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My mom's blending a bunch of tin/aluminum foil
« on: February 07, 2015, 10:06:29 am »

She says it's for my dad. My dad's a handy-man, but the only use I could think of for powdered aluminum is thermite, and I doubt that they need thermite.

She refuses to tell me anything else, what do?
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Re: My mom's blending a bunch of tin/aluminum foil
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2015, 10:08:56 am »

Couldn't he just be welding something?  I'm no handyman, but I do know I've seen my own relatives do that.

  Literally any handmade or improvised item could need welding.
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Re: My mom's blending a bunch of tin/aluminum foil
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2015, 10:21:33 am »

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Re: My mom's blending a bunch of tin/aluminum foil
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2015, 10:26:27 am »

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Re: My mom's blending a bunch of tin/aluminum foil
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2015, 10:38:34 am »

She says it's for my dad. My dad's a handy-man, but the only use I could think of for powdered aluminum is thermite, and I doubt that they need thermite.

She refuses to tell me anything else, what do?

If it was thermite, he wouldn't need tin. Probably welding.
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Re: My mom's blending a bunch of tin/aluminum foil
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2015, 10:49:32 am »

My mom said that he was using it for oxydation.

I sure hope it's welding.
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Re: My mom's blending a bunch of tin/aluminum foil
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2015, 10:50:18 am »

Maybe she wants to make chaff to confuse radars? Are \they\ looking for you too?

She says it's for my dad. My dad's a handy-man, but the only use I could think of for powdered aluminum is thermite, and I doubt that they need thermite.

She refuses to tell me anything else, what do?

If it was thermite, he wouldn't need tin. Probably welding.
Contrary to the name, tinfoil is not actually tin. Food-wrapping foil is usually aluminum.
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Re: My mom's blending a bunch of tin/aluminum foil
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2015, 11:13:24 am »

I asked him if he was making thermite, and he said "I've done it before" then went on to tell me about how I can't watch what he's doing, how it's too dangerous, and how some people have to do things they don't want to do.

He's making some fucking thermite.
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Re: My mom's blending a bunch of tin/aluminum foil
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2015, 11:14:51 am »

I asked him if he was making thermite, and he said "I've done it before" then went on to tell me about how I can't watch what he's doing, how it's too dangerous, and how some people have to do things they don't want to do.

He's making some fucking thermite.
Some people want to watch things burn at high temperatures
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Re: My mom's blending a bunch of tin/aluminum foil
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2015, 11:19:29 am »

I asked him if he was making thermite, and he said "I've done it before" then went on to tell me about how I can't watch what he's doing, how it's too dangerous, and how some people have to do things they don't want to do.

He's making some fucking thermite.
Some people want to watch things burn at high temperatures
I understand that, as I do too, but what about the "how some people have to do things they don't want to do." part? He's being so weird about it.
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Re: My mom's blending a bunch of tin/aluminum foil
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2015, 11:22:26 am »

Are you familiar with the concept of plausible deniability?
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Re: My mom's blending a bunch of tin/aluminum foil
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2015, 11:27:41 am »

Are you familiar with the concept of plausible deniability?
Well it does make sense.

But above all things, I'm extremely curious. He just left the house, and my brother jokingly said "He's going to Tuco's place."
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Re: My mom's blending a bunch of tin/aluminum foil
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2015, 11:31:15 am »

Maybe he has ties to the mob?
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Re: My mom's blending a bunch of tin/aluminum foil
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2015, 12:00:38 pm »

You could plausbly use thermite for a legitimate purpose, possibly involving welding. Was there oil-based modeling clay anywhere you could see? Any other clues as to what might be happening?
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Re: My mom's blending a bunch of tin/aluminum foil
« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2015, 12:03:38 pm »

Maybe she wants to make chaff to confuse radars? Are \they\ looking for you too?

She says it's for my dad. My dad's a handy-man, but the only use I could think of for powdered aluminum is thermite, and I doubt that they need thermite.

She refuses to tell me anything else, what do?

If it was thermite, he wouldn't need tin. Probably welding.
Contrary to the name, tinfoil is not actually tin. Food-wrapping foil is usually aluminum.

I misunderstood the title - I thought the idea was that she was blending tinfoil, i.e. aluminum foil, with actual tin.
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