To me, it's all knowledge.* I read a book written long ago called "Final Exit".* It was when killing yourself was all the rage in the early 90s.* Well, not really, but the death doctor was big news.* Anyway, this book has the best and worst ways to do yourself in. Needless to say, banned all over the place not long after it was released. I got a hold of a copy.* Not because it was banned.* Not because I wanted to kill myself or somebody else. I just - wanted the knowledge.* Now I know the best way.* Will I ever need it?* Nope.* But I know it. Reversing "fix-it- instructions" is simple and ingenius at the same time.* I'm saying it in a few words but I'll tell a story that's as long as impressed I am by that marvelous idea. [I love reverse engineering] I've used that in experimenting with chemicals for cleaning stuff.* I'm always fascinated by supermarket chemistry and I exhausted all the books/websites I could find on the stuff YEARS ago.* [do I know 10,000 uses for baking soda?* Yeah.* My mom's obsession that got grafted on me in a different form] Anyway, Fluorine. Nastiest most toxic shit to life and organic stuff around.* Also quite useful. They banned ChloroFluoroCarbons in spray products in most of the world because it was suspected to cause a hole in the ozone layer.* Did it?* Was it just a reoccuring weather pattern?* We'll never know for sure.* But really, the stuff is nasty to organic stuff in general. It's in toothpaste.* "strengthens your teeth".* Well yeah, so does chewing on a bone or... breathing after drinking milk or eating cheese.* [the rebonding process is natural and happens by itself, as long as you don't have plague on your teeth] Anyway.. It's also used to stick teflon onto pans.* [how do you stick a non-stick surface onto metal?* Use some dreadful thing like Fluorine]* That's why chipping pans are considered toxic.* They kinda are. Anyway... Fluorine eats silicone. It's the only thing that does, really. What's silicone in? Hm, your gums but not your teeth.* The rest of your body.* Look up "Fluorine Burns" if you want to see some really NASTY NASTY pictures. It's pure evil. So, has nothing to do with tooth brushing.* I decided to figure out the best way to clean black mold out of outdoor carpet.* Usually it takes scrubbing, bleach, pain in the ass. So I thought, what about fluorine? I took some regular toothpaste that I use along with some non-fluorine toothpaste I also used. I put some equally in circles on top of the black mold. I waited a half hour. Brushed at it lightly with a stainless steel dog-hair comb. The fluoride toothpaste?* The carpet was completely white and free of the black mold. The non-fluoride toothpaste?* Same as it was.* Comb got stuck in the mold and the slimy stuff wasn't budging. So yeah.* What can I do with this nifty scientific discovery?* Put a new hint up for "Mommy cleaning hints?"* Naw.* I just like knowing it.* If I were smart, I'd make a "black mold cleaning product" that actually worked.. and would also burn the dirt (made of silicone), your skin (make of silicone - that's why its waterproof), and pretty much most things around that aren't calcium or some other metal. So yeah.* I like knowing this stuff :)