yeah, are we getting LEGOs for christmas?
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I saw a safe quite like that one today, abandoned and open, in an old industrial space.
Heads up on the likely asbestos liner, quite likely to be exposed on the back of the door, should you choose to drill/lance/force your way in.
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Asbestos - not even once. It’s some seriously nasty stuff, and I seem to recall reading of cases where even a single exposure is supposed to have lead to lung cancer.
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…looks at walls and ceilings…
It’s not that bad if you know it’s there.
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Yeah, the trick is never exposing anyone to it. As long as you can do that, it’s fine. Just beware of accidents…
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Having moved a rather large generator with such things, keep in mind you want steel pipes to do any such rolling, otherwise you may get flat pipes.
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Meh. Try growing up in it
https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0801744
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I randomly looked this up last year and from what i recall asbestos is not 100% forbidden from being used in the US in construction. There are some exceptions where it’s seemingly allowed.
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Isn’t it repeated exposure that leads to problems? Thus, workers who do that sort of work wear those sort of clothes? And why you don’t want it semi-permanently exposed in a home?
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Any exposure’s inherently bad. The asbestos fibers lodge in your lungs and are never expelled. The fibers cause scarring that can cause mesothelioma. While repeated exposure’s worse, even one exposure’s a thing to be avoided at all costs.
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Yep, unlike many other things that can get repaired or expelled or neutralized, asbestos will sit there in your lung, being fucking evil, until the day you die.
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You know, I think I’ll pass on that, but thank you all the same.
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Whelp, I’m boned.
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The new guest bedroom
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You should be fine, relatively speaking. Asbestos isn’t a hazard as long as it remains undisturbed
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Best to avoid talking politics with it.
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I’m the kid that poked things with a stick.
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But i really wanted to discuss Clinton’s emails with it.
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Mesothelioma. Same difference. There is no telling which individual fiber will cause a problem, so not inhaling ANY is a sound goal.
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Well, Winston Churchill famously smoked and drank far too much and died of neither, so you never know, I guess.
I dunno if people better informed than I am would recommend screenings of your lungs every once in a while?
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