Nah, all young-ish guys (30-40’s).
Correlation may not equal causation, but it does suggest strongly “look over there…”.
And on smoking, King James I of England wasn’t a fan: “…a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.”
In 1604 !!
The full text is here:
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/poltheory/james/blaste/blaste.html, he really hated tobacco & smokers.
Truly, the human race is a slow learner.
Tony
So the one shop was full of old bald guys who had lived much longer due to the health benefits of the fumes? ;-)
Seriously, while we may not always understand the full extent of our stupidity a bit of common sense usually saves your ass.
I mean we evolved that way - to survive without having all the facts.
Is it good to breathe solder fumes if they make your throat sore? Probably not.
Same goes for breathing the smoke from burning tobacco plants or drinking ethyl alcohol, do you really need the government to tell you that's a bad idea?
ST
On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 3:01 AM, 'Tony Smith' ajsmith1968@... [Homebrew_PCBs] <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Years ago a friend mentioned he used to visit two assembly shops where they hand soldered; one used extractors, one didn’t. At the shop where they didn’t vent the fumes they were all bald… Hmm…
Tony
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