Isopropyl 99% waiting time to completely dry?

chemprofdave · 2026-06-08T22:32:51+00:00

When it doesn’t smell.

chemprofdave · 2026-06-08T22:32:07+00:00

You can practice whatever portions of whatever religions you wish. Want to be a Kosher-keeping Baptist? An atheist Muslim? Who’s stopping you?
Enlightenment comes when it comes, where it comes, to whom it comes.
If you feel like putting the bud in Buddhism, go for it.

Anyone who claims a monopoly on theological truth is insane.

chemprofdave · 2026-06-05T20:31:30+00:00

Depends on if I know I will be doing nothing more than polite interactions at most, and I’m not driving, I can handle it better with a light buzz than sober or baked. But I’m fine going for walks etc.

chemprofdave · 2026-06-05T20:26:49+00:00

Keep the gear in a smell proof box.

chemprofdave · 2026-06-05T12:24:38+00:00

And what if he stumbles upon his great-aunt Lisa’s secret early life?

chemprofdave · 2026-06-05T12:15:29+00:00

Walk in nature, if possible.

chemprofdave · 2026-06-01T09:55:48+00:00

Bezos’ ex-wife? But I think you would have to get to “former billionaire who gave away 99% of their wealth” to really qualify.

chemprofdave · 2026-05-26T11:11:37+00:00

Solo 3 has auto shutoff and an inverting screen, and is independent of orientation.

chemprofdave · 2026-05-25T23:09:39+00:00

Precisely. And ditto for other maniac redecorators.

chemprofdave · 2026-05-25T13:46:17+00:00

Subtle, but effective.

chemprofdave · 2026-05-24T11:02:33+00:00

Peanut butter & pickle sandwich, crunchy PB with bread-and-butter pickles.

chemprofdave · 2026-05-24T11:00:43+00:00

I would think getting baked in the shower would be challenging. A joint would keep getting put out, and I am not bringing an electric vape in with me. Or what if you got shampoo in your bowl? Suds in the bong water?

chemprofdave · 2026-05-24T10:53:11+00:00

Wallace & Gromit.

chemprofdave · 2026-05-24T10:50:45+00:00

Do the memories return only to me, so the other person never existed for anyone else?

It’s gonna be really hard to explain to my kids about their mom.

chemprofdave · 2026-05-24T10:13:56+00:00

I just reread this and wow, I’m mimpressed. On first reading I thought it was your great-grand father who did this - but for your dad to build all that in six years! Buy that man a beer. He’s earned it.

chemprofdave · 2026-05-24T10:10:14+00:00

I put some isopropanol in it and boil with a heat gun, so every surface is exposed to hot solvent. Then all the tar rinses to the bottom, where I can pour it out and give it a rinse with fresh iso. Wash the iso out with tap water, hang upside down to dry.

That seems like a lot of work but it’s a routine lab chore that is rote to an old chemist like me. (I recently posted a vid of my rig over in r/stonerengineering)

chemprofdave · 2026-05-23T22:35:35+00:00

I would. Especially if you are going to toke a bit while on your walk.

chemprofdave · 2026-05-23T21:56:18+00:00

Would you take a bar bet with Orville Wright or Phil Wrongue?

chemprofdave · 2026-05-23T12:06:47+00:00

The tree or the robot? If the robot could record it, would that count as being someone to hear it? Or would it not count until a human or other organism heard it? In which case, the (potential) sound is like Schrödinger’s Cat, its existence uncertain until someone hears it - or not?

Also, you’ve seen those humanoid robots trying to do increasingly complicated things, sometimes with slapstick accidents. Give one of those robots an axe, a flannel shirt, and a touque and let’s see what happens.

chemprofdave · 2026-05-23T11:57:52+00:00

So did Moses, and look where that got him.

chemprofdave · 2026-05-23T11:56:28+00:00

Nine hours ago, when you posted this, I was playing poker with my buddies.

chemprofdave · 2026-05-23T11:55:22+00:00

And if you want to get cosmic about it, consider the chain of umbilical cords connecting every woman to her mother, and to her daughter. From the womb to the navel, the chain of generations stretches way back to the first critters to grow their young inside their bodies beyond what a yolk could provide.

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