@KA9FFJ; That is one of the funny/best forms of protest I ever heard. I used to take me pipe out with the cigarette smokers. It worked because my boss was a cigarette smoker. The problem was I couldn't finish a bowl as quick as they could smoke a cigarette. That got me in the habit of smoking me pipe to fast, a problem that plagues me to this day. Eventually the university banned smoking completely. The cigarette smokers would sneak into the bay area of our lab. I went back to Copenhagen and used a spit cup at me disk(nasty habit).
Yup! I remember the Ford keys had the logo on one side and "Family of Fine Cars" on the other. With the smudges and being a kid, I thought it said "Family of Five Cars", and I was confused because we only had two!
Interestingly I found you can still buy Mercurochrome, I also found an explanation of what happened to it's availability
You’re dating yourself, pops. Few under age 30 have ever heard of
this stuff. In 1998, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared that
Mercurochrome, generically known as merbromin, was “not generally
recognized as safe and effective” as an over-the-counter antiseptic and
forbade its sale across state lines. A few traditionalists complained:
Whaddya mean, not generally recognized as safe? Moms have been daubing
it on their kids’ owies since the Harding administration! But the more
reasonable reaction was: It’s about time.
For many years the FDA,
faced with the task of regulating thousands of pharmaceuticals and food
additives, many of which long predated federal oversight, has maintained
the so-called GRAS (generally recognized etc) list, originally compiled
as a way of grandfathering in products like Mercurochrome that had been
around for ages and hadn’t hurt or killed a noticeable number of
people. Recognizing that from a scientific standpoint such a standard
left a lot to be desired, the FDA has been whittling away at the
unexamined products on the GRAS list over time. Mercurochrome and other
drugs containing mercury came up for scrutiny as part of a general
review of over-the-counter antiseptics that began in 1978, and for good
reason — mercury in large enough doses is a poison that harms the brain,
the kidneys, and developing fetuses. While no one’s offered evidence of
mass Mercurochrome poisoning, the medical literature contains scattered
reports of mercury toxicity due to use of the antiseptic, and these
days the burden of proof is on drug manufacturers to show that their
products’ benefits outweigh the risks. In the case of Mercurochrome and
many other mercury-containing compounds, that had never been done.
The
FDA initially proposed clipping Mercurochrome’s GRAS status in 1982 and
asked for comment. Hearing little, the FDA classified the antiseptic as
a “new drug,” meaning that anyone proposing to sell it nationwide had
to submit it to the same rigorous approval process required of a drug
invented last month. (This took place in 1998 — nobody’s going to accuse
the FDA of rushing to judgment.) It’s not out of the question that a
pharmaceutical company will do so someday — published research on
Mercurochrome, though hardly abundant, suggests the stuff is reasonably
effective. However, the approval process is time-consuming and expensive
and any patent protection Mercurochrome might once have had surely
expired long ago. For the foreseeable future those yearning for that
delicious Mercurochrome sting will have to look somewhere else
@mapletop The FDA is a farce as is the EPA, FBI, USDA, ATF, the rest of the alphabet soup corrupt government. If they say Its bad, it probably good. Always go the opposite of what they say is "safe and effective". If you're one to believe they have your best interest your living in Disneyland.
@opipeman I don't know, speak for yourself. A guy who worked for me chopped off my finger while we were fucking around with drywall hammers (they have hatchets on one side)
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Agreed brother.
That is one of the funny/best forms of protest I ever heard. I used to take me pipe out with the cigarette smokers. It worked because my boss was a cigarette smoker. The problem was I couldn't finish a bowl as quick as they could smoke a cigarette. That got me in the habit of smoking me pipe to fast, a problem that plagues me to this day. Eventually the university banned smoking completely. The cigarette smokers would sneak into the bay area of our lab. I went back to Copenhagen and used a spit cup at me disk(nasty habit).
OMG I DO remember! The Cadillac keys! Square was to start it and round to open the doors!
Does a Chevy need keys? I thought a tow truck would be enough to get it from point A to point B
Brother, that is cold......Funny, but cold.
Yep, used those too.
Over here in Montana, Ford’s are usually optioned with tailgate warmers. It helps people keep their hands warm when pushing.
Wow, I remember seeing these. Now I have to use a chain because of key fobs are so damn big.
Some of you may remember...
Using Mercurochrome is how some of us learned how to deal with intolerable pain.
You’re dating yourself, pops. Few under age 30 have ever heard of this stuff. In 1998, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared that Mercurochrome, generically known as merbromin, was “not generally recognized as safe and effective” as an over-the-counter antiseptic and forbade its sale across state lines. A few traditionalists complained: Whaddya mean, not generally recognized as safe? Moms have been daubing it on their kids’ owies since the Harding administration! But the more reasonable reaction was: It’s about time.
For many years the FDA, faced with the task of regulating thousands of pharmaceuticals and food additives, many of which long predated federal oversight, has maintained the so-called GRAS (generally recognized etc) list, originally compiled as a way of grandfathering in products like Mercurochrome that had been around for ages and hadn’t hurt or killed a noticeable number of people. Recognizing that from a scientific standpoint such a standard left a lot to be desired, the FDA has been whittling away at the unexamined products on the GRAS list over time. Mercurochrome and other drugs containing mercury came up for scrutiny as part of a general review of over-the-counter antiseptics that began in 1978, and for good reason — mercury in large enough doses is a poison that harms the brain, the kidneys, and developing fetuses. While no one’s offered evidence of mass Mercurochrome poisoning, the medical literature contains scattered reports of mercury toxicity due to use of the antiseptic, and these days the burden of proof is on drug manufacturers to show that their products’ benefits outweigh the risks. In the case of Mercurochrome and many other mercury-containing compounds, that had never been done.
The FDA initially proposed clipping Mercurochrome’s GRAS status in 1982 and asked for comment. Hearing little, the FDA classified the antiseptic as a “new drug,” meaning that anyone proposing to sell it nationwide had to submit it to the same rigorous approval process required of a drug invented last month. (This took place in 1998 — nobody’s going to accuse the FDA of rushing to judgment.) It’s not out of the question that a pharmaceutical company will do so someday — published research on Mercurochrome, though hardly abundant, suggests the stuff is reasonably effective. However, the approval process is time-consuming and expensive and any patent protection Mercurochrome might once have had surely expired long ago. For the foreseeable future those yearning for that delicious Mercurochrome sting will have to look somewhere elseTruer words were never spoken.
The FDA is a farce as is the EPA, FBI, USDA, ATF, the rest of the alphabet soup corrupt government. If they say Its bad, it probably good. Always go the opposite of what they say is "safe and effective".
If you're one to believe they have your best interest your living in Disneyland.
Interesting history. Thanks for sharing.
Tailgate warmers?... that is just beautiful, brother.
I don't know, speak for yourself. A guy who worked for me chopped off my finger while we were fucking around with drywall hammers (they have hatchets on one side)
Bet that wouldn't buff out?
Yep! I did all of that 😅
The first build your own burger joint!
I had fun going there.