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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Knoll on September 09, 2014, 03:33:14 pm

Title: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Knoll on September 09, 2014, 03:33:14 pm
The Wife was going to WalMart.  So I asked her to pickup a can of WD-40. 
She did self-checkout.  Screen popped up a message saying she needed to get an employee to approve the WD-40 sale as ya needed to be 18 or over to purchase.

WD-40 ... need to be 18 to purchase?
Huh????

She was hoping to be carded, but that didn't happen.   ;D
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: JoJoDapyro on September 09, 2014, 04:32:31 pm
Kinda like having to give a written history of your family to buy cold medicine.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: BOWMAN53 on September 09, 2014, 04:33:11 pm
happened to me the other day. anything toxic cant be sold to minors.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: JoJoDapyro on September 09, 2014, 04:35:07 pm
WD40 is toxic?  :-\ guess I better stop putting it on food.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Dharma on September 09, 2014, 05:04:14 pm
People are "huffing" it. You know, spraying it into a plastic bag, putting said bag over their nose and mouth, inhaling, and getting a high that lasts a lifetime. I remember in the army, the MPs did a search of the barracks for this "video cassette head cleaner" being sold off post. I think it was amyl nitrate. Anyway, dudes were huffing that and that's where I found out people will sniff anything to get high. Supposedly, some soldiers tried to get the fuel out of a TOW missile to huff because they heard it was da bomb. It really was, so the story went. It blew up and killed them.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: RBLusthaus on September 09, 2014, 06:16:58 pm
Although I don't want to eat it, WD-40 is not toxic.  Fish oil base.  No worries if it gets on your hands - - which is what makes this product so useful compared to other water displacers with other base chemicals like spirits or alcohol.   

Little known fact - and I use the word loosely -  WD-40 sprayed on your fishing bait or lures is better than any other scent product and the bass really nail it.  Once told about this a few years back by some old man at a town fair and have kept a can in my tackle box ever since.  Cant say for sure it is the WD-40, but whenever I use it, I never fail to catch a few.  Just a quick spray on your lure, rubber worn or shiner and bobs your uncle.  Just saying . . . .

Russ
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Dharma on September 09, 2014, 06:49:08 pm
WD-40 was developed by the defense industry as a water displacer for the balloon tanks on the Atlas ICBM to prevent corrosion. Only later did someone saw, hey, maybe this has other applications. Then they went to the Titan 1 and then Titan 2 ICBMS whose fuel was unstable and sometimes blew up and ejected the warheads outside the silo. I guess WD-40 wouldn't have helped there.

Most stores are doing an over 18 policy on nearly all aerosols, especially if they are petroleum-based, or they think they're petroleum-based. Those are the ones the teens huff.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: bow101 on September 09, 2014, 08:00:02 pm
lol..........thats kind of funny.  PS buy the smaller can It seems that the large can starts running out of steam 2/3 down and it leaks like a stuck hog. ... >:D
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Crogacht on September 09, 2014, 08:32:21 pm
Maybe the WD-40 over here is different, but it's definitely toxic. Smells more like petrol than fish oil. Seems like it's mostly a cocktail of various hydrocarbons.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Dharma on September 09, 2014, 08:52:25 pm
Bear in mind it was developed by the U.S. defense industry for use with a nuclear weapon. They weren't overly concerned with toxicity.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: osage outlaw on September 09, 2014, 08:55:58 pm
I'm sure it was due to the huffing reason.  We get inmates at work from a local jail on a work release program.  I caught one of them this winter huffing electrical contact cleaner.  He was so high he couldn't stand up or talk.  First time I've ever seen somebody so messed up like that. 
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: beetlebailey1977 on September 09, 2014, 09:24:49 pm
WD-40 contains petroleum distillates.......read the label.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Dharma on September 09, 2014, 09:34:27 pm
Someone should spread the rumor a person can get high huffing dog crap in a plastic bag. Good way to get the yard work done for you.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: BryanR on September 09, 2014, 10:34:10 pm
Guess I'm lucky to have a local hardware store nearby.  Their cash register is an adding machine.  I need some new seals for a shower valve, and that old guy knew exactly which drawer they were in.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Dharma on September 09, 2014, 10:41:40 pm
In the hardware store here, everything that is small and popular is in locked cages. But you have to know what you're looking for because no one will know what or where it is. You have to peer into the cage, see it, and go get someone to get it out for you. If they're around...
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: mwosborn on September 09, 2014, 10:43:38 pm
Just had to go to the garage and read the label - big capital letters on my can.....DANGER!  Contents are flammable.  Breathing Hazard. Deliberate inhalation of vapor or spray mist may be harmful or fatal.  Contains petroleum distillates harmful or fatal if swallowed.

