Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I must demur. Given what we now know, sticking a glass tube with mercury into any human orifice is dumb. Except in Ann Arbor, of course. Buzz Hausner - -----Original Message----- From: khmiska [mailto:khmiska@umich.edu] Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 10:21 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Battery adapter wanted (became a long story) John, The idiocy of banning mercury has reached new heights in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After a small mercury spill in a nearby school, the Ann Arbor city council passed a resolution banning mercury thermometers. Owners of mercury fever thermometers may trade theirs in for a non-Hg version at no charge. The idocy of it boggles the mond. Kurt Ann Arbor