[TowerTalk] Crank-UP Tower Cables.-WD40

[Larry Lindblom]

The "placebo effect" is another possible explanation of why something works.  A
double blind study is the normal research method used to determine the effect of a
"treatment". Without it you can never be sure.

73
W0ETC in IA

K7GCO@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 12/25/00 7:48:06 AM Pacific Standard Time, n4kg@juno.com
> writes:
>
> << I suspect there has been a CHANGE in the
>  contents of WD-40.  MY can makes NO
>  reference to lubrication and states that it
>  contains ONLY petrolium distillates.
>  Bottom line: READ the LABEL.
>
>  de  Tom  N4KG
>   >>
> On WD-40 I reported before that Even Paul Harvey reported that people are
> using it on arthritis.  I knife maker I know uses it on his hands for pain.
> It don't make sence with petrolium distiliates.
>
> There are now over 100 fishermen I've talked to that swear by it for spaying
> their hooks or bait.  I'll try it myself on bull heads in SD.  To work here I
> felt it had to have a fish oil in it.  I also felt it had to have DMSO in it
> to penetrate parts or carry it into the skin and body for pain relief.  Fish
> oil in the body wouldn't be toxic but petrolium distilates would be.
>
> I now have a conclusion that the reason it works on hooks and bait is the
> petrolium distilates kill the human sent which is a big factor and they like
> the taste of petrolium.  I'm told that the fisherman in Ballard (Seattle) use
> Joy soap and Bon Ami on bait.  That can be only to kill human scent.  A
> friend was a great fisherman and started smoking. He couldn't catch anything
> during this time until he figured out it was the smoke scent on his finger
> that touched the bait.  He wore rubber gloves and started catching fish again.
>
> A successful derby fisherman was giving me tips on fishing for Salmon which
> also told of keeping fingers off the bait.  I asked if there was any tips for
> bull heads in SD.  He said alway put the tail end of a worm on the hook
> first.  I said "Roy, tell me how you tell the head from the tail."  He said
> "that's simple, roll the worm in flower and wait for it to fart."  I fell for
> it hook, line and sinker."  k7gco
>
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