[TUHS] the distinct smell of light machine oil, was Re: TUHS Digest, Vol 33, Issue 7

[Eric Wayte]

In an episode of The Little Rascals / Our Gang series, the teacher asked a
little girl what's 2 and 1, and she replied "shoe polish".  The teacher
then asked her, what's 3 and 1, to which she replied "oil".

On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 10:15 AM Derek Fawcus <
dfawcus+lists-tuhs at employees.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 09:31:39AM -0400, Clem Cole wrote:
> > Hmmrrph.... Youngsters...    WD40 is silcon based.
>
> I didn't know that; never I checked the can; but yeah a distinctive
> smell...
>
> > Real "3 in One" oil
> > (came in a small can) is light machine oil but you can still get it:
>
> Yup, useful on bike chains and oilstones (as in sharpening chisels and
> planes).
>
> DF
>


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Eric Wayte
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