Completely and totally off-topic and without any merit whatsoever

[Roger Merchberger]

Rumor has it that Vintage Computer Festival may have mentioned these words:

>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?

Sip it very slowly, enjoy every drop -- just leave the last bit in the glass.

Otherwise, you could try things progressively -- filter it through 1 layer 
of cheesecloth, then 2, then 3 until a) you're sure all the glass is gone, 
or b) the quicksilver refuses to go through the filter.

Watch out -- if you have silver fillings, the quicksilver might leave a 
weird taste in your mouth when it bonds to the silver! ;-)

Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger

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Roger "Merch" Merchberger   ---   sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
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