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what's your preferred chalk?
Duncan
13-May-2005
8:31:31 AM
On 12/05/2005 anthonyk wrote:

>bah you guys are boring, where's the angry chalk police on this one?
>alright i was bored, i haven't really been using it.


It was too obvious anthony. If I thought you were really using pof I would have sent Tom around to steal your fridge.

Romfrantic
13-May-2005
9:46:51 AM
he he he....the shin toe warrior reacted though.

ShinToe Warrior
13-May-2005
11:46:03 AM
On 13/05/2005 Romfrantic wrote:
>he he he....the shin toe warrior reacted though.
true, though anthony was seeking a 'STFU, Anthony!' type of reply to his troll rather than a 'please don't '
request :)

Romfrantic
13-May-2005
11:48:26 AM
...guess you could've played along to satisfy Tony's boredoom ;-)))

cheesehead
14-May-2005
1:05:56 AM
Haha, good troll, I'll pay that.

I was thinking about using hosery for chalk balls, but I realised that I don't know any lasses who wear stockings, let alone any who'd give me one.
Plus all the Canadians would tell me to Take Off

Chalk is good. Chalk makes you feel strong and safe. Metolious seem hard to beat. For economy, find an industrial chemist friend (like Miss Benedic...) to mix you a 10kg sack of mag' carbonate dirt cheap.

I think I mentioned the highly carconegenic aerosol alchol/chalk stuff I used to use at work.. I think that would do a fantastical job. Dangle from harness like yon Stalone bolt gun. Aim at rock and fire.

sabu
14-May-2005
12:15:00 PM
On 14/05/2005 cheesehead wrote:

>Chalk is good. Chalk makes you feel strong and safe.

until you fall off, then you need MORE chalk to feel safe; just once more then i'll do it, maybe just another to be safe, ok fine one more...... etc.

cheesehead
14-May-2005
1:56:37 PM
yup.

Cheesehead is a Chalkhead

sabu
15-May-2005
11:35:05 AM
then you need to find a white icon :)!!!

64c
22-May-2005
8:14:13 AM
The best stuff i have used is called FULLERS EARTH. The only place i have found this is in a NBCD kit. It is used to mop/soak up chemicals/bio-agents in combat. If you can find sum use it, it's the shit.

sabu
22-May-2005
9:58:34 AM
On 22/05/2005 64c wrote:
> It is used to mop/soak up chemicals/bio-agents
>in combat.

sounds a bit powerful for the delicate rockface....... sorry correction: WAY too powerful, no one needs a substance that soaks up CHEMICALS to get rid of a little sweat, seriously!

runnit
22-May-2005
12:58:25 PM
it sounds like it's just extracted from bentonite clay (did a search for fullers earth on google) and from memory it's only in the NBCD kits to absorb, not neutralise chemical agents or anything (but it's been a few years) so it might not be that aggressive

i wish i paid attention to how well it soaked up sweat

apparently bentonite is also used in kitty litter

64c
22-May-2005
8:55:33 PM
I just did a NBCD re-fresher last weekend (i know chocko) and aquired only 3 opened (cough cough) packs of the stuff. It is great to use but hard to get. It is only used to absorb liquids not neutralise it, used it again today and it is way better than the camp stuff i normaly use and it is brown so the greenies dont jump up and down on your skull for marking THEIR cliffs.

64c
22-May-2005
9:00:22 PM
looks like you may have needed some by your pic sabu.lol.

sabu
23-May-2005
6:11:13 PM
On 22/05/2005 64c wrote:
>looks like you may have needed some by your pic sabu.lol.

which one :P ?

64c
23-May-2005
6:56:27 PM
the one above your name hehehehehehe

sabu
23-May-2005
6:58:57 PM
lol thought u meant in my profile!! na this icon chalk free unlike cheeseheads, chalkhead
dalai
23-May-2005
7:04:15 PM
Tusk tusk... I hope you have the original photographers okay to post those pictures Sabu?

64c
23-May-2005
9:04:54 PM
fuller's earth, mineral substance characterized by the property of absorbing basic colors and removing them from oils. It is composed mainly of alumina, silica, iron oxides, lime, magnesia, and water, in extremely variable proportions, and is generally classified as a sedimentary clay. In color it may be whitish, buff, brown, green, olive, or blue. It is semiplastic or nonplastic and may or may not disintegrate easily in water. It was originally used in the fulling of wool to remove oil and grease but is now used chiefly in bleaching and clarifying petroleum and secondarily in refining edible oils. Fuller's earth is mined in many parts of the United States, Georgia and Florida being the leading producers, and in England near Reigate, Nutfield, and Bath. Before it can be used, it has to be crushed and dried.

Fuller's earth is any nonplastic clay or claylike material that can be used to decolorize, filter, and purify animal, mineral, and vegetable oils and greases. It usually has a high magnesium oxide content. In the United States, two varieties of fuller's earth are mined, mainly in the southeastern states. These comprise the minerals montmorillonite or palygorskite (attapulgite) or a mixture of the two; some of the other minerals that may be present in fuller's earth deposits are calcite, dolomite, and quartz.

The name reflects the first use of the material. In past centuries, fullers (whom we might now call dry cleaners) kneaded powdered fuller's earth into woolen garments to absorb lanolin and human body oils. When the fuller's earth was shaken out and the garment was "fulled" (fluffed), it was considered to be clean; this process is termed "fulling".

Important uses are in absorbents and filters. Because of this, fuller's earth is sometimes found in cat litter.




so now you know

sabu
23-May-2005
9:55:58 PM
On 23/05/2005 dalai wrote:
>Tusk tusk... I hope you have the original photographers okay to post those
>pictures Sabu?

is that a trick question?
dalai
25-Nov-2005
8:59:20 AM
After going to Rod Laver arena last night and watching the Gymnastics World Championships, I have now seen the best thing to use with chalk.

Capilano Honey from the squeeze bottle!!

Australian Joshua Jefferis who did exceptionally well to make the finals, was using a combination of chalk and then Capilano honey to prepare the Parallel Bars...

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