On 2017-06-26 6:19 PM, Gregory Hahn wrote:
> This may be wandering farther afield, but here goes:
> Early in my winemaking career, I was hired as a Lab Tech at a not-to-be-named
large winery in the Central Valley (CA). Our lab had a caged off area in the
warehouse where was stored old equipment and chemicals that weren't currently
needed, but might still be useful at a future date. I decided to inventory the
chemicals so we would know what we had. I came across an old jar of Picric
Acid, a name I recognized from my father's pre-WWII high school chem book's
chapter on explosives (still have it), also known as Di-Nitro-Toluene, only
2/3rds as explosive as TNT. It gets cranky with age, so I backed away slowly and
told my lab manager what I had found. We had the Army bomb disposal unit come
out and take it away. Luckily no further REPORT occurred.
> -Greg
Got to wonder what they were using it for at the winery or vineyard.
Stump removal?
Don
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