Completely and totally off-topic and without any meritwhatsoever

[Joe R.]

At 07:38 AM 9/6/04 +0100, you wrote:
>Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>
>>I've got some quicksilver that I liberated from some evacuated glass tubes
>>by cracking the tips of the tubes and then emptying the contents into a
>>container.  Unfortunately, some tiny glass shards got into the container
>>and is now mixed in.  How can I filter out the glass shards so they don't
>>cut up my esophagus when I drink it?

   Distillation. But don't let the EPA catch you and make DAMMED sure that
the apparatus is tightly sealed.

    Joe