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Ghosts of Christmas Past: The long-ago geek gifts that made us what we are

BongoJoe

Re: To this day

I discovered this the hard way.

I knew that various reactions would remove the oxide from one compound to another (forgotten the term now) and one day I had an aluminum bicycle seat pillar that had oxidised into the frame.

Having no end of school donated magnesium ribbon in my blazer I then stuffed the metal into the pipe and then lit it.

Thankfully I did this outdoors. My father wasn't pleased with the result.

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