Re: [Leica] Waiter, there's a fly in my sink

[shino@ubspainewebber.com]

that's a great story, or report, as the case may be.

once, about 10 years ago, when i was more ambitious than i am now, i
set about to make my own 8-foot darkroom sink.  i used green  weatherproof
plywood, channeled and grooved the bottom and side peices, used marine
glue (resorcinol), and then used white sink paint in about a million layers.
this beast had 8 4x4 legs and had to be assembled in place.

whether this project was successful or not remains unknown.  the 80% finished
sink, with assorted Delta peices like a water thermostat, remain sitting
in a 10% finished darkroom in my basement.

there has been no sign of activity in the last 10 years.

- -rei


> From: Disfromage@aol.com
> 
>     Once upon a time, not very far away from where I am right now, an epic 
> adventure begins to unravel...  I've made a sink for my darkroom!  I pondered 
> what to use to waterproof this new sink, and then it came to me: fiberglass 
> resin!
>     My first attempt of using the resin on my new sink proved unsuccessful; 
> the resin, being too old, would not cure.  "Alas!" I thought to myself, "The 
> resin is too old!  I must purchase a new can!"
>     And so, I ventured to my neighborhood place-to-buy-stuff store.  After 
> making my purchase of one unused can of fiberglass resin, I began 
> construction on another sink, the first one having been irreversibly covered 
> with uncurable resin.
>     I brought this new sink to my home, for it would be much easier and more 
> convenient to waterproof it there.  I took the sink outside and set it on two 
> mighty horses.  I spread and brushed the resin long into the night.
>     Occasionally checking on the sink to see if the resin was cured, I 
> noticed something odd.  Flies!  Fifteen flies!  The next time, 47,000 flies!  
> All of which were stuck in the resin!  They were dead, of course.  What could 
> I do about this?  Sand them?  No, I would have bug guts everywhere.  Nothing! 
>  I could do nothing about this!  So I went to sleep on the couch.
> 
>     -A rather fictitious account of a fairly actual happening, written by Joe 
> Wasserman,
>         son of Richard
>