Grant Erwin wrote:
Heck, I remember when I was living in Silicon Valley a guy got a $500
ticket for having a gallon of muriatic acid in his garage. Kicker was he
bought it from a store about two blocks from his house, and every single
house in his area had a pool and stored pool chemicals including - you
guessed it - muriatic. Guilty.

It was in the San Jose Mercury News back about 1994. Sheesh.

GWE

Sure glad I left that place in 85. It was pretty nice there until the
late 60s.