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Kimberly
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 Posted - 03/06/2004 : 03:03:48 AM
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Philzer I think that law is just in certain areas.
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sailordave
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 Posted - 03/06/2004 : 09:01:12 AM
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Please be very careful around lime. Saw the post about walking barefoot on the lawn right after treatment. Some people treat their lawns with powdered lime. Trust me when I say it can burn the skin to the point of leaving marks. Was working at a water treatment plant and had to clean the lime/water mixing unit. I was wearing all the proper safety equipment but some of the lime/water mixture managed to get under the equipment. Because of the sweat, I didn't notice until I began to feel a burning on my arm. It left whelps on my skin and to this day 5 years later still bother me. That is the point on my arm that requires skin cream of some type almost on a daily basis.
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irishred
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Posted - 03/06/2004 : 09:28:09 AM
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sailordave, I had a bad reaction to lime a number of years ago. I was doing a lot of landscaping and the lime started to irritate and burn my skin. No problems since then though.
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sailordave
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Posted - 03/06/2004 : 12:14:52 PM
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The lime used at the water plant was very refined. It's so refined that farmers use the used lime sludge for their fields. The straight stuff is too powerful and will kill the crops. First the powdered lime is mixed to a consistancy of milk then added to a large treatment unit. The lime helps soften the water. The lime sludge that settles to the bottom of the settling tank is sent to a sludge tank. When the filter beds are backwashed, the carry over lime is also sent to the settling tanks. From there, it goes to a thickening tank. The used lime is then poured into special truck with a spreader attachment. They call ahead to local area farmers to see who needs lime spread on their fields (this saves on storage and disposal of the used lime). The used lime is now the proper pH to be used in the fields.
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Kimberly
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Posted - 03/06/2004 : 5:37:43 PM
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I don't know about lime, haven't seen it used here, but I can tell from experience fetilizers burns like a *&%#@ when you walk through the grass barefoot after it has been spread.
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Paul DS
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Posted - 03/07/2004 : 4:02:04 PM
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I have an old CB from the 70s. I'm going to go on trucker channel 19 and say there's a woman driving topless on the freeway. That's sure to get a couple cops out there.
Or, next time I'm stuck on the road, I'll use that technique to get some police cars over to my stalled out car.
Better yet, I'm going to say it's a topless woman driving a donut truck. That will get the whole police force out there.
I better be careful and not give too many of these ideas away. A criminal could use it to divert the whole police force and use it to his advantage. :o)
I'm just being silly, folks. Don't take it seriously.
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Paul DS
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Posted - 03/07/2004 : 4:05:35 PM
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When I was in high school, our marching band spent a week out in the country practicing the drills. They use lime to make the white lines on the football field. We weren't allowed to go barefoot when the lines were there because it could cause a skin infection (from what I understand). After it rained and the lime washed away, a lot of us would march barefoot. It was so much more comfortable.
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Paul DS
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Posted - 03/07/2004 : 4:09:19 PM
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I think it's the calcium in lime that causes the problems. It's a very reactive metal and will react with water and just about anything else and produce heat. Lithium, calcium, potassium, and magnesium (and others in that family) are very reactive.
Moreover, it's the reactive elements like calcium that act like a getter for other impurities in the water and help soften the water.
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papabare
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Posted - 03/07/2004 : 8:43:09 PM
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Well I guess I wont be puttin no mo Lime in de coconut. Definatly won be drinkin em bood down.
I should probably call the Dr., wake him up and say 'Dr! is there somethin I should take?' And say 'Dr! To relieve this belly ache'
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Paul DS
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Posted - 03/07/2004 : 10:09:41 PM
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Well, lime is slang for limestone, or calcium carbonate. The other stuff 'in de coconut' is pretty good. :o)
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Kimberly
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Posted - 03/08/2004 : 03:09:09 AM
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We were driving somewhere in the US and they were working on the roads. They had spread lime on the road and it was all over everything. We had to take the car to a car wash in the next town and give it a thoough cleaning. I understand the lime will eat away parts of the car.
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Bikeracer
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Posted - 03/08/2004 : 04:32:10 AM
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Well dang me! I've always thought 'lime' should be followed with a question mark?
Thanks for the clarification(s)!
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papabare
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Posted - 03/08/2004 : 9:06:04 PM
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DOH!!! And here I was putting Limestone in de coconut, No WONDER I had a belly ache!
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Kimberly
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Posted - 03/08/2004 : 11:45:39 PM
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Yeah that could gum up the works papabare!
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Paul DS
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Posted - 03/10/2004 : 06:28:54 AM
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I was looking at the following website about lime. It contains calcium oxide which in itself is not a problem. The calcium forms calcium hydroxide when it comes in contact with water or perspiration on the skin. It releases heat and is a caustic base (similar to sodium hydroxide, lye). That's what causes the burns.
Some of the low budget places may still use lime to make lines on the grass. There's probably other safer materials they use today to make the lines. You certainly wouldn't want to walk barefoot on the lines of a football field made of lime.
They show some pics of lime burns on the website.
http://www.medbc.com/annals/review/vol_15/num_1/text/vol15n1p7.asp
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