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Icy-Hot, the starter fluid for the geritol generation
 
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Probably tastes like burnt tantalum capacitors. I prefer hickory or mesquite.
 
Seeing the Lucas name on the bottle reminded of late Brit friend of mine who used to call Lucas "the prince of darkness". Had to do with British automotive and/or motorcycle electrical systems that regularly leaked electrons and smoke as I recall.

Tom
 
Seeing the Lucas name on the bottle reminded of late Brit friend of mine who used to call Lucas "the prince of darkness". Had to do with British automotive and/or motorcycle electrical systems that regularly leaked electrons and smoke as I recall.

Tom


It isn't just Englishmen that use that reference. I had an Italian motorcycle, Moto Guzzi, with a Lucas electrical system. One of my first "jobs" on rebuilding the machine was to "correct" the Lucas system. It is (was) well known in the States as well.

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