Where I live, Western Pennsylvania, 100% pure liquid paraffin is sold very cheaply in craft stores for use in liquid candles. Perhaps I should open a mail order business to UK customers. The postage costs would be higher than the store price.
Sam Edwards Sam Quoting John Liestman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Y'all need to come over here to Texas where you can buy liquid paraffin at > any > pharmacy, no questions asked, just down the aisle from the bullets and beer! > :-) > > John Liestman > > Quoting Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Interesting point re the liquid paraffin being hard to get. > > I got mine from the local Tesco in-store pharmacy (behind the counter) and > > had to go through a grilling as to why I needed it (it seems that many > were > > using it when what was required was a check for bowel cancer and continued > > use for laxative purposes can cause poor absorption of food and > > malnutrition - all part of their spiel). > > Imagine their faces when I explained I wanted it to rub on my bagpipes - > > followed by another discussion to explain I wasn't being funny or using > > "bagpipes" as a word for something else. > > I don't think they were convinced as they still mentioned not taking it > > without asking the doctor first (as far as I know, he doesn't play). > > You can buy rat poison quite easily but liquid paraffin? > > A letter from the Chief Rabbi, Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope is > > required first (if they stock it at all). > > Colin Hill > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Stephen Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 2:58 PM > > Subject: *** SPAM *** [NSP] Re: boring discovery > > > > > > > Thanks for the reminder Colin. > > > > > > Whereas I was talking about adapting household items for simple bore > > > cleaning and oiling, you do have an excellent point about polishing. > > Cotton > > > buds are nowhere near tight enough for that specialist task. Horses for > > > courses and all that. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Steve > > > > > > PS: > > > <SOAPBOX ON> > > > I predict the need for a central buyer to supply pipers with rarer > stuff. > > > Why ? Judging by the difficulty I had finding a chemist with retail > > bottles > > > of liquid paraffin (most restricting themselves to pharmacy Winchesters > > for > > > fear of abuse) it might easily join the prescription list. And as > proper > > > hardware stores (forget DIY sheds) rapidly become a vague memory, > whither > > > then ? Wholesalers are naturally only interested in big orders. > > > <SOAPBOX OFF> > > > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yer pal, > John Liestman > > >
