it? 

     Poor Eldorado Springs. The water there is a cure all 🤣.

Yeah, RO takes out almost everything.  Thing is it's expensive so there is some raw water blended back in.  

[Terrierman]

I worked for the City of Nevada at the then new WWTP out on the West edge of town.  There was a study going on back then to possibly dam Big Drywood and create a reservoir for surface water supply.  Turned out to be a no go due to poor water quality related to old coal mining activity in the drainage.

That part of Missouri is just difficult to get a decent water supply.  Not like down here where you can punch a hole 500 feet deep and have as much really good well water as you want.

[BilletHead]

27 minutes ago, Terrierman said:

I worked for the City of Nevada at the then new WWTP out on the West edge of town.  There was a study going on back then to possibly dam Big Drywood and create a reservoir for surface water supply.  Turned out to be a no go due to poor water quality related to old coal mining activity in the drainage.

That part of Missouri is just difficult to get a decent water supply.  Not like down here where you can punch a hole 500 feet deep and have as much really good well water as you want.

              I remember that. All I could see back then was another possible fishery. Personally, I really like the water down your way and Springfield.  When we eat down there, I always get a water to go. 

[jdmidwest]

9 hours ago, BilletHead said:

             Hey Rick, do you remember the lead pipes in town?  Eat on the square in the cafes?  I remember working on those pipes during my stint on the gas and water crew before my lineman apprenticeship. 

  Maybe we now know why we are like we are? 🤪I know we had our daily allotment of Pb. 

I made alot of sinkers and bullets in a stale damp basement with my Uncle in St. Louis using those lead pipes.  We cast a ton of stuff out of them.

Did I mention I used to roll Mercury around on the palm of my hand in Chem Lab at High School.  Now, that would be an all out Hazmat situation.

[jdmidwest]

8 hours ago, Terrierman said:

And that Nevada water was very corrosive too.  Not only smelled and tasted bad, now we know it also had well over the maximum allowable level of several radioactive contaminants.  It's a miracle we made it this far.

I seem to recall MoPub paying every year to have houses painted that were across the street from the old aerators.  That water was hard on stuff.

We used to stay in Eldorado Spring and duck hunt the Schell Osage.  The water smelled like sulfer, strong.  And tasted funny.

Where did the radiation come from?  I figured the sulfer was the coal

[tjm]

We played with mercury in grade school, roll it across the floor or a desk,  break it into small balls then get them to rejoin and made lots of "silver  pennies"  Broke a few thermometers to get more of the stuff. Maybe it's no wonder all them other boys have passed. My younger brother collected several pounds of mercury from bedrock pockets in small streams out west in gold and silver country, part of the mining process back when. Heavy stuff in pint Mason jars. He said it was kinda valuable.

"Where did the radiation come from?  I figured the sulfer was the coal" -  Lots of coal deposits contain radioactive minerals.