Thread: de-natured alcohol

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

yes and no

My PC has a mirror finish,,
I emailed Antec about keeping it shiney and they suggested
de-natured alcohol.

In which case I would say they mean the stuff meant for cleaning PCBs.
Probably available from Jaycar or electronics shops rather than a generic mix from a hardware or supermarket - the makeup of which could be debatable.

Bob

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Sounds like methylated spirits, "metho". Rumoured to be sold cold in stores in remote communities. Also popular with street and park people. Known as Coorabulka Champagne or Borraloola Champagne when a spoonful of Sal Vital is mixed into a glass of it.

Well that's a new one.

I've heard of mixing it with boot polish, orange juice and one or two others that I can't remember off the top of my head - but I've never heard of mixing it with Sal Vital (and I'm a regular drinker of Sal Vital in the warmer months).

Will have to let a few people around Kalgoorlie know about this one - metho sales will skyrocket.

There are lots of people living as vegetables in nursing homes because they drank metho. Are we going to see you in the gutter? Hope not. I talk to many sad alcoholics on the street who go to the soup kitchen that I go to for a feed twice a week. Try to help them, but sadly most do not want to be helped, but still try.
Oh some years ago I was given a bottle of wiskey for Christmas by a truck driver who called into pick up stuff I packed at work, but do not drink, or at least did not drink more than once every few months when I would only have a small mouthful then. So five or more years later still had 3/4 of that bottle of whisky. Got a winter Job at Perisher so I could ski for the season, and took it with me, left it sitting near my bed head of the motel where I worked [Probably was 1974] One day, after leaving it sitting there for several weeks I decided to take a swig, and someone had stolen my whiskey and replaced it with metho colored with I do not know what. It tasted terrible, and I had swollowed some before it hit me.

Who ever done that is an absolutely bastard and ignorant.
Metho can left you blind

I saw a doco once on metho drinking in remote communities. They said they get a bottle of metho, and use a partially hollowed out loaf of white bread to filter it - which at least removes the taste of the additives...

Hey Ben
Then you throw a couple of Tbags in and a spoon of chilli and call it Chilli Beer
My next keg is Chilli beer,looking at getting a load of wood over the long weekend
Interested
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Hey Ben
Then you throw a couple of Tbags in and a spoon of chilli and call it Chilli Beer
My next keg is Chilli beer,looking at getting a load of wood over the long weekend
Interested
Andrew

Was it that bad??? You can still see can't you???

No long weekend for me, but I am interested. Which day are you going?

When I was at high school (don't ask what decade) the park next to the school was used by the students at lunch time and was (still is) a favourite with the street and park people and indigenous folk. One of these was passed out on a bench one lunch time with his bottle of metho underneath. We low students tipped it out and refilled it with water. One can only imagine the surprise he got when he awoke and reached for a hair of the dog and got a gobful of water. The shock to his system might have done him some harm!!