Recognizing a Meth Lab / Meth Lab Cleanup

Other, Pictures, Words — Tags: — Evan @ August 9, 2010
  • Strong, unpleasant smells. Anyone who has ever owned a cat will recognize the acrid smell of ammonia. If you notice a “cat urine” smell strongly emanating from a nearby building, or notice any other strong chemical smells, it’s unlikely that cats are to blame – especially if any of the following observations coincide with the smell.
  • Deliberate attempts to prevent anyone from seeing inside the building. Often the questionable building either has no windows or, more suspiciously, the windows are covered somehow.
  • Lots of traffic. A meth lab will have many frequent, brief visits at strange hours of the day, often at night in the hopes that all neighbors are asleep.
  • Copious quantities of garbage. A meth labs uses lots of chemicals like stove fuel, white gasoline, ammonia, propane tanks, paint thinner and antifreeze, not to mention cold and diet pills. And equipment like glass containers and tubing is always in use. If your neighbor is careless enough to leave all of the empty containers out on the curb for garbage pickup, then the sheer quantity of trash should make you suspicious. But you should never inspect the garbage yourself; meth lab equipment and waste are extremely hazardous. It’s far more likely that your neighbor will never leave the garbage out at the curb for pickup, but instead always ship the garbage elsewhere so as to avoid detection.
  • Secrecy. Whether in an apartment or a house, your neighbor will likely want nothing to do with you. If you’ve tried to interact with your neighbor, but always found yourself talking through a closed or barely cracked door (and notice any other strange activity or smells), the neighbor may be hiding a meth lab from you. However, you must never approach a building or residence where you already suspect meth cooking. Not only might the lab explode, but also the toxic fumes of a meth lab can kill a person.
  • Rent paid in cash. If you’re a landlord, a tenant running a meth lab would almost certainly pay rent in cash.
  • All this, and then nothing. The cookers often abandon their meth labs, but that hardly means you and other neighbors can breathe a sigh of relief yet. An abandoned meth lab is still a toxic environment containing hazardous, volatile waste.

taken from CIR Realty

photos found here

Meth is typically cooked in a kitchen area or some type of sink area because the process requires lots of water and somewhere to dump waste.

The danger of fire and explosions is always present in meth lab operations. Even after they’re dismantled, meth labs leave toxic chemical dust that can seep into adjacent rooms and neighboring homes. Walls, floors, toys, furniture, ventilation systems, plumbing fixtures and septic systems may require professional decontamination.

Among those at risk of exposure are real estate agents, landlords, property managers, prospective renters and homebuyers, garbage collectors, utility workers, plumbers, social service agents and first responders. About one third of meth lab houses have children living in them. Visitors or neighbors can be put at risk by the poisonous fumes that vent from meth labs, or from the toxic cooking debris that is sometimes buried outside or flushed into the septic system. Each pound of meth produced generates approximately six pounds of toxic residue.
more here on cleanup

Gōjin Ishihara – circa 1970’s

Art, Drawing, Other — Tags: — Evan @ July 30, 2010

Found here.  This work appeared in books apparently intended for children.

mirrors / body image / ought self

Other, Pictures — Evan @ July 23, 2010

unknown, circa 1921

Found illustrating this article…

HOW DOES IT WORK???

Other, Pictures — Tags: — Evan @ July 22, 2010

Decorative tattoos have a history dating back at least 5000 years. The desire to remove them has probably existed just as long. Early attempts to remove tattoos have had less than desirable results. The use of dermabrasion, salabrasion and Argon or C02 asers have left behind scars in place of the tattoo. The advent of the Q-Switched lasers has permitted the removal of most tattoo inks with very good results. The Revlite Q-Switched Nd:YAG laser is the newest system in this class of lasers. The Revlite can significantly lighten or remove many tattoo inks, and is particularly advanced in the removal of black and red inks.

Q&A

Arm - Tattoo Removal after 2 sessionsHow does it work?

The Revlite laser removes tattoo ink with the energy of light. Just as natural sunlight is made up of light wavelengths of many colors, a laser is a device which is designed to produce one or more specific wavelengths of light. These wavelengths are either absorbed, reflected or simply passed through objects. Tattoo ink is removed by using a specific wavelength which passes through the skin but is absorbed by the ink. The rapid absorption of light energy causes the tattoo ink to break down, where it is then removed by the body’s natural filtering system.

What do fish need to survive?

Other, Pictures, Words — Tags: , , — Evan @ July 20, 2010

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What do fish need to survive?

An air filter, food, enought space, the right temperature, clean water, a sucker fish will do
Water would be a good idea. Food and filters etc. would be an optional extra. Depends on how long you want the fish to live.
oxygen is the most important need for fish than comes food, light,etc
ilter ,air pump,light,food,gravel,toys in the tank,sucker fish to cleen the tank adn good enough space go to a fish store an ask i ask for an 10 gallon fish tank for 60 $ with adn filter andlight buld all u ahve to do is buy an air pump and sum fishes witch the toatal is 20 $ more basiclly its worth it good luck man and dn t buy gold fish they suckk
hmmm water first off, then an air bubbler, a filter, food, and space.. that’s about it
Same as what we as a human need :
1.air
2.food
3.water
4.shelter/ living place
5.mate (depend)
and what other that you think is relevance is the answer.
Source(s):
Must have it !!!!!
The condition is depending on the type and species of the fish

fields of the nephilim

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You’re My Method

Other, Words — Loki @ July 19, 2010

A note from his teacher found amidst my friend’s photos from a ninth-grade trip to Mexico in 1990.

It reads:

“Don’t even moan when you hear who your partner is going to be.  I have to verify the source of B.O. before calling the counselor + youre my method.  (My nose is stopped up).  Gracias.  -Destroy this note.”

How to sell livestock

Advertisements, Other, video — Evan @ July 14, 2010

No. 1 – The Larch

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Reanimated Images

Other — Tags: — Loki @ June 30, 2010

This is a small selection of the many incredible images the Square America blog has to offer.  These were gleaned from the Square America gallery collection The Bar Mitzvah and Other Tales of Living in Stereo (Presented in Eye-Popping 3D!) which can be found at Square America.

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