On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 6:18 PM, chuck richards <
chuckrr@...> wrote:
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>
> This reminds me of something else related to how
> ridiculous things are getting:
>
> Last time I bought a 1 LB bottle of lye at the
> hardware store, I had to sign my name and give my
> address and info in their "caustic" book.
"Illegal uses: Lye has been used for removing the ink from of $10
bills (with the intent of reusing the paper for counterfeit $100
bills)."
Sounds like a good idea, that is unless you want your economy to break
down more than it has.
> They explained to me about some silly federal or
> state (Illinois) mandate that requires all sales of
> certain chemicals to be documented. I went ballistic
> on them! I let everyone know that this is starting
> to feel an awful lot like Nazi Germany all over again!
And what was the poor shopkeeper supposed to do about that?
D.