Melgar
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About 100 mL of methylchloroform (1,1,1-trichloroethane) and hundreds of pounds of nitrocellulose film
Cleaning out my grandparents' house before they sell it. Tons of old photography equipment, motion picture equipment, etc. Reels and reels of
nitrocellulose film. Methylchloroform, which seems to have been used to clean nitrocellulose film. A bunch of leaky old bags of Kodak C-22 process
film development chemicals. The key ingredients seem to be "metol" and hydroquinone, but they're definitely mixed, and seem to date back to the
1970s. I found an old spray duster can with CFCs in it still. Quartz bulbs for studio lights. Flashbulbs full of really fine magnesium filaments.
Lots of NiCd and lead-acid camera batteries. A Macintosh 512k computer from the 1980s. Lots of electronic equipment that was made long enough ago
that most of the components can be unsoldered from the boards and reused. Several of the very first generation of VCR, each with about a dozen motors
and a dozen solenoids each. If anyone is even remotely interested, I can post pictures on request.
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Yes post pictures! I'm not looking to buy (if you were selling) just curious.
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One of my hobbies is old school photography. Metol is 4-methylaminophenol sulphate, a reductor. Most photographic developers are composed of a
hydroquinone and 4-methylaminophenol sulphate mixture.
What photographic equipment is there? I might be interested, but it depends on shipping costs.
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Melgar
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Okay, you asked for it. It's in Ohio, east of Cleveland, in Ashtabula county. My piece-of-shit waste-of-space uncle already raided the place for
valuables, but was limited to what he could fit in his Prius, to drive down to Texas with him.
    
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Quote: Originally posted by Melgar  | | My piece-of-shit waste-of-space uncle already raided the place for valuables, but was limited to what he could fit in his Prius, to drive down to
Texas with him. |
Where's he at? I'll fight him 
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Melgar
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San Antonio. I just got his address from my aunt. I've half a mind to fly down there and complain about him to his manager while he's working, then
go find him, and create a scene that will make him the talk of the town for years to come.
Since he's been living with his girlfriend, and my aunt gave me their address, I could go down there and find her and talk to her directly. The most
valuable things he stole were an original copy of the Disney cartoon "Steamboat Willie" (first animated appearance of Mickey Mouse) and a
perfect-condition Auricon motion picture camera worth about $4500. I'm sure he would have bragged about what his dad "gave" him to everyone he knows.
I guess if I want to vent about it, "Whimsy" is probably a better place for that.
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