Re: "and gloves were forbidden"
He was sacked a few years later fro running a still in the prep room.
One of the boys ahead of me by a year or two did this as a Senior science project. Can't remember if he won or not, but one of the other projects was a relay-logic tic tac toe game with a telephone dial as input.
Gunpowder was frequently made. And a mercury vapor lamp, using an old oil burner ignition transformer, a couple of pieces of copper wire and a pool of mercury. No protective gear needed because we were oblivious of the hazards. As far as I know, we're all still among the living.
// icon seems appropriate
// today, we'd all be in prison. or worse
Biting the hand that feeds IT
