Yes indeedy. Also solder it yourself Radio Shack electronic kits, lead fishing sinkers we crimped on the line with our teeth and occasionally swallowed and some kid always opened up a mercury capsule from a wall thermostat or similar and we all played with the liquid metal, usually while also shoving our faces full of candy eaten from mercury contaminated hands. Heck, we used to put Bag Balm on cuts, active ingredient ethylated mercury.
Might I add: Pop Rocks, wood burning kits, pellet guns, water rockets and chemistry sets.
And they were REAL chemistry sets; not whatever fake-ass garbage they're selling now.
Yes indeedy. Also solder it yourself Radio Shack electronic kits, lead fishing sinkers we crimped on the line with our teeth and occasionally swallowed and some kid always opened up a mercury capsule from a wall thermostat or similar and we all played with the liquid metal, usually while also shoving our faces full of candy eaten from mercury contaminated hands. Heck, we used to put Bag Balm on cuts, active ingredient ethylated mercury.
Yet somehow, we survived.
Ahem. Creepy Crawlers and EZ-Bake ovens.
Cap guns, bottle rockets and those little chocolate bottles candles filled with real liquor.