My lb of mercury 10X10" rectangular glass tube survived bad packing and USPS shipping

and I was really worried about breaking it open in my almost sealed living space

Clean up would have been a nightmare and hazardous

as kid in the 50's everybody played with broken thermometer Mercury with some collecting all they could...like my brother...

At my material test lab inside the factory we had powerful exhaust hoods every 10 ft, and negative pressure rooms where the door was very hard to open

2 coworkers died of Trichloroethylene poisoning as they would not observe safety measures I constantly hounded them about

The factory sold spray cans of 'Clean Off'. A miracle later banned.

Rest in Peace