Sounds toxic to me.  :o
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Dharma on September 09, 2014, 11:01:44 pm
Which is why the teens huff it.  ::) "Wow, deliberate inhalation may be harmful or fatal! Cool! Hey Billy! Go get a ziplok bag!"
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: JoJoDapyro on September 09, 2014, 11:08:17 pm
I guess I should stop eating it  >:D I really don't, paint chips sometimes.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Pappy on September 10, 2014, 06:04:44 am
I say let um huff it, get um out of the gene pool. Use to be if you did something stupid you died or if you made it you learned,now they want to protect everyone from everything,winds up with a lot of stupid people in the world. :-\ :) 
 Pappy
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: TRACY on September 10, 2014, 06:58:37 am
Better quit using it on my fishing baits then ;)
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: JoJoDapyro on September 10, 2014, 09:16:44 am
Amen Pappy. If you are dumb enough to do it you should have to face the consequences for it.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Pappy on September 10, 2014, 09:21:49 am
Sorry,that may have been a little harsh,but man I get tired of really dumb people that do really really dumb stuff,I done some dumb things in my day but come on,huffing gas or a can of spray anything except maybe whipped cream. Yum ;) :) :),where do folks come up with these ideas. ??? :-\ :-\
  Pappy
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: JoJoDapyro on September 10, 2014, 09:29:09 am
They need to get out and do some fishing, or hunting, or building a bow. I spend far less money sitting in my garage than I do out playing.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: RBLusthaus on September 10, 2014, 12:19:36 pm
Hmmmmm.  I guess I fell for an old urban legend about the fish oil.  Snopes tells me you guys are correct - no fish oil.  I still stand by the fishing bait thing  -  though I am not sure I want to eat  my catch any more. . . . and maybe I would have caught all those fish anyway . .. . IDK.

Russ
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Dharma on September 10, 2014, 01:01:12 pm
Better way to catch fish: Get a waterproof stereo speaker. Dump it into the water and play music the kids that huff listen to. When the fish jump to the surface to get away from it, shoot 'em with your bow. Almost like skeet shooting. And because the speaker is underwater, you don't have to listen to the music.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: RBLusthaus on September 10, 2014, 04:38:53 pm
Quote from: Dharma on September 10, 2014, 01:01:12 pm
Better way to catch fish: Get a waterproof stereo speaker. Dump it into the water and play music the kids that huff listen to. When the fish jump to the surface to get away from it, shoot 'em with your bow. Almost like skeet shooting. And because the speaker is underwater, you don't have to listen to the music.

I just spit up all over my keyboard.   Gonna be laughing for a week over that one.  LOL.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: osage outlaw on September 10, 2014, 08:38:14 pm
Quote from: Pappy on September 10, 2014, 09:21:49 am
Sorry,that may have been a little harsh,but man I get tired of really dumb people that do really really dumb stuff,I done some dumb things in my day but come on,huffing gas or a can of spray anything except maybe whipped cream. Yum ;) :) :),where do folks come up with these ideas. ??? :-\ :-\
  Pappy

Actually Pappy you can get high from huffing the nitrous  oxide (laughing gas) out of the whipped cream can.  Its called a whippet. 
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Dharma on September 10, 2014, 09:22:27 pm
Better things can be done with whipped cream...  ;)
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: osage outlaw on September 10, 2014, 10:01:49 pm
Yep.  Bikini  (http://rabbittalk.com/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Knoll on September 10, 2014, 11:34:50 pm
Quote from: Dharma on September 10, 2014, 09:22:27 pm
Better things can be done with whipped cream...  ;)
and you know . . . . . how?   :o
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Grasshopper Mouse on September 10, 2014, 11:46:44 pm
I'm lucky. The little hardware/grocery store here is well stocked in both departments and the people know what they're talking about. If you ask where something is they even walk you straight to it rather than vaguely waving their hands and mumbling about row 8. Although, my request for hummus to one of the ladies was met with a blank stare, she'd just never heard of the stuff. Another employee knew what it was and walked me over to where it was in the 'fridge. 
I've heard about spraying WD40 on fishing lures and bait but I've never remembered to try it. I think I remember reading a catfish bait recipe that had WD40 mixed into it.

Guy
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Dharma on September 10, 2014, 11:47:11 pm
That's classified.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: missilemaster on September 11, 2014, 10:08:33 pm
They asked to see my i.d. when i was buying hemp thread from walmart! I guess because it comes from the marijuana plant. :o
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Dharma on September 11, 2014, 10:13:14 pm
Good night, Irene! Really?? Seriously?? Bet they don't ask for ID when people go to the garden dept. and buy Papaver Somniferum seeds, LOL!
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Chad on September 11, 2014, 11:27:38 pm
Quote from: Dharma on September 09, 2014, 05:04:14 pm
People are "huffing" it. You know, spraying it into a plastic bag, putting said bag over their nose and mouth, inhaling, and getting a high that lasts a lifetime. I remember in the army, the MPs did a search of the barracks for this "video cassette head cleaner" being sold off post. I think it was amyl nitrate. Anyway, dudes were huffing that and that's where I found out people will sniff anything to get high. Supposedly, some soldiers tried to get the fuel out of a TOW missile to huff because they heard it was da bomb. It really was, so the story went. It blew up and killed them.

When I was in Iraq we had a corpsman who got caught huffing on post. Sent him home and kick him out! Good riddance.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: JoJoDapyro on September 12, 2014, 10:40:49 am
Missile, it is a different plant. Hemp doesn't contain THC, and I don't believe it contains CBD either. They are in the same family, but so is Hopps.
Title: Re: WD40 ... over 18?
Post by: Dharma on September 12, 2014, 12:32:40 pm
Hemp is Cannabis Sativa, but of a strain bred over a couple thousand years for fiber as opposed to psychoactive constituents. Cannabis Indica is the "heavy-hitter" that originated in Afghanistan and various Indo-European and Semitic peoples spread it around the Central Asian / Caucasus region as well as India, North Africa and the Middle East. Cannabis Sativa has strains that are psychoactive and those were predominantly found in Asia and Eurasia. Indo-Europeans brought it into Europe during various migration periods. Early Germanic and Norse tribes used it quite a bit, which they probably learned from steppe nomads during the Volkerwanderung.