sounds like shaving cream is OK That way, when you read the "shaving cream causes damage to tombstones, and here is why...", you can recognize it as the nonsensical pseudoscientific gobblygook that it is. sounds like shaving cream is NOT OK Thank you for letting me present my plea for the approach of listening to chemists and geologists on the issue, Seems to me common sense tell you that putting shaving cream on a tombstone can not be a good thing. Brock Way <brockway_32m@yahoo.com> wrote: Lynne wrote: > May I suggest that before any of the > readers of this list do that, they also > read this opinion from the Association for Gravstone > Studies: > http://www.gravestonestudies.org/preservation.htm And may I suggest that before you do that, you take a chemistry class (preferably one involving chromatography) and a geology class (particularly one involving chemical weathering). That way, when you read the "shaving cream causes damage to tombstones, and here is why...", you can recognize it as the nonsensical pseudoscientific gobblygook that it is. Thank you for letting me present my plea for the approach of listening to chemists and geologists on the issue, and ignoring those who think that because they have picked up trash and pulled weeds in a cemetery for decades, that they therefore have some expertise in a field wherein they have no training whatsoever. Brock Way __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx Nancy Janyszeski Bucks County & Northampton History and Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~buckscounty/ http://www.pa-roots.com/~northampton/ http://www.nockamixon.us http://rootsweb.com/~pabucks __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com