Well it seems that Little Alex can't follow instructions yet guys. Looking back over the thread EVERYONE told him that it needed to be done OUTDOORS. Although it's a simple thing to do, it's not without some risk. Alex pretty much hornswaggled his dad into doing this while mom was out of the house. That he got him to do it in the house shows that he's not paying attention to us.
I for one will no longer be going out of my way to teach Alex anything but the most basic of things when it comes to prospecting. Until he can show his parents and they give their blessings (That's BOTH of them Alex!) no more advanced lessons will be coming from me. You disappointed me and I'm sure many others here by not following our instructions to the letter. We don't say that there's things you have to do to be able to do these things in a safe manner just to hear ourselves talk. It's for your safety as well as those around you! I'm sorry if this sounds harsh Alex, but a point needs to be made and this is the best way I can think of to make you you get it.
MOM and DAD... Sorry if this caused any problems. I know that military life isn't always easy having served myself. From now on if Alex wants to learn something from us, have him discuss it with you first and then let us know that he has the green light from you. If need be, I'll send you my ph# so we can all be sure just who is making the request for information.
It's sad, but apparently Alex was being smart and told his dad outside. His dad apparently decided vent fan would suffice.
Also, I check his emails, but I failed to check forums until yesterday. That's how I found out half the story of the baking black sands. (Alex was asleep) I thought it smelled funny when I came home from the movie theater. When I was posting about Alex being 11 years old, naive & not understanding sarcasm, I was referring to the people who were being impatient with him. On a forum about old dimes, someone got annoyed with him because he said "wow cool" I guess they didn't understand why he would say this and got offended. He really finds that stuff "cool"
Trust me...Alex is responsible & even if he wanted to bake black sands, he wouldn't ever plan it to be sneaky without me knowing. This was just an instance of "dad, you can bake black sands" and my husband being like "ok fine lets try it" completely failure on their part & I knew that right away after seeing all the warning posts about it from you guys. lol I want to be mad about it, but part of it is so completely ridiculous, it's kind of funny (minus the dangers)
He woke up the next day eyes hurting, not sure if it was related, but it could've been. I thought that was quite odd but figured maybe he had a headache and didn't sleep well.
I appreciate the warnings, even if they failed to heed. Sometimes...parents mess up. Once I thought it would be fun to fill a soda bottle with vinegar and baking soda and throw it behind our house to hear a little pop. This was after doing a volcano activity or another similar activity. This was at ft Carson, Colorado. Ummm I had no idea it would sound like a sonic boom. My husband was so mad at me and I thought for sure the military police would come. I would totally do it again, just not on a military base or in the middle of crowded housing. lol I don't think I would've baked black sand on a iron skillet on my stove though. But military guys do crazier stuff all the time, I'm sure. my husband should've did a simple search, instead of just being like let's do it.
lol @ aliens. There's a lot of sightings round here.
