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Yeah, it kinds smells like my old Uncle Ben.discoqueen wrote:I'm sure this would work, but rice has kind of a funky smell.gigag04 wrote:Rice?
Bearing in mind that my main experience in using rice has been in a "rice bag" heated in the microwave and then applied to sore muscles. And heated, dry rice, just smells funky. I don't know your Uncle Ben, but if he smells like THAT, then he smells funky too!Keith B wrote:Yeah, it kinds smells like my old Uncle Ben.discoqueen wrote:I'm sure this would work, but rice has kind of a funky smell.gigag04 wrote:Rice?
Yeah, rice is a organic desiccant. So is salt. There are a lot of things that can be used as a drying agent, but some just work better than others. Here is some pretty good info on different desiccants. http://huntingen.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Here is what I was refrefing to with 'Uncle Ben'discoqueen wrote:Bearing in mind that my main experience in using rice has been in a "rice bag" heated in the microwave and then applied to sore muscles. And heated, dry rice, just smells funky. I don't know your Uncle Ben, but if he smells like THAT, then he smells funky too!Keith B wrote:Yeah, it kinds smells like my old Uncle Ben.discoqueen wrote:I'm sure this would work, but rice has kind of a funky smell.gigag04 wrote:Rice?
Yeah, rice is a organic desiccant. So is salt. There are a lot of things that can be used as a drying agent, but some just work better than others. Here is some pretty good info on different desiccants. http://huntingen.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
They would make a cute couple.Crossfire wrote:Does anyone else wonder if Uncle Ben is married to Aunt Jemima?
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Pictures. Need pictures!Keith B wrote:They would make a cute couple.Crossfire wrote:Does anyone else wonder if Uncle Ben is married to Aunt Jemima?
Crossfire, remind me tomorrow to tell you about the time I went to a halloween party as Aunt Jemima. And, for those of you who do not know me personaly, I am not African-American. However, one of my black friends did ask me for a date.
There was a photo (or photos) somehwere years ago, but don't have a clue where they might be today. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.Crossfire wrote:Pictures. Need pictures!Keith B wrote:They would make a cute couple.Crossfire wrote:Does anyone else wonder if Uncle Ben is married to Aunt Jemima?
Crossfire, remind me tomorrow to tell you about the time I went to a halloween party as Aunt Jemima. And, for those of you who do not know me personaly, I am not African-American. However, one of my black friends did ask me for a date.
Did I arrive too late for this story? I certainly would have asked if I'd read this on Friday.Keith B wrote:They would make a cute couple.Crossfire wrote:Does anyone else wonder if Uncle Ben is married to Aunt Jemima?
Crossfire, remind me tomorrow to tell you about the time I went to a halloween party as Aunt Jemima. And, for those of you who do not know me personaly, I am not African-American. However, one of my black friends did ask me for a date.
You would have to take a LOT of pills and vitamins for a LONG time to have enough of those dinky desiccant packets to keep a gun safe dry. By the time you had enough of them accumulated, you might be in extraordinarily good health, but your guns would have all rusted into oblivion.drjoker wrote:just use the dessicants you find at the bottom of your pill & vitamin bottles.
What???The Annoyed Man wrote:You would have to take a LOT of pills and vitamins for a LONG time to have enough of those dinky desiccant packets to keep a gun safe dry. By the time you had enough of them accumulated, you might be in extraordinarily good health, but your guns would have all rusted into oblivion.drjoker wrote:just use the dessicants you find at the bottom of your pill & vitamin bottles.
I thought you were supposed to eat those little packets. 
No wonder you have been so dehydrated WildBill.WildBill wrote:What???The Annoyed Man wrote:You would have to take a LOT of pills and vitamins for a LONG time to have enough of those dinky desiccant packets to keep a gun safe dry. By the time you had enough of them accumulated, you might be in extraordinarily good health, but your guns would have all rusted into oblivion.drjoker wrote:just use the dessicants you find at the bottom of your pill & vitamin bottles.
