JohnE Posted March 15, 2013 #1 Posted March 15, 2013 Not sure this belongs here, but didn't want to put it in tech threads. Looking for teensy things to start my build. Lived for 20 years in Cali. You can't get a needle unless you have a Drs scrip or you are a State or Federally registered drug addict. Okay. Moved to Alabama. Went to the Winn Dixie to get moms' prescriptions and asked the pharmacist the question; looking for some needles I can clip the sharp off of and use to burn some nice circular holes in pieces of wood. So Tracy says "now that's different. what gauges are you wanting?" Now I have no clue and start in on millimeters, cause I don't know gauges from squat. So Tracey says "ok, lemme give you a selection. You got $2?" God bless Winn Dixie and God bless Alabama. John trippwj 1
RiverRat Posted March 15, 2013 #2 Posted March 15, 2013 Hmmm. I hope your pharmacist doesn't get into trouble for being a reasonable rational human being! "Give you joy!" Current Build: RATTLESNAKE 1:64 POB (Mamoli) Kits on hand: "Lexington", Mamoli: "Robert E. Lee", Scientific Scratch to do: "Fannie Dugan", 1870s Sidewheeler Steamboat
mtaylor Posted March 16, 2013 #3 Posted March 16, 2013 I've done the same thing in various places for different reasons. In the midwest it was to inject air into the tail of a nightcrawler when bass fishing.. Here in Oregan, it's been for dispensing glue. I've also used them to dispense loctite, thin machine oil, and other substances (not illegal) in my racing and model aircraft days. Not sure I understand the bit about needing a prescription to by a syringe. I mean.. they have other uses for crying out loud. Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)
trippwj Posted March 16, 2013 #4 Posted March 16, 2013 I have scads of syringes (about the only benefit from having a hemophiliac for a grandbaby), and can run down to the corner pharmacy or big box store to buy more. Needles, on the other hand, are almost impossible to come by around here. For the needles, you need the prescription - throwback to the old injectable illicit substances days. Refuse to re-use the sharps out of an infusion set. I used to have 2 or 3 of the old screw-on needles (12 bore if I am not mistaken) in my first aid kit for removing splinters. WayneNeither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.Epictetus
tkay11 Posted March 16, 2013 #5 Posted March 16, 2013 This is one thing the UK has right. You can buy them by the boxful here without any questioning from any online store, including eBay. Tony === First build: Caldercraft HM Cutter Sherbourne 1763 FINISHED 2nd build: Triton cross-section COMPLETED 3rd build: La Chaloupe Armée / 42ft Armed Longboat of 1834 by tkay11 – scale 1:36, plans by M. Delacroix COMPLETED 4th build: Allège d’Arles 1833 (Ancre) POB by tkay11 – scale 1:100, plans by F. Fissore COMPLETED Working on La Jacinthe 1:96 POB (ANCRE publications)
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