CELLULOID BEAVERS

[gordon stelter]

And playing cards. A prisoner once blasted his way out
of jail with a  bomb made from ground up playing
cards.
     Thump


--- Robin Hufford <hufford1@airmail.net> wrote:
> For what it is worth:  I just read not too long ago
> that celluloid was
> invented in 1866, if I remember correctly.  It was
> developed in order to
> have something from which to make billiard balls
> which, until then had
> been made from ivory.
> Regards, Robin Hufford
> 
> gordon stelter wrote:
> 
> > I'm sorry, Joe,
> >      You may be the official list "Tool Police",
> but I
> > feel that I am one of the "Cultural History
> Police".
> >
> > 1) "Celluloid" dates to the 19th C, but I have
> never
> > seen it on a  piano earlier than the 'teens.
> >
> > 2) "THE Beaver" is exactly how Ward and June
> referred
> > to their son.
> >
> >      Respectfully,
> >      Thump
> >
> >
> > --- Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> > > RicB said: "An old fashioned metal teapot...
> narrow
> > > snout... direct the
> > > steam onto
> > > the keytops and they will get hot enough to peel
> off
> > > with no danger of
> > > torching, and no fumes."
> > >
> > >
> > > RicB & a few others,
> > > You aren't comprehending!!!!!! This stuff is pre
> > > 1900 CELLULOID!!!! It is
> > > not the modern plastic that most are accustomed
> to.
> > > It is attached with
> > > something that is impervious to heat and
> > > STEAM/MOISTURE! GET IT???????
> > > GOOD!!! Now, if any of you have a neat trick
> > > regarding this stuff, then
> > > speak up. Otherwise.....?
> > >
> > >
> > > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> > > Captain, Tool Police
> > > Squares Are I
> > >
> > >
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