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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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When did you go to school though. My education was in the fifties and 60s.
We did science properly when you really could burn yourself and blow up
the labs..

I remember Ned Templeman (Chemistry[1]) turning from the fume cupboard,
eyebrows smoking, and asking us with a grin "Alright boys, what did I do
wrong *that* time?"

He expected an educated guess, at the least. A *proper* inspiring teacher,
and inspiring lessons!

Dave H. (the other one)

[1] making nitrates of certain organic alcohols, if I remember right...

A gentleman named Croaker (you guessed it, Froggy) taught me a little
chemistry.

One day, after condensing and collecting the result of burning hydrogen
in air, he asked the class how we should know it was water.

After a pause, a gravelly voice from the back said, suck it and see sir!



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Tim Lamb