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Re: Shop: New Hot Box
By:Jim777
Date: 12/23/2016, 7:15 pm
In Response To: Re: Shop: New Hot Box (Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K)

Yeah, I thought I was invincible too, until I got Multiple Myleoma.
Officially, the cause of MM is "unknown", but it has been observed hat a high percentage of MM patients have worked in the PETROLEUM or FURNITURE industries. I'm not one to accept "unknown" as a cause for anything, because everything has to be caused by something, and my chief suspect is : varnish . My problems started after I started building kayaks. I used to be fairly careless about the fumes. I'd avoid ventilating the room, because of dust, apply a coat of varnish(while wearing a type II respirator), then go upstairs & hang around, the whole house stinking of fumes. Now I ventilate the room after a coat of varnish, then leave the house until I can't smell it any more.
The good news: after 7 months of chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, I'm doing well.

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Shop: New Hot Box *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 12/20/2016, 9:31 am
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Mike Bielski -- 12/20/2016, 10:37 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/20/2016, 10:51 am
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Mike Bielski -- 12/20/2016, 11:16 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/20/2016, 11:30 am
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Mike Bielski -- 12/20/2016, 12:51 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/20/2016, 1:16 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/20/2016, 1:57 pm
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Jim777 -- 12/23/2016, 7:15 pm
Catalytic Propane Heater?
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/20/2016, 4:36 pm
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scottbaxter -- 12/20/2016, 5:13 pm
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dave koslow -- 12/21/2016, 3:28 pm
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scottbaxter -- 12/22/2016, 12:26 am
Basement shop is Free
jaybabina -- 12/20/2016, 11:46 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/20/2016, 12:17 pm
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jaybabina -- 12/21/2016, 8:50 am
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Rod Tait -- 12/20/2016, 12:19 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/21/2016, 12:18 am
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Rod Tait -- 12/21/2016, 6:57 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/22/2016, 12:37 am
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Nick R. -- 12/22/2016, 12:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/23/2016, 12:37 am
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deano055 -- 12/22/2016, 3:58 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 12/20/2016, 10:45 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/20/2016, 2:01 pm
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Sharon -- 12/20/2016, 11:25 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/20/2016, 2:08 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 12/21/2016, 9:53 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/21/2016, 12:08 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/21/2016, 1:18 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 12/21/2016, 8:22 am
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John Messinger -- 12/21/2016, 2:56 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/21/2016, 5:14 pm
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Nick R. -- 12/23/2016, 11:23 am
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John VB -- 12/24/2016, 7:28 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/22/2016, 12:38 am