[ale] [OT] Tin foil hats [Was: Re: niche Linux distros article]

[Geoffrey]

Jim Kinney wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com 
> <mailto:greg.freemyer at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     For the last 24-months there's been a shortage of tinfoil.  Oh.., wait
>     a second, after the election they quit buying tinfoil and started
>     buying bullets instead, so maybe you can still find tinfoil.
> 
>  
> The price of lead foil has shot up almost as crazy as gold.  Maybe 
> there's a connection....
> 
> If you can actually _find_ real tin foil, get ready for sticker shock! I 
> have a set of solid coppr pots that one has a bad scratch in the tin 
> linning I want to fix. The solution is to do the flux, apply heat and 
> melt in a bit of tin foil into the scratch. I found a 1m square of tin 
> foil was about $12. The same amount of aluminum is about $.30. So I'm 
> using a silver-bearing, no lead tin solder (no cadmium or other funky 
> metals either) 1% silver and 99% tin that cost $4 for a small spool. Now 
> to build a gonzo charcoal fire to keep the pot hot while using the torch 
> on the specific area...

I'm thinking this should find it's way on to youtube. ;)

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Until later, Geoffrey

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