From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu May 05 2005 - 03:50:01 PDT
Put a "Russian tank clock" in my deuce some time ago (ebay). Looks real
nice, but maybe I better get a Geiger counter now...
Bjorn
MVPA
Meadows of Dan, Virginia
>From: "JAMES MAYER" <jmc@nacs.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: [MV] lumen paint
>Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 22:27:08 -0400
>
>It odd you folk's mention the Radiant Paint. Mr. Seth Thomas IV Whom was a
>Personal friend of mine often spoke of his great grand fathers clock
>factory
>in Mass a chew it's and claimed the "clock face painters", which were
>mostly
>ladies-would LICK the brushes and roll the paint onto their tongue. They
>also painted other device faces such as Speedo's and pressure gauges for
>other manufactures.
>This action caused the brush to become "pointed" so that the numbers could
>be painted easier. The Ladies apparently had several miscarriages and
>plenty
>of birth defects were present within the community. Imagine That- the EPA
>would have a field day with them today not to mention the Nuclear
>Regulatory
>Commission!!! The orginal clock company was riddled with "claims" and
>closed
>up shop. Mr. Thomas restored several "family heirlooms" during the 80 and
>ended up with cancer himself.
>
>
>
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